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Show OREM GENEVA TIMES THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1943 (0rm - (Btmxm intra 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 second class matter November 19, 1944 at the postoffice at Orem, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1878. MEMBER: Utah State Press Association Subscription Rates: One year, strictly ki advance $3 00 Six Months $2.10 SOLVING THE HOUSING PROBLEM They are doing something about the housing in Prosser, Washington, besides talking about it they are actually building houses. It all started last September. Septem-ber. Prosser, with a population of 4,000 had experienced a housing shortage as acute as any city in the nation. Its 640 livable units were inadequate to accommodate the families of men working at the nearby Hanford atomic bomb plant or the Washington State college experimental irrigation farm, largest in the world. Even the town's school teachers were house-hunting. In short, the city of Prosse with its atomic bomb plant and its huge experimental farm was in the same predicament that Orem City is in today with its Geneva Steel plant. Realizing the need for quick mass building, a group of local business men approached the only two contractors contrac-tors in town. The contractors were building only one or two units at a time and they shied away from large projects for such a backward western town with a possible pos-sible ghost-town future. The Prosser merchants were not to be stymied, so they went into a huddle, and seventeen of them came up with $25,000 10 percent of the amount requested for a loan from the FHA. Seven basic home designs were approved by the FHA and it granted a 90 percent loan. The tiny agricultural town of Prosser with its boom-town pains waved a $250,000 check before the eyes of a Seattle, contractor and seven months later the first 25 of the proposed 500 houses had been completed. Yes, Prosser has a plan, and it's working. It means building sturdy homes fast and inexpensively, and yet it is not fencing in units with red tape knee-ht?h to trip the buyer. For the higher priced units, the saving to the buyer amounts to as much as $3,000 since the real estate operator's commission has been eliminated and the contractor's con-tractor's costs have been pared with mass production. AN IMPORTANT LONG STEP Decision of the city council and its hard-working highway committee to strive, this year, to complete approximately ap-proximately two and one-half miles of curb and gutter and to demand that the state road commission match that effort- by paving the curb, strikes us as about the finest civic improvement project Orem could have ordered. . . .. , n , It takes only a little imagination to see Orem s State Street as it may well appear by next October: four lanes for traffic plus ample room to park and shop, removal of postboxes from the highway proper, provision for storm and irrigation water along the highway, an incentive to plant ferass and trees to beautify the entire frontage through Orem, reinstallation, perhaps on off-highway off-highway streets, of utility lines which are now unsightly on State Street. Those are only a few of the improvements improve-ments which will stem from the project. The project itself will be a long step toward modernizing modern-izing and beautifying Orem, but in addition it will open ways in which property owners, both business and residence, resi-dence, can add to the street's beauty and utility. Your NEAREST HEADQUARTERS For Paint and Wallpaper is REYNOLDS We try to do the impossible. We try to please. REYNOLDS PAINT & WALLPAPER CO, 54 NORTH 4TH WEST, PROVO Business Phone 2340 Residence Phone 635-J ssasr.:: K Flower Bordered Terrace Beautifies Modern Home V V window : X V , J" 1- SINGLE FLOWERED T WINDOW I DARK RED AND WHITE k-VALl. J. walM i i WALL PETUNIA - WALL I BALCONY BLUE. WINDOW PETUNIA BOXES l BALCONY ROSE. Few flowers thrive in the shade; and sunshine is also good for you. Modem houses are designed for sunny surroundings, with terraces open to the sky replacing roofed porches, and flower borders growing where formerly former-ly shrubs would shade the house and make it impossible for flowers to live. In the home erounds. as on the beach, shade can be provided by the garden umbrella, or by awnings, when it is needed. And when sunshine is desired, one need not go to the coun try to enjoy It, it the landscape planting plant-ing is designed to allow the sun full access to the house and garden. Modern houses do not reauire shrubbery planting close to them. With few exceptions they are set low, with the main floor close to ground level. Planting in front should De kept low. Tall shrubs and evergreens near the house have the effect of making low houses seem lower. A sun-drenched terrace surrounded by flowers makes an ideal frame for a one-story house, as shown in the illustration. A low wall topped by flower boxes rising a foot or more, but never higher than the window level, can easily be constructed. At the base of this wall a border of flowers can be grown from seed sown directly in the ground. Flower boxes at the windows complete a decoration, which will make any house a show place. Such a planting adds to the apparent appar-ent size of the house, and presents a picture which will be enjoyed as much by the house occupants as by pass-ersby. pass-ersby. For best effect care should be taken in the choice of colors. These should harmonize with the color of the house and its trim. The suggested planting uses all petunias, red and white at the base of the wall, balcony blue on top of the wall, and rose in the window boxes. Other flowers which would serve well in such a planting ore marigolds, nasturtiums, lobelias, annual an-nual pinks, white and violet aslyssum, salvia, and lilliput zinnias. LOCAL . Fred Dixon will be the speaker at the meeting of the Geneva ward Special Interest group next luesaay evening. Mr. Dixon will show slides of tulips and other flowers and will discuss how to grow them. borne folks get so made at their local officials they threaten to vote. We don t know how w" 711 rjre! pared Soviet Russia is fo.'r war, but she certainly knows how'u hand out plenty of fiehtine words. TIRE REPAIRING VULCANIZING BATTERIES ODD SIZE TIRES ON HAND 30x312 5.50x18 - 34x5. 24in. Tractor Tires and Service BR1MHALL BROS. New Location 241 W. 5th So. Phone 491M Choosing a monument is jj like buying a diamond ... j the reputation of the jj firm you deal with is y your assurance of full value and satisfaction, jj That is why Beesley's jj is glad to offer advice jj and to help you make a jj choice that is suitable jl from every point of view, jj including price. Stop in h anytime to see our dis- ;; plays . - . you'll find a jj wide choice of stone and styles. -We also carry jj Bronze Markers. S BEESLEY MONUMENT i & s ( VAULT CO. 51 West 1st Fouth Provo I I ' ' Phone lOfU-W f i Ray Johnson Representative Phone 0589-J2 Orem Mil Beneficial Life Insurance Company "If you have your health today, then this is your day to insure." KELSCH'S COMPLETE SHOE FOOTxSRVICE 156 West Center Telephone 707 AT BOOTERIE Provo, Utah i?:::::::::::i:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: :n:::tH ! WICK SAYS: Come yourself and bring jj jj your children in for a haircut. jj The kids will get a kick out of jj jj our new animal barber seats, jj DROP IN AT IWICK SWAIN'Sl jj (Your hair preparation jj II headquarters.) . jj l! 69 No. 1st West Provo II BOXING AND WRESTLING Every Wednesday At 830 p.m. PROVO ARMORY VFW Ute Post 2186 '31 NSS - tig B. L. TIPPETS Phone 0662-R1 STEPHEN ADAMS Phone P. G. 3461 OSCAR II. ANDERSON Phone 087-R2 The unusual interest shown by Orem Real Estate in handling your Insurance, Real Estate and Bonding problems Insures you of prompt and efficient service at all times. We can find just you are looking look-ing for in a home in our complete com-plete listings. Large or small, you can find it here. FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK From the files of the Orem-Geneva Times Lincoln Principal A. P. War-nick War-nick announced that although 38 high school boys had applied for school credit while ib' wee working on farms and aiding n the national emergency, sua tne number did not begin to meet the demand for farm labor in this area. ' The hot lunch program at Orem Or-em schools was discontinued due to unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances involving materials mater-ials and priorities. Dr. Gerritt De Jong of the Brigham Young University began be-gan his series of three lectures at the Scera auditorium. " Mayor B. M. Jolley, V. Emil Hansen, city clerk, and W. P. Williams, councilman, met with representatives of the Federal Works Agency to discuss the proposed pro-posed project of a new reservoir to help supply water to the fast growing population of Orem. Snow at the head of the Provo River was much heavier than for several years previous, according accord-ing to H. E. Cardwell Clegg, weather observer and operator of the reservoirs at th head of Provo Pro-vo Canyon. Lee Kay, Director of Education Educa-tion for the State Fish and Game Department, was the guest speaker spea-ker at the Orem Lions club meeting. meet-ing. , Parents Day was held at Page school. Bishop Weldon Taylor an nounced that the Lake View gtiiiiillltiiuiiliiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiimilliitiu, l. c, bailey I I 1700 SOUTH STATE I Complete Plumbing fand Heating Service! i 1 f Phone 013-J2 ORE?.l auMiiiiiiHiiHHiiiMiiHiiiimwmmiiiiiHiuiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiii ward would hold its annual ward (.uut'rence on April 18. LaMar Maycock, manager of the Orem Trailer Park, reported that 140 of the 150 trailers at the park were rented. Theatres in Orem and Provo turned in more than $2,000 in contributions to the Red Cross fund. Work was begun on the proposed pro-posed Orem city cemetery. Superintendent D. R. Mitchell of the Alpine School Board announced an-nounced that the salaries of teachers tea-chers in the district would be increased from $280 to $350 over the previous year. The salaries would range from $1050 per year for a teacher with three years college training and no teaching experience to $2205 per year for the teacher with a bachelor's degree and with 19 pears' experience. Mr. and Mrs. Vic Christensen were the proud parents of a new 10-lb baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Walker en tertained at a family dinner in honor of their son, Gordon, who had joined the U. S. Air Force. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hoolcy received re-ceived word that their son, La-Var, La-Var, had been commissioned a 1st Lieutenant and placed on the reserve list. If there is anyone we can't stand, it's the person who talks while we are interrupting. Utah County Mattresi Factory COMPLETE MATTRESS and BATT SERVICE Only Factory In Utah Count We are not represented by an transient mattress workers, bi will call for and deliver wit out extra charge. JUST PHONE 34S Or drop us a card 661 West 2nd North PROVO UTAH u i mi li i KiiiitiiKiimu mi tin iti i mint inn u iim i tun i n n 1 1 itti i ti i in n 1 1 11 1 1 1 niti ttnttiu ititi i n i i i iu mi n m in mi 1 1 tiitiKiiiiin i itn inn 11 1 lit SPRAY TIME Come and get your Lime-Sulphur. Bring barrels if you have any; we have some barrels to loan you. We have dormant oil, weilable sulphur, lead arsenate, DDT, and other spray materials. We will soon have berry cases, cherry lugs and baskets when you want them. 1 SHARON INDUSTRIES I C. II. Poulson, Manager ittiitriitiiiiiiiiiittiiitiiiiiiiiiiitiiiititiiiiiitiitiiiiiiiiiifiiiriiiiiirititifiiifittitiiiiijitiititiiifiiiiHMiiiitiiiiiiititiiiiiificiiiitiiiitiiti4ir4iiitJiiifiTtiiia .... "Pardon my saying so . . . but I think you'd look much better in a dress or suit that has been cleaned by the MARINE CLEANERS." THE UNUSUAL WIND CARVED GOBLET OF VENUS." ANSWER S In order to get prompt and efficient I Service, whether you wish to buy or sell, Contact HOME SERVICE CO, jj p r "T P A fir p"Oi- r . "f, - ' r THIS 'II THAT Bv Ethyl N. Hair Hi Folks, It's spring today, Tuesday. I had begun to think we were Just going to have winter and summer. sum-mer. A gloomy day la depressing depres-sing to the very ill or shut-ins. I can bet the Orem farmers, already al-ready late with their work, are hustling to catch up, and house wives will get into the mood of house cleaning, and then we'll have spring ever and that calls for spring tonics. My advice is to take them if mother says so. Last spring I skipped my molasses mo-lasses and sulphur, because I skipped spring fever, BUT I am wondering if it paid the doctors' doc-tors' and hospital bills this winter win-ter would buy carloads of spring tonics. In our town we have some most excellent doctors and a fine hospital. We should be proud. Girls are training more and more for laboratory technicians, and I'll be glad when they train for a Doctor's profession. Some are, but not nearly as many as we need. Some women are born nurses; they have the gift of healing. While in the LDS hospital 1 met many trainees. They are a splendid splen-did group of fine young girls, with high ideals. I met a gal from Provo, the daughter of one of Provo's excellent doctors. She impressed me as as being a credit cred-it to her father's profession. If I were a young girl again with life before me, I would consider con-sider the nursing profession; but KEEP BROODER FIRES COING "Don't let the first warm days of spring mislead you to false economy in caring for your chicks," warns the American Veterinary association. Keep a small fire going in the brooder stove until it is certain that warm weather is here to stay." Unless the flock has started to roost, a sudden change from warm weather to cold and rain willvcause the chicks to crowd together in the absence of artt ficial heating. The result will be that some will get overheated while others will chill and some may smother, and serious diseases dis-eases may follow. Certain types of respiratory troubles, digestive digest-ive disturbances, and outbreaks of coccidiosis are sometimes traceable to this early-spring error er-ror in management, the veterinary veteri-nary group says. I would pray about it first, and think about it for a long time. Nursing is not all glamour, despite de-spite the fact that the nurses look like glamorous Hollywood queens. In fact, I have never seen girls as charming and beautiful beau-tiful as the nurses and aids I've had take care of me. It all goes to show the cream of the crop are taking up the nursing profession. pro-fession. I wish they were paid better; they rate it. I don't know how it will come about, but something in that direction should be done soon. To think those gallant girls don't make even as much an hour as for common labor. Sometime Z think there is no justice. Not for these gals anyway. Now is the time to PLANT Rese Bushes. They can be had at ROHBOCK'S SONS Feed everything you grow Vigoro, complete plant food. Clean, odorless, sanitary, and easy to use. Economical, too! Enjoy greater returns from your investment in seed, time and labor through complete feeding. a Mooucr or swift V7QCB J COMMITS PLANT fOOB EVERGREENS A Good Assortment Call and See Them Planting timo for your GARDEN is here too , Remember, we have nationally-known garden seeds of all kinds: peas, beet, lettuce, and radishes should be in nowll ALWAYS CALL ON ROHBOCK'S SONS' OREM FLOWER SHOP PHONE 116 Orem, Utah i FREE DELIVERY IN COUNTY if- ;U)fiTOi.Jifi '(HtlHi to- m)m 71 Jdtxrli44m4t From where I sit ... It Joe Marsh Now It's Neckties Made of Milk! Fellow in Andy Botkin's Tavern was boasting about a trick necktie he was wearing made out of a byproduct by-product of milk. "Took 33 pounds of milk to make this tie," he says. Bill Webster was unimpressed. "Personally," he says, "I'd rather have the milk to drink. Just as I wouldn't change one glass of good American beer for a necktie made from thirty barrels of it!" Yes, modern science being what It is seems like you can make "anything out of anything" these days. But in the case of milk, well I guess drinking it is still a whole lot better than just wearing it. Of course there are lots of othtr ways of abusing goods and beverageslike bev-erageslike a fellow who doesn't appreciate good beer enough to drink it slowly and in moderation. But from where I sit, most people peo-ple who enjoy a wholesome beverage bev-erage like beer or ale are moderate because beer itself is a btveragt of moderation. Copyright, 1948, United State Brewert Foundation FRUIT TREES UTAH COUNTY'S EEST SOURCE OF GOOD FRUIT TREES O GROWN AT OREM, UTAH o Also a complete assortment of roses, flowering shrubs, shade trees and evergreens. Everything to beautify the home grounds. Free advice on foundation planting. Wildwood Hollow Farm Nursery a F. D. 'n. . Provo .'593 South fit h West. Orem, Utah Phone 011-R1 n:::::i:::R::::!:::;:::::ns:::H::i: |