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Show s t VOL. LVU toucupaon $3.50 Year. Single Copy 10c THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, September 22, 1960 NUMBER 31 i Steel Days Queen Represents Utah County at State Fair Steelmark Days Golf Tournament Utah "Valley's men of steel-already steel-already renowni'd for steelmak-ing steelmak-ing ability will get a chance to prove their skill at golf on Sept. 24 and 25 at the Alpine Country, Club, Stewart A. Dur-rant, Dur-rant, American Fork's coordinating coordin-ating committee member for Utah Valley Steelmark Days, said today. The Stet'lmark Days golf tournament will be held as a feature event of the big, valley-wide celebration later this monrth. Two trophies will go to the winners of the competition, one" of which is reserved for the best score by an employee of Utah County's steel industry. While anyone in the county can enter the tournamt'nt, at least one member of a competing twosome must be a steelmaker, Mr. Durrant said. Entry fee for. the 18-hole, best ball tournament is $5 which includes in-cludes green fees. Scoring will be based on one-half of certified certi-fied handicaps. Two-man teams may play either on the 24th or 25th, not both days. Reservations for the Steelmark Steel-mark Days golf tournament must be in by 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23. Anyone wishing to enter en-ter should phone the Pro Shop at the Alpine Country Club in American Fork, SK 6-3261. Farewell Testimonial A farewell testimonial for Or- vllle Wayne Day Jr., will be held Sunday, Sept. 25, at 7:3d in the Highland Ward chapel. He Is going to the Brazilian South Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oct. 6.. "Mr. Day Is the son of Mr. and Orville Wayne Day Jr. Mrs. O. Wayne Day, Highland. He was a graduate of the American Am-erican Fork High School where he received the Science Award Scholarship and two other scholarships". He also graduated gradu-ated from the' American Fork Seminary. He attended school in Biloxi, Miss., where he studied stud-ied Radar ani Electronics in the Air National Guard, and graduated with high honors. While there he also served as a Stake Missionary and District Dist-rict President over the Stake Misisonarles of the Biloxi region. reg-ion. He was also organist in the ward. He has been active in Church affiliations as organist in the Highland Ward. He has received an individual award each year, and a Duty to God Award. The program will be as follows: fol-lows: prelude and postlude music, mu-sic, Glenna Fae Buhler; opening open-ing song "Oh, Say What Is Truth"; invocation, Abe Dal-ley; Dal-ley; sacrament song, "There Is A Green Hill Far Away"; remarks, re-marks, Bishop Merlin B. Larson; Lar-son; speaker, Earl F. Day; duet, Lawrence E. Day and Herman N. Buhler; speaker, John Jons-aor; Jons-aor; organ boIo, Rhea Turner; remarks by the parents of the missionary and then the missionary; mis-sionary; closing song, "God Be With You"; benediction, Alma H. Buhler. A ' modern railroad sleeping car costs around $300,000, en-"ough en-"ough to buy 100 new autos,.the Association of American Railroads Rail-roads reports. Even freight cars cost ari average $9,500, almost four tlme as much as 20 years ago. - , ' -: V r .. Mary Ann Gray Miss Mary Ann Gray, American Fork's Steel Days Queen, will represent Utah County at the Utah State Fair in Salt Lake on September 24, where she will compete for Miss Utah State Fair. Miss Gray, daughter of Mrs. Anna J. Gray, 296 North Center, American Fork, began her roll of queenly duties as Miss Swim and Dive. Miss National Guard Dairy Princess, 1959 and Steel Days Queen and now Miss Utah County. At the State Fair Miss Gray will compete with representa tives from 28 other Utah counties In the Miss Utah State Fair contest. The winner will receive a $200 award from the Utah State Fair Assn. and a waiver of tuition from the Utah State Uni versity for one year. Attendants to Miss Utah Coun ty are Annette Loveless, Harvest Days Queen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Loveless of Payson; and Lorraine Fowlke, Floral Fes tival Queen of Orem, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest LeGrand Fowlke, Orem. The Miss Utah County con test was under the direction of Mrs. George A. Bullock and Mrs, Josiah W. Smith. Judges were Mrs. Armond V. Hawley, Provo; Mrs. Claude K. Williams, Span ish Fork; and Mrs. Delbert Chip man, American Fork. Miss Gray will also be entitled to represent American Fork in the Steelmark Days Celebration September 29, 30, and October 1 Julia A. Jackson Observe 87th Birthday The 87th birthday of Mrs. Julia A. Jackson, life long resident of this community, will be .observed .ob-served Sunday, Sept. 25, at her home, 299 So. Center Street. Friends, relatives and neighbors neigh-bors are welcome to call between be-tween the hours of 6 and 9 p. m. A request is made that no gifts be brought. Mrs. Jacksons' home is surrounded sur-rounded with the beautiful flowers in which she takes so much pride. She is unusually spry for her years, keeps her own home? immaculate, and has a keen sense of humor and a very good memory. She was born in American Fork, Sept. 25, 1873 to Caroline Hansen and Joseph Smith Adams. Ad-ams. She married Leonard Harrington Har-rington Jackson on July 18, 1894. Mr. Jackson passed away oil March 16, 1947 Mrs. Jackson" has " many" a- wards for perfect attendance reteords in Sunday School, she has served many years as a visiting vis-iting teacher in the Relief Society. Soc-iety. Her only child, a daughter, daugh-ter, lives next door and is very helpful to' her mother. Mrs. Jackson also reared a nephew, Boyde Jackson, from the time he was seven years old until his marriage. He, died In 1943. Class I railroads pay about $400 million a year In taxes to state and local governments, according to the Association of American Railroads. This total, to-tal, it points out, is 27 times the? amount of such taxes paid by Class I intercity truckers, 63 timesthat paid by intercity buses, 80 times that paid" by domestic airlines and 400 times that paid by regulated water carriers. Steelmakers Win Tenth Award Steelmakers at U. S. Steel's Geneva Works, Friday added two new Award of Honor plaques, pla-ques, highest recognition of the National Safety Council to their collection of nation-wide safety saf-ety awards. Two more top honors for safety safe-ty performance during 1959 and the first part of 1960 will be presented at special ceremonies to George A. Jedenoff Geneva's general superintendent by Olln H. Rirle, vice president of the Utah Safety Council and G. Ernest Er-nest Bourne manager. The latest honors bring to ten the number of top safety awards Geneva Works employees employ-ees have won since 1952. Widely known for safety a-chievement, a-chievement, Geneva and Iron--ton plant employees are now more than 20 times safer at work than while off the Job. This time the first Award of Honor was won by the Columbia-Geneva Steel Division employees em-ployees for working over five and one-half million man-nours of exposure without a disabling injury. The period covered was from May 31, 1959 through February Feb-ruary 25, 1960; This record would be equal to 100 men working work-ing for over 2 years without serious injury. The second honor award was for a whopping 89.69 per cent reduction in lnury frequency rate and a 97.46 per cent reduction reduc-tion In injury severity during 1959. Percentages were basett on a three-year plant and steel industry in-dustry average. "I am very pleased on behalf of all ohr employees to receive this recognition," Mr. Jedenoff said," and, also proud that earlier ear-lier this week, Gemeva Works was named the safest medium-sized medium-sized steel mill in the4, nation in the NJ5.Cs annual metals section safety contest. "However,"' he iontinued, "we all know that our safety job Is never done and that we can Union Presidents Endorse Steelmark Days Celebration r Signing the letter of support for Steelmark Days are: Wilfred A. Biggs, James D. Branning, Austin Dittmore, and William L. Jones. Four - local union - presidents of United Steel workers of America Am-erica in Utah County this week issued a joint statement endorsing en-dorsing Utah Valley Steelmark Days scheduled for Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1. Signing the letter of support were: Wilfred A. Biggs, presi dent, Local 2701; James D. Branning, president, Local 5236; Austin Dittmore, president, Local Lo-cal 3738; and William L. Jones, president. Local 1577. Also expressing ex-pressing his approval of the endorsement en-dorsement was Carlyle B. Wall, president, Local 23271, AFL- CIO. The joint statement reads as follows: 'We, the undersigned, on be half of the men and women who make steel in the Utah Valley District, are proud to endorse en-dorse the Steelmark Days program. pro-gram. Steel, and the men and women of steel are making the Utah Valley one of the West's major industrial centers, " and Benett tel (MMi at J. B. Storrs Named Manager Of American Fork Hospital J. E. Green Celebrates 90th Birthday Mr. J. E. Green was the honored honor-ed guest at a family social Tuesday Tues-day on his 90th birthday. Mr. Green was born in American Fork on September 20, 1870. He married Emily Adamson On May 7, 1902 at American Fork. They have six children: Mrs. Victor (Erma). Holmstead, Mrs. Lloyd (Donna) Tregaskis, American Fork; Mrs. Iva Dell Holmberg, Jack Green, Salt Lake; Mrs. Lyman Ly-man (Beth) Ovard, Murray; and Mrs. Joe (Mildred) Freed, Louisiana. Louis-iana. nevt'r afford to let down or rest on past laurels. "We will not be satisfied until un-til we reach our goal of frequency fre-quency zero." Joint union - management safety committees from both Geneva and Ironton plants have betn Invited to the presentation pre-sentation and be guests later at a special safety awards luncheon. lun-cheon. The works of these safety saf-ety committeemen over ,Lthe years has helped rank Geneva Works among the steel indus try's top plants in safety ach ievemettt. , w. we believe it to be entirely -fitting that these days be set aside to honor them. "Perhaps even more Important, Import-ant, Steelmark Days will serve to remind the citizens of Utah Valley that their prosperity depends de-pends heavily upon the manufacture manu-facture and sale of steel and products made of steel. "We should like to urge people peo-ple of this area to shop carefully care-fully when they are in the market mar-ket for durable goods, and whenever they can, to buy articles ar-ticles made from steel produced by their fellow citizens in the Utah Valley." .... The four United Sttfelworkers of America local unions represent repre-sent hourly employees at the Oeneva and Ironton Plants and the Utah Pipemlll of ConsolidatedWestern Consoli-datedWestern Steel ...Divlslen. Local 23271, AFL-CTO, represents repre-sents hourly employees at Columbia-Geneva Steel's Keigley Quarry near Payson. Us' f? : f rY-'V j If. Mr. J. B. Storrs has been named manager of the American Fork Hospital and will assume his new duties officially October 1, 1960. He takes over the position posi-tion held by Mrs. Maude Hum - J. B. Storrs phries, who served in this capacity capa-city since the beginning of the local hospital in 1936. She resigned re-signed her position earlier this month. Mrs. Irene B. Evans was nam- ed supervisor of nurses at the hospital, which position she has " , .v'1'!'' w i ,iJz I held for some two months now.'onng Rev. ana Mrs. Donald Ry-She Ry-She has been a registered nurse der will be held Friday at the at the hospital for years past Community Presbyterian Church and took over her present post tlon when Mrs. Humphries released re-leased her active direction. With the resignation of Frank Baker last week following some ten years service as technition and recently as manager of the hospital, Mr. Richard Ho, technician techni-cian at the Provo Hospital, was chosen to take Mr. Baker's place as hospital technition. - Mr. Storrs comes to the hospital hos-pital as manager after being employed em-ployed at the Utah State Train ing School ever since its incep tion some 29 years ago. He was i assistant superintendent 'at the' school when he came to the local hospital. He has been a board member at . the hospital, since 1957. With the appoint ment to manager he resigned his board membership which position posi-tion is yet to be filled by the American Fork City officials. The present hospital board in cludes Mayor Glen T. Anderson, Councilmen Wayne McTague and Leo Nelson along with Chair man Delbert Chipman and Fred Fish. Mrs. Maude Humphries, re cently resigned as hospital manager, man-ager, has been the greatest single contribulator to the operation and building of the American Fork Hospital of any person in the community. She took over the operation of the beginning city institution when it opened in the old Co-op. building and was little more than a maturnity home in 1936. Through her faithful and dill- gent work she has been largely responsible for its inward workings work-ings and guided its upward growth to its present statis of a iFuture Homemakers or Ame-r-50-bed modern-hospital with ica .g, ciaSs officer, Sweet-x-ray technition department in- heart of the F.F.A., and a del-dependent del-dependent maturnity section, te to Girls state &he was food dispensery, operating rooms, I also a graduate of the LX).S. medical and surgical wards and.Rpmlnarv RhA hfts tfPnriftri laundry, etc. She evertguided this institu- tlon through Its ups and downs and organized a staff that has indeared Itself to thousands of patients through the short years of its existance. The, entire community owes much to this woman In white for, sic by Mary M. Brlggs; open-her open-her spirit, skill and work ing song, "Redefemer of Israel"; throughout the years. , The hospital serves the entire north section of Utah County with open doors, tender nurses and medical help found In few sections of the state. U. S.. railroads receive less, than lVa cents for moving the average ton of freight a mile. This crimpareswith 6 cents for motor carriers and 24 cents for air carriers, the Association of AmtSrlcan Railroads reports. note- Pirov Yesterday Participate in Steelmark Days Everyone is invited to participate parti-cipate in Steelmarks promotion. Anyory; missed by the committee commit-tee that wish to come into the program, please call the Chamber Cham-ber office for material and information in-formation and it will be sent you. Wt' would like a 100 per cent participation from Merchants Mer-chants and business men of American Fork. The response to date has been very good and Steelmark Days promise to be the biggest promotion ever staged in American Fork. Two Young Pianists Appear in Concert Pamela Fox and Connie Hansen, Han-sen, artists will appear tonight in the Alpine Stake Tabernacle at 8:15 p.m. Becky Campbell of Orem, a soprano will also appear on the program. The concert is being sponsored by the associated clubs previous to the appearing on a nationwide television show being presented by Ted Mack, originating in New York City in October. Open House to Honor Rev. Ryder An open house farewell hon- from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Rev erend RydeV is leaving to answer ans-wer a call to a pastorate in Burney, California. Jeanette Royle Goes on Mission wet mm 71 Jeanette Royle " A farewell testimonial will be held Sunday, Sept. 25, at the Sixth-Eighth Ward chapel for Jeanettt' Royle, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Homer F. Royle prior pri-or to her departure for the Brazilian Bra-zilian Mission as an L.D.S. missionary. mis-sionary. Miss Royle is a graduate of American Fork High School uhprp Rhf was nreslripnt. rf the RHhnm Youni? t!nivfsitv lor throo Aa ,hppA shp ft ,mpmhpr of ;he ODPrft workshon and also a member of the A.F.R.O.T.C. Sponsor Corps. The program will be as follows: fol-lows: Prelude aqd postlude mu- invocation by Larry M. Miller; sacrament pong, "God Our Fa ther"; remarks by Bishop Wayne R. McTague .. and Mrs. Elva Chadwick; vocal solo by Brandt Curtis; speaker, Pres. Phil D. Jensen; piano solo. Donrta Webb; remarks by the parents of the missionary and the missionary; mis-sionary; closing song, a vocal Lord's Prayer"; benediction, Dan; L. Dedrlckson. if ' Sty I " . v. On fta If BnnH S. Chapp!, Jr., lop U.S. Stl commercial official, speak before civic leaders from nine' Utah Valley communities at special Steelmark Days luncheon. Be'nnett S. Chappie, Jr. one of U. S. Steel's top commercial officials spoke in Provo yesterday, yes-terday, September 21, before civic ci-vic leaders from nine Utah Valley Val-ley communities at a special Steelmark Days Luncheon, L. F. Black, manager of Utah Operations Oper-ations for Columbia-Geneva Steel announced today. More than a hundred community commun-ity leaders are expected to attend at-tend the big luncheon at the Riverside Country Club to hear Mr. Chappie report on U. S. Steel's latest marketing activities activi-ties and newly announced "Watching America Grow" pro gram. A nationally-recognized steel industry leader, Mr. Chappie Chap-pie holds the position of , administrative ad-ministrative vice president-commercial for U. S. Steel at Pitts burgh Pennsylvania.. - Wednesday's luncheon will be held as a preliminary to Utah Valley Steelmark Days, a nine-community nine-community "Salute to Men of Steel" on Sept. 29, 30 and Oct 1. The valley-wide celebration will be launched by one of the world's longest parades, which will start at Sanjtaquin at 9 a. m. on Sept. 29, winding up at Lehi later that same afternoon after covering nine towns and some 40 mile's. The three-day observance to honor Utah's men and women; of steel will end Saturday," Oct. 1, with a televised drawing lor more than $5,000 worth of free prizes, including an automo bile, major appliances and many otheVs. The prize draw ing will be telecast by KSL-TV, Channel 5, at 11:00 p.m. Between these two events will come street dances, special contests con-tests and a host of activities in each of the towns, located from Lehi to Santaquin, taking part .Hn the celebration. The U. S. Steel Hour on television! tele-vision! Wednesday will feature a special Utah Valley Steelmark Steel-mark Days message by J. D. McCall, president of Columbia-Geneva Columbia-Geneva Steel. The Steelmark Days cut-in will be telecast locally lo-cally during the regular Steel Hour dramatic offering, "The Man Who Knew Tomorrow," also on Channel 5 at 8:00 p.m. Among Steelmark Days local events will be American Fork's all-day prize drawings over Radio Ra-dio Station KOVO for a line-up of gifts that includes an all-steel all-steel lawnmower, portable television tel-evision set, and two all-expense paid trips to this year's Rose Bowl Game. , Winners must be in an American Fork store during dur-ing the' broadcast in order to be eligible. For the ladles, American Fork businessmen also are sponsor- ' ing a hat-making contest with cash prizes to the winners. Only On-ly requirement for entering hats must be made entirely from steel or steel products. The three winning entries will, be modeled at stores through-, out town during the afternoon: of Friday, Sept. 30. Another Important feature of. Steelmark Days will be show-1 ings in Utah County theatres, of U. S. Steel's new, technicolor featurette, "Rhapsody of Steel." The animated, prize-winning I , film depicting the story of? iron and. steel's service to man1-, kind also will be shown In' pub-' lie schools throughout the val- r |