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Show a - VOI LI THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, April 22, 1954 NUMBER 8 i ? 1? I H n r ! I J Senator Bennett 1 1 To Investigate ; FHA Irregularities t - " WASHINQTOM: Anrll IS-SeiL Wallace F. Bennett (R., Utah) said Thursday he expected to be chairman of a subcommittee named to Investigate newly-un covered "Irregularities' In theJ Federal Housing Administration. A member of the Senate Bank- tog J6 Currency committee, the Utahn said he knew of "no specific spec-ific . violations Charged against ..e:JOIil;H.:.A-offie,, but expected ex-pected the B & C probe 'vould be full-scale with the chips to - -fall where they, may. "In 1951 Sen. Paul Douglas and I worked on some language in the bill we thought might prevent such violations as hare .beenlrroftrted.- but I mess- it's ail wouia-oe uwDreaJtersaen. Bennett said. ' '.' . According to Albert : M. . Cole, Housing and Home Finance Administrator Ad-ministrator and recent guest on a Utah delegation television show, some F H A officials had approved 1251! mortgages which exceeded actual , construction costs which proved to be an estimated esti-mated haU-bllllon-doIIar windfall wind-fall for some contractors ' and FHA people. "I think Mr. ole Is to be commended com-mended for frankly and fearlessly fear-lessly pointing out these violations, viola-tions, Sen. Bennett noted. "Most of them occurred before the Elsenhower administration took office, but he did not hold back even when it appeared ar tf-a few Republican also may have been guilty of failure to protect public funds." The senator revealed that at an executive session of the B & C committee Wednesday he had suggested that the President be asked to obtain from the Internal Inter-nal Revenue Service the names, addresses and amounts Involved in the cases cited before - the From Vocational More than 350 Interested senior high school students attended the Vocational Guidance Confer- ence heW last-Trrursday-'under the sponsorship of the American Fork Rotary Club; First part of the conference consisted of talks in four general fields followed by department conferences with student participation. parti-cipation. fOrville-aunther, busf-ness busf-ness and civic, leader, was mod- ' erator.. .;- Purpose of the conference was to acquaint the students; with , vocational possibilities, time and expense Involved in preparation and results which could be expected, ex-pected, and to aid them In mak- ' lng a decision according to their - liking and aptitudes.-. - i. Frank O. Shelley, ..executive secretary for Utah Farm Bureau, discussed agriculture; trades and industries was the subject of the talk by Wilford Sorenson, superintendent of Central Utah ? VocaUonal School; O. DeVere ' Wootton, attorney, dcussed the professions, and Clifford E. Young, president of the Peoples State Bank of American Fork and assistant to the Council of " the Twelve of the LD3 Church, talked on the moral and spiritual v aspects bf businessmen, and urged4tbe students to be resourceful re-sourceful and not to expect the government to provide for them New Offices at Barratt Lumber Co. Barratt Lumber Company Announces Open House Barratt Builders Supply Company, Com-pany, American Fork's newest hardware and building supply establishment has set Saturday, April 24th as the official opening open-ing date to commemorate the remodeling and enlarging of their hardware department and the completion of their large lumber yard. The hard-topping of the entire en-tire lumber yard, area was completed com-pleted this week. . . Invitations hav been extend ed te-thentlrepopulation of North Utah County to loin in the celebration of the official openingof the yard on" Saturday and gifts for grownups and children alike have been provided provid-ed as door prizes together with numerous other .valuable gifts. plans Have been underway for several months. A complete new hardware torer S320 square feet of floor space occupies the entire en-tire south room and spacious office of-fice quarters" extends northward covering the balance of the store building. To the rear of the office of-fice space Is a paint department and the bookkeeping quarters. , The new store is equipped with the latest' type of display units, all being kept down to an eye level so the customer and clerks can see the entire length of the store roorn- The - whole display committee. Much' of the evidence evi-dence against the violators was obtained from-income tax reports re-ports which are confidential and can be revealed only to the president, Sen. Bennett explained, explain-ed, i This thing may mushroom into one of the big scandals o recent years," he said, "but it; proves that we meant what, we J said about cleaning up the mess In Washington, particularly when the taxpayers' money Is involved." Guidance: School what they could do for them selves. - i:y - Following the panel discussion, the students divided Into groups, eacn selecting me one oi nis ticed four years in Idaho and choice. The . discussion leaders, other parts of Utah, the field represented and the number of students attending TTncnifnT Wntna were as foUows; ' IXUaLllUH 11UIC Government service-. Ess- PaUents receiving treatment (on Brown, Thomas Walker and &t nospital during the past Wallace Baling; ,61 - Engineer- wek mdudes Mickey Rogers, ing-5. Dwight PaarcL Julius hrg Melvln Dunkley, Berna Dee Hoggard and O. W. Schaumburg, Henrle Jlmmy , Johnson, Mrs. 55. Agriculture-yukus Inouye, ; Velda Bennett m Donna Stew-Frank Stew-Frank O. Shelley and Walter KIrs Norma chipman, Steffen, 20. Buslncjis jAdmh-,Twaiia Ue Hunt, Mrs." Gwen traUon-Leo Mereditrv Har-) forton, Mrs. Fred Gardner, old Holley and Clifford E. Young, Florence Strong. Armon 5Q. Law-Heber ' Grant Mat and Hampton," Hene Harding. John O. revere. Wootton. 9.-Miedlcine KelschEtaer Heaps; Aft6n Per Dr. Ouy A. Richards, Dr. Del-' ishcy, Mildred Bair and Betty brt R. IJcsDr. Kej E. Noyes, 9. , The out of town patients were "Hursing Maud Humphries,! Wilson Hassenfritch, Mrs. Beth superintendent American Fork Stott, Mrs. May Morgan, Mrs. Hospital, 45. Laboratory tech- May K. Walker, Lowell Smith, niclans and' other vocational op-' Russell Miller, Mrs. Kenneth Mc-port Mc-port unities for women; Barbara 'tEwan, Alice Madsen,. Judy . GI11-Hales GI11-Hales and" UUlan C. Booth," dean. man, Sharon Shoell, Mary Rlch-of Rlch-of women at the BYU, 60. Re-' ardson and Lee Swenson, Pleas-tailing Pleas-tailing Paul L. Harmon and ant Grove; Loaa Asay and Vere Lancaster, 20. Trades and. Rocky Chatwin, Lehl; Eileen Industries W. M. Crawford, Wake and May Wright, Orem. Newel Stephens and Wilson W. Mrs. Sarah Berry, Cedar Valley, Sorensen, 39.1 In all, some 363 and Mrs. Goldie Money, Tooele students participated in the dis- were also among the out of cusslons. town patients. . i is , departmentlzed and every type of hardware,- plumbing e-quipment e-quipment and many other relative rela-tive lines are displayed. The walls and celling are all done In accoustlc tile and plywood ply-wood finish with the latest indirect in-direct lighting system. Floors are completely covered with plastic tile. The of flee Is. done in a beautiful beauti-ful natural birch hardwood finish fin-ish Including counter and walls. In the lumber yard everything fkf under-Toof andsome12340 square feet of storage space makes it possible to stack twenty twen-ty cars of lumber, all under cover. cov-er. Now with the hard-surfacing of the entire yard the firm has a unit second to none In the en tire state. . American Fork lumberman, with his -f our Tsons,. Preston, Harry, Glen and Ted, owns and operates the company with other hired help. -The firm was started In 1947 and has been built from a small beginnings to the present top unit In a matter of eight years. They all Invite you to join' with them In the grand opening this Saturday. ".t--V4ivt mum Boat Harbor Planned Below Geneva . All those interested In having a boat harbor at Geneva are asked to contact J. 8. Cook (Cooks Ice Cream), Robert J. Cook, Vera Humphries r(Hum phrles Auto Supply) or Marlon WV Robinson (Robinson's Sport Shop.) Original plans was to have the harbor below Ameri- 'can Fork but the land could not be secured. If the harbor is to be built interested persons will have to support It and work to wards that end. Dr. W. P. Peterson Tor Practice Here Dr. W. P. Peterson, veteranar- iahii;hopenlng;:a .practice in American Fork. Dr. Peterson, originally from Gunnison Utah, has Just moved here with his 1 family He is a graduate from Colorado A & M and has "prac- Am. ForlrChildren To Be Given Polio Vaccine Mass field trial Polio vaccination vaccina-tion will begin in American Fork Wednesday, April 28. Parents of children in the first, second and third grades of school who de sire their children to be Included In the polio vaccine tests are urged to send in without delay signed request forms for this purpose. J A simplp form, on which j)ar-- ents or guardians request that their children participate in the nationwide study Doing conducted conduct-ed by the National Foundation for infantile Paralysis, was recently re-cently distributed. Local Arrangements Local vaccinations will begin Wednesday at 9:30 in the Forbes For-bes Schox.wlth.Mrsitichard. J. Miller, . and Mrs. Grant W. Schaumburg as cochairmen of arrangements. Dr. O. S. Rich- j ards and Dr. D, R. Hales, will be the physicians In charge. Carol Rialey, Lillian Thompson and Lucille Page will be attending nurses. i Mrs. J. Ralph Seibel and Mrs. Richard Wilson will act as hospital hos-pital unit aids and recorders will be Mrs. Lewis Rowe, Mrs. A. P. Hoelscher, Mrs. Harold M. Paxman, Mrs. t Jack V. Smith and Mrs. J. E. Walker. Mrs. 8. D. Nlcholes and. Mrs. Si Bell will be nurses aids. ' "" " Mrs. Guy A. Richards and Mrs. R. T. Eastmond will be In charge of transportation. Room mothers and teachers from the Alpine, Forbes, and Harrington first, second and third grades will all help. ' The project has been under the supervision of the three school principals, Lyle1 R. Tre-gaskte, Tre-gaskte, : Alpine; Melvln Beck-strand, Beck-strand, Forbes,' and George W. Larsen, Harrinjjton. J " , Blood Center . Onehundred - children, 10 from Alpine, 43 from Forbes and 45 from Harrington have been asked to be at the Forbes School at :00 a. m. Friday. Two physl (r-w son, publlctxealth nurses. The vaccine to be used Is the Salk Tacdne, named tor its discoverer dis-coverer Drr Jonas Salk, - it is a vaccine which protects children against polio.' Thousands of children in selected communities will be given the chance of receiving re-ceiving this vaccine to test its effectiveness. - One half .the children participating, partici-pating, upon written request of their parents, will receive a trial vaccine against polio and the other half will get a substance which looks exactly like the trial vaccine but has no effect No one taking part in the trials, not even the medical authorities, will know which child receives the vaccine and which receives the substitute. Coded Identification will not be lnterpeted until the results are studied later. The health records of the children, receiving the substitute are needed for comparison com-parison in the scientific evaluation evalua-tion of the trial vaccine's .effectiveness .effec-tiveness in preventing paralytic polio. . 'TV In the local trials the National Foundation Is testing the vaccines vac-cines effectiveness, not its safety. Each batch of the trial Tacdne has been tested for safety three times before it 1s shipped.' Tests are made by the Virus Research Laboratory of the University of Pittsburg and by the Laboratory of Biologies Control of the National Na-tional Institutes of Health, a branch of the U. BTPubllc Health Service. ; ' . ,;- .' r Each child will receive three doses of a pinkish watery fluid. The first dose will be April 28, the second May 5 and the third and final dose June 3. The sub stance will be administered Into the arm. Protect Children From Irrigation Ditches Cooperation ' of the public is asked in protecting small child? rcn from the danger of drowning drown-ing in Irrigation ditches again this spring. . I is urged that all debris be kept out of ditches and that under un-der no circumstances should Iron gratings be removed from brid-i wrist watch will be given away ges and siphons throughout the; Saturday at 4 pjn. in front f city. . Thornton Drug by - the Junior Keep all Utter and debris from Chamber of Commerce. Tickets ditches and screens will be free, may be purchased from any If clog;d the screens should be member of the. Jaycecs or Amcr-raked Amcr-raked free, but never removed, lean Fork High School Band. Save a child's precautions! life by taking Co. Doctors Re-Affirm Faith in Safety of Polio Inoculations Utah County Medical 8oclety, meeting in a special emergency session to reconsider safety of the polio vaccination field trials, went on record Saturday as vouching for safety of the vaccine. vac-cine. Blood specimens to determine effectiveness of the vaccine will be drawn Friday at Grandvlew School,, Provo; Forbes School, American Fork, and Taylor School, Payson. The field trials will open in Utah County April 28, with first clinics held at Wasatch School, Provo; Geneva School, Orem, and Central School, Pleasant Grove. Evidence that the polio vaccine vac-cine Js completely safe was pre-sentM pre-sentM to Utali County doctors at the special session by Dr. L. D. Meyers, U. S. Board of Health, and' Robert L. Korn, epidemiologist epidemi-ologist for the State of New York, and deputy director of the polio evaluation center, University of Michigan. In a formal statement issued following the meeting, the con sensus was stated; "In view of the evidence presented, pre-sented, the Utah County Medical Society wishes to go on record as supporting the polio vaccina tlon field trlalr and to vouch tor the safety of the vaccine." Purpose of the blood tests given giv-en two per cent of the children before and after the field tests is to determine effectiveness of the vaccine, it is stated. Mrs.A.P. Hoelscher Elected President Of AFHS P-TA Mrs. A. P. Hoelscher was elec ted president of the High School Parent-Teachers Association at lng . president. Mrs. Leo Bowen, vice presldentr Charles B. Wal ker, second rice president and Mrs. Harold Ooode, . secretary and treasurer, are the- holdover officers. Mrs. Holley - was In charge of the meeting." CORRECTION Chipman Child Injured by Cleaning Truck In our last weeks issue of the Citizen we reported the Injury of the Delbert Ray Chipman child by a family vehicle. This was .an ..error. ' f-. Mrs. Delbert Ray Chipman and her young 2-year-old son were visiting at the home of the child's grandparents, Mr. ' and Mrs. Delbert Chipman, on April 9th. A cleaning firm truck was In the yard and as it backed out the' small child ran Into its path. ' Tho truck body- struck the child, knocking him to the driveway. drive-way. The wheels did not strike the child and X-Ray pictures at the American " Fork' Hospital revealed re-vealed ,x that : naJ ; bone Injuries were : sustained although the child was badly bruised. Delbert Ray Chipman, the father, fa-ther, was at the sheep herd and could noj be reached immediately. immedi-ately. V " Quarry to be Opened By Eugene Tuckett Eugene Tuckett Is announcing the opening of the stone quarry In Provo Canyon. Mr. Tuckett stated he would have the quarry opened and going by Friday. We will have flagstone In many colors suitable for building build-ing or beautifying. Mr. Tuckett plans to have two outlets for this material, American Fork and Provo. : '-; : BAND FUND : SUPPORT URGED f A glass fishing rod, waders, mixmaster and a ladles 17 Jewel 1 Proceeds will help to send the band to Colorado Springs. Alpine District School Personnel To Fete Five Retiring Educators C of C Directors Meet to Select Committees Chamber of Commerce Director's Direc-tor's meeting was held April 16. Committee appointments were suggested and each director se-lected se-lected the committees on which he would like to work. The fol lowing committees,- set-up - as proposed groups within the Chamber of Commerce, were advertising and natural resources, resourc-es, agriculture, business and community statistics, construction construc-tion and civic development, education, edu-cation, finance and membership, member-ship, -government - local, -..state and national), industrial development, de-velopment, retail trades and Utah County as related to American Amer-ican Fork. It was decided that the Cham ber would accept the offer so generously made by J. Clifford Miller, manager of the Coral Theatre, to use a room In that building as Chamber of Commerce Com-merce office space for one year, without charge. Mr. Miller Is to be commended for his generous-Ity. generous-Ity. - . It was reported thatln general the membership, drive.-has.Jjeen well accepted by the merchants and professional men In the community. The assessments are being met and it la the hope of the Chamber that the membership mem-bership drive can be brought to a close within the next few days. The deadline for membership has been set at April SO. Many applications for a full time executive secretary have been received. Applications will be reviewed and plans will be made to select a secretary after the membership drive has-been concluded. Those present at the Director! meeting included Leo O. Meredith, Mere-dith, O. DeVere Wootton, Eteve Murdock. Eddie - nrmtn: - oien Stewart Jessr t.-Cpf f ord, m-well m-well Stevens, Harold Holley and Paul L. Harmon. .. . AnnV? New:Cof eXo Open For Business Ann's Cafe in Its new larger quarters at 18 East' Malrvwill open- the -"first" of the week If present plans work out. Moving of equipment started - Tuesday and is just about completed but the exact opening date could not be set yesterday. ' Thenew Boley building will provide the cafe ample kitchen and dining room space and will make It possible for Mrs. Brown and her staff to operate a finer eating establishment. Considerable Consider-able new. equipment is being added and . the building com pletely renovated. ,v Opening data will be announc ed as soon as determined definitely. defin-itely. 1 1 .V 1 1:1 Retiring educators of the Al-plne-JSchool ...District .will b honored tonight by the district -personnel at the Westmore School, Orem, according to Lyean Johnson, Pleasant Grove, president presi-dent of the Alpine Educational' Association which Is sponsorms the event. j Supt. David R. Mitchell will ba the ranking guest of honor and other special guests will be Oeorge-iYrXaJsenrTrlnciparor the Harrington School; Luther Oiddlngsr -American.. Fork. High) . School; Hilda Knudsen, Lincoln High School, and Josle O. Walker. Pleasant Grove. . Memorial recognition will bo , given Leo Hanson, assistant superintendent, sup-erintendent, and Jesse M. Walk- er, principal of American Fork High- Schooh ; who- died-' durine s the pastyear. . ' l' Qulnn Hatch, Lincoln, Is acting act-ing as chairman of arrange-: menta and . will be master ., of j ceremonies; E. A. Beck, Pleasant Grove, and Basil Dorton, LebV have charge of the entertain ment features which will follow ' lunch. ; The evening has been divided into three parts, the testimonial which will begin at 7:30, the lunch hour and dancing. ' AH members of . the association.' their ...partners district JSerolaary. teachers, the office 'staff and board members and their partners part-ners have been Invited.' ' Of ficers Sustained I Sun., April 18 at ; WardConf erence: L Don H. Bean was sustained aa second counselor to Elshop Mel-; r vln E. Dunkley and J. Clyde ElrS. . was made superintendent of th Sunday School at the Fifth Ward. Conference Sunday, April 13. Ur. v-- Bean, formerly president of ti.s . . the inza Tn:ri Quonra, places Norman E. Ehurawir; has served - for the - past 22 months. Mr. Elrk releases Fran els N. Mortenson, who has been superintendent for- 31i ; years. OeralcJ Schmidt was made first assistant and" Steven Ce&sfra&d 'second assistant, i-f-- ' President Edward W. Burgess was in charge of the meetis. Presidents Burgess and Phil D. Jensen, Mr. Bean and Mr. Chum-way Chum-way spoke briefly The newly organized ward choir of SO voices, under the direction of Thornton Young, furnished the music. Mrs. Mary Humphries at the cran and Lois Humphries, piano were the accompanists."': 9 - ' Opening session of the conference confer-ence was Saturday evening when a meeting was held for the ward auxiliary officers and teachers. Following the "meeting there was a short program after which the Bishopric served refreshments. |
