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Show I ... f .... ' -Wi Mm vol xxxni AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1945 NUMBER 38 Co o 11 I'll 1 (Plflf' UL l UJa Uli Voters Am. Fork War Bond Sales Below Schedule Response of American Fork citizens to the Victory War Loan is very slow, Chairman W. L. Faddis reported Thursday morning. morn-ing. The city is not maintaining the position it should with the county and state. Commenting on the situation, Mr. faddis said that although the war is over, the effects of the war are by no means over. The wounded must be cared for, families fam-ilies of those who sacrificed their lives-to, make.,., victory,,, possible, thousands of them, will heed assistance, as-sistance, and millions more of the boys must be fed and clothed until they can be returned home. These are the reasons why investment in-vestment should be made in this important campaign. From a business standpoint, in the opinion of the drive chair-man,-U-preseiit,uiterest,iate..Ql War Bonds makes them the safest saf-est and most attractive investment. invest-ment. The bonds you buy now are the most important you have ever bought; they are your pledge to Teally back our boys, he said, and concluded, "Let's show them that we intend to finish the job by investing in Bonds now." American Fork's quota in E Bonds is $83,375, slightly less than previous allotments. Funeral Held Here Wednesday For Brigham Hansen -Funeral service for - Brigham Hansen, 75, native of American Fork, were held In the mortuary Wednesday afternoon at 2 p. m. with Nels Jensen, counselor In the Fourth ward bishopric, officiating. offic-iating. Mr. Hansen died in a WendelL Idaho, hospital at 4:J0 p. m. Sunday, Nov 4, following an operation. The invocation was offered by Daniel H. Jorgensen after which Leo T. Hansen, sang "It Was For Me." Lot Robinson, who had known the deceased as a boy, was the first speaker. He spoke of his acquaintance and of the hope of a future existance as taught by Christ and the Prophet Joseph Smith. . Lawrence Atwood, former bishop bish-op of the Manila ward, gave an inspirational talk on living to merit a future place In the King dom of God. Between speakers Estella Hard-man Hard-man and Viola Beers of Pleasant Grove sang "Face to Face" and as a closing number Moral D. Steele sang "Lay My Head Be neath the Rose". Mrs. Leo T Hansen accompanied the vocalists. vocal-ists. . The benediction was pronounc ed by Warren F. Anderson and the dedicatory prayer offered by Lee Harper of Pleasant Grove. Brigham Hansen was born Jan 5, 1870, in American Fork, the son of Christian and Caroline Miller Hansen. He spent his early life in American Fork and Heber City, and has. resided in Kichfleld, Idaho, since 1926. He married first Josephine Youngberg who died on giving ttrth- to her first "child, - "Later he married Nellie Broadhead and after her death Luda Heilder-man, Heilder-man, who survives. He operated a cream station for the Nelson Ricks Co. Surviving are four children, Mrs. Lillian Walker Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Vera Housel. Richfield. Rich-field. Idaho, Earl and Roy Hansen, Han-sen, Salt Lake City; a sister, Mrs. Richard Norman, Lehi; three brothers, James Hansen, Lehl; John Hansen and Charles Hansen, Han-sen, Jerome, Idaho, and several grandchildren: NOTICE Notice of an election to be held P the Alpine School District, December 5th, 1945 for the purpose pur-pose of electing a school board member for a period of five years, to represent Prrtnt: S which comprises the American Fork urea. . Signatures of candidates must be on file in the Clerk's office on or before November 19, 1945. Elijah Chlpman , Clerk. R Marriages Hunsaker-Smlth Invitations are, out bidding friends and relatives to a reception recep-tion tonight (Friday, Nov. 9) in Firmage Hall in honor of Lela Hunsaker and Edward W. Smith who were married earlier In the day at the Salt Lake temple. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hunsaker of Malad, Idaho. She is a graduate of the Malad high school, attended attend-ed the USAC and a Salt Lake Business college. During the war she has been secretary to the chaplain of the 9th service command com-mand at Fort Douglas. The groom, son of the late Edward Ed-ward and Mrs. Smith, graduated f ronr : the? Americaa ; Fork .thlgh school and then went into business busi-ness with his father until called into the service. He was in the army three years, 18 months of the time spent in Iran. The young couple will make their home in American Fork where Mr. Smith will continue to run the Shoe Repairing business estatKsht'dbyhiither.'" V1-' Ifansen-Williams The reception honoring Miss Lorraine Hansen and Duane Williams who will be married Tuesday, will be held Thursday, November 15, instead of Nov. 13, as erroneously reported last week. Brewer-Allen Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Strang are announcing the marriage of their daughter Verlaine Brewer to Paul J. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Allen. The ceremony was performed In Provo Oct. 30 by Bishop Wesley P. Lloyd. The bride graduated from tne local high school last spring. The groom attended the BYU prior to entering the service in Oct, 1941. He spent two years in tne Aleutians Aleut-ians and was stationed at points in the US until Oct. 5, when he received his honorable discharge. Several Dost nuptial affairs are being planned in honor of the young couple. They will make their home in American Fork where the groom Is engaged in the poultry business. Chadwick-Dickerson The home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Beale, 205 North Third East, was the setting lor a lovejy nome wedding and reception Saturday Nov. 3. when Miss Frances Chad- wick became the bride of Max Dickerson. The ceremony was performed at 6 o'clock by Bishop Stewart A Durrant in the presence of the immediate families. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Glen Chadwlck and the groom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonn Dickerson of Pocatello, Idaho. For her wedding the bride chose a model with fitted lace bodice and bouffant net skirt. Her fingertip veil of net was caught to a Dutch cap of matching lace and she wore a corsage of Amer ican Beauty rosebuds. Opal Dickerson, maid of honor and sister of the groom, was gowned In blue chiffon with gardenias gar-denias and roses for her corsage. Mrs. Chadwlck and Mrs. Dicker-son Dicker-son wore matching corsages of roses and sweet peas. Ralph Jacobs of Lehi was best man. Following the ceremony a re ception was held. .The ..entertaining ..enter-taining rooms were attractive with fall flowers, chrysanthemums chrysanthem-ums predominating. The serving table held a iveddirir cake" 'and yellow tapers. Mrs. Hans Laursen and Mrs. Willis Fredericks had charge of refreshments with Jean Fredericks, Fred-ericks, Leah Dickerson, Clara Mae Chadwlck and Dora Faddis assisting as-sisting with the serving. Mrs. Mark Coddlngton had charge of the gift room. Sunday night the young couple left for Pocatello, Idaho, where they will make their home. Greenwood-Brown Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Green wood are announcing the engagement engage-ment of their daughter Mildred to Technical Sergeant George Easton Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ray. Brown of Pleasant Grove. The marriage will take place late this month. ISUllUt. . Mondav. NOV. a, Armisuce Daw the bank and postof f Ice will remain closed. Business houses ect Judge Larson Discusses Traffic Problems Parents are the . most Important Import-ant factor in the lives of children chil-dren and teachers come second, Judge Martin M. Larson, justice of the state supreme court, told members of the Parent-Teachers Association, at the meeting held in the high school auditorium Thursday evening, Nov. 1. Using the thought "I am my brothers keeper" Judge Larson In discussing safety said that we must keep moving or we rot, life, exists only in activity both physically ami mentally. - But in moving physically, safety safe-ty is most Important, the speak er said. It was his opinion that traffic accidents are accepted too casually and statistics show that there are more accidents with drivers in the 24 to 35 age group than with the younger .drivers,.,. ..Speeding -,acG0unt& A or the greatest number of casualties. casual-ties. To improve conditions Judge Larson gave five rules on which to work, 7. Be driver conscious; 2. . Insist that the . . driver go safely; 3. Be sure the car Is safe for the highway; 4. Report unsafe un-safe .driving; It Is your duty; 5. Be safe on the highway; be your brothers keeper. Music was furnished by Elmo Hansen of the high school staff who, accompanied by his wife, played two saxophone solos. Mrs. Dazel Pulley reported on the PTA magazine and Mrs. V. F. Houston, president, presided. The officers of the organization organiza-tion were rather chagrined at the lack of Interest from' the public There were about 25 In attendance, mostly teachers. : Musical Comedy To Be Presented Here In a united effort to raise funds for rehabilitation of veterans and their families, the American Legion Leg-ion and Auxiliary are sponsoring the production of a three-act musical comedy, "Pep Parade" to be put on at the high school auditorium two consecutive nights, Nov. 16 and IT, at 8:15 p. m. The entire cast of ten char- local people, under the personal direction of Geneva Lyon. In conection with the show a "Baby Popularity" contest is being be-ing staged. Pictures of the babies bab-ies are being placed in a J. C. Penney company window and votes are one cent each. One dollar will mean 100 votes for vour favorite baby. All contest- ants will be presented and the second and third act of the show Saturday evening. The winning baby will receive a handsome prize. Tickets may be purchased from any member of the Legion or the Auxiliary. District Scout Workers Meet Wednesday Mu .,, trM. rri workers will be held In the tithing uiucc Yveuiieauay crcuuig, hut. 14 from 7:30 to 9:00 p. m., Raymond Ray-mond T. Bailey, stake superinten- ts,0ho Th. .mi- f tho ETeSES t nil district Men from the Lions, Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary clubs who are interested In boys work have .been asked to be In attendance. A member of the Utah Parks Council will be present to help uouncu win De present 10 neip organize committees and merit 1 . 1 uauges cAuaiuiieia. ujauiici 1 . . 1 . t M .11 1 cnairman, rTancia a. Aoei, ana scout commissoners uavia h. ureenwooa ana Amn leuscner,, have been asked to be members , of the YMMIA stake board, Mr. Mixec ' 7 Vw v : GLEN L. TAYLOR Newly Elected American' Fork Mayor Am. Fork 'Wins Football Game From Lehi Third straight victory Friday when the Cavemen beat Lebl-7-0 gave Coach Nelson's team third place in the region league Neither PfbVdnofLincotohave lost a game. The game lacked none of the traditional features of the' annual clash between the neighboring teams. A 20-yard pass, Stef fin to Shelley, Shel-ley, and another 20-yard spring by the latter, putting the ball on the 10-yard line, where Scott crashed over in two attempts, were the scoring plays. Paul Durrant Dur-rant added the extra point with a placekick. Paul Peters, has been out of the games the past two weeks with an injured knee and Tom Marshall has moved with his family to Gary, Ind., which leaves the backfleld undermanned. Warren Monson will fill one place when the Forkers meet the BYU high school Friday at Provo in the last game of the year. Gold Star Mothers To Be Feted Here By Legion Gold Star Mothers of World War I and n will be the honored guests at a tea to be held In the Legion Hall Wednesday afternoon, after-noon, November 14 from 3 to 5 o'clock. Members of Legion Post 49 and the Auxiliary will be hosts. All ladies of the city are being asked to attend the tea and to meet the mothers whose sons made the supreme sacrifice. Committee members1 are Mrs. Jk4 n....uicjft...Mu.jiia.. xiuiu - u-iE&AjUj Mrs. K.ennein Morron, wun Mrs. Jack Iverson in charge of decorations, deco-rations, Mrs. Arthur G. Toth, the program; Mrs. E. J. Moss and Mrs. Arinlnt-me Pllllpv T"Af rPcHin Ant-! Miss Llllie Shatter, favors and Mpc n nnhn.itv u - J opeciai icauciaiuy '"'S ! school for all Interested In Scout and senior Scout programs Memorial Building on the upper BYU campus Saturday evening and all day Sunday, Nov. 10 and 117:30 p. m. Saturday and 10 a. m. Sunday. Each troop In this district should have as many represen tatives attend as possible. Will - Blsn and wrd MIA Sup- started rehearsals for a pageant, Pft tT ?d!The Heavenly Host" to be pre- r r 1 1 , 1 1 1 f 1 1 acre ui&l Lilt? waiu . . . , troop rspnur. unci ttiuui dcuul liuuu k ;!Pvpnl Dec 21 """::Vr- JI'; " ,u i " . . ... n rreul"S2on Gity v Big 4-Day Ward Festival Opens Next Week All is In readiness for the big First Ward Harvest Festival, Tuesday,. Wednesday,,., Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13, 14, 15 and 16. Four big days of merriment have beerr-scheduled. The-festival-ls sponsored by the building com mlttee and all of the proceeds will be turned toward the build Ing of a new chapel for the ward. The four-day celebration starts Tuesday afternoon with a matinee, mati-nee, a 3-act comedy play "For Pete's Sake," at 4 p. m. In the evening and on Wednesday night the play will be presented at 8 p. m. Some of the best dramatic talent of the ward is Included in the cast. Those who are fond of comedy plays will enjoy "For Pete's Sake" in the First ward chapel. The Thursday event will be a banquet and program In the Alpine Al-pine Stake Tabernacle Amuse ment Hall, beginning at 7 p. m. The best cooks of the ward will prepare the supper. Farrell Sor-enson Sor-enson will act as master of ceremony cere-mony and a lively program has been arranged. For several weeks the Teen-Age organization of the ward has conducted a contest to select a harvest queen. The winner win-ner will be announced and her two attendants named that night. Votes will be on sale during dur-ing the evening. The festival will continue Fri day afternoon with a children's dance and entertainment In the tabernacle amusement hall. Special attractions will be the fish pond and popcorn booths, as well as the novelty counter where clever Xmas gift novelties will be on sale. All children of the community will be welcome, as well as grownups. The final event will be the Harvest Ball in the Apollo Hall Friday night. Grand prize, drawings draw-ings will be given to the holders j of the lucky numbers a super new radio or turkeys. The crown ing of the Harvest queen with her attendants will high-light the ball. Howard Nelson's or chestra has been engaged to furnish the music. Tickets are being sold not only in the First ward but in the bus! : ee Htutrlnf 9nH th nthor wards I ii n..ii -1.1-11.. tW- aS weu. run ueuiiKj tts hj uic time of the events, the play cast, the admission fees, etc. will be found elsewhere in this issue niGH SCHOOL TO PRESENT CHRISTMAS PAGEANT Students of the high school music department have already i sented in the auditorium Friday j . Th, ontw music deDartment will aid in the production and soeclal costumes, staging and lighting will be used to make it, Republicans Still Retain Balance Of Power In City Government American Fork City voters elected a mixed Republican and Democratic council at Tuesday's election in one of the closest races seen here for years. Re publicans won . the mayorship easily but the four-year council-! man was but nine votes over his apponent. Two Democratic two-year two-year councilmen and one Repub lican councilman nosed out their opponents by skimpy margins. Republican recorder and treasurer treas-urer made the grade. The successful officials elected were: Olen L. Taylor, mayor; Hans'Avlaurseny 4-yearxouncU-man; Glen M. Robinson R., Dlvld Greenwood D., and Leslie Searle D. 2-year councilmen. This makes the newly elected council even with two Democrats and two Republicans. However, the balance of power Is still in Republican hands, since Stanley Peters,, the. holoovetman,. is. .a: Dist. Dist. Dist. Dlst, Total 1 2 3 4 For Mayor Glen L. Taylor, R. 681 165 220 128- 168 Culver R. Andersen, D 526 151 - 146 122 107-.. For 4-Year Councilman Hans A. Laursen, R 599 145 188 123 143 A. Ray Ellison, D 590 170 178 . 12? 120 For 2-Year Councilmen '' , Elmer Bate, R. 579 145 188 116 130 Ray Lee, R. 575 150 169 110 146 Glen M. Robinson, R. 602 161 174 117 150 David Greenwood, D. 627 184 183 128 132 Leslie Searle, D 638 164 197 147 130 Elwyn Wride, D 576 152 192 122 110 For Recorder Ray C. Nelson, R .720 201 210 143 166 ..Harold Ramsay, D 476 110 156 103 107 For Treasurer ' "' -r' Pearl L. Chesnut, R. 609 i86 157 116 150 -Leila Sykes,D. 578 i27 209 "WfflTvnH" Church News Presbyterian Community A Gospel Team from Westminster Westmin-ster College, Salt Lake City, will conduct services In the Community Commun-ity Presbyterian Church of American Amer-ican Fork at 9:45 a. m., November 11, under the direction of Rev. Marion S. Hostetler, professor of Bible. Students who will take Dart In the service are Beth Cor- bett, Delta; Betty Duval, Elko, Nevada; Jean Wagener, Lander, Wyoming; Leah Crawford, Og- den; Elsie Jarman, Roosevelt; and Joan Ten Eyck, Provo. Fourth Ward Gordon Hawkins, recently dis- chareed veteran of the marine corns with two years In the Pa cific, will be the speaker at the Fourth ward service Hunaay evening. Music will be f urnisned by a young ladles chorus directed by Mrs. Bert Tlmpson. Second Ward mia Mrs. Leo G. Meredith will give a short tau on norai arrange ments before the Special Interest, Gleaners, Juniors and Bee Hive groups In the Second ward Tuesday Tues-day evening. J. Stanley Peters will continue his discussion of Community problems In the Special Interest group. Second Ward . Members of the .Seconl . wa.r4 Elder's quorum recently discharged discharg-ed from the service will be the speakers at the services Sunday evening. Music "will- be furnished bv the choir. Choir practice will be held at the church Sunday at 6:30. All members of the ward who can sing are invited to be present Third Ward Relief Society conference will be held in the Third ward Sun day evening. Mrs. Hannah C Ashby will speak on the Relief Society In Peace and War, Mrs. Mary E. Abel will pay a tribute to the visiting teachers and Bishop Walter B. Devey will speak. Music will be furnished by the Singing Mothers. Notice Parents of Servicemen During the past several weeks many of the boys who were get ting the Citizen have been trans - o.,h tu0 nonor ha hpn i-rioroH etnnnpH "if new address- an hmiicht in we will be glad to start them again Picket Republican. As will be noted from the accompanying ac-companying table a total vote of 1207 was cast for the heads of the ticket. This total Is a good vote for American Fork and Is 300 above that cast in 1943. Ray C. Nelson, recorder, received re-ceived the largest vote on both tickets. His total was 720. Next high was Glen L. TaylorrRepubll-can TaylorrRepubll-can candidate for mayor. His vote count was 681. Other winning win-ning candidates were Mrs. Pearl L. Chesnut 609; Leslie Searle 638, David Greenwood 627 and Glen M. Romnson 602.-- Elmer Bate was highest vote getter among the defeated Republicans Re-publicans with 579, Elywn Wride came next with 576 and Ray Lee 575. A. Ray Ellison received 590 votes for the 4-year council position. The complete vote by districts ls.giYep .inthe, .above, tabJ, FFA Group Elects Officers For Coming Year Election of officers for the coming year featured the meeting meet-ing of the American Fork chapter chap-ter Future Farmers of America held In the high school Oct. 25. The new president Is Richard Mitchell, a senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. MitchelL Richard Rich-ard was chapter secretary for 1944-45. He has completed three years of vocational agriculture and has received the State Farmers Farm-ers Degree. His project include swine, dairy and field crops. He succeeds Fred Buhler, . Warren Harris, a Junior, was elected vice president. A son of Mr. and Mrs. George Harris, he was chapter sentinel In 1944-45. Having, completed two years of vocational agriculture he Is rated Chapter Farmer and his project Is dairying. He succeeds Kulon Smith. Taking the place of Richard Mitchell as secretary Is Melvln Day, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Day of Highland. He is a senior, has completed three years of vocational- agriculture," l a chapter farmer and his projects include llvestick and field crops. Jack Phillips, a sophomore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Phillips, was elected treasurer to succeed Paul Johnson. Jack has completed com-pleted one year of Ag., Is a chapter farmer and his project Is swine. Jess Bromley also a sophomore, son of Mr; and Mrs. Adair Bromley, is the new sentinel, senti-nel, succeeding Warren Harris. His projects are field crops and llvestick. He Is a chapter farmer farm-er and has completed one year of agriculture. Another sophomore, Richard Chipman, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Vern Chlpman, will be the reporter. re-porter. He has completed one year of vocational agriculture, is a chapter farmer and his projects are swine and sheep. He succeeds suc-ceeds Stanley Goode who moved away. Chapter members discussed the buvine of the official FFA Jack ets an A- B. Allen, the advisor. talked on interest and coopera- i tlon in the chapter. Apples ior the crowd were furnished by 1 Kicnara jvuwneu. i -r- ,;v 5 ' n t 5 1 t - t V. 1 ; t 14 3 I 1 t t I ill I 4 ? . ; 4 Will Dc Open no uoutw. omu. Stake Superlntendency. an outstanding ailair |