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Show All National Guard Prepares For Military Ball Utah National Guardsmen are pressing their dress greens, polishing pol-ishing brass and dusting off their low quarter shoes in preparation for the annual UtahGuard Military f Ball. It will begin Saturday, May 11 at 8:30 p.m. in the Terrace Ball- Gen. Maurice L. Adjutant General, Rummage Sale Friday, May 1 0 . A Rummage Sale will beheld tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Childress Memorial Building, Build-ing, 140 N. 400 E., Orem, sponsored spon-sored by the Women's Fellowship Fellow-ship of Orem Community Church. The sale will feature clothing for men, women and children as well as many household articles. MOTHERS DAY FAVORS are handcrafted by Lady, Lins in preparation for their mothers and daughters party to be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m.' at the Rodeway Inn. From left are committee members: Mrs. Frank Butterfield, Mrs. Fred Pawlowski and Mrs. Clyde Howells. Mrs. Pawlowski has been elected to succeed Mrs. Howells as president. room, Maj. Watts, Utah said. Hundreds of smartly dressed Guardsmen and their ladies will dance to the music of the 23rd Army Band under the direction of Cheif Warrent Officer Thomas Maxwell. The public is also cordially invited in-vited to attend the affair, Gen. Watts said. Tickets cost $1 per couple and may be purchased from Guardsmen or at any National Guard Armory. V V i I 1 v ;i. V hrfj UTIVriSAL !iICr:OFIJj;ira CO!'; 141 PISRPOITT AVE. SALT LAK:, STTJTAK f?ff CmVA STEEL PLANT rem-enetoi ffateg A Cappella Chorus Of Magic Valley To Present Concert The A Cappella Chorus of Magic Valley Christian College will present a concert in Orem May 14 at 7:30 , p.m. in the Church of Christ building at 1055 S. State, the public is invited. Twelve of the most outstanding outstand-ing singers of the college will participate in the two-part program. pro-gram. The first hour of the program pro-gram will be an a cappella presentation pre-sentation of choral music and favorite hymns accompanied by' color slides. The story of Magic Valley Christian College will be breifly related. The second part of the program will be secular choral selections with guitars, banjo, and string bass. This is the fourth tour for the singing group this year. Earlier the chorus toured California, Cali-fornia, Oregon and Idaho. Plans are being made for a May tour through Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia;""' ' .v In addition to religious selection, selec-tion, the versatile group perform popular folk songs. Part of the chorus, the five-member Little Pe-o-ples perform separately in folk-singing. Clio Eldred, conductor, earned a B.S. degree from Abilene Christian College in 1958 and a Master of Music Degree in Voice performance from the University of Oregon in 1965. He has directed dir-ected the chorus at MVCC for the past three years. The president of Magic Valley Christian College is Dr. Don Neilson, former minister of the Church of Christ in Orem. ft r VICTOR -H. CHRISTENSEN was elected new president of Orem Lions, Club at their recent election el-ection meeting. Robert Hassell is first vice president; Jack C. Renner, second vice president; Roy Rowland, third, vice president; presi-dent; Orion Pyne, secretary;Max Brown, tail twister, ElwoodDrew, lion tamer. New . directors are1 Lloyd Anderson and George Smith. Holdover directors are Reid Pulver, Fred Pawlowski, H. Sherman Howard and Harold . Maag. with past President Evan James as automatic advisor. Sharon Stake Set Conference Dates Quarterly conference of the Sharon Stake of the LDS Church will be conducted this weekend, week-end, according to Alma P. Burton, Bur-ton, stake president. The presiding presid-ing authority at the conference will be President Burton. The first session of the conference con-ference will be conducted Saturday Satur-day at 7:30 p.m., which will be a leadership meeting for the various var-ious ward and stake leaders. This meeting will be heldinOrem 11th 19th and 23rd Ward Chapel, 440 East 800 South st., Orem. The general session of the ' conference Sunday will be conducted con-ducted at 10 a.m. in the Orem 12th, 32nd, 20th Ward Chapel at 1450 South 800 East. Members of the 13th and 31st Wards are requested to view the conference at a closed circuit telecast to be held at their ward chapel at 641 South 400 East. Music for the conference session Sunday morning will be provided by the Sharon School Initiates Jogging Program John W. Gillman Seeks 2-Year Commission Post The Sharon Elementary School is participating in the Utah Heart Association's program for pro-, moting a healthier citizenry. Jogging is the latest pasttime at recesses, noon and after school by students and parents atSharon Elementary School at 525 North East in Orem, reports George T. Adams, Jr., sixth grade teacher in charge of the program. A 500 foot jogging lane has been measured off on the west side of the school property for the students to use. One length is called a lap. The students are Keeping ineir own scores, tieven ; retary of laps will constitute a mile, ine Freeman, students are working for a 40; mile, 80 mile or a 120 mile certificate from the Utah Heart Association. Many parents are coming after school to participate with their children. John W. Gillman, Orem frun grower and life-long resident of Utah County, announced today his candidacy for the two-year Utah County, announced today his can-idacy can-idacy for the two-year Utah County Commission post on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Gillman, who resides at 405 East 1600 North in Orem, operates the 300 acre Gillman Fruit Farm in partnership with his brothers Glade and Dean and was a member of the State Agricultural Ag-ricultural Stabilization Conservation Conser-vation Committee until his resignation res-ignation Monday in order to conduct con-duct his campaign. He was appointed ap-pointed a member of the A.S.C. in 1961 by United States Sec- Agriculture Orville Vol 38, No. 19 WECandCWA Reach Agreement New three year agreement has been reached between Western Electric Company and the Communications Com-munications Workers of America. The CWA announcement indicates the strike could end early next week if the agreement is radified by its members. After picket lines are removed from Mountain States Telephone Company buildings, all Mountain States Telephone employees will be expected to return to work on their next regularly scheduled tour of duty. Mountain States Telephone Company and CWA Union will continue bargaining in Denver in an effort to reach an agreement on Mountain States Telephone Company contract before it ex pires on May 9. Guard Sign-up Freeze Lifted Maj. Gen. Mauricel Watts announced an-nounced upon his return this week from the Adjutant Generals Association As-sociation convention in Boston that the freeze placed on enlistments enlist-ments by the Department of the Army had been lifted for the Utah National Guard's four Selective Reserve Force Units the 144th Evacuation Hospital and the 140th Target Acquistion Battalion, both Salt Lake: the 115th Engineer Thursday, May 9, 1968 PRICE TEN CENTS Call for Bids Expected Soon on Construction Of 1300 So. Diagonal The 1300 South diagonal connecting con-necting Orem with Provo still has top priority and construction is expected to get underway by July 1," Ed Loveless, district highway engineer told the Orem-Geneva Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday. Mr. Loveless said all phases of the design work on the freeway access route are completed and the state will be ready to advertise adver-tise for bids from contractors by June 1. Advertising for bids generally takes about three weeks. The problem ot money to finance fi-nance the construction of the vital vi-tal Orem thoroughfare which has held up an earlier start on the project has now been resolved, according to Mr. Loveless. The necessary funds are available to the Utah State Highway Department Depart-ment to go ahead with the road now. APPRAISALS COMPLETED The highway engineer indicated that appraisals have been completed com-pleted on all the 96 parcels of property which are involved in . the proposed right-of-way for the diagonal In most cases negotiators ne-gotiators have come to an agreement agree-ment with property owners, but in some instances it may be neces sary to institute conueuiiiauuu Group, Murray; .and the 1457th Engineer Battalion, American Droceedines aeainst those with Mr. Gillman, under the campaign cam-paign banner "a progressive leader for a progressive county" is strongly in support of im proving tne use oi tne county's Much enthusiasm is being shown natural resources, especially by the younger as well as the older students. Parents are in vited to come and use the jogging Orem 23rd Choir. The general. iane with their children; or set Dublic is invited. There will be no conference session in the afternoon, but ward Sacrament services will be held at their usual time. up their home. own jogging lanes at Tribute To Disney Friday & Saturday Two hundred costumed dancers, dan-cers, top Utah Valley singers and musicians, Farrer Junior High School band and the Orem ROTC marching unit, will combine com-bine talents in presenting "A Tribute to Walt Disney" May 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Provo High School. The program is under the direction of Colleen Collins Smith, dance instructor. Tickets for $1 for adults and 35 cents for children may be purchased from the dancers, Mrs. Sm;.th, or at the door. (Hit) OREM Council Gets Master Plan For Development Of Orem City Park TIME FOR A STUDY - Have you noticed the number and sizes of the trailer courts that are popping up alongOrem's State Street. We cannot help but wonder if this is good or bad for healthy city growth. We think Orem City should conduct a thorough thor-ough study of this growing business bus-iness in our city. We do not want to be known as a trailer city. If the study reveals it is a healthy condition maybe this is the way for Orem to go, but our city fathers should not wait until our main streets are taken water and land, and, if elected, will also work energeticaUy to maintain or reduce the county's present mill levy. He firmly believes be-lieves that additional revenue should and will come from the increased growth and industrial development of Utah County. He ' further believes that our county must be operated in a business like minner by experienced and successful businessmen who are aware of and excited about the county's growing and progressive economy. Although primarily involved in agriculture, Mr. Gillman is a businessman, a civic leader, the chairman of the Utah State Board of Expositions, and an active Democrat who represented his party in 1960 as a state dele Fork. We'll take the enlistees from the waiting lists," Gen. Watts said. "But this means we will be able to put new names on the waiting lists of these units. Utah's leading military man said the Adjutant General's Association As-sociation did not forcast any immediate im-mediate callup of guard units unless world situations should change drastically. whom agreement cannot be reach ed. In cases where the price for a piece of property exceeds $25,000 the transaction must first ba reviewed re-viewed by the Federal Bureau of Public Roads, Mr. Loveless said. The 1300 South diagonal extending extend-ing east of State Street to the Bricham Young University stadium sta-dium will complete the first por tion of the freeway access road which was built west of State Street four years ago. LIMITED CROSSINGS The new road will be const. c-ted c-ted to freeway standards with one railroad crossing and a limited limit-ed number of street crossings. It will include some of the latest safety features being designed for freeways, such as a 30-foot buffer buf-fer zone from the edge of the travel zone to allow most our-of-control vehicles to recover con- , trol. The shoulders of the road will have a six-to-one grade. The first grade crossing on the diagonal will be located at 800 East in Orem, and another crossing cross-ing will be located at 2nd West, entering Highway 189 in Provo. 200-FOOT OVERPASS Of special interest,on the thoroughfare thor-oughfare will be an overpass structure crossing the Carter-ville Carter-ville Road and a bridge across the Provo River. Frontage roads will be construted in the Carter Car-ter ville area to handle local .traffic. Mr. Loveless said Wednesday that consideration is being given to dividing the workontheOrem-Provo workontheOrem-Provo diagonal into two contracts so that two firms can work simultaneously si-multaneously on theproject.This would substantially improve the prospects of having work on the road completed by this fall, as state road officials earlier announced an-nounced it would be. SHOPPING CENTER Hinging on the construction of the 1300 South diagonal is con- continued on back page gate to the national Democratic convention in Los Angeles, California. Cali-fornia. He presently is serving as vice president of the board of directors dir-ectors of the Orem State Bank, a bank he helped organize in 1957; is president of the Provo Reservoir Water' Users Com pany; served lor live years as up by trailer parks then wish they president of the Utah Horti- had taken steps to change the culture Societv: was president of A master plan for the development develop-ment of the entire Orem City Park was presented to the Orem City Council Monday night by the Orem Planning Commission, garnering gar-nering praise from Council members, mem-bers, but objections from Wendell Locke of the Orem Veterans Council who declared, "I am opposing op-posing it! " - The plan, which showed the location lo-cation of the new Orem City Center, Cen-ter, as well as the new location to which the Orem Lions picnic pavilion will be moved, was presented pre-sented by Russell Park, chairman of the Planning Commission. Mi. Park told the Council the Orem Lions picnic pavilion is proposed to be re-located just south of the tennis courts presently present-ly located in the park. LIONS AGREEABLE . 'The Lions Club is agreeable to this new location, Mr. Park said, 'and we feel this location best serves the needs of the community." com-munity." The location of the picnic pavilion pa-vilion was shown on the master plan as being just east of the paved pav-ed parking area which will also serve the Orem City Center. Location of the City Center on the spot designated will require the moving of the west Softball diamond to a location just east of the lighted Orem Veterans. Memorial Ball Park. HOLD TO CONTRACT - Wendell Locke, chairman of the Orem Veterans Council, who was appearing before the City Council to get approval for withdrawal of veterans funds from Utah County, told the Council he had not been consulted on the park plan and would hold the City to a contract it signed with the Veterans Council Coun-cil three years ago when veterans m: morial funds were committed for lighting the ball park. Mr. Park told the Council that Mr. Locke had, in fact, been invited in-vited to meetings of the Orem Planning Commission at which the park plan was discussed, but that he had been unable to attend. ANXIOUS TO CONSULT The Planning Commission chairman told Mr.Locke that the Commission is anxious to consult with the veterans on the park plan and would like to do so at an early date. Mayor Winston M. Crawford , named Councilman Jack Jones as the Council's representative on the Veterans Memorial Park board of directors to serve with Parlell Peterson, city recreation-director, recreation-director, and representatives of the three veterans organizations. Mr. Locke told the Council he had no alternative proposal to make concerning the park planning plan-ning at this time, but felt the matter should be discussed jointly joint-ly by the two groups. STREETS VACATED In other action, the Council voted vot-ed to officially vacate platted streets A", 'B", and C"in the old Orem Town tract, so that construction con-struction of a $160,000 mobile home park can get underway. The vacation of the 'streets continued on back page Paul Paulson Paul Paulson To Manage Fakler Tire Grand opening of Fakler Tire Service, 985 S. State, in Orem, this weekend will be heralded with valuable prizes and free drinks. All customers who enter the store this weekend may register to win some of the prizes to be given away by Faklers. Refreshing drinks will be offered to all. On hand to become acquainted with potential customers will be Paul Paulson, manager and co-owner co-owner of the store, as well as a 'staff of four with extra assistants assis-tants for the grand opening. Mr. Paulson has been associated associa-ted with Pete Fakler of Provo for about four years in the tire and automotive line. Prior to that time he was employed at B.F. Goodrich and Hercules. An Orem native, Mr. Paulson graduated from Lincoln High School. He married the former Carol Richins of Carterville and they have two daughters, Lynn Ann, 12, and Debra, 10. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Paulson, also of Orem. ordinance of our city to control trailer courts. People live in trailer houses to avoid paying high taxes and for many other conveniences; however, how-ever, it is known that a trailer house depreciates in tax valua- the Utah Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America and is presently on the board of directors; serves on the board of directors; serves on the board of supervisors for the TimDanoeos Soil Conservation SPEAKERS at the Orem HighSchoolSeminary graduation Thursday, May 16 , in the Provo Tabernacle are. 1-r; Dean Miner. Charles Allen, Raymond Hilton, Rebecca Christensen, Brenda Peterson and Necia Mangum. Theme is From This Day On." tion much faster than a home, and District; is chairman of the Orem it is also known that a large num- Metropolitan Board; is a member of the Utah County Resources Board; and has been a member of the Utah State Fair Board for 20 years. He is married to the lormer Donna Madsen, Vineyard, Utah, has four children, is an active member of the Orem 6th Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-,day Latter-,day Saints, and is seeking the position' held by both his grandfather, grand-father, Mr. John Y. Walker from 1909 until 1911, and his father Mr. James W. Gillman from 1927 until 1937. Seminary Plans Ribbon-Cutting For cuwcd Build Graduation at 0HS OHS Journalist Receives Honorable Mention Dorice Williams, Orem High School journalism student, was one of 21 students to win honorable honor-able mention in the press conference confer-ence writing contest conducted by the Utah Industrial Promotion Board in cooperation with the University of Utah Department of Journalism and Paramount Pictures. ber of these trailer courts could put a burden on our schools, and the home owners will be paying a big portion of the biU. The way the city ordinance . now reads, trailer courts are permissable throughout the city We do not even dare guess at the solution, but we urge Orem city to make a thorough study as to the effect the new businesses busin-esses will have on the city as a.whole. TOURISM- Orem may well become the hostess with the mostess" if hospitality hints suggested by the Utah State Extension services on Tourism are followed. Tourism films designed for service per-sonnell per-sonnell were presented Monday at Orem City Hall with a pitiful few attending. The films and ideas presented, however, were filled with tips for cashing in on the tourist trade. In a nutshell service person-nell person-nell would be wise to be alert to the tourist needs, treat him courteously and make him feel welcome, be aware of what your community offers and direct the tourist to points of inter est. Know the telephone number of the Chamber Cham-ber of Commece or Visitor Information In-formation Center and how to get there. Talk up local events and know the history of your area. The tourist will remember the station where he learned about Bridal Veil Falls or Timp Cave or where a good picnic area isand he'll stop again next time around. Orem Man Invited to Hawaii Music Judge Prof. Ralph G. Laycock, director dir-ector of orchestras at Brigham Young University, has been invited in-vited to Hawaii by the Hawaian Music Education Association to adjudicate high school bands, and judge the All-State Band competition, compe-tition, May 1-13. While in Hawaii, Prof. Lay-cock Lay-cock wiU listen to competing bands, conduct two All-State Bands in concert and direct a special clinic for band directors. He is a leading conductor in the area, most recently appearing with the Utah Symphony Orchestra Or-chestra in concerts in Salt Lake and Provo to conduct the pre- miere performances of "Symphony "Sym-phony No. 3" by Dr. Merrill K. Bradshaw, composer-in-resi-dence at BYU. The Orem High Seminary students stu-dents are making final preparations prepara-tions for their graduation exercises ex-ercises to be held on Thursday, May 16th., in the Provo Tabernacle Taber-nacle at 7 p.m. Graduates are ,to be there at 6:15 p.m. President Clyde Lunceford will present the third year graduates diplomas to the 375 students graduating grad-uating and President M. Dover Hunt will present the Certificates of Special Leadership Achievement Achieve-ment to the 185 senior students who have completed the fourth year course in leadership. The speakers are planning their messages around the theme "From This DayOn." There will also be special music appropriate appropri-ate to the subject and Rebecca Christensen will read an original piece of poetry on the theme. Charles Allen theSeminary President Pres-ident will conduct the meeting. All families, friends and relatives rel-atives are cordially invited to come and participate Orem Junior High Summer School . Summer school classes for Orem Junior HighSchool students have been scheduled for June 3 through 28. They are based upon the results of a previous survey of student interest. Students from our school only are registered on a first-come first-serve basis until classes are ML Fees for each class must be paid at the time of registration. Registration forms are available at the office. Students can register in the morning morn-ing before schooL The recently completed headquarters head-quarters building of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District Dist-rict will be formaUy dedicated Friday, May 10, at a public ceremony cere-mony scheduled for 3 p.m. Featured speaker at the dedication dedi-cation ceremony will be Governor Calvin L. RamptoiuThe governor will share ribbon-cutting honors with Orem Mayor WinstonCraw-ford WinstonCraw-ford and Mr. Clyde Ritchie, Heber City, president of the District's 19-member of court - appointed Board of Directors. Members of Utah's Congressional Congres-sional delegation in Washington have also been invited, as have numerous state and local officials. of-ficials. The District was organized in 1964 to sponsor the massive Central Utah Project, a complex com-plex network of water projects designed to benefit the bulk of Utah's population. It was organized organ-ized by order of the Fourth District Dis-trict Court as the legal agency to represent the people of the seven-county area then involved in the Project. Since then, all or part of five additional counties have been added to the District until it now represents Salt Lake, Utah, Duchesne, Uintah, Wasatch, Millard, Mil-lard, Sevier, Piute, and portions of Summit, Juab, Sanpete, and Garfield. The District will eventually . administer the Project's financial, financ-ial, legal and engineering affairs, and all others related to its operaton. It will operate and maintain most of the completed works and will eventually be called upon to handle the delivery of treated water and to supple ment water supplies of areas now deficient. Lynn S. Ludlow, Provo, is general gen-eral manager of the District, and heads a full time staff of five. The public is also invited to tour the new facility from 3:30 to 6 p.m. according to Mr. Ritchie. The tour of tne building build-ing will include a color slide presentation about the District and the Project. Refreshments will be provided. t IN THE POLITICAL ring is R. ; Ralph Benson, Republican incum-.bent incum-.bent of the 39th Legislative District. Dis-trict. He filed today for reelection re-election to the House of Representatives Repre-sentatives of the Utah Legislature. Legisla-ture. Formal -tatement will be published nexi ,.eek. |