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Show ( I tettt "tPUCMIOM ... TtCCREATION THURSDAY. AUGUST 5. 1948 VOLUME 16. NUMBER 50 PRICE FIVE CENTS IMRICULTURC ' IWOOJTBY g Orem to Organize 'For Annual Celebration h An annual celebration for totem a project which has been 'neat 'birth several times during i the past decade, took a long step ( realization this week ith the slating of an organiz- ation meeting ior xnursuay uy the chamber of commerce. Chamber of Commerce members mem-bers at their noon meeting last Friday at Park's Cafe went on . ,a tn undertake the estab- ushment here of an organization, i preferably a corporation, to pro-5 pro-5 mote a celebration in Orem each year Representatives of Orem's 'civic clubs, along with chamber f of commerce directors, will dis-Icuss dis-Icuss such a program at tonight's I meeting. t At the chamber meeting last fweek the group was enthusiast-lie enthusiast-lie about the good which would 5 accrue to Orem from putting ?on a celebration, possibly in the Timpanogos Bowl, and voted t6 J back such a project. It was point-fed point-fed out that only Orem, of all . 'jtah county cities, fails to spon-; spon-; sor an annual celebration. i 'OREM RIFLE CLUB jTO MEET SUNDAY 1 All members and prospective ' members of the Orem Rifle club 'are invited to meet at 8 a.m. on Sunday, August 15, to arrange ' the program for the .balance of ;;he year, club officers anounc-;ed anounc-;ed today. Following the scheduling schedul-ing of the program a practice r shoot will be held- Legion Sets Annual Convention at Ogden j With a well-balanced assortment assort-ment of parades, oratory and socials, Utah Legionnaires will observe their 30th annual convention con-vention in Ogden, August 12, 13 and 14. i Highlighting the program will be the appearance of National Legion Commander James F. O'Neil of Manchester, N. H. He will deliver the key address on Friday, August 13 at 2 p.m., in Ben Lomond Hotel, the, convention conven-tion headquarters, f The annual banquet will be held that night and the annual department parade will take to .the streets Saurday, August 14. ' The 30th Annual promenade of the Grande Voiture of Utah the 40 and 8 will also have a major spot on the Saturday program. Some 3000 Legionnaires, auxiliary aux-iliary members and Forty and lighters are expected to participate partic-ipate in the various functions of the three day parley. Bill Baker Starts Sixth of 48 Xew Orem Homes - ?, One House ready or occupancy, occupan-cy, five more under way, and Tlans laid , for 48 low-price!! homes in' Orem that's the score which Bill Baker has in the city's race for housing. The 201 Baker homes are going up on 16th South and Main Street, one-half mile, west oC State Street, at the Baker subdivision . Mr. Baker has a crew of six men. They started actual construction con-struction work July 3 and have Jive houses at various stages of completion. In addition Mr. Baker Bak-er has opened 984 feet of new s'reet and has laid 984 feet of ater lines. The homes are one and two bedroom lava brick structures with gas wall furnaces. furn-aces. No two are alike. They are being built to sell.rom 0 to $5750 complete with "Dinets and floor covering Wt Take Fawns Home; They're Okeh IShermpn rnnnind anfnet! -mai fawns in the timberland uuia leave them alone unless JI are ln obvious danger, acc-rg acc-rg to the Utah Fish and uame Dpnarfmr,t Many cases have been report-sai'd report-sai'd S dePartment spokesman where small deer have jjed, and taken home for nurs-most nurs-most cases the mother has scared away, and is watches watch-es ner fawn .ji i n j ould return to it. It is better V; ,ne in a dozen fawns han kill eleven with home , the spokesman said. Mr. and Mrs. William C -fulkn Visitir i """""'liy nave Deen iPr un.l e si , with W no,ywood, California jMrs Faulkner's mother. ft t i f : 1 Forest Allred, left, and John D. Wall, who will leave in the near future to represent the Pleasant View ward on LDS missions. The two young men will be honored Sunday at 7 p.m. at the ward chapel. n ' Mr. Wall is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Angus L. Wall and will serve in the Danish Mission. Mr. Allred is., the son of- Mr. and.. Mrs. Theris O. Allred and will go to the Southern Slates. Ferron Jones and W. Raymond Green will be the speakers at Sunday's meeting . i , NAILING DOWN THE "STEEL CITY" TITLE Suggestive of the response which is being made to the Orem Chamber of Commerce project of chang-. ing Orem's name to Geneva, is the following editorial edit-orial which appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. July 16, 1948. The City of Orem, down in Utah County right next door to the huge Geneva Steel plant, is reportedly thinking think-ing of changing its name to that's right Geneva. Petitions are now being circulated by the Orem (or should we say the future Geneva) chamber of commerce authorizing the name change. Frankly we th.ink.its a pretty smart move on the part of the people and business leaders of Orem. A good deal of friendly rivalry has developed in the area of Utah county near the Geneva plant for the right to be known as the 'Steel City' of Utah. Driving south through Utah county j'ou pass through several of them now. But the town that nails down the name of the plant itself, Geneva, Gen-eva, ought to have the inside track. After all, in a few years no one will remember whether the town was nnmed for the steel plant or the steel plant for the town and most newcomers and visitors will presume it to. be the latter. And who, then, will be able successfully to challenge Orem's (beg pardon, we meant to say Geneva's ) claim to being the real Steel City of Utah.? SOFTBALL Results, Schedule LAST WEEK'S RESULTS MEN'S MAJOR LEAGUE Julv 30 Sharon over 20-30 Club (forfeit); Vineyard 3, PI. View 0; Vermont 15, Windsor 10 MEN'S MINOR LEAGUE Julv 29 Geneva over Vine yard (forfeit); Lake View over pill Crest (forfeit); Vermont 9, Grand View 7. Auaust' 3 Geneva 5, Grand View 4; Vermont 9, Vineyard 3; Hill Crest 9, Windsor 8. REMAINING SCHEDULE MEN'S MAJOR LEAGUE August 6 7:30, Vineyard vs Windsor; 8:30, Vermont vs 20- 30 Club; 9:30, Timpanogos vs Sharon. MEN'S MINOR LEAGUE , August 5 7:30, Vermont vs Geneva; 8:30, Lake View vs Grand View; 9:30, Windsor vs Vineyard. August 107:30, Lake View vs Vermont; 8:30, Geneva vs Windsor; 9:30, Vineyard vs Hill Crest. The All-Stars will practice on August 11 at 8 p.m. and on August Aug-ust 12 at 8 p.m. The All-Stars will play Vineyard, the top team in the Men's Major league this year. , PL. VIEW-OAK HILLS WINS SR. GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP Pleasant View-Oak Hills proved prov-ed themselves the class of the Senior Girls League when they merged victorious in the round robin play-off by defeating Vermont Ver-mont 17 to 7. Pleasant View- Mr and Mrs. H. S. Richards have been enjoying a vacation during the last two weeks. The family enjoyed a trip to the southern Utah parks. Mr. and Mrs. Ral Tripplett have lturned from Los Angeles where they were called after Mrs. Triplett's brother crashed in his, plane and was killed. Funeral services were conducted conduct-ed in Los Angeles on Friday. Oak Hills has gone undefeated in league play this season. Vermont Ver-mont copped second place with Windsor third and Geneva fourth. four-th. Windsor defeated Geneva 15 to 14 to decide third and fourth place. LAST WEEK'S RESULTS JUNIOR BOYS Lake View 16, Windsor 13. Timpanogos 25, Windsor 4. Lake View 14, Hill Crest 14. Tie to be played off Friday, Aug. 6. JUNIOR GIRLS Geneva 22, Vermont 11. Windsor 17, Timpanogos 16. ' Sharon 34, Vermont 32. Vineyard 31, Geneva 23. SENIOR GIRLS (Round Robin Play-off) Vermont 8, Wndsor 6. Pleasant View-Oaak Hills 10, Geneva 2. Windsor 15, Geneva 14. Pleasant View-Oak Hills 17, Vermont 7. , NEXT WEEK'S SCHEDULE JUNIOR GIRLS Friday, August 6 Vermont vs Timpanogos. Monday, August 9 Windsor vs Lake View. Tuesday, August 10 Pleasant View-Oak Hills vs Lake View. Round Robin play-off for the Junior Girls and Junior Boys have had to be rescheduled and will be played starting Monday, August 16. The top four teams in each league will enter the play-off. DR TRITT OPENS OFFICE IN OREM Dr. A. G. Tritt osteopathic physician and surgeon, has announced an-nounced the opening of offices in Orem above the Andrews Cafe. Dr. Tritt comes here from Spanish Fork. He received his degree at the Kansas City College Col-lege of Osteopathy and has practiced prac-ticed for two years in Oregon. OREM SAFETY COUNCIL DESIGNATES SEPTEMBER AS CHILD SAFETY MONTH; OUTLINES FIVE-POIIIT SAFETY PROGRAM 'The 'month of September was named as Child Safety Month in Orem by : the Orem Safety Council at its meeting held on Monday night in the city hall, according to Dixon Larson, chairman of the organization. Inasmuch as school will begin' be-gin' the early part of September SO PEOPLE MAY KNOW During the next few weeks the manager of Scera will answer questions concerning our Community Recreation Association. Question: Who owns Scera? Scera belongs to all the people of this community just as much as the City Hall or the schools. No individual owns more of Scera than you do if you live in Orem or the surrounding communities of Lake View, Vineyard, Pleas ant View, Edgerttont. Question: How much of Scera is owned by the Church? The church owns no part of Scera any more than the" Alpine School District or Orem City. It belongs to the people. Question: Who are members of Scera? All citizens living in this community Deadline Near On SS Claims on Overseas Deaths August 9, 1948, is the last day for filing claims for lump-sum death benefits under the Social Security Act on account of the death outside the United Sates of a qualified individual after December 6, 1941, and before August 10, 1946. According to Sherman H. Ruesch, manager of the Provo office of the Social Security Administration, any such claims filed after that date cannot be paid. Mr. Ruesch pointed out that Congress amended the Social Security Act in August 1946 to give special consideration in those cases, where servicemen or civilians died outside the U-nited U-nited States during and immediately immed-iately following World War II by extending the legal- limit of two years as provided by law-However, law-However, the extension was for two years from the date of the amendment and it expires on August 9. T"he survivors of civilians and servicemen, who died overseas and who had earned wages in employment covered by the Social Security Act, are urged by Mr. Ruesch to inquire as to possible benefits before the deadline. dead-line. The office located at 163 West First North in Provo will render all possible assistance. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Gillespie and daughter, Joan. Miss Janice Miller and Mr and Mrs. Stanley P. Stubbs are enjoying a vacation trip to California. They visited Boulder Dam enroute and will return by way of San Francisco. Engineers Named For County-Wide Sewerage Study A county-wide study of the sewage disposal problem and its effects upon Utah Lake and the setting forth of a comprehensive general plan for sewage treatment treat-ment and disposaal for county communities and industries will get under way immediately by Headman, Ferguson and Carollo, engineering firm of Pheonix, it was revealed this week by the Utah County Planning Commission. Commiss-ion. I. Dale Despain, director of the commission, has asked mayors may-ors of cities in the county to cooperate with the engineering group so that an accurate assessment assess-ment of the sewage problem can be made. Under terms of the contract the engineers will recommend the degree of sewage treatment required for the communities and industries discharging, or into Utah Lake and tributaries; set forth a general plan of sewage sew-age treatment for the communities commun-ities and industries; estimate the cost of the sewerage works necessary; nec-essary; and estimate the cost of operation of th,e 'treatment plants. and children will be on the streets and highways in large numbers, particular stress will be placed upon child safety during dur-ing this period. It is noted that many children will be starting school for the first time this year. - - A five-point safety program for Orem was set up by the safety safe-ty council, the fulfilling of which was deemed necessary to the protection of life and property prop-erty of Orem residents. The program includes: 1. Fire prevention. 2. Posting of bus stops. 3. Enforcement of parking regulations. 4. Installation of rvd lights at the Lincoln high school intersection inter-section and the Canyon roaad intersection. in-tersection. 5. Posting of speed limit signs- , . In order to better acauaint ; Orem merchants with sections ; of the fire ordinance most pertinent pert-inent to 'them, plans were made to have excerpts from the ordinance ordin-ance printed and posted in the stores. Since only the stata road commission com-mission can authorize the placing plac-ing of bus stops on the highway, it was decided to wait until the road-widening, soon to be start-' ed here, are completed before , any action is take. j Enforcement of parking reg-! reg-! ulations in Orem is almost im- posible now, and will continue to be so until parking lanes are plainly marked on the streets, according to Police Chief Sterling Sterl-ing Harding. It was agreed that v, ; 1 j . . i. : - fuming luuiu uc uuue un una (until the highway-widening is Completed. '' The safety council reiterated its stand that red lights should be placed at the two hazardous intersections, if only for a three-nionth three-nionth trial period. To date the State road commission has not yet authorized the placing of these lights-It lights-It was generally agreed by members of the council that highway safety could not be a-chieved a-chieved without a reduction ia, the present speed limit. Although' the maximum speed limit on U.j S. 91 in Orem, as established byi signs posted by the road commission com-mission is 40 miles per hour,1 the state law provides for a 20 mile speed limit in school zones. The district engineer promised new signs some time ago, but as yet they have not ben posted. I T. C. Bailey aand Max Banks' of the Utah safety council were present at the Orem safety meeting meet-ing and complimented Mayor J. W. Gillman on such an' active and representative safety organ-' ization. Mr. Bailey said that OrerrFwaTTollowing very 'close-( ly the recommendation of the Prpsiripnt's Hiehwav Safety Com mittee. He suggested that Oremj institute a quarterly safety program pro-gram stressing various phases of safety. In pointing out the statistics showing that since January 1, 1948, Orem has had only two traffic fatalities, eight non-fatal accidents, and 31 property damage dam-age accidents totaling a $30,275 loss, Mr. Bailey said that losses for the entire year would amount to over $70,000 if the present accident rate continues. In stressing the need for driver driv-er education Mr. Bailey stated that in Utah only 33 hi schools were given class-rom driver in- structions. Hi; comfliimentea (Lincoln high school in having 41 OA V.V. ; A Ik. ...kool UL IMC U UtlUIIU lllTTYVlll-ti driver training courses in the state. COUPL? SET WEDDING DATE Announcement was made this week of the forthcoming marriage marr-iage of Marie Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lynn Roberts of Provo and Ralph Ridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ridge of Orem. The couple will wed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on September Sept-ember 8. A reception will be givn the following evening. Miss Roberts is a graduate of the Provo high school and has been employed at Ironton- Mr. Ridge served for 18 months in the Navy and is attending the BYU. They will make their home 1 in Provo. OREM FIREMEN KEPT BUSY OVER WEEKEND Cooperation from Orem citizens cit-izens in fire prevention was asked today by Mayor J. W. Oilman following a series of six fires in a four day period. I The most recent fires occurred' Tuesday afternon, one at the otteT, araS firebar the' TZ& . lack f SUrt J Pr0pC ley lumber yaro on 13th South. iiiuaw acwuus mc uttui" red at 1-10 am Saturday at the 01 ine urem namuer nunerce wno nrei wiin tne coun-John coun-John B. Fowers farm on Fourth cil in its session last Friday night that over 90 per cent of West and Center street, com- the interested property owners were in favor of the project. pletely destroying a barn, a gar age, three chicken coops, valu- OperatUlfif Costs able farm equipment ,a team of F 6 draft horses and two cows. I Increase in '48 The alarm was turned in ' ' while the fire department was' The cost of operating the city attempting to put out a blaze 'of Orem has moved up a notch the C. Wohers home on Eighth ' to require a tax levy of 20 mills, East, which alarm had been according to the city budget turned in two and one-half hours which was approved Friday by previous. The fire was raging the City Council. Last year's so fiercely at the Wolters home levy was 19.5 mills. It was 17.5 that the home of Louis Rasmus-' for 1946. sen. a bare 25 feet away caught " . . . .. , fire, and a third tragedy was f bud9et p!0vlS'0oo avoided by prompt action of the1 Pfr up 0 "30;"0:"; fire department, directed by of.,whlch approx.malely $64,000 Fire Chief Scott. Thompson. The Wolters home, a stucco and frame buiftling, was completely razed with all its contents. Firemen answered a third a-larm a-larm at 3:45 p.m. Saturday when a barn belonging to Mrs. Ardith Call caught fire The barn was completely destroyed, as was a 1938 automobile parked inside. Just one hour later, while firemen wer still battling the Call fire, a four alarm fire was reported in an orchard on 17th South; threatening a pile, of lumber lum-ber stored nearby. Fire Chief Thompson reported that estimated damage reports made heretofore on the Fowers and Wolters fires were unrealistic, unrealist-ic, and that no accurate report of damages could be made for some time Silver Star Shows Open Here Monday Silver Star shows, billed as the west's newes: largest nd ,moil "Tu n . "B8ie8.d"un.. Ul famous thrill rides, outstanding .... tries will open in Orem Mon- day on the show grounds be- hind the city ha 1 according to advance agents tn.s weeK. parkS) 6 miUs. roadSi g mills;;, . , at Qfnmns The featured aerial troop has fire department, 3 mills. j m&U CW OUUIipfc toured Europe and has perform- Anticipated revenue from non- 0rem Postmaster Lvle Meed Me-ed before crowned heads there, ax sources include the follow-1 Donald announces the following according to show agents. ing: of new postage stamps ap- ... ... . ... ?3'000' Permits; $500, leases;' proved for issue during the re- Show folk will arrive this $6,000, sundry; $8,000, licenses; malnder-0f . 1948. together with week by specially built trucks in the public safety department, lace and date of first d and will immediately start work $5000, fines; $600 dog tax; sewer ,saie of each: oinriwniig uduvda emu eld-mug poles- e,;n iho ; R,if T.ir Citv with Mr. and Mrs N. R. Brown. , r ,.. i ; Miss Marie Roberts, who will become the bride of Ralph Ridge of Orem on September 8. Bids Asked on State Street Curb, Gutter Program Orem's urotwsed curb and owners, was receiving reconsiaerauon Dy tne r Urem. City Council this week following . .i 1 -, remainder from such sources as sale of water, licenses, fines.elc. mately $58,000. The increased valuation of Orem this year is expected io add nearly $6,000 to the city's tax revenue. The largest single budget fig-urre fig-urre is the anticipated expndit-ure expndit-ure for the water department which totals $41,000. Extension and enlargement of city lines is expected to take a large share of the amount. Only budget increases came in the contingent fund, which provides pro-vides for a 3.7 mill levy as compared com-pared with 3 4 mills last year; fire department, which calls for three, mills for the first time; and debt service, which increasd from 2.5 mills to 4.1 mills. Under the proposed budget, funds derived from taxes. fromlGeneva Time water, licenses fines, etc., will Infonnation as to whether or be expended as fo lows: not efforts to secure the mon Public safety . $12,004-01; con- L fiMnce th jeet are tingent fund $23 947.43; deb cessful wm ;ecJeived at the fo,Cf 90 $ 6' 6f! C1 Vegular council meeting on Fri-$1, Fri-$1, 921.20; cemetery $2 221; I da nj ht according f0 Mayor roads and walks, $16,010.03; r.mnb fcmnwj, , aP wdLCi utrpai liiiciji, ipti,uuu, sew- J 4 fl 1 Ann er department, $3,081.86; fire HpnartmPrit fiQ finfi' - The levy segregation has been' ;:t "Z -"Ve untU th s in proposed as f0nows. Contin-i? enl luna A t mins puDiic sale- t 2 miU debt gerv, 41 miUs -t . :,,.,, fund 5 mU1 cemetery,.5 mills; ninct xransicr ror aeoi service,! S2918.18; city hall room rent, 720; sale of lots, cemetery, 500; interments, $120; water collections, S34.0O0; connections S5-000! merhandise, 2,000. Sew- er connections $4 000 wer charges, $2,000. and se- gutter Droiect. once abandoned an assurance given by members i. . ... ., Plans for five miles of curb and gutter which was originally scheduled to be built in connection connect-ion with the State Highway's 12 foot widening on each side of U. S .91 through Orem, were dropped two weeks ago when several petitions and protests against the project were received receiv-ed and no comment was heard favorable to the project. The chamber delegation, headed head-ed by Lionel Fairbanks and including in-cluding Allan Johnson.3 Dean Park, J. George Stratton, Ted bimmons, Stanford Steele ana Clare York, pointed out irregularities irregul-arities in the protests received and informed the council that the majority of Orem business men and other property owners along the highway were anxious anx-ious for ; the project to go through. Working in the direction of a definite" decision cn the curb and gutter project, Mayor J. W. Gilman and , members of the city council met Tuesday afternoon after-noon in Salt Lake City with the State Road Commission. Their efforts have proeeded to the extent ex-tent of advertising for bids on construction of the curb and gutter in this issue of the Orem- ...w - - that a definite statement on whether the curb and gutter project will . become a realitv Orem Postmaster August Francis Scott Key, Frederick, Md., Aug. 9. Salute to Youth, Washington, D. C, Aug.ll . Oregon Territory, Oregon City, Ci-ty, Ore., Aug. 14. Harlan Fiske Stone, Chesterfield, Chester-field, N. H., Aug. 25. September Clara Barton, Oxford, Mass., Sept. 7. Poultry Industry, New Haven, Conn., Sept. 14. Gold Star Mothers, Washing ton D. C, Sept. 21. Fort Kearney, Mindeh, Nebr;, Sept. 22. October Volunteer Firremen, Dover, Del., Oct. 4. Indian Centennial, Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 15. Rough Riders, Prescott, Ariz. Oct. 27. November Will Rogers, Claremore, Okla. Nov. 4. Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex. Nov. 5. Moina Michael, Athens, Ga., Nov. 9. Juliette Low, Savannah, Ga. Nov. 15. American Turners Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 20. December Joel Chandler Haris, Eaton-ton, Eaton-ton, Ga., Dec. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wells of Salt Lake Citv and children vis ited this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Weis. 1 : |