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Show a Orem-Geneva Times V ILLUMINATING THE PROBLEMS. THE PEOPLE, THE ISSUES OP OUR TBUL Agricultural Heritage Of Orem Provides Bounty Of Fresh Fruits, and Vegetables Good living in fine homes has been sort of a motto for Orem during the years it has grown from a pastoral community to a thriving industrial center. Part of this good living" has been the fact that during the summer months a royal array of locally-grown locally-grown fresh fruits and vegetables are available avail-able to Orem residents. Reasonable-priced fruits and vegetables grown right here have no equal in the nation for taste, texture and nutrition. FRUIT STANDS and grocery stores are doing a better job than ever in attractively displaying and merchandising the local product, pro-duct, and in many instances the growers, themselves, retail their crops. .Although during recent years much farm land has been taken out of cultivation to make room for new homes and industry, there still remains several' hundred acres planted in a variety of fruit trees. . Berries and vegetables of many kinds are grown on well-tended farms: some by steel-workers steel-workers who are part-time farmers, and others by full-time fruit-growers and farmers. far-mers. THE STRUGGLE to convert the rocky, arrid soil into the sweetness and nutrition of fruits and vegetables in Orem is saga of hard work, determination and dedication by those who came here first and channeled the water to the brink of their greatest need. The Thomas Cordner family, the first per manent residents on the Orem Bench, were the first to experiment with the raising of fruit which would one dav earn for Orem national renown, The Cordners obtained some strawberry and everbearing raspberry plants from friends in Frovo and transplanted them to their farm on the bench. The berries thrived and a ready market was found in Provo for them where a number of city employees, government workers and railroad rail-road hands received cash for their labors. For the trip to Provo, the Cordners lined their wagon with grass to cushion the pans of fresh fruit on the rocky journey. Even so, the berries were sometimes swimming in their own juice when they arrived, The berries were measured out in a quart cup and sold for 25? per quart. The Cordners sold berries to local stores and from house to house, thus becoming the first commercial growers of fruit on the bench IN THE YEAR 1885 Newell Knight, Sr. planted the first peach trees on the bench. A shoft while later Newell Knight, Jr., John H. Stratton and his father planted fruit trees. The peach trees grew rapidly, seeming to thrive in the gravelly soil. Other settlers began planting peach trees, and in the fall of 1892 the first worthwhile peach crop was harvested. Apples, pears, cherries, apricots and prunes soon joined peaches as substantial cash crops, and Orem soon gained a reputation reputa-tion throughout the state for its quality fruit. MOTORISTS from all over Utah would drive to fruit stands which became established along Orem's State Street. The quality of Orem's fruit earned for it a national market, and fruit came to be shipped from Orem by the freight car load. In 1938 more .than 500 carloads of fruit were shipped from Orem. These included 264 cars of peaches, 203 cars of apples, 36 cars of pears, 32 cars of cherries and four cars of prunes. In recent years the volume of fruit production pro-duction has leveled off somewhat, and the emphasis is being given to upgrading quality of product and improving packaging methods. OREM'S REPUTATION for producing fruit which many people prize highly for preserving or eating fresh is enhanced each year as newly-improved varieties reach maturity and are brought to market. From now on until frost, first-quality Orem-grown fruits and vegetables will be available at reasonable prices. Fruit stands, local grocery stores and the farmers, themselves, them-selves, will be marketing some of the nation's tastiest and nutritious farm products. TO MAKE THE MOST of living in Orem, now is the time to stock up on needed fruits and vegetables which are the freshest and tastiest in the country: OREM GROWN! We Have Had Our 45 Days of Summer . . . 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TOM. ftBF Y OY I'LL N BUT YOU NEVER GOT J YOU ALL 6ET TO ) SfcY I TO "I'hE DINNER, fTTS THE BOSS' SUPPOSING ' T nm T tTE' . TESTIMONIAL V plCK ME g- " ' 1 - I NOw THE BQVS S DNNE K UP AT EIGHT j If HOW 6MOK6? $Jz ton.ght? Niece's That Zru iMMmMr coo buttw?) o$r Weeks Wit ?CM FOOT by HAL WILLIAMS THE VIEWS expressed in this column or any previous column are those of the author, Mr. Williams, andnot necessarily those of the Orem-Geneva Times management. NO MONET DOWN . MONTHS TO PAT - NO CARRYING CHARGE CZECH "CRISIS' NO , PROBLEM FOR RUSSIA With the buildup of a so-called "crisis in Czechoslovakia, the Communist world again shows that it will not tolerate even a little deviation (or liberalization) from the Moscow Commie line. Russia, of course, could not let the Czechs or any other east European country break away because be-cause this would immediately cause a chain reaction of enslaved en-slaved people fighting with anything any-thing they had to free themselves from the greatest colonial and imperialistic power known in the history of the world. Starting with the Warsaw Pact powers and their maneuvers a few months ago in Czechoslovakia, Czechoslova-kia, the problem became acute when the Russian troops began to stay longer than was publicly stated. Of course, the outside world was led to believe that the Czech 'leaders were anti-Communist and didn't want the Russian troops in Czech territory. However, the Czech leaders were still hardcore hard-core Reds but they apparently wanted to liberalize their brand of Communism. Maybe if they 'liberalized" Communism enough, they could qualify for U.S. foreign aid as has Yugoslavia (almost $3 billion) bil-lion) and Poland. Now that the Warsaw powers of Russia, Poland, East Germany, Bulgaria, and Hungary have promised to a gradual pullout of their troops from Czech territory, ter-ritory, many people will probably fell that this will give freedom to the Czechs. It will not! No more than the Hungarians had in 1956 when they showed some real anti-Communist feeling by fighting the Reds (even their Russian tanks) and taking over Budapest only to be slaughtered later when their plea for help to President Eisenhower Eisen-hower and other leaders of the world went virtually unnoticed-except unnoticed-except to dilly dally about the crisis" in the United Nations building. World sentiment right now is certainly not' for building "bridges" to Russia, as Lyndon B. Johnson has been doing for the past few years. The U.S. under Uhe present administration has made agreements agree-ments to sell or give the Soviet Union and her communist statel-lites statel-lites hundreds of millions of dollars dol-lars worth of- food, electronic computers, chemical plants, oil refinery equipment, airborne radar apparatus, jet aircraft engines, en-gines, machine tools for an $800 million auto assembly plant, and military rifles. Russia, on the other hand, has such a good thing going in Czechoslovakia that she couldn't let it go any place. The Czechs have long been known for their skills in making machines and weapons. Guns supplied to the Viet Cong are basically made by the Czechs. Arms pouring into the Latin American countries through the Cuban 'hole in. the dike" are getting the communist rebels in all of Latin America ready for a major takeover. These arms basically are made by the Czechs. Isn't it ironical that people who are virtually anti-Communist are the slaves of the Reds! No one was more disappointed than the, Czechs when the U.S. troops were not allowed by Gen. Eisenhower and President Truman Tru-man to beat the Russians into Czechoslovakia and other east European countries as the German Ger-man machine began to crumble. All the Russians had to do was set up their puppet regime, push a few anti-Communist leaders out of windows, and take over the government-only after they had registered firearms and then confiscated them to avoid an internal war. This all happened as late as 1948, and the Czechs have been slaves since-no thanks to the U.S.A. . An apparent mood in the U.S. is that of being non" Communist! Com-munist! So many people are being be-ing brainwashed by the mass media (basically controlled by the liberl-left) that it is as bad to be "anti" Communist as it is to be "pro" Communist. When and if a showdown comes in America with the Reds and pinkos, one cannot be a "non" Communist and stand there and throw paper at those taking over the country as did the Czechs when the Russian tanks invaded their territory. Career College Graduates Local Misses Commencement excercisesfor the Patricia Stevens Career College Col-lege will be held at the Townhouse Town-house Athletic Club, Sept. 7 at 12 noon. Graduating from Orem are Linda Olsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Olsen, 600 W. 640 S., public relations; Karen Kar-en Christensen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Christensen, 570 E. 900 S., fashion merchandising; merchandis-ing; Peggy Jolley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay L. Jolley, 452 E. 350 S., fashion merchandis-, ing. : Mrs. Alice Buehner, the former form-er Mrs. America, and Joyce Gorder Fashion Co-ordinator for ZCMI will be special guest speakers. The 70 graduates will be receiving re-ceiving diplomas in one of several sev-eral fields: FashionMerchandis-ing, FashionMerchandis-ing, Public Relations, Executive Secretarial, or Professional Modeling. Hear the bells, the bells, the tintinnabulation of the bells": Edgar Ed-gar Allen Poe said it. I didn't. But have you heard the bells tolling out those stirring, patriotic patri-otic melodies from the roof of the Orem High School auditorium? auditor-ium? Orem High School students were more than a little surprised sur-prised on Wednesday when they trooped back to school to find that their Alma Mater is one of the few high schools in the nation to possess an electronic carillon capable of playing not only the sounds of bells, but also any tather sound which can be recorded record-ed on a tape recorder. The idea of a bell for Orenr has been a moving force behind the efforts of Mrs. J.D. Pyne for the past several years to obtain ob-tain a bell which could be rung out in unison with other bells throughout the land on the Fourth of July. Approximately $300.00 had been raised from organizations and individuals in the community with which to purchase a bell, but that fell somewhat short of the amount necessary to buy the kind of bell necessary to do the job. Coincindentally, the last two graduating classes at Orem High School left their gifts of money to buy some needed facility for the school. The total of these two gifts provided just enough to buy a tape recorder and loud speaking system which would comprise the electronic carillon. caril-lon. The $300.00 raised from the community provided funds to buy recorded tapes to play on the carillon, and there you have it! WE SUSPECT that the Orem High School carillon will become" another one of those welcome Happenings" in Orem which wil be used to signal every red-letter red-letter day in the community. Already, we can imagine the sounds of Christmas bells wafting waft-ing throughout the town in December. De-cember. Velentine's Day will probably be marked by jubilant tollingof the school song. It's a gladsome addition to the school and the community which s bound to become a delightful delight-ful tradition in the years to come. ' AND ON INDEPENDENCE Day, never, again will Orem's skies 'reverberate with an embarrassing embarrass-ing silence! "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER," "AMERICA "AMERI-CA THE BEAUTIFUL," and "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC" RE-PUBLIC" will ring out across the airways, tolling the message of freedom far and wide. People will drive from miles around just to hear the Freedom Bells resounding throughout Orem. YES, GOOD things are happening happen-ing in Orem! LARRY G. HIEB MADE SERGEANT - THAILAND-Larry G. Hieb, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hieb of -773 N. Fourth E., Orem, has been promoted to sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Sergeant Hieb is an aircraft mechanic at U-Tapao Airfield, Thailand. He is a member of the Strategic Air Command in support sup-port of the Pacific Air Forces. The sergeant is a 1966 graduate of Orem High School. Orem-Geneva Times HAROLD B. SUMNER Editor and Publisher Published every Thursday at Orem, Utah. Office and plant located at 546 South State Street. Mailing address; P. O. Box 65, Orem, Utah 84057. Subscription price: $3,50 per year." Second-class postage paid at Orem, Utah. Resident Attends Purdue University A six-day orientation program for counselors, faculty sponsors and head residents of Purdue University residence halls begins this weekend in Lafayette, Ind., in preparation for the return of students, university officials announced an-nounced today. Attending the program from Orem will be Thayle K. Anderson, Ander-son, 375 E. 400 S., who will be Immediately following the graduation ceremony will be a luncheon and fashion show. The clothes for the fashion show will be furnished by Jak's Bridal Arts. The grand finale will be a Farewell Ball at the Ramada Inn. a faculty sponsor in the Terry Courts. He has been working on his doctorate at the university. univer-sity. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Anderson. Seminars and panel discussions discus-sions will introduce the 243 members mem-bers of the residence hall counseling coun-seling staffs to hall procedures, rules and philosophies. mm Durango to Silverton, Colorado (round-trip) Daily through Oct. 6 Nature saves its best show for the home folks after the flatlanders and crowds have gone. SEE aspen gold, the splendor of ran in a primitive mountain area you can't reach by car. A photographer's paradise! HEAR the chuff-chuff of a real steam engine, the merry clack of wheels on track, the whistle that brought the outside world to the wilderness. " Stop over in Durango, gateway to the fascinating 4-corners region. On the scenic Navajo Trail hwy.-,ll. S. .160-164. THE GENERAL PALMER HOUSE mid-Victorian decor thoroughly modern motel-hotel accommodations. THE GRANDE PALACE RESTAURANT - superb food and beverages in a turn-of-the-century atmosphere. TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT ON THE TRAIN, drop a card or letter to: Agent, Rio Grande Depot, Room gjsj , Durango, Colo. 81301 1 YOUR TICKETS WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad C3(I CASH and CARRY FOOD SYSTEM 630 North 2nd West IPG!, Walla (00 fa DY THE CAN J? it BY THE CASE BY THE CARLOAD |