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Show UriVZRSAL HICnOFIIillKO CO?w-. 141 PISRP02IT AVE. SALT LAIC CIT!.:. UTAH This Paper Is Dedicated To Support. Any Project That Will Benefit The Community Orem-Geneva Times Is Owned and Operated By Local Residents Vol. 29 No. 17 Orem-Geneva Times Thursday, May 9, 1957 SUBSCRIPTION $3.00 PER YEAR voT i j : g5NVA STEEL PLANT l tj n SW"UB OF UTAH'S ffttJ $150,000 loostfeirs Seek Sponsor IFoir City Celebration Whether or not Orem will celebrate Utah Valley Pioneer Days in late July will be dependent depen-dent upon the obtaining of a new sponsor, it was announced today by Orem Boosters Inc. who have conducted and promoted promo-ted various city celebrations here for the past 10 years. Directors present at the Wed. night meeting of Orem Boosters Inc. aproved a motion authorizing authoriz-ing Hollis Scott, recently elected elect-ed chairman of the Boosters, to contact officials of the two Orem LDS Stakes and present a recommendation re-commendation that the two stakes underwrite and conduct the annual Mormon pioneer celebration cel-ebration with the sanction of the City Council. In the event that the local LDS church officials are not interested in-terested in directing a Pioneer celebration here, the Boosters reported that they might possibly pos-sibly stage a Pioneer Parade and possibly a childrens parade in order that a limited festivity might be carried out. Reasons Listed Several reasons were given by the Boosters in their decision to forego this year's celebration. They pointed out that a nine member board of directors do mot have the physical and financial fin-ancial resources to conduct and sponsor a major celebration without . adequate assistance from civic clubs and other groups. Also the Boosters stated that they were not in favor of using lax payers money year after . year to help underwrite a city celebration. ' OREM WHY CENTEK STREET IS STILL CLOSED Proposed opening of Center Street from U. S. Highway 91 to our west city limits continues to be caught in a quagmire. Apparently Ap-parently only one property owner own-er is holding up the whole program pro-gram by not deeding to the city the necessary rights-of-way for the street. We contacted this property owner to inquire of his objections to this project. The reply was that he was in favor of having center street opened, but that the aggreement drawn up by the city between the property pro-perty owners and the city is too broad and does not contain all of the necessary provisions. He reported that everything, that pertains to the needs of the ctiy Is contained In the agreement, but that it leaves some things out or un-answered that are most important to property owners. He also stated further that the survey lines of the road "do not meet with my satisfaction." satisfac-tion." It is possible that this property owner may have justification for his claims as we are not acquainted ac-quainted with the many factors we do know that the other property pro-perty owners involved have indicated in-dicated their approval of the project. We hope that the city will be able to make any necessary nec-essary provisions in the agreement agree-ment with this hold-out property proper-ty owner, which will be equitable equit-able for all concerned. If they cannot come to terms we understand that the city : nlan tn nnen Center Street from ; both end, which will leave a : dead-end or buffer zone in the : middle, until such time that It " is opened. This will prove to I be a disadvantage for both the f city an the property owner. We ! can testify that the city Is not i going to purchase rights-of-way from one property owner while - not allowing the same privil-' privil-' ege to the others. Further we : can assure all property owners that the city with its heavy fin-ancial fin-ancial obligations will 'not be able to make any purchases of rights-of-ways. The Increase In ' property values resulting from . the opening of this street has already convinced most property proper-ty owner? of the necessity of this important street The Boosters objective for the past several years has been to become self sufficient. However this requries that a well organized organi-zed advanced ticket sales is necessary nec-essary to assure a large turnout at the celebration's feature attraction at-traction "Holiday Frolics" stage show. "Without this advance ad-vance ticket sales and the manpower man-power to carry it out were destined dest-ined to operate financially in the red," Mr. Scott stated. STILL TIE TO HELP YOUR FAVORITE -WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY DIVISION OF OREM 1 1TH WARD CREATES NEW BISHOPRIC pNEW BISHOP Phillip V. Chrlstenson Bishop of the new Nineteenth Ward is Phillip V. Christenson who was chosen from the Sharon Shar-on stake, high council. The new appointment came as the result of a division in the Orem Eleventh Eleven-th Ward, according to Sharon Stake President Philo T. Edwards. Ed-wards. His counselors are James Norton, Nor-ton, first, and Brlgham Nicol, second, with Reed Hacking as ward financial clerk. The statistical stat-istical clerk is yet to be chosen. Bishopric of the old Orem Eleventh Ward remained iniact, including Bishop Lawrence Palmer, Pal-mer, First Counselor, Preston Cook, Second Counselor Marvin Sabin and Clerks Grant Rowley and Howard Farnsworth. Dividing line for the two wards is Sixth East to U.S. 91, the new Ninteen going East from Sixth East to Provo River. Times To Send Journalism Student To BYU Workshop Orem-Geneva Times will help to send an Orem High School student to the first annual High School Press Workshop June 3 to 8 at BYU by providing a scholarship award, according to Harold B. Sumner, publisher. An outstanding student in terested in news writing and editing will be selected in cooperation coop-eration with Principal L. B. Bennett and the Orem High fa-, culty. The workshop, which is open to all interested students who will be juniors or seniors next school year, will give young people intensive training in writing, editing, duplicating and press processess, photography, advertising and preparing school news for local papers. Participants will be housed in BYU dormitories and will participate par-ticipate in a number of recreational recrea-tional activities during the week-including week-including gymnasium games, swimming, a fun party, film classic and a fellowship banquet. Total cost per students will be $26, including lodging, meals and activities. Interested students may obtain a folder describing the workshop work-shop by writing to Wayne M. Carle, Press Workshop Director, BYU, Provo. 111 1 V . & 'i fi.i Water It was also learned this week that the Monte Young Carnival would not be available for this year's celebration. Members of the Orem Boosters Inc. include Hollis Scott, chairman; chair-man; Mike Wadley, vice-chairman; Orland Pyne, secretary-treasurer; secretary-treasurer; Lee Bishop, retiring chairman; M. D. Wallace, Wayne Gammon, Mrs. Mildred McKen-na McKen-na and Weston. Kofford. Next Thursday's issue of The Orem-Geneva Times will carry the name of one of the hardworking hard-working contestants as the supreme sup-reme salesman and go-getter of this area. That name will go down in Orem history as the person who was finally victorius in the seven weeks subscription contest just drawing to a close. Whose name will be in that winning win-ning spot? It can be truthfully said at this point that the contest is so close the order in wheih contestants end the race will be determined this week. All this week, the final week of the contest, each contestants is placing his or her subscription sales in a locked and sealed box in the Orem branch of the First Security Bank of Utah. This arrangement ar-rangement was made to main-tain main-tain a strict, secret of each contestant's con-testant's final sales, thus precluding preclu-ding the possibility of any fa-vortism fa-vortism being shown. Promptly at the stroke of 3:00 o'clock Friday, May 10th, the official of-ficial contest judges will declare de-clare the contest closed. Immediately Immed-iately thereafter the judges will take charge of the sealed ballot box. The final count to determine deter-mine the ultimate winners will then begin. As soon as the final count is completed and the winners win-ners determined,- the announcement announce-ment of winners will be made in front of the Times office. It is impossible to say exactly how long it will require to complete the final count but it is anticipated antici-pated that the announcement will be ready at approximately 4:00 o'clock Friday afternoon. IA11 contestants, their friends and relatives and the general public are invited to be present to hear the winners announced and witness the presentation of the automobile to the first prize winner. ' May we say "Good Luck" to each and every one of them. City Awards Bid For Sewer Lines IState Wide Plumbing and Heating of Salt Lake City was successful bidder on the installation installa-tion of various sewer lines In Orem with a bid of $39,57750. Of surprise interest was the wide variance in the six bids ranging from the above low bid to the high bid submitted by L. A. Creer, contractor for $83,-158.00. $83,-158.00. Other bids were as follows: Dory and Yoeman. $42,349.50: (Bryan Ewell, $49,875.75; L. H. Paulson, $51,597.50; Woods and Decker, $77,381.75. Bids were opened by city council Monday night. The following fol-lowing sanitary sewer lines are to be installed -7600 Lin. Ft. of 8 inch sewer main; 1350 Lin ft. of 10 inch sewer main 1366 Lin Ft. of 12 inch sewer main; 4105 Lin Ft. of 15 inch sewer main. BIRTHS May 9 Boyto Harold and Vivian Jensen Jen-sen Moulton. May 8 Boy to Dean H. and Joan Wheelwright Rassmussen. Boy to Gilbert W. and Frances Reed Henderson. May 7 Boy to Donaldand Vivian Mar- ler Jacobsen. May 4 Girl to Mardell and Wanda Higby Pope. May 3 Boy to Frank and Palme Smith Salgy. !..' . ' '" t':" - "."" i .... ' , i , - h-- V ' '- . J 1 - vl a r , 't 1 !'. Tilt1 IP Hill WMlltrf OILING BEGINS ON "CRATERS OF THE MOON STREET" Long rated as one of the roughest toads in Orem is Fourth North Street (from Safeway corner! to Sixth East Street) which will soon be one of the finest paved roads in the valley. val-ley. Contracting the project from the city is the firm of Hall and Ferguson, aspnalt paving contractors. Shown above is the new Blaw Knox asphalt spreader, which is employed here for the first time. DAMAGES REPORTED FROM DUSTY OREM ROADS - 20 MILE SPEED LIMIT SET Cooperation of Orem motorists in driving over the various graveled gra-veled streets in Orem is requested reques-ted by the Orem City Council, who this week authorized a 20 mile speed limit on all un-paved streets in Orem. The reduction in speed limit JAYCEES LEARN ABOUT HEADACHES OF CITY COUNCIL- A group of civic-minded Jay-cees Jay-cees attended Orem City Council Coun-cil here recently In order to have a better understanding of council , proceedings. Among those in attendance were: Robert Ro-bert Mower, Jack Redford, Lee Engleking, Jack Pickering and) Jack Childress. They listened to a diversified agenda which included a discussion dis-cussion on the Orem Civil Defense De-fense set-up with George Mc-kinney, Mc-kinney, new director the approving approv-ing of B and C Road fund money allocation; a report on the meeting meet-ing in Provo of youthful boxers to train the discussion between the council and the Central Utah Engineers on their contract for the proposed sewage disposal plant; the progress of the Alta Ditch piping project, etc. WHO WILL WIN IN THE OREM-GENEVA TIMES SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST Contestants are listed below In the order of their relative standing in the race when sealed ballot box was placed in the Orem Branch of the First Security Bank of Utah last Monday. Van W. Swenson' 614 E. 1600 So. i Montel B. Graff 147 East 1200 So. Mrs. Virginia Crandall 31 So. 800 E. Eldon Jeppson 751 No. 120 East Kim Fronk 915 South 450 East Bill Cranney, 863 So. 750 East Mrs. Grant J. Johnson 590 East Center Mrs. Lorraine Bunnell 947 South 400 East Dean Roberts, 662 South Main Gene Willes 827 South Main CONTEST CLOSES 3:00 P. M. FRIDAY, MAY 10th. Winners Win-ners will be announced at appr oxlmately 4:00 p. m. Same day in front of the Orem-Geneva Times Office. has become necessary to reduce the dust and health hazards resulting re-sulting from cars traveling over the dusty roads. City Manager O. V. Farnsworth reports that these streets will be posted with road signs next week. "Motorists must comply with this new speed limit until the streets that are now graveled are reBwrd, "Farnsworth stated. "Many motorists are known to be traveling on un-paved streets at speeds ranging from 40 to 50 miles per hour. The dust pro ducts from these speeds are r ported to be damaging fruit trees lawns and gardens, parked autos, and household furnish' ings. Utah Valley Home Builders Hold Meet Utah Valley Homebuilders held their regular monthly meeting Thursday night at the Quist Fairbanks Mortuary for the purpose of discussing problems pro-blems that arise for the builders build-ers or any modern developments to the building trade. Harold Robins, CPA, was guest in relations to buildings and cost accounting. speaker and discussed problems A manufacturers representative representa-tive from the United States Gypsum Gyp-sum Co. showed a film and gave a demonstration and discussion on dry wall. PRIZE 11 f. E BROWN AND GARFF TO ADDRESS SHARON STAKE CONFERENCE THIS WEEK-END Presiding over the quarterly conference of the Sharon Stake this week-end will be Elder Hugh B. Brown, assistant to the twelve apostles, and Mark B Garff of the general welfare committee of the LDS Church. The schedule for the two-day conference as announced by Philo T. Edwards, stake president, presi-dent, will include the following Saturday 6:30 p. m. Mark B. Garff of the general welfare committee commit-tee will take charge of the welfare wel-fare meeting to be held at the Orem 11th ward chapel. Those expected to be in attendance at-tendance are Stake presidency, clerks, high council, complete stake welfare committee and complete ward welfare committees. commit-tees. 8 p. m. Priesthood leadership leader-ship meeting. Elder Hugh B. Brown, assistant to the council coun-cil of the twelve will be in attendance charge. Those expected ex-pected to be in attendance are stake presidency and clerks, High Council, Stake Senior Aa-ronic Aa-ronic Priesthood committee, Stake Aaronic priesthood committee, com-mittee, Melchizedek Priesthood quorum presidencies and secretaries, secre-taries, bishoprics and clerks. Sunday 10 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. sessions of stake conference at Scera Auditorium with Elder Hugh B. Brown presiding. Music will be under the direction of Elvis B. Terry. Guest speaker at the 7:30 p.m. MIA session of the general conference con-ference will be Ray Smith, LDS Chaplain at the Utah State Pri son. Special musical numbers will be furnished by the madrigal madri-gal chorus from the BYU. All officers and teachers of the wards as well as all members mem-bers of the Stake board as expected ex-pected to be there, and a special speci-al invitation is extended to the general public. e emmum Que$tionfiox i- I live in a subdivision in Orem. Occasionally I put a letter out on the mail box on my porch, but the U. S. mail man does not pick up my letter. Why doesn't he? I would certainly like to know if this is standard practice. Faithfully, Mrs. Charlatte B. Conte Orem, Utah EDITOR'S NOTE: We commend com-mend you for taking the time to submit a worthy question to the Community Question Box. We submit the following answer from the Orem Postmaster: We appreciate the opportunity opportu-nity of advising you of the regulations regu-lations concerning the collection collec-tion of mail from private receptacles recep-tacles In areas served by cty delivery de-livery carriers. Postal Regulations provide that "Carriers must collect prepaid pre-paid letters placed on private mail receptacles when delivery is being made at that point." Thus, your carrier is required to pick up mail placed in your box only at such times as he is making delivery of mail at your door. Unless a patron receives mail every day without exception he can have no assurance that his outgoing mail will be collected every day without exception. However, on days when tne carrier's car-rier's load of mall is lighter than normal, the carrier will often as a courtesy, pick up mail from boxes where no delivery is being made, although he Is not requlr d to do so. I should like to call your at' tendion to the post office col lection boxes located through out the city, one of which is near your home. Mall is col lected from them twice each day and Is dispatched on the next outgoing mail., If you desire any further in-formaton in-formaton about this or any other postal matter please telephone AC5-2071 or visit us at the post office. " Clyde E. Weeks, Jr. Postmaster -:) ! Elder Hujh B. Brown SYSTEM OF RADIO COMMUNICATION STUDIED BY COUNCIL Glenn J. Wing and Merrill Brown of General Electric Co. of Salt Lake City and the Moto rola representative, Dean E Wilson, visited Orem City Coun cil Monday night to discuss a radio communication system for Orem City. The intercommunication sys tem would be planned under a Civil Defense set-up -with Orem City and Civil Defense sharing the cost. ' It was suggested that a base station be located at the fire station with a control at city hall and remote control at the city equipment sheds. Addition 22 units can be added at a later date. Intercommunication between station to station, station to unit, unit to unit, etc, would be possible pos-sible under his set-up. A transistor portable radio which can be transferred from vehicle to vehicle was also recommended re-commended at a more costly figure. fig-ure. 45 PAY FINES FOR SPENDING There were 65 cases handled by City Justice E. H. Johnson from April 15 to May 1. Forty five of the cases were for speed ing. Six drivers were fined $15 each for running a red light and six were cited $15 each for running run-ning a stop sign. Those fined for running a red light were: L. C. Anderson, George Hegstead, Lawrence Walker, Norman Challburg, Max B. Green, and George Olson. Boyd Hansen, Victor Davles, Kenneth Gibson, Robert Sand-strom, Sand-strom, Ned Vincent and Mark Anderson were charged with running a stop sign. Kenneth Wells was fined $150 for driving under the influence of intoxicants. Miscellaneous citations were as follows: Lois Thorn reckless driving, $25; John Van Ausdake, failure to control vehicle, $15; Roy Tyler, failure to yield, $15; Lucile Barney, failure to keep car under control, $15; Keith Gibson, no driver's license, $15; Vernon Woodbury, and ' illegal parking, $5. Speeders and their fines were as follows: George Thielse, $10; Bruce Kelley, $10; Lynn Bell, $15; David Stevenson, $10; Ho ward Thompson $8; Russell An-joino, An-joino, $10; C. R. Wagner, $10; Rulon Barnum, $15; Newell Bracken, $15; Loretta Tipton, $10; Boyd Christiansen, $9; Pet er Maughn, $20; Florence Wood- ard, $15; James Pino, $10; Frank Driggs, $10; Dale Flynn, $15; Roger Anderson, $10; Donald Weber, $15; Carl Hirsch, $30, Ahmad Nikbakht, $5; Duane Bleak, $10; David Freswberg, $10; Lawrence Stead, $10; Clea Powell, $10; Glen Anderson, $10; Clive Anderson, $10. Tanlsto Manzanares, $10; James Keitch, $20; Paul Barney, $10: Stan Salgy, $15; Ronald Whitney, $10; George Mattlnson, $10. .. Set Water Bond To Finance Needed Improvements Orem residents will have an I opportunity to approve of a $150,000 water bond at an important im-portant Water Bond Election' Friday, May 17, it was announ- ced today by city officials. The , election will be conducted from , 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. at the Oity Hall and at the Frank Woffin-den Woffin-den residence, 1497 South State Street. " The 20 year bond issue will not result in an increase of cul- ' inary water rates nor will taxes be Increased. Purpose of the bond election is to make it legally possible for the Orem Metropolitan Water Board, which is authorized by the city to procure and develop city water supplies, to borrow the needed $150,000 to finance needed water improvements. The money will be paid back over a 20 year period from anticipated anti-cipated city tax revenues. The water improvements that are to be financed included the piping of the Alta Springs water (now nearing completion) and the piping of some Deer Creek irrigation water from the Utah Power and Light Co. Penstock to the old Alta Ditch where it will be transferred to Alta Ditch Dit-ch farmers. The latter water supply is an exchange water agreement between the Metro- . politan Water Board and the Al- . ta Ditch Users. The agreement provides that the city may utl llze the Alta Springs water by ! providing a like amount of wat- er from the Deer Creek Reservoir Reser-voir for the Alta Ditch Water users. .... The bond issue will be autho-rized autho-rized by the voters if the majority maj-ority of those castings votes are ; in favor of the issue: Any property pro-perty owner in Orem is quail-fied quail-fied to vote. Three Men, One Boy Apprehended For Garage Robbery T. Between $2200. and $2300. worth of tools and equipment was taken from the Hall Motor Service, 1797 South State In Orem Wednesday according to Burton Ivie, investigation officer. offi-cer. Three men and one minor have" been apprehended and are now in the Utah County Jail pending a hearing. Those apprehended are LeRoy Sorrels, 21, Provo; and his brother William Oren Sorrells, 19, Orem; and David Robey 19, Provo; and an Orem High School youth 17, who was under the juvenile courts custody. cus-tody. The Intruders entered through a rear window of the Ward Shop and then opened a North side door of Hall Motor. They allegely amltted mak ing three seperate trips into the building to get equipment. Wrenches, sockets, air hose and two adding machines are among the things taken. The men are charged with Il legal breaking and burglary. Sharon Stake Mia Maid Award Festival To Be Held May 14 The Sharon Stake Mia Maid Award Festival will be held May 14, at 8 p. m. in the Orem 11th ward chapel. The program will be as follows; fol-lows; prelude music played by Beth Woodward. Welcome ad dress by Stake Mia Maid Lead er, Barbara De Gooyer. Opening prayer will be given by Linda Lee Terry. Symbolism of the Rose by Elaine Dunn; Piano Solo by Myra Campbell; Congratulatory Con-gratulatory Remarks by Eva Larsen, YWMIA President, who will make the presentation ot Mia Joy Awards and Pins, to the 55 Mia Maids elegible for this award. The MIA Joy chorus will sing "Oh Roso". Elizabeth r "in, StaKe Jr. Gleaner Su)' :r"r will then Welcome the girls into the Junior Jun-ior Gleaner class. A vocal duet will be sung by Carol Jean Swapp and Judy Hales. Hal-es. Closing Prayer will be given giv-en by Cheryl Ann Stratton. Postlude music will be played by Beth Woodward. |