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Show ettelm ititf tow HOME OF GENEVA STEEL I MRICULTURf " INDUSTRY .Volume 15, Number 39 Friday, September 26, 19-17 TRICE FIVE CENTS ' Editorial AN OPPORTUNITY Last week the State Road Commission sent engineers to Orem to study, in company with members of our City Council, the traffic and highway high-way problem on "Lincoln street," between Highway 91 and Vineyard. There was full agreement among the group after the study that the hundreds of students who use that stretch ef narrow highway are entitled en-titled to more protection than they now receive- The road is narrow, there are no sidewalks, side-walks, the vehicular traffic is heavy with Geneva-bound and Provo-bound workers. Following the " study the Road Commission officials assured as-sured the council that the state would seek an early solution to the problem if the cooperation coopera-tion of the property owners along the route could be securedif se-curedif the residents of the area really wanted the road improved. On the other hand, it was pointed out, if property purchasing pur-chasing and condemnation litigation lit-igation is necessary to securing secur-ing the few feet on each side of the road in order to widen it, then the state will not attempt at-tempt the project. Costs, they said, would be prohibitive. This column is not presuming presum-ing to tell property - owners along the route what -they should do with their land, but this column would like to point out that the widening of the street, the installation of sidewalks and the improvements improve-ments which would normally accrue to the section, plus the protection which students at the nearby schools would have through sidewalks and a wide highway, would more than pay off for the several feet which are needed for the widening. It looks like a good business eaL A modern highway from jCincoln High to Vineyard will, no doubt, increase property values along the route. We're not sure what kind of a deal can be made, but it looks like an opportunity is knocking. The opportunity to develop the section and to protect the area's children, through the generosity of the property owners along the route. banking fixtures installed. In-Dorothy In-Dorothy Mitchell has returnedterior design and decoration in- from a 10-day vacation spent in San Fernando and Los Angeles, California- Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brown, of Taft, California, have been visiting visit-ing here with Mrs. Brown's mother, mo-ther, Mrs. Jessie Adams, and other friends and relatives. Elmer Taylor is receiving treatment in the Veterans Hos - v. Hi At the opening of the Orem-Geneva branch of the First Security manager, is shown with Willard L. Eccles, vice president of the Utah banking concern, opening open-ing one of the first accounts with Lionel Fairbanks, who is making a deposit on behalf of the Orem Chamber of Commerce, of which he is president. F. V. Nicholes, manager of the Provo branch; J. Wohlwend, treasurer of the Geneva Steel Company, and Fred Davies, chairman of the banking committee of the Orem Chamber, look on. Orem Hails Bank Opening Here as Growth Landmark Hailed by business and civic leaders as a definite 'contribution 'con-tribution to the growth and development of Orem, and greeted greet-ed by steady lines of customers and visitors throughout the day, the Orem-Geneva branch of the First Security Bank of Utah was officially opened for business Wednesday. Present to assist in informal ceremonies ceremon-ies were Willard L. Eccles, of Ogden, vice president of the First Security Bank of Utah ; F. V. Nicholes, manager of the Provo branch, and several sever-al other bank representatives. Joseph T. Smith, manager of the new banking office, stated that a complete banking service, including commercial accounts, business loans, mortgage loans, livestock loans, checking ac-ounts, ac-ounts, savings accounts, bank money orders, Timeway loans for home modernization, automobiles, auto-mobiles, appliances and person al needs will be available. Modern Building I The new banking office Is located lo-cated in the building formerly occupied by the Orem Paint and Wallpaper Co. at 281 South State. The structure has been completely modernized and new volves the use of maple hard- wood- The raised top counter in the office is of the newest type, patterned after the newest new-est and most modern eastern banks. This new counter makes for speed, efficiency, and safety. Fluorescent fixtures provide soft, indirect lighting. Three tellers windows have been installed in-stalled to provide accommodation accommoda-tion to patrons- ..u,.roiiMuuirr.LLltTiOCIETY LADIES ( ET TO SDNS AT TABERNACLE FRIDAY Orem and Sharon Stake Re- f Society ladies, members of q Singing Mothers Chorus of Li- D- S. Church, were pre-ing pre-ing today for their perform-e perform-e tomorrow at the Salt Lake ernacle where they will pro-e pro-e music for sessions of the ,8th semi-a'nnual General Con-rence Con-rence of the church, according Mrs- Celestia Taylor and Mrs-len Mrs-len B. Weeks, choristers of laron and Orem Stake Relief cieties, respectively. The Singing Mothers are sche med to sing at the 10 a. m. ses- Mrs. J. Erval Christensen and Mrs- Viola Ostler, both of Oicm. Smith Makes Statement "I have looked forward to this occasion for some time now," declared Mr. Smith at the i-ank opening Wednesday. "I am very anxious to become personally acquainted ac-quainted with the Orem people, and I anticipate becoming a part of the community. Although I live out of town at present I plan on moving, my family to Orem when facilities become available." Mr. Eccles, First Security vice president, stated his belief that Orem has a great future. "We are happy to become a part of i this- community and to grow with it. Our plans are to render ren-der banking service as the people peo-ple of Orem demand it. The present banking hours may be changed if the community can be better served " Hours have been set at from 9:30 a. m. to 2 p. m- weekdays and 9:30 to 12 noon on Saturdays. PUBLIC HEARING Oil ZONING SET FOR MONDAY NIGHT Orem citizens will have an opportunity op-portunity to express their views on the proposed opening of Fourth North street between .ourth and Sixth . West streets eneva Road) for commercial aiding at a public meeting heduled for 7:30 Monday at Orem City Hall, according to ordinance published in this k's Orem-Geneva Times. ufficient interest has been enced relative to the amend- )t of the present zoning ordin- to warranty public hearing, rding to Mayor J- W. Gill- The amendment proposes Fourth North street from th West to Sixth West be i as C-2 for a distance of 200 hack from the property line th sides of the street. ce the opening for business ghway 91 in its entirety sentiment has favored the ng of commercial buiiuing highway, but of late con- ble discussion has arisen e advisability ot opening territory for commercial sion, with Florence Jepperson Madsen conducting and Frank W. Asper at the organ. They will sing Beethoven's "The Heavens Hea-vens Resound," "O Saviour Hear Me," by Gluck, with Alene Peterson Pet-erson and Shirley Westover Cornwall as soloists, and Handel's Han-del's "Praise The Lord, Ye Heavens Hea-vens Adore Him." During the 2 p. m. session the Singing Mothers will be heard in Allitsen's "The Lord Is My Light," Handel's "Thanks Be To (Continued on Last Page) fa 1 Bank of Utah, Joseph T. Smith, PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Orem has many handicapped persons in need of employment, training or rehabilitations, re-habilitations, and WHEREAS, each year manj of our fellow citizens become handicapped because of disease, di-sease, injury or other cause, and WHEREAS, most of these people do have, or are capable of developing special aptitudes, apti-tudes, skills, and abilities which qualify them for efficient, effi-cient, useful employment, and WHEREAS, employers of this community can be of service in giving special consideration to the employment of these persons, and WHEREAS, President Harry Har-ry S. Truman and Governor Herbert B. Maw have,, in accordance ac-cordance with Public Law 176 79th Congress, made similar proclamations, NOW THEREFORE, I, J. W. Gillman, Mayor of Orem, do hereby designate October 5 to 11, inclusive, as NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WEEK for Orem, Utah County, State of Utah. Pursuant to this Proclamation I urge all a'dministrators in business, public and private agencies within the jurisdiction jurisdic-tion of my office, and the general gen-eral citizenry thereof, to aid in disseminating information and observing this special program pro-gram in acquainting all persons per-sons with the values, needs, and desirability of employing handicapped individuals, to the end that they may become dependable, self - supporting and Useful citizens- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed af-fixed the seal at Orem this 30th day of September, 1947. J. W. GILLMAN, Mayor. building. It is expected that a good showing of citizens with ideas on both sides of the question will attend Monday's meeting to support sup-port their viewpoints. OREM GROUP WINS LAUDATION Mombers of the Orem City Beautification Committee have received a letter expressing the appreciation of the Utah State Centennial Commission for their work in connection with the various var-ious community beautification projects carried out under their direction in this area, Oscar H Anderson, Orem Centennial committee com-mittee chairman, reported today According to Mr- Anderson the letter came from the desk of J- B. Carlos, manager of the beautification division of the Utah Centennial Commission. He said, "On behalf of the Beauti fication Division executive com mittee, I want to express appre ciation for your splendid cooper ation and leadership in making this program a success. It has been a very special pleasure for me to know you and work with you on this program. I hope that what little help I have been able to provide has been of some value, and that you will continue contin-ue to encourage your citizens to help make Utah a more pleasant and desirable place in which to live. LINCOLN THUMPS CAVEMEN, 25-0; TACKLE TOUGH PIONEERS ON FRIDAY Coach Don Dixon's Lincoln Tigers, target for every team in Region Three, were getting no rest this week following their convincing 25-0 victory over American Fork last Friday, but were Duttine on the steam in preparation for a league tilt with Lehi Friday at the Lehi field. The Tigers, who have not lost a league game in the last three years of play, are learning that "everybody points for tne cnam-pions," cnam-pions," and Coach Dixon is taking tak-ing no chances for a let-down by his players. Dummy scrimmage was the program on Monday, with regular scrimmage on Tues day and Wednesday. Also coming com-ing in for plenty of time was the Tigers' passing attack, which thus far this season ha, not clicked as well as Dixon has intended. in-tended. Clinton Lewis and Ralph Wil-letts Wil-letts have been unlimbering iheir throwing arms during recent practice sessions and the Tigers are expected to use the air lanes to gain ground in future tilts- Lehi lost a heart - breaker to the Springville Red Devils last Friday, and those two teams are doped as the liggest threats to Lincoln supremacy on the gridiron grid-iron this year. Lehi sported a 7-6 lead at half-time, and lost when one of their met was tackled behind his own goal line-Leo line-Leo Hatch and Willetts led the scoring attack in the Tigers' victory vic-tory over the Cavemen. With the fleet Hatch skirting the nds and with Willetts punching the 'WELCOME TO OREM,' SAFETY SIGNS TO BE ERECTED BY OREM 20-30 CLU3 Orem's long-felt need for having an illuminated sign posted at each entrance to the city will soon be realized as a result of the action of Orem's 20-30 Club in taking on the signs as a special project, according to information received re-ceived from club officers this week. At a recent meeting of the club members, final Pns were completed to erect a neon sign at each end of the to Orem." The sign will also be inscribed with a safety slogan slo-gan in luminous paint in connection con-nection with the 20-30 Club's safety rrairram which they' hone will imnrove safety con - ditions for the city in general and school children in particular. partic-ular. Lighted with red, white and blue, the colors of the club, the new neon signs are expected to cost in the neighborhood of $700, according to Weston Taylor, publicity pub-licity chairman. An appeal will presently be made to Orem business bus-iness men for contributions to help defray the cost of the signs, Mr. Taylor said. Mayor J- W. Gillman has informed in-formed the club that the cost of maintaining the signs will be borne by the city after their presentation. Officers of the club include: Max Andrews, president; Robert Blaylock, first vice president; Clifton Pyne, second vice president; presi-dent; Weston Taylor, secretary, and Kenneth Brerelon, sergeant-at-arms. Ginger Rogers s ROGUE RIVER, ORE (LOOK Photo) Lovely Ginger Rogers,' clever business woman as well as talented movie star, is the proud owner of a 1,082 acre farm in the rich Rogue River valley of western Oregon. The farm hat the latest and beet dairy equipment and aometimea Ginger takes turn with the "chores" herself to relax from the routine of Hollywood. Here she applies an automatic milking machine to a prize eonr. ' in The first touchdown came midway in the first period when Hatch reeled off 30 yards around left end to pay territory. Later in the same period Willetts drove through center from his own 20-yard 20-yard line, then bulled his way over half a dozen Cavemen tack-lers tack-lers and raced 80 yards for another an-other tally. The third score came in the third quarter when Willetts passed to Clinton Lewis for seven sev-en yards, and the final tally was a safety scored after Ted Hade-shima, Hade-shima, diminutive end, recovered a blocked punt' on the three-yard line and Hatch skirted the end for a touchdown. American Fork never threatened, threat-ened, and the Tiger reserves were in the game during most of the last half- La Veil Edwards, husky center, cen-ter, was a tower of strength for Lincoln ' on defense. He appeared ap-peared to make half the tackles. Leo Ferguson, co-captain with Edwards, sparkled in his assignment assign-ment as blocking back. He paved the way for Hatch's classy ball-toting- Mr. and Mrs- Jack Adams and Mr- and Mrs- Ronald Adams visited vis-ited in Colorado this week. lj Mr- and Mrs. R. G- Bowen left Wednesday after visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs- J. B. Smith. mj WirH llmpanOgfOS Ward Relief Society to Meet Monday The Timpanogos Ward Relief Society will meet on Monday, October 6, at 3 p. m- Discussion will be on "Theology" and ."Teachers Topics." line, the outcome was never doubt- CHAMBER OF C0""ERCE SCOIS SCHOOL BOARD; BUTLER RESIGNS Members of the Orem Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Harry Har-ry Butler as manager of the chamber and gave him a cordial vote of thanks for his years of service to the organization. Mr- Butler resigned his position posi-tion in order to attend Brigham Young University. He intends to seek his Master's Degree. It was pointed out Wi&'t during dur-ing the time Mr. Butler has served as manager of the chamber cham-ber he has campaigned for four things: unification of the community, com-munity, obtaining a bank here, obtaining a telephone exchange Dairy Maid -1 'I VA j Council to Condemn Property, Start On Fourth East Road Orem City Council members Wednesday voted to begin condemnation proceedings if necessary to obtain a right-of-way which will enable the city to establish a street between Center and Fourth South streets at Fourth East. The decision culminated CITIZENS. FEOFLES PARTIES PREPARE FOR OREM ELECTION With the Orem City municipal munici-pal election only one month away, Orem voters are preparing prepar-ing to consider candidates for the city government- Members of the Citizen's Party and the People's Party, both of which placed a full ticket in the field in the last municipal election held November 6, 1945, are planning to hold nominating conventions con-ventions in the near future. November 4 has been set as election day this year in Orem, when the registered voters in Orem will cast their ballots for mayor, one four -year council- man. tnree two-year councilmen, city recorder and city treasurer Incumbent Mayor J- W- Gill-man Gill-man is expected to run for reelection, re-election, as are Orland E- Pyne, city recorder, and Mrs- Ada Skinner, city treasurer. Retiring Retir-ing Councilman James G. Strat-ton Strat-ton is being urged to run for mayor. Woodruff Jensen, elected elect-ed for a four-year term two years ago, will be the only holdover hold-over In the council. Orem citizens will have but two days on which to register for the election: October 14 and October Oc-tober 28. The four registration districts in Orem are at the homes of the following: District 1 Mrs. Ethel C. Lowe. District 2 Clarence York. District 3 -Ludwig N. Poul-son. Poul-son. District 4 Vaneese Woffin-den- and obtaining an airport- At Tuesday's meeting, held at the Silver Star, the, group dis cussed a resolution which had been passed by the group on August 18 and sent to the Al-rjine Al-rjine School District Board of Education. Mr. Butler reported that the board had not replied to the resolution which had been sent. The resolution outlined sever al suggestions which the Orem group thought worthy of consideration. consid-eration. It read as follows: "WHEREAS, we, the business men of Orem, are looking forward for-ward to a period of unprecedented unprecedent-ed development. We recognize that the early pioneers did a splendid job of planning an economy econ-omy for an agricultural society. It is our job to plan for an economy econ-omy in which industry and commerce com-merce will play the dominant role. Methods and patterns of behaviour which served our forefathers fore-fathers will not serve the f uure. If the future is to be freed from the dogmas of the past, new methods and new patterns of behaviour be-haviour must be found and (Continued on Last Page) I KAISER FIRM SEEKS OF (RONTON FLAI1T Utah Valley moved farther toward to-ward industrialization this week and strengthened its claim as the steel center of the West with the announcement that the Kaiser-ownd Kaiser-ownd Portsmouth Steel Corp. of New Boston, Ohio, had biu to purchase and operate the idle No- 2 blast furnace plant at Ironton. The furnace, plus coke ovens near Columbia, in Carbon County, Coun-ty, were offered for sale by the War Assets Administration. The Portsmouth company was the only bidder who agreed to operate oper-ate the plant. The No. 2 Ironton plant is situated sit-uated just a short distance south a two-months long effort to obtain by gift or purchase the necessary property to open the road. Establishment of the road was initiated by a group of 40 petitioners, in addition ad-dition to church people and officials of the Lincoln High School. The road will give residents of the east portion of Orem access to Lincoln, Spencer and Sharon schools, to Scera and to Sharon LDS Chapel without traveling on the hazardous Highway 91. The council also agreed with, a street numbering program which was presented to the group by Dr- Richard R. Lyman, of Salt Lake City. Present at the meeting to hear Dr. Lyman's proposals were representatives; of women's clubs, Junior Chamber, Cham-ber, 20-30, Lions, P-TA and the American Legion. The proposal sets out that streets will be numbered north and south from Center street at the City Hall, and that they shall be numbered east and west from Main street a proposed street which will bisect the city and cross State street in front of the City Hall. Dr- Lyman believes that the State Road Commission will cooperate co-operate with the city in setting up markers on State street, and agreed to prepare sketches of the city prior to the city's ordering order-ing markers- ; Mayor J. W. Gillman asked each of the civic clubs to present pre-sent names to him of candidates for members of the Safety Council Coun-cil which is to be established here- The group also discussed proposals pro-posals of the State Road Commission Commis-sion to widen and improve "Lincoln "Lin-coln street" from the high school west to Vineyard. Officials of the Highway Commission, have agreed to improve the section immediately if the cooperation of property-owners on the street can be obtained, according to Mayor Gillman. Pedestrian and traffic counts on the section show it to be, during peak hours, the most hazardous section of Orem. With regard to the condemnation condemna-tion proceedings which will open the Fourth East street section, the council instructed City Attorney At-torney H. Vern Wentz to start proceedings which will condemn approximately one-half acre of property belonging to David Cordner- Other property owners own-ers in the right-of-way have agreed to deed to the city the necessary land for the highway. Council members agreed Wednesday Wed-nesday to begin work on the new street just as soon as the condemned property has been assured. Discussed also by the council was a proposal of the Pleasant Grove Canning Company plant for using Orem's sewer lines for the refuse which is now leaving the cannery and traveling in a southwesterly direction in an open ditch- The refuse has constituted a health and sanitation problem all summer despite efforts to control con-trol it, and action in clearing up the condition is being demanded by residents near the ditch and at Beverly Place. PURCHASE FROM VAA of the original Ironton plant of the Columbia Steel Corp. and was operated by U. S- Steel during dur-ing the war years. The Portsmouth company bid $250,000 for the blast furnace and $50,000 for the coke ovens. A spokesman foj the firn has declared that the company's intention in-tention was to put the furnace into operation within 90 days if the bids, were accepted- R laid that 200 to 350 men would be employed. Meanwhile the Provo Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce was urging the War Assets Administration to accept the bid of the Portsmouth (Continued on Last Page) r |