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Show n NUMBER 1!2 MM lonai nali tor otv itv Cniinni . isruss til LTIrn 1 T Ts-ntir -rrm . " 1 ' ' ; 7 . . .. $ ,du, wu ixecreat t-irovement of Old Church Aether With KwrUmt Hake Ward Clxapel IVofthe Best In State Total Cost To Esceed of the biggest chnrch buUdln in this city since ths erec-fTth. erec-fTth. Alpine Stake Tabernacle der,war la the Second S3 where" $40,000 -recreational 3. chapel to ally under Condon. Con-don. The eW 40x80 foot rec LtkmalUU united on the rear by trce, class rooms, hall. etc. with !, present chapel will make one of ZihVoatWlfol and ser- UaWe new styie uuf tt Provld.. F-r ward chapel, - 'irard lament center and ward office i ai (Ijm room nnlU which bare pro U to be the most successful type of j rtracture for the varied needs of a ) ii will be seen from Uw above 1 Retell of the r new building "when !' coopUteiUhe ward membera can (rulr be proud of this wonderful house of worship. It will have a inacious recreational hall on the ted, entrance back In the center and t Urfe chapel on the east aide. The chapel, of course, will be the present ' aurcb whicF wai te; remodeled and dinged to conform with the new ! recreational building. Besides the I two large sections the building will if coafala nine class rooms, bishop's f office, cloak rooms, kitchen and rest 'rooms. The latter two will be In tht basement along with an entirely new heating plant The class rooms will occupy the -second story and the bishop1! office the first floor just off from the entrance halls. . Itmatlonal Hall -- ' The big recreational hall will be fitted up Id the latest style with large stage, maple dancing floor and re-noTable re-noTable chairs. When desired the chairs can be stacked., on . rubber i heeled trucks and quickly . pushed out of light under the stage. Proper heating and lighting fixtures will be Installed throughout. Ckipd to be Eemodeled The present chapel will be remod-led remod-led and converted Into a beautiful I ' . ! i ' - ' - ' . . ...... t ... . ... . .. ! , : .. . . I If. " " ' kJ . '" .' Tfc , ' ,.77' " V - - r. Jf . ' ' 1 fS.. ... J'ttHl Important Business Jaiters v i0,,..awi., I NEW SECOND WARD L. D. S. CHAPEL A .0 RECREATIONAL HALL. John fj. Flrmage, successful J. C. Penney company store operator and donater of the above $30,000 recreat tional hall, was "born In American Fork December 19, 1884, the son of Mr. and Mrs. WUHam Flrmage, who CamrtcrT7taFTri8Srand'IS82 for thi L, D. 8. tlospel. John L. Firmage Is one of the most outstarMing- successes in our city and state in the mercantile business, haying hay-ing built up a chain of S4 J. C. Penney stores- before-therecent-conTersionr of individual stores into J. C. Penney stock. At present he Is one of the largest stock: owners in this nationwide nation-wide institution. John or. "Jack 'as he ia still familiarly known' to his countless friends, commenced his business career when 13 years of age as messenger boy for a. Wyoming coal company. At the age of 16 he was manager of one of their stores. Returning Re-turning to American Fork be entered the employment of the lacal Co-op. as manager of the dry goods depart- i i" t f i L JOHN L. FIRMAGE Donator of Recreational, Hall. ment, and In 1912 opened his first J. C. Penney company store here in the old Ingersoll building. From this small beginning he and his wife, Edna Chipman Firmage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, . Alphonzo Chipman, have built a great business institution and a fortune. Success has also been brought to. his . . four brothers, William, Dave, Edwin and Andy" who are aJl successful "J. J C. Penney. Company store managers. ATnVTresenf TImJohnXrFirn aget Is a' director of " the Bank of American Fork, Peoples State Bank, Knight Trust and Savings Bank, of Frovo, and Walker Brothers Bank of Salt Lake City, vice-president . of the National Pacific Life Assurance com pany and district manager of the J. C. Penney Company, He was the first man Jn the county to donate a thousand thous-and dollars - to the new B. Y. T7, stadium and has been giving high) rismK that Most .important , problems ...and business matters were discussed, aJ tho regular meeting of lha city, coun- school and B. T. U. scholarships to deserving students for several years. vu roomt ijChnrch .room to be used for sacred ! parposes only. The stand will be reversed from the north end to th wiia small ante rooms, i either jloV.-ione --fof: a-Janitor: ..J v. ... . - ' t2Z71m"ft ofhe A maple m mnju be'-Pit down inci 'isiuuj ,Jj&it&W bnch) 'slew- .iaetln4rloCiwlll be cjmr before ita nd l)atttlflea- a4e to iS. Earl Deji wcreaUonal Wat1 Hill1- be from- the s-orth hallways, rufihhyg from tha .ter of the bulMlng 'to tho east and 'weat.'-.' ' . . Grauii te be Betatfllel- - - Tie grounds about; the new build-,lag build-,lag will be parked, shrubbery planted , the cwMit waiki from the street tb center of the structure put In. j1 fmt fence wUl be removed and .wrrooBding privately ownett barns J"4 so that "a harmonUlngT beau-w beau-w f the atire building will Z ,a.iron y engle in the front. WAiBlTersary- ork on the n rinr.s ... tea aaderwav 1us J.. Ity-eighth annl?erBary wWch Jly 14th. The Second ward JJ "to being on July 14, 1901 L !,Amerlcan rk ward was r ,nt0 ''our by Apostle Reed CZ:, At that tiro, the following" 2 KV'aS m z Joseph II. blBhop, John W. Chipman 1st C ' C Wagstaff 2nd C-. No cl" m ever been J Hh0I j08ePh "- Storrs. 'Pothi "4 hnmr holding this oe., , "I'mnn wag choseri to ZlT 10 1915 danced . to .fS Clor-S!l cesser-to -John Ct'r ,hcn" At .that bi.i. 'N,cho,e ws made 2nd 19-4 Jv a 8C"1 . vben U0hn Rob, w,at Place, The '" r';;':; i . 1 1 - i -. '" I i J L ' 0JOt6r ROBINSON Second Counselor. , John Robinson, second counselor In the ward since 1924, Is a prominent promin-ent grocerymaa- of this community. HfluwatUborn Jn, American Fork, June 2, 1881, the son of William 8. Robin-sr.n, Robin-sr.n, one of our few 1849 pioneers to the state of Utalt John has been an active civic and church, worker of the community for a number of ye'" - He has aerted as city councilman and held the follow. Ing church4 positions: president of Elders quorum, president of Deacons quorum, stake Sunday School secretary, secre-tary, counselor In the Y. M. K. L A. and In the) Second ward Sunday school and counselor to Bishop Storrs ' ' . served his ward .until nson succeeded 1a 103 smn cnurcaa erected Si the m Uh mlnor wprs has WorhlPtorthe Seo Penney store operator and business man, and his wife made it possible for the ward to enjoy a newer, modern mod-ern chapel and recreational hall by contributing $15,000 or the recreational recrea-tional section of the unit The other ward members will contribute $5,000 for the remodeling of the chapel which, together with the same amount matched by the Trustee-In-Trust of the. general Churcb, will bring the total to 140.000. The plans and specifications speci-fications for the structure were gotten got-ten out, approved by Bishop Storrs, J.-JjFHtrrthge'-and the building committee. com-mittee. Bids were requested and Chapman Mercantile, being lowest bldtlcrs, received the general contract con-tract and Samuel Grant the electrical, heating and plumbing contract. Work Is now under way and the contract provides that. It shall be entirely completed by November 1st. Architects Archi-tects for the building are Young and Hansen of Salt Lake City. Tablet To Honor rinnages ..In commemoraUon of the splendid spirit And- liberality shown - by-Mr. and Mrs. John L. Firmage it has been - ;'; . ' - jt - ' a ..' -; f ' '' ' i .-i 1 ' I ; i ' !.. ."': , v i JOSEPH H. STORRS ; Bishop of Second Ward. Joseph H. Storrs. bishop of the American Fork Second ward since Its inception in 1901, has filled this position posi-tion and directed the affairs of this church division In such a manner tor the past twenty-eight years that he Is loved by every church goer under him and the ward is recognised throughout the church as one of the very, best..,'--' ' :.r" Blshop Storrs, son of George and Lydla M. Kindred Storrs, was born August 25, 1867 at Springville. When 16 years of "age" he entered the mercantile mer-cantile business which line be followed fol-lowed for 42, years. - The last 20 years of this period was devoted to the operation of the American Fork Co-op. of which he was president both before and following his managership. man-agership. He served Springville City as treasurer for sfjryears-and as councilman for two years which position posi-tion he resigned, when he came to this city. Besides serving as bishop here he was president of the Y. M.-M.'ITA. both at Springville and in this city up to 1901. He was one of the original origi-nal incorporators of,, the . Peoples State Bank of American Fork and Is still a director of this Institution. He ia now successfully operating one of the best farms" in this dTstTtcf along with his other church and business Interests.' in hlg modest way Bishop Storrs gives his wife, Arvllla nar-rlson nar-rlson Storrs, daughter of ; Mr. and Mrs. George HarriBon, pioneers, of Springville, credit for a big share of his success In life. . decided to Install a bronie tablet $ n the new recreational hall Inscribed "John L ft Edna Firmage L D. 8. RecreaUonaT- Hall.This : be placed in a consplclous place where the coming generations can see It dl, Saturday evening, July 13, in the City Hall. Jesse M. Walker was present and Inasmuch as his services bad been secured to jwrvej aad jre-plot jre-plot the unoccupied portion of the cemetery, he asked the mind ot the counoil as to Just what was desired. He stated that the program tor cemetery ceme-tery beautldcatlon as laid - out by Prof. Emil Hansen did not corns-spond corns-spond to tha lots, aa laid out In. the balance of the cemetery.. After some discussion. It was decided to survey and replot the unoccupied portion ot the cemetery to correspond wtth the balance now plotted. Mr. Walker waa authorised JLo make a new complete map of the entire cemetery. A petition . was received from twenty-four property owners in : the north eaat part ot the city aakinjg the mayor and counoil to take such action ac-tion as was necessary to relieve them ot the nuisance created by the Aahby Fox farm. - The maAer was referred to the mayor and the . recorder to confer with the city attorney to de-termlno de-termlno what could be done. ' A communication was received from the attorney advising that American Fork City was not liable in damages to Chester Snyder ... by reason of his collision : wtth Glen Chadwlck while , Chadwick was driving driv-ing his own automobile to respond to a Are call aa a volunteer fireman even tho Chadwick was negligent A communication was also re ceived from Lauren Ml Glbbs Cov ad- American Fork's 5 per tha. Mayor,- Recreation - leader - and -Recreation committee with power to act. V ; : cent Waterworks Bonds were now available arid asked it the dty was interested In 'the purchase of a fKr tion of the same. Information - was also asked for regarding the amount in the Waterworks Sinking Fund? and the amount set aside annually; for this purpoee. The recorder waa in structed to forward the desired in formation. v ; Action on the purchase of the . . bonds was referred, until, a later date. ' . . : The recorder reported that the application file No. 10578 to approp riate water for municipal purposes had been approved by the state engl neer and had been returned. A request for information In re gards to the outstanding civio organ ization and tho officers ot the same was receive! from: the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. Tha record er was inspected to forward the de sired information. Numerous complainltfe were re ceived regarding the parking of ears on Main and 1st West streets by the American Fork Motor Co. It was i awwv. Mt. . ii tm tt wvaw avi vi Psttwenty-flvyears7:7ls one oft undesirable but very dangerous to Utah's outstanding bankers" having 'traffic sot only on Main street, but WASHBURN 8. CHIPMAN First Counselor. Washburn S. , Chipman, bishop's counselor In the Second ward for the devoted his life to this line of endeavor. endeav-or. He Is now tho directing head of a chain of tour banks and a director In one of Utah's largest banking institutions. in-stitutions. 'Washburn S. Chipman was born In American Fork April 15, 1867, the son of James and . 8alena Huntsman Chipman. ", His father was one of the first pioneers to enter , this territory arriving in Utah in the year 1847.. Washburn S. Chipman has made and enjoyed a wonderful career as a leader In church and civil life In our community. , He served ' a thirty month mission to tho Southern states during J98toJI8981anL8incel904 has" ably acted In the capacity of counselor to Bishop Storrs, serving the first eleven years as second counselor coun-selor and since 1915 as first counselor. In civil life and the business world he has been equally successful. He is now vice-president of the Bank of American Fork, president of the State Bank of Lent Blank of Pleasant also to anyone entering the highway from the north! on 1st West The matter was referred to the city attorney at-torney for advice and the marshal Instructed to ask the Ford Motor Co. manager to help correct this condition. condi-tion. ,' The question was asked as to the right of the Shell Gas Co. to lay gas tanks in tha streets of this city without with-out first,- getting , permission from someone in authority. After . some discussion, tho marshal was Instructed Instruct-ed to notify the Shell Gas Co. to discontinue dis-continue all work until permission had been given by the dty. Councilman Shelley reported - that samples of the city's culinary water had been gathered fromj the various scarcer of supply and from the ays-ten ays-ten Itself and had been taken to the State Board of Health for examination. examina-tion. The following matters were referred refer-red to the various committees and officers aa follows: ... v . ' Grove" and Mldvale State Bank, dlrec-J The eradication and . removal ot tor of, the Utah State National Bank weeds on 1st Easjt street near the and director and secretary of the 'city park and the exercising of addl- Chfpman T Mercantile. Misses Frances Nuttal and Jean and Loralne Romney of Salt Lake City In company with Miss Maurine Christensen and Bernard Chrlstensen attended the bonfire ceremonies and community program Friday evening at the Theatre of the Pines in Provo canyon preceding the' 18th annual Timpanogoi". nik4-The J group also made the hike with the B. Y. U. tlonaPcare" In wotoring'tbe central park lawn waa referred to the Public Property committee for action. The! preparation of a list of sug. gestive water remittances and ad justments was referred to the. Water committee and water superintendent r JUie securing of a price on a box In which to store the decorations and the building of a cupboard In the marshal's room was referred to the Public Property committee. The "arrangement of a suitable 24th of July celebration was' referred tov.ths(flne, American Fork To American Fork is to celebrate July 24th in fitting, style. A complete; schedule of day's activities has been slated- by- ? the mayor, recreation leader and Recreation committee of American Fork, each event of sucht; Import to interest the' most fastidious i and to merit the wholehearted support ot this community. ' Flag raising at the Olty Hall by boy scouts under the direction ot Moral D. Steele, deputy scout commissioner, com-missioner, will take place In the early ear-ly morning. - The entire jpubllo is Invited to this ceremony. -. An hours band serenade, 9:80 to 10:30 a. m. will take place at the CllyTark andn Malnnjtreet This feature will be under the direction ot K. J. BlrdV who has arranged special patriotic musio and pioneer numbers for the occasion." 7- r, T" ; Commencing at 10:30, following the-band-serenaderspeclarpafjrlotlc"" serv4cea.wlll be conducted in the Alpine Al-pine SUke Tabernacle. A special speaker and musical numbers are arranged ar-ranged for. Everyone Is Invited to do honor to our pioneer mothers . and fathers..-: .. --rr- - Chlldrens races and a candy shower show-er will be held in the City Park following fol-lowing the program. Special prizes will be given for these events. . A feature of the entire day's ac-Uvitles ac-Uvitles M. be the big double-header baseball program. . Provo and Amerl. can Fork will play two official league -games, one at the home lot commencing commenc-ing at 1:30 p. m. and the other at Provo Is scheduled for 4 o'clock. It is expected that a large crowd r ot fana and boosters will be present at both games. 7 2 . i - Two sport events are outlined to takenplace directly lrHtebMebalI game here a tug-of-war with eight men to a team and a womens' baseball base-ball throwing 'contest Alex Christensen Chris-tensen and Clyde Durrant are captains cap-tains of the tug-of-war teams. EacbJ member of the winning aggregation will receive $1.00 and each loser $.50. Three prizes are being offered for the womens event The first offering will be a two pound box ot candy. the next award, one pound box, and the third prtze, a half pound box. . A band concert will be given In the evening commencing at 7:30 o'clock. Appropriate special numbers bar been arranged for this attraction also. al-so. Park benches will be available for seating the crowd, and parking spaca allowed for all -cars. T The Cameo Theatre managership has arranged aa attractive picture) offering In Belle Bennett's first talk-Ing talk-Ing and singing picture "Molly and. Me". A comedy and current new feature will also be given. The matl . nee performance will start at I o'clock, and the two evening runs at 7:30 and 9:00 o'clock. Townspeople are Invited to parti cipate la all the attractions offered, and make Pioneer Day . a complete success.' ." - 1 ' o mi" '' l , Special Pioneer Day services At First ward Special Pioneer Day services wfJl be observed at the Sunday School ot the American Fork First ward Sunday Sun-day morning, July 21, commencing at 10 o'clock. The entire public is Invited In-vited and a special Invitation Is extended ex-tended to. everyone over sixty years of age." : ' '" - Out-oMown talent has been secured secur-ed to furnish the program, which Is to consist of vocal solos, Instrumental Instrument-al mualc rotold stories and numerous readings. Something unusual In the way of program: entertainment Is ln store for everyone. ' A 100 percent attendance of First warders is expected. 7 ; Pays Fine Of Fifty Dollars T. Wollart . Almond of Provo, who was arrested July 12th on a charge of Intoxication appeared before Judge A-i?)P L NlelsenJSatttrday. and- plead ng guilty., was fined $50.00, He paid "'mage, successful J. C |
