OCR Text |
Show VS0i core . SAL? LAIC CIT , UTAH A STEEL PNT OF PTAH'S Vol. 33 No. 51 Thursday, Dec. 19, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS Time for jingle Santa and holiday laughter ... for hurry and scurry, and toys warm and furry . . . for spirits as bright as the lights on the tree . . . for wishes as warm as wishes can be. Merry Christmas! OREM t j:fni).'.msr Santa tells us he has a pile of letters on his desk so high it almost covers his order book, and he's doing his best to read them all before Christmas. Christ-mas. The Orem-Geneva Times is helping Santa by printing as many as we can, but there just won't be room for them all. There are more coming in everyday. jf If your letter doesn't appear, ap-pear, don't worry. Santa will read it and do his best to take care of your requests. He's already received letters which we didn't have room to print from: Karen Johnson, Karen with no last name, Erik and Gam, Mary Kay and Jackie Renner, Michy and Marcy, Kevin and Sue Anne Childress, Janet and Karen Prestwich. Kathy and Doug Wells, Kary and Lonny Richardson, Susan with no last name, Johnny Aston, Chris Swenson,' Adam Self. Greg Benson, Nancy and Jane Allen, Rosanna and Richy Weeks, Robert Phillips, Sher-rie Sher-rie and Ronnie Jones, Sharron Louder, Boyd Anderson, Shane Doyle, Pamela Anderson, Jerri Jer-ri Ann Kissel, Rodney, Maureen, Maur-een, Ralph, Andra and Bruce Beeston. Rosetta H a t ch, Stephan Brown, Brad Wycoff, Vernon Moore, LuAnne Box, Sherrie Katheryn Jacob, J 1 mmy, Yvonne amd Paul Nixon, Danny Dan-ny and Mike Nixon, Barbara Allen. Any many, many others. Thanks to all you kids for writing. Girl Receives Minor Injuries In Collision Joyce Alice Fowers, 19, 65 S. 400 W., received minor Injuries In-juries Monday morning when the car she was driving collided col-lided with the rear of tt truck driven by John Sherman Webb, 19. Provo, at Center Street just west of State Street. Miss Fowers was given emergency treat ment at American Fork hospital and released. Investigating officers cited her for improper lookout. look-out. The police report said the windows of her car were frosted frost-ed over. Damage to the car was estimated at $500, to the truck about $100. bells, Orem-Geneva Times Bulb Snatchers Busy At Orem There was a clear book written once about the grinch tha stole Christmas, but there are a lot of people in Orem who'll agree it isn't cuver to steal someone else's Christmas. Christ-mas. There are those thieves it is too kind to call them bulb-snatchers bulb-snatchers who steal the enjoyment en-joyment of a lot of peopla's Christmas by taking light from outdoor displays. At least six instances have been reported to police o' bulbs taken from Christmas lighting displays at homes, and others at Orem City Park. One morning this week Orem firemen fire-men replaced 30 large globes in the park display. ITS A SAVINGS FOR LOVELY at :7 "J; Airs. LyU Mitchell of San Diego, Calfornla dram W Christmas tree with th "gift that kteps en tiring," and tren aewa a huge stocking to hold an enlarged SaTiaga Bondall to help her extend holiday greetings and remind na that Saltan Bonds make wonder fnl gifts for relatirea and friends. "My husband and I practice what we preach. In his job at the telephone company ha enconr-ages enconr-ages his associates to tray Bonds regularly through the Payroll Sarins Plan, We also giro bonds to each of our At children on their birthdays and at Christmas time for their future education. aha says. . n ill I City Park TWO COMPLETE TRAINING COURSE t The Camp Williams Police Academy in Cooperation with the Civil Defense Academy graduated: N e well Turner, Lehi, of the Lehi Auxiliary Police, and Duane Fraser, Orem, Utah County Jeep Patrol, Pat-rol, from the Advanced course of Auxiliary Police Training. According to Sgt Ed Pitcher, Pitch-er, Director of the Camp Williams Wil-liams Police Academy the two day training course covered firearms training, defensive tactics, crime scene search, and interrogation and inter- BONDS HOLIDAY MRS. AMERICA v- I, ! 1 4 Christmas Tree Fire Damages Home; None Hurt A young mother singed her hair in rescuing her youngest child Irom fire at their home, and about $2500 damage was done house and furnishings Monday morning at 528 Bev erly. Mrs. Virginia Harward say3 the home will be proba'oly fix ed in time for Cnristmas, but there won't be another Christmas Christ-mas tree. It was just too mucn excitement for all the children wnen they came running in saying "mama, the Christmas tree is on fire!" Mrs. Harward took out the six children ranging in a-ge from two to ten years, but had to go to a rear Dedroom after the youngest and the flames singed her hair and eyelashes. As the blaze was brought under control by Orem firemen, fire-men, Fireman Arnold Long rescued the family pup from a closet. Fireman Long said one of their standard duties is to look under beds and in closets for frightened children and puppies. (Damage was estimated at $1500 to th$ house and $1000 to furnishigs. The blaze began be-gan in the living room near the Christmas tree where children had been playing, firemen said. Everything in the living room was destroyed, destroy-ed, and kitchen cabinets were scorched. Owner of the house is David Wheeler of Provo. 0HS Again Wins Accreditation As 'Fully Approved' Orem High School is again fully approved by the Northwest North-west Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, according to word received by Principal Princi-pal L. B. Bennett. This year's approval was made at the annual meeting of the association in Reno recently. re-cently. In a letter from Afton Forsgren, who r e presented Utah at the meeing.PrinciDal Bennett was told: "The Utah High School accrediting com mittee congratulates you on your membership in the as sociation your interest and efforts in meeting the standards stand-ards set up by the association." Orem High School has met these high standards for many years, Principal Bennett add ed. Accreditation was given in 1940 when the school was known as Lincoln H i gh School. As educational stand ards across the nation are rais ed, standards for being "fully approved" by the association also go higher, he added. Dick Burr Heads ASC Community Farm Committee Dick Burr will be chairman of the Orem-VIneyard ASC Community Committee, following fol-lowing tabulation of voting by farmers this month. Dean Gillman was selected vice chairma-n with Merrill Mecham, regular mem ber; Samuel Pyne, first alternate, alter-nate, and Robert S. Wright, second alternate., . Committees were also elected elect-ed for the other communities in the county, and chairmen of each community c o mmittee met recently to select a county committee for 1964 with Office Of-fice Manager Allan B. Gomez and the present County Committee. Com-mittee. Selected for the County Committee were Claude Hunting, Hunt-ing, chairman; F. Merin Davis, vice chairman; Marion Green regular member; Hal Scott, first alternate ; Edward Boyer, second alternate. The term of office for both the County and Community Committees, will commence on January 1, 1984. OREM-GENEVA TIMES HAROLD B. SUMNER Editor and Publisher Published every Thursday at Orem, Utah. Office and plant, , located at 548 South State Street. Mailing Address P. O. Box 65, Orem, Utah Subscription Sub-scription price $3.50 per year. Second-class Postage paid at Orem, Utah. Is , vr- r ; I WARMTH FROM FIRELADIES - Warm - hearted members of the Orem Fireladies have sewn two quilts which will provide warmth for some needy families this Christmas. Shown above with one of the two wool and flannel quilts they Santa are Mrs. Max (Edith) Pedersen, left, chairman of the quilt committee, and Mrs. Ted (June) Sorensen. president of the Orem Fireladies. Mrs. Sorensen is also treasurer of the state auxiliary organization. The Orem group includes wives of regular firemen and auxiliary firemen. Santa Claus Busy Weekend; Toys Needed for With a busy schedule planned plan-ned for him the coming week, Santa finds that he still needs some toys and contrigutions with which to give needy children chil-dren a happier Christmas. Earl Francom, who each year for the past several years has taken the large task of helping Santa as a personal project in Orem, says that there still is a need for good useable toys when S a nta ma'kes his rounds. Contributions Contribu-tions for candy, nuts and other gifts would be very helpful. Toys and gifts may be left at the Orem Chamber of Commerce Com-merce office, 757 N. State or at the Francom residence, 170 E. Keyridge. Because of lack of time or facilities for repair, Orem Post Office To Be Open All Day This Saturday "The time has passed to talk about Mailing early for Christmas," Postmaster Clyds E. Weeks said today, "but you can still help us to avoid a tremendous last-minute pile-up pile-up of Christmas mail if you'll send all your gift packages and Christmas cards right now!" To the inevitable last-minute mailers he suggests that you use Air Mail for Christmas Christ-mas card or gift going anywhere any-where out of state. He points out that even a few hours delay de-lay at this critical time may mean disappointment for your friends and loved ones on Christmas Day. The Postmaster says that he expects the 1963 Christmas mails will break all records, and that the mail load will undoubtedly hit its peak on Monday. The flood of outgoing out-going Christmas cards and gifts is being matched by a like torrent of incoming mail that i s becoming greater every day. Postal employees are digging dig-ging in harder than ever, and for your convenience, the Orem Post office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day but Sunday until Christmas. Christ-mas. There's still time for local deliveries, but all Christmas cards should be sent by First Class mail. Be sure to Include your return address on all Christmas card envelopes and pack erg e labels. The Postmaster expressed his thanks for the fine cooperation cooper-ation from the public so far, and ask your continued help so that all gift packages and Christmas cards can be de llvered before Christmas Eve. are giving to the Sub-for- Schedules Children Mr. Francom asks that toys be in useable condition. Santa's schedult for this weekend includes a visit Saturday Sat-urday to the State Hospital, where the old gentlemen will cheer 100 patients. On Sunday, 950 children at American Fork Training School will talk to Santa. Monday, he will be at the Children's Ward of Utah Valley Hospital. Tues., Christmas Christ-mas eve, Santa will visit many families in Orem who otherwise other-wise might not have a visit from him, with gifts and toys donated by the people of Orem. Orem Kiwcmis Hears Lincoln JHS Student Council Effective leadership in student stu-dent government was demonstrated demon-strated to the Orem Kiwanis Club Tuesday when the Lincoln Lin-coln Junior High School Student Stu-dent presented the program. Under the direction of Rich Humpherys, studentbody president, pres-ident, the demonstration included in-cluded a colorful visual depiction de-piction of the evolution of the American flag which wi climaxed with the Pledge of Allegience. Each member of the Student Council spoke about the duties of his office and the benefits of student government at Lincoln Lin-coln Junior High School. Accompanying the students were Principal Clifton M. Pyne, Assistant Principal Evan Baugh, and Counselor Herbert Her-bert B. Stratton. In a special election Charles E. RoWbock was elected to the Kiwanis Board of directors. Club President G. Milton Jameson announced that the installation of officers for new year will be held at 7 p.m. Jan 3 at the Riverside Country Club. Pioneer Holiday Studied by 4th Grade at Westmore The boys and girls in Mrs. LuDeane Janson's 4th grade have been learning about Christmas in Pioneer Utah. The children were surpris ed that all decorations and presents were made at home from anything availarble. They enjoyed making a mural showing show-ing a log cabin during Christmas. Christ-mas. The children were shown demonstrations on candle and soap marking. It was fun for the children to make hasty pudding, bake pumpkin cookies, and to string berries and popcorn for the Christmas tree. Scera Board Names R. Carruth Secretary Richard E. Carruth. 1412 South 800 East, was elected secretary-treasurer of Sharon's Community Educational- Re3 reation Association (SCER) by the board of directors of the organization M o n day night, according to James M. Paramore, president. He succeeds Jay Lorus Johnson John-son who ha3 served for tho past year in the post. Mr. Carruth, who is associated associat-ed with the Orem firm of S. Arivd Dodge, Certified Public Accountants, previously served ser-ved for many years with the First Security Bank system. Other business of the Scera Board meeting included a discussion dis-cussion on a proposed renovation renova-tion and redecoration of the theatre and construction of a picnic area near the pool in the spring. The annual Scera Christmas party was set for 9 p.m. Sunday Sun-day night in the Scera lounge. Holiday Dance Begins Vacation For 0HS Students Orem High School students will dress in their best for the Christmas dance a t 8 p.m. this Friday at the school. Selection of a Christmas Royalty is being made, and the popular couple will be crowned during the dance. Earlier in the day, a special assembly will entertain with carols by the A Cappella choir and an interesting play by the Thespian, club. Studenk.body officers are making arrangements arrange-ments for the day, which will be the final event before the two-week Christmas holiday. 14.,) l rf V I r i t I i ' r sb- - r ..-1 " - :.' . i ' ' I ."w.i--.'-.,- ;u ... I " V ; 1 f J ft I. r, jW I h V i 1 V v--f - : 1 .. LJ LJ uu ' PIONEER CHRISTMAS Students of Westmore fourth grade studied a pioneer Christmas in their classes class-es this year. Jo Lin Healy, Jolene Paramore, Axlen Farley and Pat Curtis are proud of the pioneer fort and log cabin mural they worked on, shown in top picture. At the lower scene, under the supervision of Mrs. Jan-son, Jan-son, Reed Paulson, Lisa Kirk, Jon Mitchell, Scott Ben-nion, Ben-nion, Debbie Ekin3 and Cathy Linquist find hasty pudding hard to stir. In the center picture. Mark Simmons, Sim-mons, Joe DeLaney and Kent Reeder find it easy -to serve Pamela Bluth, Elizabeth Wilding and Student Teacher, Karolyn Inouyj. Richard E. Carruth SCERA Secretary. new Mother of Orem Women Dies Of Heart Attack Funeral ssrvices will be held in Nephi for Mrs. Dora Christian Nielson Chase? 67 of Nephi, who died Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Wayne Braithwaite, 310 N. 1030 W. Mrs. Chase had lived most of her life in Nephi, and both funeral services and burial will be there. She was an active member of the LDS Church. She is survived by her husband, hus-band, 3 daughters and a son, Mrs. Wayne (Erma) Braithwaite Braith-waite and Mrs. Frank .(Pat) Hudson, both of Orem, Mr3. Douglas (Nina) Christensen of Magna, and Ted Chase of Nephi. Ne-phi. r.r V" -r, ;v:r : i . . - |