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Show History Recalled For American Fork Stake SS'i.' i.n. J ft:: The Citizen - Thursday, October 8. 1 981 - Page A-8 ; In preparing the 1; history for the ' dedication of the new American Fork West LDS Stake center and Seventh Ward, it was interesting to note the history of the stake -and the forming of the many area stakes from the pioneer beginning. The Alpine Stake came into existence January 13, 1901 at a quarterly conference at the Utah Stake in Provo, according to historical information researched by Evelyn Wimmer, stake public communications com-munications director. At that time, the Utah Stake was divided into three stakes with the Alpine Stake taking in the northern part of all Utah County. Stephen L. Chipman was chosen as president of the Alpine Stake with James H. Clark and Abel John Evans as his counselors. Charles G. Patterson was stake clerk. The new stake consisted of seven wards - American Fork Ward, Lehi Ward, Pleasant Grove Ward, Lindon Ward, Manila Ward, Alpine Ward and Cedar Valley Ward. On July 14, 1901, the American Fork ward was divided into iha First, Second, Third and Fourth Wards. The presidency of the Alpine Stake stood intact in-tact for 27 years when the Alpine Stake was divided into three stakes - the Alpine, the Lehi, and the Timpanogos Stakes. The re organization took place on July 1, 1928, with Clifford E. Young named as president of the Alpine Stake. Earl S. Greenwood and Jesse M. Walker were his counselors and Eli J. Clayson, stake clerk. The new Alpine Stake took in the four American Fork Wards and Alpine and Highland Wards. Church membership as of December 31, 1930, was 4,730, including 1,070 children. Fourteen years passed before the stake presidency was reorganized. Jesse M. Walker was sustained as president on January 25, 1942, with Leo Meredith and Delbert Chipman as his counselors. coun-selors. They served until April 10, 1949, when Edward Burgess was made president, with Delbert Chipman and Phil D. Jensen as counselors. A.B. Allen was sustained as stake clerk. Alpine Stake was divided on May 12, 1963 and the American Fork Stake came into being. Seven of the existing 12 wards went into the new stake, including the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh. Stanley D. Roberts was the new president with Fred Bowen and D'Monte Coombs as counselors and Cecil R. Hansen as stake clerk. Neal Savage was sustained president of the American Fork Stake May 5, 1974, with Glen A. Rhodes and Cecil R. Hansen as counselors. Perry D. Goodliffe was sustained as stake clerk and Carl L. Young, executive secretary. J.R. Jolley was sustained as a counselor to President Savage December 12, 1976, when Cecil R. Hansen was sustained as stake patriarch. On September 23, 1979, J.R. Jolley was sustained as the stake president with Roger Farley and Richard Mecham as counselors and Brent L. Milne stake clerk. Sterling Harris was named executive secretary. Seventeen years after the American Fork Stake was organized, it was divided and the new American Fork West Stake created. The date was December 14, 1980, and Brent L. Milne was sustained as stake president. His counselors coun-selors were Richard W. Mecham and Stanford J. Reid. Finch M. Bingham was named stake clerk and Grant Fredrickson, executive secretary. Of the existing 11 wards in the American Fork Stake, five went to the new stake - the Third, Seventh, Tenth, Sixteenth and Twenty-Third. Twenty-Third. Church membership mem-bership of the new American Fork West Stake was 2,896 as of June 30, 1981. Country School Legacy; Humanities On The Frontier At the turn of the century the United States had 200,000 one-room schools, but now only a thousand are still in operation. Utah has followed the same trend; now one and two room schools are found in isolated communities com-munities like Garrison and Park Valley. The only exception is the two room school in Cedar Fort in Utah County. Recently, however, there has been a movement back to some of the ideals of the small school. Parents and educators have encouraged a return to the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic; private schools which combine several grades in one classroom and home school have also become more popular. In an attempt to better understand the historic themes and how they relate to the contemporary issues, the Mountain Plains Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities have put together a traveling community program "Country Sch ' Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier." The programs are free and include an exhibit, a 56 page booklet, and a 25 minute color film. The film includes the reenactment of a one room c' ssroom and discusses rentention of teachers, and the expense ex-pense of maintaining a school with less than a dozen pupils. The exhibit will be on display at the Provo City Library from September 21 to September Sep-tember 26. The film will be shown each night at 5. On Tuesday, September 22 and Wednesday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. a special seminar will be held to discuss Country Schools. After the film, Jessie L. Embry, Oral History Program Director at the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young Unversity and the Utah Humanist Scholar for the project will lead a discussion about the role of the country school in Utah. She will be assisted by a panel of retired rural school teachers and people who attended country schools : Elma Johnson, Gladys Hooks Stephensen, and Lela de St. Joer of Provo, and Mary Carson of Orem. Mrs. Decker will bring toys and dolls of the period. Former school teachers and pupils of rural schools, families and community members, especially those with school-age children are invited to come and celebrate the rich educational heritage symbolized by the Country School Legacy. The seminar will be held in the Provo City Library. Because of limited space, reservations are suggested and can be made by calling the library Employers Sleep Well Under 'Blanket' Fidelity Bonds Employee theft, be it fraud, embezzlement em-bezzlement or forgery, is a growing problem faced by the business community. Each year, nearly 350,000 persons are arrested for these crimes, according to FBI statistics. Motives for crimes are as different as the people who commit them. Some do it for revenge, others to support their gambling habits, or their extravagant styles of living. The culprit could be a stock clerk who pilfers the company inventory or the corporate executive who has access to company funds. But one fact holds true for all businesses. There is no immunity from the threat of a dishonest employee. em-ployee. This makes fidelity bonding a necessary business insurance coverage, the Insurance Information Institute explains. Fidelity bonds, which are also known as "honesty insurance," take the sting out of these financial losses, says the Institute. The bonding company will pay the employer for his loss up to the stated amount on the bond. "Honesty insurance" involves three parties: the employer (who's the insured); the employee (whose honesty is guaranteed by the bond), and the bonding company. Businessmen should contact an insurance representative to determine deter-mine the size and type of fidelity bond they need. The Institute notes there are five different types of fidelity bonds. The first is the Individual Bond which is geared toward the small business with only a couple of employees. em-ployees. It covers one emnlovw who is named on the bond for a stipulated amount. Other employees cannot be added or covered under this bond. If an employee quits and is replaced, a bond in the name of the new employee must be written. The second type of coverage is called the Name Schedule Bond. Each employee is listed by name next to the amount for which he is bonded. The names and the amounts on the bond can be changed by informing the bonding company and obtaining written permission from them. Next is the Position Schedule Bond. This covers the position held rather than the employee. If a person is hired to fill a position already listed on the bond, he is automatically covered. The fourth type of "honesty insurance" in-surance" is a Commercial Blanket Bond. It covers all company employees em-ployees and pays up to the limit stated on the bond regardless of how many employees are involved. Finally there is the Blanket Position Bond. Just like the Commercial Com-mercial Blanket Bond it covers all the employees of a company. The difference dif-ference is the Blanket Position Bond will pay the face value of the bond for each employee named in the crime. . If accompany has a $10,000 Blanket Position Bond and ten employees are named in a scheme that resulted in a $100,000 loss, the bonding company wul pay the full $100,000 or $10,000 for each employee that is identified. But if none of the employees involved can be identified, the fidelity company will pay only the stated amount of the bond. A3 V"U f "y jpV- L .f - We can't avoid it any longer! Subscription rates are going UP! As of November 1, 1981, yearly subscription rates to the American Fork Citizen will be $9.50. Protect yourself from the increase by subscribing or extending your current subscription r.cw. Ur!5) EE WAYS T SAVE! If you extend your subscription now 1. FREE MOVIE PA SSES Subscribe 2. 3. or renew now at today's low rates and well send you a free movie pass to Towne Cinemas for each year you subscribe. 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