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Show A , mil litkei H 1 AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1945 NUMBER 33 octor Youth ies From ; 1 Gun Shot Wound Marlon Proctor. 15. son V Mr and Mrs. Darrell Proctor, LilV i n Friday evening from feun shot wound fullered nursday at 5:30 when a 22-Ger 22-Ger pistol he was holding dls-Creed dls-Creed into his chest, hading on the Pulley road Lth of town with Wayne bookston, 16, who was driving U car, Robert picked up the gun uich was lying in the seat. As muzzle reacnea uis cneai, u, targed, the Duuei, aeuectea i 1 rlD. DliSoev uuuu(u iiu imacn ana uvcr. xic woo mhu the American-Fork, hospital lediately by tne urooxsion hut the wound Droved fatal. . .; born In American. Fork 1, 1929, the son ol Darrell O. Eima wells Froctor. tie was nnhntrmre in the American Lriie-h fthobl fenda - member If the First ward teachers uorum. Surviving are his parents and n. foilowlne brothers and ste ers," Pvt. Darrell Jack Proctor, ritn the armed lorces in the aciflc, Dan, Merma, and Blair roctor, and a - grandfather, jofse Wells, all of American Fork. Impressive funeral services sere, held. Jin the First ward :hapel Wednesday 'at 2 p.' m. then the building was filled to iwrflowing and floral tributes i-ere profuse and beautiful. Bish-ip Bish-ip Ernest J. Seastrand presided. The processional and recession-iwere recession-iwere played by Mrs. Owen lumphrles and Troop II Boy touts and Scoutmaster Clyde Schreiber, in uniform, acted as ;uard of honor. The opening lumber "In the Garden" was ung by Mrs. Joseph Mecham and Lirs. Jack Cook with Mrs. Hum-Mesas Hum-Mesas accompanist. The in-oatio in-oatio wasTtilleTedr by Joseph loglund after which Miss Rae Jarie..Jerllngaccompanied - by er mother, Mrs. Harry Jerllng, ilayed as a cello solo "Lamb ol 8peakers were W. O. Nelson, tcoutm aster, Bishop Harry Jer-fag Jer-fag of the Highland . ward, , E. ,y Gardner, member of the id bishopric in charge of ronlc priesthood, President belbert Chlpman, Principal Jesse M. Walker and Bishop Seastrand. Each spoke of the splendid work lone by Bob in his department, )f the hope of family reunion in i future life and the solace of he gospel In times of trouble.' Between speakers Mrs. Delbert Chlpman and Kenneth Robinson fang "Life Beyond the Shadows". closing musical number was duet, "The Valley of Peace", ung by Mrs. Virgil H. Peterson d Duane Woffinden. accom- ed by Mrs. Elmer Carr, of ihl. The benediction was pronounc ed by Terry Draper and the irave dedicated by Af ton Steiner. Honorary pallbearers were Jim poggard, Max Hoggard, Norman JConnelly, Junior Hall, Wayne pookston and Keith Durrant. Active pallbearers were Dale Steiner, Billy Hoglund, James trand, Glen Draper, Don n and Earl Brown. Jtrong Lincoln ream ; Bts TavSmen American Fnrk hnrt tv oHmlt Pat jfootball game played. Thursday jwrnoon of last week with Lin pin high. The visitors played iWilHant hall wHVi fV1 loarilno- 5 ft playing. The score was .Peters passed to Durrant for ie one touchdown the Cavemen paae. Smith and Steffen played SOUtetandinalv tnr tVia foam - 0"J W WUH WIMUl the third quarter Lincoln got ior a touchdown with a foono yards. nis afternoon the Cavemen are meeting the Pleasant Grove on the P. G. field. iSffiSTICETO m AMERICAN FORK Chlpf TnoH.... t 1 a . OUft of TTtoH w t Hh w metln November .1 in -- "'luigion scnoou t r u, arson wm discuss safe- S ttherof--.not.4hey-are '"llu w"-n tne association. Geneva Steel Being Used In Grain Elevators Geneva Steel will supply the steel for four storage tanks to be ereetedJay .the . WendeHUHansen Feed Plant, it was announced this week by T. Dean Udall, Lehi, contractor. The foundations are all. ready in place and construction of the tanks, which will require 70 tons of steel, win be started next week. The tanks will be welded in place and will be 50 feet high and 22 feet in diameter. Local welders and structural steel workers will be used on the Job. The feed plant was recently purchased by Mr. Hansen from the A. W. Pulley and Sons company.1 com-pany.1 Clubs and Socials Dance Set Distinctive among social gath erings of the season was the opening dinner-dance of the Dance Set held Wednesday eve ning in the Third ward recreation recrea-tion hall. The guests were greeted greet-ed in the foyer by members of the committee and entertained with music by a string ensemble until 8 . o'clock when dinner . was served. Speakers were seated at a V- shaped table at the top of the nan, which with four long tables seated the 85 counles present. Fifty ivory tapers to crystal can-dleabra can-dleabra lighted the tables. Banks of pyracantha, bowls of giant marigolds and autumn leaves completed the table decorations. Programs marked the places. Lavere J. Wadley .made the address of welcome and grace was offered by Leo G. Meredith. Mrs. Wadley acted as toastmls-tress. toastmls-tress. The theme of the evening was introduced by Mrs. Robert B. Lelshman--who"ftcampanied' by Mrs. Owen Humphries, sang "Memories", Noel Knight pro- posea a toast -"Memories f the Past" and Mrs. Delbert Chlpman gave a toast "Memories of the Dance Set." Lincoln E. Robinson accompanied by Mrs. Robinson, sang "Through the Years." Following dinner dancing was enjoyed with the "Memory Waltz" featuring the dances. Members of the girls ensemble were Joan Ellison, Rae Marie Jerllng, Jeanne Myers, Dorothy Stice and Kenna White. Committee Com-mittee members for the year are Mr. and Mrs. LaVere J. Wadley, cochairmen, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bennett, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Frank Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs, Stanley Stan-ley D. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Al-ton Storrs, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tregaskls, Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Wride and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wright. Church Notices PresbyteriattCommunity Church Church services at 9:45. Sunday School ll:00.a Thursday, October 25,' the Mis sionary Society will entertain the Missionary Societies from the Sprlngville and Payson Presby terian Churches at a joint meet ing.-'held" at the-' church. The subject discussed will be "Women In Social Action". Meeting call ed for 2 p. m. High Priests The October meeting of " the Alpine Stake high priests quorum will be held in the tabernacle at 3 p. mi Sunday. Major Glenn A. Wright .will be th?, speaker,. First Ward All Teen-Age girls, their moth ers and ward leaders are espec lally urged to attend sacrament meeting Sunday evening at 7:30 p. m. Teen-age girls and their newly organized chorus are giv ing the program. Second Ward Special Interest.. Round table discussion of city problems will take place in the Special Interest group of the Second ward Tuesday night. Ern est Relmschllssel of the BYU fac ulty will act. as chairman, Leo Nelson will represent the city council, the city recreation department de-partment and planning board, and a member of the ward priesthood priest-hood will also take part in the dlscuasloiu r,;J;-'?,'-''':--j:-;--;-,i1 ': Second Ward Ernest Relmschllssel. Don Rob inson and Kenneth Beck will be the srieakers at the Second ward sacramental, services Sunday evening. Music will be furnished by Leland Priday and Lincoln E. Robinson. The meeting will be in charge of . the Elders .quorum.. Alvm E. Monson, president. Only Oversea Am. Fork WAC Returns Miss Clea Meredith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Meredith, the, only. service... woman Irom American Fork with overseas duty, arrived home the end of last week with her honorable discharge dis-charge from the Womens Army Corps. She received her discharge dis-charge from Fort DeMoines, Iowa, the same place where she entered for basic training three years ago. As TSgt. Meredith she was secretary to the army exchange service for the European theatre of operations with headquarters for six months in London: and for the past year in Paris. She came home on the Queen Eliza beth with 650 other WACS who were being discharged. Sgt. Meredith had a total of 56 points, 15 more than the required 46 for the WAC membeTS;- " Joining- the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in October, 1942, Miss Meredith elected to remain with the corps when It was recognized as part of the army and renamed WAC. She left for overseas in April, 1944. She was wearing the WAAC ribbon, the good conduct medal, and the Northern France campaign star on the ETO ribbon. Lfe1(n''lhe'Tri5nclii'(5apltIaS very fascinating, Miss Meredith said, mentioning particularly the operas, the Louvre, a museum of art collections, the churches, especially the Church of the Madelalne, Notre Dame and the Sacred' Heart. Outstanding among lighter entertainment was the Follies Bergere which are comparale to MGM's Follies. Funeral Today For; William Shelton Funeral services for John William Shelton, 55, will be held this afternoon at 2 p, m. in the First ward chapel with Bishop Ernest J. Seastrand in charge. Mr. Shelton died in a Bingham hospital Sunday at 1 p. m. from carcinoma of the lungs after an Illness of several months. He had been in the hospital only two days. The son of George and Caroline' Caro-line' Britton Shelton, he was born March 18, 1890, in Salt Lake City. He married Catherine Sager of American Fork February 10, 1913. He was employed for a number of years by the Utah Power and Light company and more recently recent-ly at the Geneva Steel plant. Surviving are his widow, a son, William E. Shelton, with the US Navy in the Pacific, two daughters, daugh-ters, Mrs. - Bardell -iCatherine) Beck, Provo, and Miss Beth Shelton, Shel-ton, Salt Lake City; two brothers, Fred Shelton, Lehi, and Leo snei tonrSalt Lake City; two smerslOr-The room is the aon nf Mr. Mrs. Bell McHugh and Mrs. Har riet Bower both of Los Angeles, and three grandchildren. QUEEN CONTEST Voting for queen for the First ward Harvest Festival gained mo mentum as the votes were count - ed after Mutual Tuesday night All unmarried girls of mutual age are eligible. The entrance fee is 50c which " entitles " the' aspirant to. five votes, . Additional votes are one cent each. The Festival is scheduled for the second week lnJNovember.. Present Standings Are Mamie McAllister 936 Joyce Singleton 289 Gladys Grant 277 Helen Bailey 205 Mariana Humphries 148 Lois Shatter 61 Irene Shelley 55 La Rae Batchelor 49 Janice Laursen v 42 uauiocu -x Helen Gardner 37 Beth Hartshorn 29 Betsy Robinson 28 Phyllis Laursen 22 Beth Ovard 5 LeAnn Coates 5 Maxine Howes 5 Commander Lloyd A. Bennett reports American Legion activities activi-ties for the near future Include a Hallowe'en dance October 31, an Armistice Day party and assisting assist-ing the high school with exercises exercis-es that day, a children's popularity popu-larity contest for the first two weeks in November, and a home talent play to be put on by the Empire Producing company at the high school auditorium Nov. 16 and 17. ' - Child Of Three Killed By Potato Truck Brent Lee Bennett, 3-year-old son of Dewey and Blanche Devey Bennett. Alpine, mea in the Amerlcah' Fork hospital Thurs day at 7 t. m. of injuries suf fered earlier in tne aay wnen ne was run over by a truck at the family home. . Yl The boy climbed on the back of a potato truck which was be ing unloaded. Sh rman Bennett, 14, older brother of the victim, started to back the truck from the potato pit when the child lost his balance and fell beneath the rear wheel which passed over his body. The child was born at American Fork October 14, 1941. , .: : ,. Funeral services and burial took place on his fourth birthday Sunday, October -14, 1945, with Bishop... prion... J, ..purges, in charge. "My Father - Knows", the opening number, was sung by Mrs. Raynel Devey, Mrs. Ed ward W. Burgess, Leland Beck and Ronald Strong, accompanied by Mrs. Orion J. Burgess. The Invocation was offered by Lyman Moyle. Lawrence Sowby, Magna, accompanied by Mrs. Sowby, then sang "God Understands." Joseph F. Marsh, a life long acquaintance oLthe family,, was. the first speaker.! He paid tri bute to the family for their fine qualities, being honest in their dealings, honorable citizens, and having Ideal family life, which was now broken for the first time. , Bishop Burgess gave an in spiring sermon on the ressurec tlon as attested by Christ and the renewal of family life in the hereafter. Between speakers Mrs. Van A. Vance, accompanied by Mrs. Bur gess, sang Tour 8weet .: Little Rosebud Has Left You", and as a closing number; Mr; and Mrs. j Sowby, accompanied by Mrs. Burgess, sang ''Good-Night, Jesus". The benediction - was pronounced by Reed Burgess and the grave dedicated by an uncle, Earl M. Devey. The buUdlng was filled to ca pacity and the many beautiful floral tributes bespoke the re spect held for the family. Sur vlving besides the parents are a grandfather, Alfred Devey, and six brothers and .sisters, Lola, LuElla, Sherman, Marlow.Janice and Phillip Bennett, all of Alpine. Wedding Pittman-Doyle Miss Bernice Plttman, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. LaVerle Stewart, became the bride of Sherman S. Doyle in a ceremony performed by President Delbert Chlpman at the home of the bride's parents Wednesday. Oct and Mrs. J. V. Doyle of Long Beach, California Following the ceremony which was witnessed by the immediate families and close friends, a reception was held in Flrmage Hall. ... , The bride, lovely In a white 1 iace gown th fitted bodice, full shirt and puff sleeves, wore a matching net veil caught to a coronet of sequin hearts, She wore a corsage of red rosebuds, Miss Beulah Lipson . and Miss Lois Stewart, bridesmaids, wore yellow organdy and blue taffeta. Others- In- the - receiving - Une were Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Smith, uncle and aunt of the groom, Ford West, best man; Mrs. Jane Gray and Mrs. John Doyle. with Clarence a. Grant as master of ceremonies' a musical program was followed by danc Ing. Miss Deon McCurdle, and , ., n... KnfV. r.., 1 3 ui "' fI?f lYJ?32L I gave a pitum scinuuu, dots. at& Cook, Mrs. Russell Greene and Mrs. Vernon Gardner gave a trio number, and Mrs. Harold Stoker gave a reading. Mrs. Davis Stewart of Pleasant Grove and Mrs. VerneU Jarvls of Salt Lake City cared for the gifts. Mrs. Eugene Jarvls of Pleasant Grove, had charge of the refreshments re-freshments and was assisted in serving by Miss Edna Jarvls, Miss Mary Peck, Miss Barbara Conder and Miss Beverly Blrk. Autumn leaves and fall flowers formed colorful decorations for the hall. The newly wedded couple are ' making their home in American I Fork; " "" War Fund J)rivfe Workers To Complete Job The war against want has not been won is the idea being put over by the many canvassers of Minute Women and civic leaders who are taking part in the intensive in-tensive campaign for the United War Fund. Between 90 and 95 per cent of those already contacted have contributed- to the - fund, Noel Knight, chairman reported Wed nesday. Mayor Warren V. Clark of Alpine has assumed chairman ship of his community and the drive is going ahead he reports. The funds raised In the drive now underway will be used to provide entertainment and recreation re-creation for the boys still overseas, over-seas, for relieving distress and suffering of war torn countries and this year a percentage will be given to the Boy Scouts to aid in' financing their -year work.-. Considerable impetus was giv en the National War Fund's na tion-wide appeal when President Truman spoke in behalf of the fund Tuesday night of last week on a national radio hookup from Washington. After referring to the continuing need of the foreign for-eign relief agencies which serve the people of devastated regions in allied countries, President Trumaaaid:. "I.am speaking to you tonight because it is important, import-ant, it is imperative, that these War Fund agencies finish the Job they were set up to do. War service has not ended. 1 don't need to tell anyone whose son still is serving with the occupation occupa-tion forces or with the service troops in this country. For them, the war is still going on. That's why USO and USO Camp Shows must go on with the. fine work they've been doing until all our service men and women are back home with us again. CaptXENoyes TelkJQf Overseas Duties Captain K. E. Noyes, recently returned from the European war theater, gave a most interesting account of the hospitalization and care of the wounded as our armies moved into Europe prior toVEDay. He outlined the organization of his medical unit of doctors and nurses; told of their voyage from the Eastern Atlantic coast in April, 1942; their landing In North Africa and later in Italy. His account of their movement through Southern France following follow-ing V E Day, and their penetration penetra-tion of Western Germany with the troups was very interesting. At times theff hospital had 34)00 patients in Naples and Rome, he stated. They moved across the Rhine March 6, 1943, Dr. Noyes said and had some anxious moments in Germany many times when German Ger-man planes were over their hospitals. hos-pitals. Although they never were straffed or bombed the Germans had previously straffed hospitals and they never knew when it might be their turn. The medical units worked 12 hour shifts and on the final months of the war Dr. Noyes said they really found out what work was as. the men were rushed back to their hospitals. -He concluded with the statement state-ment that Germany is a beautiful beauti-ful country and the fishing and hunting-were -exceptional."" First Ward Queen Contest ' Queen contest for the First ward Harvest Festival got underway un-derway Tuesday evening with 14 girls already entered. The contest con-test is open to any unmarried girl of Mutual age living in the ward. The entrance fee Is 50c and votes are lc each. Boxes for voting are being placed in the Stvle ShoD. Humphries Floral and Hartshorn's Market. Girls already entered are La Rae Batchelor, Helen Bailey, Le Ann Coates, Helen Gardner, Gladys Grant, Beth Hartshorn, Maxine Howes, Mariam Humphries, Hum-phries, Phyllis Laursen, Mamie McAllister. Beth Ovard, Lois Shafter, Irene Shelley and Joyce Singleton. The contest Is under the direction of the Teen Age committee with Mrs. Glenn A. Wright, chairman. Utah CJelery Cooperative To Reach Million Dollar Total Special Concert At Stake Tabernacle Tonight Salom Rlzk will deliver his lecture "The Americanization of an American" at the Alpine stake tabernacle tonight (October 19) under the sponsorship of the La-Tona La-Tona Lyceum.assoclatlon. A re port by a member of the New York City school board said Mr. Rizk's lecture is a splendid inspiration in-spiration for good citizenship and an outstanding lesson In Amen canlzation. taidm'IOzk teWtbTfSftanaV ing story or ms own me as it weaves itself. . into mankind's common struggle for economic stability and international peace, He captivates his audience with his vivid portrayals and humor ous sallies, and inspires thought by his penetrating views, salom Rlzk is truly a unique platform personality, combining as he does a . delightfully extempor aneou's style? rich veta of hum or, a keen sense of , the dramatic and a strong social passion. Stake Quarterly Conference Program Given President Jesse M. Walker is announcing that Alpine Stake quarterly conference will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28. This will be a Seven ties and Missionary conference, Priesthood leadership and wel fare meeting will be held Satux day evening, Priesthood and Mothers and Daughters and three - conference -sessions on Sunday. Speakers and detail of hours will be announced next week. Servicemen Are Guests Of Jaycee Group Returned servicemen of the community were guests of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at their meeting at the Youth Camp Thursday evening. ' Carl Ohran and R. W. Madsen had charge of the program and the meeting. Future developments of the city and the present opportunity for work for the veterans was discussed and a decision made to sponsor a basketball team of American Fork men in the Utah league for the coming winter. Le Roy Oriffin reported on the progress, for the prospective air port. ROTARIANS ENTERTAIN DAUGHTERS ... Unique in the annals of American Ameri-can Fork entertainment was the Fathers .and Daughters party given Friday evening in the Legion hall by members of the Rotary' club". " Alvin Monson was accompanied accompan-ied by his three daughters, Miss Nadlne, Marlene and Mary Alice, and George W. Hanks escorted his two daughters, Mrs. Vernon Gardner and Mrs. Jimmle Orr. The other 21 club members each had one daughter with them. Earl Holmstead acted as master of ceremonies. The toast to the daughters was given by David L. Greenwood and Miss Irene Shel ley made the response. A skit was presented by Doris Ault, Helen Gardner, Gladys Grant, Miriam Humphries and Melba Kirk; Colleen Moss gave a tap dance, Carol Christiansen, a reading; Nadlne Monson, a vio lin solo, and Loren Lamph a vo cal solo. ;, ; Corsages with ribbons leading to the plates of the guests made clever decorations for the ban quet tables, which were lighted with tapers in crystal holders. The committee responsible for a very lovely time were Ray Shelley, chairman, Warren F, Anderson and George W. Hanks. The Utah Celery Cooperative Association with headquarters in American Fork' will- become a million dollar marketing concern this year it was revealed yester day when officials tabulated the season s marketing totals. September Sep-tember gross' sales amounted to" " $330,000.00 and October will reach nearly twice this figure, it was learned. Grading, packing and market ing of celery, cabbage, onions. carrots and potatoes comprises the Job of this fast developing cooperative concern. Upwards of . 1,000 carloads of these farm crops will have been handled by the concern during 1945. . ' Already , this year 290 cars of celery have- been .marketed .over ,,, the" entire United States and by " the time the harvest is completed complet-ed this figure will reach the 300 mark. The gross sales of this crop is estimated at $450,000. ' The cooperative has made a wonderful reputation on this crop this year. The celery has gone out under the "Mountain Crisp" brand and has topped markets in every section of the CQuntryrrProwers are expecting to receive up to $3,000 per acre ""' for the best of this produce Last year, the first year for the Coop., 130 cars of celery were marketed which: is but a little more than a third of this year's output. The potato harvest is now lust getting into high gear and over 300 cars will be received, graded and sold through the association, Mr. John W. Oerber, announced ' yesterday. These will all come from Utah county and iron county.. This -crop should, gross . upwards of $300,000. They will go-out at the Tate of 12 carr daily. .-, ' ' , . Cabbage, principally an American Amer-ican Fork vicinity crop,' will reach upwards of 150 cars. It to said, " with a gross of $80,000. The price on cabbage is not too high this year It is reported- - - Some 100 cars of onions will be marketed tot members this season. A gross of $1000,000 Is expected for this crop. The Carrot crop, principally an Iron County deal, is expected to total around 125 cars and will gross $130,000 for the entire year. This includes both bunch and the bulk carrot shipments. School District Census Being Taken High school students in the Alpine Al-pine School District will enjoy an extra - two - days-vacation Irom classes while their teachers are taking the annual school census on Friday and Monday, October 19 and 22, it is announced by school officials. High school work will end Thursday at 2 p. m., when league football games will begin, and will resume Tu-sday morning, October 23. Gfade school classes will be held as usual on both days, how ever, district omciais poratea- out, as the two-day holiday affects af-fects only high school students. Elect New Officers American Fork Lady Lions met for dinner, and the annual election elec-tion at the Alpine Villa Grill October 11. Thirty members and two guests were present. Mrs. Wilbur Mawhinney is the new president, replacing Mrs. R. W. Madsen who has served the past year. Other officers are Mrsl Robert B. Lelshman, first vice president; Mrs. Elwyn Wrlde, second vice president; Mrs. Edward T. Hall, reporter; Mrs. V. F. Houston, music leader, and Mrs. Olin H. Rirle accompanist. Mrs. Vern Walker and Mrs. Joseph F. Walton Wal-ton were voted honorary members mem-bers of the club. The group will meet the second sec-ond Thursday evening of "each month. t - si -1- H f 71 ! |