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Show .f. if- r 44 f U.S. Postal Service Fights Mail Fraud r: : 1 ' J -www V 1 .... -jr . t' - ' 1 W " The all-time champion protector pro-tector of consumers is the U.S." Postal Service, Orem Postmaster Post-master Clyde E. Weeks told a group of students visiting the post office this week. Mr. Weeks said that the post office has been protecting consumers con-sumers for over 100 years, or since the first mail fraud statute was passed. "No other government agency One auvertisea mat Tombstone Cemetery in Arizona was about to become a subdivision. "Save the cemetery from the bulldozer and own a piece of American history,' he advertised. He offered deeds to small portions por-tions of the cemetery: one-quarter one-quarter inch pieces. Fraud schemes can run from dollar solicitations to millions. And the bilkers. Mr. Weeks said. through pills and potions. "We have been eminently successful suc-cessful with our two-pronged attack on the gyppers and the con artists who use the mails Mr. Weuks said. "We not only have protected the public to a large extent, but we have also helied legitimate mail order houses, who depend upon public confidence in mail order buying. This is important to all of us, so we can take advantage of the great convenience con-venience offered by mail order purchasing." Nat'l President Orem-Ceneva Times May 8. 1975 has been at it so long he said, keep up with new fads and styles. A d fl T P S s P S P T A n. uiai,. c-oiH For example fu-n wnnln a'cra "uuiWDi)l,i) I IM ULU IllUUtll, H. CCR3 S3am, - " v. fwriv foe Postal Inspection Service and "dieted in a midwestern city the Consumer Protection Division Divi-sion of the PostalServices'sLaw Department successfully ter minate case after case of WV for advertising collectors' comic books. They collected the money but never sent the books. "But it isn't always easy to scrupulous bilking of innocent Pfove 'intent to defraud Mr. 1 j ft ' ! .1 STUDENT COUNCIL member for the next year are pictured above, left to right: Dal Hill, Steve Best, Leona Henry, Loree Bascom Row two: Debbie Okerland, Toni Dart, Garth Christensen Row Three: Carla. Gourdin. OHS 1975-76 Officers Chosen Orem High School recently elected Dal Hills, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Hills to serve ' as Studentbody President for 1975-76. Other officers are: Vice President Steve Best, Secreatry, Leona Henry, Historian Loree Bascom, Business Manager Garth Christensen, Program Chairman Debbie Okerlund, Pep Commissioner Toni Dart, and Publicity Chairman Carla Gourdin. Gour-din. The officers will be involved in-volved in planning next years activities which include the Bicentennial Bi-centennial Celebration and school assemblies and activities. Lincoln Deacon The award film was shownWed-nesday. shownWed-nesday. Only those who didn't have any suggestion tickets the second semester could attend. The good students look forward to this all year. Everone had a really fun time. Alpine day this year had to be changed from Tuesday the 6th to Thursday the 9th due to the fantastic weather we've been having. So Thursday is the day when all the school's in the Alpine Al-pine District go to Orem Junior to compete in track and field and tennis. Alpine day is probably the highlight high-light of everyone's school year. It is one of the more fun events all year. Citizens of the week are: 7th, Bruce Smith, 8th, Roberto Rey; 9th, Julie Hudson. FFA Installs New Officers Kurt Bunnell, the new president presi-dent of the Orem HighSchool FFA Chapter, was installed in ceremonies cere-monies held at the organization's annual banquet. Vice president for the coming year is Dave Dewey, with Rob Farrer as secretary, sec-retary, PaulCarter as treasurer, Brad Scott as reporter, and John Morgan as sentinel. The installation was held April 25, with the parliamentary procedure pro-cedure team giving a demonstration demonstra-tion to start the evening. This team placed first in the area and fourth in the state. The keynote speaker was Dr. Leon Orme, head of the Animal Science department at BYU, and he discussed the setting of goals in agriculture. Foundation awards were presented pre-sented to the following: Kurt Bunnell, forhissevendairycows; Stan Orme for his prize pigs; J.D. Bussio, for his project in agricultural mechanics; and Keven Bladder, who has earned $2500 this year in agribusiness. Kurt Bunnell won the Star Chapter Farmer for his dairy work and James Bishop won the Star Greenland Award for his dairy project. Tim Scott won the leadership award for service to the chapter. STEREO TAKEN Orem police report that a ste-rreo ste-rreo was taken from the apartment of Richard Jensen, 155 S. 1200 W. Orem. 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Tee-ball registration will be held on May 14, 1975 at the Orem City Center from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. All eight and nine-year nine-year elementary students whode-sire whode-sire to play need to (1) bring a parent to the City Center and register re-gister and (2) give the name of the elementary school that he attends. Anyone living in Orem or is bused to an Orem elementary elemen-tary school may register. Tee-ball is a program where there are no pitcher. The ball is put into play by hitting the ball from a baseball tee. Last year the Tee-ball program was very successful. It provided excitment and fun for spectators as well as participants. Many times the final score resulted with both teams having scored more than 30 points! Thi s year the program pro-gram looks to be even more successful. suc-cessful. Tee-ball is part of the SCERA summer recreation program pro-gram and directed by the SCERA Baseball Committee with John Bolla acting as director of the Tee-ball program. Cancer Claims Mildred Richins Mildred "Millie LaVern Sims Richins, 68, 695 S. 560 E. passed pass-ed away Wednesday at the Utah Valley Hospital of cancer. She was born Jan. 16, 1907 in Lehi, to Thomas H. and Malis- sa P. Gurney Sims. She married Leo Richins Sept. 30, 1926 in Salt Lake City. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. She attended school in Lehi and lived inWestwood. Calif, shortly after her marriage until 1944 when she came back to Orem where she has lived since. She was active in all the ladies auxiliary organizations of the LDS Church. She had been a pink lady at the Utah Valley Hospital for over 15 years. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and an active member of the Kalon Ladies Club. Surviving are her husband, of Orem, one daughter, Char la Jean, Orem, five brothers and two sisters: Thomas W. Sims, Quin-cey, Quin-cey, Calif., L. Glen Sims, Yuba, Yu-ba, Calif., Don A. and Elmer Sims, both of Provo, George A. Sims, Salt Lake City. Mrs. Nick (Emma) Damjanovich, Cresent, Utah, Mrs. Wesley (Mabel) Ains-tforth, Ains-tforth, Sandy. Funeral services will be Saturday Satur-day 11 a.m. at the Orem 13th Ward chapel, 641 S. 400 E, Friends may call at theSundberg Mortuary from 8 to 10 p.m. and at the church prior to services. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. Thirza Riding Johnson Funeral services for Thirza Riding Johnson, 86, 656 N. 1200 W., Orem, will be today at 11 a.m. in the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary. Friends may call prior to serv ices. Mrs. Johnson died May 5. of causes Incident to aee. She was born Sept. 9, 1888 in Panguitch, Garfield County, to Alfred Hale and Mary Elenor Hall Riding. She married Samuel S. Johnson on May 18, 1911 in Panguitch and the marriage was solemnized later in the Manti LDS Temple. He died March 23, 1967. Survivors include six sons and two daughters, S. Rell Johnson, Spanish Fork; Vard Johnson, Ben Johnson and Keith Johnson, all of Orem; Nile Johnson, Theron Johnson and Mrs. C. Glenn (Zen-na) (Zen-na) Boyer, all of American Fork and Mrs. Harold K. (Onna) Williamson, Wil-liamson, Provo; 44 grandchildren; grandchild-ren; 62 great-grandchildren; two great - great - grandchildren; one brother and one sister, Joseph F. Riding, Provo, and Mrs. Charlie (Dessie) Goulding, OrderviUe, Kane County. Burial was in the Provo City Cemetery. consumers consumers iea astray by false advertising or by outrageous schemes to collect money without sending merchandise. merchan-dise. Last year alone, he added, the Postal Service succeeded in discontinuing dis-continuing 5,373 fraudulent promotions of one kind or another. ano-ther. The Postal Service has two major weapons to use against bilkers the mail fraud statute and the false representation statute, sta-tute, both dating back to 1872, Mr. Weeks said. He cited numerous instances of faul fraud. persons soliciting phony magazine maga-zine subscriptions, as well as one man who was charged with soliciting so-liciting advance fees from brides-to-be for wedding invitations. invi-tations. Some of the con men, Mr. Weeks said, have proved to be imaginative in their schemes. Weeks said, "and now we move into a grayer area: that of false representation." "The false representation re-presentation law is the tear gas of the Postal Service's arsenal, Mr. Weeks said. "It puts fraud dealers out of business, often before the scheme can take effect." Here's how it works" "If we can show that an advertisement advertise-ment falsely represents a product pro-duct or service, a 'mail -stop' order is issued. Once such an order is issued, the receiving post office holds up all mail to These involved e address covered by the letter. Any uiau mat mates to ineiaise representation scheme is returned re-turned to the sender, Mr. Weeks said. The types of products that sometimes come under fire are miracle weight-loss schemes, the purchase of sex appeal in a jar, or those that claim sexual performance can be improved Paul Dunn ana National PTA President Lily Herndon addressed addres-sed members of the Utah Congress Con-gress of PTA Saturday. The theme of the conventionwas community com-munity involvement. An Orem resident, Mrs. Eldon G (Monta Rae) Jeppson, was presented pre-sented with an honorary life membership. Elder Dunn stressed how community com-munity involvement serves tc strengthen home, school, church and neighborhood for the advantage advan-tage of children and youth. He noted that the PTA should be involved with the total environment environ-ment of children. Pocket end up (3 LI UTAH O OFFICE SUPPLY 748 South State-Orem 225-9529 69 East Center, Provo 373-2430 191 South Haiti, SprlngvKU 439-7469 P. 1255 S STATl. 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