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Show i 'n i li n v e o 1 HI mni . i 14 P.O. Bo:: 2608 Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 Jhe Newspaper Published W eekly an0 Read Daily . . . . .. 13 IK M 10 c7r; "T V:M STEEL PLANT ft IRR HUB OF OTAHS tP 'AL-a 1 VOL. 45 NO. 2 ; - V : s ' ' - ' ' . C'n . .. t V. V 4 i z' ' . Hx ? V 71' ' -. x i . - L 1 it i i IBM il 1 1 i . i l i . fiBTiw iMil i i ii ''I ' ' irai itnii t " -fi -r -Tit writer mi i i i - S MAJOR JAMES E. MANGUM (left) accepts a $10,000 check from Delbert Sperry (center) coordinator of the Ambulance program of the Utah State Division of Health. Mayor Presented Check For Orem's Ambulance Mayor James E. Mangum was presented a check for $10,000 by Delbert Sperry, Coordinator for the Ambulance Program of the Utah State Division of Health, Thursday morning, Jan. 2. The check will be used to help pay for the new ambulance received by the Orem City Fire Dept. in November. The new ambulance was necessary neces-sary to allow the department to have two reliable ambulances on hand. The fire department was given the opportunity to purchase the new ambulance when the Drivers Class For Adults Starts Tug An Adult Driver's Education class is currently scheduled to begin at Orem High School, room C-17, Tuesday, January 14, at 7 p.m. Persons interested in the class should call Alpine School District Dis-trict (756-3576 or 373-9666) for information or attend the first class. In order to register for the class, students must qualify under the following guidelines: 1. Students sixteen to nineteen nine-teen years of age not attending, regular daytime school must be released by their school principal princi-pal in order to attend this night class. 2. Registration fee will be$40 for all students not seeking a high school diploma. Students between the ages of sixteen and thirty years who are seeking credit toward a high school diploma will be charged a fee of $10. First Is Matthew Matthew Ellsworth, 7 lb. 9oz., came into the world at 6:10 a.m. on January 2 to become the first Orem baby to be born in the new year. Little Matthew is the third child of Randy and Connie Ellsworth, 528 N. 8th W. He was delivered by Dr. Howard Francis at the Utah Valley Hospital and was 20 inches long. 0 CONNIE ELLSWORTH, 528 N. 8th W. Orem, proudly displays the tiny newcomer who has earned the distinction of being Orem's first baby of the vear. Matthew .was born January 2 at 6:10 a.m. in the January Looking Federal Government passed the Emergency Medical Service Act. iThe Utah State Division of Health was given a HEW grant and in turn, gave 36 grants of $10,000, seven in Utah County. Fire Chief Arnold Long explained ex-plained that $5,300 is still needed on the ambulance. After installation installa-tion of the radio and special equipment, each ambulance costs the department $18,000. Most of the funds for the department are voluntary and any contributions contribu-tions are greatly appreciated. Donations may be sent to the Orem Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 247, Orem. Former Inspector Faces char2es Last Tuesdav evening the Orem City Council directed the City Attorney Frank Butterfield to press charges against former City Building Inspector Harvey Pace for the recovery of 'misappropriated" 'mis-appropriated" city funds. City Manager Earl Wengreen was reluctant to talk about the situation, for fear that newspaper news-paper publicity would create a prejudicial condition. He did' say, however, that sufficient questions were raised in an in-vestigation in-vestigation of the Building Inspector's In-spector's office to warrent the action of going to court. In an investigation that reached back to 1971, it was said that approximately $11,000 cannot be accounted for. Mr. Wengreen acknowledged that the possible misuse of funds before 1971 could also have taken place. Mr. Pace was Building Inspector for Orem City from 1961 until just recently, when he was released. Although it was the second day of 1975, no other Orem babies were reported born earlier in any of the local hospitals. Contest rules stated that the baby's parents must be residents of Orem, and the child must be born in this area. Matthew has two brothers, Cody, 4, and Jared, 3. A Mapleton baby was the first Baby Of Ellsworth ... . J. ': ' ' . . .. U . ' '' ' ;K7'. : i 4 - Ws - r 7 V - V " ( 9, 1975 on is Fire Chief Arnold Long. The funds will be used to pay for Orem's new ambulance. Sjjjjity'f o1 Murder Charge Michael William Hart pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second se-cond degree murder in the Oct. 10 death of Cynthia Ann Mitchell Mit-chell of Orem. Hart entered his plea before Judge J. Robert Bullock in the Fourth District Court last Friday. Fri-day. The amended complaint charged Hart with "intentionally causing the death on Oct. 10 of Cynthia Ann Mitchell under circumstances cir-cumstances not amounting to first degree murderor manslaughter. Noall T. Wootton, UtahCounty attorney, told the court that he was moving for the reduced charge because of "evidentiary" reasons. Mr. Wooton declared that the state's case was insufficient to support the capital charge "because "be-cause of a question regarding the admissibility of certain statements state-ments made by Mr. Hart during his interrogation. Mr. Wootton said he was apprehensive as to whether the statements would stand before an appellate court. Judge Bullock ordered Hart to be placed in the custody of the State Division of Corrections for a period not to exceed 45 days, during which time he is to be held at the Utah State Prison and is to undergo psychiatric evaluation Hart will return tocourtFeb. 13 for sentencing. He could receive re-ceive from five years to life imprisonment. Mrs. Mitchell was killed by Hart after he walked away from the Utah State Prison in October. Octo-ber. He had been serving a sentence for arson. f'ew Year baby in all of Central Utah to be born this year. He is Seth Andrew Davis, son of Stephen and Sharon Ann Wheeler Davis. He was delivered de-livered at 2:54 a.m. January 1. The Ellsworths have become 1 the recipients of many gifts from the Orem merchants to commemorate com-memorate the occassion and to wish the family well. Utah Valley Hospital. He is the Ellsworth's third son. At the moment, he does not seem too impressed with his special distinction as "first baby". PRICE TENANTS South Orem Conference Times Changed Time changes for meetings of the Orem Utah South Stake Quarterly Quar-terly conference Saturday and Sunday have been announced by Pres. R. Phil Shumway. First meeting of the conference will be Saturday at 5p.m. instead of later in the evening President Shumway said. Priesthood leaders lea-ders who should participate in this session are stake officers, ward bishops, executive secretaries secre-taries and clerks, priesthood officers and group leaders and their secretaries and counselors, he explained. The general session Sunday will be at 9 a.m. This change is being made to accommodate the various ward sacrament meetingsin the afternoon, President Pres-ident Shumway explained. While the general session is being held in the new Stake Center, a junior conference for the youngsters will be held in the 27th-44thWard on 400 West. - At 7:30 p.m. the High Priests will hold their quarterly priesthood priest-hood meeting. This late hour has been selected because three wards are now meeting in the Stake Center, President Shumway announced. All sessions of the conference will be under the direction of President Shumway and his counselors, coun-selors, Arden Rowley and Stanley Stan-ley Leavitt. , CUP Updat e Released By District Larry G. Belliston, Public Re-. Re-. lations Director for the Central Utah Water ConservancyDistrict has released an update of progress pro-gress on CUP's activities. Summarizing Sum-marizing those affecting this area: Water needs in North Utah County have prompted the Central Utah Water ConservancyDistrict to initiate Construction studies and negotiation for a Utah Valley Val-ley water purification facility. Orem City demonstrated initial concern in July 1973 when they appealed to the C.UW.C.D. Board of Directors for aid in obtaining needed water purification puri-fication facilities. Since that first appeal by Orem City a site has been tentatively chosen, seismic tests have been conducted to determine de-termine area geologic stability, soil tests have been run and contract negotiations were begun be-gun for water deliveries. The new plant, according to 'engineering estimates and preliminary pre-liminary studies, will be capable of servicing enough water for the growing needs of North Utah County for many years to come. Initially the plant is planned for approximately 36 million gallons per day capacity with ability to expand as needs increase. Plans call for completion by 1979 to meet the rapidly growing water demands. The Orem City Area Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution in support of the Central Utah Project. The resolution also pointed to the need Orem has for water and urged early construe tion of water purification facilities facili-ties to help meet their needs. Presidents of the Utah County Chambers of Commerce passed a resolution supporting timely construction of the C.U.P. Reasoner To Speak At BYU Harry Reasoner, noted national news reporter for the ABC television network, will speak on the Brigham Young University campus Thursday (Jan. 9) at 12 noon in the Wilkinson Center Ballroom. His topic will be "Can We Survive the 1970's?" The public is invited to attend the lecture without charge. A question and answer period will follow the lecture. Sponsored by the ASBYU Academics Aca-demics Office, Mr. Reasoner will be making his first visit to the BYU campus. A native of Dakota City, Iowa, Mr. Reasoner is the father of eight children and was a reporter and drama critic for the Minneapolis Min-neapolis Times early in World War U and shortly afterward. Following a two-year job as assistant director of publicity for Northwest Airlines in 1948-50, he worked on radio stations in the Minneapolis area for the next six years. 1 , A ; f I .' w 71 Lir.iir.r. ... Lik. L..u ii. JAMES C. TAYLOR James Taylor Will Speak At Banquet James C. Taylor, Vice President Pre-sident and Commerical Manager for Utah Power and Light Coin-, pany will speak at the Ninth Annual Installation Banquet of the Utah Valley Industrial Development Deve-lopment Association, according to Clair Jadley,J.V.I.D.A. President. Pre-sident. The Banquet will'be held on Jan. 15, 1975 at 7:30 PM at the B.P.-O.E. B.P.-O.E. "Elks" Lodge in Provo. Mr. Taylor will speak to government, govern-ment, community, and civic leaders lea-ders who make up the U.V.I.-D.A. U.V.I.-D.A. : Board and their 'wives.. The Utilities Executive is a native of Preston, Idaho. He first worked for UP & L during the summer of 1951. In June 1953 he was named assistant superintendent su-perintendent of UP & L Price District. After serving as superintendent su-perintendent of UP & L at Price and as assistant of the Salt Lake Manager, Mr. Taylor was promoted pro-moted to assistant to the vice president in December 1958. He was named commercial manager in 1966 and elected vice president presi-dent in 1969. Mr. Taylor will speak on the roll that UP & L plays in Industrial In-dustrial and Economic Development De-velopment and what Utah County can do to prepare themselves. U.V.I.D.A. extends an invitation invi-tation to the public to hear Mr. Taylor. Reservations can be made by calling the U.V.I.D.A. office in Provo, 374-9900. House Fire Causes Orem City Fire Department responded to a call early Thursday Thurs-day morning, Jan. 2, at the home of Ken Knight, 224 E. 400 N., Orem. The fire began in a basement bedroom. Mr. Knight's son, who was sleeping in the basement, was awakened by gunfire' aparently set off by the fire and alerted the four other members of the family who were asleep in the house. The damage, estimated at $15,000 was confined to the home. The cause of the fire is still undetermined. NOTE TO BOOSTERS The nominations for the Orem Mother are due back to the Boosters Boos-ters by Jan. 15. Chamber Elects New Officers Two men were elected to positions po-sitions by the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce board last week. David Stone will be the new president elect for the Chamber. He will take office as Orem Chamber of Commerce president presi-dent in 1976 following the 1975 presidency of Jim Brown. Keith Duffin, representing Brigham Young University,' will be the new vice president. Connie Barker was voted to remain in her position as executive execu-tive secretary. t , I- Li; CONNIE BARKER The Orem City Council formally for-mally continued their public Tuesday evening sessions this week after the holiday's respite. A special honors and plaque presentation pre-sentation was given to Roy H. Gappmayer, 95 East 1200 South, who has served for 13 years on the Metropolitan Water Board. By special invitation, Mr. Gappmayer Gapp-mayer was present and Councilman Council-man E. Dixon Larson made the special presentation. Mr. Larson Lar-son prefaced his formal presentation presen-tation with many words of high praise. "I class Roy among the people I've admired all my life," said Councilman Larson, "and it's a great honor for me to be able to give him this expression ex-pression of our sincere appreciation." apprecia-tion." Mr. Gappmayer thanked the Council for the presentation and said he would never forget the honor they were giving him. Mr. Gappmayer has lived in Orem ft V ' Jk" V'v f ( - S ROY H. GAPPMAYER, left, receives a plaque from City Councilman, Dix Larsen, commemorating has many years of community service. Orem Businessmen Increase Donations Orem's United Way drive, headed by Winn Crawford, doubled its contributions over last year, announced Merrill Hymas, General Campaign Chairman. Mr. Hymas also pointed out, however, that the Orem area is still way below its potential as a major business area. Both Lehi and American Fork still lead Orem in contributions and both have a lot fewer businesses. It was also announced by Merrill Mer-rill Hymas that the total United Way drive reached its goal of $295,000, with collections and pledges totaling $296,500. This years campaign again had many Orem citizens as top volunteer volun-teer workers, including LeRue Thurston, president, Louis Ring-ger Ring-ger and Larry King as vice presidents, presi-dents, Dave Thomas, construction construc-tion division chairman, Stan Adams, commercial division north chairman, Norval Bailey, employee gifts chair man,George Redd, Jack Thurgood, Dick Stone, and Mel Arrington. The United Way of UtahCounty has always had strong backing in the Orem area. It raises money for 17 people serving agencies in Utah County. The agencies are: DAVID STONE KEITH DUFFIN 4 ' i I l-r 7 1 : j I l77 1 a'1 i "V since 1904, when his parents moved to this area. He has served on several Orem City Councils himself, and is the father of Merrill Gappmayer, who is currently a City Councilman. Roy served on the Metropolitan Water Board from March 1956 until late last year. 'I've served with a lot of people, and have had some disagreements with some, but everyone I've served with has been an honest man," said Mr. Gappmayer. He said some of the happiest experiences in his life have taken place while he has been serving on the Metropolitan Metro-politan Water Board. In other actions, the City Council Coun-cil discussed the renewal of several class A and B depot and cabaret beer licenses. Councilman Coun-cilman Larson said that in his opinion several of the establishments establish-ments in question did not have orderly appearances, and he questioned whether there wasn't V ' i : I x . Alpine House, American Red Cross, Arthritis, Visually Handicapped Handi-capped Education Hour, Boy Scouts of America, 4-H, Diabetes, Dia-betes, Girl Scouts of U.A., Help, Inc., Mental Health Association, Multiple Sclerosis, Utah Valley Care and Training Center, Salvation Sal-vation Army, United Servicemen's Service-men's Organization, Utah County Blind Association, and American Cancer Society and Utah Heart Association in side by side cooperation co-operation where people are employed em-ployed in business, professions, government, industry, and agriculture. agri-culture. Installation Ceremonies Scheduled The Orem Chamber of Commerce Com-merce has scheduled its installation instal-lation banquet January 21. The New Year'sChamberofficers will be welcomed to their offices at this meeting which will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Tiffin RoomofZCMI. This year's meeting is expected ex-pected to be much shorter than those of previous years, according accord-ing to Chamber secretaryConnie Barker. There will be no President's Pres-ident's report given at the banquet, ban-quet, she said, because the events have been covered adequately in the monthly newsletter mailed to the Chamber members. Miss Orem, Ruth Smith, will entertain at the event with a guitar medley. Massage Parlor Charged With Prostitution The manager of Studio Massage, Mas-sage, 1476 S. State, Orem, has been charged with exploiting prostitution in his business. An investigation of the massage parlor has been underway for several months, according toDe-tective toDe-tective Sgt. Gerald Nielsen. The violation is alleged to have occurred between Nov. 1, 1974, and Jan. 6, 1975. Man Falls From Van A man from the Hidden Hollow Ho-llow Rest Home was injured when he fell from a van on State street in Orem Friday. Emerson Smith was riding in the vehicle along with others who were on their way to a local bowling alley. When the driver stopped at a red light, Mr. Smith assumed they had reached their destination and stood up. As the driver made a left turn, the man fell out of the van, receiving head and facial lacerations. The accident occurred about 9:15 a.m. something that could be done to have them cleaned up. After some discussion of means whereby they could compel the owners to improve im-prove the looks of their establishments, establish-ments, the Council approved the applicants with the stipulation that improvements would be stipulated stip-ulated for future renewals of licenses. In regard to one particular application, Police Chief James A. Simmons reported to the Council Coun-cil that it had been found that the manager of the establishment establish-ment had had a second degree felony charge in 1956 where he had pled guilty. Under city or-diances or-diances a liciense cannot be given to a person who has been found guilty of a felony charge, Chief Simmons said. After some discussion, dis-cussion, and some specific inquires in-quires of the manager's character, charac-ter, to which Chief Simmons had no answers or knowledge, the Council decided that thev could not function. "The Council can't take action if they doni meet the ordinance," said one Councilman. Coun-cilman. Mayor James E. Man-gum Man-gum noted that the matter was apparently out of the Council's interest, and needed no further action from them. "We shouldn't put ourselves in a position of bending over backwards," the Mayor said. Kevis Watts Development met with the Council and discussed the proposed pump station for sewerage which is planned for the area in Carterville over the Orem hill in the south-east area of the city. After the needs, costs, and necessary actions for Orem City to take were outlined out-lined and discussed, Councilman Harley Gillman said there must be some way to avoid the tre-: mendous costs and hardships of pumping sewerage up the hill from Carterville into Orem. Councilman Gillman said that Provo City should onceaainbe approached on the matter, and even if the money proposed for the project were given to Provo to improve their system, it would probably be more desirable than present proposals. Mr. Watts did outline a proposal on costs he proposed to share and appropriate approp-riate with the City, but after considerable con-siderable discussion, Councilman Coun-cilman RoyWalkersaidtheywere still world's apart. A motion was passed to send a committee to meet with Provo City to discuss the possibility, in relationship to cost factors, of having Provo service the area in question. Assistant City Manager Barry Bartlett outlined recommendation recommen-dation uses for Title G SETA money which will shortly become available to the city under a new federal program to curtail the unemployment lists. Under the SETA program, approximately $341,000 will be come to the Mountainlands Association to be used for the employment of public pub-lic service individuals. The amounts which will come specifically specifi-cally to Utah County and Orem have not yet been determined, Mayor Mangum pointed out. Approximately Ap-proximately twice the coming amount will again be coming from SETA in March, it was stated. Mayor Mangum pointed out that SETA money will come: to the city as a short term program pro-gram to take care of an emergency. emer-gency. The money is not being allocated for permanent positions, po-sitions, he emphasized. Councilman Roy Walker maqe a motion that directed the City Manager to place in priority six firmen positions for the proposed pro-posed money use, and to have the City Manager give. a basis for other positions to the Council, proceeding in the meantime on the notion that the program is for the short term employment of individuals with the city. The motion passed unanimously. City Attorney Frank Butter-field Butter-field outlined a bonding complication compli-cation that the city is involved with on a development by Carl Clegg in a northeast section of the city. The problems concern the question of who is responsible respon-sible to install sidewalks and paving on some house lots. After discussion, the Council consented to release a $1,200 bond to Carl Clegg, with the stipulation that the improvments on tne lots installed by either Clegg or the estates of Anderson and Stratton within the time limit of six months after the bond release, regardless of trial or court delays. de-lays. Councilman Harley GUI-man GUI-man was alone in voting against the motion. A Scheduled Public Hearing on Orem's Subdivision Ordinance was cancelled for Tuesday's Council meeting. The hearing was re-scheduled for January 28 at 8:00 p.m. Recommendations Recommenda-tions from the Planning Commission Com-mission to consider a rail-road right-of-way was also rescheduled, re-scheduled, and will be on next weeks agenda. |