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Show 1950 AY i merit;, v j ?-m j J it f ero. ' i Mi em - wio Vs- .if - . - V Touch 'C . j I TfcC.iia.io THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1950 VOLUME 18 NUMBER 18 PRICE FIVE CENTS a mvm AGRICULTURE IIHOW i "J ;m- i i U " I i v I .A V WILCOX NAKED BiSHOP OF 5 These Lincoln high school baseball players w on first place in the Alpine division by nosing kit American Fork last Saturday, 1-0. in the di vision playoff game. In Monday's lilt for the egion championship the Tigers lost to Juab. The group includei, first row, left to right: Marvin Jigbee, Elsworth Carrell, Bob Workman, Mark Jensen and Lloyd Orvin. Second row, left to right: iamar Evans, Jerry Peters, Tommy Verbantz, Ro bert Josie and Ned Yoik; third row. Coach Evan laugh, Kent Rowley, Lewis Edwards, Ray Gilligan, Terry Judd, Mako Hideshima. Merlin Bak-B, Bak-B, Rex Olsen and Sam Johnson. 20th North to ! 20th South By O. G. Semit LINCOLN HIGH BASEBALL NINE CAPTURES DIVISION PENNANT cry last "Play ball!" That's the Lard across the nation week. Our own city is no different, differ-ent, as evidenced by the activity it the citv Dark soft ball and fcard ball diamonds. Quite a few cision. f Lincoln high school's baseball tilt, team, king-pins in Alpine divis- Heaviest batters for the Lin-ion Lin-ion competition, dropped from cclri crew were Lewis Edwards the state championship flight tvvho co""tfd 12 in ,22 times at bat during league play Monday when they ran up a- j f r an average of .545. Jerry gainst a hot Juab high team . Peters hit seven for 13 for a from Nephi and lost a 20-3 de- -538 average, with Mako Hide- shima, Terry Judd.. Bob Josie. Mark Jensen and Sam Johnson The Tigers defeated American j following in that order. youngsters have been getting ore arms laieiy mrougn wuik.- ... ... .... I rf at tho hall fields. The Jav r, 'n an mpuie aivisiun ; r . ., I nl.ii.nnff Hit 1 a ct Ka 1 1 irria v in I sees are busy getting a. team or V "?. r-rirrrfrimOvtded the following t nnn nr 7 nfa np.n nvpn wyniHS ill " UaSC- - o Coach Evan eanized for competition in ball, too. Practicing three times a week, they are rapidly getting get-ting in shape to take on somebody- Any offers? catchers- Baugh's squad players: Sam Johnson and Ned Blossoming Out i Next time you drop by the city hall make it a point to notice not-ice the condition of the grounds. iire Unet Scott inompson, : assistant fire chief Howard Fer-! Tommy Verbantz, the Tigers' guson, and Vic Christensen best chucher, pitched one-hit have taken special pains to, ball against American Fork to make the grounds as attractive ' let the Cavemen down on Satur-8s Satur-8s possible. There's a newly i day, but he was not effective painted sign ung at the en- M;nday against the Juab Wasos. trance of the public library and j Lewis Edwards started on the chamber of. commerce office, I mound against Juab but he was too. We're glad to see it. It relieved ;n the first inning by veroamz alter tne winnt rs scur-ed scur-ed four runs. Errors also hurt Lincoln's chances in the Monday the strain of five Yor pitchers-Verbantz Ed- waras, itex vjisen ana iiaiviar Judd and 3ob Workman; second Jerry Peters; third Mako Hideshima; Hide-shima; shortstop Mark Jensen and Marvin U'gbee; outfielders Robert Josis, Merlin Paker, Ellsworth Carrell, Ray Gilligan, Lloyd Arvin and Kent Rowley- the season day under rtimfl: in ,'fr nQVC Th lnpnlc won five and lost three in leag- Evan base-Terry ue play to tie with American Fork and Pleasant Grove. They won the playGff to represent Alpine against Juab, Nebo division's divis-ion's champ. wows that someone is on the lookout for ways to keep things ship shape at the city hall. Poor Mr. Lymsji Sentimental Journey J- P- Rudy, Orem stake patriarch, pat-riarch, left last week on a bus Wp to the East to visit his children. He planned to go by "ay of Denver, Downs, Kansas. Kansas City, Chicago. Ft. Way-re Way-re and Defiance, Ohio. He will return by way of Kentucky and the southern route. Mr- Rudy is 86 years old. His 'ife "'ied two years ago. The Rudy's reared ten children of their own and seven foster children- Mr. Rudy now has 89 grand children. 125 great grandchildren, grandchild-ren, and four great great grandchildren. grand-children. We wish him well on his trip 6nd hope that he returns soon ell and happy. Not in a Dog's Age My grandad, viewing earth's worn cogs, Sa'd things were going to the dogs; grandad in his house of logs, sa!a things were going to the dogs; s grandad in the Flemish bogs 'd things were going to the dogs; ? g-andad in his old skin togs, things were going to the UOgS Rowley Named Prexy At Lincoln Jr. High Norman Rowley, son of Mrs. Maude Rowley, was elected president of Lincoln junior high school on Wednesday. He has served as seventh grade class president and athletic manager during the past year. Also elected were Gary Little-field, Little-field, vice president; Jewel Mott, secretary; and Billy Lou Erick-son Erick-son Doris Childs and JeNell McEwan, cheerleaders. Scera Slates "La Traviata" Tuesday, Wednesday The opera "La T:avia'a," with music by Verdi and adapted adapt-ed from the love story by Alexander Alex-ander Dumas- "Lady of Camellias," Camel-lias," will be presented on the Scera screen Tuesday and Wednesday, Wed-nesday, to provide Utah county music and film patrons a new theater experience, according to Victor C. Anderson, Scera manager. man-ager. distributors as the first theatre distributors to be th first theatre in Utah county to offer the opera op-era in Columbia's inaugurat'on of something new in motion picture making. Arrangements have been made for the appearance appear-ance of the BYU string quartet and brass ensemble to play pre- A reorganization of the Orem First ward conducted Sunday evening under the direction of the Orem stake presidency resulted re-sulted in the sustaining of Donald Don-ald G. Wilcox as bishop; James Ira Young first counselor; Donald Don-ald D. Noel, second coun&elor; Weston J. Smith, ward clerk; and William L. Willoughby, assistant as-sistant ward clerk. Released were Bishop Allan D. Johnson, his two counselors, Nelson A. Snow and Herbert B. Stratton, and Don Gamette, financial fi-nancial clerk, all of whom have served together with Mr. Smith and Mr. Willoughby since the ward was organized last fall. All ward officers were released, re-leased, but were asked to serve until the bishopric could complete com-plete the reorganization. Speakers besides members of the new and retiring bishoprics included President Walter R. Holdaway who conducted the meeting, and his counselors, E. Carlyle Bunker and M, Dover Hunt. Members of the stake high council attending the meeting were Charles Robbins, Grover Miller, 'LaVon Morrill, Eldon Swenson, Raymond Harding, Marvin Stratton, David R. Eager, Eag-er, William M. Vernon, Clive Pulham and Stanley B. Harris. BYU Football Game Set as Fieldhouse Benefit Not "June in January," but October in May that's in store for Utah county football fans next Wednesday, May 10, when a full-blown college football game, with an added carnival atmosphere, will be staged at the BYU stadium. The BYU varsity squad will be divided into a Blue and a White team for the game, and proceeds will go to the B Y U fieldhouse fund. The game is being be-ing sponsored by the Downtown Down-town Coaches club in cooperation cooper-ation with the Y student body. Cougar Coach C. E. "Chick" Atkinson, announces that the team will be divided into two teams of nearly equal strength, with Line Coach Reed Nilsen coaching the Blues and End Coach Bob Bunker handling the Whites- Team captains will be appointed and the teams will play to win, as well as to impress im-press the coaches and "make" next fall's starting eleven. The carnival atmosphere is to be added by the awarding of three, and possibly more, used cars to the spectators at half-time. half-time. In addition, a top-flight halftime show is being prepared by the BYU student body. i The college student body and ; the "Y" band will be divided into White and Blue sections, ; while half the tickets sold will Richard Nimer Named BYU's Valedictorian Richard Albert Nimer, son of , edictorian last year. Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Nimer of Orem. was named valedictorian valedict-orian of the Brighilm Young university graduating class this weeR by the BYU faculty and will represent the graduates in presenting the valedictory address add-ress at exercises on June 5- Mr. Nimer is a graduate of the Lincoln high school and of the Sharon LDS Seminary. His selection sel-ection marks the second consecutive conse-cutive year an Orem and Lincoln Lin-coln high school graduate has been named valedictorian. J- Kent Watts, son of Mr. and ' degree in medicine Mrs. J- Clayton Watts, was val- university. Mr. Nimer, during his college career gained 204 credit hours of A credit and 13 hours cf B credit for 2.94 grade points highest in his class. His tuajor is chemistry. He was graduated rrom Lincoln Lin-coln in 1943 and entered the armed services where he served for two and one-half years in the Signal Corps, He entered BYU in 1946. Following his graduation graduat-ion in June he plans to prepare for continued study toward a at Stanford Mayor, Council Make Peace on Wafer Expansion Program The complexion of Orem City's official scene appeared to have changed this week with threatened resignations of city councilmen, imminent last week, forgotten and harmony restored re-stored in the council chambers. Mayor J. W- Gillman, residents resid-ents of 16th North Street, and city councilmen reached an understanding un-derstanding at Monday night's regular council meeting that the six-inch water line originally planned to be hooked onto the eight-inch line at 4th East and running west on 16th Sounth would not be laid at' the present time. It was emphas- 1 ized, however, that if the new eight-inch line and the present two-inch line n r o - w I s i V ,J L The new Orem First ward bishopric, sustained on Sunday nighl includes, left to right, Donald Wilcox, bishop: James Ira Young, first counselor: and Donald u. woei, second counselor. u ... . iit!u: t tir: H .... pictured above, were Weston J. Smitn. ward cieric, ana wiuun u. wuiuuyii- The new ward leaders will woric in conjiincnon wnn mo is G sustained, but noi bv. Essisiani ward clerk ward bishopric to complete the Vermonl-Orem First ward chapel FIRST ANNUAL OREM STAKE SPEECH j Funeral Services for W. J. Cordner Held Tuesday Funeral services for William James Cordner, 80, were conducted con-ducted on Tuesday afternoon at the Timpanogos ward chapel. Mr. Cordner died at the home FESTIVAL SET SUNDAY AT SCERA "Greater achievement throu'jh effective speech" is the theme of the Orem stake MIA speech festival scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening in the Scera auditorium, Clyde E. Weeks Jr., stake MIA speech director, announced today. Participating Par-ticipating in the festival will be young people from Geneva, Windsor, Vermont, Sharon and Orem First wards who have shown outstanding speech ability in MIA programs during the past year. The various phases of speech work, including debate, panel discussion, retold story, blackout, prepared speech, reading, oration will be featured in the festival according to Mf. Weeks. The speech festival first to be attempted in Orem stake on a stake-wide basis will emphasize emphas-ize the important role speecn has played in the LDS church both as a vital tool in missionary work and as a qualification for leadership in the body of the church It will trace the influence influ-ence of public speaking from the days of the Prophet Joseph Smith to the present time. OREM DUP SETS MEETING MAY 11 Camp Orem, Daughters of Utah Pioneers will hold their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Marlow Peterson on Thursday Thurs-day May 11 at 2 p m- A good program has been arranged and officers urge all members to attend. Mrs. Perneal Sh"ell was the guest of honor at a shower Friday evening att he home of Mis. Har- Id Prestwich- Amonsj As a special feature of the the guests were Virgie Rushton, 'speech festival a demonstrat-Maxine demonstrat-Maxine Wright, Mrs. Leland'ion will be given of an organ Shoell, Mrs. Rose Shoell and ) being considered for purchase Mrs- Mary Shoell- Games were , for use hv Orem anH sv-mn played and luicheon served. h'minarv music for the opera The group will present a 30-min-1 entitle holders to sit in one sec ute concert to begin at 8:15. I tion and the remainder in the other in order to create the real game atmosphere-Jack atmosphere-Jack Eeltk in general chairman chair-man of arrangements for the Downtown coaches, and he reports rep-orts that the group is dead serious ser-ious about raising a substantial amount for the fieldhouse. Tickets will be on sale this week. Prices have been set at 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. Then e s one thing that I have to statu dogs have had wait. a good long IPANOGOS DUP TO MEET THURSDAY members of the Timpanogos amp, Daughters of Utah Pion- ; s hld their May meet- LT Jhursday. May 12 at the on of Mary Mitchell. ClLU?c1' Clees- son Lewis hnj it. ... frartT , lne misfortune to s can recpnti I , I , v - 9 i a ' m te' ' - I ' ' -- "i v j i f J , I ) 1 -VT A" I r V V f W ' X:i i - - - . . v.. m,lec vou'd think it was tne junior rr " really the dancing class conducted al the Spencer school by SlXin a. aut.it fritt. aeinti .meo, inse. rourn, linn and sixin g practice bellroom dancing each Friday after school and they like it. stakes in the Scera auditorium. Among those participating in the festival will be Floyd Man-gum, Man-gum, Wanda Shumway, Anita Phillips. Ivan Bunker, Val Heb-ertson, Heb-ertson, Joann Adams, Beverly Kitchen, Helen Foster, Mary Gwen Holdaway, Weston Smith, Helen Swan, Paul Washburn, Charles Lemond, MarJean Stratton, Strat-ton, Ray Peterson, Darrell Louder Loud-er and Dorothy Johnson. Ward speech directors include the following: Barbara Anderson, Ander-son, Vineyard; Elizabeth Guy-man, Guy-man, Geneva; Clyde E. Weeks Jr., Orem First; Ilene Lamond, Vermont; and Dawn Etta Swenson, Swen-son, Windsor. All wards in Orem stake are holding their Sunday night meetings earlier than usual or dismissing them entirely so that ward members can attend the iprech festival? Harold Murdoch was honored hon-ored on his birthday Monday at a parly Present were Mr. and Mrs- Elroy Murdoch of Genola, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Murdoch of American Fork, Dr. and Mrs-Clayton Mrs-Clayton Montgomery of Heber City, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Maxwell Max-well and children J- B., Judy, Joyce and Mary Ellen, uishop a d Mrs Paul Van Wagenen and children Phillip, Paula Ann and P"2Sy, and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Murdoch and dajghterli( Joyce, rf Snlt Lake City, Mrs. Betty Forquharson, and Mr- Murdoch and family. Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep to yourself f only for a few hours daily- Arthur Brisbane of his sen. Jess Cordner Friday of causes incident to age. Bishop C. Wilford Larson of Geneva ward was in charge of the services. Speakers were Junius Banks, who read a sketch of the life of Mr. Cordner, J. W. Gillman, Karl Banks and Bishop Larsen. Prayers were offered by Philo T. Edwards and David Rowley. i Musical numbers were a vocal solo by Moroni Jensen, "The Lord's Prayer", accompanied by Mrs. Eula Norton; a duet, "Prayer "Pray-er Perfect" by Donna and Max-ine Max-ine Cordner, accompanieo. by Sherrie Balser; "In the Garden" sung by Elizabeth Hawkins and Genevieve Ford, accompanied accompani-ed by Dixie Gordon; and "Oh, My Father" sung by E. B. Terry. Ter-ry. The grave in the Provo burial bur-ial park was dedicated by Julian Jul-ian Hansen. Mr. Cordner was born Feb. 23, 1870 in Lisburn, Ireland, a son of Thomas and Mary Ann Benson Cordner. The family came to Utah when he was two which will con nect with it at 4th East, go not create sufficient pressure, the six-inch line will be laid should funds be available. Councilman Ray E. Loveless signed the contract with Young and Smith Construction company com-pany for laying the eight-inch pipe line west on 16th North to 4th East- This action was suggested sug-gested by-Mayor Gillman and authorized by the council inasmuch inas-much as Mr. Loveless served as acting mayor at the meeting held April 17 in which the bid on the project was accepted. Expansion Continued Another phase of the waterworks water-works expansion program was initiated Monday night when the council instructed City Engineer En-gineer Leonard Beckman to prepare pre-pare specifications and advertise for bids on another eight-inch line running from Cth North to 8th South on 4th East, thence west to Lincoln high school. The extension of this line west to Main Street was postponed for the time being at the suggestion suggest-ion of Mayor Gillman inasmuch as it is probable that 8th South will be widened in the near future. j Cooperelion Voiced Appearing at the council meeting were Eldon Swenson, John Johnson and Dallas H. ' Young, their attorney, with a I proposal that the property owners own-ers assist in financing the laying lay-ing of the six-inch line which had been omitted from the expansion ex-pansion project- They also expressed ex-pressed the willingness of residents resid-ents on 16th North to dig the trench if the council so desired. Councilmen commended the attitude at-titude of the property ownerg and agreed to enlist their support sup-port in laying the line In the event it is found necessary to lay the line to equalize the water wa-ter pressure in this area with other sections of the city. Insurance Tabled Tom McCoy, executive (.-cret-ary of the Utah Municipal League, presented facts and figures fig-ures at Monday's meeting on the group insurance program sponsored by the League. The ' council voted to delay a decision on the matter until it can be determined de-termined how serious Orem's fruit losses are- The council has j adopted a policy of employing measures wherever , . r. n r o tA onrl li,,i-l in I I 111 J .1 1 1 v. I 1 in A . VWV I ., . , .. . , . " . nncmhlrt in mttr Ana.nlin fnll for four years. They moved to Provo Bench in 1877 and were the first permanent residents to spend the winter on Provo Bench. He received his education in a one-room log school house ' which his father helped to ' build. He married Edna Banks Mar. i 6, 1895 in the old Salt Lake en-! dowment house. They had six children. Mr. Cordner was well-known :n farming and marketing activities activ-ities in Orem, and participated in many civic projects-He projects-He was a member of the LDS church and held the office of high priest at the time of his death. He served for 40 years as chairman of the old folks committee. com-mittee. He leaves five sons and one daughter, Jess W. and Thomas Cordner and Mrs- Antone (Reva) Rohboch, Orem; Frank C. and Steven Cordner cf Provo: and Howard B. Cordner of Stillwater, Stillwat-er, Oklahoma; a brother, Sam-ued Sam-ued Cordner of Orem; 16 grandchildren grand-children and 7 great grandchildren. owing the disasterous frosts which have swept Orem orchards. orch-ards. Ditch Damaged Councilman Ralph Knight reported re-ported on a break in the Alta ditch cast of the city cemetery. Children playing on the ditch caused the break, he said. At the time the break occurred Orem City was using the water, there fore the responsibility of repairing repair-ing the break is the city's. The council voted to instruct City Attorney H. Vern Wentz to prepare an ordinance which would prohibit children from playing on city-owned property, including the cemetery area and the Alta ditch area on the hill-' side north and east of the cemetery. Carol Brown Mr. and Mrs. Ted brated her birthday evening with a party at her home. Games and refreshments were enjoyed by Lawana Patten, Lois Davis, Rae Davis, Shirley Adams, Margaret Ashton, Ruth Anderson, Gary Liltlefield, Henry Hen-ry Brown Gordon Harker and Tcmmy Moon. OREM RIDING CLUB SEEKS NEW MEMBERS With their eyes set on June 22 24 Orem Rodeo Days and parades throughout the state members of the Orem Riding Club are meeting at 7 pm. each Wednesday and Friday at the rodeo arena according in niiftnn daughter of j Pyne, president. The club is BrOWn Cel 0- I Seeking nPlU mmV.nrc anrrvrA- Ddiuraay jn2 to Mr Pvne. .mH nnvnno in. terested is invited to join the group in the practices. Last Sunday members of the riding club rode on the west mountain north of Lehi. They report an interesting trip was had by all who went. . |