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Show ricam pa t riri n 0 - m : -,. -J, AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1946 NUMBER 33 l.- ' - -i -i ' eiubligaiMidlde Covers Nation jyo Business Houses burglarized Here fang This Week Added Costs ' Increase r Creek Costs iit of Deer Creek reclama- 'jB project are being asked to lisle on an amended contract at air innual election In Decem- samated- costs of the project Vjte been increased approximate approxi-mate nfty percent because of S tar, 0. C. Day, secretary of S( Highland Conservation Dis-5rt,aid. Dis-5rt,aid. If the elections are i. held or if the amended con- i it turned down, we will not ; the water, Mr. Day added. ; to discussing Deer Creek,.. Mr. r said that the Duchesne tun- I and the siphon at the point the mountain are not com mitted. Before the war the estimated esti-mated cost was $7,600,000. The ssent estimate is $11,400,000. raler the present setup the vx can leave It unfinished i the stockholders can sign a contract to cover the added h ... ' ln Highland Conservation strict, which includes the farms 'arth of Lehi, owns 5010 shares inter, American Fork and idd each own 500 shares. The po Water Users Association pn already voted to accept the ar contract. I The Highland election will be m Tuesday, Dec. 3. Precinct ja l"wiU-voteat the- homof M l. Myers; Precinct 2, at Day's home; and Precinct 3 it the home of Thomas E. Sun- Final Respects Paid James Adams A burglar, or more likelv hura. lars, entered two places of business busi-ness In American Fork during the past week. Money, merchandise and a city police badge were among the loot taken. Something over $200 was taken from the I. Q. A. Market Spot on West Main street sometime after midnight Tuesday, of fleers were told early Wednesday morning. Entrance was gained by breaking break-ing the glass, from the rear door, It was learned. The cash bag, containing about $200.00. was located in the store . and taken along, with-cigarette and eandy Holiday Monday Monday, Nov. 11. being Ar- ptlce Day and a legal holiday, business houses in American f will be closed. Do your valued at about twenty dollars, ana sugar stamps for upwards of ijuu pounds or sugar were found missing. Sometime Sunday night entrance en-trance was forced through the back into the O. K. Tire Shop and here a tire. wheel, some pennies pen-nies and a city police badge were taken. "City officers, "with "county sheriff's forces, are working on both cases but to date no definite defi-nite clues have been found, It is declared. These new robberies run the like cases over the half dozen mark here In recent months, and officers are doing everything Funeral services for James Adams, 75, were held in the First ward chapel Monday morning at 11 a. m. with Bishop Leonard Howes in charge. Mr. Adams passed away Saturday morning as b:ju a. m. or uremic poisoning, Speakers were Ferrill M. Sor- enson and Lot Robinson. Mr. sorenson spoke of the Adams famlly.as .friends and neighbors. using raitn as his text the speak er told of . the sufferings of, Job, nis enlightenment and change of reeling through faith: also men tioned the value of faith in .the lives of prominent men of the worlds Joint Airport Possible For North Utah County Mr. Robinson eulogized the life of the deceased whom he had always al-ways known, spoke of the family as pioneer settlers of the com munlty and paid tribute to the pioneer father of Mr. Adams Music Included an opening solo "Sometime, Somewhere' by Moral d. Steele; two duets, ln the Garden" and "In God's Other Room"- by- Mrs; Joseph Mecham and Mrs. Jack Cook, and a duet, "No Night There" by Mrs. Reed H.-Robinson and Mrs. - Arthur Nilsson. Mrs. Leonard Howes ac companled the vocalists and played the prelude and postlude. Ernest Lloyd offered the invocation,' invo-cation,' Darrell G. Proctor pro- possible to run down the culprits ;nouncedwth benediction and but so far have little to work on. Many times the public can help with information they might have, suspicions they obtain, etc., and city officers ask that the public give all the help they can to stop this pilfering of business places : and" "homes, . Merchants and the public are urged to take every precaution they can to prevent pre-vent losses by keeping homes and Places locked when neces sary and aft Valuables -in: safe places. APPRECIATION Republican Committee members of American Fork, take tnis opportunity op-portunity to express their appreciation ap-preciation to the citizens of the community for their cooperation and support in the recent cam paign and election. Clyde Birk, Secretary LEHI VOTE BY DISTRICT District 1 Fl IT. R Sinofna p MURDOCH (D) ............ 124 FHUR v. WATKINS (R) 198 P Rep. in Congress, ma District ILL ROBINSON (D).....T 119 fuUAM A. DAWSON (R) 197 Jastice of the Supreme Court dTTN M LARSON (D) .... 122 WE W. LATIMER (R) 195 P8tate Senator L LOVEREDGE (D) 111 I THORNTON (D) 116 f MANNING JOLLEY JR) 201 $1D JONES R). .....,.....;: 192 juiepresentative JfrpN H. ADAMS (D).... 119 jl JOHNSON (R) 197 j County Commissioner, MURDOCK (D) .... 122 DJ.KNUDSEN (R) 193 County Commissioner, W-Tenn f'. JOHNSON (D)... 119 )RQEA.CHEEVER(R).. 197 County Clerk tiGRANT (D) 117 4 G.DIXON (R) .' 198 &ty Auditors fiS r3 L. PHILLIPS (D -131 IffjH. BENNETT (R) .... 185 lCE BIRD (R) 193 unty Sheriff ON 8. HALL (D) ........ 127 T 8. CHTPMAN (R). 187 EVANS (D) 0 'County Attorney CROYLANCE(D) 129 .ELM. CARTER (R) 187 g County Recorder tfiSg P. FILLMORE (D) 123 Ltfw. assessor , mWCK ATWOOD (D) 123 ' GREEN (D) 123 ifct Justice ,4W H. CARSON (R) ........ 42 162 154 166 147 159 151 150 156 161 147 151 160 158 151 149 159 154 156 169 144 158 149 159 150 0 155 154 161 148 168 144 157 153 3 4 149, 94 178 166 146 101 186 157 146 102 179 155 134 97 145 102 194 159 179 ' J 150 135 102 192 156 145' --ITO 181 155 144 100 183 156 133 96 194 163 158;... 115 171 148 149 99 177 156 137 93 191 W5 0 1 153 ii4 174 144 148 104 181 151 147 98 179 159 148 100 181 158 - 2 6 Total 529 696 532 687 529 680 492 519 715 668 507 705 -527 680 512 695 500 711 573 648 529 675 516 693 1 551 659 534 673 536 674 526 684 51 Leonard E. Adams, Salt Lake City, dedicated the grave. The son of Joshua and Mary Hoggard Adams, he was born in American Fork Feb. 12, 1871 and had lived here all his life. He married Christine Nielsen who died Jan. , 1926 and he later married Hazel - Richins. Survivors include his widow, a son J. R. Adams, American Fork, and the following children by his first wife; Mrs. Millie Welling, Fielding, Box Elder county; Mrs, Dezza Adams DeBry, Mrs. Jennie Adams Richards, Mrs. Reta Adams Kirkwood, and Delbert J. Adams. Salt Lake City; ten grandchildren,, four great-grand' children, and the following brothers and sisters: George Adams, Mrs. Susan Lewis, American Amer-ican Fork; Leonard E. Adams, Salt Lake City; Alfred Adams, Ogden; Mrs,LibbyKoblnson, Sandy; Mrs. Zlna Wilklns, Call fornia Mrs. Melissa Anderson, Delco, Idaho; Joseph S. Adams, Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Agnes Cun ningham, Burley, Idaho; Mrs Margaret Edmunds, Bennlon, Salt Lake county, and Mrs. Beu- lah Robinson, Lehi. Funeral For E.K.MeadAt First Ward Sat. Funeral services for Edgar K. Mead. 33. will be held In the First ward chapel Saturday at 2 p. m.-with Bishop F.-Rulon Nicholes, of the Fifth ward officiating. of-ficiating. Mr. Mead died in the local hospital at 1 a. m. Wednesday Wednes-day of a brain tumor. He was born In Hastings, Nebr., the son of Edward and Mary Ellen El-len Herbert Mead- July 20. 1936, he married Myra Cutler of Salt Lake City. During the war he worked in the shipyards at Bremerton, Brem-erton, Wash., and came to American Ameri-can Fork in Sept. 1945.. He was employed at the Pacific States Cast Iron and Pipe company In Provo until the time of his illness. ill-ness. He was an electrician by trade. , JJ Survivors include his widow two children, Robert, 8, and oHnrvi q Amprlf.m Fork, and a sister, Mrs. Edith Mace, Hastlngs.1 Nebr. Friends may call at the Anderson Ander-son and ons Mortuary Saturday prior to the services. Burial will take place in the Lehi cemetery. PAINT MIXER SUCCESSFUL The new mechanical paint mixer recently installed at the Goodrich Store here is creating a lot of Interest among the painters and paint users. Manager Man-ager Glen Maxwell says paint stlring by hand is a thing of the past. American Fork, Pleasant Grove and Orem cities are, behind a Joint airport which la likely to be located on the highway between American Fork and Pleasant Grove it was decided this week when representatives of the three communities met for a discussion of the matter in this city Tuesday, -The group together with Joseph Burgin, civic aeronautical expert from Salt Lake - City, went .over the preliminary problems and looked over the possible sites be tween here and the Geneva Steel plant.. - A-site, with, upwards - of-100 Plans Complete For Lion's Zone Party acres of ground is required to fill the needs of the central field, it Is reported. This can be purchas ed by the three communities, county, state and federal govern ment, it is said, with very little cost to any one unit When completed the field would serve local airmen, provide land ing for commercial iand private planes and open up possible avia tion schools and training for this area. Considerable . interest is now developing in this new venture ven-ture and it is likely it will be secured and constructed as rap idly as government funds are available, following he purchase of the site. Funeral Held Here MiiidayjFor Peter Crys Peter Crystal, 77, 163 South 9th East, Salt Lake City, native and former resident of American Fork, died at his- home Friday after a lingering illness.' Funeral services were conducted Monday at 2 o'clock in the Anderson Mortuary with Leonard Howes, bishop of the First ward, of which the deceased was a former mem ber, taking charge. Services opened with a violin solo, "Handel's Largo? by Milton Brown." The invocation was of fered by D. W. Jones and Moral D, -Steele sang "Lay My - Head Beneath the Rose." Warren F. Anderson, a life long acquaintance, spoke of the Crystal family's happy relation ships, of how they enjoyed life and made good use of it, and paid tribute to the parents of the de ceased. Daniel Jorgensen spoke of the pioneer parents of Mr. Crystal and compared the hardships of earlier days with life today and said "We are benifittlng by their hard work and sacrifice. Between speakers Miss Margaret Mar-garet Morton played "A Perfect Day" as a violin solo, and to close Mrs. Reed H. Robinson and Mrs. Arthur Nilsson sang "In the Garden". Mrs. Owen Humphries acted as accompanist. .Peter Crystal was born. Oct. 28, 1869. in American Fork, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Cousens Crystal. He was a prominent sheep and cattle raiser in Utah and southern Idaho, owning property in both states. He. married Nancy utrsen vec. 19. 1892. in Provo. She with the following children survive, Mrs. Lucille Wilson, Mrs. Emma Prudence, Pru-dence, and Marion Crystal, Salt Lake City;' Mrs. Hazel Carter, Las Vegas, Nev.; Leland Crystal, Tremonton; Herman crystal, Kamas; Emmett Crystal, Albion, Ida. Also surviving are a brother, broth-er, David Crystal, Rlgbyr Ida., and 13 grandchildren. Monday evening, Armistice night, is the date of the Fire men's Annual Ball which is one of the social highlights of the season as well as a major charitable chari-table affair. The proceeds go to furnish the treats for the chil dren at Christmas time. " Firemen are out with tickets and a box for stubs has been placed in Griffin's Bakery so whether or hot you. are present you may win one of the big prizes being offered! If you are not there and win a prize It will be delivered. Among the prizes are free ny lons, free turkeys, s lJfceta fbr airplane rides, free haircuts, dry- goods and hardware items. Sup. port the Firemen and make the youngsters happy, by Joining In the fun Monday night. INFANT VAWDREY Wendell Charles Vawdrey, day oM Infant of Wendell and Irma Smith .Vawdrey, Draper, died Sunday night. Funeral iservices Were held at tne iamuy nome Tuesday at 1:00 p. m. and Inter ment took place in ine uraper cemetery. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Smith, Alpine. ' pivida Irtovv;:,;v--. Iris should ba divided in tnldsum mar after It hii finished blooming, If this isn't done every three or four yean the plants win become .root-bound. Working to hold up the Ameri can Fork club's reputation for good entertainment, committee members for the Lions Zone party have plans practically com pleted for a dinner-dance Thurs day evening, Nov. 21. The affair will be held at the State Training School with Jack Wilson, chef at the Cave Cafe, cooking and serving the dinner. Bob .Orton'a.jorchestra. ot..Provo has been secured for the dance, there will be no speaker, but a snappy program has been ar ranged. I. Robert TgJMshmalO chairman and is being assisted by Gilbert Batchelor, Edward T, Hall, Tom Reese, Fred Richards, and W. J. Walter. The Zone includes in-cludes all Lion clubs in Utah county. Annual Firemen's Benefit DanceMonday M Men Open Basketball Season Wednesday Eight teams of M Men of the Alpine stake YWMIA are in read iness for the opening league games which will begin Wednes day, Nov. 13, in the high school gymnasium. The entire league schedule will be printed next week. LeRoy Mecham Tel. 672 -W, and Joseph L. Bateman, Tel. 161-W, have charge of arrange ments. Wednesday evening .First and Second wards will play at 7 p. m., and Third and Fourth wards at 8 p. m. Thursday evening at 7 p, m. Fifth ward plays Sixth and at an hour to be arranged by Alpine they will play Highland. From 8 to 9 p. m. Thursday night a practice hour will be held in the high school gym. All games will begin promptly on the hour stated, officials said. Two JVards . Plan. Harvest Festival First and Fifth wards are Join ing forces in another Harvest Festival which premises all the excitement of the one given last year and with added attractions. Set for three days, Nov. zi, n and 23, there will be a banquet. dance, queen contest, horse pull ing contest and other - outdoor sports. The queen will be select ed by a popularity vote , contest and the winner will be crowned at the dance which is expected to be held In the Apollo. The banquet will be in the basement of the tabernacle. - The outdoor games and horse- pulling contest will take place in the Baseball, park ana wm no doubt draw a crowd, W. O. Nelson and G. Easton Brown, cochair- men of the affair said. Lewis Hardy and Olenn Williams have charge of this event. 1 American Fork Joins State In Overwhelming Majority Majori-ty for Republican Candidates!, Can-didates!, . Karl H. Bennett Wilis County Auditors Post Henrys Chipman Nosed I Out By Deicratic Sheriff A Republican landslide was chalked up in American Fork, In the state of Utah and over the nation Tuesday when voters went to the polls and definitely registered reg-istered their demands, for a change, In government policy, both nationally and locally. With very lew exceptions Republicans were elected to office in Utah county, the state of Utah and over the - natiotti except to -the "soua south' areas. "American-Fonrtcgistertd Its record Tote )ta all time with 1763 voters going to the polls and casting their ballots7up w nso of this 1736 Were for Republican candidates and an average of slightly over 700 for Democrats. This gave the Republicans a local majority of about 300 votes on an average over their Democratic opponents. ,....... Only two county Democratic Incumbents In-cumbents weatheaed the storm. These were Theron S. Hall, comity comi-ty sheriff, who nosed out Henry Chipman, local Republican can didate, and County Attorney Arnold O. Roylance, whd-won over m. m. carter. In the state only one office re mains undecided, that of congressman con-gressman from the first district. Granger and WDson have shifted back and forth from first and second position numerous times during the count and up to late yesterday the winner had not been definitely - decided since there were still small outlying districts not yet heard from. ' The American Fork vote Is given giv-en in detail in the table below. A study of this shows a total ballot ing or 1763 votes cast for Daw son and Robinson. District number num-ber two cast the largest number with"488 ballots. Number lour came next with 474, number one -following with 458. and number three last with 343 votes tallied. Karl H. Bennett lead the ticket here with 1150 votes, Henry Chip-man Chip-man next with 1088 and AT V. Watklns third with 1040. A large number of other Republican e&n dldates received over lOOfr vote Every Republican on the ticket received a majority vote fromthe"' American Fork- districts Lr-Pratt, Lr-Pratt, unopposed Democrat for Precinct Justice,' was reelected as -Justice. , . , - All constitutional amendments, eight In number passed with a sizeable margin In this city and Utah county. t Business Meeting Called For C of Ca Members ; ' A general membership meeting and dinner will be held tonight (Friday) at 7:30 p. m. at the Cave Cafe by the American Fork Chamber of Commerce. Secretary Secre-tary o. Easton Brown announces all members have been Invited and a near 100 per. cent attendance attend-ance is expected. v-.-.'r4i . Besides hearing a report on the organization's -work 77 the past summer and plans for the future a special talk on a good credit bureau and Its purpose and function func-tion will be made by Harry Earl : JOl J33JI XAkfl dty L. --4 f . ' I - t 1 f AMERICAN FORK TOTE Bt DISTRICT . Total For United States Senator ARTHUR V. WATKINS .... 1040 ABE MURDOCK ........... 713 For Representative In Congress, 2nd Dlst. WILLIAM A. DAWSON ...... 1018 J. WILL ROBINSON 745 For Justice of the Supreme Court ' GEORGE W. LATIMER 1012 MARTIN M. LARSON ....... 741 For State Senator- B. MANNING JOLLEY 1011 DELLA L. LOVERIDGE ...... 713 DAVID JONES .....,. 965 J, W. -THORNTON .. 7fli ; For State Representative 1st District VAL E. JOHNSON 993 BURTQN H. ADAMS .. 729 For County Commissioner 7 (4-yr. Term) REED J. KNUDSEN . 1020 ROYALr JrMURDOCK k 687 For County Commissioner (2-yr. Term) GEORGE A. CHEEVER 1032 WM. J. JOHNSON ,. 720 For County Clerk VERL O. DIXON ,. 978 C, A. GRANT 777 - For County Auditor , KARL H. BENNETT"..: 1150 DOUGLAS L. PHILLIPS-.... 597 For County Treasurer " - MAURICE BIRD 958 FRANK T. BENNETT 750 For County Sheriff , HENRY-S- CHIPMAN 1086- TtiroriM o virr 1UUW U. UOUJ .....,,....., For County Attorney MITCHEL M. CARTER "ST ARNOLD C. ROYLANCE For County Recorder MILDRED EVANS REAM .. ELOISE P. FILLMORE . . For County-Assessor -J. AUSTIN COPE, JR. ........ LAURENCE M. ATWOOD .. For County Surveyor HUGO PRICE LAVERND. GREEN . For Precinct Justice IRVING L. PRATT .... 664 1009 742 1008 746 995 758 1027 737 819 Dist .Dlst. Dlst. Dist. 1 t I 4 261 302 198 279 199 183 148 185 - 257 300 184 277 201 188 159 197 -.252 ' 305... 184 271, . 207 183 158 193 263 314 184 : 250 194 , 174 157 188 252 , 296 168 . 249 JZ01- -188 . ;167 205 - .261 306 ' 158 268 190 181 157 195 263 316 180 261 M9.iJ7J 157 r. 211 261 315 185 '271 199 173 157 191 220 308 187 263 .239 . 181 156 ..201 283 350 221 . 298 173 - 137 . 120 167 246 303 ' 185 222 7 " 210 183 159 198 264.1L333 "J99 290 194 155 143 172 249 313 188 259-"' 210 ,175. 157 200 254 - 299 187 266 202 , 190 , ,157 197 - 244 311 178 262 213 179 164 200- 254 - 308 188 277 fv 207 . 180 158 194 j 222.' 213 . 171 213 t ' ' r I ii t V, u i' - 1 . .! 1 :;. v.. h v AWT' ...t |