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Show Helen Weeks Gains 'Mrs. Utah Finals Mrs. Clyde E. fHeleM Weeks, Jr. will represent Orem City as one of the 12 finalists in the "Mrs. Utah for Mrs. . America" contest to be he3i April 6 and 6 at the University Univer-sity of Utah. The announcement was made by Mrs. Raymond S. Fletcher, Salt Lake City, regional contest con-test chairman. Earlier, Mrs. Weeks & ad been selected from many entries en-tries in the State of Utah as one of 26 semi-finalists for the "Mrs. Utah" title. The winner of the state contest con-test will compete with other state winners in the national contest . in Miami Beach, Fla , April 22-29. The wife of Orem's postmaster, post-master, Mrs. Weeks is the mother of seven children. She Is a well-known vocalist in the area and has sung lead roles In Utah Valley Opera Association Associa-tion productions of "La Bo-heme" Bo-heme" and "Madama Butterfly." Butter-fly." In 1961 she was a member of the LDS Relief Society "Singing M o t h e rs' chorus which toured the British Isles. Mrs. Helen B. Weeks. . . in race for 'Mrs. Utalh title. Orem Youth Enlists in Army Barry Lee Slater, son of JVLr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee Slater, . 764 W, 400 No. recently enlisted in the US. Army, according to Recruiter James E.'Alnge. After eight weeks of Basic Training at Fort Ord, Calif., and a short leave at home, Barry will be stationed at Fort Devens, Mass., where he will undergo school training for an assignment in the Army Security Se-curity Agency. Dairig Queen FOR THE SEASON! BIG RE-OPENING ' Thursday AND FRIDAY FUN for Everyone! SURPRISES galore!! FREE GIFTS for the kids! Once again you can enjoy those deli-dous deli-dous Dairy Queen Sundaes, Malts, Shakes, Banana Splits and other taste treats. Live it up... bring the family ad join the fun' h . IWHOMi Of "IIS TREAT WITH THI COTHM TOFT ' 91 South State Orem Ph OPENING SPECIAL! f OFF 1 on qii regular m M . h. j j ff-i ew 225 - 5008 Wheat Fact and Fancy Dear Editor, The Farm Bureau is con ducting a major drive to de feat the new wheat program which will go into effect in 1964 if two-thirds of the grow ers vote in favor of it in a referendum in June of this year. The Bureau says the basin issue is "whether the farms n( America are to be arranged by farmers or toy a government bureaucracy." It says a favorable favor-able vote would "give a great boost" to the administration's efforts to expand "supply management" to other commodities, com-modities, but a "no" vote would be interpreted as a sign farmers do riot want additional compulsory supply management manage-ment programs. This view of the wheat referendum re-ferendum seems unduly apocalyptic. apo-calyptic. , If farmers vote for the program, pro-gram, they will not be com-miting com-miting themselves to it for all time to come, but only for. the 1964 wheat crop. If the program pro-gram proved in practice to be as bad as the Farm bureau says it is. surely this would be apparent to farmers, and they could reject the program on the next vote. And Congress could change it. What farmers are voting for in this referen dum' is not a new direction for all farm Droerams. as the Farm Bureau says, but a trial of a new plan for wheat. The Farm Bureau is sound ing dire warnings about the wheat "controls" wnicn unar- les B. Shuman, president of the organization, says are the "tightest, most restrictive ever proposed for any farm crop." That is extreme language, and it Is careless language. Many kinds of controls have been proposed since 1920. The wheat controls are no "tighter" than those which have been in effect for tobacco and cotton for years and are not as tight as the controls for sugar. The Farm Bureau consistently backs these programs. If two-thirds two-thirds of the farmers vote in favor of the program, every wheat grower will be required to comply with his acreage allotment. al-lotment. He can grow as much wheat as he is atole to grow on the allotted acres, but he will receive the full support (about $2 a bushel) only on a number of Bushels to be determined as his share of the national supply sup-ply used for domestic food consumption plus a portion of exports. I There are no more "controls" on the farmer than in the case of any crop where mandatory acreage allotments are in effect, ef-fect, as they have been in effect, as they have been in wheat fon- years. The main difference in the new program is that the price support will be a "two-price" deal: The grain not eligible for the top price support (probably about one-seventh o f production) will receive a lower support Comparable to feed grain sup ports, about $1,25 abushel. Growers also will get a land : . p m w Window Display Highlights Provo Police Officers Citizens interested in learn ing who the personalities who for the EXCLUSIVE WEDDING' ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INVITATIONS AT REASONABLE PRICES . WE DO , ALL TYPES OF JOB PRINTING BRIDEL OREM GENEVA TIMES 546 South State OREM'S HOME-OWNED NEWSPAPER ' - OREM - AC 5-1340 wear police uniforms in Provo are, and how the local police department functions, may do so this month courtesy of Utah Savings and Loan Association. The Provo firm has included a functional chart of the Provo Pro-vo Police Department, complete com-plete with photographs and brief biographies of the entire staff in their "community window", win-dow", 65 No. University Ave. Francis Rowe, Utah; Savings and Loan Vice-President, and a former city Executive, explains ex-plains the purpose of the public pub-lic window is to promote various var-ious community activities. Since the public window was started by Utah Savings and Loan two years ago, hundreds of downtown shoppers and other citizens have seen displays dis-plays ranging from Boy Scouts exhibits, to replicas of new industry in-dustry in Utah County. ' 1 iS J Paul m Says: Need wore Room? Fix up that basement room with floor tile, paneling & ceiling tile. , NOTHING DOWN EASY TERMS EXAMPLE: Vinyl Asbestos Tile 12c ea. Utah Valley Builders Inc. Building Materials Floor Coverings 495 N. Stat., Oram AC 54300 Tires Compacts, Recaps Any Size 9.95 Exchange OK Rubber Welders Francis E. Hesseipesse; 1638 North State Orem, AC 5-3551 Classified Ads Bring Quick Results Phone AC 5 1340 Chryel Park 1 1 Dianne Thayne I - 1 . . - -; f ' . , I x -j . " . i ' . 1 " v'- 'r - . j Girl Scouts Thousands of Girls. Scouts will start delivering thousands of packages of Girl Scout cookies to their customers on Friday, March 29th. Proceeds from the" cookie sale assist in the maintenance and Improvement of the three established Girl Scout camps and help keep camp fees low. nTnTTT a 3.i tfWffl Week Kightt Show 6:30 Pri. & Sat iKX) pjn. Now Playing IN COLOR V.-jV Glenn FORD ruvu, . inwpc Sra$ STEVENS -DINA MERRILL WW- ROBERTA SHERWOOD R0NNY HOWARD (!ANASl04Mocaos Saturday Mat. Wings Of An Eagle with John Wayne uiana liean , Ricky Ilarward HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The Orem-Geneva Times congratulates con-gratulates these babies, and all others a year old this month. Children shown above celebrated their birthdays birth-days in February. Dianne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Thayne, 169 N. 1000 E., was born Feb. 26. Diana, who noted her birthday the same day, is daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Bean, 370 W. 700 S. Ricky, a year old on Feb. 18, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Harward, 263 W. 1200' N. Chryel, born Feb. 21, is daughter of Mr and Mrs. Sterling Park, 675 E. 1600 S. Baby pictures are printed in the 'Times' through the courtesy of Wenny Studio, 810 E. 800 S. Pictures will be taken free of charge to appear in the birthday column. retirement payment for acres taken out of wheat. The Farm Bureau correctly says that this new program will result In some decline, probably small, in the total net income received by wheat growers (but not in average income, because the number of growers is dropping). The two-price two-price support plan results in a lower "blend" price support for wheat. But rejection of the new plan would mean a much larg er drop in wheat income. Price supports for all wheat produced produc-ed would drop to 50 per cent of parity, about $1.25 a bushel. It is hard to see how the Farm Bureau leaders can get so wrought up about "compulsion" "com-pulsion" and "dictatorial controls" con-trols" which do not go into effect unless two-thirds of the producers vote to accept them. What the government is say ing is that, if two-thirds of the producers favor the con' trols, that everyone who chooses to grow wheat will have to go along. Every bus iness has regulations, govern mental or private. , It seems not unreasonable that the government ask farmers farm-ers to co-operate in limiting production if they want a guaranteed price for their product. pro-duct. If they don't want to comply with acreage allotments allot-ments in return for a higher price, well, that settles that. But it isn't an issue of "government management" of farms, nor is it setting the course of farm policy for evermore. 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