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Show During my summers, as a child, when I spent a lot of time visiting with my aunt and uncle, I also became acquainted with the other children in the neighborhood. I remember stopping in, occasionally, at the Bun-home, Bun-home, where Mrs. Burr would give us kids cookies and glasses of cold lemon-aid. Little did I know then, that Mrs. Burr's husband was the Mayor of the Town at the time, and that, many years later, I would employ Ivan J. Burr as a rural carrier at the Orem Post Office! During those Depression years, many Orem citizens, who until that time, had been largely self-sustaining, self-sustaining, found themselves employed on construction projects, administered by the Work Projects Administration (W.P.A.) Perennial problems during the Depression years were delinquent water accounts. A number of residents were unable to pay their water bills, and as a result, in some instances, their water was turned off. It was during the Depression that Ivan J. Burr became employed by the Alpine School District as a school bus driver. When students, at times, became unruly on his bus, Ivan would maintain strict discipline. And he also was known to wait for late students, running down the lane to catch the bus. During Ivan J. Burr's second administration as Mayor of Orem from 1934 through 1935, Orem voters approved, by 95 to 3, a $34,000 water improvement program. The Orem Metropolitan Water Board was created on September 16, 1935, with Emery McKellip, B. M. Jolley and A.H. Christensen, appointed members. Also, during the Burr administration, the wood stave pipe water mains were replaced with cast iron water pipe. The sidewalk on the east side of State Street, extending from 800 North to 800 South, was also constructed. Two hundred acres of land, including Canyon Glen, were purchased by Orem Town, and subsequently traded to Provo City, in exchange for its half interest in a jointly-owned spring, After serving his four years as Mayor of Orem, Burr turned the reigns of government over to Emery McKellip, who had served with him on the Town Board of Trustees. Ever active in civic affairs, Ivan J. Burr served a term on the SCERA Board of Directors. He also served as President of the Orem Lions Club, as well as earning a 20-year perfect attendance recognition. Along with his other duties, he also sold brooms to help the blind, as part of his Lions Club work. Some time, after I was appointed Orem Postmaster ft '" H 1 ft v Y Kl H. I i If you own a small business, lake a close look at your most recent hank statement. ( ihanccs an- your "big" hank hil you with a minimum $50 analysis fee. Our monthly analysis fees an- always thr same zero. Thai's right, then' aren't any. Vic Itclicvc that if you build your business banking foundation with us. we should do-all that "analyzing" at no charge. Imagine that. A bank (hat docs what it should he doing anyway without charging you. ('.nine by and visit our Orem or Pleasant ,'rove office, U-i's shake bands and visit a minute. Sec w hy so many small business ow ners in I tali Count) arc switching from those big Itanks to Western Community Bank. Make mtr business iart of yours. Hi. J) i ittfffljilllfllfe Lower fees. Better service. Page 27 |