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Show : A"' V:- ' T ... THE AMERICAN FORK, CITIZEN, Thursday, April 23, 1959 Utah County Group Protests Sales Tax Advance Here April 10. 1959 TO: THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COMMIS-SIONERS, THE MAYORS AND THE PEOPLE OF UTAH COUN- The history of the sales tax in Utah, as the record shows, was born of the great depression; and the great depression was the aftermath, the result of World War I. The sales tax was imposed to meet an emergency and the heads of government promised it would be abolished as soon as th emergency was met. That emergency consisted of mass unemployment, stagnant stag-nant Industry, frozen finance, old age proverty, no social security secur-ity system, uncollected and en- reite if w mm M mi f lite lift ooo k f2 Mm nMur There is still loads of hot water for you, after the rest of the family have hard their baths! . , A 40-gallon "quick-recov-ery'V electric water heater delivers 108 gallons of usable hot water in 3 hours much more than the average family uses in an entire day. You get a special bargain rate on electricity when you have an electric water heater, too! , Buy now from your deafer or plumber V r y nil tm ? sua tm Sr.. . Chammoti outuou v 5chnlci) iiM is I 1 1 i-KentuckyJStraight Bourbon L 8 years old t i mis en. niTDCir stuimt ioiuoi. n rioor. jcimn imiutu to, i.td paid property taxes . . in short, starvation in the midst of plenty. plen-ty. What should be done? , What was done was to create the Emergency Relief Fund and place In it all monies collected from the sales tax and spend it for relief purposes exclusively. Since then the money in the Emergency Relief Fund has been dipped into and spent for all sorts oi purposes: "easy easy go," seemed to be the motto. mot-to. Finally the fund was abolished abolish-ed entirely, but abolish the sales tax? Oh no! That had become sort of a sacred cow to certain interests. Now .those interests propose to increase the sales tax. . .not abolish it as was orig inally promised. What a be" trayal! What a proposed imposition! im-position! Now we have another great internal menace, namely inflation. infla-tion. Prices are going higher and higher. The value of ( the dollar is now only 30 to 40 cents of what it used to be. Why? The answer is World War II and the Cold War, the great expenditures expen-ditures to meet the costsv the great interest-bearing debt, etc., etc. To meet this menace the sales, tax increase is proposed when' the fact' is that the increased in-creased sales tax is bound to increase in-crease inflation. Prices inevitably inevit-ably would go up. The consumers consum-ers would be victimized, the country and our people would be ruined by further inflation.. In view. of. the foregoing and much more that ne,eds be said, be it resolved that The Public Affairs Forum of Utah County go on. record as opposed to the increase in sales taxes and that copies of this document be delivered de-livered to the County Commissioners, Commis-sioners, the Mayors and ' the Press of Utah County. Respectfully submitted, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS FORUM OF UTAH COUNTY P. O. Box 576 Provo, Utah cHem from Vie Stork Carol Ann, new baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hindley Mayne, is now hanging her pink bon- rWW-wi.t otv-homa Ja mj flT; rived at the local hospital on Tuesday, April . 14, and tipped the scales at 6 pounds 13 ounces. Mom is the former Ivy Chrlsten-se'n. Chrlsten-se'n. On hand to welcome mom and the new baby home were Dalene, 19, Ella'' Marie, .16. Gayla Jean, 10. and Kenneth. 6. Mrs. Esther Cartwright of this city, is the step-grandmother. Mother of Local Residents Buried in Manti Mrs. Hannah Hales Barnes, 58, 890 North 5th West, Lehl, died Saturday at 4:45 am. at her residence following an illness. She" was born July 31, 1900, a daughter of Steven and Mary Davis Hales. She married Frank Barnes on April 5, 1917, in Provo. She was a member, of the LDS Church. ' . " f Survivors include her husband; hus-band; "sons and daughter, Wayne F. and Allen C. Barnes, American Ameri-can Fork; Raymond C. Barnes, Lehi; Mrs. Max (Mary Elaine) Walker, Pleasant Grove; fifteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brothers, Weston Hales Los Angeles, Calif.; Elbert Hales, American Fork;. Calie Hales, Lake. View; Earl Hales, Price". Funeral services were conducted con-ducted Tuesday at 1:30 pjn. in the Lehi Third-Seventh LDS Ward Chapel. Interment was in the ManU Cemetery. Church Notices First Ward Relief Society The First Ward Relief Society will meet at 10 am. on Wednesday, Wednes-day, April 29. A special food demonstration, under the direction direc-tion of Laurel Scholes, will be presented. All women of the ward are invited. A nursery will be provided for the small children. ...... t - - f v . . f ft s PERFECT GIFT for Mother's Day As extension telephone . .. in your choice of 9 new colors. ttrictively ift boxed and delivered to your home. Just call your telephone businea office. Mountain States Telephone Robyn has been chosen as the name for the new baby girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Max James Smith. She was born on Tuesday, April 14, and weighed 6 poundss 11 ounces. The thrills ed mom is the former Connie Robinson. ' Rebecca, 5, Harold, 4. and Kathleen, 2, are completely delighted de-lighted with their tiny sister. Mr. and.Mrs. Sherman Robinson, American " Fork, are sharing proud grandparent honors with Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Smith, also of this ity. Mrs. Mary Jane Cunningham Ls the great-grandmother. great-grandmother. """ Mr. and Kirs. Hunter David Hight welcomed. a baby son on Tuesday, April 7. The young man tipped the scales at 7 pounds 13 ounces and will be named Richard Wallace. Mom was formerly Mary Lou Anderson. Ander-son. . The other Hight children, Katherine, Diane, Leonard, Lynn and Virginia, are busy getting acquainted with their; new brother. " Proud grandparent honors go to Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Hunt-er Hight, Fresno, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Parsons, Helper. Mrs. Ruth Anderson of Huntington, Hunt-ington, is the delighted great-grandmother. great-grandmother. There's a new baby boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Pace. He was born Tuesday, April 7, and will be named Brad Lee. He weighed 8 pounds Hi ounces. Mom is the former Fern Louise Day. The lucky little boy has three brothers and one sister, Melvin, 10, Jerilene, 8, Kevin, 5, and Mark, 2. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Day, Highland, and Mrs. Millie Pace, Salt Lake City, are sharing proud grandparent honors. The only great-grandmother is Mrs. Amy Pace of -Spanish Fork. Other babies arriving at the local hospital during the ',. past week included: April 13; to Robert and Evelyn Rowland Hilton. Orem, a girl. April' 18;, to Martin and Ada Louise Williams Ellington, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, a boy,, v . ' April 17; to Stanley T. and Beverly Wootton Williamson, Pleasant Grove, a girl. April 17; to F. Dean and Blanche Richins Miner, Provo, a boy. IoitaHNotes-- Patients receiving treatment at the American Fork Hospital during the past week included Jenny Terry, Brent Kolstad, Lloyd Iverson. Jimmy Cunningham, Cunning-ham, Bonnie Wanlass, Millie Laursen, Kenneth Monson, Dean Wagstaff, Betty Matthews and Jean H. Orton. American Fork. Out of town patients were Richard Everill and Richard Lynn Cooper. Salt Lake City; Bertha C. Flygare, Rose Barnes and Dwight Albert Parker, Lehi; Lucille V. Peterson, Cedar Valley; Val-ley; JarUyTJanisRa ChavtSj Yvonne Jones, Carolyn Carson, Kent Richards. Michael A. Vic-chrilli, Vic-chrilli, Jean E. Halliday, Gayle Beardall. Ilene Beck and Garland Gar-land S. Thomas, Pleasant Grove; Homer Self, Orem; Winfred C. Dyer, Provo. . -. Fhiladea Study Group Mrs. Glen' Rhodes will be hostess hos-tess to members of the Piuladea Study Group at her home this evening (Thursday, April 23) at ; 8 p.m. The lesson will be pre sented by Mrs,. Merrill EwelL Clubs and Socials . BeU Sigma Phi Mrs. Harvey Edwards was hos-iess hos-iess to members of - the Psi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. at her home Wednesday evening,! April 15. New officers were in-; stalled that evening. : ! Mrs. Guy Ivins. in charge of the lesson, introduced her father-in-law, H. Grant Ivins. who talked on "Art of Thinking." The hostess gift was won by Mrs. Wesley Peterson. Others attending were Mrs. Leon Smith, Mrs. Keith Smith. Mrs. Robert Parker. Mrs. Max Schmidt, Mrs. RarBone, Mrs. L. N. Lodwlck. Mrs. Jay Larsen. Mrs. Delbert Chipman, Mrs. Jack Kilhan and Mrs. Edgar Kolstad. Amitie Club Mrs. Thurber, interior decorator deco-rator from the Christiansen Store in Provo, was guest speaker speak-er at the regular meeting of the Amitie Club. She gave-ajery interesting demonstration. The club met at the home of Mrs. Kent Fowler in Lehi. There were fourteen present. ! The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Howard Wobig in American Fork. In the article ran last week on Bud Harris, his oldest daughter, daugh-ter, Sharon Kay Cloward, was omitted through an oversight. The Harris's have three children instead of two. AS LOW AS 670 x 15 S10.95 NYLON 670 x 15 .816.95 Plus Tax and Recappable Tire. L (Full Guarantee on AH Tires) 0. K. RUBBER VJELDERS 540 EAST STATE ROAD, AM. FORK France said to favor stern summit terms, f new i ANNOUNCES THE WOUO'S MOST ATTRACTIVE HEARIIIG GLASSES Streamlined, thinner, lighter Becoming to menend women Provide higher fidelity hear- -lng with BOTH ears Correct even severe losses ' Through Authorization J. R LEDFORD Bonded Consultant TUESDAYS at the offices of Dr. Duane G. Lund Optometrist , , 75 E. ftlaln SL American Fork' Phone Hi Batteries, Accessories Service Tor all makes of Hearing aids. Beltone Utah Co. 23 E. Broadway Salt Lake City 11, Utah Flow and drill prosperity's tools The farmer's plow and tho miner's drill have been Utah's most productive tools. In tho past, most raw products from mines and farms wero shipped out of the stato. Recently, now industries have com to Utah to process these products. Because mining and farming are helping help-ing our state's prosperity, it is vital that they bo kept as healthy and productive as possible. UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION "from the earth comes' an abundant life for all Chevy slices gasoline costs by 20 . - Hi.--" t , on hot bakery delivery job ! I; f . '-iHifK-,i.W f i f'Z ... I- ! t;- 4 ) n r::n: a ffL l V ; souii. ern v-3 UNIVAC DELIVERS THE fROCF! l;l L -r- .m-iu --- - - - t The Souuern Bakeries Company uses a Univae Computer to be gure of top economy. The machine offer proof that Chevy delivers 20 better fuel economy than any other tracks in their fleet. Dilurcring fresh bread daily to millions of. consumers, the Southern Bakeries Co. of Atlanta makes stern demands on its trucks. And, according to the Company's Unicac machine, the Checrolets in the fleet are delivering 2.1 more miles per gallon than the other makes-out-sacing 'em all by 20l - - Chevy's a born dollar-saver, whether hopping to it on hurry-up chores or hauling heavyweight loads on long, bard grinds. Everything these trucks offer is aimed at fattening your pocketbook. New versions of famous 6's nurse a gallon of gas like nothing yoa've ever known in trucks. Big, tough V8's for every truck series have the shortest stroke design the -savingest design of any comparable engines. DurabU chassis components hike up profits by holding down maintenance costs. . "3 Whatever you do, you'll do it at lest expense with a Chevrolet light-, medium- or heavy-duty truck. See your nearby Chevrolet dealer soon! No jobls too tough for a Chevrolet truck! For a "SpHng Sales Spedaevlat" deal see your local authorized Chevrdd desZer - -TinPAnoGos noiOR eonpflnv : Telephone 93 CORNER MAIN & CENTER AMERICAN FORK |