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Show Thursday, September 16, 2004 Times Newspaper TIMES Submit a Guest Editorial or Opinion at our office, located locat-ed at 538 South State in Orem. Deadlines are Monday 10:00 a.m. All submissions are subject to editing for length, and The Orem-Geneva Times reserves the right to publish or not to publish a submission. o Dimon Page A2 COM MENTARY & Q Central Utah Water Conservancy District to hold public meeting for recommendations Ontnil Utah Water Conservancy District will hold a public meeting September 23, 2004 at 7 p.m. in the board room of t he Dist rict headquarters at .'if)') West University I 'ark way in Orem. The purpose pur-pose of the meeting is to receive comments on the preliminary recommendations recommenda-tions of the Prioritization Committee regarding implementation of certain water conservation projects through the Water Conservation Credit 1'rogram (Credit Program -Section 207), as well as comments com-ments on the funding recommendations rec-ommendations for projects under the Local Development Option Section 20f5 programs. The District will make every effort to make this meeting accessible to disabled dis-abled attendees. Please contact con-tact the District at the above address or call (801) 226-7100 with any special needs or requests at least three days before the meeting. meet-ing. Copies of the preliminary recommendations are available avail-able at the District's office ( if you would like a copy sent to you vial mail or fax, please call 801-226-7144). Public comment on the recommendations rec-ommendations will be accepted for 30 days, from September 24 until October 26, 2003. Written comments may be sent to the address above anytime during that time period. Beautification Awards September On behalf of the Orem City Council, the Beautification commission would like to recognize the following individuals individu-als in Orem for their contribution to the city in their efforts to make Orem more enjoyable for all of us. Elaine Parker Dave and Jcannie White Janette and Richard Dalley Mike and Caren Conner Brian and Kira Newman Laurel Nunley .Joe and Ramona Hillman Bob and Janae Church .John and Lynne LaBare Frank and Colleen Morgan Robert and Laurie Clegg David O'Brien Business Central Bank The Beautification Commission would also like to thank the following business for their support of the Yard of the Month awards: Cook's Farm and Greenhouse Freeway Gardens Sun River Gardens Vineyard Garden Center The Orem-Geneva Times 538 South State Street Orem, UT 84058 An edition of The Daily Herald, Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. Subscriptions & Delivery 375-5103 News & Advertising 225-1340 Fax 2251341 E-mail oremtimesnetworld.com USPS 411-711. Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc., 538 South State Street, Orem, Utah 84058. Periodicals postage paid at Orem, Utah 84059. Postmaster: Send address changes to P.O. Box 65, Orem, UT 84059. 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Your Being is Benign! You're terribly Terrific and You Shine! HOMELESS "It's hard to be homeless," the old woman said. "It's hard to be hungry, without any bread. The trauma of living out here on the street Is mournful at mealtimes, with nothing to eat. Can anyone think, I was always this poor? On the contrary, once, I was quite well to do, With a husband and children: a bank account, too! Mv life was a blessing of hearth and of home, With the freedom to travel to Paris and Rome. The delicacies, which they placed on my plate, Were delicious to dine and to appreciate. But, my husband was killed in a vicious attack By a robber, who shot him, three times in the back. I saw my man die and was never the same, So, I lost all of my family, and even my name!" "When the hospital certified liealing complete,' They released me to forage and freeze on the street. With a bag and a cart, I collect cans and coal To recycle and warm me in some hidden hole; For no one will care, when you're homeless and old: Without family and friends, without money or gold. When a viaduct meal is the best you can get, And you sleep in an alley, all smelly and wet." "Yes, it's hard to be homeless," the old woman sighed, Rejected and wretched, the moment she died. I I '. " u-.ii , 00&' I , I - t rzrf u 1 1 1 iL3Lrv Jim 1 I jn i irt I i I i ina H r fit " Orem-Geneva Times 538 South State Orem 225-1340 Fax: 225-1341 Kirk Parkinson 225-1340 Publisher kparkinsonheraldexrra.com Russ Presrwich 225-1340 General Manager rprestwichheraldextra.com Landon Olson 225-1340 Editor lolsonheraldextra.com DAILY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. Robert King 225-1340 Art director IT rkingheraldextra.com Sydney Walker 225-1340 Office Manager ssumnerheraldextra.com From 1943 through half of 1946, a prisoner of war camp operated in North Orem. Hollis Scott, a former Orem resident, researched some of the details of the camp. The five-acre camp was located on a five-acre tomato toma-to patch owned by James G. Stratton, south of the present Canyon View Junior High School, between 750 and 500 East, and 850 and 950 North. It was first occupied by Japanese from the Topaz Relocation Camp near Delta, then later by Italians (who built a strong high-wire security fence around the area), and finally by German POWs, numbering from 250 to 400 at different times. The camp proved a real blessing to the entire agricultural agri-cultural area, because of the labor shortage. After the war got underway, school kids were recruited to help with the fruit harvest (Orem was the largest fruit-producing fruit-producing area in the county). The students would work in the fields in the morning and start school later in the day. High school football schedules were even adjusted so that some of the players could help on the farms. Even store clerks sometimes volunteered volun-teered to help with the fruit harvest and other farm work. Even then, it was difficult to obtain labor. LeRoy Johnson, of the Utah County Farm Labor Association, helped guide the erection and operation of the camp. Governor Herbert Maw facilitated the forming of the camp and attended its grand opening. The camp consisted of three rows of barracks, a root cellar, a kitchen and mess hall, and an office building. Four tent cabins augmented the barracks. The camp commanding officer's building was on the west side of the camp. A big stretch of the Stratton farm was utilized as a soccer field. The German prisoners were captives from the North African campaign. When they were employed in the camp, they earned 80 cents a day, paid in coupons that could only be used in the camp commissary. commis-sary. A meager lunch wasn't always enough to allow the prisoners to do the hard work. Some farmer's wives supplemented the lunches with soup or chile and rolls. Beatrice Gappmayer Pyne recalls that her father, Roy, befriended one of the prisoners, Kurt Krieger, and wrote to his family in Germany after the war. Roy and his wife later even visited the Kriegers in Germany; and some of the Krieger grandchildren visited vis-ited Beatrice and her family many years later. One Orem resident recalls seeing one of the prisoners pris-oners in the Springville rollerskating rink one night. That was about as far as any of the prisoners got away from the camp. Glade Gillman said, "The Germans were not fast workers, but they were steady. I used sign language to instruct them. These were big men, some of them officers." Mike Peterson, formerly of Orem but now of Payson, added, "Two or three of the POWs wanted to hold our children. Tears would fill their eyes." The prisoners would say, "We didn't want to get into this war. Hitler did it." In 1946, the Germans returned to the camp and did a little more work. By the end of July, all the POWs from the Utah area were either en route to their homeland, or were already there. One prisoner said that if the U.S. were ever again involved in a war with Germany and he were captured, he sure would like to come back to Utah and be interned in a camp like Orem's. If you'd like to help out with the Orem Veterans Oral History Project, phone Don Norton, 225-8050. After the war, the camp for years housed migrant Mexican and Indian workers. Some conscientious objectors were also housed in the camp. By 1971, most of the buildings had been torn down; three caught fire. f " '- s, p -r . w . jr . Pit! jiii p- Si Eh in 1 ilH j , . i 1 j zzr : 1 in POOR |