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Show SEPTEMBER 9, 1948 THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN PAGE nVB f t MeasdsaUe ( JTend ' me-half man drtd to product 100 XTin Puerto Rico. tut 1J times the requlre-f requlre-f ,bt ni mechanized sugar ' united State.. t o8 ha" man-hour per ti-Elcctrlc refrigerator, W. Main, basement Tel. 171-W aiwr o 9-9-ltp. .or and ",.t 9nfl crosa red eks old puUets J5c. - .to Road. TeL 64-J, ;. Fort ; 9-9-lt Navy's Mars Sets New Flight Record Farmerette J Jtjr Akers, 18, above, la typi-j typi-j Southern California country according to Lot Angeles ;nty Fair officials. So, Betty 1 head a group of "Farmers' "Farmer-s' who will serve as hostesses the fair, . which - opens in sons, Sept 17. California, here we comet TaslifJjJ The. Navy s largest operational plane, the Caroline Mars...floata in -Lake -Michigan -off Chicago 'XT18!?' Par 8fterts Tecord-breaklng flight fr om Honolulu, The giant cargo carrier covered the 4748 miles on the trip to break the distance record for flying boats. The elapsed time tor the non-stop flight was 24 hours and 13 minutes. The ship averaned from 183 to 190 mles per hour. Associated Artists Plan Meeting September 16th I The Associated Artists of American Fork will meet next Thursday, Sept. 16th, at 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Marguerite Ohran.- Mrs. Edna Meredith will be In charge of the meeting wherein preliminary plans for the spring exhibit will be made. Paintings of American Fork Artists Art-ists only, will be shown at that; time. 1 As a matter of Interest to those who viewed the Steel Day exhibit the names of those whose pictures pic-tures were displayed are: ""Ulllah Webster, Marcla Parks, Ida Cahn, La Dean Wagstaff, lola Nielsen, Mildred Mecham, Ruth Eskelson, Myrtle Seastrand, Ruth Ashby, May HaUiday, Walton Wal-ton E. Foulger, Harold Woolston, Edna Meredith, Margeurite Oh-ran Oh-ran and Jean Gordon, all members mem-bers of the Associated Artists of American Fork. "Grandpa" James Peterson (age 85), Elaine, Brown Smith, Violet Rockwell, Evelyn Gordon and Guy Humphries, Hum-phries, American Fork. Visiting artists Michael Cannon, Can-non, Cornelius Salisbury, Rose Howard Salisbury and., Liza C. Christensen, Salt Lake; B. F. Lar-sen, Lar-sen, Bessie E. Gourley, Fay White Perkins and Orrilla Gronneman, Provo; Edwin Evans (born in Lehl), E. H; Eastmond, J. T. Harwood and William E. Robinson, Robin-son, (natives of American Fork), deceased noted Utah artists; Mrs. Mary Teasdale, deceased, first woman artist from Utah to study in Paris. Mrs. Teasdale was a student of Whistler. The picture pic-ture was given1 to Mr. and Mrs. William Chipman as a wedding gift. ,-. :-, . When You Buy FLOUR Insist on Star Flour ' ITS YOUR GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTORY BAKING! Sold by Your Grocer Manufactured by Star Flour Mills American Fork, Utah PHONE 32 Hi iiflfl ! ; ' Authorized Parts and Service International McCormack-Deering DeSoto-Plymouth Original ceramics were exhibited exhibit-ed by Ora Chipman. Myrtle Houston and - lola Nielsen. -The figurines were painted by - stu dents of Mrs. Nielsen. The wood carvings are by Thomas Brown. City MIA To Open Meetings Here Next Tuesday The M. I. A. season of meetings for the coming year, JPuT, begin next week In the wardsj Officers available for reports as . to the opening socials say the organiza tions are practically complete and everything in readiness for the new season. . , ' ' With the exception of the Sec ona wara, wrucn wui enjoy a variety program and watermelon "bust" on Monday night, the other six wards will have open ing socials Tuesday night. - The president and superintendent, Mrs. La Von Earl and Elwyn Wrlde are in charge. The events planned are: First ward: . A spicy program to be followed by the -serving of refreshments. The weather per mittlng the party will be i.held outside, otherwise" it will be an indoor soclal. Mrs. Erwin Bailey is president and Mr. Bailey is the superintendent, ,, Third ward: The social in this ward will include a program to be followed by a dance and ' floor show. Howard Nelson's orchestra orches-tra has been engaged. Refreshments Refresh-ments will be, served. Mrs. M. J Prltchett is president and LeRoy Griffin Is superintendent. Fourth ward; A musical pro gram and refreshments are plan ned for the members of the Fourth ward with Miss Mary Pul ley, president and C. O. Butter field, superintendent in charge. Fifth ward: A bon-fire party in Robinson park to include a program "and the serving of watermelon wat-ermelon are In the plans for this ward. Mrs. K. E. Noyes is presi dent and Owen G. Humphries is superintendent Sixth ward:- The members of the Sixth ward MIA will-enjoy a program : and refreshments. Mrs. Joe Bateman is the presi dent; Elmo Hansen is superintendent.. Seventhrwardr-All members of the Seyecth ward are invited to attend Mutual Tuesday evening The special attraction will be s three-act comedy play - "Twix Teen", to be presented under the direction of the drama leader, Mrs. Davis Stewart. The cast of characters includes: "Rodney Wells Jr.? - Wayne Anderson; "Pete Thompson Robert Christiansen; Chris-tiansen; "Specs Howard" " Kent Walker: "Mr. Wells" Frank Greenwood; "Francie Wells' Jue! Anderson; . "Mrs. - Wells" Lela" Smith; "Elizabeth Wells' Colleen Nicholesi; "Doris , Mansfield" Kathleen Buckwalter; "Gwendolyn "Gwendo-lyn Todd" Sharon Madsen.There will dc no" admission fee. Mrs Edward Smith 'is. president and Haws Durf ey is superintendents. Early Spark Plug Crude Affair Like many other' firsts, the early spark plug was a. crude affair. It depended on mica, a natural insulating insu-lating material limited in supply and hard work. Only when a porce lain clay-flint-feldspar composition. like that used, in, dinnerware. .was substituted for mica did the spark plug Industry begin to match the rapid growth of the internal combustion com-bustion engine. Today there are 27 major manufacturers of - spark plugs In the United States. ..... ... i .- Virgin liland Transportation Main mode of , transportation on the Virgin Islands js donkey carts. JfJthouglL.a,Iew. .ol Jth..wealthiex. Inhabitants In-habitants owf? cars. Bicycles are not popula because of the- man hills.. Fish, of, which a pailful costs 10 cents, Is a mainsta? of the native na-tive diet The population of about 25,000 is 69 per cent negro, mostly descended from former slaves.' Enough Caves for AH Caves which were man's first dwelling place well may be his last, in this atomic age. For the bulk of information about the country's underground frontier, the military has called upon the American Amer-ican Speleological society, whose members have been nosing around In holes in the ground tor years. When the war ended, cave crawling for fun ended, too, and the society was put on an almost official footing. foot-ing. The cavers were given extra gas rations to make their trips to the hinterlands where caves are found. The speleologists say that U. S. hat one of the finest natural defense de-fense systems in the world and all that remains to be done Is to use it ' ,; Anatomic Fact Anatomists have discovered tha man is shorter st the end of thi day than in the morning. " Metropolitan Moseam - Largest and richest art cone tlon la the western hemisphere Is housed in the Metropolitan m seura. New York City. Nurses la the War H When Florence Nightingale ; arrived ar-rived at Scutari during .the Crl. mean war and took over the care of the English wounded, the ' death rate for wounded soldiers was from 80 to 60 per cent She organized all (he English hospitals In the Crimea with such telling effect that the death rate fell to a point not then equalled even in times of peace: 22 per 1,000. Her noble traditions were carried on in World War II by more than 75,000 U. S. nurses who served with our armed forces 11 'over' the globe. Their efforts contributed greatly to the high health standards of O. I. Joe, reports re-ports the American Nurses' association associ-ation -, - : Strange As It Hay Seem A 12-tnch tree baa twice as much wood in it as a 10-Inch tree, and the timber in the larger tree is of better quality. 7. ilji 1 1 i i lit! i m u .it L 1 V SEPTEMBER e:?r ' SAif ; IAKI Ull I New Treads Save Monqy 61 5"SttiR6aci " FREE PICKUP "AND DELIVERY. 1 f i i ' v w n ' " V ' ) v- ' . 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