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Show .From leocai XXIX AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1940 NUMBER 6 nnual Spring Clean-up Slated Monday - Drive ck From 'exas Meet tor Officials nee A. Grant of American jtah county clerk and presi-r presi-r the Utah State Association nty Officials, returned this rora Houston, Texas, wnere nded the convention or tne ti assoclaUon, held April 13- convention was the largest l0st successful yet held, Mr. reports. Four hundred per- . 11 mt from 21 stales, including oo fftah. were in attendance. Young, of Louisville, Ken- was elected president of the tion for the coming year, and hie was selected as the con- city. The convention also discussions of national hs such as relief and wfa, better methods of conducting offices. One full day of de nt work proviaea specuic ktion and Instruction for the officers. e in the convention city, the roup held a business meeting. thering was held at the uni- telly's Carrol", a restaurant d to represent a corral from West replete with branding and cowboy paraphernalia. hant, as the president of the Lsociation, presided. taute to the convention city, ant. trateling with Mr. and crl Snyder of Spanish Pork re on a vacation trip, visited t Dam, the south rim of the Canyon, Phoenix, Mesa and D. S. temple, El Paso, down d Mexico, back to Carlsbad, to San Antonio and Houston, ft Friday, April 5, and arriv- Houston the following Wed- ftg the points oi interest the convention-goers visited is were the San Jacinto bat- the Alamo, and the city of on. the third largest seaport country. Mr. Grant and his pturned by way of Colorado. ,ty Commissioner Sylvan W. knd Mrs. Clark, of Lehl, also the convention. They h to visit relatives In Tennes-pre Tennes-pre returning. o Local Poultrymen Launch Into Broiler Feeding On Big Scale; Association Sponsors Project With 150,000 birds already placed in American Fork and vicinity, the raising of broilers for the spring market wiH be a major project for local poultrymen this year, according to Walter Steffin, manager of the local plant of the Utah Poultry Producers' Co-operative association. Poultrymen are going into the ng Ensemble bncert Slated Second Ward second ward String Ensemble presented in a program of and semi-classical numbers, feture of the Sunday evening In the Second ward chapel, nsemble is composed of Le- riday. Georee Reimsehiissel. Taylor. Betha Storrs and Richards, violinists; Vivian cellist, and Chloe Priday, Vocalists are Clair Chris-Betha Chris-Betha Storrs, Dezzle Wilde Ms Robinson. concert last Sunday evening Second ward In Pleasant the String Ensemble was Bl received T"hs nrntrMtn rtovf -.w D livnv night is expected to be of to all members of the ward. -o F it. Installs ft Department broiler feeding business on a big scale this year, assured by marketing market-ing and price guarantees. The poultry poul-try association has succeeded in finding market outlets lor a million broilers, and is offering a guarantee guaran-tee of 14 cents a pound, with the stipulation that, if the market advances, ad-vances, the producer will be given the benefit of the advance. Under these conditions about 150,-000 150,-000 birds are being placed In American Amer-ican Fork, as part of the million that will be handled by the association. associa-tion. Mr. Steffin said. With the benefit of the price guarantee and at present feed prices, the profit margin should be about seven or eight cents a bird, according accord-ing to the association's calculations. The cockerels, which are being obtained ob-tained from as many local hatcheries hatch-eries as possible and from some out-of-state hatcheries, can be obtained for three cents each, laid In. The cost of feeding for eight or nine weeks, to the required market size, is about ten cents, allowing a margin of eight cents between the estimated cost and the guaranteed price on each broiler of proper market weight. As a short-term, self-liquidating project, the feeding and marketing of broilers makes it possible for poultrymen to supplement their income in-come at a time when money is needed for feeding pullets. The Utah Poultry association through its subsidiary, the Producers' Service corporation, is going "all the way" in financing responsible poultrymen who have the necessary facilities and equipment, by putting up the funds for the purchase and feeding of the birds. Besides augmenting the income of local poultrymen, the project Is expected ex-pected to be of general benefit to American Fork, since a large portion por-tion of the broilers will be dressed at the local dressing plant. Virtually Virtual-ly all the broilers raised in the section sec-tion from Salt Lake City to Richfield Rich-field will be fattened and dressed at the local plant, providing employment employ-ment for a large number of people. o Utah County Men To Leave Monday On Celery Tour Five Utah county men will leave Monday for California to study cooperative organizations in that state preliminary to organizing a Utah county celery growers' cooperative. coop-erative. The men appointed by celery growers of the county to make the i trip include Clarence Durrant, chairman of the celery growers committee; S. R. Boswell, Utah county agricultural agent; D. Henry Jones and Charles Da vies, all of Provo. and James Varanakis of American Fork. After spending a week in California, Califor-nia, the group will return and report re-port their findings at a meeting of celery growers scheduled for April 29 The celery growers met Monday night at the city and county building build-ing at Provo to discuss preliminary .organizAtlPtt plans hut, deferred any action pending the return of tha committee from- California. o ; Merling Clyde's Verses To Be Read At Art Program Mrs. Merling D. Clyde of American Ameri-can Fork, one of Utah's outstanding poets, was honored this week when she received an Invitation to send some of her verses to the J. T. Har-wood Har-wood art exhibit at the Union Building Build-ing on the University of Utah campus. cam-pus. Mrs. Clyde sent six of her poems, which will be read at the "Poetry Day" program Saturday. The Harwood art exhibit started April 14, and will continue daily until un-til April 25. It will be open to the public on week days from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m., and on Sunday from 1 to 9 p. m. It is under the auspices of the University committee on art exhibits. The poetry section is under the direction of Claire Stewart Boyer. o Local Musicians Win Praise At Provo Festival 'he recent completion of a 'lfl -gift department, the Pylor-Russeil ""store is intro- llu famous Rosevtlte- pottery; ft to Glen L. Taylor, raan- r"' Ktft denartmont uttu t..l I , w, n,.., , v ' jctves nnrf rnnsto-n n. : - ...uuiriii uuurcscrm provides an effective dls-j for the. colorful ..Rose-- - - as fur glassware i ; EkUTmemwmmm.nnMiw "' Kift articles. The new ! completed this week by Wilburn E. l,,,,t additions also provide j Hoggard. at his billiard hall on "lf-ns for draperies, wall- Main street. Mr. Howard recent-ly , nuviuiK I'uiiBiurr j iocjk vrr uir hiuuhki umut in tur UvttvfMs4 of r the r hair tind since thnt timi"hits 1mt Makes Changes At Billiard Parlor displays, Ml- il Koltliison Crusoe Scottish' village of Lar-" Lar-" ""' Hundreds of visitors ' t w ho qo to see where ' ' ' 1 : . the prototype of I! ; i ' ,iti Crusoe, was born. M illie nc;r the harbor, 1 may stay at the Crusoe renovating tne" place to make it a more desirable community recreation recrea-tion center The (mil ha been repnpered and painted, repnirs have been itiadc, 1 1 if display windows remodeled, and other improvements have been car ried out After the Festival numbers presented by musicians from the American Fork high school won high praise and many compliments at the regional Music Festival at Provo, Friday and Saturday. Under the direction of Kenneth J. Bird of the high school music department, a large group of students participated in the musical event. A number of vocalists and Instrumentalists, Instru-mentalists, in addition to the band, orchestra and Ladies' and Male glee clubs, took part In the festival. Vocal Vo-cal work was taken up on Friday, and the instrumental on Saturday. American Fork was especially honored hon-ored with the selection of two groups to take part in broadcasts over KOVO. The ladies' trio, Beth Wan-lass, Wan-lass, Beth Rushton and Donna Hanks, sang over the radio Friday evening, and the band played Saturday Satur-day afternoon, as the only band selected for the radio program. Although the festival was not conducted con-ducted on a contest basis, the local musicians rated high in fine compliments. com-pliments. The contest feature has been eliminated, it being the opinion of those conducting the festival that more musical advancement can be made by removing competition and replacing It with sincere criticisms and helpful suggestions aimed at improving the quality of the music work. In addition to the groups from the local music department, the following follow-ing individuals participated: Barbara Bar-bara Taylor, Betty Houston and Anna Beth Smith, Woodwind trio; Vivian Green, 'cello; Barbara Taylor, oboe; Alva Goodall, trumpet; Betty Johnson, soprano; Beth Wanlass, alto; the ladies' trio; Wendell Smith, clarinet; Anna Beth Smith, piano; Billy Ellison, tenor; Lester Carlson and Lynn Cameron, baritones. Anna Beth Smith, Mildred Richards and Elma singleton were the accompanists,-and,. EWra Smith played, the. accompaniment for her brother's -selection ... o Shop Streamlined And Modernized Remodeled on the streamline style, the 'Croufcrtarr Barber V ly htyp'-rs -nrrwrttr-a' trrerit Whf of favorable comment here this week. Improvements started some time ni:o with the purchase of new e u i pti ten t a ihJ 1 u rn I tn re have -now been completed with the restyling of the shop Interior along modern lines. In addition to making the shop Nine Firms Are Sponsors For Softball With nine team sponsors already lined up, plans for a banner soft-ball soft-ball season are rapidly taking shape, according to Elijah Chlpman, president pres-ident of the American Fork softball association. Sponsors who have already agreed to enter teams in the league play include the Chlpman Mercantile Co., Star riour Mills, Alpine City. Griffin's Grif-fin's Bakery, Boley'B Meat, Utah Poultry Producers' Cooperative association, as-sociation, Peoples State Bank, Timp-anogos Timp-anogos Motor Co., and Alton Tid-well. Tid-well. If three more sponsors come Into the league with teams there will be enough to divide the play into two leagues. Otherwise, there will be only one league. Details of the coming season's competition will be worked out at a meeting of the association officers, tonight at the city hall. With the selection of Russell Bates as the board member representing Alpine, the reorganization of the association associa-tion has just been completed. Mr. Chlpman Is the president, with Le-Roy Le-Roy R. Griffin, rice president; Bert Chris tensen, secretary and treasurer; treasur-er; and O. DeVere Wootton, Eldon Miller, Harvey Hansen, Russell Bates and Stanley Peters, directors. Under the provisions of a ruling adopted by the association at a recent meeting, each sponsor will be allowed to pick a roster of ten men, Including the pitcher. These rosters are to be submitted to the association associa-tion by May 1. One sponsor, the Peoples State Bank, already has turned in the team roster. Players for the bank will be Lester Colledge, John Roberts James McAllister, Eldon Miller, Darrell Greening, Earl Holmstead LeRoy Cordner, Phil Harrington, Andy Peterson and Wendell Hansen, o All Ready For M. I. A. Comedy Tuesday Evening All is in readiness for the Alpine Al-pine stake play, "Under Twenty" which will be presented Tuesday night at the American Fork high school auditorium, at 8 o'clock, according to Mrs. Eunice B. Wadley, director. An able cast will be seen In the production, which Is an amusing drama centering about the problems of the socially prominent Farnum family. The players are Beth Hutehlngs, Elaine Brimhall, Beth Rushton, Betty Houston, Stanley Peters, Selma Miller, Mac Groesbeck, Fred Bowen and Junius Reynolds. Rey-nolds. Several musical numbers will be furnished by a string ensemble, ensem-ble, directed by Leland Priday and including Chloe Priday, Vivian Viv-ian Green, Betha Storrs, Mildred Richards, George Relmschilssel, Maxlne Taylor and the director. Stanford Wilde Elected To Head Junior Chamber Local Shoe Shop s Machines At $2,000 Cost Buyj In order to better serve his patrons, pa-trons, Ed Smith, proprietor of the American Fork Shoe Repair company, com-pany, has replaced his shoe repair machinery with the latest type of equipment. Installation of the new machines was completed this week. The interior of Jhe shoe repair shop is now completely changed in appearance in addition to replacing replac-ing the equipment, Mr. Smith has constructed a new sales counter and completed other changes which have improved the general appearance. The new machines, which were Installed at a change-over cost of approximately $2000. include a stitching machine, a heavy-duty wire stitching machine, a finishing machine with a complete set of abrasive wheels and burnishing brushes, and a cement press. All are electric-driven. The cement press Is one of the latest developments in the shoe repair re-pair trade. On many shoe styles, the soles are cemented on instead of stitched. The local shop will now be equipped to replace soles by the same modern method. The cement ce-ment press consists of a device for applying pressure to the shoe while the new sole is applied by means of a special cement. The shoe itself it-self is carefully handled, a, wooden form being placed inside each shoe -to prevent - damage to the- leather-! or fabric, while the pressure is applied. ap-plied. ' . The. shoe, repair,, shop .alls. enlarging en-larging Its retail shoe department. A full Hhe of men's' and boys' dress and work shoes is carried In stock. Mr. Smith, who has been in business busi-ness here for 24 years, i now :"as' sisttdttf IMS s6h. "Eadie' 1th; wlid has been working with him in the shop for the past two years. , o Stanford Wilde was elected president presi-dent of the American Fork Junior Chamber of Commerce at a meeting Wednesday night which marked the successful completion of the club's first year of activities. Mr. Wilde succeeds LeRoy R. Griffin, who was instrumental in organizing the club and who served as its first president. Wayne Chadwick was elected vice president, with Jack Hanson, secretary secre-tary and treasurer; Si Bell, state director, di-rector, Ronald Driggs, two-year director di-rector to fill the unexpired portion of Jack Hanson's term in that position; posi-tion; LeRoy R. Griffin, Francis Anderson and Karl H. Bennett, two-year two-year directors; and Bernard Storrs, buck private. The election was the principal business of the meeting. During the course of the session the club constitution was virtually scrapped, and the new officers were authorized authoriz-ed to revamp the document to be presented at a later meeting for consideration. The new officers will be installed at the next meeting, which will be a Ladles' Night, featuring a banquet and dance. Crews of Volunteer Workers To Beautify City Streets; Public Cooperation Urged Jaycees Sponsor Paint-Up Contest; $15 In Prizes In order to arouse Interest in the painting and Improving of homes, the American Fork Junior Chamber of Commerce will launch a prize contest next week, along with its Community Paint-up Campaign. Fifteen dollars in prizes will be given for the homes most improved by painting, during the period of the Paint-up Campaign, according to D. L. ("Dave") Oreenwood, chairman chair-man of the project. A $10 first prize and a $5 second prize will be awarded. Through the efforts of the Jay-cee Jay-cee paint-up committee, special prices on paint have been secured for a limited time, at the local paint dealers'. During the week of April 22, home owners who are contemplating contem-plating painting will be able to buy outside paints at a great saving. In order to effect an additional saving to home-owners, the Jaycees have secured the services of a local professional painter, who will furnish furn-ish a paint-gun, his own services, and the services of another man to brush the paint down after it is applied ap-plied with the gun (this being the approved method of painting by 'use of the paint-gun). Special by-the-day rates have been secured. If a number of paint Jobs can be lined up to keep the taluters busy. " - Through the special paint prices and the reduced rates on labor and equipment, home-owners will be able to paint now, at bargain prices. The aim of the Jaycees is to make the project so attractive that homeowners home-owners will be well paid for participating partici-pating at this time. Persons wishing to take advantage advan-tage of the offer, .and also compete for the prize for the home most improved im-proved by painting, may secure further details from Chairman Greenwood. Since it is Important that the jobs be arranged to come at about the same time, those contemplating con-templating painting should get their jobs lined up early next week. o Cleanliness by the Mile The average American housewife washes an acre of dirty dishes, scrubs five miles of floors and washes three miles of clothes every year. Does The Typical Utah Family Live Here In American Fork?; Trip To N. Y. World's Fair Offered Lions Club To Elect Officers The American Fork will elect officer;, for Some family in Utah, possibly from American Fork, will be selected as the "Typical Utah Family", and will receive re-ceive a trip to the New York world's fair with all expenses paid. This family will be the guest of the world's fair and will live for one week in a typical American home which is being constructed on the fairgrounds. Selection of the most representative representa-tive fnmilv nf thp ctat wiU ho Hr- committee which is sponsoring the termined by a committee consisting rontest loraiIy (.Ilsists of President of three people from the three unl- Clifford E. Young, chairman; Mayor verslties in Utah considered best , - DeVere Wootton, William Chip-qualified Chip-qualified to make the selection. The ' man of the Lions club. Jesse Spaf-family Spaf-family - mm -be. sent to- the fair i ford of. the JuoJpr.Chamber of Corn-through Corn-through the courtesy of the world's 1 merce, Principal Jesse M. Walker, fatr frianarempnt. " -" ' '-and -A.-"F.'-Oafciford: editor of the No hard and fast rules or regula- American Fork Citizen, tions concerning selection Have been . The" focal Committee may enter made, but it is suggested that among any number .of families n. the coun-other coun-other qualifications, the parents ' contest, to be considered by the should be between the ages of 25 j county -committee. One typical fam-and fam-and 40. The hobbies of 'parents, if j U' -will be selected to .represent the any,. and, the,, luldrwn'&...-oduGaUon. and affiliations such as Scouting, I Girl Scouting, 4-H. Future Farmers. etc . will be considered. , ! The world's fair will pay $he ex-:- dates .should, send the. names to the; fpenses of only two children in the committee as soon as pasK&ie' by f family, so 'parents who are selected , noon tomorrow. Saturday. ' ;to ko. in the event, they have a This contest affords a real op-' I larger family than two. would have' portunlty tor some Utah family, and' I to decide Wh'le'h "of their "children ' Twstbrv an Amrrinuv ForK Tnmtly,"1 I would accompany them. ,n hae a deliuhtful vacation nt the world s fair The selection of a local col U)l j' In the. state rampetltiqn. Applications should be placed Immediately Im-mediately with the local committee. Persons knowing of suitable candi- All the available manpower that can be Spared from the Job, business, busi-ness, or the farm will be recruited and organized Monday, to put over a successful town cleanup day. Plans for the cleanup are rapidly nearing completion, and it Is expected ex-pected that the all able-bodied men will turn out to do their share In cleaning up the city streets. Bringtag rakes, shovels, scoops and forks, tha volunteer workmen will gather at the appointed places at the ward chapels or on their respective streets ready to begin work promptly at t o'clock Monday morning. At a late hour Thursday as this Issue of the Citizen was going to press it was decided to close both the business houses and the hgh school, to allow the entire citizenry to participate. Agreement to close the schools was reached only on condition con-dition that the public cooperate and do the greater share of the work, instead of allowing the high school students to do it all, according to Mayor O. DeVere Wootton, general chairman of the cleanup. With the business houses closed until 1 p. m and with many of the concerns furnishing trucks to haul away the rubbish, it is expected that "the campaign will be put over in great style. In preparation for the day, NYA boys have been removing re-moving old stumps in vaious places about town, and many citizens have cleaned up their premises. Prior to the streets cleanup, residents resi-dents are urged to remove the accumulations ac-cumulations of trash and leaves from their premises. Such material will be hauled away on the cleanup day, If placed in piles along the streets. Mayor O. DeVere Wootton is general gen-eral chairman of the day, with Councilman W. S. Storrs and Marshal Mar-shal Gilbert Shumway In charge of the business section, and ward organizations or-ganizations as follows: First ward Councilman Stanley Peters and Bishop T. A. Oreenwood, chairmen. Captains: Center street, Ray Jacklln; First East, F. Rulon Nicholes; Second East, W. O. Nelson; Nel-son; Third East, O. C. Mercer; Fourth East, Will Wright; Fifth East John Duckworth; Main street, Orov-er Orov-er C. Evans; First South, Wilburn E. Hoggard; Second South, John Wright. Second ward Councilman James H. Tattersall and Bishop Joseph H. Storrs, chairmen. Captains: Cen ter street. Ben Moffett; First West, Bert Adamson; Second West, John W. Myers; Third West, Thomas A. Priday. Meet at ward chapel. Third ward Councilman Leo Nelson and Bishop Frank O. Shelley, chairmen. Captains: First East street and streets west to Center street, Russell Thompson and Alon-zo Alon-zo Rhodes; Center street and streets running to First West, Ray Lee; First West and streets to Second West, Charles Walker; Second West and streets to Third West, Walter Hunter; Third West and streets running west. Walter Devey. All workers living on the respective streets named above, will meet at the railroad tracks on their streets. Fourth ward Councilman Henry Parduhn and Francis B. Abel, bishop's bish-op's counselor, chairmen. Eleven Offenders Appear In Court; tetedOiit I .ions club The nomination of the. representa-the representa-the cominc tire family from Hiw completed, Mr. llognrd plans to put In some attractive and interesting window displays. Tlxim: up" Is more attractive, the chanyes also I year. at. the next meet i.v:. Thursday,) be forwarded to the state' commit- provide more room for the beauty salon, which has been completely modernized. April 21). The dinner-meeting will be held at 7 o'clock, at the Harrington Harring-ton school amusement hall. tee not later thiin April -Jti For this reason, entries from this community should be made at once. The local , expense to them. family would he a vjc.w honor to the conimiini'y and a chance in a lifetime for some fortunate family to receive this award without any Fines were meted out to eleven offenders, who appeared in the American Fork, city court before Judge William Elsmore, after being rrested.'by city officers, during t past month.' Those "appearing in court, and their offenses and fines are: Lewis Gerard of Sandy, disturbing dis-turbing thepeace. $10. Gene Chris-teik'.P$asaiit Chris-teik'.P$asaiit Grove, speeding, aSj-.. . Robert P Jensen. Provo. speeding, $10; A. C Olsen. Salt Lake City, speediiie., $!(); Aaron Goff, American Ameri-can Fork. Intoxication. $5; Marinm Graham. Provo, speeding. $5; J L. Allen. Salt Lake City, speeding, $10; K.ul ("lark. American Fork, running -top sk;n. $v Ivan Maughn, Logan, intoxication. Earl McCullough, Stilt Lake Citv. speeding. $15; Albert KliiiRCr, Salt Lake City, intoxication. intoxica-tion. $a. |