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Show ! ...... . Universal Microfilming Corporation 141 P'p'ixint Avpinie . Salt Lake City Utah VOL. LIV Subscription $30 Chamber of Commerce Completes Collection of Yearly Dues Chipman Merc. Co. Re-elects Board For Coming Year Chipman Mercantile Company reached a total of $790,000 In gross sales last year,' It was reported re-ported at th annual .stockholders It meeting Monday. This was only 4 per cent less than the year previous which year was the peak twelve month period in the history of this local firm. The company has . an even hundred stockholders who were paid quarterly dividends totaling total-ing seven dollars per share last year. Directors elected for the ensuing en-suing year include: Delbert Chipman, W. D. Eldredge, Leo O. Meredith, Charles Pittenger, Ray Rosebrough, C. E. Young and Lyman Wight. Mr. Wight is the new member added to the board this year. Officers named in the orfean ization of the board are: Charles Pittenger, . president; Leo O.' Meredith, treasurer and general manager; Delbert Chipman, sec-retary, sec-retary, and Lyman Wight, assist ant manager. Sales development and in creased department space were discussed but no definite action was taken on a plan to increase tne saies uoor space. Don Overly Leads A. F. to First League Victory Breaking a four game , losing streak, the American Fork Cave men led throughout the game, to down the B. Y. High Wildcats by a score of 48-43, Tuesday nightr Don Overly, captain of this year's squad, was an outstanding shooter and alsp hustling on' the boards enough to make the dif ference in the Cavemen's first league victory. -Overly was big point man for the game with 15 points. Jumping to an early lead, the Cavemen battled with the Wildcats Wild-cats in a close contest and had a lead of 18-17 at the end of the half. In the third quarter the local quint seemed to find them selves, and led by Don Overly's shooting and hustling and Pete Scholes all around exhibition of fine ball playing, they moved in to a commanding lead. The score at the end of the third quarter was 26-36 in the Cavemen's Cave-men's favor. Throughout most of the last quarter of play the Cavemen maintained their dominating lead and for over half of the fourth quarter, they led by over ten points. In the closing minutes min-utes of play, B. Y. High began a rally, that moved them to within with-in three points of the Forkers. Dennis Durfey, a substitute in the closing minutes, proved to be the deciding margin, as he took over control of the game and through his .smooth, calm ball handling managed to stave .off the last minute thrust of the Wildcats. Inspired by their first league victory, the Cavemen are looking forward to upsetting the league leading Pleasant Grove ;Vlkings in their game scheduled on the Cavemen's own floor Friday. AMERICAN FORK O. T-F. P. Monson 15 3 5 Harris 3 2 2 8 Read . Overly 1 10 6 8 6 3 3 15 Aneel 1 0 0 2 Scholes 3 J 4 JO DurfeyT.'.......... ........... 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 15 27 18 48 B. Y. HIGH G. T. F. Kimball "5 3 2 12 Nelson 4 3 0 8 Rose J 4 4 14 Perkins 3 0 0 6 Cloward 0 6 2 2 Acord 0 2 11 TOTALS 17 18 9 43 NOTICE ' Irrigation Water for Rent ' American Fork City wishes to rent American Fork Irrigation water. : dur4ngtheU858-reason. All rentals must be made, before March 15 and rental jrici . is -.5wper share.. - Contact City xy - ,3 p. Shelley - Year. Single Copy 10c Officers and .directors of the American Fork Chamber of Commerce met Monday, noon in the final of a series of weekly meetings to complete the collection collec-tion of dues for the 1957-58 year. The. officers reported the collection collec-tion drive riearing .completion and enough funds secured to pay all current bills. A few more collections must be followed up to- put the chamber in a position to complete com-plete the full year's work. It was decided' to ' have the chamber secretary work only a half day through the balance of the year to help get the financial financ-ial condition in a proper balance. bal-ance. This was agreeable to the secretary and with the follow-up program on collections continued officers feel that the organization organiza-tion can be continued and the good Work of this organization continued through' the coming years.. . ' Leo G. Meredith was named chairman of the special committee com-mittee whose duty it will be to directf the public relations' of the Chamber of -Commerce. This committee will handle all grievances griev-ances of members and attempt to solve any problems that might arise in the future. Heber Grant Ivins To Head County ... - . Cancer Campaign Heber Grant Ivins, local at torney, has been appointed chairman of the North Utah County cancer campaign which will be held during the month of April. Appointed as chairman of the campaign in American Fork was Frank Baker. A meeting was held . Monday evening at the Utah Power & Light Auditorium to start the ball rolling. Those attending the meeting .conducted by Mr. Ivins, went over material and discussed campaign plans. A film was shown "Life Insurance." A complete list of edimty and local campaign workers will be published at a later date. Delivery Truck Returned From Nevada City The O. P. Skaggs delivery truck stolen from near the Jack & Jill Bowling allies Tuesday was returned from Tonapah, Nevada, Friday of last week and the two juveniles charged with taking It were turned over to local juve nile court officials. The Garth Read store robbery still remains unsolved. Athletic Program Scheduled at AFHS Tonight Tonight will be the setting for an activity which is unequaled in the history of our town and high 'school. The high school has recently purchased a tram poline and various other athletic equipment and in order to pay for these new facilities they are sponsoring a gymnastic and wrestling exhibition. Tonight at 7:30 pjn. the ath letic department' of the high school wishes to invite the public pub-lic to this "display. The first act on the program features stu dents from the Brighanu Young University physical education department who will demonstrate demon-strate their skills on the trampoline, trampo-line, parallel bars, and on the tumbling mats. The next feature feat-ure will be a display by the girls Physical Education class at the high school of what our students are receiving In the way of physical phy-sical education. Perhaps the most outstanding part of the program is an ex hibition "wrestling match with Lflhi. The two schools have met once in a wrestling, match and it proved so outstanding a- rematch re-match for tonight was arranged. The program will last one hour and-fiIUea-mlnte8.-A-charge of 25c for students and 50c for adults will be .asked. Everyone is invited. tp J ft ohnnl " r ... .' ' - . r- ' THE AMERICAN FORK! CITIZEN, Thursday, February 6, 1958 Eddy Smith Shoe StoW Entered Tuesday Night The Eddy's Shoe store at 24 East Main Street was burglarized Tuesday night it was learned yesterday when Stanley Hadlock opened up to commence the day's work. A check of the store disclosed that possibly only two pairs of men's hightop leather boots were missing from the shelves.. Dimes and pennies left in the cash register were not taken and nothing else in the stock has been found missing. Entrance was gained by cutting cut-ting the rear door panel near the lock and then reaching through to uncatch the . two locks, .one a bolt and the other a night lock. The back door was re-locked, indicating the intruders were careful to rebolt the 'same door or leave through the front door which has a night lock. , Officers were notified on discovery dis-covery of the entrance but, had little to go on in finding who made .the entry or attempted entry. New American Rambler Now On Display Here The new 1958 Rambler American, Amer-ican, now on display at the Hal-strom Hal-strom Motors, American Fork, is meeting with general approval. A- clean and functional- appearance ap-pearance highlights the front end of the new Rambler American. Ameri-can. The front fenders rise above the low hood, resulting in excellent visibility for driver and passengers. The finely meshed oval grille of anodized aluminum is framed with a chrome-plated zinc die-casting. The grille is designed to give the American an uncluttered front-end appearance. appear-ance. The public is invited to see and drive this popular low price car. Primary Penny Drive Being Held During Feb. The annual Primary Penny Drive 'is now being conducted throughout Alpine Stake and will continue during the month of February.,. Primary workers of the stake will make an effort to contact each home in the various wards for donations to this worthy cause. Persons will be asked to contribute iwo pennies for each birthday, or as much as they wish to give. An addition is being added to the Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City in an endeavor to care for the needs of more children. Every child up to the age of 13, in need of help is welcome at the hospital regard less of religion, color xr creed. God and Country Awards To Be Presennted As a special ceremony at the Community Presbyterian Church Sunday Morning Worship at 11 ajn. on February 9th, "God and Country" Awards will be pre sented to Scout Blair Keown and Grant Schaumburg. These awards require guided"achleve-ments guided"achleve-ments In the fields of christian faith, witness, world outstreach, citizenship, and fellowship; and they require special services to the boy's church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presents the "Duty to God" award to Its scouts for similar achievements and serv ices. This presentation will be part of the Sunday service commemorating commemo-rating the 48th anniversary of Scouting In the United States. Special guests at this service "will be the boys and leader. 'of Boy Scout Troop 17 and Cub Scout. Pack, 3017and their, f ami, lies and friends. The pastor of the Community Churchy Rev.l Donald S. Ryder, will preach jon V special tBMr?ttia Kobl Breeze i- choir directed by Aaron Hey. fafe Ainnmounees High meei For Beta Sigma Phi Makes Contribution To Exceptional Childrens School ' "Iff. MM Contribution Made Mrs. Harvey Edwards, president and. Mrs. . Edgar Kolstad, vice president of Psi Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, .are shown presenting a $50 check to Thomas Larsen, principal of Lindon School for Exceptional Children, while ElDene Tay,-' Tay,-' lor, a teacher, looks on. Seated on the floor are five children from the school Karen Spackman, Robbie Mecham, Helen Taylor, Gene Wadley and Jackie Thornton. Recently, a contribution of $50 was made to the School for Exceptional Ex-ceptional Children at Lindon by the Psi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. The money was proceeds from the club's annual card par ty, which is held in an. effort to obtain funds for a worthy cause. Mrs. Harvey Edwards, presi dent, and Mrs. Edgar Kolstad, vice president, made the presentation presen-tation to Thomas Larsen, princi ple of the school. Exceptional children are children with spastic spas-tic conditions. Funds are needed very badly by the school. Although a certain cert-ain amount is appropriated it is not nearly enough. Almost everything they use must be specially built. They must even have' special toys for the children. chil-dren. The school is state supported but only the normal amount allotted al-lotted to any school room is made available and this type of Educational 'Series To Begin Monday Beginning Monday, February 10, from 9 io 9:30 p.m., a new series of educational programs, produced by the Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers, will be shown through the new educational educa-tional Channel 7. The host will be Dr. Jesse R. Black, member of the Utah Congress executive committee. rne program will ieature an excellent series of McGraw-Hill film studies entitled "See Them Grow." . It will be eleven weekly programs. pro-grams. Each will have in addition addi-tion to the film, a panel of laymen lay-men and experts who will discuss dis-cuss the programs particular message. . The Greenwood Parent-Teachers Association are urging all parents to taker advantage of this good, series oh child development. develop-ment. Building Permits For January fAbove Average Only two building, permits were issued during the month of January this year, totaling $17,-800, $17,-800, according to Alfred W. Johnson', John-son', building inspector.' This is slightly above the $7,400 total for this time last year." . -Permits. were issued . to RAlph-Binnall. RAlph-Binnall. 445 North 2nd East. brick residence with attached garage, $a00L.I;CrqmptQn. of Orem, $1800. Total $17,800. Horn ' iX 1 s i r .1 T - 4 r school needs much more, as the children are physically and mentally men-tally handicapped. Some help is given toward the correction of speech difficulties by Brigham Young University when the cerebral palsy drive is conducted in the spring. Mrs. Edwards reports that what the school needs most at the present time is any type of handicraft material, one more relaxation chair and they are desperately in need of a piano. There are nine children for two rooms and only one teacher, Mrs. ElDene Tayl or. They could use any matron help, preferably preferab-ly with nurses training. Anyone who could spare a few hours out of their day to assist these children chil-dren would be greatly appreciated. appreciat-ed. Any help at all that anyone would care to contribute would be greatly appreciated I am sure. v Bid Awarded On New High School The Howard Construction Company of Salt Lake City, was awarded the bid to construct the new Pleasant Grove High School by the .Alpine School District Board of Education in a special meeting held Monday, February 3. The company submitted the low bid of $1,669,800. There were ten other bids, the high being $1,828,000. It is anticipated that construction con-struction will begin in about thirty days and that the building build-ing will be completed for school use by the fall of 1959. ' This is -one of three new high schools 16 be constructed In Al pine School District. The bid for the American Fork High School was let on January 20, and the bid for the Lehl High School will be awarded February 17, It Is reported. The Pleasant Grove High School plant will consist of three buildings: a two story class room building; the shop build ing; and a building which will house the gymnasiums, the auditorium, aud-itorium, little theater, homemak-ing homemak-ing dept.; cafeteria and kitchen, and the administration offices. The buildings will accommodate accommo-date 750 students, with facilities for 850 in the audltorliyn-.and for 2300. in the gymnasium. hwKirture erolc'makes lieroes. ' ' 1 Benjamin Disraeli Ufcah County- The Utah State Road Commission Commis-sion has announced that the hearing for the location of a section of the Interstate Highway High-way System will be held in Pro-vo, Pro-vo, February 24th. The official hearing will be conducted at the Central Junior High School Auditorium, Au-ditorium, 60th South 3rd West at 10:00 a.m. It will be for the proposed route covering south Provo to north Lehi. In addition, a series of informational infor-mational meetings will be held prior to the hearing to acquaint the public with the state's plan for the proposed route. They will be held as follows: Monday; Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. Provo Central Jr. High School, 60 South 3rd West. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 7:30 pjn. Orem Elementary, 600 West 400 North. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. Pleasant Gfove City Hall (this meeting will include Pleasant Grove and Lindon)" Thursday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. American . Fork, Utah Power & Light Co. - , Friday, Feb. 21, 7:30 pm. Lehl High School auditorium. Monday, Feb. 24, 10:00 aim. Provo Central Junior High School (official public hearing). Infornfatlonal meetings are for the purpose of explaining the proposed routing and answering questions -concerning the tentative tenta-tive location. At these meetings, large maps of the route will be on display. Citizens can ex- Exceptional Child PTA Plans Benefit Dance Revue Tonight The Exceptional Child PTA of Alpine School District will spon sor a benefit dance revue by the students of Virginia Booth of Provo on Thursday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lindon Elementary Ele-mentary School. Charge will be 25c a ticket. The money obtained from the revue will be used to. carry on the activities of the PTA. The public is Invited to attend. Fifth Ward To Show Ward Library Fifth Ward Library will be displayed Sunday evening in the recreation hall of the Fifth Ward Chapel. The display will open at 5:30 p.m., under the direction of Mrs. Edward Ashby. There will also be a display table of Interesting ideas on teacher aids. Anyone having something they could show on this table, please contact Mrs. Ashby. 1 All librarians and teachers of the stake are invited to come. Also all ward members and anyone any-one else interested in viewing the display are welcome. . Speakers at the Fifth Ward Sacrament meeting that evening will be D. Monte Coombs, American Ameri-can Fork, and Steven Healey, Alpine. Music will include "Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd" by the Fifth Ward Choir, and "Come Unto Jesus" by the congregation. con-gregation. ltionaLGuard f L To Select Queen A contest will be held Monday evening, February 10, to select a queen to reign over the annual military ball which will be held this month by Headquarters & Service Co. 1457th Engr. B. (C) (A) Utah National Guard. Application blanks can be ob tained by calling the local Guard Armory and must be submitted by February 7. Contestants will be Judged on the basis of talent, poise, personality and appear ance in bathing suit and evening dress. : ' fJChe.JrtrL chosen, as. queen, has the opportunity to go on. and not grateful; but it is mine if I do not give. . . NUMBER 50 way amine them and ask questions. Members and staff of the Road Commission will be present to answer inquiries. A colored ' sound move concerning the Interstate In-terstate Highway System will also al-so be shown. Literature will be, available on how the state' purchases pur-chases right-of-way for its road systems. , ,. . . The hearing at Provo on Monday, Mon-day, February 24th, covers all, the northern Utah County area' from south Provo to northern Lehi. The tentative plans for the route will be explained. All groups and Individuals will be. given an opportunity to make statements and present data. The meeting is recorded and made a matter of public record. The transcript is then -carefully reviewed and considered by the Road Commission and the Federal Fed-eral Bureau of Public Roads before be-fore filial decision is made on the general location for the route. The proposed route is the result re-sult of a number of years study by engineers of the Commission. Several different locations have been thoroughly considered during dur-ing this period. Economic ef- ' fects, costs,, as well as traffic needs, have been given detailed consideration. The' proposed routing must also meet the " standards for a section of the Interstate System of National Defense Highways. .The route will over-a-dist-i ance of 18.6 miles.' Tentative estimates are that the plan will cost $18 to $20 million. ; Purchase of right-of-way itself will be almost al-most $1 million.' Starting of construction on this northern Utah County freeway depends upon a number of factors, among them being the outcome of the hearing, time factors involved in getting detailed de-tailed designing completed, difficulties dif-ficulties encountered in buying right-of-way. The Road Commission Com-mission is desirous of commencing commenc-ing right-of-way purchase by fall of this year, or even during the summer. It may be possible to advertise for bids on the first phase of construction by ttje end of this year. Working out details for the informational meetings and the hearing are Erin Leonard, District Dis-trict Engineer of American Fork, and Horace J. Gunn, Information Informa-tion Officer for the' Road Com-" mission. 1 ' DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED LOCATION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ROUTE FROM NORTH LEHI TO SOUTH PROVO, UTAH. Beginning at the end of the existing four-lane divided highway high-way northwest of Lehl; thence paralleling the existing highway approximately 300 feet north- . easterly crossing the Union Pacific Pa-cific tracks near Sixth West Street; thence paralleling the track approximately 500 feet northeasterly to Wall staeet; thence crossing the Union Pacific Pa-cific tracks and existing US 91 approximately 500 feet southeasterly south-easterly from the sugar factory spur; thence crossing Main Street approximately 2000 feet west of the junction of Main Street and US 91; thence in a northeasterly direction crossing American Fork Main Street approximately ap-proximately 500 feet west of the junction of US 91 and American Fork Main Street; thence paralleling paral-leling the Denver and Rio Grande tracks through American Ameri-can Fork to Center Street; thence On a tangent in a south easterly, direction., crossing the Vineyard Road south of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove immediately north of the Geneva Pipe Plant and crossing Twelfth West Street at Twelfth North Street In Orem; thence paralleling Twelfth West Street approximately 500 feet east of Fourth South Street with alternate location parallel Twelfth West Street approxl- -mately 590 feet wfest to Twelfth West Street; thence dlagonall-. ing southeasterly crossing the Union Pacific and Rio Grande " tracks near the crossing of these two railroads; thence par- alleling the Union Pacific tracks adjacent, to their right-of-way to ,.th. croinsuptthCPnixa.: River;, thence Interchanging with Center Street of Prpvo near txr.-ndver8ecnon oi - jumversuy - Avenue near the south limits of the golf course. , , , . 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