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Show From The "" 1 4 I ' i t i - t f i I ,. I, ft .' .. If s ".JA-S 11 'i' "i 4 - - 'it '" '"'' -T'W f . I , - ' ! ,f P -.' ;: : ! ft ---jr . '.r V . ... History Buried At Alpine Cemetery ( Continued from Front Page ) graves, five in a row, on the windswept hill. Diphtheria outbreaks also occurred in Highland and the American Fork Canyon mining towns, but Alpine old-timers old-timers say they know what caused their epidemic in 1877. A visiting Salt Lake girl swapped her gum with local children, which was a common childhood practice in the last century. The girl later came down with the disease, and shortly afterwards so did the Alpine children. "I understand that Ephraim's wife never got over the loss of her children, although they had others," says Jenny. One thing you won't find on Flag Hill are murderers, strangers or suicide victims. Those graves were once isolated from the main burial plots for social reasons. Not even Lee Clark from nearby Cove Fort could be buried on the hill because he was a Presbyterian. Presby-terian. "It sounds cruel," says Jenny, "but it was a practice common to that time." Jenny remembers the tolling of the bells for funeral processions when she was a girl early in this century. "It was different than when the bells were rung for church," says Jenny. "The tolling was a steady even knell, like the beat of a mournful funeral march." Jenny became involved with the cemetery in the early 1960's when she was elected as the city's first coun-cilwoman. coun-cilwoman. She discovered that cemetery records were first started 34 years after the original pioneers were first buried - and nobody kept records of grave locations at all. "My brother-in-law Silas Bennett began drawing cemetery maps with grave locations in the 1940's," says Jenny. "He and my sister asked visiting relatives on Memorial Days for information about the graves." That helped alot. Before Bennett was appointed sexton, Hans Olsen, who supervised burials, was supposed to have known all the grave locations, but Olsen died in 1934 - and he ne-.er recorded the information. Jenny's task of sorting out city hall cemetery records proved to be as difficult as Bennett's was in drawing grave locations. "In 1884 the city took a census of the cemetery, but somehow households gave the names of their entire families instead of just their dead," says Jenny. "You'd think someone would have corrected the error, because the town's population was less than 300 and everybody was related. But nobody did, and by the time I got to the records. Confused About LANDSCAPING You Need A... Master Plan (For you or ui to follow.) Why wander aimlessly only to achieve parts, bits, & pieces when you can have professional assistance (MASTER PLAN) in coordinating ideas, colors, textures, bldg materials ond landscaping to create a warm welcome mood with a good "TOTAL OVER ALL EFFECT." Your own personal MASTER PLAN will: be a unique & special design for your particular home save your time & money in the long run. let design work for you, solve problems, & bring out your good taste. enable you to benefit from our education, training & experience To better understand how we may help you, call for an appointment to analyze & evaluate your situation. 756 "05 fa Front Page it was a mess. It took me a long time to figure out the problem." Today there are still many graves on the hill which will never be identified -or even marked with a headstone. Bulldozers, fires and time have wiped out any hopes for ident if ication. You can read about the history of the Alpine cemetery -- and just about any other subject concerning the city of Alpine -- when Jenny Wild's book. HisiHiy of lljiiiH; is published this summer. Harvey Named Citizen-Free Citizen-Free Press Publisher (Continued from Front Pagei Quarterly several weeks ago. Three more journal articles are being prepared for possible publication in the near future. "I plan to utilize my scientific background to demonstrate to local businesses why the Newtah publications represent their best advertising ad-vertising buy in North Utah County," says Harvey. "We will be able to demonstrate rather easily that our advertising commands more than twice the local readership as the Daily Herald and more actual readership than the Shoppers Guide. "Besides that, money spent locally can multiply itself several times over as it is passed from one business to another and through local business employees, as well. Also, each time the money is spent, sales taxes are collected and used to keep local property taxes low and the quality of services high," Harvey points out. Stansfield will be establishing himself in one of the highest growth areas in the state. Effects from energy development and the probable deployment of the MX missile system should lead to a fairly rapid doubling of the Cedar City population. "I grew up in Utah County and always wanted to have my own home here. We have made very good friends and have had some wonderful experiences. ex-periences. Nevertheless, opportunity requires some sacrifices, and we are looking forward to the new opportunities op-portunities awaiting us in Southern Utah," says Stansfield. "Ken (Harvey) has been my right hand man, as we have established the Newtah corporation here in North Utah County. I have no doubts about his ability to fulfill the business's potential, and Ken always works hard in using his professional skills to serve others and to better the community overall." Stansfield concludes. - - Water Improvement r ' Plan Passes 8:1 (Continued from Front Paget each water user's bill per month. A charge will be assessed lor using over 6000 gallons, as well. Besides the bonding, and the water users' increased payments, the Utah State Training School will help pay for the new system in exchange lor sharing the system's storage. Interest on the bonds will bring an additional $75,000. according to Kichard Christensen. representative for Burrow. Smith & Company - bonding agents for the city. Money saved by eliminating the pump and the accompanying maintenance costs tor the pump, will also help pay for the new changes. This system is not a new item for the city council. Once in 1968 and again in 1972 city councils agreed that such changes in the system were needed. However, slate and federal departments required that the city put sewage collection and waste water improvements as a higher priority. Individual voting districts were consolidated for this vote. Polling places and overall tallies were divided into four general districts. District No 1. representing citizens in the west part of town, came in with 187 votes for. 27 votes against. District No 2. basically the south side, voted 139 for. 20 against. District No 3. the east side and including pan of the Nob Hill section, called in 214 voles for. 21 votes against. District No 4. having the lightest voter turnout. the north side of the city, counted 73 voted for. 9 against. Officially. Ihe votes will be counted at the next city council regular session. June 24. starlingal 7:3op.m. Robbery Suspect Arrested A 21 year-old Sandy man has been arrested as a suspect in connection with the Sunday robbery of I"1' American Fork Seven Eleven store. Police Chief Boyd K. Adams said charges were expected to be filed Wednesday. Adams said the roblx-iy was solved through the cooperation of detectives of the Draper Police Department. The 7-11 Store in American Fork was robbed Sunday morning, according l' reports of the American Fork Police. Police Chief Boyd K. Adams said a man came into the store about 5 a.m.. banishing a small revolver at Ihe clerk, and telling her a friend of his was across the street pointing a shotgun at her. The robber apparently lelt the scene on foot, with occupants of a car coming in shortly alter saying they saw someone lilting the description walking south on Third East. An undisclosed amount of money was taken from Ihe till, officers said. The robber was described as white, male, about 22 23 years of age. 5'7" tall. 140 pounds, light brown shoulder length hair, wearing a brown vest and no shin He was latooed. with a heart on the upper righi arm. The word " love" was above the heart, and the word "hurt" below it. Firemen Have Busy Weekend The Lehi Volunteer Fire Department Depart-ment was kept busy this past weekend as they answered three calls. According Ac-cording to Chief Max Hay. none of the blazes caused a great loss. Chief Kay cautioned residents that the hot weather is approaching and urged everyone to use caution as they start fires lor any reason. Also winds have been prevalent and can fan a small fire into a large one. .mezugan Wok WORKS The Chamber of Commerce presents some more of the many local businesses which are available to provide you with goods and services. Give them a chance to serve you. Shop in American Fork where your dollars will help support our local economy. 0 c J W (( I ( Ihh t II HZ ti lit ( (MM lit I C McDonalds 405 E. St. St. Holley Auto 297 W. Main Surplus Store 500 W. Main Erma's House of Beauty 574 E. Main Estate Planning Assoc. 53 E. Main Fogle Red-E-Mix 99 S. 700 E. Gordon Studio 60 E. 300 N. Hanson Bros. Basement 375 Orchard Ave. Ike's Roofing & Insulation 687 E. 875 N. John's Towing 539 N. 800 E. Janae's Beauty Salon 139 S. 100 E. Joy Char Co. 97 N. 100 W. Loni's Beauty Shop 753 N. 350 E. Lonny's Cabinetree 740 E. Main Glen Huggard Plumbing 380 S. 400 E. Lewis Electric 34W.200 N. Little Giant Industries 31 So. 100 W. Lynch Barber Shop 182 N. 100 W. Mike's Husky 509 E. St. Rd. Marv's Electric 59 E. Main Merry Pop-Ins Child Care 55E.400 N. McKay's Auto Repair 63 E. Main Patten Electric 43 E. Park Peterson Drain Service 296 W. 500 N. B'sTees 261 E. 100 N. Benson's Bolt 1175 East Main Bromley Egg Farm Route 1 American Fork Clinic 95 E. 200 N. American Fork Hospital 350 E. 3rd N. Kentucky Fried Chicken 439 E. St. Rd. Lillies Shop 55 E. Main Larson, Dennis & Co. 122 N. Center Mountain Bell 85 N. Merchant Mountain Fuel 55 S. 100 E. Robinson Sporting Goods 44 W. Main Savage Brothers Inc. 585 S. 500 E. Shirl's Klip N' Kurl Korral 560 W. St. Rd. Utah Power & Light 51 E. Main Alpine To Hold Hearings Three public hearings are scheduled l"r Tuesday night, June 24. starting at 8 P m. in the Alpine City Hall for citizen input on budget matters. Last year's budget will be reopened, revenue Quiring funds will be discussed, and the 19K0 81 budget will be presented. Alpine City faces no financial problems because the council has Mlnued a conservative fiscal policy ami no new employees have been hired, according to Mayor Don Christiansen. We needed to hire someone to help Hill Dcvoy. our superintendent of city services, but we didn't," said Mayor Christiansen. "There was no question an assislant was needed because Bill is overworked, but there was not enough money in the budget for another employee em-ployee on the city, payroll without raising the mill levy." The c ity has two full time employees: Hill Devey and Police Chief Brent Lcseherg. Part-lime workers include City Recorder Kmily Beck, Klaine lievey as treasurer, two policemen, a stenographer, a grounds assistant and a dog catcher. Because of the purchase of a used IBM Systems-32 computer, the city has lot needed to hire new office help. The computer cuts down utility billing by one-third. Although building permits are down 'only lour permits were issued the first two quarters of this yean and the lederal government may cut off revenue sharing checks. Alpine city services will not be affected if either is cut oil . This is because the city does not Use money from building permits or revenue sharing lor day-to-day services. ser-vices. "We use money from developers and revenue sharing checks for one lime capital improvements like our bridge-sidewalk bridge-sidewalk project." said Mayor Christiansen. This year, the mill levy will remain relatively unchanged -- unlike last year when the city raised the mill levy from 7 3 mills to 13.0 mills because ol a court case outlawing a 1.5 percent impact lee the city charged developers before building permits were issued The lical year budget tor 1!HU-K1 has been decided upon - all except for the 1 1 re a nd pol ice depa rt ment s . "Negotiations with the police and lire departments will ailed the budget by perhaps 10 percent." said Mayor Christiansen. FOR YOU (2 459 STffTERD. fi M. FORK, UT. i 4 n l 3 LARGE WHITE BREAD 1 L0T10H COCA BUDGET PACKM. CUT UP MEAT ( PIES J I I. : ;, ... COLAf h r 32 a KETCHUR Thursday, June 19X0 The Citizen Page 3 M 1mv O V7 i uu muv MM llllll Ml S. ' EIITRHIK UUITED taiiTomia uesigner to) PRICES EFFECTIVE JUNE 19th, 20th & 2 1st, 1900 |