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Show SALT LAK3 CITX, UTAH (DeOegeotDom) off PoremC's Demand - School dus Seirvke, Refter loods, Seimicaphoire A delegation of residents from the area of 16th south and Main Street in Orem, met with the Alpine school board Monday night, in regards to obtaining transforation for their children to school. They maintained that conditions in which their children chil-dren had to get to school was dangerous to the lives of the students and that they should be transported by bus. They pointed out that the conditions of the road were such that it was impossible for their children to get to school, without being covered with dirt and dust. The school board informed the delegation dele-gation that their children were not far enough away to warrant war-rant bus transporation. They al Vol. 30 No. 35 Parents Petition Also For Bus To Westmore School "We 'the parents of : children living along 1600 South in Orem and attending Westmore Ele mentary School, petition transportation trans-portation forthem..We feel that the safety of the children is as important as" the Instruction they receive in school. It is nine-tenths of a mile from the nearest bus stop we want to the school. The road to school is narrow, unpaved, no sidewalks, and traveled very much. Also, the time the children are going and coming from school is the time the Geneva traffic is .oft the road. j " We want immediate' action; on this so our children carl Tcon-tinue Tcon-tinue to go to school In safety, ' getting there clean,, dry, and . Harold Jensen, David K. Riches, Rich-es, A, V. Rappley, Earl L. Fran-som. Fran-som. C, M. Waycasy. Mrs. John D. Gordon, D. L. Becker, Ivan L. Holford,, Gale Madsen, Mrs. Noal K. Hatch, Jerald J. Dean, Mrs. K. Peterson, Mrs. Floyd Craig. Mrs. Wm. De Bruvn. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Barrett, Chester Davis Jr. Ross T. Christenson, Mrs. Gayle Carlson, Carl-son, Mrs. German Goulding Mrs. Frank R. Wilkinson, Mrs. Donald B. Moore, Mrs. Craig Roberts, Don L. Ivie. Margi Evans. MerreLI Tjyivp .Tuna rt Small, Elolse Farnsworth, Al-lean Al-lean Wilkins, Audrey Casper, Mrs. Pikas, Mrs. Bill Hlgby, Mrs, E. J. Schofield, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Prevost, J. W. Walker, Walk-er, Mrs. Roy Farley, Allen Anderson, An-derson, Victor L. Davies, Mrs. Curtis Huitt, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hurttfman, Lynn Evans. WfflD OREM It has been reported that some residents of Orem has been us ing the City cemetery for a golf course. And that some of the local archers have gone so far as to take bails of straw up into the cemetery along with their targets to practice archery. The Orem Lions club now has a project underway to get a gate or an archway constructed at the entrance so as residents can not use the excuse they did not know this was the cemetery. The Orem City fathers are now considering the possibility of bringing water from the Al-ta Al-ta Springs to the Orem City Park, in Provo Canyon. This was also a Lion Club project, that had to be called off on account ac-count of the war. If water is made available to the Park, Orem will have the location and the facilities to construct a park that will be second to none in Provo Canyon. Strawberry is having one of the best years in history, there was a lot of people taking advantage ad-vantage of the Strawberry reservoir re-servoir Saturday, In the north end of the lake we counted 82 boats. As a rule we don't mind paying for the rental of boats, but when you pay $300 per day plu twenty-five centers for each life jacket, we think the boat should be in better shape than a leaky garbage scow. so pointed out to the delegation that the condition of the streets was a problem of Orem City, not the school board . On the route home the delegation called call-ed in on the Orem City fathers at 11 p. m., and presented their problem. The city fathers promised pro-mised to have a study made of the situation and see it the problem pro-blem could be remedied. The officials that visited 16th South and Main Wednesday morning were O. V. Farnsworth, Leonard Beckman, Merling Manning, and Martell Keetch. The big problem is the narrow nar-row condition of Main street running North from 16th South, GENEVA STEEL OREM-GENEVA TIMES it ) i .NEW WARD IN SHARON STAKE The creation of the Provo 20th LDS Ward was completed meeting at the Scera. The ward will be composed of portions of Ihe Orem 12th, Provo 17, and Provo 18th Wards. ." " : j .Members of the new bishopric are left to right; Stanford J. Taylor, first counselor; John E. second counselor; and L. Grant Stokes, clerk.. Boundaries of the new ward (will take in the area east of Highway M, going north around the brink of the hill up Carterville to the south boundary of the Orem lth Ward which ends at 12th South on the east side of the highway. The east boundary of the new ward is formed by the Provo River. Freeway Route From Orem to Provo Receives $1 ,2000;000 Appropriation An allocation of $1,200,000 for preliminary engineering and purchase of critical rights of way has opened the way for the first phase of th eUtah County interstate defense highway (freeway)) between Provo and Orem. This announcement was made recently by R. W. Griffin, chief engineer of the Utah State Road Commission who have approved of the Initial phase. v It is hoped that surveys can be completed and, public, hear ings field and completed by Christmas, if possible. " The route from Orem to provo expected to be along the line already tentatively ap proached by the individual cities and the Utah Highway Commit tee. The Orem route would run parallel to 12th West. Orem Is expected to have three interceptor intercep-tor streets, one at Center Street, one at 12th South and one at Eighth South. Mother, Daughter Injured In Crash Latest reports on the condition condi-tion of Mrs. Robert Benson and her daughter, Reba Benson, 20, of 273 E. 4th S. Orem, who was injured Monday morning in a accident involving a circus truck at 800 N. 5th West, Provo. Mrs. Benson who suffered cuts on the legs and lip and a bsdly bruised face, was hospitalized hospit-alized for three days and released re-leased to her home Wednesday where she is convalescing. Miss Benson underwent surgery surg-ery at noon Monday for plastic surgery on her severely lacerated lacer-ated face. A bad cut laid the lid of her right eye open but did not damage the eye itself. The lower lip was also tron deep Into the chin area. The accident occurred when the two enroute to work was struck by the circus truck' driven driv-en by Given L. Blair, 21, of New Mexico, who was sited for failure to keep control of his truck. Damage to the two cars was estimated at $500 each. the children have to walk along this road in order to get to school. When cars come by the children are left In a cloud of dust. The delegation was led by Dave Riches, Harold Jensen, Laurence E. Provest, Mrs. Dale Yearsley, Mrs. Noal Hatch and Mrs. John Gordon. The group reports that there is 75 families and 114 children that are affected affect-ed and they assert that If something some-thing is not done to remedy the situation they will "pull their children out of school. Also a problem that came up during the delegations visit to the Orem-Geneva Times office was the conditions that exist on the state highway at 16th south PLANT V 11 II II ff "U HUB OF -U1UUILI THURSDAY, SEPT. Sunday afternoon in a special Rowley, bishop; Glen A, Wright, HILLCREST PTA PLAN FOR 1957-58 Hilkrest PTA held an executive execu-tive committee meeting recen- ly at the home of Mrs. Grant R. Rowley, president, Business for the coming year was discussed and plans for big year are in the making. The PTA asks for the support of all parents in their plans. A booklet concerning infor- mation about the school, its po- licies, teachers names, PTA of ficers ' and other information has been printed and will be distributed to the parents at the first PTA meeting. National Safety week will be observed at the school the last week of Sept. A get acquainted luncheon for teachers and PTA officers will be held soon and the exact date will be announced later. Refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. Al-den Al-den Roylance to 10 PTA members mem-bers present including Principal Lyle Tregaskis. Take a Look Your self AT THE VARIETY OF THINGS FOR SALE IN ADS FOUND IK THIS NEWSPAPER.-TO SEL108 BUY. GIVE 'EH A TRY. CALL T0D.1YI y and vicinity. They feel that a light or some device to slow the traffic or at least create a break in the stream of cars os as to let residents on or off the highway, high-way, is badly needed in this area. Some of the delegation asserted as-serted that a move was or the making for a delegation to call on the governor at Salt Lake City or the head of the state road commission to get this situation situ-ation remedied. Petitioners for Junior High School Bus is Listed Dale Yearsley, John D. Gordon, Gor-don, D.L. ; Beckwith,' Noal K. Hatch, Jay Roberts, Earl L. Francom, L. V. Jolley, Floyd Craig, Ross Christensen, Wil UTAH'S S, 1957 SUBSCRIPTION $3.00 PER YiEAR i9 Kiwanis Hear About Constitution And Liberties Equality of education and equal rights before the law were stressed in a talk on the Constitution Con-stitution delivered before the Orem Kiwanis Club luncheon Tuesday noon by Provo City Attorney At-torney George Ballif . 'The Constitution was not sent by angels," the speaker declared! de-clared! " It was divinely inspired but the principles did not come without great struggle." Mr. Ballif stated. ! The speaker said it was his opinion that Governor Faubus of Arkansas appeared to be more interested in gaining votes for a third term, than in protecting protect-ing the peace. Mr. Ballif pre dicted that the Aakansas sKua tion will end and Tight . will again triumph. ? , "Laws alone will not guarantee guaran-tee equal rights before the law, but the people must have the right attitudes before progress can be made," Ballif said. , The speaker quoted a U. S. Supreme Court Justic who said "People indifferent to civil liberties do not deserve to keep them." The speaker was introduced by Phillip V. Christenson. Other Oth-er guests at the luncheon In cluded Principal L. B. Bennett of the Orem High School, Lester Les-ter Bagley of Salt Lake City, father of Dean Bagley of the Orem Kiwanis Club; and two members of the Key Club at Orem High School, J. D. Gordon, Gor-don, president; and Brent Wag-staff, Wag-staff, vice-jpresident. DeLance Squire, president conducted the meeting. Windsor School Slates PTA Meet A meeting " of the Parent Teachers Association in, Wind sor school area has been sched uled Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p. m. in the school auditorium, audi-torium, according to Mrs. Dover Hunt, president. Scheduled program for the evening will be a safety film titled "The Long Way Home From School;" and a musical number. Light refreshments will be served. Parents may meet and get acquainted ac-quainted with teachers In the classroom after the program. Every parent and teacher is cor dially invited and urged to at tend. New Subscribers Bless 'Em David K. Riches, Orem Dale Miller, California Walter Bandley, Salt Lake City J- Loren Jex, Orem Lawrence Johnson, Orem Clarence Peterson, Orem Gordon Campbell, Orem Renewals Dale Yearsley, Orem D. M. Klein, Orem Marion J. Clark, Orem Reeds Billiards, Orem Universal Microfilming Corp. Salt Lake City Timpanogos Cinemotor, Orem Richard J. Smith, Orem MRS. PEGGY WICKMAN RETURNS FROM DENVER Mrs. Edward (Peggy) Wlck-man Wlck-man was called to Denver recently re-cently because of the serious Illness Ill-ness of her brother. She stayed stay-ed at the home of her mother Mrs. Mary Jane Woodruff. liam De Bruyn, Jack Slater, Le-land Le-land Nielson, V. L, Davies, M. N. Huntsman, L. E. Prevost, M. A. Tuttle, Marvin Drury, German Ger-man Goulding, Byron Farn-worth, Farn-worth, Frank Pykis. ' 8 , Ted Madsen, R. S. Rowland, Thomas Wolsey, Kamas Nelson, Willard Hirst, Wayne Monk, Stanford ' Bonnett, Clarence Johnson, C. S. Brimhall, Harvey Har-vey Pace. Eugene Terry, Drexil Davis, Dan Schauerhamer, Joseph Holt, Earl Auktor. ' Lawrence Dowell, Robert Greaves, Stevenson's, Peterson's James A. Jenson, Vaughn Bar-num. Bar-num. . m BANK EXAMINERS TO RESUME HEARING ON CHARTER DISPUTE Further hearing by the State Board of Examiners on the dis- put over the issuance of a new Orem bank license, authorized by Utah Bank Commissioner, will be continued Oct. 1 in Salt Lake City. Hearings were conducted last week at the State Capitol. Both the Orem applicants, headed by Leon M. Frazier, and the State Bank of Provo applicants have contested the recent decision of Feth Young, bank commissioner, The commissioner had granted an Orem bank charter to War ner Murphy and associates. Banking Commissioner Young Friday said he had given precedence pre-cedence to the Murphy group on two grounds: Priority in applying ap-plying and greater experience in (banking Jackson B. Howard, Provo, counsel for the Frazier group took sharp issue with the bank ing commission on the priority issue. He said his Orem clients had filed a formal application before the Murphy group had, although the Murphy associates had filed an earlier "letter of intent" on March 15. The banking commissioner said "letters of intent have been recognized as a formal application." applica-tion." , "BACK TO SCHOOL" HELD AT SHARON "Back to School" night tor parents was held at the Sharon School Sept. 19. President, Mrs. Raymond Willoughby Introduced Introduc-ed her officers and chairman for the coming year. Officers were Mrs. J. Paul Miles, vice president, presi-dent, Mrs. Chester Aiken, treasurer, trea-surer, Mrs. Lest on Jones Secretary. Se-cretary. Teachers were Introduced by Principal Elwood Baxter. Community Com-munity singing was led by Mrs. Ray Carter. Refreshments were served and an interesting and enjoyable evening was spent by all who attended. at-tended. SIXTH BEST IN NATION SELLING INSURANCE Wayne Gammon has distinguished distin-guished himself for the month of August as the sixth best salesman throughout the nation selling White Cross Insurance, for the Banker Life and Casualty Casu-alty Company. Mr. Gammon is production leader for the year in the Portland Port-land Branch and production leader of the Western region which comprises 12 states and 425 salesman. Red Grange Weekly Football Forecast Begins; Sponsored by Two Orem Firms Commencing! this week the famous Red Grange Weekly Former Ail-American Harold "Red" Grange. Football Forecast will appear to the Orem-Geneva Times under un-der the sponsorship of Kirk's i a 3 ii ) r ft TT fcU rV-. P FIRST TO BREAK GROUND IN SHOPPING SHOP-PING CENTER Dignitaries who were on hand to break ground for the new Orem First Security Bank were left to right: E. H. Johnson, C. of C. executive secretary, O. V. Farnsworth, city manager; F. V. Nichols, Election of New Scera Board Members Postponed Pending a review of the geographic geo-graphic boundaries of the Scera orgnization . and legal consultation, consul-tation, Scera Board of Directors Direct-ors voted Monday night to postpone post-pone the annual election of new board members for a period bf not'more than two months. Th Monday night meeting was the annual Scera membership an ' election meeting at the Sharon Seminary. DeLance Squire, Scera auditor, audi-tor, presented the annual audit and financial report, - .m,. ip,eaMnt Vi ara hirh ; Js represented on the Scera . Board b B h nearly all been annexed by Provo City. Mr, Been told the group that it was his desire to retire, but that in all fairness to the organization the articles of corporation should be studied and ammended to give better representation to the people. He urged that the organization ex clude that part of Pleasant View which is now a part of Provo. The board of directors voted to consult legal advice as. to the re-allocating Scera boundaries. boun-daries. There is a strong possibility pos-sibility that the board may com bine the remaining portion of feasant View with , that of Edgemont and have that area represented on the board by one man. Likewise the same action ac-tion may be taken in combining Vineyard and Lakeview areas. Time for TB' Test On Dairy Cattle It is time for the periodic tu berculosis testing of all dairy cattle In Utah County. In order to help us line up our testing schedules and so as not to miss any ,we are asking owners of dairw cattle to write to the county agrfcultural agent giv ing him your name, address, and the number of dairy cattle you have to be tested. Your cooperation in giving us this information as soon as possible will be greatly appreciated. This testing will ; help make Utah County a better dairy county. Remember that tuberculosis can (be passed on from dairy cows to consumers of the milk. Be sure your cows are all tested. test-ed. - Sept 17 Girl to Sherman R. and Lois Yvonne Walker. Wankler. Sept 15 Girl to Stanley and Jean Anderson An-derson Thayne. Sept. 13 Girl to Dale and Patricia Moore Gebo. Drive In and Bishop's service Station in north Orem, The two sponsors will make this popular grid forecast possible pos-sible during the entire football season. The forecast will include in-clude all BYU games and the Skyline Conference. Harold "Red'' Grange, the ' Galloping Ghost" of ,01 Illinois li the No. 1 football start of the hr.lf-century, according to a poll conducted among the leading sports editors of the Associated Press. A brilliant analyst and student stu-dent of the game, he has the last two years been star com mentator on both the top professional pro-fessional football telecasts and on NBC's coast to-coast col legiate "Game of the Week." ... i A i j A) 1 i ma Construction Begins On New First Security Bank In New Shopping Center GROUND BREAKING DRAWS PLAUDITS FROM LEADERS ftwo Orem civic leaders, May-LeGrand May-LeGrand Jarman and Cham-i Cham-i of Commerce President Krold B. Sumner, paid tribute -o the First Security Bank Sys-.: Sys-.: :n, who this wek broke ,.ound for their new ultra mod- a bank. The bank site will be o .e of the focal points in the w shopping center. Statements from the two civic taders are as follows: Mayor Jarman "The groundbreal-.ng is more u.an the beginning of another ouilding. It represents the nu-..jus nu-..jus of a centralized business araa In Orem and should repre-a repre-a at the realization of years of cJorU by Orem leaders to pro-v.de pro-v.de shopping facilities for our own people so that our local people can support their home k'-wn merchants. The people of 0.-em congratulate - the First Security System and wish them ha best of success possible in Uieir new undertaking." C. of C. President Sumner "This is what Orem has long awaited. I feel that this is a real start on the new shopping ..enter. The First Security Bank people are showing their conscience con-science in th future growth of O.em, by building such a fine ouilding. The Chamber of Commerce Com-merce congratulates the Bank People for taking the first step toward the development of a -hopping district for Orem and vicinity. . ... New Manager At Tony's Floral Is Announced Re-opening of Tony's Floral and Gift Shop, 514 South State, is announced this week by Mel-vin Mel-vin C. Harshorn, who Will be the nex manager of th floral firm. Mr. Hartshorn comes to Orem from Lehi where he has operated the Lehi Floral Co. for the past five years. In past years he has also worked part time on occasions oc-casions for Tony and Reva Roh-bock, Roh-bock, former operators of Tony's Floral. The Hartshorn's plan to make their home in Orem in the near future. Mrs. Hartshorn is a native na-tive of Scotland. They have two daughters. Mr. Hartshorn is a member of the Lehi Lions Club and the Fifth Quorum of El ders in Lehi. The floral firm will offer a complete floral service, the new manager stated. RONALD HAWKINS HONORED AT PARTY A birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Hawkins celebrating the tenth birthday anniversary . of their son Ronald Hawkins. The party was in the form of a baseball game with the guests playing "Spin the Bat", pin the tail on home plate, Etc. The birthday cake was decorated deco-rated as a baseball diamond and players. Typical ball game refreshments refresh-ments served were "hot dogs" and bottled drinks, topped off with ice cream and birthday cake to the following guests: Rondo Rawlings, Vera Pyne, Kenneth Hansen, Arthur Cox, Jimmy Evans, Gary Eklns, Roger Ford, Mike Hawkins, Craig Hawkins, Ronald Jolley, Dale Anderson, Craig Robblns, David Finch, Tommy Gardner, Robert Bingham. Leslie Faden and Kelly Hawkins. J, V 11 f x I aistrict manager of the First Security Sys tern; Roy Tyler, building contractor; Harold B. Sumner, C. of C. president; LeGrand Jar-man, Jar-man, mayor; and Joseph T. Smith, manager man-ager of Orem branch of First Security Bank. "Emphasis in First Security's new bank building will be bringing to the people of Orem the latest in banking conveniences," convenie-nces," said J. T. Smith, manager of First Security's Orem office. He added that thi L-shape of First Security's property will permit an entrance on Center street in the heart of Orem's I proposed new shopping section as well as an entrance on State sireet. , The building, featuring spacious spa-cious panels of glass for full view of the large lobby, will cover 3,864 square feet, There will be 5 teller stations, compared compar-ed with the present 3. There will be drive-in windows of the latest type .with . electronic speakers which will permit car nassengers to converse with tellers tel-lers through thick, bullet-proof glass. Entrances will be of aluminum alu-minum and plate glass. The lobby lob-by will be trimmed with mahogany maho-gany and metal, and will have resilient tile floor. Ceilings will be acoustical tile to reduce sound to a minimum. The building will be completely complete-ly air conditioned by refrigera-iion, refrigera-iion, and there will be recessed, glare-free flourescent lighting Executive offices, teller stations and mortgage loan, Timeway and small loan departments depart-ments will occupy the - main floor. Provision will be made for a bookkeeping operation on the lower floor later. Canopies will be provided across the building's front and sides for protection aeainnt th sun's glare. Canonies will mUn protect from rain and snow cars doing business at the drlv-ln windows. ' Ample off-street 'rarklnir space will be provided both customers cus-tomers and employees. School Leaders To Attend Reading i Clinic In Oct. Approximtely fifty educators, representing principals, super visors and teachers of Alpine School District, will attend reading clinic sponsored by the Utah Education Association on October 0 and 10. The reading conference will consist chiefly of demonstrations by Dr. Em-mett Em-mett A. Betts and Carolyn Welch Dr. Betts is director of the Betts Reading Clinic and is one of the nation's foremost authorities on reading. The conference will be of interest in-terest to secondary as well as elementary el-ementary teachers. Topic discussed dis-cussed and demonstrated will include "Finding Reading Levels an Needs of Children," "Identifying "Identi-fying Interest, Thinking and Phonic Needs of Children," "Reading Readiness and Beginning Begin-ning Reading," "Developing Interests In-terests and Thinking Skills," and -"What About Phonics?" Alma P. Burton To Attend Leadership At Laramie, Wyo. . Dr. Alma P. Burton, Superintendent Superin-tendent of Alpine District Schools, will participate in the Rocky Mountain Regional Conference Con-ference on Educational Leader ship at Laramie, Wyoming, September 22 to 24. Dr. Burton and Professor Merle A. Stone-man Stone-man of the University of Nebraska Ne-braska will conduct a school building clinic during the Tues. morning session. This conference is sponsored by the American Association of School Administrators and the National Education Association Deaprtment of Rural Education. It is one of several such regional region-al conferences being sponsored at various places throughout the country. |