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Show V Three . erloua operattoiv pressed by bust veil m the worry appearance, the. parent has been re. entered the serv-ng serv-ng work 11 la ifffett: VOL L Elder Clifford E. Young Given Master M Man Award Church Members Told to Forgive, Read Scriptures Elder Clifford E. Young, assistant assis-tant to the Twelve, was awarded the MIA Honorary Master M Man award and pin at the final session of Alpine Stake quarter ly conference Sunday. The award came In recognition of Elder Young's long service to the young people of the church. At the same session Elder Spencer W. Kimball, of the Council of the Twelve who rep resented the general authorities of the church at the conference, delivered a stirring sermon on lorgtveness. and President Edward Ed-ward W. Burgess advised the church membership to search lhe scrlpturemnd rely on prayer as a means of solving their pro-- pro-- blems. The meeting closed a five session ses-sion " conference which began Saturday evening with a meeting of the Alpine Stake missionaries followed by one for Investigators and friends with the missionaries mission-aries giving the program and a talk by Elder Kimball. Sunday afternoon the visiting authority neia a special meeting wun tne bishoprics of ten wards of the stake.. . ! In his sermon. Elder Kimball read passage after passage of both modern and ancient scrip- ture to develop his - theme of forgiveness emphasizing the fact the Christ said "Of you it Is required to' forgive all men." President Burgess spoke of his appreciation of the blessings which come, through church membership and obedience to its principles, and said that family problems could be solved by calm discussion, a searching of the scriptures and opportunlng for guidance through prayer. President Delbert Chlpman, who conducted the evening meeting, mee-ting, spoke of the blessings which come through exercising priesthood authority and faith, and cited the founding of the church through faith and prayer pray-er of Joseph Smith, the Prophet. Largest Attended Conference The morning session, where 1754 persons were present, was reported to be the largest attendance atten-dance during the five years of .Elder Burgess' presidency. There were '1219 present In the evening, even-ing, compared to 926 for the same meeting In January. At the morning session, when VmMnf Rhrtreu woe In rho rtrm racier xoung spu.e 01 vne gruwi.ni w'M the'ehtfen arid' said that the teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith were a. reaffirmation of the divinity of esus Christ. He enlarged on the work of the missionary system of the church, saying MWe are dedicated to, proselyte pro-selyte and help others to share -v- the blessings of the church.-"" Elder Kimball, who had stud led the stake records, commend ed the members -lor their payment pay-ment of fast offerings, the work being, done, among the lr)s, and the suae authorities ior oeing full tithe payers He then went on to show how children should be taught by example to pay tithing, until it becomes habit, and noted. the blessings that come from being a tithe payer. President Phil C. Jensen, who preceded Elder Klmbail,had been"- assigned - the subject of tithing andh quoted numerous passages 01 bcuiuic w piuvo the value of tithing and bore his own testimonial regarding its blessings. Myron R. Moyle, member of the High Council, spoke briefly telling of- his appreciation of genealogical and temple work and- said this, life was a proba tionary state and exaltation was based on what was done on the earth, that a course had been prescribed and the tests must be passed to obtain the desired re suits. Other speakers during the day were Arnold C. Larsen, Just re turned from the Argentine .mission; .mis-sion; Glen B. Julian, from the Texas-Louisiana mission; LuElla Bennett, from the southern States, and Jesse Bromley from Oreat Britain Music for the day was furn ished, by the Bel Canto ladle chorus of the Fourth ward, un der the direction of Mrs. Ken neth W. Morton with Mrs. Wen elLJlan5en-atlh -PlanoTbey sane "If You Love Me Keep My Commandments', "The Lord's rrayer", For Qod Is Ever Beside Me", and "The Lord Bless and Keen You". For congregational singing, which was also directed 1L Elder Clifford X. Young Life of Service To Young People Beginning at the age of 16, when he was made secretary of the Twelfth Ward YMMIA In Salt Lake City. Elder Clifford E. Young has given an uninterrupt ed life of service to his church. Because of this he was presented with the . Honorary Master M Man certificate and pin, the highest award the YMMIA offers. at conference Sunday evening. ' In 1904 he was sustained as assistant superintendent of the Twelfth Ward - Sunday r School, and In 1905 left for a mission to Europe. He- served 32 months, seven in England and the rest of the time In Oermany, While on his way home from his mission mis-sion In 1908 he was made superintendent sup-erintendent of the 12-13 wards which had been combined in his absence. During the period from 1908 to 1911 he also served' as one of the presidents of the 8th Quorum of Seventy. la 1911 with his family be moved to American Fork and In the winter of 1912-13 he organ ized and became the scoutmaster of the first troop of scouts in Alpine Stake. He served on the Alpine Stake Sunday School board and was later sustained as stake superintendent of Sunday School. He was released from this position to become stake scout executive and also was a member of the old Tlmpanogos Scout Council. .He became one of the seven presidents of. the 67th quorum of Seventy and was stake sup erintendent of the YMMIA for , " "" " ; : to become Alpine tafca president, He held this position until Jan 25, 1942. At the general confer ence April 1941, Elder Ymng was sustained as assistant to the Council of the Twelve, a position he still holds. Mtr." Domj Id Young--Named to Library Board Mrs. Donald E. Young was ap pointed a member of the American Ameri-can .Fork.Library .Board.Tuesdaj , by Mayor Willard R. CI eg horn. She takes the place made va cant with the resignation of Mrs. Clen 8aunders. At the last ' meeting of the board a resolution was passed In appreciation for- the -una ring work of Mrs. Saunders as a member, of tha book, committee. bj Mrs,Mortorw..Mr3l.WlUlam1.R. siuson was at the organ console. Prayers ' were spoken by T. Rulon Nlcholes, president of the High Priest Quorum;- James T. Miller, Wne briefly from the Western States mission; Clare B. High Council, and Jesse M. Wal- ker stake, patriarch Changer In- OrgauiaUons RolUr M-MlUerr Edward M. Bunker, Ross Burgess and Wendell Wen-dell T. Moyle. presidents of the 286th quorum of seventy, and Lyman Beck, secretary, were released re-leased from their positions, as were several members of the ward elders quorums. Sustained as presidents of the 288th quorum were A. Robey Forbes, O. Wayne Day, Karl II. Bennett, Robert Smith, Llnford Chrlstensen, Eugene Tuckett, and Wayne McDanleL Cleone M. Cleghorn was sustained sus-tained as second counselor in the Stake Relief Society, filling the place made vacant when La- months ago. - - Albert B. Allen, stake Clerk, re ported there were now only nine missionaries on foreign missions but there were 119 member of the stake in the armed forces. THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, April March Building Permits Tdtal24,80a Building permits for the month of March reached a total of $24,. 800, according to the report is sued last week by Nets Jensen,1 building Inspector. This Is $12.- 000 less than for February. The following permits were! Issued: .Robert Hartshorn. 355;yera cy water ana sewer E. State, block store addition, 'costs are broken Into monthly $10,000; Harold J. Carson. 46 N. charges and the public has bwn 3rd E., block residence, $7000;, asked to make their payment Ronald O. Smith, 595 E. 1st N.,'at brick residence. $QC00; Cllf ford , ' - Junior Dean. 361 W..3rd N., dltion. $4000: Owen K. Small. 256 S. 3rd W basement, $4000; 'Will lam D. Jones. 224 W. 4th N.. basement. base-ment. $1000; 8. D. Packard. 90 N 2nd W., car port, $1000; Donald E. Lewis. 233 W. 1st N.. remodel, $500; Lester L. Orlmmett. 328 N. 450 W., garage. $300. VFW Auxiliary Installs New Officers Mrs.. Harold Paxman was In stalled as president of the Vet crana qi rgrcign wars Auxiliary I m w a ivi at installation ceremonies held Monday evening in the Utah Power and light Co. auditorium under the direction of officers from pie Provo auxiliary. Installed with Mrs. Paxman were Mrs. O. Easton Brown, senior sen-ior vice president; Mrs. Willis Frederick, Junior vice president; Mrs. Davis Stewart, secretary; Mrs. Millard Riding, treasurer; Mrs. J. J. Mercer, Mrs. Mary Jane Cunningham, Mrs. Marlon C. Robinson, trustees; Mrs. J. F. Noyes, chaplain; Mrs. Dale Dev-ereaux, Dev-ereaux, conductress, and Mrs. Wallace Larson, historian. Admitted as new members were Mrs. Max Shirk, Mrs. Al Franstrum, Mrs. Devereaux and Mrs. Ralph Hammerstrom. Mrs. Shirk was appointed activity chairman and will Immediately begin plans for hop-ecotch tournament among the girls of the third through sixth grades, the winners to compete for state honors. Mrs. Franstrum was ap-pointed ap-pointed Amertca.nlsm chairman. Visitors from Provo were Mrs. Dwight Shakespeare, president; Mrs. Willys Johnson, Mrs. Broz Hutchinson, Mrs. Wick Swain, Mrs. J. Houtz, and Mrs. Carnell Smith. Tax-Dcod-Lin-Lawrs-City v Posra'P Receipts Change from- the March IS deadline to April 15 for Utah Income tax returns made a big difference in the amount of money order business in the A- merican Fork post office for the first 'quarter of the yearae'eord-ing yearae'eord-ing to the report made this week by O. Easton Brown, postmaster. post-master. Money orders ibid totaled $91.- 18353 lor "the ' three - months: compared to $108,193413 for the same period last year. However, Mr. Brown stated that since Ap ril 1, money order business had greatly increased and the half year should.; equal that: of last year. Auoit.oL tha books showed a slight Increase in the amount of stamps soUr For 1933 the total was $8,950.72, compared. to $8, 784.74, a difference of $165.98. Kindergarten Children u ' w l9W For Coming School Year t All children -who. wilL be-flve years old before Oct. 31, and who expect to start going to kinder garten in the fall are asked to come for physical examinations and registration next week. Birth certificates and immunization information must be brought for each child. The examinations will be held in the Forbes School from 9 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. Tuesday through Friday. Children in the Harrington Harring-ton district are to come Tuesday and Thursday, and children in tho Fofbes district should come Wednesday and Friday.' ""XlPmotnera of kindergarten children hdaVrhorrcervcd an appointment by April 20, call Mrs. Donal Ohran 16C9-R) for Harrington appointment, and Mrs, Si Bell (402-J) for Forbes appointments. Public Attitude In City Financing la. Appreciated. ...... City officials handling the water, aewer and cemetery collections col-lections under the new monthly payment plan are all praising the public response on the new collection idea. With the advent of the sewer the City Hall by the 15th of very month, Bills lor me am- ad-ounU go out the first of each calendar month starting with $1 per month for water and $2.25 for sewer service. This makes the monthly charge of $325 for both, with slightly higher rates for larger water users and multl- pie home units per month The city has set up the bond repayment plan to be handled on : a similar monthly basis and as fast as the publio pays their amounts the -bonds will be retired. re-tired. As fast as the bond payments pay-ments are made and the amount reduced the monthly charges are to be reduced, city .officials stated sta-ted In selling the sewer project. ' The public feels generally that the monthly payment plan is la. a a. in test wo. mcy wui act up ineir city bills along with power and, telephone payments and large amounts of six month or yearly payments will not become a bur den as In the past, it is felt No Arrest Made In Prowler Case Police Chief Leo Van Wagoner reported yesterday afternoon that to date no arrest had been! made in the city prowler case.J contrary to the numerous wild rumors flooding the city. .1 ' 1 I Qaninrc flVnncA OeniOrS vnOObC . .-A . Rp'nrAQPnfnf IVrPQ lVCJJlCdCllUUlYCS jean Day .RepreseniaUve Crl ."and -boy for the graduating class of 1953 were cnosen last wee oy tne faculty of the high school and senior class members. Jean Day, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. OC C. Day, Highland, and Neal. Mortenson, Mort-enson, son of Dr. and Mrs; Francis Fran-cis N. Mortenson, rated the hon or, The final selection was made bythe"sehl6rs after the faculty had picked a list of ten students whom they rated tops as to scholarship, extra-curricular activities, ac-tivities, and citizenship. The ten were Miss Day, Barbara Bar-bara Oreenland. Joleen Orant. Martha Hoelscher, Jeanette Me- cham. Alien cnruiensen, Kent Day7Mr. M0nenson. r0f swain, and-Jesse -Wagstaff, . "The -two representatlve stud- . -. . . Mrllt .1... Wa mAAmmm - the commenocment exercises' May 2V, accoraing io rnncipai Jesse M. Walker. Baccalaureate) services for the graduates will be held May 24, Mr. Walker said, An Interesting sidelight on the two students is that they are cousins, Ell A. Day, an early set tler of Fairvlew and a graduate of the University of Utah in 1878, is the grandfather of Jean and the greatgrandfather of Neal. He is also a greatgrandfather greatgrandfa-ther of Kent Day, another of the selected ten. "MrsrJamear E." Peters-returned home last week after visiting in San Francisco with her daughter, daugh-ter, Drs. Richard Leary, and at Ftrt Ord with her tin, Paul Peters.,.. Pet-ers.,.. ' : I M! , Neal Mortenson riil lt tl . , r... ..... j , . ..- i i, , ., ,. . fi f J . - , I: ,11 16, 1953 City Passes Uniform Healfh Ordinance Rose Iverson To Leave For LDS MtyfeSSSKj&S Miss Rase Iverson, a member of the Sixth Ward, will be honored hon-ored Sunday evening with a faiowell testimonial prior to her leaving in two weeks to fill a musiou in the Great Lakes area. IhmSmin! fii5Sl "Dl ' tynrn Raymond T. Bailey, Seminary principal, will be the speaker, and remarks will be made by i Verne Iverson, father of the Rose Iverson missionary; Bishop Melvln W. Grarit and the missionary, Marsha Taylor will sing "The Lord's Praver. Edith and Ruth Pawiowski will sing.-i Have a Testimony, and" "In the Oar- den" will be sung by Cleora All- dredge, accompanied by Edith McCuietlon. JThe conKreeatlon will sing "ini Oo Where You Want Me to! Go", and "Ood Be With You". Prayers will be spok en ty E. A. Wilson and V. Keith Adamson, counselors to the bishop. Miss Iverson will enter the Salt Lake Mission Home April 22, for ten days training. David A. Thomas To Address aSIesthood-Meek David A. Thomas, Salt Lake City, field representative for. the presiding bishopric, will toe the after dinner speaker at the banquet ban-quet which will be held in the Alpine . Stake Tabernacle April 17, at 7 p. m., according to Clar ence A. Grant, who Is assisting with program arrangements- President Edward W. Burgess wilt filort rwalr hrlflv " Tllnnrr Lmln will Ka nav hv Mr and Mrs.- Leland F.-Prtday, Mrs. Dou- jgias Nash. Betty Dunkley and Shirley Bailey, Joseph Armando, Fourth Ward, will sing; there will be accordlan solos by Teddy Adamson, and dance numbers hv Mnrv Ann Roll nram will h offered Ajy Jared T. Keller and Jack Coddlngton will give the benediction: ' L Plans are . being made, to serve 400 members of the Senior Aar- onlc priesthood of the. stake, the number who attended the ban quet last year. Any members of the group who have not' been contacted personally are urged to come. With so large a number, some may have been lnadver- tantly missed, Mr. Orant said. Alpine -District JJuSIC reStlVal Vocal section of the Alpine District Music Festival combined with the Provo schools will be held In the Alpine Stake Taber nacle Wednesday April 22, at p. m., according to Jesse M. Wal ker, who wll ber in charge There will be mixed choruses, ladles and male glee, a cape 11a choirs, quartettes, trios andso-los. andso-los. The festival la expecting to run until 5 p. m. It is an annual event and attracts much atten tlon. Entries-are being made fey Abel John Peterson, Provo music dlr ector; Elvis B. Terry, Lincoln Irwin -Jensen,' Pleasant Orove K. J. Bird. American Fork, and Mclvin Burton,LehL . ' j - ; V ..fmm .( The .uniform City and County clals will be asked to prevent health ordinance designed to 'this dumping lh the future, protect the public In the matter! . ,,v,. . . of general health by letting up' n"" ea T me" standard for all eatin nla-uT ' Came UP reBar"ng the abandon-!St.h!L; abandon-!St.h!L; flfi city gravel bed at 4th North f.w ,,..., .J ..v ....... v.v i council meeting Monday even ing. ' The tentative ordinance was read and discussed and will be handed to City Attorney O. De-Vere De-Vere Wootton lor checking of the legal angles entailed before acceptance. This action will be taken in the very near future: Lion President Walton E. Foulger, with fellow officers El- mo Hansen, Aivln Tuescher. J. Lynn Strong, and C. A. Orant,' oiiered the club memberships services In handling several pub lic problems the club felt should be promoted. . ' Among these were the erection of street signs to direct the public to the American Fork City Ci-ty Hospital; the placement of street signs which in many cases have been dislodged, broken and lost; study of intersection hazard! haz-ard! and obstructions and cor rection of same where possible and numerous other public im provements. . that- can -he - made as the seasons progress. Mayor Cleghorn and the coun cil expressed appreciation for the helpful attitude of the club members and authorized them to proceed on their plans. 4-n Offer Help 4-H club leaders of the com munity proffered their aid again this -y?ar in keeping irrigation ditch screens in place and pat roitng the ditches to prevent possible drownings of small tots over the tlty who might fall In 1 these streams especially during the high water period. Last year we had several tra gedies from these ditches and culverts and the group is plan ning to organize and prevent a re-accurance of these problems. The leaders present at the council meeting included Mrs. Don Wagstaff. Mrs. J. Stanley Peters. Mrs.. John Laursen,- Mrs. Joseph B. Mulllner, Mrs. James A. Demlco and Mrs. Edward Wrlgley. These women are organizing org-anizing the 4-H girls of the entire en-tire city to patrol and watch the ditches through the spring and summer season. Garbage Dumping Attention was called to the tm onrmairce-'Co-ver lug-" thy dumping of debris and. waste in-. to running streams within the city. A fine up to $250. can be assessed - against - persons - found guilty ot this act. A report was made to the meeting that the public Is dump ing rubbish in the creek chan nel, north of .the JJtah. 8tate Training School. This affects American - Fork City - because spring flood waters wash .this litter into town and it-then must be gathered and disposed of. The cooperatlorr of trtahr County off! Federation Women Inspired With Exposition of Convention Theme Beginning b saying that thenr cannot toe - better" world or a-better America until there ls' a better home and a better you", Dr. Royden Bralthwalte, of the BYU psychological - de partment, delivered an address which inspired the more' "than 200 women who were in attend ance at the -Tlmpanogos First District convention Saturday in Firmage Hall. - JW ehlareedTon The Importance of the individual personality as a"chlldotJ3odand said that to become what we are capable of becoming is the end of living", and that the "great use of life Is to spend it for something that outlasts life". America is a system of people linked together with ideas of equality, but our young people are going to have to learn to live with differences of ideas and cultures and still maintain their own Identity with America, the speaker said. In commenting on a better world, , Dr. Bralthwalte said America must not try to make carbon1 copies from ourselves of the-peoplesof - the-world-fcutJ. must learn the meaning or unity with diversity. The crying need of the world it machinery, and the know-how of production and . peoples will make their own ad me Is Roy Ma birth anH Second Wpt ThU ana sccona west. This excava- over the city. However, all types of materials including trees and aome refuse have been dumped lately. Officials called attention to the fact that only rock and soil should be dropped into this area if fire and health hazards are to be avoided. The - annual cleanup of the City Cemetery was authorized to gei unaer , way. Tne council authorized the hiring of one ex tra man to aid In this project. Councilman Jones was authorized author-ized to determine the cost of ' cement tennis courts at the new city park and to deflnately ascertain as-certain how much cash the public pub-lic in that area would contribute contri-bute if this improvement was made. Purchase of a new larger fire hydrant was 'authorized for installation in-stallation in Main and Center Streets. This was done to provide pro-vide a tlx inch outlet to the fire truck In case of a major fire in the business area. Unconscious MarT Found On . Highway Monday; Reed Robinson, East State Road, American Fork, discovered ' a transclent in an unconscious condition Monday lying against his fence. The man gave the name of John Doe and reported he had last worked in Colorado last faU. He was making his way north from Nevada He became exhausted ex-hausted and evidently passed out for lack of nourishment. City Officer Kenneth Clements responded; to the call and receiving receiv-ing the man learned the above details. He called a local doctor and. brought the fellow in. The man was barefooted and Officer Clements said he was in the most' deplorable condition he had ever observed a human. He had' been able to buy only a few loaves of bread, since leaving Ne- ada-ten-days ago, T and . had .. completely worn his shoes off. lusfV feet.: : His clothes were" in shreads and actually the most filthy person per-son theof fleer had encountered. i Officer Clements put some old rubber boots Mr. Robinson had on his. leet. lea the man ana then turned him over to Utah County officers. They took him t to the Provo Ihrirmary for lm-" ' mediate treatment and feeding for a few days until he could be placed in 4 condition' to go to Colorado where he Intends to secure - employment.-m''-'-"'- 7"','" " i iustment Mrs. A. Sherman Chrlstensen presided over the convention' and special guests were Mrs. Harold ' Chrlstensen, Sprlngvllle, . state . president; Mrs. I. R, Morrison, national chairman of conserva- Ltlon; Mrs. L. A. Schroder, state vice president, Mrs. McMillan, member of the state board.' all of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Luella I Washbunw,UtahJMother.of the Cear; Mrs. Hugo RelmschllsseL district runner-up as. Mother of the Tear; and Dr. Ingeborc Ban- . ach, Bonn, Germany, secretary of the foreign press association who is spending three months in America. ' . Dr. Hanlch, who is a guest of the State Department, said she was impressed with the good will of Americans and that the feel ing seemed to 'come from their hearts. . ' Luncheon tables In the dining; hall were decorated in patriotic motifs to further carry out the convention- thenie and favors were miniature American Flags -arranged as corsages. American Fork, club wwnen had Charge of aU arrangemenlsT' . , To better cooperate with state biennial election, a resolution was passed retaining tSk officers of the district for another yean ---- v- m ,1h. |