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Show Helper At A. F. Toraigihfl- 8:15 P M. - Ladies Firee Universal Microfilming Corporation w p O. Box 147 Bait Lake City UUh f VOL. L THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, July 23, 1953 NUMBER 21 Circulation Contest Winners Made Happy T . - nm i r-rr -.--m.-Tiiri ' " I i n " i i' i i ;i i "1 - ' aiiiss"ss"i"s . Above are the four happy prize winners with their television set and bicycles, awards at the close? of . the four week newspaper contest. Contest Brings 218 New Members To Growing "Citizen" Family The big teen-age circulation contest conducted thru the last week of June and first three w eeks In July came to a thundering thunder-ing close Saturday; -July 18th, with four contestants fighting right up to the final minute. The contest sold two hundred and eighteen new subscribers to the American Fork Citizen and brought in payments from hundreds hun-dreds of others. The total subscription sub-scription money , turned In by the enthusiastic teen-age boys and girls exceeded $1200.00. This group of workers earned commission money up to 25 percent per-cent of their sales In addition to the four major prizes, which totaled $315.00. Olenda Austin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olen Austin, won the grand prize, a Zenith television televi-sion set' purchased from Nielsen Appliance Company here. . Arlen Greening, son of Mrs. ""Emma Greening, Florence Oreer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Chlpman, and Orvll Day, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Wayne Day, each won best grade bicycles, purchased two from 'Chlpman Mercantile Company, and one from Greenwood Motor Com pany. As attested by ine Droaa smues At a ' 4Um ... W JL S1V VWUVB Mtaw w w scrlptlon campaign was a great success. ' The fact that " they turned In over 218 new subscriptions subscrip-tions and collected hundreds of dollars accounts Made the campaign a marked success for this newspaper. We desire to extend our thanks to the public for its splendid re- Co. Auto Dealers Meet at Provo Mr. Lee F. Buss, district manager man-ager of GMAC, discussed the topic, "Orantlng of Credit In To- . day's Automobile Market," at the July meeting of Utah County - automobile dealers. Some thirty-five thirty-five persons attended the dinner meeting at the Sutton Cafe In Provo. - Harold Holley," Alpine " Motor Company, and Paul Harmon of Paul M, Harmon Company, north Utah County dealer representa tives and president and secretary rpsDectlvelv of the organization attended. Both- reported inc nrotram as outstanding and informative. isponse to our own and the can- dldates efforts and we all wish to extend our thanks to you for your splendid spirit and response to the boys and girls, who worked work-ed so hard In the four week drive. Thanks again to everyone. Plans Shaping For Scout Fathers r And Sons Outing Plans are rapidly shaping up for a full schedule of events for the annual Fathers, and Sons outing of Alpine District 8couts, according to Wayne R. McTague, commissioner. The outing will take place at Camp Tlmpanooke in American Fork Canyon Friday and Saturday, July 31 and Aug. 1. Friday evening will be taken up with a campflre party featuring feat-uring songs, a story teller and special events for both fathers and sons. Alter a . bright and early revllle and breakfast Saturday Sat-urday morning, there will be fishing, nature hiking, volley ball and poftbali Th ehUre "afternoon Saturday will be occupied with contests in scouting activities Water, bollr lng, string burning, fire by flint and steel, Kim's Oame, and several sev-eral other interesting competitions competi-tions will be In progress. Before breaking camp, prizes will be given to patrols who are eligible for Scout awards. Fathers are especially urged to come out and participate with their sons In the overnight event. Charles Holmes, camp director, and Arlo Shelley, campsite director, di-rector, have as committee members mem-bers Paul Mecham, chairman of program and awards; Ira J. Tay-lar Tay-lar Jr. and Varlan Clark, games; Charles B. Walker, fishing; Dr. H. Olen Royle, Heinz Leonhardt, Arthur Hansen, Andrew Block, Clarence Boswell, Dclbert Ray Chlpman and Dale R. Jensen, scoutcraf t projects. DRIVE SAFELY ENJOY ' MIIE-HOLIDAY Left to right are Arlen Greening, Florence Greer, Glenda Austin, Mrs. A. F. Gaisford contest director, and Orvil Day. Canyon Water Mains Now Repaired After working a full week on the water line break In American Fork Canyon city water department depart-ment men headed by Roy Steele finally uncovered the line some fifteen feet below a slide, which crashed down the mountain side two years ago. A cracked line with a break of over three feet was found with precious city water pouring thru a half Inch wide crack. The broken line was sawed put and replaced In a period of only five hours, it was reported by Manager Ray C. Nelson. The entire water flow Into the city and to the Utah Training School had to be shut off during this period In order for the water crew to make the cut and replace the large 18-inch steel pipe. It was, estimated that three-quarters' three-quarters' of the whole city water supply, or twenty percent of the flow, has been. leaking back-lntolEaturday.monalDg the. Utah the canyon stream about one mlisup the - canyon ..lrom. the mouth It Is not known. Just when the break, occured but it Is Teasonable-to-belleve-that -lt occured when the slide came down two years ago when the Utah Power and Light power plant water supply line broke and its large water flow cut two deep canyons down the mountain side, desposltlng hundreds "of tons of debris over the top of the city water supply line. The city pipe line at this point crossed a sharp solid rock with loose materials on either side. The rock evidently held the pipe rigidly and the water soaking the loose materials on either side placed enough pressure on the pipe line to cause the break. Being Be-ing under the great land slide It was not ' discovered until the hwatcr began running free thru the slide material along the pipe line and at a lower level down the canyon. ' The great drain on the water system this hot period with this loss and the five hour shut off of all flow into the city storage tanks has greatly reduced the water' system. City officials send out a plea for all citizens to re-due-tMrwtFii3aReisniuch as possible until the storage tanks can again be filled. Lion Delegates -Return From Nat Convention Elmer Bate and Leo O. Mere dith and their wives returned home the week end from atten ding one of the most successful International Lions conventions ever held. Representatives from 52 nations were in attendance, eight new ones being admitted at this meet. The new nations were accepted accept-ed at a spectacular session when the flags of each nation were brought In by a beautiful girl in native costume and with a mill tary escort. The signt was so exciting it brought nervous chills to all those watching New nations who Joined Lions International were Nicaragua, Lebonon, Moracco, Scotland, Al gerla, Austria, Luxomburg and Lelchtensteln. Amony the top speakers at the convention were Secretary of the Navy R. B. Anderson, Basil O' Conner, national president of the polio foundation, and Helen Kellar; world famous blind and deaf lecturer, delegation, numbering 100, met forLhreaklast. -Social highlight for the ladles was the breagfast and fashion show gtven at the ConradHllton Hotel by Marshall Fields, one of the largest department stores In the world. Over 8000 women attended. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith went east on the Vista Dome with District Governor and Mrs. La- Mar Thatcher and daughter Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Bo- yack. and Mr. and Mrs. R. Hatch all of Salt Lake City. Following the convention the group went to Detroit where Mr. Boyack, dealer, purchased three new Chrysler cars which they drove home. Whip there they saw i baseball game between the Chic ago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, . Mr. and Mrs. Bate went on to Lansing, Mich., where they pur chased a new Oldsmoblle 98, fcr rled across the lake to Mllwau koe, .visited the twin cities and took the northerrr-rout home through the bad lands of Dakota and Mount Rushmore, and down through Yellowstone Park, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur ; Hardin ltlng for a week in Yellowstone Park. Hard Surfacing Streets Fires Take Toll During Week, Motorists Fined for Violations Two dUasterous ftres and a! minor one kept the Volunteer Fire Department on its toes during dur-ing the week and thoughtless motorists who ran cars over the fire hose were called 4'cf ore the city Judge and given fines. At 12:30 Saturday the firemen were called to the grounds of the i old Washburn Chlpman home on South Center to put out a grass fire, probably started by children chil-dren playing with matches. No damage was done. Neighborhood children have made a playground of the place and at the present time the grass Is tinder, dry, Chief Chadwick said. Saturday afternoon at 5:30 a call came to the Oeorge Conder and Olen Ovard properties . on Cast Main where fire of unknown origin destroyed the barn belong lng to Mr. Conder and partially burned the roof of Mr. Ovard s garage. Running rampant In dry grass the fire went south to wards the Ivlns Hatchery and In Local Club Idea Adopted by State Jaycees After hearing the American Fork Junior Chamber of Com merce's plan for a "Junior Cltl zen of the Month", the state organisation adopted a similar Idea at the planning session held In Salt Lake City last week end. Attending the planning session were Lyman E. Wight, president; Heber Grant Ivlns, state vice president, and Marvin Teuscher. Later In the evening Mr. Wight and Mr. Teuscher were Joined by their wives and "Mr. and Mrs. LeOrande Terry to attend at-tend the travel trophy dinner-dance. dinner-dance. Tonight at the regular meet ing of the Jaycees, the first pre scntatlon to a "Junior Citizen of the Month" will be made when John " T. McNeill receives the June plague. Any person In the community who knows of a worthy deed by young people between the ages of five and seventeen, call it tojm Minnesota ana rennsyivaiuw, th attention of any member of the club, Mr. Wight suggested. Jaycees Working On Diversified Civic Projects Working on a diversified program pro-gram of projects designed for civic- betterment, the -American Fork Junior Chamber of Com merce -is eunwntly-pushing, hard weir warning' oiooa pan, incj . . i .. , I I a. , L M ML .i i. in tvi null IU (I k v J isnwu MIC, city who-H-imphysieal eondltkmJ w.wwi ha., it tv.H rnr .m.Rnr u .,, k .u ' All members of the organlza- tlon have been typed and al - ready one young man was called toCalt Lake to donate blood In an emergency wnenienwa lype coma no oe louna uwre. The Jaycees are asking the Li- ons and Rotary club members1 to Join in the blood typing and will soon send an appeal 10 au women's clubs to Join in the drive. Frank Baker, laboratory" technician tech-nician at the American Fork n .... ,1 tAl I m iM voraraunu, n , " , AuBU8t 7 for the purpose of tak-..0,.J5 tak-..0,.J5 IMS ff,ln blood donations, Ora H ulWu ";"r.1"w"r Anyone wishing .to help, out waiting for a call, may con tact Mr. Baker or Lyman Wight, club president. Donate to Building Fund The Jaycees turned -over all year. Zelda Anderson, chairman the profits made at their. Chuck of the drive, is arranging com-Wagon com-Wagon sales at the. Regal Ha-jmlttees and details will be an-wallan an-wallan entertainment, - to ) the.nounced next" week. , Sixth -Eighth ward "building direction of Frank Baker and Oeorge Correy. J In Progress itj course burned the frame work of the Jaycees float. -r During this fire three different persons were cited for driving over the fire hose. When they appeared at the city court each was given a fine. Fire hose costs $2.35 per foot, and while at the time there may be no apparent damage, at a later fire the hose may blow up and necessitate buying a new 50 foot length, the fire chief explained. It will be the future policy of the department depart-ment and the pcaceofflcers to pick up anyone who violates the priority rights of the Firemen. The maximum flne Is- $75.00. Most disastrous of the fires was the -one ydt 4 a.m. Monday morning which destroyed the garage, a1937 Ford, and some stored furniture at the home of Mrs. Vern Walker on South First West. Damage was estimated at $900. Mrs. Walker was awakened by the crackling of wood. By the time she had reached the tele phone and called the department some of the neighbors were on the scene but the fire had such a start nothing could be saved. The department was there in a matter of minutes and kept the fire from spreading. The damage dam-age Is partially covered by in surance. Flourine Trouble Laid to Utah Iron and Coal Ore Major factors contributing to the excess flourine In the atmosphere at-mosphere in Utah Valley are the Utah mined coal and Iron ore used at Oeoeva Steel Plant, it was stated by Dee A. Broadbent, US Agrlcultrtst. He cited the coal and Iron ore as the base of the trouble at meeting In Provo last week of representatives of federal, state . and county agencies who were considering the pending law suits against the steel company. Coil and Iron ore mined in Utah and used In steel produc tlon are both higher m florlde content than coal and ore mined he said. This situation, along with the fact that the mountain front along Utah Valley tends to accumulate gases, causes a con dition not found In other major Industrial areas. He said that staff members of the experiment station at-the Utah State Agricultural College will If called, appear as "expert witnesses" In the pending law suits. Speaking of the desirability of air polutlon. legislation, Mr, Broadbent scored Utah for "be lng too dependent on agriculture for a Jlvlng. Industry is good iur us ano wb. musv learu w JUve. ther He said, "Industry has shown It will conform to the I law If the law Is there." Dr. Delbert A. Oreenwood of th experiment . 8tatlon . Taylor A11 d f tne count f,our,ne commUteet and w Usi RoolncWe of tne 8tate d wlld Uke Service, also ad- , re d the deiegates. " - , m J KCQ LrOSS 1)100(1 Bank Here Aug. 7 ' The American Red Cross blood i bank will be In American Fork Chlpman, branch chairman, an nourtced today. Ooal of the banl ban this y?ar Is 100 pints. ' . The unit will work in the base- mcnt of the tabernacle under mich the same setup as last In the meantime, everyone contact Mrs. Anderson lor an appointment. , Actual work started yesterday on the hard surfacing of the chopped up American Fork City streets, which have been endured by the public thru two summers and one winter. Young and Smith, Salt Lake City - contractors,-moved their equipment Into American Fork last Friday and have been busily engaged since that time In opening open-ing a gravel bed In the old creek chanel north of the Dean pit on the Utah Training School road at the North City limits. Rock crushing equipment has been Installed and other pre liminary work completed ready for the start of actually moving of the crushed materials onto the city streets. The company will use equipment valued at $150,000 on the Job, They ex pect to crush and level out 20,000 tons of crushed material to resurface re-surface the city streets. Plans yesterday were to start on Third East and then Jump to possibly First West street. It Is planned to get the longest and most used streetajaved and resurfaced re-surfaced first so that city traf fic can be switched to these main arteries while, the lesser used streets are regraded, covered cov-ered with crushed gravel - and then oiled, rolled and finally topped off with fine sand. It Is expected the entire city Job will be completed within SO to 50 days. ' We dont know of a single per son In town who will not welcome wel-come this glad news. Our streets are to be again taken out of the early 1000 period and brought back to a present day condition of no dirt and dust, chuck holes and five mile an hour speed. Queen Aspirants , Should Sign Up Young women ' of American Fork between the ages of 18 and 25 should sign up during the next week if they wish to enter the Steel Day Queen contest. It was emphasized this week by the' cochalrmen, Mrs. Delbert. Chlpman and Mrs. A. Frank Gaisford. Applicants should contact either of the chairmen or Mrs. J. N. Williamson, secretary of the Steel Day committee. Alvin Teuscher . Forest Ranger Given Timp Stick AlvlnTeuscher, forest ranger, who-for the past ten years has helped prepare the trail for the annual Tlmpanogos Hike, this year was awarded the coveted "Timp Stick", honor symbol distributed each year. Alvin Teuscher Also receiving sticks were Robert Ro-bert B. Wilkinson, 88, father of President Ernest L. Wilkinson; Manila Brown. 78, Provo, Hans Chrlstensen Kuhn, Salt Lake City, and Hart Bullock. Over 1400 persons made the hike In the 42nd annual mass 'mountain climb. The hike was instituted in 1912 when 25 persons per-sons under the . direction of Eugene L. Roberts, head of the BYU physical education department, depart-ment, reached the top of the famed fa-med mountain. Mr. Roberts, who guest this year, died July 9, of a heart ailment. I..'' " r .- V ; - ' J J |