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Show 52 I 2EV STEEL PLANT HUB OF UTAH'S T.BlT -" nnnnrt TOP PLAY PROGRAM rem VOL. 18, NUMBER 46 ettete : 'v OREM. UTAH, THUKSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1950 GOOD LIVING IN FINE 1IOI-IZ3 lllllllllllll mm, isimi wmmmm a fc ;.. -v. v - ' - : v r - . -: -HL ! $' ' ::V: PRICE 10 CENTS Construction on this one-half million dollar elementary school was begun at 1150 South Main Street in Orem this week following follow-ing the awarding of bids on November 1. The grade school which will be Orem's largest, will be located on the west si4e of Main Street about one-half mile west of U. S. 91 at 12lh South. Bids awarded on the school totaled $545,964, although it web i room: anticipated that this figure may be trimmed somewhat by the Alpine school board. Designed in a one-flcor, modern style, the school will have an unusually Isrge amount of window space. It will include 20 class- two more than the recently built Gensva elementary school. Although no definite completion dale has been specified for .he building, hopes are high that some of the classrooms will be available for use by September, 1951. Architect for the building is Claude S. Ashworih. Tops in Our Town Contest Voting Deadline Tuesday .J0" r u I 1 II . . a y- j. J r . V 1 I OREM, NOVEMBER 9 Who is first in the hearts of Orem, Who is the favorite person in our community ? Who is going to te tieciea lurs iin uuk iuwin ; une oi mese three popular residents is worthy of that title! Which one it will be is up to everyone here in Orem because your vote is going to be the deciding factor in this contest. Yours is the vote that will determine who is "TOPS IN OUR TOWN". Your votes will elect the winner and send that wonderful person on an exciting free trip to New York and a guest ap pearance on the tsetty Crocker, Magazine of the Air, the popular " coast-to-coast raUio Clayton Watts bishop of Virginia B. Poulson. whose Elvis B. Terry, school teacher. Beverlv ward, nrincinal of the service in the Soencer School musician, director of the Men- Sharon Seminary, family man, PTA, stake and ward Relief former member of the Sharon Society and civic work, and as take presidency he's a finalist a home-maker and mother, has in "Tops in Our Town" Contest, made her a finalist in the contest. 4c!ssohn chorus and producer of 'he annual Easier Cantata and Christmas Messiah. His talents and service make him a "Tops in Our Town" finalist. four vote is going to win the title "TOPS in OUR TOWN" for one of these three can-lidates! can-lidates! It's your chance to show everyone in, these United States of America the kind of folks who have made Orem the grand place it is, the people who are the backbone of the nation. Graveside Rites Set For Stroschein Infant Graveside funeral services t the Orem city cemetery will be conducted Saturday at 10 a.m. for Craig Mitchell Stroschein, infant son of Vernon K. and Cora Everley Stroschein, who died at birth on Monday at the Utah Valley hospital. . . . In addition to his parents the child is survived by a grandfather, grand-father, Fred Stroschein of Minn-eapolis. Minn-eapolis. Minn., and an aunt, Eva Millars of China Lake, California. Calif-ornia. Mr. and Mrs. Stroschein moved mov-ed to Orem from' Centralia, Washington this summer. He grates Vern's Shoe Shop at 8 South State in Orem. Services will be under the Erection of Fairbanks - Pyne mortuary. Friends may call at . mortuary prior to the service. Mrs. Peterson Entertains OF Club Mrs. Dwayne Peterson entertained enter-tained members of the OF Club in her lovely new home on Monday Mon-day evening. , Thanksgiving table decorations decorat-ions and favors were used and attractive bouquets of red and yellow chrysanthemums graced he rooms. Games were played during the evening and prizes were a-warded a-warded to Mrs. Dale Larsen and Mrs. Clay Dunn. A delicious luncheon was served to Mrs. Lorin Millett, Mrs. Clay Dunn, Mrs. Neldon Marshall, Mrs. Vern Wentz. Mrs. Grant Butler, Ms. Merlin Finch, Mrs. Dale Larsen and the hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Anderson Ander-son are vacationing in Los Angeles. Ang-eles. , " OFFICIAL BALLOT ELECTION FOR "TOPS IN OUR TOWN" Orem, Utah . Virginia Poulson Elvis B. Terry J. Clayton Watts (Candidates are lis!ed in Alphabetical Order) Mark an "X" in the square in front of the person you ant to vote for. SIGNED Name Address Mail at once to "TOPS IN OUR TOWN" (!rop in the ballot box at: ' OREM-GENEVA TIMES Orem, Utah Contest, or Scera Opens Winter Recreation Program Six day-a-week utilization of Jhe Lincoln high school gym was scheduled for the winter season this week as activities of the Scera-Community recreation program got underway under the direction of Mel Briggs, sup ervisor. The program got under way Monday evening for 9th, 10th and grade age-group boys. Tuesday evenings are reserved for Geneva Steel plant league basketball games, Wednesdays are for Orem Stake M Men games, Thursdays are for the 8th and 9th grade age group boys, Fridays eraerrs evsYThea boys. Fridays are reserved for Lincoln high school league games. Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon are reserved for the oth and 6 th grade age group boys and Saturdays from 3 to 6 p.m. are for boys in the 7th and 8th grade age groups, and Saturday evenings are for Sharon Stake M Men games. Basketbal is the principal activity act-ivity for each of the groups, with tumbling classes added for the lower age boys. All youths in the age groups listed are invited to participate They must have gym shoes and pym suits. No fees are required. Those assisting Mr. Briggs in supervising the play program are Evan Baugh, Glen Zimmerman Zimmer-man and Parlell Peterson. Mr. Briggs reports that at-endance at-endance rolls will be kept and hat prizes' will be given for at-'rndnnce at-'rndnnce as well as for winning teams. show sponsored by General Mills, Inc. and heard locally Monday through Friday over Station KUTA at 12 noon. Your vote is a mighty import-cut import-cut one. A ballot box is attached for you to cast that vote But hurry! Time is short! The deadline dead-line is 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14. But before you clip the attached at-tached ballot and send in your vote, may we ask you to again read the nominating letters st bout each candidate and to carefully care-fully weigh all the facts about each contestant? Reprinted on page two from last week's edition of the Orem-Geneva Orem-Geneva Times are the three prize-winning letters which were picked by an impartial board of judges. These are the three finalists in the "TOPS IN OUR TOWN" Contest which is being co-sponsored by the Orem-Geneva Orem-Geneva Times and the Betty Crocker Magazine of the Air. Mrs. Poulson, Mr. Terry and Bishop Watts are three wonder- Bisnop waus are ' nance day ful people and) YOUR vote will OREM CITY OFFICES TO CLOSE SATURDAY All Orem Ciy offices will be closed on November 11, according accord-ing to Orland E. Pyne, city recorder. re-corder. Saturday is Armistice Day. Lincoln FHA to Observe Own Week In preparation for National FHA Week, November 12-18, officers of-ficers of the Lincoln Future Homemakers Chapter have begun be-gun extensive plans to emphasize emphas-ize their motto, "Toward New Horizons." An assembly program pro-gram will be presented at the schoo during the week by the FHA girls. . Each day is devoted to a special spec-ial thing. Sunday is church day; Monday, school day; Tuesday, community day; Wednesday, good deed day; Thursday, public relations day; Friday, family day; and Saturday, fun and fi- 2801 Orem Voters Cast Ballots A Record Number Interest in this week's general gen-eral election was at an all-time all-time high in Orem as indicated indicat-ed by the unusually heavy voting recorded at virtually every one of the city's 12 districts. Taking the U. S. Sf-nator race as one in which presumably all voters participated, partici-pated, the record shows that Orem " residents " cost their ballots on Tuesday. In the 1949 Orem municipal municip-al election a total of 1917 persons voted also a record vote at that lime. JARMAN, SIMMONS ELECTED III BIGGEST VOTE COUNT III HISTORY OF OBEM Orem City is still a Democratic stronghold according to a tally of votes compiled by Utah County Clerk Veri G. Dixon following Tuesday's general election. The unaffic-w unaffic-w results of the counting of votes cast in Orem shows that approximately 1150 Republican votes were cast as compared to 1650 Democratic votes cast, indicating that there are two Republicans to every three Democrats in urem. In spite of Orem's Democratic leanings and the fact that in every case from U. S. Senator to Precinct JusticeDemocratic Just-iceDemocratic candidates won more votes in; Orem than their Republican opponents, Utah County as a whole followed the trend of the state in giving the nod to Republican Wallace F. Bennett for the U. S. Senate not over Democratic Senator Elbert D. Thomas. Bill Baker, Orem's independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, offered onlv token opnosition to the two maior nrty candidates, Bennett and Thomas. The 'Nnnal Economy candidate received onlv 493 votes 105 of them from Orem. In the race for State Representative, 2nd district, Democratic incumbent LeGrand Jarman won the right to represent Orem for another term in the House by defeating defeat-ing Republican Alton. D. Johnson, 1711 to 1045. Democrat E. W. Sim-n ons was elected Orem Prec'nct Justice over M. E. Kartchner Jr.. Republican, in a 1581 to 1160 vote. Orem's Leonard V. Beckman, Democratic candidate for County Surveyor, piled m a healthy 1642 1118 majority over Republican incumbent Hugo Price in the Orem voting, but lost out to the veteran campaigner in the county voting. T-e tabulation of voting by districts in Orem showed some interesting figures in rcfjnrd to the support given Orem candidates in their own district. In his own district dis-trict LeGrand Jarman; garnered 209 of the 289 votes cast. Leonard V. Beckman evenly matched his opponent by getting exactly half of the 230 votes cast. Allan D. Johnson in District 6 edged out his opponent 116 to 111. Based on the unofficial tabulation of voting in the 12 Orem d'stricts the following results are given OREM WOMEN'S CLUB SCHEDULES MEETING Mrs. Selvoy Boyer will fcpeak i on England at the meeting of the Orem Women's club scheduled sched-uled for Wednesday, November ' 15 at the music room of the Lin-, Lin-, coin high school. Mrs. J. D-Pyne D-Pyne is in charge of the program pro-gram on "America's Foreign Neighbors." The musical program will be arranged by Mrs. Ralph Willet and Mrs. Ray Hanks will read the lotany. Hostesses will be Mrs. G. E. Childs and Mrs. Allen Winter on. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schumann Schu-mann and daughter of Dgden spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs- Clarence Schumann. Fcr United States Senator Elbert D. Thomas 1395 For Rep. in Congress, Dis. 2 Reva Bock Bosor.e 1661 For Justice of Supreme Ct. J. Allen Crockett 1386 , For State Senators Ernest II. Dean , 1543 tienry C. Roberts 1506 For State Representative LcGrand Jarman 1711 For County Com.. 4-yr. Eurton H. Adams 1635 For County Com, 2-year Royal J. Murdock 1499 For County Clerk Mark A. Reynolds 1523 For County Auditor Claude E. Eggertsen 1520 For County Treasurer David L. Greenwood 1468 For County Sheriff "Theron S. Hall 1684 For County Attorney Arnold C. Roylance 1604. For Coumty Recorder Thelma Vest 1553 For County Assessor Lor'n B. Creer 1408 For County Surveyor Leonard V. Beckman 1642 For Precinct Justice E. W. Simmons 1581 Fcr United States Senator Wallace F. Bennett 1301 For Rep. in Congress, Dis. 2 Ivy Baker Priest 1115 For Justice of Supreme Ct. , Joseph E. Nelson 1374 For State Senators Luke Clegg 1216 Grant S. Thorn 1183 For State Representative Alton D. Johnson 1045 For County Com., 4-yr. Stanley Peters 1110 For County Com, 2-year Verl G. Dixon 1248 For County Clerk Warren P. Kirk 1229 For County Auditor Karl H. Bennett 1124 For County Treasurer Maurice C. Bird 1288 For County Sheriff Ralph Chappie For County Attorney Phillip V. Christenson 1158 For County Recorder " Mildred Evans Ream 1191 For County Assessor J. Austin Cope Jr. 1239 For County Surveyor Hugo Price 1118 . For Precinct Justice M. E. Kartchner Jr. 1160 Note: Asterisk () denotes candidate elected on the basis of unofficial voting tabulations. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Richards Rich-ards are the parents of a baby boy born at the Utah Valley hospital. hos-pital. It is the first grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Herman ich-good wishes to New York to ap-l ards. pear on the Betty Crocker i Hpride which one of the three will win and 'wear the title, "TOPS IN OUR TOWN". The winner will go to New York by plane or train, with a companion compan-ion of choice. They will stay at the luxurious Statler Hotel,' and attend the latest Broadway shows. Dining at famous restaurants restaur-ants and sight-seeing trips to New York's familiar landmarks are also on the exciting itinerary, itiner-ary, climaxed by the winner's appearance on the Betty Crocker Crock-er Magazine of the Air a never to-be-forgotten experience. The two runner-up candidates in the contest (also favorites in Orem) will each receive a General Gen-eral Mills Automatic Toaster, a box of General Mills famous Grocery products, and a Gold Medal Scroll, plus the joy of having been one of the three leading candidates in the "TOPS IN OUR TOWN" Contest. Each of ,1he three residents of Orem who wrote the best letters let-ters nominating the three candidates can-didates will also receive a General Gen-eral Mills' Automatic Toaster and a box of General Mills Grocery Products. DON'T FORGET! You have until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Nov. 14 o think about the three finalists in the "TOPS IN OUR TOWN" contest snd to cast your vote for the person you think most deserving de-serving of this worthy title. All three candidates are favorites in this town so we expect a close election. But you can do yeur friar bv making the vote ONE HUNDRED PERCENT and sending our winner, the "TOPS IN OUR TOWN" off with your The 35 members of the Lin coln Chapter began the school year with an initiation party and a pledging ceremony. Together To-gether with the FFA, they sponsored spon-sored the annual Harvest Ball. Several of the girls and their escorts es-corts attended a Utah County FHA dance on Saturday. One of he year's most anticipated antici-pated events is the annual Sweetheart Bal, usually held sometime in early spring by the Cala Qu Wana, Lincoln FHA group. Responsible for this year's activities are Colleen Rice, president; pres-ident; Robin Turscanski, vice president; Jackie Olsen, secretary; secret-ary; Bessie Tolbert, historian; Marilyn Carter, song leader; Ar-dis Ar-dis Westwood, reporter; and Betty Bet-ty Kallas, sergeant-at arms. Miss Marjorie Holdaway is advisor ad-visor of the club. The purposes of the FHA include futhering democracy, developing a creative creat-ive leadership, providing wnole-some wnole-some recreation, and encouraging encourag-ing cooperative spirit in home and community, as well as training train-ing in homemaking fields. .-, - vmf pap f yuf gnf m'WH ' ' v k:!!s:.ss!ssb( ' v " ' . ' I ; Is',' I ' i ; - i t . t-t t t - tar" --v - r?- a - g "! 4 -' ' - C ' s " v - ' - ' V i I If :x I j a - awnr' OH1 iifn -r s --r , : i' - ' - - ' ; : Kagszine of the Air. Clip out the ballot and vote for "our choice for "TOPS-- IN CUR TOWN." Mail it to the ( "TOPS IN OUR TOWN" Con-t.vt. Con-t.vt. in cere of the Orem Geneva Times, Orem, Utah, or drop it ir. !he special ballot box set up in the newspaper office. RSFEMBER. The deadline is tn. tun Tolbert. Colleen Rice, FHA president, and Betty Kallas. Robin Turcsanski, vice president of the wcr yvu ,w w "TOPS IN OUR TOWN"I group, was absent when the picture was taken. Displaying lhfir emblem are members of the Lincoln high school chapter of the Future Home- maKers CI America wno are Dusy planning lutai hciivxufs io mauc ine ooiciYouto ui Homemakers of America Week, November 12-18, as proclaimed by Mayor J. W. Gillman. Shown left to rierht are (back row): Ardis Westwood, Marilyn Carter, and Jackie Olsen. Front row: Bessie |