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Show OREM-GENEVA TIMES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1941 j (0rm - (Snwtra WxmB Published Every Thursday Office of Publication. Route. 2, Box 276 B, Orem, Utah Printed at 57 North First West, Provo, Utah M- NEFF SMART, Editor and Publisher Entered as seoond class matter November 19, 1944 at the postoffice at Orem. Utah, under the act of March S, 1879. MEMBER: Utah State Press Association Subscription Raiesi One year, strictly in advance .... $3 00 Six Months .. $2.00 AJN OPEN LETTER . To the Utah State Road Commission Gentlemen: . The people of Orem mean business about traffic safety on Highway 91. We state this first lest there be any misunderstanding about the earnestness of the city's people and lest you get the impression that our current safety program is a "flash in the pan," and will peter out once the enthusiasm of the organization weaia off. You can understand readily, we're sure, how important im-portant traffic safety is to a city which is built astride a state-administered highway that carries the volume of speeding traffic which Highway 91 does. Approximately Approxi-mately half of the city's school children must cross the highway at least twice each day, and the crossing and re-crossing of the highway by students during the schools' off periods give us anxious moments. Shopping in Orem requires crossing the highway at several places in the city, and each crossing is an adventure. Theatre traff ic at Scera presents a problem each evening. It is a problem which is related not only to the caution which movie patrons must exert, but also to caution which passing motorists must take. You, as administrators of the highway, have given us assurance from time to time that action would be taken in our behalf, and we appreciate the painting of the crossing lanes. But our crowd is clamboring for moe action and less talk. We need permission to establish bus stops along-the highway and to install the bus stop signs. The signs are ready but the permission is not. Why? We've been promised assistance of state patrolmen in enforcing the speed limit in Orem. The assistance has been disappointing. We believe we need a semaphore at the Lincoln crossing to. protect our school children. You say that you'll study the problem. Please keep us posted. No doubt your department has scores of problems similar to those we face in Orem. Your department is, na doubt, being continually asked, pleaded with, badlgered and perhaps even pressured for highway improvements and services which are needed throughout the state. We have no desire to apply pressure, nor to badger, but please know that we're earnest about our safety program. And we're counting on a completion of the commitments you'e made to insure the success of our program. I 'I i hew I TirirrrTTftrr? DinncYcm j for addltlonml Ustlngt mr for Directory I Advrtising, CALL... THE TELEPHONE BUSINESS OFFICE 7 The Mountain Stales Telephone 4V Telegraph Co. rr E3 a m I 7rU riiU "Of all the materials mate-rials used by people peo-ple to make objects that fill their needs or add comfort and convenience to their life, mineral substances are among the most difficult to obtain." MSTA1 MIN1NO INDUSTRY Of UTAH From "where There aren't too many college graduates in our town. Good honest thinking, yes...but most folks went from high school into fanning. No harm in that! But I admire veterans like Dick Newcomb... who's 23, but going to college under the G.I. Bill of Eights. Intends to be a sheep farmer but a better-informed, better-informed, more scientific farmer, with more know-howl And veterans like Dick aren't letting let-ting anything interfere. What little relaxation they allow themselves is in the form of needed exercise, or Copyright, ml AHEAD CEC;CES. BENSON Stitrf. jtrtma For All the People America, we sometimes say, is made up of Fords and Frigidatres. Kodaks and Coca-Cola. We like brands and trade-marks. We respect the successful products of industry, and have confidence in them. We're even likely to take these things for granted, without knowing the how or why behind them. America is the only land where initiative, enterprise, and competition have been allowed to work for the good of all the people. Yet, to view our industry as comprising com-prising a few great names and trade-marks only, is to have a confused con-fused and off-balance picture. To think that manufacturers of goods we all like to buy automobiles, for instance are the "great monop. oly" is to fail to see how big and how productive the nation really is. Neither General Motors, nor any of the others, could get by without their hundreds of helper factories that make everything from cotter-pins to hub-caps. Where the Supplies These helper factories are in turn supplied with parts and materials by hundreds of other firms. A supply line may even go back to simple "alley shop," where three or four men grind or polish a part Or take a town like Worcester, Mass. The total wage bill there for workers in plants supplying the automotive industry in-dustry was almost 140,000,000 in 1948. That's good sized payroll. . Or take the whole parts industry, of which there are more than 1,000 companies, with plants spread all over America. Most of these parts producers are small businesses, employing em-ploying less than 600 workers each. Usually their origin may be traced to fertile minds that Invented and patented an idea for improving automobiles. Many newcomers are still getting into the parts and equipment equip-ment field. Under the American system, sys-tem, this is possible. Each Has a Fart Mistaken in their complaint about monopolies, in the next breath some folks berate the "machine age" for not offering the worker a chance to take pride in his work. Just putting in cotter-pins all day in the same old assembly-line position, they say, is poor substitute for craftsmanship. Right here, I want to go on record as praising the free and responsible American who put the cotter-pins firmly and safely in the chassis of my automobile 1 He did a good job. I'll give the average American worker the praise that is his due. He has the intelligence to see his place ' in our method of mass production of goods for the use of everybody. Not so long ago, war workers were being told they were "right behind the man behind the gun." Indeed, the lowliest assembly-line assembly-line worker or file-clerk is a part of peace-time production. And it is this' production that makes America the best land in the world in which to live. Yes, hundreds and sometimes thousands of suppliers and fabricators fabrica-tors are the craftsmen behind the automobiles we drive, the radios we hear. As workers in a free America, we can never overlook the importance impor-tance of the place we have behind the name tags on the products of our skill. As we work, and to the extent that we understand and depend upon that system, so shall we succeed suc-ceed in preserving American ways and liberties. HI-WAY GARAGE Orem residents were noting with interest this week the opening open-ing of the new Hi-Way Garage and Service located two blocks north of the Scera Theatre. Proprietors H. A. and O. H. Lamoreaux promise courteous, friendly and efficient service to Orem residents. The new Hi-Way Hi-Way Garage and Service will specialize in mechanical repairs, motor overhauling, tune ups, lubrication and handles Wasatch products. Rf!MRtRtt!lll!UnttlJRSSi!! FOR SALE Hoover Vacuum Cleaner. Model 150. Call Pleasant Grove 3401. AdrtUimnt I sit ... Je Marsh From Shaepskin to Sheep books, or conversation and an occasional occa-sional glass of beer with friends. Seems as if, just by having their education postponed, they've put a higher value on it... and on things like temperance (that glass of beer, for instance) , understanding, understand-ing, and good citizenship. And from where I sit, when Dick gets his sheepskin he won't have lost much t:me. He'll be an even better farmer than his Dad. (Exactly what Dad wanted I) 1948, United Statu Brtwr$ Ftundation THE POLITICAL HORIZON - SOME NOTES By LEONARD A. WILLIS Aid to Europe: Congress continues con-tinues rigid in its attitude toward to-ward the matter of European aid, and seems to be still worrying worry-ing over the amount Jo be advanced. ad-vanced. They make no bones about showing their concern over the money, to be greater than over the condition of the peoples it is intended to succour and 'to help toward recovery. We have been trying to get used to the "banker" tone that has colored all American mention of finances to Europe lately, but does a man (or a nation) have to act like a Shylock in order to convince one of his soundness and practicality? One feels it is "convincing" of something else altogether. The Thomas Committee: Far from detecting actual subver sion, according to a judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals in N. Y., the Thomas Committee, recently recent-ly investigating Communism in the U. S., has itself, he says, "subverted the Bill of Rights." Investigation of private opinion is, he holds, forbidden under the Bill of Rights. Just Politics: A severe condemnation con-demnation of our present 'high-riding' 'high-riding' Congress, given by Helen Fuller in the New Republic, January Jan-uary 12, is too obviously true to be omitted here. She says "The blunt truth is that 1948 is another election year, and the second session of the 80th Congress Con-gress is concerned less with what happens in Europe from now until November, than what happens in America November 2." We add that some have never cared what happened anywhere outside their own districts. England still floats: England has not yet sunk beneath the waves. If anything, she has her head a little higher now than, say, this time last year when predictions of her early demise were rampant everywhere in America. A recent Nation article reports the digging of "saleable" coal to the extent of 4,356,200 tons "last week," breaking h record rec-ord of 4,313,000 tons of August, 1940. Steel production is given at 14,174,000 tons yearly, "being the highest for any November" in the country's history. I conclude con-clude in the same way the writer writ-er of of the above quoted article started his piece: "I am hbppy to report that Britain appears to be pulling out of its crisis." Canada and Price Control: A brief reference was made in Friday's morning paper to Can- Gt mere dollars, mate, lag our ehleks aewl Our sticks ere freen the heat aatoUae f eleetoa' stralas every raf Mr to fasxaaina to ba la abseloielr aew4 eeadHloa. started aettfUally aa the war 10 the beat egg and meat predaeflaa. Wa offer yen ararythlnf fa ike eere af hah? ohieaa that's baa prove beat la laboratory sad kreoaec-ceop. Coma la aad aa ns. ' O BROODERS PURINA STARTENA POULTRY EQUIPMENT PURINA SANITATION PRODUCTS . TEVIPANOGOS .HATCHERY and FARM SUPPLY 532 South University Avenue Provo, Utah Phone 612 ada's rising butter and meat prices. Mention of this was followed fol-lowed with promise to consider the advisability of rationing these two commodities. Obviously, Obvious-ly, Canada does not have an Association As-sociation of Manufacturers to tell her that "rationing" is the wrong method of control." Of course, it may be that she "knows already, as we should have done, that no association of profit-seekers could seriously believe that control of any sort would make for higher prices. Our northern neighbor has a faculty for doing some things very sensibly. Distraught Liberals: Liberals have long been at cross purposes with one another, and Mr. Wallace's Wal-lace's recent action in "standing up to be counted" has seemed to make their plight thoroughly desperate and to have made the chances of an effective union a slim one indeed. But is their plight as desperate as it seems? There is much that liberals, the world over, have in common, and the sense of their many issues is-sues is daily growing stronger in the minds and consciences of earnest men. It can logically be expected and there is yet time that the overwhelming need of genuine and thoroughgoing service in the cause of plain and honest self-government (as in our own democracy) will impress im-press itself upon men so forcefully force-fully they will no longer turn aside from their duty to civilization. civili-zation. That duty may be ascribed as-cribed as carrying out the urge of an honest and courageous citi zen, to perform the ordinary and proper activities of citizenship; as required in a modern democracy. democ-racy. To do this, to give his soul the necessary fire, he may have to stir anew his latent hates: for the pretending, the trickster-politician trickster-politician and all his contemptible contempt-ible works, who has so long barred bar-red the way to simple fulfilment of a not-too-difficult-task. NOTICE TO CREDITORS , ESTATE OF OTILLA A. REAGAN. DECEASED Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned undersign-ed administrator at the office of Attorney I. E. BROCKBANK, Suite 211 Knight Building, Provo, Utah, on or before the 24th day of May, 1948. FIRST SECURITY BANK OF UTAH, N. A., Administrator. Published Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 13. free ju keahemses kf 1 Av, THIS 'II THAT By Ethyl N. Hair Do I believe In maxiums or platonic friendships? Hi, , No, I don't. Platonic friendship is what a man and woman hide behind to cover up a nasty affair. "If there's smoke, there's sure to be fire." Of course, cour-se, you could kid me about such things when I was young and green, now I take all that old stuff with a grain of salt. "What you don't know won't hurt you", remember that one? We used to think it a lulu, a way back when. "Opportunity knocks but once" is another maxium that went a long way in the weaving of flaws into the character and mind of the young folks in my time. I remember when platonic friendship be tween the sexes, based wholly on mental and spiritual atri action act-ion was quite fashionable. I liked the idea- -a whole flock of platonic friendships- -it would make me seem popular. At that time I desperately wanted to be popular. I soon got a lot of nonsense non-sense knocked out of my foolish head. Platonic friendship ripens too quickly and turns into something some-thing else. As time has passed and I have gone out into the world, men don't peddle that one to me any more. So, if your husband comes home and spouts off about some cutie, and you come back with, "I guess I should be jealous", and he assures you that the way he feels about the gal is purely platonic friendship, don't' believe be-lieve him. You can quote me on that one. There might be such a thing if it wasn't for this thing called sex. I can remember when a nice person didn't talk about sex, not out loud. They waited 'til the shades were pulled down, then whispered. But when the lamps were blown out, oh, boy. The maxium "Opportunity "Op-portunity knocks but once" was the theme song. Before marriage men and women look at each other as possible marriage partners. They are always measuring each other up. There's a lift you get out of thought process, and once you find a person of the opposite oppos-ite sex that measures up (or excites ex-cites you) you're well on your way beyond platonic friendship. Always the thing that sparks is the sex angle. If married there's always the comparisons - the ll ANNUAL SLIPCOVER and V e. a r, i i-v A a i r" r- hi SE2 YOUR NEAREST DTR STORE SOFT TOIKH "------1 rri X Over 804V of the water that is used in American homes it hard, according to recognised authorities. Hard water versus soft water figures fig-ures show that hard water requires up to 507 more grounds to make coffee and tea. The life of kitchen utensils is decreased up to 16.6 and hot water heating bills are up to 31 higher. Hard water for dishes, laundry and bath uses from f to 3 times as much soao and produces skimpy suds, ' measuring of your partner with the platonic friend. The condition condit-ion places the martial partner one the defense, one way or another. an-other. Then there's the getting even, which is childish but sometimes some-times dees the trick. Such a situation calls for ingenuity, in-genuity, and tact. I am remembering remem-bering the long list of platonic friendships that a certain gal played competition to (till she Just gave up). Her method was to be so friendly to hubby's platonic friendship, after a time hubby would get sick of the sight of the gal, and crave something some-thing more substantial. There are other methods, too. Or you can try the old maxium, "What you don't know won't hurt you" close your eyes and ears, and re fuse to believe facts. There's a fellow on our lane like that, and he has stuck his chin out so far, it would take a crowbar to pry it back. Most , platonic friendships friend-ships are nothing more than phil-anderings, phil-anderings, a personality flaw many people possess better nip such goings on in the bud. You'll have to figure out your own campaign, but be very subtle sub-tle about it. Naturally people who are indulging in such friendships are wary about anything any-thing that looks the least bit suspicious and are apt to accuse and abuse an innocent one to screen themselves, or for a cover cov-er up for that guilty conscience. DKArtKY oALt January & February Only Save 507o On Labor Costs Make your selection during January or February from the huge stocks of yardage ia our drapery department. We'll reserve the material, schedule it in our workroom and install H later in the spring . after house-cleaning tune. You pay only a small amount at the time of your selection. Re (pilar payments pay-ments begin only after installation is made. 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Mr. and Mrs. Junius Ogden were visitors at the Hill Crest ward Sunday School last Sunday. Sun-day. Mr. Ogden gave the lesson in the Gospel Doctrine class. Mr. David Martin acted as host to the Fireside Chat held Sunday evening at his home. The young people of the Mutual joined in the discussion of the lesson and later enjoyed games and refreshments. The Gleaner Girls and M Men selected Miss Helen Woffinden and Mr. Conrad Harward to make arrangements for a skating skat-ing party to be held Saturday evening on Utah Lake. They plan a bonfire party also, where there will be roasted weenies and toasted marshmallows. The MIA held their apron and overall dance after meeting Wednesday evening. The Junior Girls served refreshments to raise funds for their class project. pro-ject. - Any way you figure it, "A stitch stit-ch in time saves nine". If it should be friend wife who is indulging in-dulging (as is often the case) you might turn her up and paddle pad-dle her. If she doesn't respond, remember the maxium "Let her sit on her blister". Maxiums and platonic friendships friend-ships are headaches and kid more people into trouble, but whose funeral is this anyway? Seriously, there's something wrong with a person if they can carry on a platonic friendship over the years, and ask nothing more of life. It's Lepe Yeare (that's the Scotch way of writ ing It), take a chance and try the real thing, marriage, unless you like substitutes or living in the back streets of a man's life - and if you do you are a phoney. FOR SALE 70,000 B T U Oil burning floor furnace. Used one winter. $80.00. Ph. Pleas. Grove 5171 VV I - FOR DETAILS ft |