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Show 7 n nn JVL o) n, imu teiti- (0) lo) y M mi 22, 1948 EWJCATIOI j RECREATION It III II" 111 . O THURSDAY, JULY X l ' ' I .' , ' . J I AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY VOLUME 16, NUMBER 48 PRICE FIVE CENTS 20th North to ! 20th South By 0. G. Semit trn Whprpvpr vou eo i 'US liu..ii " " it's the same comment. Orem business bus-iness men take precautions. Have you noticed the new awnings that have blossomed forth on stores all along the highway? That's a good sign that the mer-diants mer-diants are genuinely solicitous i their customers and desire to pka-e them. July 24ih ; It's geting around the time of year aain when we observe the aiming of the pioneers to Utah. Saturday is the 101st anniversary anniver-sary of their entry into Salt Lake valley and the etching into history his-tory of those immortal words of Brigham Young: "This is the Place." I Nothing special is planned in the way of a celebfttiort here, with the exception that he pioneers pio-neers will be honored in the wards on Sunday night. Most Orem businesses will be closed on the 24th. Safely Day Have you seen the banner posted in front of the Orem City hall with the legend "Today is Safety Day?" We don't know ex- ictly which day is supposed to be "safety day" but we do think (tiat every day should be a safe-fj- day. Gov. Maw has proc Isimed next week as Farm- Safety Safe-ty Week. Be careful in the e!d, barnyard and home. i Meanderings ; Did you know that the distance dis-tance betweei. the 'welcome' signs at the north and south entrances en-trances to Orem is exactly 5.2 miles and did you know that the city hall is not at the center of Orem? i We understand that the Jrrovo Bible Church (non-denominal) lias recently affiliated with the Western district of the Evangelical Evangel-ical Free Chuieh, and that lots on 9th South near 4th East in Orem have been purchased as the site of the new church building- According to Pastor Gordon I Elenbaas about fifty Orem people attend the church. Last week over 500 members' of Sharon stake turned out to Pick cherries on the stake welfare wel-fare farm. From 4:30 a.m. until ifter dark, the picking went on. About three tons of rhprries ere harvested. 0rem'i First Mayor J. Lawrpnrp Snnnr nf t afan. da, California has been visiting visit-ing here with old" friends and relatives. He came to attend the wneral servics for his mother, Mrs- Annie E. Snow. Mr. Snow as Orem's first mayor. Are they now? i Have you ever wondered about frople who were prominent zens in the community in ears past where they are now J what they are doing. So do e. In an effort to track down wese gone-but-not-forgotten peo- this column would like to ;eceive information about form-presidents form-presidents of this community nose activities -m,q juts would be of interest to em people. k? yuu would like know Z whereabouts of some such Pon, lust drop us a card about ;I'm a"d 'Ihrouuh this eolumn Wll try to locate him. 9 Recreation tit, yU, havent been "P to the l"y Dark i-,. Pamp waicn rne soitDau iisdLyet this summpr you're W' Smething- Whether you ticiDat -r not more PeoP!e par-i'a par-i'a th ln those eames Per caP" tounw v"y ther city in the 1o at i ' T U owe 11 to yourself artiean take al00k atthis "am p ,em's recreational pro-bills' pro-bills' Peterson and Mike srtTg the games and v ng them running smoothly Mrs. Carol S. Gleave UP &L Appoints New Home Service Advisor Mrs. Carol S. Gleave has Join ed the Southern Division of Utah Power and Light Company to take over the duties of home service advisor, according to an announcement by Orson Slack, division manager. Mrs. Gleave, whose head quarters will be at Amerian Fork, will cover the company's entire southern division territ ory, including Orem. Her work will consist of assisting electric al dealers, schools, churches and other groups and housewives in developing the most efficient use of electrical -servants to the benefit of all concerned. Mrs. Gleave is a native of Ced ar City where she attended grade schools, high school and BAC Junior College. She was graduated with a B.S. degree in Home Economics from the Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, and has taught school for the pasi three years in Utah and Arizona schools. Customers who desire infor mation or assistance in the operation oper-ation of electrical equipment in the home should advise the near est office of the company. This service is available immediately and without charge. Wickman Predicts Construction Will Hit 2 Million Dollar Mark Before End of Year Construction, in Orem reached a record high this week with the issuing of a permit to the Alpine School District in the amount of $383,000 for the new elementary school now under construction on; the Geneva Road, bringing the total construction authorized here since Jan. 1 to $1,218,750 well over the million, dollar mark. With applications for building permits flooding his office of-fice since the first of the year, Ed Wickman, Orem building build-ing inspector, has authorized over twice as much construction con-struction thus far in 1948 aswas approved during the entire year of 1947. Last year at this time building permits per-mits in, Orem totaled $443,462 and construction for; the year amounted to $791,162. Mr. Wickman predicts that before the year is out he will have issued over two million dollars worth of build-' ing permits, authorizing construction of business houses, residences, schools, garages, barns and coops. Some of the commercial permits issued which have boosted the total include those issued to Orem (Geneva) Dairy Products company, Utah Valley Builders Supply, Fashion Cleaners, Geneva Theatre, Orem Flower Shop and many other smaller enterprises. Orem Boys Return From Boys State John McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McDonald, and Ray Sorensen, son of Mrs. Reed Bench, Orem representatives at Boys State held at Camp Williams, Wil-liams, returned to their homes Saturday to report one of the most profitable and enjoyable periods of their lives. The two, along with 260 other young men from 16 to 19 ?ears of age from all parts of the sfcite, spent nearly two weeks at the camp studying the problems prob-lems of government and civic affaijs,' and enjoying a well-planned recreation program. John and Ray were sponsored at the camp by the Orem post of the American Legion and the Orem Chamber of Commerce. The boys lived in barracks which represented the cities and counties of Utah, and had the opportunity to learn from the state's leading " educators the mehods and problems of government. gov-ernment. While at the camp John completed com-pleted requirements for his Senior Sen-ior Red Cross life Saving award. 4 "A ' v4 . Vermont Ward Chapel Cornerstone Laid At Ceremony Friday A large group of Vermont ward members and friends attended the cornerstone ceremony for the new ward chapel. Names of all those present were written on a scroll and placed inside the cornerstone. The stone was put into place by the members of the retiring bishopric, Arch Pulham, Curtis Gordon, and W. G. Kocherhans. Principal speaker at the ceremony cere-mony was president Walter R. Holdaway. M. Dover Hunt, Car-lyle Car-lyle Bunker and Bishop Reed Burgener also spoke. Musical numbers were furnished by the Gordon sisters. Ed Wickman and Delos Pyne presided over the broilers where steaks wer barbecued. The officers off-icers of the Primary and Relief Socity served the supper to those in attendance. SHARON MISSIONARIES TO MEET SUNDAY The Sharon Stake missionaries missionar-ies will meet on Sunday morning morn-ing at 11 a.m. in the Seminary building. SEVENTIES TO HOLD REGULAR MEETING The 123rd Quorum of Seven ty will hold its regular meeting on Sunday, July 25 at 2 p.m in the Seminary building. Rumel Cragun will be in charge of the meeting and Vernon Nuthll, returned missionary will speak Funeral Services Held Saturday for Annie E. Snow Funeral services for Mrs. Annie tastmona bnow were held on Saturday in the Timpan-ogos Timpan-ogos ward chapel under the dir ection of Bishop L. B. Bennett. Mrs. Snow died last week at the home of her daughter in Orem. Processional and recessional music was played by Melda Hacking. Speakers at the service serv-ice were Sam Cordner, Philo T. Edwards and J. W. Gillman. Two songs, "In the Garden of Tomorrow" and "The End of a Perfect Day" were sung by David Dav-id Martin. "Going Home" was sung by Mrs. Melba" Calder. A biography of Mrs. Snow's life was read by her grandaughter. Prayers were offered by John Bown and J. H. Clark. t t Mrs. Loreen Bliss- MRS. BLISS WINS IN CAR CONTEST Mrs. Loreen Bliss of Timpan-ogos Timpan-ogos ward was named winner of the Orem-Geneva Times circulation cir-culation contest at ceremonies conducted Saturday at the Scera Theatre and drove away thV? new, 1948 Chevrolet sedan as first prize. Second place winner was Leonard Madsen. Mrs. El- don Perry was thiid, Mrs. Dez- zie Lamb was fourth, Mrs- Harold Har-old Baker was fifth and Mfs. Ethel Pyne was sixth. The $500 ward prize went to Timpanogos ward, whose members mem-bers came up with more subscriptions sub-scriptions than any other ward in Orem 'and Sharon stakes. The award was presented to Bishop Leeman B. Bennett. Winner of the individual subscription prize was Keith Johnson, a newcomer to Orem, who lives on the Canyon Can-yon Boad. He received $100 in cash. The ceremonies at the Scera theatre on Saturday culminated cul-minated seven weeks of work by contestants. The campaign gave to the OremJeneva Times nearly 1000 new subscribers to make it the most widely circulated circu-lated weekly in Utah County. Mrs. Bliss, after the contest j results were announced, nomin- nerseif as the happrest -f, x 1) . (if I 'V f r. ( . , - - - , . f" .dff -, iinviiiiii i . lgK ... Nev Building for Lincoln Given Okeh By School Board Plans for the construction of a new, 5100,000 addition to the Lincoln High school were announced this week by Victor C. Anderson, Alpine School Board member from Orem. The new addition will provide a shop building with facilities facil-ities for wood work, metal work, draftng and drawing. Planned as a separate structure from the present building, build-ing, the structure will be situated immediately in the rear of the high school. The building will be 184 feet lonyt and 57 feet wide with an anticipated capacity of over 200 students. Of brick and concrete con- State Orchardists To Inspect Local Farms July 25 Prominent fruit growers from hrou2hout the state will tour Orem area fruit orchards on Ju ly 28, according to Joel C. Barlow, Bar-low, assistant county agent, who is sending invitations this week to growers to participate in a state horticultural tour on July 27 and 28. The tour is set to begin at Brigham City, with growers visiting orchards in that area on the 27th. At 10:30 a.m. on the 28th the group will inspect he nrnVinrrtd nf Nval Warilpv at Shown signing the $383,000 building permit for Orem's new jvianila. Mr. Wadlev uses a elementary school jaow under construction is Ed Wickman. Orem! sprjnkijng system for his or- Kiiilinn incnrtnr. Virfnr C. Anderson. Almne School Board ' Vri.o nnrl ViJe cnnooce- urifh it member from Orem looks on. ' will be discussed. Later tho now feeing completed and which The building permit brings authorized construction in Orem in; group will view the Lynn Star I1 a.yc """fi1 struction, the new building will contain two large rooms at each end, two large class rooms, a chemistry laboratory, private offices, storage facilities and lavatories. Final plans for the new structure struc-ture have been approved by the school board and advertisements for bids will be made in the next few days, according to Mr. Anderson. Construction is scheduled sched-uled to begin immediately upon letting the bid, and the work is expected to be completed before the first of the year. Lewis Eric Sandstrom is architect ar-chitect for the building. Announcement of the plans for this third addition to Lincoln Lin-coln came just one year after plans for the second a $50,000 addition mow- being completed were made known. The addition 1948 well over the million dollar mark. farm fires Orem Veterans Buy 4re devastating . Virinia Manor If you area farmer, remember! As Wt Tclemorial ley apple orchard and the iumi- gation machine which he uses for insect control. The school starts in September, add ed 4000 square feet of floor Burial was in the American ated Fork Crmetery. The grave was' woman in Orem. She said that the summer fire hazards. More than 37 percent of all farm fires are started by lightning. Keep your lightning rods in order. Warm weather means dry hay and grain fields an the use of more gasoline and oil on farm properties- Fire from a spark or Ligareue win strip a npc grain-field grain-field as bare as a barn wall ia minutes. Each year 3,500 persons are burned to death on farm1? and some $90,000,000 worth of farm buildings, machinery and food crops are destroyed by fire. During National Farm Safety Week, July 25 to 31, check your farm for fire safety. Frequent inspections in-spections are important. Look over your barn and house wiring, wir-ing, electrical fences and electric elect-ric equipment. Check your hay for heating which leads to spontaneous combustion. com-bustion. Thrust a pipe into hay in barns and lower a thermometer thermomet-er into it. If it shows 158 watch it carefully; if above 185 start moving it outdoors; if 212 call the fire department. Check silos for heating of ensilage; also fertilizers, fer-tilizers, some vegetable oils, feel and lime Examine raachinery to guard dedicated Finch. by Bishop Stanley Teen Canteen Plans Dance, Floor Show A dance and floor show, sponsored spon-sored by Orem's Teen Canteen will be held at 9 p.m. Saturday, July 31, in th new Lincoln high activity room, adjoining the gymnasium, Marta Black, canteen can-teen president, announced today. she had hardly dared hope that she would drive the car home, and that she had braced herself to look upon the seven-weeks grind as "a worthwhile et-er-ience." She thanked heartily all those who rallied to her support sup-port during the campaign. Mr. and 'Mrs. Bliss came to Orem five years ago from Hinckley. Hinck-ley. She is active in church activities ac-tivities and at present is serving serv-ing as president of the Sharon Stake YWMIA. Mr. Bliss is a carpenter by trade. They have The floor show will be presnt- ed by the Provo Teen Canteen. fjve children, All teen-agers from the Orem, Next on thp nrneram fnr rhP the , 'Rlici; fnmilv ic a vnnaHnn frir, . . -1 - area are invited to attend dance. GRAND VIEW RELIEF . SOCIETY REORGANIZED OREM WOMEN'S CLUB SLATES CANYON PARTY The Orem Women's Club will entertain their husbands at their annual canyon party1 Friday, July 30, at Vivian Park. The time is 7:30 p.m. Club officers announce that the committee will contact members this week. in the new car. They plan to travel to Los Angeles and other west coast points early next month. Principals in Saturday's pres- The Grand View Relief Soci- entation program at Scera were ety was reorganized on Sunday. State Senaor B. M. Jolley, Joe Mrs- Goldie Davis will continue T. Smith and Harry Rutler. The as president and will be assisted three served as judges during by Virginia Sandstrom, first! the afternoon to count final counselor, and Ila Baum, second . credits of contestants and pres- counselor. Thelma Eatough will continue as secretary and treasurer. treas-urer. Mr. Thera Haws .was released re-leased as first counselor with a vote of thanks. ented awards at the ceremony. Helen Naylor Larsen, manager manag-er of the campaign, and M. Neff Smart, publisher of the paper, also spoke briefly. Apfinn rt :'l-o Oriim Cir fmin. cil last Friday in voting to con- dncr- kter in the day- tinue for at least another year the one-mill levy already in ef- cwppt ! space to the original building cherry and Johnathan apple or- wl1" a chards of James H. Clark will hth n.d ,f the gymnasium, be toured, along wth the farms! and adduonal space west of The gviu. ii uiuviues a new liiciii- of Luzell Robbins and Dave Cor- Mr. Barlow reports that slugs and mites do extensive feet for the purpose of raising damage to cherry trees after money for a veterans' memorial, harvest, and that infested trees assured the purchase for $40,- should be sprayed now. Atten COO of Virginia Manor for a war tion should also be given memorial. ! peach tree root borers. Continuing the Orem milll levy for another year will bring the memorial fund to at least NOTICE $3,000, which, added to the $15,- 000 already received from the. county memorial fund will make a total of $18,000 to go toward the purchase of the Orem memorial. mem-orial. Orem City's donation was made to the Orem veterans council, headed by Julian Hansen, Han-sen, with the provision that a member of the city council serve ser-ve on the memorial's management manage-ment committee, as required by law. against sparks starting fires. Make safety rufcs for smoking and see that they are enforced. Dam a stram or dig a pond for emergency water. You may save life and property prop-erty by these fire prevention measures- One subscription envelope which was deposited in the bal lot box at the First Security Bank in Orem, was inadvertent lv misplaced during the count ing of final credits on Saturday, and has been lost. Will the per son who deposited the envelope please call the Orem-Geneva Times office, 13. and give us his name and address so that he will receive the paper regularly. ., istry unit, new lavatories, and a play room for off-court activities act-ivities such as wrestling, handball, hand-ball, tumbling, etc The first addition to the original orig-inal building the present mus- toi , With a registration last year at Lincoln of nearly 1000 students stu-dents and more expected this year, the addition now bemg completed and the one slated for construction this year are, expected to go far in relieving the overcrowding which has prevailed pre-vailed during the past few years. The additionaal class-room space will also facilitate the employment employ-ment of new members of the faculty. Mrs- Edna Durham of Orem a candidate for the State Legis lature, returned yesterday from attending the Democratic Nat ional convention in Philadelphia as a delegate. On her trip she visited many places of interest including Washington, D. C, Atlantic At-lantic City, and New York City, .r. - - " t v I 1 rnvv vr 2 5 i it is ( Principals in the finals of the Orem-Geneva Times subscription campaign, shown on the stage of the Scera Theatre Saturday night at the awarding of prizes are (left to right): Mrs. El-don El-don Perry, third place; Mrs. Harold Baker, fifth place; Mrs. Loreen Bliss, first place and winner of the new car; Mrs. Dezzie Lamb, fourth place; Mr. Leonard Madsen, second place; and Mrs. Ethel Pyne. sixth place. Judges: B. M. Jolley, Joseph T. Smith and Harry Butler. Mrs. Helen N. Larsen, campaign manager, and M. Neff Smart. Orem-Geneva Times publisher. Aaronic Priesthood Outing Held At Aspen Grove Members of the Aaronic Priesthood quorums of Sharon stake held an outing at Aspen Grove on Saturday- afternoon. Bishop LeGrand Richards and Mrs. Richards came from Salt Lake City to poin the party. Bishop Richards was the guest speaker and gave an approoriate talk. An outstanding number on the program was one :iven by Karl Young of Oak Hills ward. He was dressed in the full regalia reg-alia of an Indian chief and sang several songs the Indians sing about the odd ways of the white man. He also demonstrated the basic step of the Buffalo dance. Lunch was prepared by the mothers for the boys and their fathers. PROBATION OFFICER TO SPEAK AT WINDSOR Roy Passey, state probation officer, will be the speaker at Sacrament meeting at Windsor ward Sunday night. The prog ram is under the direction of the Windsor ward Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Beatrice Walker camp captain, will be in charge. A good attendance is desired. Utah Droduced mineral prod ucts in 1947, the value of which was $180,000,000. Utah's manufacturing income for 1947 totaled $450,000,000. |
