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Show JgVA STEEL PLANT ft jj jj HUB OF- UTAH'S T$V enieba rem THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1956 PRICE 10 CENTS VOLUME 29, NUMBER 18 SUBSCRIPTION 3.00 PER YEAR X 1 v V 4 - -"C v CHAMBER TO WELCOME NEW OKEM RESIDENTS Looking over the "Welcome to Orem Neighbor" coupon booklets to be distributed dis-tributed by the Orem Chamber of Commerce to all new residents are Glenn Robertson, C. of C. president; Mrs. James Dexter who will contact all new residents in behalf of the chamber; and Oscar Os-car H. Anderson, chamber secretary. Nearly 40 Orem merchants carry coupons in the booklet which offer new residents special values in their respective store as a mean of acquainting them with the many fine products and services available in Orem. The motto of the Chamber promotion is "Money spent in Orem builds Orem." FOUR NEW SUBDIVISIONS APPROVED BY CITY; CALL FOR NEARLY 150 HOMES Orem Educator to Go To Hawaii As Exchange Principal Fenton Prince Fenton Prince, principal 'of the Westmore Elementary School of Alnine District, will assume the nrincipalship of the Kuhio Ele mentary School in Honolulu next year as an exchange principal. Miss Alice Reid, principal of the Hawaiian school, will come to Orem as principal of West more School. Mr. Prince, a native Utahn, graduated from the BYU and has done graduate work at the Uni versity of Idaho, Texas A&M, UAC. U of U, and " BYU. His teaching experience began in the LDS Church schools in Texas and continued in Duchesne County. For the past 19 years he has bean a teacher in Alpine District; the last 15 of which he has been prin cipal of Spencer School and pres ently of Westmore. Mr. Prince goes to Hawaii with' the definite appointment as prin cipal of Kuhio School, which Is In the heart of Honolulu. It has a school txmulation of 1075 stu dents and. 34 teachers, besides an administrative staff of vice prin cipal, secretary, librarian, and health and guidance coordinator. An active member of the Ki-wanis Ki-wanis Club, Mr. Prince has also served as ward clerk of the Orem Thirteenth Ward, as Sunday School superintendent and super intendent of the stake and ward MIA. Mr. Prince will be accompani ed to Hawaii by his wife, Lil lian, who has been granted year's leave of absence from her teaching responsibilities in Al pine District; and their children, Renae, Carolyn, Diane, Mary Ann and Bruce. An older son, Terry, will remain in Utah. The family plans to fly from Los Angeles on August 16. Here's Three-Day Weather Forecast Extended forecast for period Friday through Sunday: Scattered Scatter-ed showers north portion near end of week. Temperatures averaging aver-aging below normal except near normal southeast portion. Vil ' . ' Uiimiihi mum, mi Lt I i . Approximately 150 new homes in four new subdivision pun plans were approved by orem City Council Monday mgnr. ine plats had been recommended for approval by the Orem Planning Commission. The tentative plat of the Bell Monte Vista Subdivision, located from 170 E. to 400 East between 200 South and 300 South will be developed by the Professional and Business Men's Corporation. About 74 homes are allocated for this subdivision west of the new Orem high school. The council moved the acceptance accept-ance of this plat with the provision provi-sion that the two lots on the southwest corner of this proposed propos-ed development meet the re quirements of the existing ordin ances as pertains to area and width. The final plat of the Howard Farnsworth subdivision, located between 850 and 900 South and from 4th East to approximately 5th East, was approved. Fourteen homes are platted for this area. The third new subdivision with a ' tentative plat approval is to be located immediately west of the proposed Central Shopping Center -or from Center Street to 200 North and from 100 West to 200 West. This subdivision is sponsored by the Carter and Par ker Realty Co. It has approxi mately 34 home scheduled for construction. The fourth subdivision approv ed Monday night was the tentative ten-tative plot of the Richard Adams Subdivision located from 800 to 1000 South and between 100 West and 200 West. This subdivision sub-division will provide about 35 homes. In another matter of business, the council approved the instal lation of a four-inch water line and an eight-inch sewer line from 1600 South and State St. northerly along State Street to a point approximately 350 feet for the water line end approximately approximate-ly 125 feet for the sewer line. These installations were deemed necessary at this time because of forthcoming paving of the north west corner of 1600 South and State Street The final council business was acceptance of a quit-claim deed to Orem City from Lewis N. Davis Da-vis and Evelyn N. Davis. Red, Gray Parties Compete In Junior High Election Lincoln Junior High School is conducting elections for new studentbody officers this week. Finalists were divided into two parties, the Gray and the Red. Linda Rohbock is running for president on the Red Party with Glenn Bullock for vice president, Glenda Andrew for secretary; Vicky Howe, . historian; Janice Ash ton, news reporter; Ann Farnsworth, radio reporter; and Linda Lewis, program chairman. Gray Party candidates are Lee Bunnell for president; Karen Willoughby, vice president; San- dra Widdop, secretary; Richard Scott, historian; Dean Louder,1 news reporter; Jeany Merrell, radio reporter., and Gary Baugh, program chairman. G. E. Greenwood is the faculty supervisor. CIVIC CLUBS NAME REPRESENTATIVE TO RECREATION COUNCIL Civic and service clubs of Or em will be represented on the Community Recreation Advisory Committee, which will assist Scera in planning and organizing the community recreation pro gram. Elected to represent the civic organizations on the committee was Alfred Bennet, prominent Boy Scout leader. The election meeting was called by Scera and the committee and the following representatives from civic organ izations participated in the election: elec-tion: Fred Gourdin, American Legion; Margaret Simmons and Venice Finch, Orem Women's Club; Joe Smith and M. Dover Hunt, Kiwanis Club; Ed Wick-man, Wick-man, Lions Club; Harold B. Sumner, Sum-ner, Chmaber of Commerce, and Jack Childress, Jaycees. The next meeting for the com mittee baa been set for Thursday, May 17, at the City Hall. Soap Box Derby State Finals Set For July 14 The hill on Highway 91 in south Orem will be the scene of the Utah State finals of the annual ail-American Soap Box Derby scheduled for Saturday, July 14. Winner of the race will. enter the national finals at Ak ron, Ohio, Aug. iz. One of the interested spectat ors will be John Clemens of Orem whose soap box car Helped him earn the state title last year. Boys 11 through 15 years of age are eligible to enter and must build their own cars at a cost of $15 exclusive of the wheels. Permission has been received from the Utah State Road Commission Com-mission and Provo City to reroute re-route traffic over the . old Columbia Col-umbia Lane route in order that the derby course will be free. College scholarships in the amount of 15,000 have been set up as prizes for the national competition in which 156 local champions will compete. At Utah Valley Hospital: May 3: Boy to Garth and Rowena Thomas Nielsen Boy to Jim and Gertie Smith Sutton 'Boy to Don L. and Joan Haws Walker May 4: Girl to Mack and Larie Kay Swain May 6: Girl to Roy and Janet Gordon Bilbao May 7: Girl to James R. and Betty Glover Gwilllam Girl to Arthur C. and Joyce Owen Houck Girl to Curtis A. and Miriam Bradshaw Hltt May 8: Boy to Eugene and Lois Guy- mon Swan Girl to Joseph and Maxine Baird Murdock Boy to Gary and Linda Allred Harward SCOUT TROOPS OF SQUAW PEAK DISTRICT EYE AMBITIOUS "CAMP-O-REE" MAY 18, 19 Boy Scouts of the Squaw Peak District will converge on the South Fork of Provo Canyon May 18-19 for an ambitious outing labeled "Camp-o-ree." Scouts will check In at 4 pjn. and 7 pjn. on May 18 and will check out at 1 p.m. on May 19. Rules listed for the "Camp-o-ree" are announced by Wilford Larsen, public relations chairman chair-man for the Squaw Peak District, as follows: 1. All Scout units must be accompanied ac-companied through the duration of the "Camp-o-ree" by qualified adult leaders. No youths without adult leaders will be permitted to cnrr.p overnight. 2. Camping and cooking will be conducted on a unit basis. 3. Camp first aid service will be provided by the Squaw Peak district health and safety chairmen. Orem Jaycees Cited At State Convention JC STATE VICE PRESIDENT Wayne Gammon, Orem Jaycees gained nine awards at the state Jaycee con vention and helped elect their im mediate past president, Wayne Gammon, to one of the seven state vice president offices, Une con vention was conducted last week end at Logan. Awards were given the Orem unit for the following classes of division one: Civic Improvement, first; Inter-Club Relations, second; sec-ond; Members and Personnel, first; Public Affairs, first; Public Relations, second; Traffic Safety, second; Trade Promotions, first; Ways and Means, first; Youth Welfare Activities, second. Mr. Gammon reports that the Orem Jaycees completed 54 pro- jects during the past year from which the above awards were made. They also retained the membership trophy for having ! the highest membership increase j in the state. Financial report compiled by Lee Moss, treasurer, shows that during the past year $7,016.99 was disbursed and $6,640.06 receipts were added to the previous balance of $770.25. Delegates who attended the convention from Orem were Jack Childress, Vaunt Williams, Jack Redford, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gammon, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Pne, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bishop and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fausett. Orem Soldier Turns In Good Score at Texas Gun Match FORT HOOD, TEX. Specialist Special-ist Third Class Orson D. Tolman, 22, son of O. P. Tolman, Orem, recently fired in the Fourth Army Ar-my rifle and pistol matches at Fort Hood. One of over 500 top shots competing com-peting in the matches, Specialist Tolman is regularly assigned as a mechanic in the 9393th Technical Techni-cal Service Unit's Detachment 2, at White Sands Proving Ground, N.M. Training Directors Name Orem Man Vice President of Region 5 Winston M. Crawford of Orem, supervisor of training at the Geneva Works of Colombia-Geneva Division of U. S. Steel, was recently elected vice president of the Ameriian Society of Train ing Directors for Region Five. Region Five includes 11 western states. The election took place at the 12th annual conference of the Society at New York City. Mr. Crawford, who is secretary of Orem KIwanis Club, returned return-ed to Orem Tuesday after attending at-tending the conference. He was accompanied by his wife. 4. A fee of 25c will be charged, which will provide for a colorful pocket patch for all registered participants. 5 Special points will be awarded award-ed for displaying of both the unit's flag and the American flag. Extra points will also be awarded for unit flags showing original designs. Units will also receive points for marching from home area to camp site. 6. All contests will be staged on a patrol basis for which regular reg-ular established patrols should be entered. Awards will be given giv-en to all patrols with special recognition presented to the three winning patrols. The winning win-ning troop, which will also be recognized, must have at least two patrols in competition. 7. All events are to be practiced prac-ticed and prepared for. Rash of Traffic Accidents Keep Officers Busy Orem City has had a rash of traffic accidents over the week end, causing considerable property, prop-erty, but miraculously, no serious injuries. ' Friday evening at 400 South and U.S. 91, a car driven by Henry Johnson, 58, Spanish Fork, was stopped to make a left nana turn when a car driven by Richard Rich-ard Kirkwood, 16, Provo, went out of control and ran head-on into the Johnson car, causing approximately $500 damages to the two cars. The Kirkwood youth was given a citation for traveling too fast for existing conditions. This accident was in vestigated by Ray Davis. Saturday at 73 West 400 North a car driven by rnaa l,. Ander son, 19, Orem, was traveling east on 400 North when a car driven Dy ie iarK3, 10, wem, out of a driveway Into the Anderson An-derson car causing $100 damages to Anderson's car. Mr. Starks was cited for failure to keep a proper lookout Monday evening at 365 South State, a car driven by Jay W. Humphrey, 76, Ephraim, was making a U turn and pulled In front of a car driven by Ray mond Walton, 32, Orem. The Walton car skidded 114 feet after af-ter impact. There was about $700 damages , to the two cars. Mr. Humphery was cited making an improper turn tor and Mr. Walton was given a ticket for speeding. Tuesday afternoon at 110 North and U.S. 91, a car driven by Orpha D. Pugh, 23, Provo, was stopped on the highway to make a left hand turn when a car driven by Richard D. Menlove, 19, Provo, ran into the rear of the Pugh auto, causing $150 damage dam-age to each car. This accident split the Pugh car gas tank wide open spilling gasoline over the highway and into the gutter. It was fortunate no fire resuled. Mrs. Pugh was given a citation for making an improper turn and Mr. Menlove was given a ticket for following too close. Joint Committee To Study Orem-Provo Boundary Lines Orem City Council met recently recent-ly with the Provo Planning Commission Com-mission and mayor to discuss mutual mu-tual problems of boundary lines. This was to ascertain or decide whether the boundary line be tween Provo and Orem Is strate gically located in order to serve the public to the best advantage as to water and sewer lines, etc, The outcome of the meeting was to set up a committee to study te situation and report back to a joint planning meeting of both cities. Those comprising the committee are: City Engineer L. V. Beckman, Orem Planning Commission Chairman Joseph T. Smith, County Planning Director Dale Despain, Provo's Planning Commission chairman and their engineer, City Manager O. V. Farnsworth an! Provo City Man ager Earl UdalL Richfield Man Takes Over Service Station Here j GORDON RASMUSSEN New manager of Utoco Korner Service Station, 8th South and -a ' State St., is Gordon Rasmussen health nurse, of Richfield, Utah. He succeeds , The City-County Health De-Dee De-Dee Hopie, who operated the sta- partment, in conjunction ' with Won during the past six months, Mr. Rasmussen comes to Orem after having served 10 years In garagfe and service station op - erations at Richfield and Las Vegas. While at Richfield he was a member 01 tne volunteer Dire Department, and served as president pres-ident of the Tuee Archery Club. His wife and two children will make their home here. Boosters Announce Dates For Utah. Valley Pioneer Days July. 22-24 QUARTERLY CONFERENCE SCHEDULED THIS WEEKEND BY SHARON STAKE Sharon Stake quarterly conference confer-ence will convene this weekend under the direction of PhUo T. Edwards, stake president. Walter Stover, a member of the General Welfare Committee, will repres' jjjg Cnurcn General sessions will be aeld Sunday at the Scera auditorium. The morning assembly will begin be-gin at 10 a.m. and the afternoon meeting will start at 2:30 pjn. Elder Stover will speak at both sessions. Music will be furnished by 'the Young People's Chorus of Lincoln High School, directed by Elvis B. Terry. Dean Wesley Lloyd of the Brigham Young Un iversity will be the main speak er at the final session Sunday nigm. ii win Degin at 7:b k m. and will be conducted bv the MIA. The fnnfprpn-p will nnon Raf. urday with a welfare meeting at 6:30 pjn. in the Eleventh (Timpanogos) ward chapel. Those who should attend include all stake and ward welfare workers, stake presidency and high coun cil. Everyone attending should bring their welfare handbooks A special leadership meeting will follow at 8 p.m. Present at the meeting will be stake presi dency, high council, bishoprics, stake and ward clerks, stake Melchizedek committee, and the stake senior Aaronic committee. Election Campaigns Underway At Lincoln High Final election for Lincoln High School studentbody officers are being held this week. Finalists were divided into two parties, the Gold and the Blue. Clifford Craig Is running for president on the Gold Party, with Joan Guymon for vice president; pres-ident; Karen Peterson for secre- tary; Mary Stubben for historian and LuDene Jolley for program! chairman. Cheerleaders on the Gold Party ticket are Marilyn Bills, Lois Jensen,' Fae Andrews, and Gay Fotheringham. Teddy Rohbock, studentbody secretary, is chairman of the Gold Party, with Carmen Ivie, Ted Harward, Gwen Adams, Creig Mc Arthur, Karen Zabriskie and Harry Ol-sen Ol-sen assisting. Ernest Seppi is running for president on the blue party with his twin brother, Ned, running for vice president. Joan Stewart is running for secretary; Anna Mae Tobler for historian; and Linda Blackburn for program chairman. The cheerleaders" on the Blue Party are Kathleen Wallace, LaDean Andrew and Leontine Carter. Lynn Poulson, studentbody program chairman, . is chairman of the Blue committee, commit-tee, assisted by Ann Schumann, Beverly Bounous, Sandra Merrill, Sharon Lupus, Anne Egbert and .Sandra Pugh. Ralph Mott, stu- 1 dentbody president, is supporting both parties in their campaign with suggestions and advice. ! There was a campaign assembly assem-bly Thursday in the Scera auditorium, audi-torium, and there will be an Election Dance in the Lincoln High School gym starting at 8:30 Friday night Everyone is invited invit-ed to come and admission will e free with the presentation of activity cards. Next Immunization Clinic Scheduled The regular monthly Orem Immunization Clinic will be held in the second floor assembly room of the Orem City Hall at 9 an. on May 18, according to Mrs. Vaudis Robinson, public the Utah County Medical Soc- iety, is advising that children j above one year of age do not ! start a series of shots that would need to be completed during the I summer months. Children who nave aireaay sianea ine series will be completed. Clinics for children under one year of age will be continued all summer. City Councilman Named President Of G.U.V., Inc. I Weston Kofford, director for . S . tf v.' I ,f f h f'"-nniT ffliiiiniiMMiTI -m- rmrl' Greater Utah Valley, Inc., wasjseating facilities, and insufficient elected president of the organiza-1 time to carry, out arrangements, tion for the coming year at a meeting Tuesday night in Provo. Mr. Kofford, a member of the Orem City Council, will replace Dale Burgess of Alpine. Serving with the new president presi-dent will foe' David Greenwood of American Fork, first vice president; pres-ident; Heber Dale Butler of San-taquin, San-taquin, second vice president; A. B. Gibson of Pleasant Grove, treasurer. Mr. Kofford will take office at the next regular meeting June 5. An enthusiastic worker, he has been serving as a member of the New Plants and Industries Committee. Elementary School Orchestras Join For Concert Orchestra groups from the five elementary schools in the Orem area will join together for the presentation of a concert Thursday Thurs-day at the Sharon School. Approximately 130 boys and girls will participate from Edge-mont, Edge-mont, Sharon, Hillcrest, West-more West-more and Geneva schools. G. E. Childs is the music instructor who will conduct the program. Each orchestra will play an individual in-dividual number and combine with others in several selections. One of the features will be the playing of Beethoven's Sonatina in G by four student pianists at individual pianos. There will also al-so be five special duets in con nection with the orchestra num bers. Help keep our 'I -f, v"" Carry a trash bag in your ear.' For the second successive year Orem will celebrate Utah Valley Pioneer Days, July 22 to 24, it was announced this week by Orem Boosterss Inc., an organization organiza-tion appointed by the city council coun-cil to present the city's annual celebration. The three-day holiday program will open with a Pioneer Memorial Mem-orial program on Sunday afternoon. after-noon. The second day fare is expected ex-pected to feature a swimming pageant, a king size pioneer parade, par-ade, and a "Holiday Frolics" stage show. Tuesday's program ...ill si a hiiao nhilrirpn1 twtw v a "ft- t parade and a repeat performance I , of "Holiday Frolics." Other ev-f ev-f ents to be sandwiched in include ' children's sports, bicycle and trl- cycle derby, and boys' au-siar baseDau games, a major carnival, carni-val, Monte Young's Rides and Shows, has also been booked for the celebration. Boosters have not made final plans for the stage show, but they are hopeful that most of the tal-en tal-en with the exception of one or two headline acts, will be comprised com-prised of topflight local talent. Earlier the Boosters were exploring ex-ploring the possibilities of producing pro-ducing "Promised Valley", a mu sical dramatization of 1947 Utah: Centennial fame; or of presenting present-ing the Ogden Pioneer Days production pro-duction of "All Faces West." I . ' . - ' . . the two producions had to : be ruled out. The Boosters, however, how-ever, still have aspirations for staging a pageant or a musical dramatiztion next year, if at all possible. Seating facilities at the City Park Arena could be expanded ex-panded to accomodate around 3000 people, per night or 9000 for a three night stand, according accord-ing to J. Lee Bishop, president of Orem Boosters, Inc. ' The major pioneer parade' will be held on Monday night this year In order not to conflict with the pioneer parade in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, July 24. This arrangement also provides Orem with an opportunity to engage an adequate number of marching bands. Last year Orem present-' ed the longest, most colorful parade par-ade in the city's history. Reigning over the celebration this year will again be Miss Orem, who will be selected at a Miss Orem Pageant to be conducted con-ducted next month.' Miss Jolene Farley was selected as Miss Orem last year. LHS GIRLS ORGANIZATION NAMES NEW OFFICERS s The Girls Organization of the Lincoln High School has chosen new officers. The new president is Kathryn Wallace and her sister, sis-ter, Marilyn Wallace, is vice president. Other officers Include Linda Lee Pratt, recording secretary; sec-retary; Lorraine Gagon, corresponding corres-ponding secretary; Suzanne Rich, historian; and Gayla Bridges, program chairman. Retiring officers are Lois An derson, Beverly Merrell, Anna Mae Tobler, Mary Stubben, Joycelynn Ralphs, and Merrilynn Rich. Mrs. Alice Jensen Is the faculty advisor. roadsides clean |