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Show 1940 A p n Coo ,JUU v5U 11 vy (Si 111. XXVm AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940 NUMBER 45 ill fl lospid rtbon too by a '.1 1 nger fi4 id LUL tit I COD born iff." 1UH7 E lot Vive For Finnish eiiei ruiiu uDe f .1 I T a. Tl Launcneain A.r. American Fork Citizen reword re-word this week of Its ap- ent as a depository for con- to the Finnish Relief wishing to contribute to fund, In order to relieve the caused by the Russian in- of Flneland, may do so at Citizen office. A list of con- will be kept, and this will not to the Finnish Relief Fund, with the money raised In Fork. rj other parts of the state, the fc has responded generously to tippeal to help the Finnish peo-It peo-It is expected that similar re-will re-will be found In American field of activity of the Fin- Relief Fund, Inc. is entirely ,te from that of the Red In the present efforts to raise in this country for the pur- of aiding Finnish refugees, it declared today by E. G. Ben- coordinator for the fund in tt said he felt that the pub- jhould be informed of this fact jome may feel that by contrib- to the Red Cross fund suffi-relief suffi-relief aid would be made avall-This avall-This is not the case, he ted out. fflie Red Cross," he said, "will W clothing and medical sup-Is, sup-Is, but there Is great need for EUoflal aid for the suffering peo- of Finland. For this reason Bier President Hoover, because of extensive experience following World War, has been drafted to kd the Finnish Relief Fund, Inc. rglse funds to be used to supply housing, transportation and miscellaneous necessities. The Relief Fund, Inc. is the con- ,tton of all movements, out- of the Red Cross, to aid in Seriating the catastrophic dis. Va of the Finnish people. Every jSar contributed by our citizens A men the people of Finland, me of it being used to defray any jqxnm incurred during this cam- Ufa, Any expense Involved will taken care o f through sources itsile the fund. h am confident that the people Utah will respond to this appeal behalf of sufferers in Finland lh Norman Davis, head of the i Cross, Mr. Hoover is working od in hand, knowing that while, ihrays, that organization will do foil share In this work, the funds collects must cover worldwide m and certainly will not be suT rit to handle all the aspects of Finnish emergency. And help needed now. At once. "AH contributions, no matter how pH or how large, will be wel- fc. Evan small amounts con futed will, in the aggregate, aid fT materially In the work to be ft. Contributions should be turned fr to local newspapers to be for f ded direct to New York." o A LOVE STORY YOU'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER ABOUT A GIRL MEN COULDN'T FORGET a MatNr of Fiction " KATHLEEN MORRIS Rad Evry drilling In tt ailment STARTING SOON LV Tins NEWSPAPER Cavemen Start 'Clicking' In Second League Game; Defeat B. Y. High, 38-28 Penney Company Announces New Store Manager R. W. Madsen of Santa Fe, New Mexico, became the manager of the J. C. Penney company store, sue ceedlng M. L. Balrd, Wednesday morning. Mr. Madsen took over the man agement of the local store, follow ing the resignation of Mr. Balrd. The new manager was accompanied by the District Manager L. A. Warner War-ner of Salt Lake City, who assisted him in getting started here. Mr. Madsen, the new manager, is a native of Brigham City. He has been with the Penney company ten years, five years In Albuquerque, and flv eyears in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the latter city, he was an assistant assist-ant manager. He is married and has four children two boys and two girls. The family will make their home here at a later date. Mr. Balrd leaves J. C. Penney's with the best wishes of the community, com-munity, and with the best of recommendations recom-mendations from the company. During Dur-ing the period in which he managed the store, great strides have been made. Mr. Baird's constant effort has been to serve the public in every possible way, and, on the other hand, to assure the continued progress of the organization. He has made Important Im-portant changes In the store, completely com-pletely modernizing the Interior, installing in-stalling modern fixtures and a new lighting system, and making other improvements which have made the store a bright spot in American Fork. In other ways has kept abreast' of the latest developments in the merchandising field. During his association with the Penney company here, and In his civic and church activities, Mr. Balrd has made a host of friends who are demonstrating their confidence confi-dence In him, and extending best wishes for the future. As a business man and Lions club member Mr. Balrd has worked untiringly un-tiringly for the community's advancement. ad-vancement. He has served on a number of committees and assisted with valuable civic projects, and at the present time is working on a project to bring a new industry to American Fork. He and his wife have taken an active part tn church affairs, and express their desire to continue their efforts in this direction direc-tion and for the best interest of this community. City Marshal Dies Of Heart Attack City Marshal Clyde Chestnut, 40, died Thursday afternoon at the American Fork hospital, of a heart attack. Mr. Chestnut underwent an appendix operation last week, and was thought to be Improving. He is survived by a wife and three children, and a number of other immediate relatives. News of his death came as this issue of The Citizen was going to press, and therefore a complete account could not be obtained. 300 L.D.S. Missionaries Transporte Through Editor's Note: The story of the opening period of the European war and the evacuation evac-uation of Mormon missionaries from foreign fields Is told in the following follow-ing account, written by Elder Phil D. Jensen of American Fork, who was In the Danish mission at the time of these events: . ..." . " 605 Church Street :' ' '". " Shenandoah, Iowa - January 13, 1040. . American Fork Citizen: Last Tuesday X arrived sere in Shenandoah, Iowa to continue with my missionary work after nearly a month of almost continuous travel by train, ' ferry, -steamship, and automobile. So much has happened since I left home, I hardly know where to begin. A year, ago last Thanksgiving I was at home; the next month X had Christmas dinner In the seacoast city of Esbjerg, Denmark. Den-mark. On Thanksgiving Day just past I was In Copenhagen, Denmark, Christmas found me in Denver, Colorado. Alpine Division Standings W. L."Pct. Pleasant Grove 2 0 1.000 Provo a 0 1.000 American Fork 1 1 .500 Lincoln .. l l JOO Lehl o 2 .000 B. Y. High 0 2 .000 Friday's Results American Fork 38, B. T. High 28. Pleasant Grove 29, Lincoln 24. Provo 27, Lehl 28. Tonight's Games American Fork at Pleasant Grove. Lehl at Lincoln. B. Y. High at Provo. Proving that American Fork will be a strong contender for Alpine division basketball honors, the Cavemen Cave-men trounced the visiting B. Y. high school hoopsters, 38 to 28, Friday Fri-day night. The Cavemen led the visitors all the way, but the B. Y. high team played a "never-say-die" game until the last period, when their game "went haywire". Harry McTague and Earl Holmstead were the high-scoring high-scoring men for the Cavemen. The score: B. Y. HIGH G.,T. F. P. Schofield. f 0 3 0 0 Huish, f 3 10 6 Harding, c 4 2 0 8 Smith, g 0 111 Hansen, f 0 2 11 Harmon, c 15 0 2 Lewis, g 0 10 0 Woolf, g 12 2 4 TOTALS 12 20 4 28 AMERICAN FORK G. T. F. P. Holmstead, f 6 4 3 16 Beck, f 2 2 15 Robinson, c 10 0 2 McTague, g 4 5 4 12 Ingersoll, g 0 5 11 Christensen, f 12 13 Chlpman, f 0 0 0 0 Edwards, f 0 10 0 Welch, g 0 00 TOTALS 14 19 10 38 Score by quarters: B. Y. High , 6 16 21 28 American Fork 10 22 25 38 Referee, Buttle; umpire Lambert. Grant, Weiser To Head Drives American Fork and Alpine are being enlisted again in the nationwide nation-wide fight against infantile paralysis,- and County Clerk Clarence A. Grant and R. W. Weiser have been selected as chairmen of the drives In these two communities. LeRoy Johnson, county chairman of the infantile paralysis drive, in launching this year's campaign has appointed chairmen for all the communities com-munities of the county. Mr. Grant will be in charge of the American Fork drive, and Mr. Weiser, of the Alpine campaign. As in past years, funds will be raised through the March of Dimes, and the President's Birthday ball. Part of the money will be set aside for use in the community. o Orfcta ef Wet The word "fan" Is believed by some authorities to be an abbreviation abbrevi-ation for fanatic. Until September my mission experience ex-perience was much the same as any other Danish missionary days of trading, visiting, and studying Interspersed In-terspersed with holidays among some of the finest people I've ever met; nights of meetings, parties, and missionary comradeship. The first of September saw Germany Ger-many march into Poland and England' Eng-land' declare war on Germany. " On the 5th of September the. Danish missionaries received' word to pick their trunks and prepare to evacuate. evacu-ate. That afternoon about S p. m. a lost British plane, flying high and fast dropped five bombs on the city of sbjefg where I was stationed. One bomb made a direct hit demolishing' demol-ishing' an apartment house- a block from our church and killing one woman. wo-man. The other bombs fell harmlessly harm-lessly into vacant lots and fields, although they shattered the windows win-dows of houses nearby. Fifteen days later we were called to Copenhagen. The Oerman and Ozechoslavaklan missionaries had already sailed, and by the middle of October all the Swedish, Norwegian, Utah Editors To Gather Jan. 27 For Convention Editors of weekly newspapers from over the state will gather at the Newhouse Hotel In Salt Lake City Saturday, January 27, for the forty-second annual meeting of the Utah State Press association. A. F. Oalsford, editor of the American Amer-ican Fork Citizen and a director of the press association, will give the auditing committee's report. Mr. Oalsford Is chairman of the auditing audit-ing committee, with 'Mr. Howard Ridge and Charles V. K. Saxton, committee members. The convention will open Saturday Satur-day morning at 10 o'clock, with registration and the. president's welcome. wel-come. A feature of the morning session will be the annual report, by President L. G. Burress, editor of the Bingham Bulletin. Reports by the secretary and treasurer and the auditing committee, and committee reports also will be given. The election will take place at the Saturday morning session. The afternoon meeting will feature fea-ture addresses by several leading Utahns. S. J. Stephenson,, secretary of the Utah Manufacturers' sasocia-tion, sasocia-tion, will talk on "Build Utah"; William R. Wallace, on "Utah Needs Water"; and John Fltzpatrick, Gus Backman, W. J. O'Connor and Ward C. Hoi brook, on phases of the topic: "The Big Idea for 1840 and How the Country Press Can Be Helpful". Round table discussions will follow. The annual dinner will be held at 7 o'clock Saturday evening. D. U.P. Camps Hold Interesting Meetings Here Daughters of Utah Pioneers of the American Fork and Adams camps held interesting meetings, on Thursday Thurs-day afternoon of last week. The American Fork camp met at the home of Mrs. Maude Christensen, Christen-sen, where they were entertained by the January hostesses, Mrs. Christensen, Chris-tensen, Mrs. Grace Nlcholes, Mrs. Bertha Sagers, and Mrs. Edna C. Jones. The program featured the reading read-ing of histories of William Paxman, by Mrs. Bertha Sager; a lesson on "Pioneer Transportation, by Mrs. Merllng D. Clyde, and musical numbers under direction of Mrs. Leah Greene and Mrs. Bertha Sagers. Sag-ers. Members of the Adams camp met at the home of Mrs. Laura Timpson, there being forty ladies In attendance. attend-ance. Histories of John Binns and his three wives were read, by a granddaughter, Eliza Buckwalter. Mrs. Hannah Aydelotte, first vice captain of the camp, gave a report on the board meeting In Provo, on January 6. Captain Mary Anderson spoke of the passing of two pioneers, Hyrum Hoggard and Mrs. Margaret Robinson, and a tribute to Mrs. Robinson was' read by Mrs. Nora Ingersoll. Mrs. Merllng D. Clyde gave the lesson on "Pioneer Transportation Trans-portation In Utah", and the chorus sang two numbers. Refreshments were served by the January hostesses. The February hostesses will be Mrs. Rose Varney, Mrs. Sabina Allen, Mrs. Marie Adams, Mrs. Melissa Shelley, Mrs. Maude Wilde and Mrs. Mabel Miller. d Safely Mine-Infested Zone, of North Sea and Danish missionaries were safely in America with the exception of President and Sister John A. Israel-sen Israel-sen of the Norwegian Mission; and their secretary, President Mark B. Oarff of the Danish Mission; my companion, Rheim Jones from Salt Lake; and myself. (President Hugh B. Brown of the English Mission and President McKay of the Swiss Mission Mis-sion are rtffl ifl ..Europe with a few .missionaries)..,, ,.... .. ...,,,.v,.;r,,.,.,.r,;o. We three left Copenhagen by train on December 5th, crossed by ferry to Sweden, and arrived in Oslo, Norway Nor-way the next morning. Here we joined the Israelsen family and sailed that night on Norway's pride, the MS Oslofjord. Ten days later we arrived' to New York.' " ' Denmark, although not In the war, is completely surrounded by mine fields. There was scarcely a day went by that the Danish radio did not report at least one ship of some size blown-up somewhere near the Danish coast. Denmark, who Incidentally In-cidentally has the 7th largest merchant merch-ant fleet In the world, has lost more ships than any other neutral coun Elder Richards To Attend Alpine Stake Conference Elder. Stephen L. Richards, of the Quorum of the Twelve of the L. D. S. church, will represent repre-sent the general church authorities authori-ties at the quarterly conference of Alpine stake, Saturday and Sunday, President Clifford E. Young announced this week. A priesthood meeting Saturday Satur-day evening at 7:30 will open the conference. Sunday's sessions will be at 10 o'clock In the morning, morn-ing, 2 o'clock In the afternoon, and 7:30 In' the evening. The Sunday evening meeting has been planned since previous announcements an-nouncements concerning the conference, and all stake members mem-bers are advised to take note of the change. A good attendance Is desired at all sessions of the quarterly conference. Logan Jaycees Visit A. F. Club, Capture Trophy After remaining in the possession of the American Fork Junior Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce Just one week, the D. C. Dlx good fellowship trophy was carried off to Logan by a group of Jaycees from that city, following an lnter-club meeting here Wednesday Wednes-day night. The Dlx trophy, which may be claimed by a delegation from one club which visits another club hav ing possession of It, was won by American Fork on Wednesday night of last week. Eight members of the local Jaycee organization met with the Spanish Fork club, which had the trophy, and brought it back. They were President LeRoy Griffin. Grif-fin. James Shelley, Alvln Monson, Owen Lynch, James Sullivan, Si Bell, Karl Bennett and Ernest Salerno. When the Logan club learned the trophy had traveled to American Fork, they announced that they would charter a bus and come here to claim it. They made good their promise, and thirteen members, traveling 3042 man-miles came. They were headed by their president, Douglas Olsen. A group of seven from Provo also came, but as they traveled only 240 maivmiles, they went home without with-out the trophy. They were headed by their vice president, Jack Vick. President Griffin made the presentation pre-sentation to the Logan visitors, expressing ex-pressing the hope that the good fellowship fel-lowship between the clubs would continue. Clifford Young Jr., principal speaker of the evening, told of the events which provided the background back-ground for Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany, stressing particularly partic-ularly Germany's economic chaos following the World War, the struggle strug-gle to maintain a democratic government gov-ernment which could not assure an orderly civil life, and the failure of England and France to assist Germany Ger-many In rehabilitation. He said that, in his opinion, if Germany loses the present European war, she will be In a condition far worse than that which followed the World War. Musical numbers by a group of B. Y. U. students completed the program. pro-gram. try. In the face of these circumstances, it is nothing short of miraculous that 300 missionaries have been transported safely from Copenhagen to America not to mention about 700 more from England, Prance, and Holland. " the days will come that no flesh will be safe upon the waters, wat-ers, and it shall be said In days to come ihat none ts-able to' go up to the land of Zlon upon Jhejfater, but that he la upright in heart." (D & C 61:1!-16) The gentleman who said "Thank God for two continents" knew what he was talking about, and people, are beginning to understand that Joseph Smith was surely correct' when he called' America the promised land". From personal experience I know that we would do well to follow fol-low the advice given by President J. Reuben Clark -In the last general conference, ' May X extend my best wishes for the New Year to all the people of American Fork. Sincerely, Phil D. Jensen. Scouts and Scouters Plan Anniversary Week Events -To Honor 30th Birthday Rich Program To Be Offered At Leadership Week I Visitors from American Fork and I vicinity will find a rich program of education and cultural entertain ment at the 19th Annual Leadership Week at Brigham Young university at Provo, January 23-28. Oeorge Relmschllssel, Maxlne Taylor, Tay-lor, VUate Boley, Mildred Anderson, Glade Jorgensen, and Chloe Friday, Garth Myers, . Cecil Hansen, Lyle Tregaskis all of American Fork will play with the University Symphony Orchestra and the B. Y. U. Band respectively which will be featured in two of the evenings entertain' ments. General authorities of the L. D. 8. church will speak In general assem blies each afternoon of Leadership Week at 2 p. m. A number of exhibits ex-hibits have been arranged: these Include a large art exhibit by the university art department Dally classes and lectures In more than forty Informative fields will be of' f ered during the week by educational and religious leaders of the state. Each evening will feature recrea tional and cultural entertainment In the form of dances, receptions, drama, and concerts by the waiver slty band, orchestra, and mixed chorus, as well as a lecture by Mary Ellen Chase, noted American novel 1st, Old Folks Have Enjoyable Time At Winter Party One of the most enjoyable of a long line of Old Folks winter par ties was held Wednesday afternoon at the Alpine stake tabernacle, where 227 guests and some 40 mem' bers of the committee gathered for a morning and afternoon of festivities. festivi-ties. Some 85 of the "old folks" unable un-able to attend also shared In the spirit of the day, for the committee sent out lunches for them, together with best wishes. For the congenial get-together of old friends, the delightful program, the delicious banquet, picture show, and all-around good time, the winter win-ter party was declared one of the best ever held here. The guests began to assemble in the morning, and most were there by 11 o'clock. After a short get-together, get-together, during which many greet ings were exchanged, reminiscences told, and friendships renewed, din ner was served. The "old folks' voted their approval of the repast which was served. The older guests were asked to stand. John W. Wlddoes, Civil War veteran, was the only one present who was over 90. There were 18 between be-tween the ages of 80 and 00, and quite a group between 70 and 80. Respects were paid to those who have passed away during the year- Frank Edwards, Luella Olsen, Mary J. Cunningham, Janet Crystal, Seth Clark, Katherlne Miller, James Cunningham, Alice Pulley, Robert E. Booth. Elizabeth Makln.' Elizabeth McCleery, Jedediah J. Mercer, John M. Smith, Hyrum Hoggard and Margaret Mar-garet Robinson. Oeorge Hunter of the Old Folks committee took charge of the program, pro-gram, which was held in the auditorium. audi-torium. It included an address of welcome by Mayor O. DeVere Woot-ton, Woot-ton, a trumpet duet by Bob Humphries Hum-phries and Betty Gaisford, accompanied accom-panied by Jean Parker; a reading by Mary E. Abel; a history of the Old Folks parties by Thomas Steele; remarks by President Stephen L. Chlpman and by Bishop Christen-son Christen-son of Salt Lake City; a clarinet duct Abel and Norma' Par duhn; and remarks by President Clifford E. Young.. Aftej the program, pro-gram, the group went to the Cameo Theatre to see the picture show. . The history of the Old Folks, giv en by Mr. Steele, polntted out that the first Old Folks. party, in the state was held here. As it is of general historical Interest, It will be published pub-lished in this newspaper rjpt week. o " Table Stake Americans spend $5,000,000 aaao-ally aaao-ally tor bridge lessons, according to a survey, which says that this amount repreients $1,000 a year tor each of the estimated 5,000 instrue tors in the country. The thirtieth birthday of Bcouttnf will be observed appropriately In Alpine Al-pine district during the Anniversary Week. February 4 to IX, according to Edward R, TutUe, district Boy Scoot chairman. Plans for the Anniversary Week activities already have been outlined by the district committee and details are being worked out by the troops, under direction of the Seootmastera and Explorer leaden. Activities of the week win carry out the theme: "Scouting the American Way , to Better Citizenship", and for every day of the Anniversary Week there will be special event demonstrate -mg the great Scout program. Scout Sunday, pn February 4, win open the observance. According to the plans recommended by the district dis-trict committee, Bcouta and Explorers Explor-ers will present Scout programs at the Sunday evening services In the various wards. On Tuesday, February 6, Parents Night In Scout Meeting will be held. The troops will hold "open house" for the parents, and demonstrations of Scout rank requirements and other oth-er features will be given. The following fol-lowing evening, Wednesday, Is suggested sug-gested as a good time for Fathers' and Sons banquets. The highlight of the week will come Thursday, Jr"ebruary 8, when the National Recommittal win be held. Saturday, February 10, wDl offer an opportunity for every Scout to do his daily good turn. This win be Good Turn Day, and It is suggested that every troop plan to do some good turn, as a troop. ' It la also recommended that an outdoor sports event be held following the good turn. - On Sunaay, February IL Boosts win attend church In a body, and on Monday troops win observe Lincoln birthday and, where possible, give programs at school or In civic organizations or-ganizations on "Lincoln, The Great Scout". It la recommended by the National Parks council of Boy Scouts of America, that all Scouts wear uniform uni-form during the week. It is also suggested that each troop make up a window display of Scouting In the stores. Preparations for the week are now being made by the troops of the district. Scoutmasters and Explorer Ex-plorer leaders In charge are as follows: fol-lows: Second ward Elwyn Wride, Scoutmaster, and Wilson Hayward, assistant; and Clifford Young Jr.. Explorer leader. Third ward Floyd -Lovertdge, Scoutmaster, and Will Ashby, Explorer leader. Fourth ward Francis Anderson, Scoutmaster, and Jack Butte, Explorer leader. Highland Mac Groesbeck, Scoutmaster Scout-master and Explorer leader. Alpine Dale Burgess, Scoutmaster, and Thayne Bate man, Explorer leader. Members of the district committee, commit-tee, who are supervising the anniversary anni-versary observance, are Mr.. Tuttte, chairman; C. A. Grant, Explorer chairman, and Adolphus Pulley and Osmond Nelson, Explorer committeemen; commit-teemen; Charles B. Walker, Scout chairman, and Delbert Chlpman and G. H. Gordon, Scout committeemen; William Chlpman, finance . chairman; chair-man; Ray Ellison, Scout commissioner, commis-sioner, and Reed P. Robinson, Explorer Ex-plorer commissioner. The district is working toward 100 per cent registration of its troops, Mr. TutUe said. Some of the troops already have reached this goal, and others are expected to do so in the near future, so that the district may earn the Gold Star award presented at the annual meeting of the Na tional Parks council. American Fork Gold and Green Set February 6 One of the faatuw events ha the Mutual Improvement association's calendar the annual Gold and Green ball wiU be held on Tuesday Tues-day evening, February t, 11 I A, GfKeers-announced this -week. ' Elimination contests for the selection selec-tion of queens are now. going for-, ward in the various wards, and wffl be completed soon. ": In charge of the Oold and Green ball are E. H. Boley and Mrs. Jarvls Aydelotte, stake activity leaders of ; the 11 L A. They announce that no effort Is being spared to make , this the most brilliant OoljLjuid Green ball ever hela in American Fork, and one to be remembered by all attending. |