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Show Jffffc Universal iu- I'U Di if '. Il. -'KO fit. ""'P VOL. Llv -WR-iir on $3.50 Year. Single Copy 10c THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, October 31, 1957 NUMBER 38 Annual Relief Society Conferences Scheduled Sunday In All 11 Wards Cavemen Lose To Fast Uintah Team After a touch and go first half, Uintah caught fire by booming Clyde McCrall over for two tallies In the third frame, blasting the ends and tackle positions of the fighting American Am-erican Fork team. The lone TD for the cavemen came In the last quarter when Peter Scholes shot off tackle. Both teams showed threats during the first half but not until the third quarter did either pose too great a scoring drive. The Cavemen's loss put them in fourth while Uintah moved into the second slot. Score by quarters: Uintah 0 0 13 013 Am. Fork 0 0 0 66 Dr. Jefferson Eastmond To Address Harrington P-TA Dr. Jefferson N. Eastmond of the Educational Research department de-partment of BYU will address Harrington P-TA Thursday, Nov. 7. Dr. Eastmond will speak on "Problems Concerning Education Edu-cation in the Schools. There will be open discussion and particular problems will be discussed. dis-cussed. Harrington PTA held a punch and cookie tea to entertain teachers and 'room parents on Friday, Oct 25. Responsibilities of room parents par-ents were discussed and Halloween Hal-loween activities were planned. The tea was held in the Harrington Har-rington school lunch room and was arranged 'by Mrs. Harold Hollndrake. ; She was assisted by Mrs. Harvey Edwards. j Those entertained - were. kdg. teacher, Mrs. Miller, room parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Grant, and Mr., and Mrs. Paul L. Harr mon; kdg. teacher, Mrs. Preston, Pres-ton, room parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Winters and Mr. t and Mrs. Joseph W. Chanmer; first grade teacher, Mrs. Dunyon, room parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Driggs and Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Block; second grade teacher, Mrs. .Wofford, room parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Shelley, Mr. and Mrs. ' Keith Chad wick; second grade teacher, teach-er, Mrs. Ramsey, room parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Anderson; third grade teacher, Mrs. Mor-tensen,, Mor-tensen,, room parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nlles Wing; third grade teacher, Mrs. Hill, room parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Oran Du- feltz; fourth grade teacner, Mr. Clark, room, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Hunsaker; fourth grade teacher, Mr. Durrant, room parents, Mr. ana Mrs. ei Roy Harris; fifth grade teach er, Mrs. Dreger, room parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eidon Konera; fifth grade teacher, Mr. Nelson, room parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bennett; sixth grade teacher, Mr. Nlcholes, room parents, Mr. ana Mrs. sari sor-ensen. sor-ensen. . Greenwood Halloween Party Cancelled Party for the children of the Greenwood School which was scheduled for tonight has been cancelled, according to Parent-Teacher Parent-Teacher officials. In its place will be an afternoon after-noon party in the school auditorium audi-torium for all the children. Movie cartoons will be. shown School District Enrollment Shows Six Percent Increase A total of 12,043 students are enrolled in the schools . of Alpine Al-pine District. This is an increase in-crease of 733 students oyer the same period last.year. . Examination of grade enrollment enroll-ment figures indicate that the district schools will continue to ''burst at the seams" as there are 644 students registered In the 12th grade while there are 1259 kindergarten children, a difference of 714 pupils. ' nfhw erraAn enrollments Alt'. 1st grade, 1186 students; 2nd grade,. 1056 students; 3rd grade, 1124 students; fourth .grade, 1055 students; 5th : grade, 1096 students; sixth grade, 823 stu Annual Relief Society conferences confer-ences in all 11 wards In Alpine Stake are scheduled for Sunday evening, Nov. 3. The meetings will be held at the regular time of ward Sunday evening meeting. Program in all the wards will Joey P. Brooks Heads League Joey P. Brooks was elected president of the Western League, Boys Baseball, for American Am-erican Fork, at a meeting held In Utah Power and Light auditorium audi-torium Monday evening; Bob Story, president for the past year, was in charge. Elected to assist Mr. Brooks were William R. Ellison, vice president; Richard E. Hunter, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Glen B. Greenwood, publicity chair man, Ersal Fagan and Marlon W. Robinson, player agents. Merlin B. Larson, bishop of the Highland Ward, BUI Jones and Larry Lassen, were appointed ap-pointed a committee to begin the organization of a second league in the district, which will be known as the National League. The league now organized organ-ized is the American. Little leagues use the moni kers of the nationally known leagues. Deadline Date for NROTC Qualifying Exam Nears High school seniors and grad uates have only until Nov. 16 to apply for the Navy's Reserve Officer . Training Corps, VADM James A. Holloway, Jr ' Chief of Naval Personnel, said today, Applicants will take the nationwide nation-wide , competitive examination on Dec. 14 as the first, step to ward an appointment as mid shlDman. Designed to supplement the officer, output of the Naval Academy, the NROTC program makes it possible for a young man to earn a commission while 'studying , at the civilian college of his choice which has an NROTC unit. All -tuition, fees and books are furnished by the Navy, and the students receive ' an annual retainer of $600 for four years. During the summers the students go on fascinating' training cruises to many parts of the world. After completing the usual four year college course, he is commis sioned in the regular Navy , or Marine Corps and goes on ac tive duty with the Navy'c far flung fleets. y , '"..' ' High school seniors and grad uates between the ages of 17 and 21 may apply for the N ROTC aptitude test. Those who make a qualifying score will be given a rigid . physical exam early in 1958. From the pool of qualified young men remaining iin competition approximately 2,000 will be selected to begin their -naval careers next Sep tember. The NROTC college training program is also open to enlisted enlist-ed men on active duty with the Navy and 'Marines. , Separate quotas are established for applicants ap-plicants from within these services. ser-vices. . ., .-, ' ; , ' Application forms are available avail-able at all high schools, colleges, col-leges, Navy Recruiting Stations or from the Chief of Naval Personnel, Washington 23, D.C. and there will be a grand march where the children can parade in their , Halloween cos tumes. - dents; 7th grade, 820 students; 8th grade, 843; 9th grade, 834; 10th grade, 720; nth grade, 645; 12th grade, 545; vocational school, 30; and special education educa-tion students, 37. Enrollmenet in the American Fork, schools shows 439 in the senior high, an Increase of 63 over last year; 505 in the Junior Jun-ior high, and increase of 26. The elementary enrollments are Alpine 145 (increase of 7), Forbes 467 (Increase of 62), Greenwood 420 (Increase of 29), and Harrington 426 (Increase of 4). -The total Increase for the city and Alpine is 102 over 1956, which means more than three full rooms. follow a similar pattern using the theme "To Build A Spirit uai Home." in each ward a mother will speak on "To Build a Spiritual Home," a father will discuss "Role of Father in the LDS Home," a member of the Aaronlc priesthood will tell "How Mother Helps Me Honor the Priesthood", a teen-age girl will tell "How I Can Honor the Priesthood in Our Home" and a Relief Society member will discuss "My Gratitude for the Priesthood." In each ward there will be greetings and reports from the president, sustaining of the officers of-ficers and teachers by the sec retary, and special musical numbers. First Ward Taking part in the First ward will be Ethel C. Graff, presi dent; Lora G. Shelby, Mariam Barker, Ruth Mott and Hannah Hill,, Betsy Wagner and Muriel Aldrlch, Melissa G. Robinson and William Graff. Talks will be given by Laurel Scholes, Glen M. Robinson, John Foul ger, OTea Garllck, and Beat rice Dlmltt. Second Ward Roxle Richards, LaMar - Ev ans, David Van Wagoner, Nor ma Wride and Elma Bean will give talks and others taking part will be Hortense Allen, president; Inez Karren, Amy Haag, Ora Jean Chlpman and May Halllday. Third Ward Helen P. SchmuhL Albert P. Schmurl, Howard Bchmuhl, Randy Eatough and Louise Ad-amson Ad-amson will give the talks and others taking part will . be Edith Wright, Ruth Hunter, Ivy Mayne, president Mae An- dreason, C a r m a Steinechert and Cora Barratt. ' Fourth Ward . . Bernlece Hansen, president, will take charge. On the program pro-gram will be Minnie L Hodapp, Ann C. Hansen, Madge Ander son, Lucile Wootton and Matilda Matil-da Devitt Talks will be given by Fern Swain, Lavon K. Har- ward, Kay Harward, 'Helen Swain and Carina Criddle. Fifth Ward , Giving the talks will be Marie Brown, F. Rulon Nlcholes, Glade. Goodliffe, Marsha Gard ner and ' Bertha Bean. Dena Grant, president, will give greetings and the report, and others taking part will be Mary Humphries, Joy Greenwood, Mildred Brown, Mildred Mech-am, Mech-am, Margaret Gardner,, Afra Nelson, and Estella Steele. Sixth Ward Greetings and report will be given by Doris Adams, and on the program will be Gwen Tay lor, Mae T. Greenwood, Agnes Mecham and Mabel ' Cunning ham. Talks will be given by Joy Hadlock, Melvln W. Grant, Gary AngelL Wanda Limb and Elsie Pearl Prisby. Seventh Ward Leatha Durfey, president, will give the report and greetings, Others taking part will be Leah Greene, Rella Cbristensen,' Myrl Scott, Gayle Duncan and Dora Rogers. Giving the -talks will be Mildred Crotts, . Alton K. Storrs, Lynn Warnlck, Mary Jo Muyiner ana Betty Johnson. Eighth Ward Esther Chrlstensen, Mary Mc-Tague, Mc-Tague, Electa Smith, Edna. Bo-ley Bo-ley and ; Jane :. Gordon . have parts on ' the progtam with Myrtle Bell, president. Giving talks will be Doris Wright, Fred Wright, . Frank Gordon, Ann Chrlstensen and Fern Walker. . Ninth Ward Greetings and report will .he given by Geneve Cornell" and appearing on the program will be Kenna Dean, Sarah Jepp- son and Helen Webb. Talks will be given by LaRue Morton, Ronald G. Smith, ..Stephen Beagley, Joyce Wrigley, and Faun Batholomew. Highland Dora ... Brlnghurst, president. will give the report and greetings, greet-ings, and on . the program will be Kate Rogers, Cora AdamsOn, LaDean Johnson, Lucia White and Henrietta Larsen. Giving the talks will be Ruth Thompson, Thomp-son, Donald Guymon, Orville W. Day Jr., Nola Beth Dalley, and Melba Strasburg. Alpine Lois McDanleL Zee McDanlel, Gerald Llewelyn, Lois Johnson and Blanche Bennett will give! the talks. Assisting In the program pro-gram will be Constance Ander son, presidents Aleta Drew, Ina Brown, Jennie Wild, Gertrude Merikoffer and Maud Beck. PoDular onlnlon is the ereat est lie in the world. -Carlyle f yespay Alpine School District Conducting Attitude Tests TnhlM wer turned at Lin coin Junior High School re-!18 invited to come to ffle school cently when the faculty took a!at any tlm and see the actlvi- test given by Gale Rose, direc tor of. research for the Utah State Department of Public Instruction. In-struction. Purpose of the test was to measure the ' attitude of the teachers before an evaluation study, begins: A second test will be given in the spring to measure the teachers' attitude .change resulting re-sulting from . the activities of the evaluation study of the SChOOl. ' -j?: A special honor has come to Lincoln Junior High School in being selected by the Second ary School Principals Assn. and the State Department of Public Instruction as one of the three Junior high schools in the state to be studied. The j other two are Bear River and, Sprlngville junior mgn scnoois.i Each teacher will participate on a number, of S committees throughout the year at Lincoln Junior High School.' The public Local Artists To Observe, Special Week Associated Artists of Ameri can Fork are cooperating with the American Artists Professional Profes-sional League in ' promoting American Art Week ' throughout ine nauon. Date set national ly are Nov. 1 until Nov. 7. ; The local organization has completed plans for exhibitions in business houses and offices throughout the city,, according to Mrs. Andrew Block; chairman.. chair-man.. All artists are invited to enter paintings and those interested in-terested in other forms of fine art will be welcomed as exhibitors. exhibi-tors. ' Ceramics and all types of handicraft may be taken to Steele's Store for dlsplaw. Window Win-dow space for display of pictures pic-tures will be provided by J. C. Penney Co., Thornton Drug, Richan Office Supply, Dixon-Taylor-Russell, Mary Jean's Dress Shop, Schlegels Restaurant, Restaur-ant, Keller's Sewing Circle and Eddy's Shoe Store. Maud Humphries, superintendent superinten-dent of the hospital, -said they would be happy to have paintings paint-ings hung thene during the week, and other wall space has been extended by the Peoples State Bank, Mountain States Telephone and Utah Tower and Light Company. xne Associated Artists are delighted with the present and past cooperation of this city in promoting ' art exhibits and with the present trend in this direction American Fork should develop into a cultural center, Mrs. Block said. Exhibitors are asked to bring In. their work anytime between Nov. 1 and 3. Each person will be responsible for picking' un his exhibits Nov. 7. Sewer Connection Charges Set ' By City Council- Charges for new sewer con nections in American Fork were set at the regular' City Council meeting held Monday evening with all members In attendance. at-tendance. ". The resolution calls for the following rates land . penalties which will be effective Nov. 1, 1957 (tomorrow) : For a four inch . residential connection, $125.00, penalty $100.00; for a four inch commercial connection, connec-tion, $150.00, penalty $1123.00; for a six inch either residential or commercial connection, $175., penalty $150.00. Signing for the sewer must be done at the time the line is laid and the penalty is required requir-ed for all who do not have a stub placed on- the line when it is laid. . ' Sewer extensions within the city were discussed. Members of the Cavaliers automobile club appeared before be-fore the Council asking support of their project. After a lengthy discussion the matter was tabled. : i : rowing X Munidpca ties which are in progress, A special committee to direct the project was set up early last spring and has been work lng on' the organization during the summer. This Steering Committee is composed of Stanley Leavltt, chairman; Principal Qulnn A. Hatch, Al pine School District Supervisor of Junior High Schools; Elliot C. Howe, Stanford Stubbs, Joyce Fair bourn, Kermit Anderson, Bennett Nielsen and LeRoy Loveridge. Paul Hansen of the Unlved slty of Utah and Mark Lloyd, principal of the Hillside Junior High School in Salt Lake City, will act as advisors. The evaluation will be conducted con-ducted during the entire school year with students, teachers PTA officers, members of the community, colleges, the State Department of Public Instruction Instruc-tion and . professional people from other schools participat ing. - ..- ; This is the most thorough study that has ever been made on the Junior high school level in the United States. Approximately Approxi-mately $18,000 is being provided provid-ed by the Ford Foundation for the study. Of this amount Lincoln Lin-coln Junior High will receive about $6,000 to finance Its research re-search program. It is common to men to err; but it is only a fool that perseveres per-severes in his error; a wise man alters his opinion, a fool never. - Sir Edwin Arnold Second Ward Quartet i i- . - 1 i ." . '" . . ' . - " -'' ; '. , S . -if - . . i . . . , ' r .'. ' : i - ' ' '" ' -.. ' -"- l -.';'"T:1 ''J. Fifth Ward Quartet-Left .to right, Arlene Oakey, Jackie i, "' 1 Ruth' Schmidt. M. I. A. Quartets to Compete In ' . Provisional Meet 11 , " - -' Second and Fifth Ward quartets, quar-tets, which won the Alpine Stake Contest held September 10 in the tabernacle, will rep In :. I ileciidifi) Room for More in Adult Education Classes Adult education , courses got off to a good start last week. There were a few vacancies in most classes however, and cltl sens ' are being urged to take advantage of this educational opportunity. Mrs. Clark K. Brown is district dis-trict supervisor for adult education edu-cation in Alpine School District and Mrs. E. A. Wilson is adult education chairman for Alpine PTA council. Coordinators are: Alpine, Mrs. Don Devey; Har rington, Mrs. Wesley Peterson; Greenwood, Mrs. Paul Wis-combe; Wis-combe; Forbes, Mrs. Norman Webber. Leathercraft, Moyle Parker, at the high school, Wednesday, 7:30 pan., fee $2.00. Beginners sewing, Lois Shepherd Beck, Wednesday, 7:30 pjm high school, fee $1X0. China painting, paint-ing, Maud Roper, Harrington School, Wednesday, 3 : 30 puL, fee $2.00. Square dancing. Earl and Hene Beck, Forbes school, Mon day, 8:30 to 10:30 pjnn fee $2.00 per person. Upholstery, - Don Muhlesteln, Yee $1,00. Greenwood Green-wood school, Friday, 7 pin. - jaycees Show Safety . Films to School Children American Fork Jaycees showed show-ed films on ' safety . to school children in the grade . schools In American Fork. Films titled "To and from School", Safety in the School",' and others have been distributed by Don Mc-Cloud Mc-Cloud and Robert Christiansen. The films were shown Oct. 15, to school children during morning morn-ing and afternoon periods. Left to right, Myra Mead, Irene Howard Sherwood. ; N V' r 'v resent the . stake in the 11-stake 11-stake division meet to be held in Provo tabiernacle Nov, 4. ; Alpine male quartet wilj also participate in the divisional meet. Myra' Mead," Irene Merkley, Merk-ley, Carol Roberts and Howard Sherwood sing in the Second Ward quartet, and Arlene Oakey, Oak-ey, Jackie Werner, Joleen Mere With voting on the city election elec-tion only five days away, Interest Inter-est in the candidates and their policies for the coming four year term is mounting. Platforms of both the Republican Re-publican and Democratic parties par-ties are on other pages of the paper and "both f deserve the careful study of the electorate. Each party has studied the needs of the city , from the party's basic political angle and is presenting them for the. can- -alders tlon of the public Indications are there will be some crossing of party lines be-' cause many people feel city of flcials should be elected on personal per-sonal merit rather than allow-in allow-in politics to be the criterion. ' The eight American Fork polling pol-ling places will open at 7 am. and remain open until 8 pm. All eligible voters are 'being urged to go to the polls and vote for' their favorite candidates;''.. candi-dates;''.. i (.;. ; y- . . ; WKere to Vote n First District? Adair Bromley home, S68 East State Road. Second District 1 Lillie Shatter Gift 8hopv Main and Grant Avenue.. Third District American Legion Hall, North Merchant Street. Fourth District Steel City Motel, 273 West Main. ' . ' - . . fifth District Mrs.' William Elsmore home,' 131 North First West. j ; . Sixth District I! Bessie Robinson homeT 213 It Second East. , Seventh District May Laursen home, 250 North Second East. Eighth District Mrs. Harry Manning home. 721 East Third North, v Merkley, Carol Roberts, , , 1 1 r' i Werner, Joleen Meredith, ' ' dlth and. Ruth Schmidt are member of the Fifth Ward quartet. Vocalists in the Alpine, male quartet are Dan Clark, F Thayne Bateman, Vern Clark, and Ronald Strong. Winners in the divisional meet will sing in the MIA General Gen-eral Conference held in June la Salt Lake City. . i ; ' |