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Show I COLD EN ANNIVERSARY YEAj T olaing Corp, 14 P.O. Bor 2608 Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 STEEL PLANT Vinnnn HB OF UTAH'S FBTJ 1II1U11U f Golden Anniversary memories were flooding back to many old-time residents of Orem this week as the City of Orero celebrates cele-brates the 50th anniversary cf its incorporation back in 1919. Among those recalling the people and events which went to make up the history of the community is Mrs. Pearl Bunnell ' Newell, believed to. be the person who has lived longer in Orem than anyone else. Mrs. Bunnell, who observed her 85th birthday on May 4-just 4-just one day before Orem City noted its 50th birthday-recalls birthday-recalls that she moved here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kimball Bunnell, from Center Creek, Wasatch County, in 1890, when she was only six and one-half years old. They resided in the Lake View area for two years, moving to a home one block south-west of the Westmore School in 1892. Two years later they moved to a two-room adobe house at about 600 South Main Street, on a 20-acre farm which was a part of the original Henry L. Loveridge homestead. VL n Pearl recalls that as a girl she attended the old Spencer School, 825 South State, which is now closed. At that time the school consisted of two rooms. One was a small log room with two rows of benches with the ends of the benches against the wall with an aisle up the center. The other was a large brick room. 1 All eight grades were taught in those two rooms. Mrs, Newell, who today maintains her own home and yard at 307 North 400 East, recalls that she learned how to work at an early age: "I was the janitor of the Spencer School when I was 13 or 14 years old, earning $12.00 for each 10-week 10-week term. There was a large, round stove in each room. I carried car-ried coal and kindling in and ashes out. My father always cut plenty of kindling for me. When winter came, and the snow became deep, father would bring the horse up to the door step. I would ride over to make a fire at the school, so it would be warm by the time the other pupils got there. "I sometimes got pretty cold before I got the fire made. I would tie the reins around the horse's neck and send her home, but sometimes the boys would catch her and ride her back to school. There were not many homes on the Bench when we came. For many years we all had to use ditch water. In the winter it had to be hauled from the river or spring creek at the bottom of the old dugway. When using ditch, water .we had to strain it through a muslin cloth or boil it. My parents finally got what they called a filter. It resembled a large piece of sandstone rock with a small rubber hose fastened in it. The stone was put in a large bucket of water. While the tube was put into an empty bucket. The water would flow through the filter and empty into the bucket as clear as spring water, no matter how muddy it had been." Mrs. Newell recalls that at that time, the dreaded Typoid Fever took its tool of residents on the Bench. Sometimes entire families would be stricken with the disease which was believed to be caused by the impure water they were forced to drink. Many washings were done by melting snow in tin tubs on top of the stove. Sometimes the snow would be melted one day, and the washing done the next day, always with home made soap, and always on the washboard. Later on, there were wells dug on the Bench which proved quite satisfactory. The first well was dug on the Theodore Farley Sr. property about two blocks north of the SCERA Theatre. After that, many people had their own wells." The freeways and super highways of today are a marvel to Mrs. Newell who recalls the development of Orem's State Street: "I can remember Orem's State Street when the dust was so deep that if one would trot their horses on a wagon or buggy, you could scarcely breath or see the horses." It was not until 1921 that the increasing traffic of electric buggies and automobiles through Orem brought the construction construc-tion of a three-lane concrete strip in the center of State Street. " On Jan, 18, 1905, Pearl married Eugene E. Newell. They had several homes until they moved to the present Newell residence in 1916. At that time there were only three small houses, on the 400 North 400 East corner. From that point west to State Street there was only one small house. There were no homes north to 800 North, one house to 1000 East, and none to 400 South. We could look out of our north window and see coyotes playing in the fields. There were no orchards from our home to the mouth of Provo Canyon, except the old Carry farm, the site of the present Orem City Cemetery. My husband, Eugene E. Newell, B.M. Jolley and Mose Wilkerson dug trenches with pick and shovel to bring the city water from 800 North back in 1921. In 1927 they dug holes for the electric light poles which brought the power to our homes. For the first three years we paid $3.00 a month for electric power, even if we had only one light. A widow, Mrs. Newell has lived alone for 24 years since her husband died in 1945. Next Sunday, on Mother's Day she will be honored by her five children, 15 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Three children died in infancy. Her children include: Dan E. Newell and Elliott B. Newell of Orem; and Mrs. Howard (Mary) Mason, Mrs. Ted (Velva) Mason, and Mrs. Burbank (Thora Gene) Jolley of Provo. Looking back on a full life, rich with fascinating experiences, , Mrs. Newell says, We had a happy life, even though we did have many hardships. We loved each other, and we knew where our children were. Our children learned to work, and we had many good times together." Skilled at many kinds of handiwork, Mrs. Newell is well-known well-known for her.many beautiful quilts, afgans, and needle work of all kinds. She also enjoys tending her lawns and gardens. Most any sunny day she can be seen in her yard pushing a lawn mower or weeding her garden. Mrs. Pearl Newell is a shining example of the kind of people who came to Orem when it grew : nothing but sagebrush, rocks and horned toads, and literally have made the 'desert blossom as a rose. - H" ::;HJ Ji. xtm PRICE TEN CENTS Pearl Robert Hassell To Head Lions Robert Hassell will be installed in-stalled new president of the Orem Or-em Lions in ceremonies June 26. Mr. Hassell was elected at a recent Lions meeting and succeeds suc-ceeds Victor Christensen, current cur-rent president Other new officers who will serve with Mr. Hassell are, Jack Renner, first vice president; Roy Rowland, second vice president; Reid Pulver, third vice president; presi-dent; Orland Pyne, secretary; Robert Thatcher and , Elwood D r e w,directors; F red Pawlowski, tailtwister; and Eugene Terry, lion tamer. Elections of the Lady Lions were held at the same time. Colleen Thatcher elected president presi-dent with Margaret Rowland first vice president; LaVere Terry, second vice president and Mildred Mild-red Jacobsen, secretary. Wish Your Mother A Happy Day, But Follow Rules "Sunday, May 11, will be an even happier Mother's Day if telephone well-wishers follow a few simple rules, Jack Dalton, district manager for Mountain States Telephone said. The volume of long distance calls placed on Mother's Day runs three to three and one-half one-half times the number placed on an average Sunday, he said, s getting calls through without de lays depend on when and ho people place their calls. Telephone company figure show that most people wait until Mother's Day evening to place their calls, resulting in telephone tele-phone 'traffic jams." The most successful callers are those who place calls early in the day or the day before to avoid the busy holiday evening period. Another way to avoid the holiday holi-day tie-up is to dial direct. High speed switching equipment automatically selects alternates routes for Direct Distance Dialing Dial-ing calls much faster than an operator can inquire for available avail-able circuits when direct routes are busy. If people still encounter busy signals when they call early and dial direct, we can onlysuggest patience. Eventually they'll get through," Dalton said. Directory assistance for dialing dial-ing any number in the nation can be obtained, free of charge, by calling the area code of the distant city and the digits 555-1212. CLOTHES IGNITE NEXT TO FURNACE A fire in the basement of a residence at 1615 S. 50 E., was reported Friday morning. Police reported a pile of clothing cloth-ing next to a furnace had ignited. 'J ii - A 'YA3 " j;T' V'- Newell Sharon Stake Plans Conference Quarterly conference of the Sharon Stake of the LDS Church will be conducted Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, according accord-ing to Stake President Alma P. Burton. The Saturday schedule calls for leadership meetings at 4:30 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. at the stake center, 545 South 800 East St. The general session of the conference con-ference Sunday will convene at iu a.m. at the stake canter. This session will also be televised in the Orem 13th-16th Ward Chapel for all who are not able to find seating in the stake center. Music for the general session will be provided by the Orem 13th Ward Choir under the direction of Mrs. Beverly Cotant and accompanied by Mrs. Lucy Laycock. Preceeding the general conference con-ference session Sunday will be a GeneralStake Priesthood meeting meet-ing to be held from 8 a.m. until 9:10 a.m. at the stake center. cen-ter. This meeting will be held for all members of the Mel-chizedek Mel-chizedek Priesthood and Aaronic Priesthood, both adults and youth. There will be no conference session in the afternoon Sunday but ward Sacrament meetings -ill be held at their usual times. a :;-, fk - a, : FORMER MAYORS Join hands in cutting Orem's 50th anniversary birthday cake at a celebration late Monday afternoon at the Scera Theater, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Burr, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hansen, Han-sen, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Jolley, Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand Jarman and Mr. and Mrs. Winston Crawford. . Orem-Geneva Times Public Hearing Set For Planned Dwellings Public hearings on the const! con-st! uction of two planned dwelling groups within Orem City which would provide a total of 346 new residential units in the commun- ity. were scheduled by the Orem City Council Tuesday night at its regular meetingJn theOremCity Hall. The public hearings on the two projects will be held May 27 in the Council chambers. The first housing development ' whose approval had been recommended recom-mended to the Council by the Orem Planning Commission would be a planned community of permanently situated mobile homes located between 1000 West and 1200 West, between lOOSouth and 200 South. 140 UNITS 'This project, being developed develop-ed by DeLance Squire, local C.P.A., and LaVorn Sparks, local lo-cal apartment house owner, would comprise a total of 140 dwelling units grouped around five separate sep-arate 'mini-parks' to be landscaped land-scaped and equipped with play equipment. Mr. Squire told the Council that one of the critical problems in this area is the lack of adequate ade-quate housing for young couples at a price which they can afford. He said that the American mobile mo-bile home industry is helping to meet this need by manufacturing a dwelling unit that is mass-produced in mobile home factories and permanently installed in planned plan-ned communities. F.H.A. APPROVED Mr. Sparks told the Council that F.H.A. has approved some pilot programs of this kind, including in-cluding this particular one. He said also that a loaning institution insti-tution has made a committment a loan of $1,500,000 to build this development in Orem. The Council voted to have Mr. Squire and Mr. Sparks proceed with their development, upon meeting city building codes and providing a contract satisfactory to the city attorney and Council assuring the perpetual mainten- anrf of their nlanned rnmmunitv. A public hearing on the zone change from R-l-A toR-2inthe area where this project will be built was also scheduled for May 27. APARTMENT COMMUNITY Also scheduled for a public hearing on May 27 was a planned apartment community t be built by Wayne Thornton and Eldon Adams, comprising 206 dwelling units. To be located between 1600 South and 1800 South just west Thursday, May 8, 1969 of State Street, this development would comprise nine 12-plex apartment houses and 198 town-houses, town-houses, clustered around 'mini-parks' 'mini-parks' and childrens play areas. The development would be located lo-cated just to the rear of a shopping complex of some 10 stores presently pres-ently under construction on State Street. In connection with the construction construc-tion of these stories, Mr. Thornton Thorn-ton advised the Council that no water line exists in front of the property on which the stores are being constructed. The Council voted to make immediate im-mediate installation of the necessary nec-essary water line to accommodate the development. ASK STOP SIGN In other action, Lester Allen, Eldon Baileyand Patricia Hansen met with the Council, asking that a four-way stop sign be installed install-ed at the intersection of 400 North and 600 East to reduce the hazards haz-ards to the many children who use the streets. . Councilman Robert Dove, a member of the OremSafety Council, Coun-cil, stated that the requested stop sign had already been considered con-sidered by the Safety Council and rejected, since 400 North is one of the arterial streets in the City. The citizens were invited to meet with the Safety Council at its next meeting and discuss the matter further with them. ZONING CHANGE ' In other action, the Council signed an ordinance approved at an earlier meeting, changing an era on 1200 West from 1050 North to 1200 North from A-l toW-lzone. The Council also accepted a proposal from Robert K. Pepper for the property owners to furnish fur-nish sewer pipe and the city to dig a tranch for installation of a sewer line on 600 South between 800 West and 1200 West. The Council also approved the appointment of Thomas Weaver as 1969 Orem chairman for United Uni-ted Nations Day. Valuable DoffS WeeA TTnmA OinVTrf Two beautiful and valuable dogs are slated to go" according to Orem City Animal Control Officer. Of-ficer. A Highland Collie and an Alaskan Golden Malemute, male, are among the dogs uncalled for at the Orem City Dog Pound. Anyone interested in adopting one of these beautiful dogs should contact the Orem Police Department Depart-ment immediately. The dog pound is open from 2 to 4 p.m. daily except Saturday and Sunday. ; V A v- I A , .- I w - , I t I WINSTON M. CRAWFORD ... The 13th Mayor of Orem City presides over the municipal functions of the community during, dur-ing, this, Orem's Golden Jubilee Year. Mayor Crawford has given yeoman service as president of the Orem Chamber of Commerce, an organizer of the Utah Valley Industrial Development Develop-ment Association, a member of Orem Boosters, Inc., and countless other civic activities. Construction of the new Orem City Center during the last year of his term as Mayor of Orem City is a highlight of his career of civic and public service. With construction of Orem City's $1 million City Center and Library underway, and dozens of other significant 'Happenings' aL ready underway or announced for development in Orem this year, Orem's Golden Anniversary Year is already proving to be an auspicious aus-picious one. Plans have already been announced an-nounced for constructioninOrem this year of a multi-million dollar dol-lar shopping Center centered around new Z.C.M.I. and J.C. Penney stores. Residential construction is booming, and several of the innovative in-novative planned residential communities com-munities are in the process of getting underway. On Monday of this week a special spec-ial Golden Anniversary program was held at the SCERA Theatre, commemorating the actual incorporation incor-poration of the Town of Orem on May 5, 1919. Orem City Councilman Stanley A. Leavitt, Golden Anniversary Committee chairman, conducted the program at which all the living liv-ing former mayors of Orem, except ex-cept one, were honored. WINNING SONG Mr. Leavitt also presented a check for$25.00toClydeE. Weeks Jr. Orem postmaster, as first prize in the recent contest to write a Golden Anniversary song for Orem. Mrs. Helen Weeks performed the winning "A Song For Orem" for the first time during the program. pro-gram. Mayor Winston M. Crawford greeted those attending the program, pro-gram, most of whom were oyer 50 y.ears of age. He also presented pre-sented this year's Orem royalty: Kerry Lynn Williamson, Miss Orem, and her attendants, Vicki Killpack and Soni DeMille. PROGRAM SPONSORS Joining in the sponsorship of the program were Orem City.Scera, the Senior Citizens, and the Orem Women's Club. Concluding, the week-long festivities fes-tivities is a four-day Festival of Creative and Performing Arts Vol. 39, No. 19 . ......... being held Wednesday through Saturday in the OremHighSchool each night at 8 p.m. On Wednesday night, the program pro-gram featured vocal groups from the Orem High School, Orem and Lincoln Junior HighSchools.Toni Tonight's program features instrumental in-strumental ensembles, and Friday's Fri-day's program will feature orchestral or-chestral and creative dance. Being exhibited during the F es-tival es-tival in the various departments of the high school will be clothing, cloth-ing, crafts, art work, and other work done by students. Col. Theon Leany, commandant command-ant of the Orem High School ROTC, said the public is invited invit-ed to attend all the events and view the exhibits. Col. Leany is general chairman of the festival. Cherry Hill To Honor Mrs. Thompson Cherry Hill School cordially invites all students and friends of Mrs. Evelyn Maeser Thompson Thomp-son to a reception given in her honor May 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. A program will begin at 8 p.m. Mrs. Thompson is retiring after 31 years of teaching. She has been a teacher at Page, Edgemont and Cherry Hill Schools. For the past 22 years she has taught in the Alpine School District, Dis-trict, nine years at Page, 11 at Edgemont and two at Cherry Hill. Scera Swimming Opens May 29 The Scera Community Swimming Swim-ming Pool is set to open on Thursday, May 29. Family season tickets will be available at the same time swim class registration is taking place. ,;3 |