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Show THE-AMERICAN FORK CITIZENThursday, September 24, ,1959 V (ht Amrnran Jfark (Elton Published Every Thursday at American Fork, Utah by the ALPINE PUBLISHING CO. Entered as Second Class Matter, at the Postoffice at American Fork, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. CT r&fS& HATtONAt LOITpilM 0 Subscription Rate Sept, Marks Anniversary of Founding of Archeologica!"Survey This month marks the tenth axaaversary of the founding of a Statewide Archeological Surrey Sur-rey in UUh. Sponsored by the University of Utah, the Survey has grown from a part-time operation by two U. students to a carefully organized research program with a full-time field director. In the ten years since September, Sep-tember, 1M0, when Survey work befan. archeolocisfcs have spot-checked spot-checked the entire state for k;s cf prehistoric activity and hare completed extensive investigations inves-tigations in several areas. They have found evidence of occupation beginning with des-ert des-ert tribes of 8,000 B.C. and con-Umir.g con-Umir.g through ranchers and carr.pexs of the past 100 years. X! ost of the sites which have been investigated so far are remnants cf the Pueblo culture National Guard Members To Get Special Parachute Training SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Sept. 21 The Special Forces Operational Detachments, re-ce-tr organized with the reorganization reor-ganization of the Utah National Nation-al Guard, this week moved cisser" to battle readiness with the announcement that they hare a Quota of 30 men per mcch in October and November Novem-ber to attend a parachute Jsmp Master course at the US Army Infantry School, Fort Senr.;nc Georgia. The four-week course, designed de-signed to instruct and train special, forces personneLas flua lined airborne soldiers, capable of ctizing the parachute- and powered aircraft as a means of transportation, will begin Oct. 11, and Nov. S. according to IZij. Gen. Maxwell E. .-Rich, Utah Adjutant General. After a .one-month Jay-over, the special course will again be offered to Utah National Guard Special Forces units from January Jan-uary through May, 1960. the General reported. HOPE CHEST Member ' $3.50 Per Year which existed throughout the Southwest about. 800 to 1,000 years ago-. The Indians who lived along the Colorado River belonged be-longed to this civilization. Traces of a distinct variant type of Pueblo culture, called the "Fremont," have been found over much of the state. As the survey has accumulated accumula-ted more and more rnformatloa about Utah's pre-history, resit dents of the state have shown interest in learning of its activities. ac-tivities. So, five years ago, a Utah State Archeological Society was organized. A newsletter published pub-lished lour times each year informed in-formed members from through1 out the state of Survey progress and other archeological activities activi-ties In the area, and they cooperated coop-erated to contribute information informa-tion to Survey workers. At first, the organization was subsidized entirely by' the University Uni-versity of Utah. But, in 1957, a chapter was set up in Moab. Last year, interested residents of Logan- -formed a second chap-ter. chap-ter. r. The entire group now numbering num-bering 122 met to elect" officers offi-cers in May of this year. They chose H. Merril Peterson of Logan Lo-gan to lead them, with Mrs. Marian Pierson of Moab as secretary sec-retary and Lloyd Pierson of Moab as Newsletter editor. The Newsletter continues to be published quarterly, with members paying $1.00 a year to receive it. The archeology enthusiasts have become increasingly active since the organization has been "on its own." Members irTMoab spearheaded spearhead-ed a drive to establish a museum mus-eum there, and it was" opened in the fall of 1953. Other projects pro-jects include discovery of new archeological sites and preservation preser-vation of those which have already al-ready been found. Efforts of Survey workers and Society members will combine to yield a fascinating history of Utah's inhabitants during the past 10.000 years. Back up those plans with a " V -- i f Two can save for the big step, by opening one or more savings accounts at our bonk. Why not begin fJUng i ... your financial hope chest nowZ mRB STATE BflCH OF AMERICAN FORK of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation All deposits insured to $10,003 . J i " h . I J.itt Laifftlii aiils J25 al-vaicc al-vaicc layntat tt Uiivtrsity f Utak, a rttiirtatat l all V. -tftits lilara Sept. 1 1. Plai lti Jlf itrttti ay thi ifirsity tats yttr will tliaiiatt waitiag ia liit far activity cart's aid til-tiai til-tiai pajaiiL 8-Man First Aid Team Wins First Place In Contest at Fair SALT. LAKE CITY A crack eight-man first aid team from Columbia-Geneva Steel's Geneva Gen-eva Coal Mine, near Dragertoh, Wednesday won first place honors hon-ors in the seventh annual Utah State First Aid Contest held at the Utah State Fair. It was th surond straightwar that a .U. S. Steel first aid team has won the contest Competing . against 10 other teams from various Utah industries, indus-tries, the Geneva Coal Mine first aid group plied "up 1435 points out of a possible 1500 for a near record in the competition. competi-tion. The total was only two points short of the all-time mark set last year by a team from Geneva Works. Judging for the contest was on the. basis cf how effectively each team solved three major first aid problems. Each ; was wprth 503 points. Members of the recordset ting team were: Paul Butler, captain; Lyle Burdick, trainer; Philip Haiamandaris; John Lo-zinsky; Lo-zinsky; and Raymond Hollin-gei, Hollin-gei, all of Dragerton; and Don C Johnson. Kenneth Litster and Dennis Bell, from Price. Over-all direction of the team was under E. C. Olsen, supervisor super-visor of mine inspection for Columbia-Geneva Steels coal mines and quarries unit. fc i nun i in ii in ' fHi,,..-.... - '.-.7..- Back-Log From Citizen NewsCoIunuis4 TEN YEAfcS AGO Miss Shirley Fowler, attendant attend-ant to American Fork's Steel Day Queen, Wednesday ...was one of the ten finalists after tests had been given girls from over' the state who had entered enter-ed the ' "Miss i Utah" contest which began Monday. Mrs. Glen T. Anderson, Mrs. Cecil P. Hansen. Mrs. Donal Ohran.- Mrs. Don Searle. and Mrs. Andrew Wallace spent Tuesday in Salt Lake City where they attended a show and had dinner.' TWENTY YEARS AGO American Fcrk will be -put on the map" in one of the biggest affairs of the county this year when the prize winning win-ning feathery float of A. W. Pulley Company appears in the parade of the National American Ameri-can Legion convention In Chicago. Chi-cago. . Stuclentbody officers at the high school for this year are: Glen Barratt. president; Virgil Wootton. vice president; Mildred Mil-dred Richards, secretary; John Walker, business manager; Millie Peters, program chairman, chair-man, and Grace Clark, histor- Willard Devitt, former 'all-round 'all-round athlete from American Fork High School is making a strong bid for the regular fullback full-back post on the 1939 BYU football team. e4THIRTYJVEARS -AGO- in the Alpine Stake Tabernacle Thursday evening in honor of David Wagstaff. son of Mr. and Si6.00xUfitiolJf - moJJi of Plymouth, Ford, Chovrolft, Nh Srvdtboktr Six 7.10x15 fits most lm gill jlMM ' 8ALL-17EATHER iijf pro-1957 aedli of Doda, Bwick, Naih, OMt, Mmviy, PnKa Hwdton Sx 7.60x15 h many rocont modolt of Chryslor, DcSoto. tkick. OWi. y HtNUon, Morcwy, f ockord .blockwoll Twbfrtyp I tm&ST r J hiah-sp Mrs. 'John Wagstaff, who leaves September 23 for Salt Lake City to attend the Mission Home, preparatory for a mission mis-sion "to the North Central States. . - Mr. anirairs, Walter Devey Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. E.,H. Devey formed a party Monday evening and motored to.. Salt Lake ' where they attended the Orpheum Theatre. A prominent social event of the week was the prettily arranged ar-ranged bridge luncheon given by Mrs. Myrtle Houston at -her home. . 91,000 Americans Died In 1958 Accidents CHICAGO More than 40 times as many U. S. residents died in accidents last year as were killed in the' great Chicago Chica-go fire, ' the San Francisco earthquake and the Titanic sinking combined. The National Safety Council, in its recently published statistical sta-tistical yea r bo o k. "Accident Facts." reports 91,000 Americans Ameri-cans died In 1958 accidents 37.00 in auto accidents alone. The combined death toll in the three famous disasters was 2.169." Teen-Age Drivers Cause 12'7 of Accidents CHICAGO How big a role does the teenage driver play in the overall auto accident picture? pic-ture? The National Safety Council, in its newly published statistical statisti-cal yearbook, "Accident Facts." points out these facts: Of the 82 million licensed drivers in America, about six million or 7 per cent of them are-uadef 20 years ofah- However, this 7 per cent is responsible for more" than 12 per cent of the nation's auto accidents. (&()()Wp"if- 1- i'j03, i i i u J LJ V V plus tax and rKaapablo tir PRONID SAfIR CM THE "TURNPIKE THAT NEVER ENDS" ear s new. eed tesr track at San An gelo, Texas . MORE PEOPLE RIDE ON GOODYEAR C03IMERC3AL IRE SERV3CE 1451 NORTH STATE PROYO PHONE FR3-22S3 Payson Again Dubbed 'Home of the Most Freckled Faced Boys' Agamt2uT" year Tysorrtyur been dubbed "Home of the Most Freckled Faced Boys." And Sat Lake City can boast cf the "Most Freckled Girl." Nine-year Old" Jim Roy Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Brown. Pay-son, Pay-son, was crowned Kiag of Freckles- for the entire state of Utah during a contest staged Saturday afternoon by Po Po, the Ambassador of Funt the Utah State Fair. Jim is the brother cf Joe Everybody in town is talking about the car deals at TSmpasogos Motors nam to top IT-A ID at only . . . fits most pre-! 957 models of Plymouth, Ford, Chevrolet, Hudson, Hash, Stvdebaker Proved stronger, safer! Tough, S-T TrrTemrered Cord bodies and exdusiT Strp-Notch Tread . . . at a price rrrrjicJj can aSordl Step ia today for the bijest tire values xTl bd anywhere! TIRES THAN ON AMY Brown, 11. who won the state freckle contest last year. Red headed Jim-is one of the Brown's six youngsters. Karen Anne GoodselL 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph GoodselL-im W. 8th So., Salt Lake City, was crowned "Queen of Freckles' for the state by Po Po. She also has red hair and comes from a family of Eve freckled youngsters In ad dition w-gold and blue velvet crowns, the King and Queen each received trophies donated ity the State Fair Board. I '' . S The first concrete pavement North America was an 8-foot strip laid In Bellefontaine, Ohio, fin 1SS1. (mm m 170 k IS tube-pt ptestuand tecappcbl g OTHER KIND |