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Show I V i ' N N. A 1 J A a. a "-Ml- .a . . ' AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER4A1948 NUMBER 23 Building , its. .. ' iiue High .rf'pennittto.AiMjJn riwntlnue ta run high. W inspector Glenn A. So report shows "issued during the : past i totaUed $40,550. "odeUV and additions to t dwellings predominated August building program sort the" city1:. reMit IbTlifwsr- ", r (Anderson, 615 East State Tstorage shed, ... $2,000; xklln.91 South Center, n 01 DcU w, coddlngton, 198 N 3rd East dwelling, simhw; niicu n, frame dwelling to be i $3500; Marlon Robinson, Main street, remodel of r stairs, etc., $1,000; Ohran action Co., about 590 North t lava block dwelling, $10,-alt $10,-alt Huggard, 443 "East -oad, addition to dwelling, t D, B. Hunter, 255 No. 2nd 'addition to present dwel-1 dwel-1 000; nHutyne, 39 South 4th E., a to present dwelling, Wayne Beaman, addition nine about 260 North 2nd J2000; A. L. Chrlstensen, jrta 2nd East, remodeling g, $2500; American Fork i1 pioneer monument, 3rd ij ist East, Est. $300; Ken-1 Ken-1 Crane, 465 Thornwood cinder block garage, $350; 1 Nilsson, concrete block f, about 331 South 1st ;o50f Junior N. Williamson, A 1st South, addition ; to t dwelling, $400; James L. ilf,278 West 4th North, n to present building, J- . V r -; ' : ' A? it r ::onary ;- - l am Sun. J:cklin Tracy- lay evening a testimonial ilm Tracy, son of Mr. and :mn E. Tracy, will be held r.ird ward chapel at 7:30. 7 left last Monday morn-f morn-f Uie mission home prior lr.S next week for the a states where he expects ; for the next two years. ' d t Young Jr., a mem- the ward bishopric, will ' principal speaker, and "its will be made by Bishop f B. Devey, parents of the iary and the missionary. p 11 Include a flute solo M Tracy, a quartette "111 aere You Want Me To GoV and Mrs. Frank O. Shelley, Kenneth' McDonald, and -vans, accompanied by Mrs Adamson, and twd hymns f Huigregaupn a ward Boy Scouts will ? the service In uniform and Ravage will give a tribute fit scouts to Mr. Tracy who ,n their assistant scout-? scout-? Prayers will be offered JJ R. McTague, Scout-F' Scout-F' W John Jacklin, grand-r grand-r oi the missionary. Dean ,tof the 67th quorum, of wil have charge of the t former -Southern States ."Warr especially - In-oattend. In-oattend. - if . . . rr . - - .. . . .. . ' 'i ".I Graveside Service Saturday For Lieut S. M. Monson Alpine Stake Seminary Officers and ward reprejentatives who are planning an extensive activity program for 1948-49: Left to right, front row; Marilyn Devey, Phyius Cleghorn, Lloyd ' Wright, Margaret Morton, Richard Devey; bact rovii; Zola Bennett, Louise Boley, Lela Mae Aaams, iKoy weoster, Aita Hau, and carol Richards. City Officials Give New Governing Laws Final O K At Monday Meeting - Final -reading-and j passage of the new city ordinances, which will regulate the affairs of citizens citi-zens for possibly the next twenty years, was effected Monday eve" ning at regular council meeting. American Fork, together with six other cities of this district, hired an attorney and have redrafted re-drafted most of the city laws and regulations during the past six months. The job Is- now complete and flnalpassage was effected Monday. The 'copy will go to the printer how and should fee dback to"the ciUeaarly jto December In book form. Other business to be considered consider-ed at the meeting included the request of the city that all parents par-ents who have small children going go-ing to school from . the south part of town see that their children chil-dren go to Center street before crossing Main street. The city will maintain a police officer here each morning, noon and after school to direct traffic and see that the children -get safely across the highway. City Police Officers will secure Safety Sally signs for all highway high-way Intersections and have them placed each day. Mrs. "Leila Sykes has been named assistant clerk at the city hall. - She started work on September Sep-tember 8th. Miss Marian Saffrey, lady recreation rec-reation director here during the STfflanefrretufned-to-her -home In the Hawaiian islands last ween after resigning the Job. Latdna Dance Hall Closes . Season This Week LaTona Music Mrs. Minnie I. Hodapp reviewed review-ed the life of the Joseph Haydn, noted German composer, and flayed several of his compositions for the members of LaTona Music club at their meeting held Thursday Thurs-day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Kenneth McDonald. ; ; Mrs. Mark Coddlngton and Mrs." El-don El-don J. Miller .were special. guests. Summer dancing at Latona, popular outdoor' hall on , west Main street, Is drawing to a close. The last Saturday night dance will be held this week and the Thursday night - married , folks dances at Latenik' will tend -next week. ' V ---Z'-' The Apollo, up-town dance hall will open on Saturday, Sept. 25. The well' known George Engar orchestra, of Lagoon popularity, will continue to play for the Saturday night dances. Ray Carter's orchestra, which has found high favor with the Thursday Thurs-day night dancers for a number of years will also be In the Apollo on the 30th to greet the crowd American Fork Rotarians Meet International Pres. S. Dwlght Packard, Owen Lynch and Frank L. Galsford, members .oX-lhelocal.atarianv.attended a luncheon at the Hotel Utah Tuesday noon given by the Salt Lake club in honor of Angus Mitchell, Melbourne, " Australia, International Rotary president. Mr. Mitchell delivered an in spiring address on service and fellowship to the entire membership member-ship of the Salt Lake club and reoresentatlves Irom clubs throughout the state. - ,.Av the luncheon of the , local ciub iield,Xuesday. noon the members listened to an lnterest- tag lecture on "Un-Americanlsm .4 ''-'acViifting IS? entire building haslecn renoated and the hew canopy, wi " HJ flKLpr,a.(!.tlcally made the building oer. Chipman Lumber, with Jonn wnran as ecior. did this Job. , x . Seminary Group Makes Year's Plan of Program Officers and ward representa tives of the Alpin stake Semi nary met Thursday of last week with their ad visors, to outline the coming "yeart" program, Efforts are being made to have the semi nary function more as an organ Izatlon than as a classroom. - ' Four picture showsone at the end of each quarter, on a religious relig-ious subject are expected to be shown to each class. Another event will be the presentation of Seminary . pins to prospective graduates. This will take place m the near future .with the par ents of the students In attend ance. . 1 ' - , . The usual tri-stake dances be tween Lehi, Tunpaaegos and Al pine stakes will be on the ad genda again this year. An Innovation Inno-vation will be an excursion to the Mantl temple,-now only In the talking stage. Class omcers zor 1948-49 are Lloyd Wright, president; Phyllis Cleghorn, vice president; Mar garet Morton, secretary; Marilyn Devey, treasurer; Richard Devey, reporter; Lela Mae Adams, chorister, and Louise Boley, or- ganm.7---Tr'"; Ward representatives are Lloyd Wright, First ward; Zola Bennett, Second ward; Richard Devey and Louise Boley, Third ward; Mar garet Morton and Lela Mae Adams, Fourth ward; LeRoy Webster, Fifth ward; Carol Rich ards. Sixth ward; Phyllis Cleg horn, Seventh Ward; Alta Hall, Highland, and Marilyn Devey, Alpine. , . " Check-up Meeting Set By Steel Day Group For a "final check-up on - the Steel Day celebration. Chairman Orson Slack and Secretary G. Easton Brown . have called, a meeting for next Monday at 8 p. m.An.the.tlty. hall. ..All members mem-bers -of -ther-general- Steel rDay committee 'are . asked to be Oraveslde services for Lieut. Stephen M. Monson, 24, will be conducted in the American Fork cemetery Saturday, Sept. 18, following fol-lowing funeral services in the Larkin Mortuary, Salt Lake aty, at 12 noon. Lieut. Monson was killed near Frankfurt, Germany, Oct., 1943. The son of Swen A. and ceiestia Mayne Monson, 555 Garden Ave, Salt Lake, City, he was born in American ' Fork April 21, - 1917. When a small boy the family moved to Salt Lake City.: He was a graduate of the Granite high school at the time he entered en-tered the service he wa employed employ-ed by the Heber 3.- Grant Insurance Insur-ance company. , He entered the service Jan. 29, 1942, received his bombardier wings and commission at Kirk land Field, N. M., and left for overseas in August 1943. In Sep tember with his plane crew he was rescued from the English channel, and a month later went down on his fifth mission. He was awarded the air medal and the purple heart. Friends Pay Final Tribute To Mrs. : Elizabeth Robinson Funeral services for Mrs.-Elizabeth A. Robinson, 88, widow of William Robinson, were conducted conduct-ed In the Third ward chapel Friday Fri-day at 2 p. m. with Bishop Walter B. Devey In charge, Mrs, Robinson Robin-son died Sept. 7, of causes incident inci-dent to age. :". -. :M " George F. Shelley, life-long friend of the deceased told some interesting highlights In the Adams , family history, and reviewed re-viewed the early life of Mrs. Rob inson as a member of a pioneer family. -In offering consolation to the bereaved Mr. Shelley de fined death .as ' phk".ln th? cnain or our existence . Tne nope and assurance of a resurrection and the Latter-day Saint belief In a Just reward for the good done In this life were stressed by Mr. Shelley. F. C. Pectol who visited the Robinson home many times in the past 20 years in the capacity of ward teacher also spoke. The friendly spirit of the home, the splendid characted of the - de ceased, and the love she had for neighbors and relatives endeared her to all, he said. Bishop Devey made brief closing 'remarks. A biographical 'sketch was read by a niece, Mrs. D. Grant Inger solL" -MrerLeon Wagstaff and Mrs. Chart J. Anderson, .accompanied by Mrs. Randall Shipley, sang "Beautiful Sunset" and, "Some where A Voice Is Calling,"; and Ray E. Shelley accompanied by Mrs. Owen Q, Humpnries sang "Going ; Home." Mrs. S Shipley played - the organ . prelude and postlude Harry McTague, a grandson, offered the Invocation, Don W. Rhodes, a nephew, pronounced the benediction, and Wayne R. McTague, another grandson, ded icated the grave- Pallbearers were Keith, William and- Ronald Earl, grandsons, Richard Chase, a great-grandson. Salt Lake; Glen and Darrell RhodeaAmericanForkv nephews 0f the deceased. The Relief So ciety members cared for the flowers. Opening Grid Game v :. Won By Cavemen Rubinoff-ConceFt-Ready-For Presentation '..--I . . ; . " - J" .... r . - -i......' . . -.-....., Here Tomorrow Night Most of the proceeds from the Rublnof f concert tomorrow night will go to the fund for the New Hospital, J. Ralph Binnall, publicity pub-licity chairman for the Junior Chamber of Commerce, reaffirm ed today. : Local citizens will not only long remember the appearance of the famed maestro because of artist's appearance nere, dui tne permanent per-manent -benefit to the community communi-ty win be a lasting reminder, Mr Binnall said. : - : --' The concert wm be held lh the tabernacle at 8:30 p: m., Friday, Sept. 17. . Tickets may still be obtained from Thornton's. Drug store or from any member of the Junior Chamber. " " Rublnoff's appearance in pat riotic effort ranged , from a "Command Performance" at the White House, to a wide coverage of hospitals, canteens and military mili-tary centers throughout , the country. , Millions of , dollars worth of bonds were personally sold through his Ixmd rallies. , Music requested by these performances per-formances varied from Bach to Boogie Woogle , and this same musical range will .. be .. demonstrated demon-strated at his concert here. Liszt's soul-stirring ."Llebestra-um," ."Llebestra-um," "Intermezzo," from the film of the - same name, Gershwin's "Rhapsody in - Blue" and the wildly exciting "Dance of the Russian -Peasant" are all in his repertoire. All will be played on his priceless Stradlvarius violin. District School Enrollment Shows Increase For 1948-49 Season "Enrollment totals from the Alpine Al-pine District filed the first week in the central school office show ' a gain of 204 students in the district dis-trict over the corresponding per- -lod of last year,- and this figure will Increase as students detained because of illness or work return tO SChOOL - - The total of elementary schools enrollment -lor" this- first ' wee kT' period Is 3458 and for Junior and senior high schools the total is 2784, making the combined enrollment en-rollment 6242. , The corresponding period of 1947 found 3351 elementary students stu-dents and 2687 high school students stu-dents in school, a total of 6038. ' The Lehl elementary grades at the end of the first week this year' had 594 enrolled as compared com-pared with 575 for the same per- -lod last year.' The high school tabulations showed 514 registered this year and 501 at the end of the first week last year. The totla Lehl enrollment was 1095 at the end of the first week. The enrollment in the Harrington Harring-ton building for the first week of school this year tallied exactly exact-ly with the American Fork high school enrollment. Each had 771 students registered, or a total of 1542 students,; The records show a gain of 1200 students in this district over' enrollments of a few years ago, with few additional class rooms to accommodate the increase. City halls, book, rooms, and churches are being used. Several extra teachers were employed this year and in spite of this possibly two or three more will be needed. In none of the areas has there been a pile up, however, the gain having been consistent. An extra bus man has been employed to operate a stand-by bus to relieve overloads. 7 Leo Hansen, secondary schools supervisor, who has been in charge of health work generally throughout the district stated he has never seen a healthier and more robust sample of American youth than is to be found in both the elementary and high schools of the district this year, which reflects a satisfactory diet and good home conditions. Definite Defi-nite evidence of a wholesome outlook out-look on life is shown in the sparkling eyes and pep of the students, ' revealing a general condition of physical and financial fin-ancial well being, he said. American Fork's high school football squad defeated Moab high school Friday at Moab in a series of fancy touchdowns that ended the game 37-0. . - Delmar Fraughton accounted for three of the touchdowns, Le Roy Griffin Jr., for two, and Mark Grant made the other one. Mark passed to LeRoy and went around the line to get his, and Delmar got his by going through the center and passing to Orif- The victors used five completed forward, passes out of nine at tempts to supplement their fast moving" ground attack. Coach Nelson took 21 boys and suits to Moab and all 21 had a chance to play. ' Wasatch Academy, Mount Pleasant, rated one of the best teams in Central Utah, will be here Friday night to meet the Cavemen in a football game at the baseball park under , the lights at 8 o'clock. Family recreation rec-reation tickets are good for the game. - . Players and positions - for American Fork in Moab game were: Ends Griffin, Jorgensen, Adams, Bath. Tackles Astle, Barratt, Hun saker, Vest. ; Guards Smith, Bean, Mower. Center Stelner. Backs--HawklrLS,.- Fraughton, Orant, Tregaskl3, King, Greene, Clements, Bowen, Hoglund. StarCdriiie Opera Being Brought To Am. Fork Directed by Edna Evans Johnson John-son and with an entire Salt Lake City cast, the comic opera 'The Old Maid and the Thlef (Monenettl) will be presented in the Third ward " recreation hall Wednesday evening, Sept. 22, under the sponsorship of the La Tona and Scharmeer music clubs. Curtain will rise at 8 o'clock. The opera is currently running on Broadway, New York, and has been a great success. It is written writ-ten in one act with 12 scenes and holds-the audience in suspense to the very last, critics report. The "music fits the words" excellently excel-lently and the whole of It is a scream from beginning to end. Mrs. J. Tracy Wootton, im mediate past president of the Utah State Federated Music clubs, said "It is one of the cleverest clev-erest comic operas I have seen." The public isinvlted and a small contribution will be asked at the door. - - Testimonial For Paul Barratt Honoring Paul Barratt who Is at the mission home In Salt Lake City preparing to go to Great Britainr rTareweU,:r testimonial will be given in the Sixth ward Sunday evening. The ward mem- cers convene m the . Seminary building at 7:30 p. m. Speakers will be Ravmand T. Bailey, John W. Pulley, John Phillips, Bishop Stewart A. Dur-rant, Dur-rant, and the missionary, Kenneth Ken-neth L. Robinson will elve a vo cal solo and Mr. Barratt will play a ceuo soio. : r" -Mr; and Mrs: Rubihoff ":r- "T" Mrs. Rubinoff, who j$ a native of Texas, will be with her - husband when he plays in this city. |