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Show lencai. ff-ora il 11 11 lU 5 ill ffl v ' NUMBER 31 .1 it L Of Utah's G. A. R. Dwindle ith Death of John W. Widdoes; ry Services Honor Veteran W military reorganizations of I'ru ,!hnt from Mj fellow citizens, the Cid lt respect to VSdoes, a veteran of the funeral service! Wed-LJooo Wed-LJooo in the Alpine stake . Clifford E. Young, a Wrtl the 'amily, con- of the last two CZgat of the G. A. R. KTof the state's most W answered the last Csoming. Weakened by Gj age, he succumbed fas of twelve days. I, death, the ranks of the g tbii state were reduced ember, only Ira A. Stormes, aeoomander of the Utah gtitmainlng. Mr. Stormes Ot it the services, itollr. Widdoes as a Ib the cause to preserve b, ii a good citizen, and iroted to the service of r tea were given by the it McNeill, chaplain of ttbt American Legion: i Mies of the Community tad Clifford E. Young, sin left an example of i nit fellow men, by enlist roang volunteer to fight to the Union," Mr. McNeill he arne principles which lm to do this also guided Id these troubled tunes," iffl continued, "it is fitting tumid think deeply of f ree-oofeHowmen." ree-oofeHowmen." -. Mr. Jones said that, In icquaintance with Mr. tie found that Mr. Widdoes e Bole, and he meditated Be knew the Word of God, dge guided his life." contribution a man all community Is to live The greatest contribu-ean contribu-ean rive to his country fib. Here is a man that , food life," he continued. r.ITTOfltt ctmcloded nls" Minting out the hone L.1U J rM . mnt mim oiienus wurua ikn to the bereaved. I Young, in closing read re-ad i tribute to Mr. Wld-ttion, Wld-ttion, service and kindll-e kindll-e suae unselfish motives opted Mr. Widdoes to vol-i vol-i wrices in the Civil War guiding motives In his President Young pointed a3ed attention to Mr. tidiness to help in any w. often offering his assistance before a call was n him. view were opened with a "Abide With Me", by a H comprised of Kenneth Clare Christrnsen, Harold "xl Leo T. Hansen, ac-1 ac-1 by Ann Pnrker. The in-r in-r offered by Frank O. opof the w;ird in which w resided. t. "In :lie Garden". by Mrs Edna Boley "-tola Wat, taff, accom-Ann accom-Ann Shipley. Fol-McNem Fol-McNem s remarks, a "One Sweetly Solemn w sung by Kenneth Mrs. on chlpman, ? 7 Ann Parker. The j,"Re5t soldier, Rest", the quartet. The Rev. aced the benediction. pUnd Were Vlm-w.. r rw f tnd members nf th. on I age 8) Last Rites For John Armstrong Scheduled Sunday paued Funeral services for John Ann-strong, Ann-strong, Black Hawk war veteran and early day scout and prospector, will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. at the Anderson Brothers mortuary at American Pork. Interment will be In the American Fork cemetery. Mr. Armstrong died Saturday in a Salt Lake hospital. He was 92 years of age. He was born In England, on April 17, 1848, and came to this country when he was eight years old. His father borrowed $500 In gold from Brlgham Young, to finance the trip across the plains, and after their arrival here they worked at Camp Floyd, hauling freight for Johnston's army, earning enough to repay the loan. Mr. Armstrong was later assigned as-signed by Brlgham Young to freight across the plains, and he made three trips back to Missouri to assist the pioneers In coming to Utah. Later he engaged in mining and other pursuits. He hauled granite for construction of the Salt Lake temple. tem-ple. Mr. Armstrong lived in American Fork most of his life. He moved to Salt Lake City 15 years ago, and also resided for a time In California. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Newcomb of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, California; ten grandchildren and 35 great-gradchildren. ' o t ' - Homecoming And Farewell Social Saturday Evening U.E.A. Honors Musical Group From This City Alpine Coyncil Local Concern To Be Host To Places First In P.-T, A. Meeting! Window Contest By Leo Hanson An unusual privilege has been extended ex-tended to the orchestra students of the Harrington School. This -group- has been selected to play at one of the departmental sessions at the U. E. A. Convention and will render the selections Friday at 10 a. m. These students have made consistent consis-tent progress during the past several seve-ral years. Mr. Brlmhall, Mr. Larson, Lar-son, all of the teachers, and the parents par-ents of these students are to be congratulated con-gratulated on the type of support, encouragement, and enthusiasm which is entering into this activity. When the movement was first started students had to meet with the Instructor before school; during recess, or at the luncheon period. However, during the last year or two this instrumental work has found definite place in the regulaf class schedule so that now It is given as any other class of instruction is given. The instrumentation Is as varied as one would find in many a day, ranging from a small tonette to a large bass drum. Recently the students stu-dents have become the proud possessors pos-sessors of a marimba, which is a decided addition to any orchestra group. These little folks range from the first grade right up through the sixth grade and are without exception taking their Instrumental In-strumental work very seriously. Approximately Ap-proximately forty students win be taken to Salt Lake City on the bus for their initial appearance in public. pub-lic. This same group will appear before be-fore the divisional convention of the Parent-Teacher Association, which will be held at the State Training School on Wednesday, October. 16. A note of Instruction win be sent home with the students by the prin cipal and Mr. Brlmhall so that the parents will be acquainted with all details relative to the care of the children on Friday while they are In Salt Lake City. Takes Charge Of Pastorate Here A Missionary Farewell and Home- J?rrA(Rev. Elias Jones be held tomorrow evening (Saturday) (Satur-day) at eight o'clock, in the Alpine stake tabernacle. Miss McNeill has accepted a call to fill a mission in the East Central States, with headquarters at Louisville, Louis-ville, Kentucky, and will depart for the field in the near future. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McNeill. Elder Gardner, a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ray Gardner, returned recently re-cently from Canada, where he has been laboring as a missionary for the past two years. o Leaves On Trip To East Coast Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stults of Seattle, Seat-tle, Washington, visited a short time this week With Mrs. R. E. Booth, prior to their departure by train to the Eastern Coast. They will spend a month visiting New York City. Philadelphia. Washington, D. C-. and other points of interest and then return to Utah for a month's stay. They will then go to Long Beach, California, to spend the winter. Subscribe Now, $2.00 per year. Rev. Ellas Jones, who has arriveC to take charge of the Community Presbyterian Churches In American Fork, Springville and Payson, Is a "native of Wales. i He arrived in the United States thirty years ago. Having completed his preparation 1 in Wooster College. Wooster Ohio, and the McCormick Theological : Seminary Chirago, he was qrdained and received as a minister into the Presbyterion denomination. Rev. Jones has held Pastorates in Hemet, ' California, and Euclid Heights Los 1 Angeles. ' In Los Angeles Rev. Jones was a member of the Executive Council of the Church Federation; president of ' the East Side Minesterial Association; Associa-tion; and a director of the Y. M. C. ' A. He resigned from the Euclid Heights Church in order to accept i the call to Utah. Rev. and Mrs. Jones will make their home in Springville. Every first and third Sundays of each month Rev. Jones win preach at 11 a. m. In the American Fork Community Church. Parent-Teacher association officers and members of Utah, Millard and Juab counties will gather here Wednesday, Wed-nesday, October 18, for a regional convention of the fourth region, sponsored by ' the Alpine Parent- Teacher association council. Meetings will be held all day. at the Utah State Training School. More than 125 persons are expected to attend the convention sessions, departmental meetings, school clinic and tour, and other special features of the gathering, according to Mrs. Leo O. "Meredith, president of the Alpine P.-T. A. council, who will be in charge. The convention will carry out the theme, "The Pursuit .of Happiness", this being the last part of a three-year three-year theme: "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness". Problems of program planning, membership, cooperation co-operation between the school and the, home, and other topics will be taken up at the general and departmental de-partmental meetings. Following registration from 9 to 9:30 a. m, the first session will be held. It wul be called to order by Mrs. Meredith, with a roQ caU. Mrs. David Bigler of Payson, director of Region 4, and Dr. H. "H. Ramsay, superintendent at the Utah State Training School, will deliver wel coming addresses. Superintendent D. R. MitcheU of Alpine district win offer the invocation. A special feature of this session wul be numbers by the Harrington school orchestra, under direction of Rulon BrimhaU. Among the visitors who will be Introduced In-troduced at this session are Mrs. Charles Rowe.of Denver, national field secretary of the P.-T. A.; Mrs. L. K. Nicholson, state president; Mrs. C. L. Walker, state secretary; Mrs. RoskeUy, Miss Winifred Hafen, and Mrs. Mumford, state officers. At 11:10 a short musical program win be presented by the music department de-partment of the Utah. State Train ing School. At 12:30 a turkey dinner win be served. During this "friendship Hour," music win be furnished under direction of Kenneth J. Bird, American Fork high school music director. Visitors win be given an opportu nity to see the school buildings and the displays of articles made by the chUdren, during a conducted tour at 1:30 p. m. Following the tour, a general assembly win be held at 2:30, with Mrs. Rowe conducting the ses sion. At 3:30 a clinic will be conducted by Dr. Ramsay, to show the various types of children at the school, and to point out the problems of mental health. The convention will adjourn at 4:30 in the afternoon. The Alpine P.-T. A. councU Is preparing pre-paring for at least 125 convention-goers. convention-goers. Mrs. Meredith said. All P.-T. A. Officers and members are being invited to attend. Reservations for the banquet must be made no later than Monday, October 14. with Mrs. Meredith or with Miss Helen Haslam at the district school board office. With a novel window display contrasting con-trasting the out-dated lighting methods with the modern eye-saving lighting, the. Dixon-Taylor-Rus-sell store at American Fork won first place in the Utah Power & Light company Light Conditioning Window Win-dow Contest. The Dixon-Taylor-Russell window was Judged by a committee of busi ness men as the best of 17 entries throughout the southern division, from American Fork to Price and Eureka. The Peck Electric company of Provo placed second, the Eastern Utah Electric company of Price came third, and the Dixon-Taylor-Russell store at Price placed fourth. The local D. T. R. window pictured pictur-ed the eye-saving improvements made possible by light conditioning. One side showed a room lighted by a light globe, without a shade, hanging hang-ing by a cord in the center of the room, and with a few out-dated floor lamps about the room. The other side portrayed a modernly-Ughted modernly-Ughted room, with an effective central cen-tral light and with a number of up-to-date I. E. S. lamps. Mr. Faddis, division sales man ager, was directly in charge of the Light CondlUoning window contest. A. Lee Romero Thanks Friends For Their Help A. Lee Romero was in American Fork this week, calling on friends and making plans to start out anew. Mr. Romero, In his first interview since leaving the Utah State Prison, stated that he wishes to thank his many friends in American Fork for the aid they have given him. "Their aid has been very helpful in keeping me encouraged. I cannot can-not caU on all my friends and thank them in person, and so I take this means of expressing my sincere appreciation ap-preciation to them," he said. Mr. Romero said he plans to make a "fresh start" and reestablish himself him-self in a trade or business in this locality. o Quarterly Meet Of Alpine Stake Slated Oct 19, 20 M.I. A. Plans Harvest Ball Preparations for an npron and overall Harvest Ball have been launched by the dance directors of Alpine stake, it was announced this week. The baU wlU be held October Octob-er 29, in the stake tabernacle amusement amuse-ment hall. Quarterly conference of Alpine L D. S. stake will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20, President Clifford E. Young announced an-nounced this week. Emphasis will be placed oii the missionary responsibility of the church. President Young said. The general authorities of the church will be represented at the sessions, and topics of general interest to all members of the stake will be discussed. dis-cussed. The first session will be at 7:30 fcaturaay evening, and win Do a special Church Welfare meeting.' Other sessions will be held Bunday i at 10 a. m., and 2 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. LEGAL HOLIDAY SATURDAY Banks and public offices will be closed Saturday, which is Columbus day. a legal holiday. d Directo f V . , I s i tlirertor of the Chonl i... . Nral . : Ul- ni'iizauon. Harrington School Band To Play For U. E. A. Convention At Salt Lake City Local Draft Officials Setting Up Machinery For Registration Here ThrAA YniltUr lYlpn Faced with the big task of reeisterlnn some two thousand men r 14 m I between the ages of. 21 and.&,ffeft,- ItUIUUieie iUlSSiUllS subject to the selective service I AM rA nrA4miHaw rVtnHf 16. local draft boards in north Utah county are setting up their registration regis-tration machinery this week. An estimated 15 per cent of the population in north. Utah county win be affected by the draft registration, regis-tration, according to County Clerk Clarence A. Grant. This will mean that approximately 600 men each from Lehl, American Fork and Pleas ant Grove, and vicinities, and about 90 from Alpine and possibly 30 from Highland win be required to register next Tuesday. The draft registration In American Fork win be conducted under the direction of. Leo O. Meredith, chief registrar for the precinct The chief registrars of Alpine and Highland High-land are Mrs. Russell Bates and Mrs. Louella Binns, respectively. . In , American Fork Mr. Meredith wd be assisted by five captains: J. F. Wal-ton, Wal-ton, Ernest Parduhn, Glen Taylor, A. F. Galsf ord and David Taylor, as ' weU as a large staff of registration " agents.' .. . :','"' - Plans for patriotic observance of V the day . are being planned by city officials and the draft board. Mayor O. DeVere Wootton announced that " a concert would be -given by the ' American Tork' high school band,- ," directed by Kenneth J. Bird, at 11 a. m. Wednesday. Business houses and townspeople are asked to display dis-play the flag on that day, and other-wise other-wise observe the day patriotically Mr. Meredith said. - Registration at American, Fork win be conducted at the Legion halL -In Alpine the city hah win be the : registration place, and. at Highland the ward chapel. 'Registration win begin at 7 a. m. and continue until 9 p.m. -, - In American Fork, a staff of at least Jhlrty ; wUl be remdred Juu- die the registration, and public splr- ' lted citizens are1 urged to offer their help In this work, for part or an of the day. Anyone who feels to vol- -unteer his service to help with the registration win be welcome,' Mr. Meredith said. "We can find work for an who .have time to help." An appeal to registrants to come early was also made by Mr.. Meredith: Mere-dith: "Do it during the day dont leave it . until the last minute, because be-cause the job of registration will be tremendous. It wul Vequire IS or 20 minutes to register each man, and there are 600 to register, so registrants may save their own tune and make the job easier for the agents by coming early' All men between" , the ages ' of 21 and 36, inclusive, with the exception of those now in the army, the senior R. O T. C, or the CCC, or otherwise other-wise exempt, are required to register. Those who fall to do so are subject to fine and Imprisonment." Persons away from their own city may register wherever they, may happen to be. but It is advisable that they register in their home town if possible. Each man who registers will be given a registration registra-tion certificate and a form of instructions. in-structions. In Utah county the draft registration regis-tration is under the direction of the county commissioners and the county coun-ty clerk. The commissioners are in charge of the celebration, and the clerk will supervise the actual registration. regis-tration. The county has been divided di-vided into two draft rones, Zone 22 comprising aU Provo and north, and One missionary from Alpine stake arrived home from his field of labor Sunday, and two others are expected to return late In October. Elder R. O. Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ray Gardner, was greeted by his relatives and friends Sunday, after coming from ' the Canadian mission field where he has labored for the past two years. After leaving Montreal, Elder Gardner took a trip, visiting Toronto, New York City, and Washington, D. C. At New York City he met Bonna Ashby, who is filling a mission to the Eastern States, as weU as other Utah people. In Washington he spent the day with Guy Richards and Dr. Brown IngersoU. He then traveled back to Toronto, the mission mis-sion headquarters. En route home he spent several days in Detroit, where he picked up a new car to drive home. He visited Nauvoo on the way. Elder Gardner spent more than ten months in Toronto, and spent the remainder and last part of his mission In Montreal. These are the largest cities In Canada. He has registered at the Utah State Agricultural coUege, and win begin his studies there this quarter. Elder Howard Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reed H. Robinson, has been released from his missionary labors In Brazil, and win arrive In New York City on October 16. According Ac-cording to word received by his parents. par-ents. Elder Robinson is returning with the same missionary with whom he made his trip to South America two years ago. He WlU meet Elder Glen B. Greenwood In New York City, and the two win return together. Elder Robinson has been In Brazil for the past two yearn He has been laboring among the German-speak- lngt population, but also has been required to learn some Portuguese. Most of his time has been spent in Sao Paulo and JolnvUle. Elder Greenwood, son of Mrs. Lou ella Greenwood, has been engaged in missionary work for the past two years, in the East Central States mission with headquarters at Louis ville, Kentucky. His fields of laboi1 have been West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Maryland. His last alignment has been at Kingsport, Tennessee. He will receive his release Saturday, and will then leave for Washington, D. C. where he wlU visit Dr. Brown Ingersoll find Guy Richard. From Washingtorf he will go to New York City, where he will meet Elder Robinson and his companion. They will come home together, visiting i Mr. and Mrs. James Moffett at Ann Arbor, Michigan, en route. Landscape Expert To Speak Here Mr. George Smeath. instructor in iandscape architecture at Brigham Young university, will give an illustrated illus-trated lecture at the Second ward sacrament meeting, Sunday night. October 13. at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting is under the direction of the ward beautification committee, of which Ernest Relmschiissel is the chairman. nek r flV.v Zone 23 comprising aU south of Provo. The draft board for Zone 22 includes Mayor Mark Anderson of Provo, Harvey Corleissen and Sylvan W. Clark. Upon completion of the registration, registra-tion, the returns will be taken to the county courthouse, there compiled, and then wired to Washington. D. C. A school for registration agents will be conducted at American Fork Friday night at 7:30 In the cfty hall; Saturday- night at Payson. and Mon- day night at Provo.- -Agerits titrable - toAtten4 he .scJwxUn their- vicintty' may attend wt one of the" other places, - ..... ... - - Gardner To Speak In FirsL Ward r.ic'i- t.:'.rdner. who returned S.iuia;. :i :'(- ! :vo years of mission-' frv labor i i:1 Ckilku for the L. D. S. be the j-peaker Sunday JliC. rti ward, the vUw.i h. v i niir . tuslipii'' ii'.inounccd this week. The iiuWMii!!; will begin at 7 p. ni. An excellent musifal program Is btuiK arranged for the meeting, it was announced. All ward, members are urged to attend. 5. ' if t f V |