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Show o 1 .11 Sta u corp. 3 Sr. (50 ,y..:" Vs- VOLUMBE 23, NUMBER 8 Thursday, February 10, 1955 Price 10 cents SgA STEEL PLANI p jB OF UTAH'S Y "FEBRUARY FANTASY" These. five Lincoln High School music students take time out from school rehearsals to discuss a musical score to be presented in the annual "February PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND ANNUAL LltlCall HIGH "FEBRUARY FANTASY" BENEFIT FEB, 1 7 Fantasy" concert benefit next Thursday at 7:3N p.m. They are, left to right DeAnne. Long, p,iionnM nheril James. Bonnie Petty, and BethV. ' W MAYOR PROCLAIMS "AQUALANTE WEEK" AND URGES CITIZENS TO JOIN VIGILANTES Third annual February Fantasy" at Lincoln High School will be presented Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. This program promises to be the biggest and the most outstanding of the year. The affair af-fair will consist of the combined music departments of the Lincoln High School including the band under direction of Wes Barry, the orchestra under direction of G. E. Childs and the vocal department headed by Elvis B. Terry. The vocal group consists of the male glee, ladies glee, mixed chorus chor-us and a cappella choir. The departments will present two or three numbers each and the combined group of over 350 students will offer two numbers. This is the only public music event for which the music unit makes any charge to the public, The cost is $1.00 per pertun or $1.50 for the family. Ptuveeds from the program will go toward purchase of new instrument for the band and orchestra and will help buy some much needed music mu-sic for the choral KrouM. Tha . sponsors urge community - wide support for February Fantasy,.. Tickets will be on sale starting this week and can be purchased from any student associated with the music group. The students with the help of their instructors have been working work-ing hard to prepare this unusual musical treat. Students will attend at-tend a special matinee performance. Orem BYU Student Awarded Speech Honors at Meet Among the BYU students who participated in a Mid-Winter Speech Meet held recently at the USAC in Logan were two Orem girls, Janet Wilkenson and Rene Prince. Janet, a former employee of the Orem-Geneva Times, won -first place In the Radio Speaking Di vision, according to Cleon Skous en, BYU faculty member. Rene participated in the debate activl ties. Twenty-one Qualify For Jr. High Honors The Lincoln Junior High Honor Roll for the second term indicates that the Seventh Graders are leading in the number attaining the honor roll, according to the release made by Principal Quinn A Hatch. Fifteen students in the Seventh grade attained straight "A" for the second term. Those making the Honor Roll, In all three grades, are as follows: 7th: Celinda Anderson, Thayle Anderson, Glenda Andrew, Gen :i Ashton. Janice Ashton, Gary Baueh. Janice Bliss. Paul Brind zak, Barbara Burton, Petrea Gillespie, Gil-lespie, Kenneth Harris, Joyce Healy, Brent Patten, Patricia Pierce, Carolyn Smith. 8th grade: Suzanne Christiansen, Christian-sen, Gayle Cook, Sherry Louder, Lanaia Sims. 9th grade: Bill Hull. Jim Mel-drum. New Farm Machines To Be Shown at Open House Modern Farm Service of Orem will hold an open house, Feb. 17. They will show the new Ferguson '35 Tractor and all newly de velaped agricultural . equipment Th open houa will start at 8 a. m. until 9:30 p. m. Refreshments will be served all day long. Door prizes and picture show will be presented at 7:30 p. m. ' Morgan Skinner Succumbs; Rites Are Pending Morgan Vaughn Skinner, 78, of Orem, died Thursday at 2 .m following a long illness. Mr. Skinner was born March 6, 1876, in Provo the son of Amos and Mary Vaughn Skinner. His father homesteaded in Orem and wsssa Mayor LeGrand Jannan has joined with mayors of other Utah cities in proclaiming the weekof Feb. 10-17 as "Aqualante Week" as a crusade to enlist public support sup-port of the Colorado River Storage Stor-age project. The proclamation follows: Whereas, the Colorado River Storage Project, the most important impor-tant issue to face our state In many years, is now before the Congress of the United States, and Whereas, this project will greatly great-ly aid and benefit the people of this area, and the people of the entire United States by strength ening the national, defense program pro-gram and the national economy and by providing vitally needed water and power to meet the essential es-sential needs of the west, and Whereas, citizens of the four states of Colorado, New Mexico. Utah and Wyoming have organized organiz-ed the Upper Colorado River Grass Roots, Inc., an organiza tion pledged to support this project pro-ject and give all citizens a uiance to join this crusade by becoming "Aqualantes" or water vigilantes to fight for this last major water source of the west , Therefore, I proclaim the week of February 10th to February 17 th as "Aqualante Week" and do hereby urge citizens to know the project and to join this organ ization and support it by telling and writing friends and associates in other states the facts on the Colorado River Storage Project and to support it in every way possible. - Signed LeGrand Jarman NEW PHARMACY OPENS; FREE ICE CREAM, PRIZES lip Mr '4 Morgan attended schools here. He also attended the B.Y. Academy. Mr. Skinner had spent his entire life here in Orem- and was a retired re-tired farmer at the time of his death. . " He married Alice Ann Johnson In the Salt Lake Temple on September Sep-tember 14, .1904. He has been an active member of the LDS Church and was a High Priest at the time of his death. Survivors include his widow of Orem: three sons, Vern Skinner, Bingham, Howard Skinner, Ely, Nevada and Bert Skinner, Orem; one daughter, Mrs. E. G. (Ruth) Billings, Orem; 17 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be announced an-nounced later by the Olpin Mortuary Mort-uary of Orem. Hillcrest School Slates Founders Day Program Plans are being made by the PTA of the Hillcrest School for their Founders Day program to be held Thursday. February 17 at 7:30 pxa., according to Mrs. Dale Johnson. PTA president Students of the school who have been taking French this year will nresent the program-, Re freshments will also- be served, All Barents of the Hillcrest School students are urged to at tend this program. '-.. 5 t ""&''?. RADIO PROGRAM HONORS LINCOLN The Lincoln High School radio workshop will present over Ra-io Ra-io Station KIXX a special pro gram Saturday at 11:15 a.m. to commemorate Lincoln's birthday. The program will feature a short play and numbers by the male glee and mixed chorus. In charge of the program will be Don Coleman and Jay Colyar. The faculty advisor of the radio shop John Freckleton. V JL OREM Whos New Feb. 5 Girl to Roy S. and Betty Jackson Jack-son Taylor I ' , Feb. 7 Girl to Leo James and Gene vieve Gordon Ford Boy to Mack and Traccia Overy Lott Feb. 8 Girl to Reed and Florence Ruth Tucker Wayman Feb. 9 Girl to Evan B. and Margaret Shlpp Henderson. Feb. 10 Boy to Russell R. and Margar et Cardon Rich Released Timpanogos LDS Ward Primary Officers Honored Officers and teachers of the Timpanogos Ward Primary met Monday evening at the home of Betty Humphreys for their reg ular monthly preperation meeting, according to Margaret Peay, ward Primary president Following an Interesting lesson on "Repentence" given by Marie Listen, the group enjoyed a social honoring the out-going officers of the primary. Those honored were Doris Asay, out-going president; Margaret Mar-garet Robinson and Fern Rowley, counselors; and Dorothy Squire, an out-going teacher. Games were directed by Flora Duncan, Verda Anderson and Laura Rowley, Refreshments were served by Agnes Jacobsen, Wilms Adams and Betty Humphrey to the fol lowing ladies; Flora Duncan, Ver da Anderson, Rowena Nlelson, Marie Lis ton. Magie Coulson, Cathrine Daniels, Evelyn Terry' Jane Card, Laura Rowley, Eva Miller, Doris Asay, Margaret Robinson. Rob-inson. Fern Rowley, Dorothy Squire and Margaret Peay. Police Applications Sought by City Applications are now being ac cepted at Orem city manager's office or the police office in the city hall for the position of Orem policeman. Applicants will be interviewed at the next city council meeting, Monday, Feb. 21 a 7:00 p.m. The position became open with the resignation of Police Chief Arthur Henderson and the advancement ad-vancement of Patrolman J. Reed macy branch, one door south of i Burgener to post as head of the the new Salmon Pharmacy. I Orem Police Department The Orem postoff ice received a much needed paint Job over the last week-end., tt makes the most used place of business look better and feel better. WARREN SALMON invites public to attend open house at the new Salmon Pharmacy Saturday. Formal opening Saturday of the new Salmon Pharmacy. 771 North State Street, will mark the com pletion of their new building and location estimated at a cost of $24,000. , Highlighting the grand opening will be the serving of free ice cream and soft drinks and the awarding of free prizes to everyone visiting the spacious new pharmacy Saturday, The building provides 3000 sq. feet of floor space, according to Warren Salmon, owner and mana ger. The interior features flor- escent lighting, floor tiling, and many new fixtures. The building is equipped with a small base ment for supplies. Dark red face brick sets the pattern for the front of the build ing, which is further enhanced with three large picture windows and two neon signs. ; In addition to Mr. Salmon, a registered Utah pharmacist for 28 years, the firm's staff will In elude Perry Thomas, pharmacist and the following sales uerks Marjorie Skinner, Coleen Mor gan, Coleen Anderson, Mary Bax ter and Kay Phillips. The new drug store will now carry a greater selection of drugs and sundries, Mr. Salmon stated. Salmon Pharmacy was established estab-lished in Orem in 1949 as a suc cessor to the Provo B & H Phar- There has been talk of Orem holding a spring flower show or festival. Suggestions have been made to hold it during the time when the Iris are in bloom and make it an annual event It Is re ported that there are more gar dens of Iris In this vicinity than in any other city in the state, Orem has been sorta of looking for a day when they could hold an all-out celebration, like Pleasant Grove has Strawberry Day, Lehi has Rodeo Days, Payson Onion Days. It is not impossible to have a Iris day held about the 20th of May, we know from the group belonging to the National Iris Society So-ciety that vkited Orem last summer, sum-mer, we could gain national recognition. Lets have some suggestions sug-gestions on this proposals or dream. We are sure your local chamber of commerce will welcome wel-come any suggestions on projects of this nature. Robert J. Olsen Final Services Conducted For Robert J. Olsen Final services were held Thurs day afternoon for Robert Joseph Olsen, 90, who died Sunday of complications from an injury re ceived in an Industrial accident last fall. He had suffered a frac tured hip and leg Oct. 15, 1954, at the Utah-Idaho Sugar Beet dump. The rites were held in the Berg Mortuary drawing room. Mr. Olsen was born August 31 1904 in Lakeview, the son of Lew is Hans and Hannah Lunceford Olsen, and graduated from the Lincoln High- School. He served on an LDS mission to the South ern States. He married Caroline Rigtrup April 11, 1929 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. An active worker in the LDS church, Mr. Olsen was a counselor in the Sharon LDS Stake presl ency fat the time of his death, He had also been a member of the Lakeview and Lake Shore ward bishoprics. - - - - Mr. Olsen had operated a dairy farm in Lakeview since 1931 and had been employed seasonally by the sugar company.- " Survivors include his widow, two sons and four daughters, Robert Ro-bert M., Orem; Jay R., Verna and Leila Olsen, Lakeview; Mrs. Theo Dunham and Deon Olsen, Salt Lake City; his mother, Pro vo; four grandchildren; two Bro thers and three sisters, Merrill and Willard H. Olsen and Mrs. Lila Wadley, Provo; and Mrs. In ez Roberts, Sierraville, Calif.; and Mrs. Bernice Muhlesteln, Spanish Fork. ' Services were conducted by Bi shop Paul Taylor of the Lakeview Ward. Burial was in the Provo City Cemetery. Improvement of City Culinary Water Lines To De Launched r, OREM POSTMASTER TO HEAD LOCAL . FREEDOM CRUSADE Appointment of Clyde E. Weeks Jr., Orem postmaster, as Orem chairman of the 1955 Crusade for Freedom was announced today by Hal R. Harmon, State Crusade chairman. Mr. Weeks will coordinate fund raising activities of "Freedom Week" February 12-22 in Orem. During "Freedom Week" the Cru sade for Freedom will seek finan cial and moral support for Radio Free Europe, one of the Crusade's principal weapons in carrying the truth behind the Iron Curtain, Mr. Weeks said. "Radio Free Europe depends on the voluntary support of the American Am-erican people," he added. "Each year more than 18,000,000 Amer icans, including 100,000 Utahns, provide this support through the Crusade for Freedom." H4 i i ...'. I - . t t V,Sl t City Officials to Attend Water and Sewage School ' ? The sixth annual Utah Munici pal Water and Sewage Works School will open Monday, Febru ary 14 at the University of Utah. Orem City officials attending the conference will be O. V, Farnsworth. city manager: V Emll Hansen, councilman in charge of the water department; Leonard Beckman, city engineer; and Wilford Pierce, foreman, of the water department. LeGrand Jarman, mayor, and city council man Wes Kofford will also attend. The school is particularly set up to feature lectures and dem onstratlons for the Water and Sewage Works Superintendents. Each of the School Sessions will feature a demonstration concern- ins methods and problems of every-day practicability. MOBILE TB EX-RAT UNTT TO VISIT OREM IN MARCH Mrs. Mollle Aired, president of Orem Business and Professional Women's club, has been appointed chairman of the TB EX-Ray unit which Is scheduled to visit Orem the latter part of March or early April. Full details will be announced an-nounced later regarding committee commit-tee assignments, time of the unit's visit and location. OREM POLICE AID TRAFFIC IN PROVO CANTON SLIDE The Orem Police department was called early . Wednesday to assist In blocking traffic at the mouth of Provo Canyon due to a snow slide at about 5 a. m. just above Deer Creek Dam, according to Chief of Police Henderson. J Ti . J s " " " ' r i RESIGNS Arthur Henderson A discussion of . the culinary water outlook was the foremost consideration at this week's city council meeting. City Engineer L. V. Beckman made recommendations recommen-dations to the council regarding the size and type of pump needed for the new city well on South 8th East The council approved the engineer's and manager's suggestions sugges-tions and Mr. Beckman was asked ask-ed to prepare specifications and to call for bids as soon as possible. City officials are desirous of geeting prompt action in having the necessary equipment instal led that this new supply of voter might become a part of the city culinary water system. It Is plan ned to purchase two 200 horsepower horse-power pumps as an economy measure since two pumps will be needed only part of the time. The new well is estimated by water' authorities to be worth $300,000 ana will produce six second feet of water. Discuss System A detailed discussion was giv en by the engineering department on the overall plan for water dis tribution throughout the city. Definite recommendations were accepted by the council for the improvement of the distributing system. There will be some water mains and secondary lines instal led which will greatly improve the circulatory system all over the community. A project of installing a 18 Inch line south from the new well and then west on 16th South and over to the main line on the state highway will be started soon. This well is expected to produce water for the area from 8th to 20th South. . File Application Orem City has filed an application appli-cation with the state engineer's office for 18 second feet of water. A report was made on the well- drilling hearing held Monday in the state engineer's office in Salt SUCCESSOR Seed Burgener Henderson Resigns As Police Chief ; Burgener Succeeds J. Reed Burgener was appoint ed the new Orem Chief of Police Lake City which was attended at city council Monday night fol lowing the resignation of Police Chief Arthur Henderson who accepted ac-cepted other employment. Mr. Henderson will remain with the Orem department until Feb. 16. Chief Henderson has accepted a position with the Utah Fish and Game Commission. He has served as Orem Chief of Police since May, 1952. Orem City officials offi-cials express sincere appreciation for the fine service he has rendered ren-dered his community for nearly three years as head of the Public Safety department He served as a director of the Central Utah Police Po-lice Officers Association, 1952-53; as president of the association, 1953-54, and is now serving as a holdover director of this group. Those who have worked with him have found "Art" cooperative alert and always ready to handle his assignments with honor. ' A short time ago when the auxiliary MANKIND WAS UTS BUSINESS "He held the United States together through Ion? weary months of reverses and ineffective effort, through ' black nhaaes of division and failinof couratre: and there is no record that he ever faltered in his purpose. There were times when there was nothing to be done, when ne sat m wmte nouse silent and motionless, a grim monument of resolve; times when he relaxed his mind by jesting and oroaa anecaotes. He was full o'f sardonic humor, but very tender with the pain of others. He was himself a man very abstemious in his habits, capable of either an Immense industry or an Immense patience." H. G. Wells I police force Installed their new officers, he was anxious that the public learn of the fine service given the community by these po lice aids. These policemen, city officials, and numerous friends wish him success and happiness in his new employment Mr. Burgener has worked with Chief Henderson as a poke off! cer for the past two and a half years, and has received training in FBI schools conducted locally and at the BYU. He served as biahon of Vermont Ward for sev eral years and now is a nigh councilman in Orem Stake. . He filled a mission to Brazil during 1931-32-33. The new police chief was born in Midway. Utah in 1903 and liv ed for severaTyears In Pleasant View before moving to Orem 11 years ago. He married Letha Er canbrack of Goshen ana novo and they have five daughters. Bis principal vocation has been farm- ins. but he has also worked as a carpenter and in mining. He has given many talks before scnooi. church, or club groups on "ju venile Delinquency," "Public Sa fety" and "Law and Order." by Orem city officials. The hearing hear-ing was caled due to the protests against Orem City's well project by Vineyard and Lakeview residents resi-dents and Kennicott Copper Company. Com-pany. Those who represented Or em were Mayor Legrand Jarman, Councilman V. Emll Hansen, City Engineer L. V. Beckman, City Manager O. V. Farnsworth, Dr. George Hansen, BYU geologist and member of the Citizens Wa ter Advisory Committee, and Me tropolitan Water Board members Luzell Robbins and Gilbert Rich ardson Manager Farnsworth reported a very cooperative attitude by all those present Final deciiib will be made by the state engineer. Vineyard and Lakeview resi dents protested some time ago sr-galnst sr-galnst the well project undertaken by Orem City, as they feared that these wells would draw off their underground water supply. They have been assured, however, that the Orem wells draw on a lower and unrelated source of water; nevertheless, a check has been maintained by the city to de termine any reduction in the low land well flow. New Subscribers Bless 'Em Russell Rich, Orem Renewals Jay Hatch, Orem David L. Rowley, Orem Wayne Gammon, Orem Lula Edholm, Orem Utah Valley Youth Club Organized Utah Valley Youth Club, for merly Woodward's Athletic Club, located at 342 West Center m Provo, has been formed Into non-profit orgatuzation, similar to the YMCA. Purpose of the club is to help eliminate Juvenile delinquency throughout the county. There will be supervised classes in body building, boxing judo and Kumpo. Instructors for the club are Roy Woodward, Jerry Woodward. Bob Nelson, Ed Parker and Donna Woodward, who will Instruct tha girls. " Donations for this project wui be accepted. Officers of the cor poration are Josepa T. Smith, president; Merrill Christopher-son, Christopher-son, vice president; Roy Passey, secretary; and Roy Woodward, executive director. The members of the board of directors are Ray Schuartz, John L. Cross, Roy Woodward, Charles R. Beeder, Joseph T. Smith, Lynn R. Rock- WOOu, Saoulve CB&uiau, w vr. Dixon (county commissioner), Sterling D. Jones, A. W. Cher-rlngton Cher-rlngton (mayor of Sprlngville), Don Overly and Arthur Grotegut |