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Show ' ' , . t 7 ' HUB OF UTAH'S iyxyj0 STrr tt ANT M fl M n PI - riii LLUUU 3 f. xzm TOP PLAY PROGRAM VOLUME 19, NUMBER 25 GOOD LIVING IN FINE H0M23 OREM, UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1951 PRICE 10 CENTS u . j i:oani TO 20lh SOUTH By o G- SEMIT L patching something I 'Irch on Deer CreeK Sfx George Strafton fvern Stratton can vouch for '.Wednesday evening they t home with two full limits "ch included a rainbow which f'Wd eight and one-half Silnds. The other nine fish vari-i vari-i tween one-Tialf and one Ud They dragged the big "ow out with a night crawler Cj haven't had so much fun I-, (-p last bumper peach pp. They've promised us a pic-' h for next week. : ifier Award j Honor came to Orem City this lets in ujc iwiiii -w0 i tie National Safety council Completing the year 1950 jihout a fatal motor vehicle accent ac-cent within the city limits. joe Rowley received the a-ardon a-ardon behalf of the city at the Jestem conference of the Nat-U Nat-U Safety council held in Salt ike City- Orem was one of the s cities in Utah to receive a 'jqiie noting the honor, j Let's hope, with this 4th of 'sir holiday around the corner, lai Orem residents will be es-Wially es-Wially careful on the streets, 'a as pedestrians and as driv- k We'd like to get another tard next year! We Boy A curiosity at the city park Vs week was W. R. Willey's Ijied Overland. It was the angest sight we've seen in any a day the strange-look-g home made bus and the fsrded burly-looking man who reached that marriage was sin-jl sin-jl Willey carried with hl.n an ;J assortment of animals, in jading several dogs and a rac-k rac-k Posted on his bus were ictures showing him . in, the serts and snowy climes of Arn ica. The caption reads "Since 181 have worn no clothes, lamer or winter, other than forts. Do I catch cold No! Liv-i? Liv-i? naturally is the answer." wrried parents got the" police i me job Thursday morning d sent Nature Bov nn his wan i-"" "m T (.mail ,o Speak atProvo 4th Observance Douglas R. Strinefpllnur Cio- K who during World War II A' a member of the hiehtv pt office of strategic service f held prisoner by the Ger-H Ger-H will be the speaker at plic patriotic services at 8:30 p. Sunday in the Provo tab-pie tab-pie m connection with the P Fourth observance here, it 's announced this week. 17 residents are invited to J me observance. iEATTfW DDnnn iw jffiDDU; CHANGED 58 IJNDON CHILDREN "en irom Hia Lindon in the recreation t wit; fl will participate ra . Cnm,,.-; - """"u,"iy recreation on Wednesdays In the S"rdin8 to program di- CL Linlon chUdren V C0.min8 on Tuesdays. wn pick up children at W Our lam Be Brigtt Wfv freedom's AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE is 5 YEARS OLD! 1776 - 1951 Peach Growers Fvp Heavy Crop; other Fruit Normal, Plus Prospects for the finest peach crop in a dozen years are seen this week by Orem area fruit powers, with trees heavily loaded, with the fruit evenly distributed and with the fruit, exceptionally large for this time! of year. The cool spring season, long with plenty of moisture accounts for the fine prospects, according to the experts. j Although the peach crop in the nation is listed as normal, sections of the country which compete with Utah for the peach market Colorado and Illinois-are Illinois-are showing short crops, so local growers are hoping for substantial substant-ial and steady prices. Most of Utah's peaches are normally shipped to the middle west and in the Mississippi valley. val-ley. A good shipping year is expected. ex-pected. After last year's short crop and high prices here, local house wives are being urged to prepare pre-pare to utilize large quantities for canning. Growers here will cot hazard an estimate on the price per bushel at the roadsiSe, but expect peaches here to be slightly less than the $3 to $4 per bushel which they sold for a year ago. Strawberry growers are putting put-ting the 1951 crop into their records as a one-third to one- Jhalf crop, with quality below normal. Prices remained steady. Raspberries and cherries will be in full harvest within the next few days. Raspberry patches pat-ches are expected to yield a normal crop, but the acreage here is shrinking to make total production lower than usual. Cherries are expected to be of excellent quality, but only about two-thirds of a crop is anticipated. anticipat-ed. A fair crop of apricots will be on during the week of July 5 to 12, with tomatoes coming on during the latter part of July. A fifty percent crop of pears it A'-'Vf' ' jit , - a8... -i y COUNCIL SETS OILIIIG POLICY, SLATES CUDGET REVISIO.'l f.'.IET Business of the Orem city council on Monday night included in-cluded the setting of a definite date by which petitioning proierty owners must remit their share of road paving costs, a decision to revise the city's tentative budget upwards, and approval of six beer license renewals. The Council set July 6 as the date by which property owners requesting street paving must pay their share of the costs or make satisfactory arrangements with the city recorder. re-corder. To date a number of petitions have been received from people living on unimproved streets requesting the pity harlier in the year the city set a policy of requiring the prop' erty owners to share the expense of the paving by paying 30c per front foot on each side of the street. A number of streets for which the paving had been petitioned pet-itioned were designated by the Learning how to swim at classes held daily at the Scera pool are these kiddies who are thown. watching swimming instructors Glen Zimmerman, left, and Marilyn Christensen, right, show the Correct stroke and form. The swimming class it only one of several offered in the Scera-Com-munily recreation program. Orem Utilities To Start New Account System ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPTS BUDGET; ANDERSON MAKES REPORT A budget of $1,906,964.88 has been adopted by the board of education of the Alpine School district for the year 1951-1952, 1951-1952, it was announced today by Victor C. Anderson, member mem-ber of the board from Orem. As outlined in the schedule of Commencement of a new bor ikteping system for the han- our.fs is set for next Monday, it anticirated revenue, bulk of the revenue for financing op-was op-was revealed this week by E. H. er:tions of the school district is expected to come from the State Uniform School fund and Utah county taxes Ca aer, city treasurer. Statements for June utility accounts will be made on perforated perfor-ated postals, according to Mr. Ca'.der, and the stub of the postal pos-tal will be issued as a receipt for payment. Persons paying utility accounts acc-ounts by check and mail are asked to enclose postal stubs with the - cheeks, while those who pay at the city office are some orchards producing hea-i asked to bring the entire postal vily and others poorly will come on in mid-August. Peaches will be in harvest from Sept. 1 to 15. A heavy crop of apples will follow. The new system will remove the need for making separate receipts re-ceipts on each account and will speed up the bookkeeping process proc-ess at the city office. K. iv " i f """ " - Y W. Hines. Commanding Officer of Orem's National tSttt lhow". eft. giving instructions in the f9 of jhe ."bsjooka .u. " A f the crroup at Camp OREM'S CITY WATER A REPORT Since last week's report on Orem's city water in the 20th North to 20th South column, the publishers of the Orem-Geneva Times have had occasion to do considerable consider-able research regarding the city water system. The facts regarding the system indicate that last week's report on the water system strayed somewhat from the actualities. , The precautions which are taken to protect Orem's city water are numerous and adequate by almost any standards. While it is true that a portion of the water which enters the system flows in an open ditch along the Provo canyon wall, the ditch is patrolled regularly to eliminate the possibility of extrantous matter contaminating contam-inating the water. It is also true that prior to entering the city reservoir the water is filtered at two points. In addition to those precautions, the water is chlorinated by a $6200 system which is accepted as the finest on the market. Complaints Com-plaints early this year of a chlorine taste in the waiet were justified. The complaints came while the water was being chlorinated as it left the reservoir. During the early morning hours after a low water load chlorine had a chance to accumulate in the upper part of the distribution dis-tribution system. Changes hove now been made in the system which provide that the chlorination takes place as the water enters the reservoir, and complaints regarding re-garding the chlorine taste have almost ceased. Earnest and conscientious efforts have been made by the Orem City council and the water department to provide pro-vide ample, palatable water for all the residents of the city. Small lines are being replaced as rapidly as possible, poss-ible, dead ends are being removed, and the water system is being modernized rapidly. Mayor Gillman and the city council did the city a signal sig-nal service when they arranged for Deer CeektAhhs$l nal service when they arranged for Deer Creek water to be utilized by our system. During the past several months employes of the city water department and the road department have cooperated coop-erated in a line extension program which is making the city's water system a modern and adequate one. Often the work has required off hour and overtime stints. Approximately 10 miles of lines have been laid in the past few months. It is true that many complaints regarding city water have been received by the paper, and certainly citizens have the right to make their misgivings known and public, but we regret the publication of last week's rer port. We would suggest rather that facts show that every ev-ery reasonable precaution is being taken to protect Orem water, and that rather than criticism and blame, the administrators of the system and the employes of the department are deserving of high praise for the work they are doirtg. If your water is discolored for short periods occasionally, occas-ionally, or if the taste of the water leaves much to be desired de-sired at times, please understand and be patient. Your city officials are working hard nnd are not sparing themselves or expense in order to improve your system and your water, A total of $970,000.00 is anticipated from the state, and $874,000.00 is expected from county taxes, Mr. Anderson said. He indicated, however, that the budget reveals a set-back for the principle of equalization which has been part of the sta'e's school program in past years. Mr. Anderson outlined the problems of the Alpine School district and indicated the direction direc-tion the district is going wih regard re-gard to more and better school facilities. Tremendous Growth "During the last 10 years the schools of Orem and the Alpine School district nave undergone a tremendous growth," Mr. Anderson An-derson Said. "More than 7300 students are now attending our schools, while 10 years ago the enrollment was about 4970 students- This has made necessary the cons ruction of six new elementary ele-mentary buildings and additions to our high schools. During this time the cost of building has increased in-creased by leaps and bounds until un-til at the present time our costs run over over $12.00 per square foot. In 1948 bonds were issued for $1,450,000.00. While this has been a great help, our buildings have cost much more than that amount. "The 1951 Legislature permitted permit-ted us to help pay for the increased in-creased buildings by a special levy of not to exceed 12 mills for all buliding purposes. This law is in effect for only two years. To operate and maintain our schools, the special session itors at the home of permits us to levy 8 mills or Mrs. Sam Bradshaw 48 percent of the minimum program, pro-gram, whichever is greater. This program will permit the Alpine school district to operate its schools without any curtailment of services. Additional Bonds "Future building, however-will however-will mean additional bondi. At the rate we are growing at the present time, we must build at least one building each year, to keep pace with our increasing population. "This increase in school population pop-ulation is now appearing in our high schools. This presents an additional building problem which the people of this district must face. If the present policy of the legislature is in effect this increase will have to be borne by the property tax. "There is some consolation in 'he fact that nearly 80 percent of our property tax is paid by corporations including Geneva Steel which pays about 55 percent per-cent of our property taxes. Our levy under this increased budget bud-get will not be as high as some neighboring areas that have considerable less wealth per school child than we." council for completion this year, but to date the city has not received re-ceived any cash payments from he residents requesting the oil-inj, oil-inj, Following the July 6 cut-off Gate the council is expected to proceed with the oiling of streets lor which money has been received, re-ceived, and to eliminate from .he improvement project those streets for which money has not been received. Unmatched city road funds then available will OREM CHURCH WOMEN PLAN BAKE SALE The Women's Christian Feder ation of the Orem Community Church will stage a Bake Salej on Monday, July 2 from 1:30 to 9 p.m. at the Orem Safeway j be used for other street projects. store. All members and friends i Budget Revision of the church are Invited to par- A report of a committee nam- ticipate. Mrs. Irene Baker is'ed to study insurance plans for chairman of the project. OREM-SHARON STAKES SCHEDULE WARD TEACHING CONFERENCE Henry G. Tempest, field representative rep-resentative for the Presiding Bishop's office, will speak at sessions of a ward teaching con- city employees comprised of Ted Simmons, Orland E. Pyne, H. Vern Wentz, and Victor Christensen was received by the council. Committee members told the council that a large percentage per-centage of city employees favor ed participating in the plan, sponsored by the Utah Municipal Municip-al League which would provide ference for members of Oremj$i,ooo life insurance, hospital insurance, and surgical insurance. insur-ance. Under the plan costs are shared shar-ed by the city and the employees with the city paying $3.52 per month and the employees with families paying $3.53 per month. Inasmuch as the city's share oi the Insurance premiums had and Sharon stakes on Friday ev ening. First session of the conference will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Timpanogos ward hall. This meeting will be for the stake presidencies, stake ward teaching teach-ing committtes, members of the high council and all ward bish oprics. All ward teachers and'not been budgeted for, it will all district supervisors should be necessary to increase the ten-meet ten-meet with the above group at tative budget of $185,503.79 to uic o-ou uici-uuK hi me -wnipan-; raise the necessary funds. ogos chapel. OREM RIFLE CLUB SLATES MEETING Members of the Orem Rifle Club have scheduled a meeting for 8 a.m. Sunday, July 1, at the rifle range located in the Orem city park, club officers announced today. Glenna California i home of Mr. Mecham. Jukes of Chlno. : visiting at the and Mrs. James The council also voted ta in clude in the revised budget funds sufficient to pay the ieiic-it ieiic-it incurred in the Orem Mirth-quake. Mirth-quake. Beer Licenses Approved The council voted to renew the beer licenses of Reed's Billiards, Bill-iards, Stork Club, L-Roy Club, Wilshire Lounge, Esquire's Top H:ll Mart and Parks Billiards. The six applications were received re-ceived by the city together with the checks for $300, the annual fee. Mr. and Mrs. James Mazurie are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Cov ington from Hurricane were vis- Mr. and ( -.r . - 1-4 'iKv, .... -i . hi h OREM APPLIANCE CO. FEATURES NATIONALLY - KNOWN MERCHANDISE Another in a teriee of features which is designed to acquaint Orem people with the business and industrial indus-trial establishments which are paying Orem's taxes and which are providing Orem's payr:!. The series will feature members of the Orem Chamber of Com merce boosters for the development of Utah's fastest growing city. One of Orem's earliest post-war businesses established in March, 1946 is Orem Appliance, located across from Scera. Owned and managed by Orrel DeLange, former Orem city councilman, Orem Appliance specializes in electrical and plumbing contracting, furnace sales and installation, and sales and installation of appliances. Well-trained in all phases of his business, Mr. DeLange worked for a number of years as salesman and Installer for the Holland Furnace Co. where he gained much valuable experience. He has completed a course in electrical engineering at the Coyne Electrical School in Chicago. He also served a Orem City water master for two years. For two years prior to opening open-ing his store Mr. DeLange worked work-ed as an electrical and plunibmg contractor operating1 from hit home. Housed in an attractive Drick.-faced Drick.-faced building fronted with large plate glass windows, Orem Appliance is staffed by members of Mr. DeLange's family. Hi wife, Arvilla, manages the store and his son, Lyle, works with him in the contracting and installation in-stallation work. A number of well-known products pro-ducts are featured at Orem Appliance, Ap-pliance, including the line of Frigidaire appliances, Hoffman, Zenith and Capchart television, Youngstown Kitchens, Thor appliances, ap-pliances, Sew-C-em sewing machines, mach-ines, Lewyt vacuum cleaners, and Standard, American and Kchler of Kohler plumbing. Florence Rogers, iNormi Hoopes, Golda Taylor, Bettr Jane Selck and Madffp Mi-Kll ; hc -if the Frigidaire range and refrigerators and Hoffman television at Orem Appliance went with the Chauntenettes on Co. art:. i to right, Mrs. Arvilla DeLange. Orrel DeLange, and Lyle DeLange. The local store , a three-day trip to Bryce and is oca1?' f reveral other nationally-known appliances and contracts for plumbino. furnace, end zion'8 canyons were the chorus electrical work. (presented three concerts. |