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Show eiteta E3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1949 VOLUME 17, NUMBER 38 PRICE FIVE CENTS tem - l 1 )v MftlCULTUftE lDUT TotlCfcTIOH lUcKEIUION Orem Voters Party Nominates; jensen, Hunt Decline to Run Woodruff Jensen, present , Tear councilman, announc-Say announc-Say that he is unable to ac the nomination for mayor ?5r m made by the Orem Vot-rf Vot-rf Party Tuesday night at the City hall. M. Dover Hunt, linated for two-year council-also council-also indicated that he 3d be unable to accept the nation. Mr. Jensen is pres-Jtad pres-Jtad of city water department de-partment and is a prominent Zh erower. Mr. Hunt is a mem-Z mem-Z of the Orem stake presto-Jcy presto-Jcy and is employed by Utah Oil Co. jENSEN MAKES STATEMENT i have enjoyed serving as a WBber of Ihe Orem Cily Coun-al Coun-al for the past four years, and 1 appreciate ihe confidence dowa in me by the Orem Vot-oi Vot-oi Party in nominating me for Mayor of Orem. Yet I feel that I must decline the nomination. Because of the demands made A this office and the great mount of lime required, and because of ihe demands of my m work, I would not be able to do justice to such a calling. When my present term expires I feel that I must devote my full time io my private work. (Signed) Woodruff Jensen Wap-on Schedule for Friday Night Harvest Barn Dance Given Transportation in the form of toy wagons will be furnished for couples attending the Har-estBarn Har-estBarn Dance sponsored by the joint Elders quorums of Vermont Ver-mont and Orem Rirst wards at I pm. Friday night at the Vermont Ver-mont chapel. Wagons will travel trav-el throughout Orem starting at 7:15 and no charge will be made for rides. Those planning on the wagons may telephone the drivers to insure being picked up. Wagon number one driven by Ken Williams, phone 0540 J4, will leave Vern Williams' home going south on the lower hoad to 4th North, thence east to the cahpel, located at 4th North and 4th East. Wagon number two driven by Rex Kofford, phone 051 Jl, will leave the Lake View chapel going north along the lower road to 8th South, thence east to 4th East, thence North to the chapel. Wagon number three driven by Stanford Ekins, phone 0121 J5 go north from the Pleasant View chapel along the East tench road to the Edgemont &ipel, thence west to 8th East, thence north to 4th North, thence west to the chapel. Wagon number four driven by Dexter Wilberg, phone 0855-2, 0855-2, leaves Eldon Swenson's home going west along nlth North to state Street, thence uth to 8th North, east to 10th t, south to 4th North, and t to the chapel. Wagon number five driven J Lavar Loveless, phone 0535-leaves 0535-leaves Lincoln high school King east on 8th South to 8th , south to 16th South, west State Street, north to 4th "orn, thence east to the chapel. 20th North to 20th South By O. G. Semii we're glad election time is ing around again! It makes Pwplemore conscious of the Responsibility they have in sel-"lmS sel-"lmS candidates for office and Elv them an opportunity to "ave a voice in how and who manage the city affairs. "e Orem Voters Party has al-'ead al-'ead nominated its slate of rantudates and the Peoples and ho toll? Parties are expected to a their primary conventions riv i near future. The friendly ,valry which city elections r ng about is certainly a health-l health-l mg and it contributes greatly Perpetuating the democratic f3y of life, Moil Home Ti!Lrk, on tbe Orem-Geneva Jls Mdel Home is progress-s progress-s fapidly. since the last pro- oW PCrt was made in this lumi all the brick work has Other candidate nominated by the Orem Voters Party are Gerald M. Buckley and Clyde E. Weeks Jr. for four-year coun-cilmen. coun-cilmen. Mr. Buckley, an active act-ive civic leader, heads the Orem 20-30 club at the present time. He was a member of the general committee for the Velvet Highway High-way celebration. He is a real estate salesman employed by Kowan and Grow. Mr. Weeks, Orem newspaper man, is also active in civic affairs. He is past-chairman past-chairman of the Orem Library board and is at present a member of the Orem stake MIA boaro, Nominated for two-year councilman, coun-cilman, besides Mr. Hunt, was Charles W. Halford. Mr. Halford is a well-known Orem artist and worker in the Geneva ward MIA. Orland E. Pyne, incumbent city recorder who is comoletine his second term in office, was nominated to succeed himself. I Russell Bellows was nomin- ated for city treasurer. Mr. Bell-I Bell-I ows is a former Orem post office employee. He served as a rural 'carrier from 1943 to 1947. i Grant Rowley, party chairman conducted the nominations, j Under the election statutes "any person nominated may in writing duly signed and acknowledged acknow-ledged notify the citv recorder that he declines the nomination. In the event such notice is given giv-en the name shall not be printed print-ed upon the party ticket certify- iing nis nomination. If any per son nominated resigns or de-clines de-clines his nomination or dies before be-fore election day or if any cert-ficate cert-ficate of nomination is insufficient insuffic-ient or inoperative, the vacancy thus occasioned may be filled in the manner required in the original or-iginal nomination." I It is expected that Mr. Jensen and Mr. Hunt will file the necessary nec-essary written notice declining their nominations with the city recorder, and that the Orem Voters Party will meet in the near future to fill the two vacancies. vac-ancies. I Mr. Rowley reports that the party primary held Tuesday ; night was well attended and that the following platform wa adopted: ad-opted: to create greater opportunity opport-unity for the younger voters, to promote greater efficiency 4n city government, to promote closer cooperation between city officials and citizens, to work toward to-ward a planned safety program for school children, to provide for a realistic development of future business, and to promote higher moral standards in the I community. ! The party seeks the support of Orem citizens who are concerned con-cerned with the election of off icials whose views reflect those of the majority of the people re garding important civic issues, according to party officers. The group voted to extend membership in the party to all Orem young people interested in good government. been completed- The dark red tapestry brick laid with white mortar is said to be very attractive attrac-tive by those who have seen it. Yesterday the brick layers completed com-pleted the chimney, and today they finished laying the front gable. After the brick had been laid to the square Axel Christiansen and his carpenters got busy and did the studding work and ceiling ceil-ing joists. Today they are completing com-pleting the cornice work and I trim on the gables. ! Friday or Saturday Chick Swan of Geneva Supply will 'start on the wiring while the carpenters shingle the roof. All r,oM switches will be of the touch plate type the kind you just touch to turn on and touch to turn off the lights. Next week the plaster board and lathing work is expected to be completed so the plasterers can get to work on their part of the job. , , , ... If you are driving by 14b East Center, stop and watch the progress on the model home. Maybe you'll get a few ideas you can use. Here 'N There "Get in the Guard Earn While you Learn": those are the admonitions we have been reading read-ing lately on the placards around town. They refer to the fact that an effort is being made to organize organ-ize a National Guard unit in Orem. Kent Fielding is heading up the recruiting drive n Orem, assisted by Neal Bunnell. It K j! M Z J i ill - " - v - . - , . .. - ... : , AA ''rT: P' ) V' Newcomers to the Lincoln high school faculty this year are these seven teachers. The group includes, front row, left to right, Lueine Shields, Mary Lou Bayter and Sally Ralph. Back row, Frank Buffo, Reed Stone, James Greenhalgh and Maurice Lambert. Mrs. Shields teaches English and social science; Mis Baxter, English; Miss Ralph, girls counselor; Mr. Buffo, office practice; Mr. Stone, industrial arts; Mr. Greenhalgh. Engl ish; and Mr. Lambert, agriculture. Voters, Citizens, Peoples Parties Gird For City Election; Fourth Party Rumored Orem's political picture gain-ed gain-ed interest this week with the nomination by the newly organ ized Orem Voters Party of a slate of candidates for city office in the municipal election set for November 8. The Citizens Party plans to have its primary convention con-vention on October 8 at the Geneva Gen-eva elementary school. As yet the Peoples Party has not sot a date for its convention. Party primary convention will probably probab-ly be set at this meeting. At least one more new party is reported to be organizing to participate in the election this fall, which, if it materializes, will make the race for city offices a four way affair. Being prominently mentioned as candidates for mayor are Bill Bakpr. K. TT T.nnff FroH nnwioe members are expected to hold a and Lyle McDonald. Incumbent pre-convention meeting this Mayor J. W. Gillman is under-weekend under-weekend to elect a new party stood to be seeking nomination chairman to replace the late and re-election on his party's Ray Gillman. The date of the ticket Funeral for Archy A. Peeples Held Today Funeral services for Archy Alonzo Peeples, 57, were conducted con-ducted today, Thursday, at the Olpin mortuary in Orem. Mr. Peeples died in Pendleton, Wash, on Saturday following a heart attack. Funeral services will be conducted by Bishop Taylor Allen Al-len of the Vineyard ward. Mr. Peeples was born in American Am-erican Fork on Jan. 8, 1892, a son of Alonzo Randolph and Sarah Jane Peck Peeples. He married Margaret Kerby of Provo on September 30, 1914. She died in 1918. He married Katherine May of San Francisco in 1923. He was a carpenter and builder by trade. t He leaves his widow; five sons and daughters, Mrs. Corn-stock Corn-stock and Mrs. Panna Jensen of Nampa, Idaho; Mrs. Grace Beck-stead, Beck-stead, Murray; Chester, and Mary Peeples of San Francisco; his father, Salt Lake City; nine grandchildren; five brothers and sisters, Ivie Hatch, Vernal; Thor-it Thor-it A. Peeples, Oakland; Mrs. Fay Harvev. Eva olsn and Floyd A. Peeples, Salt Lake City ! gave a reading- Lunch was serv-, serv-, . I ed to approximately 40 members Joy O. Clegg, T. C. Hebertson and J. A. Owens- Prayers were offered by Axel Andreason and Victor M. Anderson. Musical numbers included solos by Howard How-ard Anderson and Mrs. Gay Comstock, and a number by a quartet comprising Dale Harding, Hard-ing, Howard Anderson, Oscar Jameson and Taylor Allen. Burial was in the Provo City cemetery. Retiring Officers Honored by Legion Auxiliary Outgoing officers of the American Am-erican Legion Auxiliary were honored on Wednesday evening at a business meeting and party. J Gifts were presented to the retiring officers during the business bus-iness meeting. The following chairmen and officers were named to serve for the coming year: Elsie Schenck, secrtry; R e b a Loveless, membership chairman; Betty Gillman, reporter; report-er; Pearl Martindale, card entertainment; enter-tainment; Barbara Broaoead, child welfare; Shirley Ann Martindale, Mar-tindale, Americanism; Agnes McCarthy, Pan American; June Larsen, Poppy chairman; and Grace Hansen, refreshments. After the business meeting the ladies poined the members of the Legion for a program and social. Program numbers included includ-ed tap dances by students of Virginia Booth of Provo, Diane Cordner, Colleen Baker, Jaimee Norton, Reva Benson, Arlene Guymon and Joan Adams. They were accompanied by Eula Nort on. rtaiNae .Loveless played a Geneva P.T.A. To Be Organized At Monday Meeting Patrons of the new Geneva elementary school will meet on Monday, October 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. The meeting was called by Mrs. W. G. Yergenser, district PTA president pres-ident for the purpose of denizing den-izing a parent-teacher' association associat-ion for the school. Features of the meeting on Monday will be a picture show from 7:30 till 8 p.m., community commun-ity singing and a program. Mrs-Donna Mrs-Donna Kitchen will offer the opening prayer. Mrs. Yergensen will introduce Thprit Hebertson, Hebert-son, principal of the school. He will introduce the meme of the faculty. Business of the meeting, meet-ing, under the direction of lrs. Yergensen, will include nomination nomin-ation and election by secret ballot bal-lot of a president and vice pres ident of the PTA organization. The program will continue with vocal solos by Mrs. June Welti, accompanied by Ella Lou Hawkes; a number by students of the school; an address by Supt. Dave Mitchell; and a description des-cription of the school plam by Principal Hebertson. Social dan cing, mixers and square da.'es, will be led by Miss Enid McAr-thur. McAr-thur. Parents will be invited to inspect the school and visit the teachers in their classrooms. Refreshments Re-freshments will be served in the school lunch room. Mrs. Yergensen is being assisted assist-ed by a planning committee comprising Dorothy Campbell, Mrs. Dalton, Mrs. C 1 i f fo r d Stubbs Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. Clark Collings and Mrs. Leah Rowley. Mrs. Yergensen announces that new officers will be installed in-stalled by Regional Director, Mrs. Don Taylor at the meeting of the Alpine Council on October Watkins Reveals Apple, Pear Purchase Program Senator A. V. Watkins an nounced in a wire to the Orem-Geneva Orem-Geneva Times today that the department of agriculture had approved a pear and apple pur-chasi pur-chasi program which would alleviate all-eviate the surplus fruit situation in Utah. The Senator declared that he had requested consideration of a fruit purchase program similiar to those in operation in other western states, and that prompt approval was given. Details of the purchase program will be announced by the department of agriculture. He said that it would be a foreign purchase program. Announcement of the program pro-gram comes hard on the .eels of a letter written by Mayor J. W. Gillman to Senator Watkins and Congresswoman Reva Beck Bosone describing the apple and pear surplus here ad a charge that the Production and Marketing administration was purchasing apples elsewhere end shipping them to Utah. Senator Watkins said today that he had addressed a letter to the secretary of agriculture outlining the difficulties faced by Utah fruit growers and pointing point-ing out that the Production and Marketing administration had shipped pears grown outside Utah into the state, thus depressing depress-ing .the market further. He declared de-clared that he was gratified that the secretary of agriculture had taken immediate steps to ex pedite the purchase program to alleviate the condition which exists among fruit growers of Utah. piano solo and Jennie Cordner 1 5 2:30 P-m. at the American of the Legion and Auxiliary. Mr. and Mrs- Arden Rowley Row-ley and family and Mr. and Mrs. William Cox and children attended at-tended the State Fair in Salt Lake City on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Neal Bunnell are the parents of a baby girl born Wednesday night at the Utah Valley hospital. Fork high school. Bowl Benefit Draws Crowd Bishops Allan D. Johnson and J. Reed Burgener of the Orem First and Vermont wards ex pressed appreciation this week to all those who Insured the suc cess of the Harvest Music fest lval held at Timpanogo Bowl last Thursday. a gooa sized crowd was on hand to see the attractice program prog-ram which featured a portrayal of "The Legend of Tlmpanogos." rieia as a lund-raising pro ject to complete the Vermont Orem First ward chapel, the ev ent was held in the Timp Bowl through the courtesy of Dean Park, owner. Mr. Park has offered of-fered the facilities of the splen did ampitheater to wards and civic groups for worthy causes. Mr. and Mrs. Rosel Cooley of Gilbert, Arizona visited this week with his sister, Mrs. Thorn as Wells. They were on their way to Salt Lake City to attend general conference. Alonzo Hancock returned home to Orem on Sunday after visiting for three weeks with his daughter, Stella Christensen in North Logan. s 1 -t f ' ; ft.' K . 1 t J i ry Vl I f ' A TIGERS TACKLE WILDCATS FRIDAY IN CRUCIAL TILT AT Y STADIUM what to expect from the fast and tricky Y High aggregation. Other teams in the region who are still in the running for the title are the Payson Lions, who trounced Spanish Fork 35-0 on Friday and American Fork, who won over Lehi, 7-0-American Fork entertains Pay- villP last Fridav while the Lin- son at the Cave City on Friday coin crew was eking out a 13-7 to scuttle one of those from the victory over an under-rated title chase; while Pleasant Pleasant Grove team. The win-!orove tangles wnn bpmukvimb Orem's Lincoln Tigers got ready this week for what dope-sters dope-sters predict will be the "make or break" tilt of the 1949 eas-on eas-on when they tangle with the BYHS Wildcats at the Y stadium stad-ium oa 3 p.m. Friday. The Wildcats turned in an im pressive victory over Spring ner of the Friday tilt at the Y will be a heavy favorite to win the regional title. Coach Glen Zimmerman of ; bay all during the first quarter and Lehi goes to Spanish Fo.iu In Friday's tilt at Pleasant Grove the Tigers were heia at the Tigers said this week that Pleasant Grove's class ends, Louder and Hamann, almost proved the downfall of the local team last week- They bottled up nearly all of the wide plays and nearly spoiled the Tigers' entire running attack. X 4, J Steve Christensen, left, end Lewis Edwards, co-captains of Lincoln high school's gTidders, look serious in contemplating Friday's Fri-day's game with the strong BYHS eleven when is expected to be a key game in the race for the regional title. The game id set for 3 p.m. at the Y stadium. by the plucky Viking line, and it was not until the locals recovered recov-ered a P.G. fumble on the 10 yard stripe that they could muster must-er the power to score. The .uird quarter was the best for the locals. loc-als. They marched 60 yards to I score in the only sustamed drive of the game. In the final canto However, Zimmerman was, the Vikings had the better of pleased as punch with the defen- !the tilt and pushed the locals sive play of his line and espec- j back on a 40 yard march for a ially with the work of chunky i touchdown. Boyd Ivie, guard. Ivie was at his Coach Zimmerman contem-best contem-best last Friday but suffered a plates no changes in the lineup face injury which has kept him which has started for him in the out of scrimmage this week. He jast few games- If Ivie is not is expected to be ready for thereaay to go, big J. C. Wilkinson Wildcats Friday. I will get the call at guard- Floyd Coaches Zimmerman ana Mel J Farley is showing good form at Briggs were drilling the locals the tailback post and is expect-against expect-against BYHS plays from the T ed to see lots of action along formation on Wednesday, and with Mako Hideshima. Mako the boys learned a lot about will likely start. Jaycees Ask Divorce From FireOepartmenfi Orem'a fire department, manned since its organization in December, 1947, by the Orem Junior Chamber of Commerce on a volunteer basis under the direction of Fire Chief Scott Thompson, is due for a reorgasization as a result of action taken by the Orem City Council on Wednesday nijht. Max Pederson, Clyde Olsen and Chick Swan, representing the Jay-cees, Jay-cees, requested the council to release the Junior Chamber of Commerce from further responsibility in connection with the fire department. They asked that the Jaycee organization be divorced from the fire department as a club and that the de- partment be organized as a unit $7 Million Orem PlantofUP&L Nears Completion Utah Power and Light Com pany's $7,000,000 steam electric will be ready for operation in generating station at Olmstead April, it was announced to members mem-bers of the state's press repres entatives at a meeting at the Orem plant on Wednesday. Approximately 50 newsmen were guests oi tne company and were conducted through the separate and club. apart from the Members of the,Jaycees would continue to serve as individuals with the fire department together to-gether with others interested in joining the volunteer fire fighting fight-ing unit, the group said. The council voted to relieve the Junior Chamber of Commerce Com-merce of further responsibility In the fire department and agreed to the continued service of Jaycees as individuals and not as club members upon the Thompson. A vote of thanks and appreciation apprec-iation was voted by the council plant here. Capacity of the plant recommendation of Fire Chief will be 18,750 kilowatts, which will make it the largest in the company's system. Another un der construction by the company 'fof the servicps rendered by the m oau ietoum, wi Wii-J eg as volunteer fire fighter fight-er when complete, however. L , th(l ripnartmpnt Wfls or. The plant will consume 250 0,j TV,. , ciri4 onj tons of coal per day and will rfM," in A,ltv waa firi,nnm. need an operating crew of 38 f ledged as personifying the high-men. high-men. The plant will be a part oct nfrM,nMn. of the Company's huge U.tei-. mountain system. Coal will be Gives Scera Report hauled from Carbon count). The Orem plant is part of a i v'Llor MUC,SU"' ai;c' $61 million construction project manager, appeared before the which the company undertook council to read the annual re-last re-last year and which is planned Prt of Jhe itPeraticm' of th as a five year expansion pro- community theatre. The report outlined tne operaung expenses J of the theatre and contributions Jto the city recreation program, j together with a report on the recently re-cently renovated swimming pool. Subdivision Discussed J. Wyley Sessions and an as- gram. R. B. Clarks to Get Saturday Night Snack at Twin Pines night snack after the show or sociate of Rex Builders, Inc. dance, and Twin Pines is the along with Leo Gardiner of the place to have it, according to Veterans Council were present manager Owen Allen. Each at the meeting to get information week some Mr. and Mrs. Sub- regarding the piping of culln-scriber culln-scriber to the Orem-Geneva ary water to Morningside Times are invited for a Saturday Heights subdivision. The council night snack at Twin Pines as a informed them that Orem City means of getting them acquaint- would install a water line to the ed with the hospitality and fine subdivision, but that the subdlv-food subdlv-food served by the local drive- iders would be required to in-in in-in and cafe. stall water lines within the ub- Next Saturday night Mr. and division. In addition the city Mrs. R- B. Clark are Invited for ! water department will install a snack at Twin Pines. They meters and make connections should clip this article and pres- for each home at the regular en it to their waitress with their ' connection fee. order. Reception Good On Orem Television Set Fine television reception in Orem was proven this week with the excellent results obtained with "the set installed recently at Orem Appliance, across from Scera. Mr. Sessions asked the city to grade Fourth East Street on the west boundry line of the subdivision. sub-division. Councilman A. A. Richards Rich-ards agreed that the city ioad department would assist in the opening of the street. Change Road Location Sam Cordner appeared be fore the council to discuss the curb and gutter in district number num-ber two and also the location of proposed First South Street Mr. and Mrs. Orrel DeLange running east from the highway. report that their demonstration set at the shop povldes an excellent excel-lent picture in both afternoon and evening and from boh Salt Lake City stations. They invit? interested parties to view the programs. Appointments Appoint-ments may be made to see the evening shows. Orem Appliance is dealer here for the Hoffman set. ! fix r f. h He recommended that the pro posed street be shifted 50 feet north. He was informed by the council that the Planning Commission Com-mission would be asked to con sider the request and investigate investi-gate the site. Mr. Cordner questioned the council regarding the curb and gutter through approaches on proposed streets. He stated that the peg between Pete Mecham's property and his property should be four feet south of where it is now. The council took the matter under advisement. MISS MICHIGAN . . . Dolores Jean Motter, "Miss Michigan" parades at recent Atlantic City beauty contest. Winner of tbe "Miss America" beauty title wag Miss Jacque Mercer, "Miss Art-son. Sunday Dinner for Harry Hansens at Geneva Dairy Cafe Sunday dinner at the Geneva Dairy that's what's in biore for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hanson, Rt. 2 Box 305, next Sunday. Each Sunday the local dairy in cooperation with the Orem-Geneva Times invites suhscr'bers to the paper to enjoy the hospitality hospit-ality of the dairy cafe. Each fifth name on the subscription lists is chosen for the Sunday treat. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen need only clip this article and present it to their waitress at the dairy next Sunday and they will be served the dinner of their choice. Mona Rolf and Kate Wag-staff Wag-staff from Kamas, Utah are back to attend BYU again this fall. |