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Show ,ftM-GENEVA TIMES THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1943 Published Eyery Thursday Office f PubUcatioa. Route 2, Box 278 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 -ostofflce at Orem, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. MEMBER: Utah State Press Association Subscription Rates: One year, strictly In advance 13.00 Six Months $2.90 OREM'S SWIMMING POOL PROBLEM The warm days serve to remind us that it's going to be a grim summer for the hundreds of youngsters who in past years have made the Scera swimming pool their social center on hot summer days. Stringent rules laid down by the state health department de-partment regarding the type of chlorination system in state swimming pools have made the use of the Scera pool impossible this year. An expensive new system will have to be installed, regardless of the fact that the pool has always enjoyed near-perfect reports with regard to pool sanitation. Scera officials have announced that the pool is number num-ber one on their agenda for outlay and that their budget may provide for the necessary installations by the summer sum-mer of '49. Meanwhile we may expect an exodus to the canals, to the river and to Utah Lake by Orem youngsters. There are attendant dangers at all three places. Without being alarmist, we point' out that unsupervised swimming swim-ming by very young people always holds the danger drowning. Orem's canal streams are likely to be less contaminated with bacteria than most, but there will always be the danger of infection in it and in the river and the lake. We hope that the state's stringent rulings on swimming swim-ming pools, designed to protect and save life, don't lead to tragedy and heartache. EDITORIAL The time has comfc when Orem, as well as all communities, com-munities, needs laws to control pedestrians as well as automobiles. All of us are pedestrians most of the time. Therefore we feel more in our own element when we are walking, and as a group we fail to understand the limitations limita-tions of the automobile. Even experienced drivers forget these limitations when they become pedestrians. Year after year the records continue to. show that nearly three out of every four pedestrians Icilled in motor vehicle ve-hicle accidents were either committing an unsafe act or violatirtg a traffic law. Crossing against a signal was reported in approximately 18 percent of the accidents involving adult pedestrians. Playing in the roadway and crossing between crossways accounted for three fifths of the child pedestrian accidents. Unless we mend our ways, the same tragic story will be repeated in 1948. An effective solution to the problem of pedestrian accidents can only be attained through firm use of the three E's of safety : namelyV education, engineering and enforcement. Pedestrian laws should be designed not only to control the walker, but to inform the automobile driver as to. his area of responsibility. The final criterion to be used in judging whether or not pedestrians should dispute the roadway with an automobile is this there is no equal competition between be-tween a 150-Ib pedestrian and a 3,000-Ib automobile! Ration books in the hands of j proletarian states are the most ? powerful means of control. A power unprecedented in history, a means of compulsion stronger "; than the laws of the convent or t the guillotine. Joseph Stalin Washington with its millions of governmental employees is best summed up by Mark Twain's old. story about the "50 thousand ants- goin' down the Mississippi on a log every blamed one of 'em thinks he's steerin'." Now is the lime to PLANT Rase 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. EVERGREENS A Good Assortment Call and See Them Planting limo for your GARDEN is here too . A PRODUCT Of SWIFT U COMUI 0 COMUITI PLANT FOOD oi Remember, we have nationally-known garden seeds of all kinds: peas, beets, lettuce, and radishes should be in now!! ALWAYS CALL ON ROHBOCK'S SONS' OREM FLOWER SHOP Orem, Utah PHONE 116 FREE DELIVERY IN COUNTY THIS 'II THAT By Ethyl N. Hair "INTELLIGENCE IS THE GLORY OF GOD". Hi Folks, It's nearing graduation time for the sweet high school young. sters who have dreams of 'Careers', and college after vac ation time. I hope not one will be disappointed because education ed-ucation in this glorious land, America, costs a fortune. Some people think education is free, but they're the kind of folks who kid themselves who do not or will not face facts. We are losing a lot of grand talent because this condition exists. ex-ists. Only the well-to-do or the very rich (or specially ambit ious) with a star to climb'to, and the stick-to-itiveness, ever get the desired education. Among the aimless, or worthless, worth-less, you often hear talk of kill ing time. I have seen this kind of person with money to. bum frequent fre-quent our schools. They are not numerous, thank goodness. It time for America Utah might lead the way, to make schooling free for those who want and need it. It is time that we have aptitude tests for old and young alike. Look about you at the misfits who are unhappy, unenlightened, confused individ-' uals . . . people who might have contributed greatly to some field of endeavor had they had the chance. I know two girls with golden dreams Valeen Nielsen wants to be a nurse. We need nurses. Hats off to her; she is graduating against obstacles which would discourage a less dauntless person. per-son. Then there is Dorothy Lunceford who aspires to become a writer the trail is long and tedious. The field is highly competitive com-petitive and is getting more so. More people are reading, and are demanding a high type of literature. litera-ture. I know just what these two girls and many other youngsters are up against. We need such fine talent developed. . Our young folks today are mostly a fine lot with great futures. fu-tures. Sometimes parents idly laugh at young people's dreams, because they dream beyond what the parents can understand. This is a new world, with new ways so I am asking the parents to get behind that ambitious graduate gradu-ate and push; they will make you proud in time. GO TO IT, GRADUATES! Go after that career you cherish most. Success to you . . . 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Police said Davis smashed several sev-eral windows .and was stabbed with the saber as he approached the front door of Mrs. Epps' apartment. A Product F-SS tf Western Farms LWY 1 iS U . WORD PORTRAITS By Maj&r Clyde E. Weeks, Sr. Today I saw AN OLD ABANDONED LOT, overgrown with weeds and covered with debris and litter. It was situated along the main highway, right in the heart of Orem, where all passers-by may be impressed with its unsightliness. I'm glad to say that it is an unusual sight in this, community. However it is not unique. There are quite a few like it in Orem, both large and small, and conspicuous in a greater or lesser degree. This little plot tells a story. It permits even a stranger, unacquainted with the owner, to gain an insight in-sight into his character. It bespeaks be-speaks his slovenliness and indifference in-difference to personal, public and civic pride. It is a fire naz-ard, naz-ard, inasmuch as t h e dried weeds and debris invite the vagrant vag-rant match of a passing motorist to set it off into a blazing destroyer des-troyer to threaten all adjacent property. It is, as I said, unusual and if the owner wishes to attract att-ract attention to it he is succeed ing very well in his purpose. It is offensive to the eye and to the sensibilities of passers-by. Tourists visiting Orem for the first time will gain a lasting im pression of the character of the people who live here if they are influenced by this sad attraction. Situated in such a conspicuous place, with a well-kept orchard on one side and a neat and very attractively landscaped dwelling on the other, with the beautiful snow-capped mountains and the shimmering lake in the background, back-ground, the blue sky filled with floating chiffon overhead it gives one the impression of a horrible and ghastly scar on the face of an otherwise beautiful girl. Critical people find it hard Becker Prod. Co., Ogden. Utah ... v c hope to sell YOU not just one car, but a good many (new or. used, as you prefer). And we are ever striving to iK'rit your good will by operating our business in accordance accord-ance with fair, ethical, community-minded practices. TELLURIDE MOTOR CO. PROVO, D. VINCENT UTAH GENERAL MANAGER PHONE 1000 to overlook so glaring a fault. Only a jaundiced eye could find beauty here. Secsei Disrespect s The neighbors and property owners joining this property hold the owner of this tract in secret disrespect, because ot his lack of respect for others. You see, he is the type of person that, by indifference, has added to their work, increased their worry wor-ry and lessened their chances of creating beautiful surroundings for their own homes. His little patch of unharvested weeds, with the aid of the wind and rats, and the birds which find haven in this nest of undergrowth, band together to harrass them and keep their lawns, flower beds, and orchards filled with weeds and makes difficult their efforts in improving the appearance of their properties. He provides a challenge to their ingenuity in combatting his menace and insures in-sures for them that they will have little spare time for enjoyment, enjoy-ment, unless pulling weeds can be placed in this category. Quite a Citizen Yes, the owner of this property is quite a citizen. Spring has arrived ar-rived but it has left small im pression upon him. His problem in keeping this property in its present condition is easy and entails en-tails little work. He may just stand by and watch it develop. His crop is self planting; it re quires little moisture and no out right irrigation. In fact, it re quires no attention whatsoever, and he will never have a crop failure. He is assured of a splen did harvest of weeds of all van eties. In conspicuous places a-bout a-bout this property the picture is accentuated by small heaps of tin cans and other mounds of refuse. It is certainly a haven for rodents, flies and pests of all kinds. These varmints are most appreciative, I am sure, as it provides pro-vides a nice home where they may live unmolested close to a supply of succulent shrubs, fruits, grains and poultry of kindly neighboring farmers who spend most of their time developing develop-ing them. Here they may reproduce repro-duce their young and increase their families of sturdy rodents and other pests. This unwelcome j citizenry appreciates this also, I am sure, because there aren't many places in Orem where they ate welcome and can find refuge. Fortunate Contrast But, happily, everything has a contrast. Today I also saw Orem Or-em at its best. Its fine citize.iry, imbued with civic and personal pride, and with a deep appreciation apprecia-tion of the beautiful, were busily engaged in its spring clean up. They were smiling and happy and they sang and whistled as they worked. They radiated their faith and expectancy. They know the beauty and the value of a rose, and have the surity that nature will respond to their touch. Rakes, hoes, shovels, lawnmowers and all of the tools of the gardener were in evidence. People were busy helping direct the outpouring of nature in a manner which" will lend enchantment enchant-ment and beauty to this city. Rare flowers, shrubs, trees and grass were being lovingly placed plac-ed in the newly prepared earth. Weeds, debris, and the grime of the winter were being removed; new paint and new fences and trellises were making their appearance. ap-pearance. , New Spring Garb Orem, with the help of nature, is discarding the drab of winter and putting on a new spring garb. As summer approaches and the results of this interest is unfolded un-folded in the beautiful flowers and greens of that season we will all share in the wondrous results. We will respect and love our neighbor for his good taste, his interest, and his contribution to our enjoyment of the place in which we live. We will find in the result that God does help those that help, and that our community will blossom out so that it will stanJ as a beautiful spot here in the mountains that our summer visitors will not eas ily forget. Have you surveyed your prop erty lately to see how you can help? !r.o:i Inei Boulter 0781-J1 The Drocram at Sacrament meeting on Sunday evening wa3, given by the Aaronic Priesthood. bpeakers were Dee Jepperson, Donald Christensen, Cleve McDonald Mc-Donald and Glen Alleood. Musi cal numbers were furnished by Claude Row'ey and K. Richard Boulter. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wellington Wel-lington visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Judd of Delta on Thursday and Friday. Her brother and sister, David and Jean, are visiting with her this week. Mr. and Mrs. Bob E. Carter of Salt Lake City spent Sunday visiting vis-iting with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Newell and family. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Burr flew to California on Saturday and returned on Monday. The MIA held a Springtime Dance on Tuesday evening as the closing social of the year. A program pro-gram was presented during intermission in-termission with musical numbers by Dee Jepperson, the Newell sisters trio and a male trio. Reed Rowley's orchestra furnished music for dancing. AdvtrtittmuU f . From where I sit ... ly Joe Marsh t ?'$rT nomer uoes aome r7 "Back-Seat Sewingl" Homer Bentley's missus ws working on her new sewing machine, ma-chine, when Homer comes in, draws up chair, and starts talking: "Don't you think you're runninn too fast?" he lays. "Slow down! Watch out! Be careful!" When the missus finally turns with murder in her eyes, Homer ayi goodnaturedly; "I thought you might like a little help, dear-like dear-like you help me drive the car." The missus can't help but burst out laughing and they eettle whit , might have been quarrel orer friendly glass of beer. The mlasM agrees to give up back-seat driving and nagging Hoaer about ashee oa the rug. Homer agrees to quit erl ticizing Sarah's taste for flowery hats and parsley salad. From where I sit, the key to getting- on together Is meeting STery issue half way and overlooking any petty differences in tastes whether these tastes apply to beer or flowery -looking hats I Gowright, 1943, UnlHd Statu Bttwm Foundati r Ipriootirao cans Yes, springtime means added work ; firm familv but no extra for every farm iamuy burden for those who make full use of low-cost elecuiciry. More electric equipment is available this year than at any time since the war beg - equipment to pump. 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