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Show Orem Safety Council Maps Plan To End Traffic Problem A blanket speed reduction to 35 miles per hour on U. S. 91 through Orem, was projected early this week by the Orem Safety council following a tour of the city Sunday by members of the group , according to Chairman Dixon Larsen. The speed reduction will be asked of the state road commission com-mission and will serve to reinforce rein-force the six point program which was outlined by the group at a meeting last Friday. At that meeting members of the council and representatives of the various clubs and civic groups in Orem, set forth the following plan of action to promote pro-mote traffic safety during both daylight and after dark hours- 1- Request a stop light for the Lincoln high school-Spencer grade school crossing on U. S. 91. This request will be carried to the state road commission com-mission by Mayor J. W. Gill-man Gill-man and Dixon Larsen. 2. Designate bus stops and loading points throughout the city. Bus-stop signs will be requested re-quested of the Geneva Transportation Trans-portation company. 3. Request the state road commission com-mission to paint pedestrian lanes at intersections along U-S. U-S. 91. Initiate an educational PID DEFENDS UTAH FREIGHT RATE FOR GENEVA STEEL Exhibits and an accompanying 24 page statement designed to show steel rates voluntarily published pub-lished by a group of western railroads rail-roads from Geneva, to Pacific coast points are reasonable and , within the interstate commerce act, have just been presented to . . the Interstate Commerce Com-mission Com-mission by the Utah state de- partment of publicity and industrial in-dustrial development- The published rates are being bitterly attacked by 14 parties, mostly steel companies seeking suspension. The evidence was prepared for the state department by H-W. H-W. Prickett, transportation con-sutant, con-sutant, who will appear in support sup-port of the rates when a hearing is held in San Francisco. It also is possible that a hearing hear-ing will be held in Salt Lake City- In their exhibits the Utah department de-partment attempts to show, generally, gen-erally, that the rates at issue are reasonable in comparison to long established rates on many other commodities moving from Utah to California points, and that they return a high revenue in comparison with many other commodities, or in relation to cost. In regard to carrier revenues arising from the protested rates, the state department's exhibits show that the return per car is $589-05 for steel plates and structural shapes as compared with $470.04 per car for the present export rate on the same commodities- With minimum weight carloads, car-loads, the protested steel rates produce revenue of $384 a car compared with $240 for cast iron pipe, $248 for a general list of manufactured iron and steel articles for export, $267.30 for pig iron, $232.50 for coking coal, $282 for canned peas, $201 for eggs, $262-80 for butter, cheese and dressed poultry; $363 for copper concentrates, $272 for sulphuric acid and plaster, $170 for salt and $183.57 for phohos-phate phohos-phate rock. It is further maintained that the protested rates produce a greater revenue per car than any of 44 compared rates on various commodities which move from Utah to the Pacific coast in substantial sub-stantial volume- The exhibits show that the protested rates produce revenue amounting to 254 prnt ol the t average operating co-ft of moving all traffic, when applied to this traffic on a basis of the actual 1 average carload weighs. Rela tively, the rates produce 158 per cent of the average revenues re ceived for transporting all traffic On the point of reasonableness or excessiveness in comparison to other . rates, the exhibits show that the net ton-mile revenues arising from the protested rates is 11.221 mills compared to 4-40 mills for iron ore from Iron County, Utah, to Minnequa, Colo-; 5.37 mills for iron ore from Iron County to Fontaana, Calif-; and 5.85 mills for coking coal from Sunnyside, Utah, to Fontana- Volume. 15, Number 42 campaign to compel, pedestrians pedestri-ans to use them. ' 4. Encourage cyclists to use the sidewalks instead of roads-Under roads-Under present traffic conditions it was felt that any pedestrian accident occuring because of a bicyclist on the sidewalk would be minor compared to the danger dan-ger encountered by the cyclist on the heavily traveled roads. 5- Launch a program to achieve ach-ieve better street lighting throughout the city. 6. Seek permission for all Orem volunteer firemen to use red lights on their cars when the fire equipment arrives and the fire department begins functioning. func-tioning. The general attitude of the safety council members was that although safety lights, warning signals and other safety safe-ty measures might be put into operation, the safety program could not be completely effective effec-tive without a city-wide program pro-gram of safety education. Members of the Orem Safety Council include: Dixon Larsen, chairman, representing he Orem Jaycees; Victor Christen-sen, Christen-sen, special school crossing patrolman pat-rolman representing the city council, secretary; Mrs. James Norton and Mrs. Henry Campbell, Camp-bell, PTA; Mrs. Leo Broadhead, women's clubs; Max Andrews, Orem 20-30 club; I. J. Burr, Orem Lions club; Boyd Davis, Orem schools; City Judge E, H. Johnson, Mayor J. W. Gillman and Clyde E. Weeks, publicity. Members of the council will serve the remainder of 1947 through 1948. The council is scheduled to meet the second Monday in each month, the next session being held on November Nov-ember tenth. Cast Chosen To Present MIA Play December 11 The cast for the Sharon Stake MIA play was nearly completed at tryouts held Monday evening at the Seminary building. The play, "Seven Sisters" by Edith Ellis will be presented m the Lincoln High School auditorium on Thursday, December 11, under un-der the direction of Mrs- Wesley Wes-ley Robertson, stake drama director. dir-ector. The characters in the play are Hungarian. Mrs. Gyurkovics, a widow will be played by Lu-ana Lu-ana Bunnell; Katinka, by Ween Camish; Sari, by RaNae Edwards; Ed-wards; Ella, by Margie t'aulk-ner; t'aulk-ner; Mitzi, by Jocye Farnsworth; Terka, by Peggy Spencer; Liza, by Opal Roberts: Klara. hv Lucille Woffinden: Radvianv. by Lee Jones; Ferenz Horkoy, by Paul Ridge; Michael Sandor-sfy, Sandor-sfy, by Kendall R. Madsen; and Janko, by Charles King. Two other members of the cast will be chosen this week. Mrs. Robertson states that a large group, representing every ward in the stake attended the tryouts. The talent and enthusiasm enthusi-asm that were in evidence that evening assure a successful production. pro-duction. EDGEMONT Eva Gillissie 026-J1 The Beehive class of Mrs. Ann Williams met Friday afternoon at her home. The group enjoyed enjoy-ed a short hike and games followed fol-lowed by refreshments. Mrs. Oliver D. Johnson was hostess to the Edgemont Literary Liter-ary club Friday afternoon at her home. Mrs. William C Faulkner reviewed "Nikolina's Choice" by Margaret P- Maw. Tasty refreshments refresh-ments were served by the hostess host-ess to Mrs. Joanna Boyce, Mrs. Faulkner, Mrs. Carol Lee, Mrs. Hilda Conder, Mrs. Eva Gillespie, Gilles-pie, Mrs. Ada Cluff, Mrs. Annie Gillespie, Mrs. Lydia Hogan and Mrs. Lynette Triplett The next meeting of the club will be Friday, Fri-day, Oct. 31 at the home of Mrs. Florence Unthank. Mrs-Eva Mrs-Eva Gillespie will give the book review. An invitation is extended to every member of the ward to attend the gala Halloween Carnival Car-nival sponsored by the ward MIA organization, on Wednesday Wednes-day evening, Oct- 29 from 7:30 until 10 p.m. There will be a fish pond and lots of good homemade pie to be sold by the Beehive Girls. Dancing will complete the evening. This is a budget affair with no admission admis-sion charge. Deer hunters are out in all sections of the state, some going Who's Who to Include Mayor J. W. Gillman Who's Who in America, the exclusive catalogue of prominent promin-ent men and women in America, has selected Orem's Mayor J-W-Gillman for inclusion in its pages, according to information received this week- Mayor Gillman has had a picture pic-ture taken to accompany his brief biography and he has been interviewed by a representative of the publishers of Who's Who at his home recently. Mayor Gillman's selection to be included in Who's Who is a tribute to his many years of public service and successful private life. Publishers of Who's Who emphasize em-phasize repeatedly that no one can buy his way into the book. The strict qualifications for inclusion in-clusion in Who's Who specify that only those individuals with an outstanding record of achievement achieve-ment be admitted. Utah Income Up 121 Percent Since 1940 Record Shows Utah's per capita income rose from $475 annually in 1940 to $1063 in 1946, it was revealed this week by the Utah state tax commission. The national average aver-age per capita income was $1200 -an all-time high. Although the state ranks 29th in the nation and ninth among the 11 western states in the amount of per capita income received in 1946, its increase from 1940 to 1946, 121.5 percent, is well above the nation's average aver-age of 108.7 percent. Idaho Income Up 182-5 The per capita income in Idaho, increased 182.5 percent in 1946 over 1940-a jump exceeded in in the nation by only two states, North and Souh Dakota, which showed increases of 215.8 per cent and 2226-6 percent respectively. respect-ively. In dollars, the nation's per capita income ranged from a low of $555 annually in Mississippi to ... a high., .of $1703 in Nevada Other states in top income positions posit-ions for 1946 were: New York, $1633; California, $1531; New Jersey, $1494; Delaware, $1493; and Illinois, $1486- Low states, all southern, were Arkansas, $697; Alabama, $773; South Carolina, $729; Kentucky, $778, and Georgia, $809. Shows Shift to West The survey indicates a definite shift of incom from the western states. While per capita income along the eastern seaboard remained re-mained high, the percentage increases in-creases over 1940 all fell below the national average. During the same six years, incomes in-comes in all but one of the western west-ern states (California) were more than doubled. Next to Idaho, western states showing the largest wartime per capita increases were: NewMex-co, NewMex-co, 155.9 percent; Montana, 142-9 percent, and Colorado, 128-2 per cent. Utah ranks next. Per capita incomes received in the other western states for 1946 were: Montana, $2394; Washington, Washing-ton, $1346; Wyoming, $1264; Idaho, Ida-ho, $1243; Colorado, $1196; Oregon, Ore-gon, $1188; Arizona, $995, and New Mexico, $911. long distances and some staying stay-ing close to home- Earl Fram-pton Fram-pton and Don C. Elliott were close at home and returned early Saturday with fine specimens-Among specimens-Among those enjoying the hunt are Mr. and Mrs- Jesse L. Smith Mr- and Mrs- Elmer Smith.Norm-an Smith.Norm-an and Laurence Smith, Claude Conder and sons, Phil and Jack, Miss Vera Conder, Grant Elliott, Ray Hawkins and sons, Doug and Dick, George Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Messick, Ral Triplett and his brother-in-law from Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs- Wilford Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hull Mr. and Mrs. Harry Orvin, Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart, Jack Jones , Darell Salisbury, D. Hen-ery Hen-ery oJnes, Dell B. Davis, Wayne Davis and Gam Baum. Mr. and Mrs. Orian Salisuury spent a few days at Panguitch this week. All LDS Girls, chairmen and advisors of Sharon Stake were entertained by the Edgemont ward committee Thursday at the home of Mrs. Hilda Conder Cond-er at Dlmsted. Stake leader Eva G- Gillespie was in charge of the meeting, where problems of the girls organization were taken up. Refreshments were served by the will be no meetings held in the ward Sunday, giving all an opportunity to attend Sharon Stake conference. All young mothers and married mar-ried women of he ward are in- vited to Relief Society Tuesday HOME OF GKEINTSVA STJilKL Thursday, KENNETH WILLIAMS TO BE HONORED AT TESTIMONIAL Kenneth Williams Kenneth Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Williams will leave for the LDS Mission home November 10 prior to his departure depar-ture for, the New England mission. A testimonial meeting in his honor will be held Sunday Sun-day evening, Oct. 26 at 7:30 in the Vineyard ward chapel. Elder Williams is a graduate of the Lincoln High school and the Sharon Seminary and has attended the BYU for the past year. He has sung with the Men-dessohn Men-dessohn Chorus for one season. His sister, Arva Williams is laboring in the Canadian mission mis-sion with headquarters at Moose Jaw, Sashcatchewan. A program is being arranged for the Sunday night meeting that will be of interest to ward members and friends of the misionary. NOTICE The name of Mrs. Ada Skinner, Skin-ner, present Orem City treasur. er, was inadvertly omitted from the' list of Citizens party candidates candi-dates for election in last week's Orem-Geneva Times. Mrs- Skinner is seeking reelection re-election and is a member of the Citizens party. Her friends point to her efficient and courteous service as treasurer during the past term of office in urging her reelection. She has ' lived in Orem for the past 32 years, 18 of which she has been a widow. She rendered valuable war services ser-vices including membership on the Selective Service board, the OPA board and the sugar rationing ration-ing board, as well as being active ac-tive in all the war bond drives. SALT LAKE TEMPLE EXCURSION TUESDAY An excursion to the Salt Lake LDS temple is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28, for temple workers of both Orem and Sharon Shar-on stakes. GENEVA MIA PLANS HALLOWEEN BALL A invitation is extended by the Geneva ward MIA presidency presid-ency to all the community as well as ward members to attend att-end the Halloween Ball to be sponsored by the MIA Tuesday evening, Oct. 28 in the Timp-anogos Timp-anogos hall. Dancing to the music of Reed Rowley's orchestra orchest-ra will begin at 9 p.m. The dance is a budget affair. Friendship Club Mrs. Elsie Schenck entertained entertain-ed the members of the Friendship Friend-ship Club at her home last week. Luncheon was served to Mrs- Emma G:ilman, Mrs. Gladys Prestwich, Mrs. Edna Minor, Mrs. Emily Long, Mrs. Edith Duke and the hostess- The ladies spent the afternoon sewing sew-ing and chatting. M EETING HELD FOR OREM RELIEF SOCIETY BOARD The Orem stake Relief Society Soc-iety board met last week at the home of Mrs. Winnie Graff- All the board members were present except two, who were excused. The winters work was discussed and ward teaching assignments were made- Refreshments were served. The next meeting of the board will be at the home of Mrs-Maud Mrs-Maud Holdaway on Friday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. at 1:30 p.m. when the Social Sci- ence lesson will be given October 23, 1497 October 28 Last Day To Register For Orem November Election . Only one more day is left for Orem citizens to register before the coming municipal election Tuesday October 28. The law requires re-quires that voters register on designated days before they go to the polls. No one will be allowed al-lowed to vote who has hot registered regis-tered beforehand. , The four registration districts in Orem are at the homes of the following: District No. 1 Mrs. Ethel C. Lowe; North city limits to canyon can-yon drive or 8th North District No. 2 Clarence York: Canyon Drive or 8th North to Snow Street or 4th South-District South-District No. 3 Ludwig N. Poulson: Snow Street or 4th South to 12th South or Curtis Street ' District No. 4 Vaneese Woffinden: Wof-finden: From 12th South or Curtis Cur-tis Street to South city limits. PRIMARY OFFICERS ; Officers and teachers of the Timpanogos wzfrd Primary attended at-tended a preparation meeting last Thursday at the home of Mrs. LuJean Sundberg. Mrs. Ruth Moss gave the lesson les-son on discipline, after which a luncheon was served to the wol-lowing: wol-lowing: Ruby Cameron, Myrl Stubbs, Maggie Poulson, Peggy Pyne, LaDean Keeler, Lucy Rowley, June Kendall, Dorothy Lunceford, Delia Aiken, Fern Knight, Vee Judd, Rowena Christensen, Norma Bunnell, Kathryn Marshall, Verda Anderson Ander-son and Mrs. Moss. Orem Jaycee Wives Entertain Guests At Card Party Guests from Salt Lake City, Provo, Pleasant Grove, Springville Spring-ville and Orem enjoyed the card party sponsored by the Orem Jaycee Wives last week. The Lincoln high school gym was gay with Halloween decorations, dec-orations, pumpkins and cornstalks corn-stalks .and bright fall flowers. Luncheon was served ' at small tables, set with dainty lace mats and Halloween place cards. Carol Memmott entertained entertain-ed with piano selections during luncheon. Pinochle, "500" and Bridge were played during the evening. Mrs. Mame Wells won a crystal and siver vase and Mrs- Bessie Mendenhall won a dainty tea apron as first and second piizes for bridge. Mrs- Elvira Monson achieved the high score in the "500" game and was awarded a hand painting. A pottery vase was given to the winner of the Pinochle " game, ' Mrs. Alice Clark. A painting was given as the door prize to Mrs. June Kendall. Cakes and pies were given to the ladies holding lucky numbers. They were Mrs- Norma Hoops, Mrs. Elda Roberts, Mrs- Hattie Slater,. Mrs. Beth McNeef, Mrs. Mrs. Nina Stratton, Mrs. Gwen Melba Calder, Mrs. Roy Healy," Strong and Mrs- Rhoda Peterson. UTAH'S DEATH RATE NATION'S LOWEST; BIRTHRATE TOPS NATIONAL AVERAGE Discounting accidents, Utah is the safest place in America to live, according to figures released releas-ed late last week by Utah Health Heal-th Commissioner Welby W. Bigelow. The state's birthrate is also well above the national average, av-erage, the figures showed- Utah's death rate: 7-29 per 1000 of population, was the lowest low-est in the nation for 1946. and appreciably lower than the national na-tional everage of 10- The birth rate: 28 3 babies per 100 residents, resi-dents, is well above the national nation-al average. In every leading cause of death, with the exception of accidents, ac-cidents, Utah ranked well below the national average, according to the report- Accidents took the lives of 73.38 persons per 100,000 population, 2.1 persons more per 100,000 than the na tional average deaths, 41 per jcent were pedestrians killed by motor vehicles. Top Spot in Nation It is in disease-caused deaths where Utah takes top spot in the nation, according to the report prepared by Edward G. Titus, health commission statistics director. dir-ector. In Utah, as in the nation, lead ing killer was heart disease, but the state had a death rate of only 232.13 per 100,000 persons compared with a national average aver-age of 306.6. Cancer ranked second in both the state and nation as a cause of death but again Utah's rate of 79.37 deaths per 100,000 was 40 per cent below the national average av-erage of 129.6- Harvest Queen To Be Chosen Lincoln High Dance The F. F. A- and the F. H- A-at A-at Lincoln High school are sponsoring a Harvest Ball, Friday Fri-day evening, Oct- 24 at 8:30 p-m. p-m. in the high school gym. The theme, "Autumn Serenade" will be followed in the decorations used in the hall. During the dance a Harvest queen will be elected- The six girls who are candidates for the honor of becoming queen are Coleen Varley, Earlene Foote, Helen Swan, Dolores Robbins, Norma Cook and Lyla Mae McDonald. Mc-Donald. A drawing will be staged stag-ed and a large turkey given to the lucky winner. The officers of the two clubs are in charge of arrangements for dance. Sallee Hawkins is president of the FHA, Beth Harding, vice president and Fay Stubbs, secretary. Dean Larsen is FFA president, LaMar Callas, vice president, and Eugene TIGERS THUL1P P. G., 207; PREPARE FOR SPRIIIGVILLE TUSSLE FRIDAY Coach Don Dixon s Lincoln high Tigers, within hailing distance dis-tance of their third straight Region Reg-ion grid title were preparing ihis week for payoff games with Springville high on Friday and BYHS on the following week to wind up their regional schedule. The Tigers, with a run of five straight wins, can do no worse than tie for first by turning back the Red Devils from Springville on Friday. A pair of losses however, how-ever, in the last two games would give Pleasant Grove a chance to grab the title by win-Grovers win-Grovers tackle the dangerous BY ning both remaining games. The Wildcats this week and Springville Spring-ville next. The powerful Tigers had to Sewing Class To Begin October 30 A sewing class, sponsoreu by the Orem stake Relief Society, will hold its first meeting at the jCepsjnqx u0 lootps q3iu; umouji Oct- 30 at 7:30 p.m. The class will be under the supervision of Mrs. Skinner of the Alpine school district and Mrs. Maud Holdaway, stake sewing director. All ladies who are interested in the class are asked to attend the first meeting. The time of the meetings will be changed if a more convenient hour can be decided upon .' Ladies are asked to bring their needles, thread, measuring tape and material. mat-erial. Help will be given to beginners as well as those with more difficult sewing. Accidental deaths were third in both the state and the nation. Three persons died elsewhere in the nation from tuberculosis to every one in Utah, the report shows. Despite the fact that 78 persons died from this disease in Utah highest number in years the state's death rate was anly 12.28 compared with a national na-tional average of 37-2- Nevertheless, Neverthe-less, tuberculosis rose from 13th to 10th place in the state as a cause of death. Pneumonia ranked seventh in Utah as a cause of death, killing 182 persons and giving a death rate of 28.81. The national death rate was 39-2- Despite the fact that Utah ranks near the top of the nation in number nu-mber of births per 100,000 persons, per-sons, its maternal and infant death rates were low compared with the national average. During 1946 when 17,983 children were born to Utah residents res-idents only 23 mothers lost their lives a death rate of 1-278 per 1000 live births compared with a national average of, 1-6. At the same time Utah's in fant mortality rate dropped to 26.9 per 1000 births while the national average stands ai a.a for deaths of children under one year. Almost one-tenth of the deaths in Utah were those of infants in-fants and prematurity accounted for nearly half of those deaths Among other leading causes of infant deaths (there were 484 in 1946) were: ongenital malformations, mal-formations, 78; birth injuries, 52, and childhood diseases or other early causes, 115. 1'RICE FIVE CENTS ANTOINE R. WINS TO PRESIDE AT SHARON STAKE COHFEREUCE SUNDAY f Antoine It. Ivins come from behind to win over the previously undefeated Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove crew last Thursday. The Vikings recovered a Tiger fumble early in the game und then drove on ground plays to the Tiger 16. At the juncture a Viking fumble which did, not touch the ground was recovered by Peay, P. G. end, who raced over for a score. In the second quarter the Tigers Ti-gers struck back with a pair of touchdowns. With Ralph Willett and Leo Hatch alternating in the ball-carrying chores, the K.als drove over on two occasions. One drive started from the 11 yard lines, the other began at the 45. One of the offensive features of the tilt was the pretty pass Willett to Clin Lewis, which was good for 30 yeards- Coach Dixon reports that his gndders are in gold shape for the crucial tilt Friday at 2:o0 p. m. Phillips and Stubbs have been ailing during the week but will be ready to go on Friday. winner or itegion Three is slated to tackle the winnj of Region Four, Morgan is leading. on November 7 at Morgan. That tilt will be the state class B semifinals. Milk Pasteurization Law To Be Discussed An explanation of the import ance of the new state regulation requiring the pasteurization of market milk products will be presented on radio station KSL on its regular "This Business of 'Farming" program at 12:30 p.m. Monday, October 27, according to R. Harvey Dastrup, Commissioner Commis-sioner of Marketing on the state board of agriculture. The explanation is being presented pre-sented to fill a wide-spread interest in the folowing of the law and what constitutes breaking break-ing the law. Orem GOP Women Election Held Mrs. George Stratton was el ected president of the Orem Women's Republican club at the meeting Wednesday at Virginia Manor. She succeeds Mrs. Lawrence Law-rence Maycock. Other officers named include Mrs. Llyod Pyne and Mrs- Sharp Gillespie, vice presidents; Mrs- Leo Poulson, secretary; Mrs. Thomas Jacob, treasurer; and Mrs- J- D. Pyne, parliamentarian. parliamentar-ian. Mrs. Geo. W. Worthn, county organizer of the federated women's wo-men's Republican clubs, talked on "The Republican Outlook." Mrs. J. E. Christensen, district organizer, also spoke. Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Poulson, Mrs. May-cock, May-cock, Mrs. Lloyd Pyne and Mrs. J- D. Pyne. OREM WOMENS CLUB Mrs. Richard Brewer was hostess hos-tess to the Orem Womens Club at their meeting at the Scera lounge. The litany was read by Mrs. Ray Loveless. Twenty-five members and 10 guests were present at the meeting-Mrs- Neal Bunnell was in charge cha-rge of the music and introduced Mrs. Arnold Skinner, who played play-ed two acccordian solos- Mrs. E. B. Terry gave a messege from the hospital guild- The book, "Singing Waters" by Ann Bridge was reviewed by Mrs. F. B. Woffinden. I AGRICULTURE " .INBUSTBY Antoine R. Ivins of the First Council of Seventy, represent ing the general authorities oi the LDS church, will preside at the Sharon stake quarterly conference to be held Saturday and Sunday, according to Hen-ry Hen-ry D. Taylor, stake president. The first of the conierence meetings will be a welfare meet, ing to be held at 6:30 p.m. in the cast room of the Seminary building. Priesthood leadership meeting will be held at 8 p.m. in the west room of the Seminary building- The first general session of the conference will be held Sun day at 10 a.m. in the Scera aud itorium. All LDS church mem bers in Sharon stake are expect ed to be present. The general priesthood meet . ing, to which all male members are invited, will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the Scera auditorium. auditor-ium. Music will be furnished by the Sharon stake Aaronic priesthood chorus-Also chorus-Also at 2:30 p.m. the Mothers and daughters meeting will be held in the Timpanogos ward chapel. The YWMIA will be in charge of the meeting under the direction of Mrs. Loreen Bliss, president. The second general session of the conference will be held at 7 p.m. in the Scera auditorium. auditor-ium. Music for the general sessions will be furnished by the com, bined Relief Society choruses of Sharon and Orem stakes. Orem Garden Club To Elect Officers Officers for the coming yea will be elected at the meeting of the Orem Garden club to be held Thursday, October 30 at 7:30, in the Sharon ward chapel. An interesting program and social are being planned to fol low the business meeting. Six officers will be elected at the meeting. . Club member . now holding office are Lola Fowlke, president; Luzon Cros by, vice president;Blanche Snow secretary; Myrna Adams, historian; histor-ian; and Donna York, publicity chairman- These officers who have served ser-ved during the past year will be honored at the social. All members are asked to bring their partners to the party. Diphtheria On Increase in State The state department of health reports that during 1947 there have been six deaths and 30 cases of diphtheria in Utah- The rate is the highest in the state sine 1941- The rate increase is causing officers of the department de-partment to urge diphtheria immunization im-munization among children. The department reported two cases of the disease last week, one in Duchesne county and one in Uintah county. Only 32 resident cases of com-.-mnicable diseases were reported in the stale last week as compared com-pared with 102 for the week previous and 146 for the cor. responding week last year. Army Recruiters Get Only 50 Percent Of Quota Now Army recruiting officers reported re-ported this week that it has been impossible for Utah to meet quotas since the termination of selective sevice- The army has a monthly quota of 180 in Utah. but is actually getting only one- jnalf tnat number. Recruiters re- port that about 30 percent of all volunteers are men who already have had miliary experience. ine navy s average quota per month for Utah is 100 and recruiters re-cruiters report they usually fill 65 of it. The marine corps, with the highest percentage, 75. No figures are available as to the actual number of Utahns now serving in the armed forces, but it is believed to be about 775, the number of persons recruited re-cruited since the end of the war. The army reported that since the summer of 1945, it has re-c re-c r u i t e d approxiamaleiy 5300 Utahans; the navy, 1881, and the marine corps 534. Percentage of quota filled depends upon economic conditions condi-tions more than anything else, navy officials said, pointing out that where there is considerable farming and construction it is extremely difficult to obtain cruits. Army recruiters found, how ever, mai oniy nail as many men as they need, they still are getting more recruits than they did in prewar days. |
