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Show . " -v- , i V w Lt , u .WW"--! NW4 I."" ' P - ' " " " " 1 WW .H4r p.-.r . "-f H, K aF M I V I I I 1 I' 1 AM V I I M ! ff 1 f . I l 1' I II' II I I .m I V. I 1 1 I A " I 1 1 . I I A li I I M I I -I I"'1 a I' I I " ( Utah VOL. LVix. don $3.50 Year. Single Copy 10c THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, March 16, 1961 NUMBER 3 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT 'OUR TOWN' Cwemmeim Toke Gome Firom 'e' IMM M M PMW MWMMi , , , . ,. , I I I. II 'I I I llll' V.--'V.':i' J - i ..... - ,r TJ TO OUR PUBLIC The American Fork Community Commun-ity Hospital is a nonprofit hospital hos-pital and la .dedicated .to. the service of our communities. Operating Op-erating funds are derived en- tirely .from charges to the patients. pa-tients. OUT Objective Is to render ren-der the best possible patient care. : MATERNITY DEPARTMENT The pleasant part of hospital business is the maternity department de-partment or (Stork Club), as they are sometimes referred to. Proud fathers, grandparents, relatives'- and friends add - to happiness of this department. One complete wing of the hospital is used for maternity, which consists of "four semi-private semi-private rooms, one four bed ward, two delivery rooms, two Twenty A. F. . Students Take Nat Merit Test Twenty 11th grade students at the American Fork High School took the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, Saturday, March -11. Eight 10th grade and four 9th grade students stu-dents took the National Educational Edu-cational Development test at the same time. All stuednts who wish to be considered for Merit Mer-it Scholarships to be awarded in 1962 must take the National Merit Test. The qualifying test Is a three-hour three-hour examination of education 3. Presidents""""" Council Fashion Show March 23 The fashion show; sponsored by the American Fork Presidents Presi-dents Council March 23, in the local high school auditorium at 8 pjn., promises to be the best ever. Glamorous, colorful and exciting can hardly describe the array of beautiful costumes to be modeled from the tiny tots up to the older matron, and the fellows strutting along al-ong the ramp will make all the gals sit up and take notice. Mrs. Wendell Kirkpatrick will , entertain with her delightful de-lightful organ' music and Mrs. Ray chlpman Is to he the narrator ill! ! 1 i labor rooms, two nurseries, one foimula room,' and a doctor's lounge. .The nurseries are equipped with 18 xribs, two incubators in-cubators and one heated crib. Piped" in "oxyprr&nd suction" Is standard equipment In all areas of this "department." LABORS DELIVERY ROOMS The . labor.,, rooms are.located immediately adjacent to the delivery rooms and have every modern convenience to make th patients more comfortable and to aid them during the labor la-bor period. The delivery rooms have modern mo-dern equipment, modern lighting light-ing and other convenient accessories ac-cessories to aid the doctor and mother " in ' bringing forth the miracle of new life. PATIENT .ROOMS The patient rooms are all al development. The test Is the first. step in the seventh an-hual an-hual "competition for four-year Merit Scholarships provided by the National Merit Scholarship porporation and by sponsoring corporations', foundations, associations, as-sociations, and individuals. . The number of scholarships awarded in any year depends upon the extent of sponsor participation. par-ticipation. In 1960, 831 scholarships scholar-ships were awarded; 514 were provided by 115 sponsors and 317 by the Merit Corporation. There are 3,132 Merit Scholars attending 391 colleges In the current academic year. The scores of stuednts who take the test on March 11 will be reported to their schools before be-fore the end of the spring se- 1 Several..doot prlzeAJare-iQ. J)e given away. Those in charge of making this affair a huge success are: Mrs. Rulon Nich-oles, Nich-oles, president; Mrs. William Sykes, vice president; and Mrs. James B. Nelson, secretary as the , ; general committee. Mrs. Alex -Karren, publicity; Mrs. Olen Greenwood, tickets; beauty beau-ty salons, Mrs. Byron Crook-ston; Crook-ston; business .firms and models, mod-els, Mrs. Joe Hartle, and Mrs. H. Grant Ivins; staging, Mrs. Robert N. Christiansen; decorations, decor-ations, Mrs.-' Faye Evans,' Mrs. Jesse Spafford, Mrs. Jay Gould and . Mrs. James " Holley; and posters, , Mrs. Jackie Werner. A small charge Is being asked ask-ed for the tickets which can be obtained from band mem bers, club women 'or at the door. Come early to get a good seat.-. . .1 4 beautifully decoarted," and e- quipped with furniture of the most modern design. This department Is staffed .by three R. N.'s, two L. P. N.'s with four aides, and one housekeeper, housekeep-er, -There were-444 live births in this department during 1960. To ease the fear of childbirth, we cordially Invite " all expec tant mothers to visit the hos pital and become acquainted with the nurses and see the facilities fa-cilities available to make your hospital visit : as pleasant as possible. (Visiting - hours are from 3 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m7 We would appreciate your help In enforcing this.) The Board of Trustees again extend their sincere appreci ation for your loyal support to the hospital. - mester in time for use by class advisers, j The scores are used In manrhlgh schols to hip stu dents make decisions about college atendance and field of study. Many students who do not expect to win a scholar ship take the test In order to learn more about their lndi vidual strengths and weaknesses weakness-es In the areas measured by the test. Some 10,000 semifinailsts, the highest . scorers In each state, will be named early next fall. Names of semifinailsts are published pub-lished in a boklet which Is distributed dis-tributed to all colleges and to other sources of financial aid for undergraduates. Further, their names and test score's are sent on cads to the colleges they express an Interest In attending at-tending as their first or second choices. The order of preference prefer-ence Is not shown. Each semifinailst will be asked ask-ed to take a second examination. examina-tion. Those who- repeat their high -performance will become finalists" In the Merit Program. Winners . of Melt Scholarships will be selected from the Finalist Fin-alist group on the-Jsasis ;.of school records and recomemn-dations, recomemn-dations, test scores, exracurrl-cular exracurrl-cular activities, leadership ability, ab-ility, and accomplishments outside out-side the classroom. Each Finalist Final-ist is awarded a Certificate of Merit attesting to his outstanding outstand-ing performance. The scholarship stipends are based upon financial need. The minimum award Is $100 and the maximum is $1,500. The average av-erage stipend awarded to freshman fresh-man Merit Scholars in 1960 was man Merit Scholars in 1960 was $27. Each scholarship constitutes, con-stitutes, a form of "educational "education-al -insurance.-slnce-ther stipend stip-end may be Increased at any time If the student's financial situation changes during the four-year term of the scholarship. scholar-ship. Supplementary . grants are usually made to the colleges col-leges . which, the Scholars attend. at-tend. . ; . 1 .'. An additional 25,000 students, selected on a national basis, receive Letters of Commendation Commenda-tion for their high performance on the qualifying test. These students' are considered for special awards made through the Merit Corporation, and their names and test, scores are also sent to their first and second choice colleges. Last year two American Fork 'stuednts, Patricia Pat-ricia Peck and Randy Eatough, rated Letters of Commendation. Report on City Council Meeting Of March 13 In the Council Meeting of the American Fork City Council this week a resolution was passed supporting the optional one-half one-half cent sales tax for Utah County, with the recommenda tion that the Increase In revenue from this source be accompanied by a proportionate decrease' in the mill levy on property. Mayor Glen Anderson stated that the resolution supporting the tax would be in its present form, distribution at point of sales, and not as per population as some were advocating. The problem or zoning was discussed at length and the mayor reported that the pro- ceedure for processing violators would require the! offended citizen citi-zen to swearout a complaint or call the violation' to the attention atten-tion of the citj, officers who would then bring the necessary action against them. ' lTher council reversed. Its -de-? clslon on a recently adopted policy pol-icy of allowing water abatement for hardship cases In the city. The reversal came about as a result of numerous problems confronted In an. effort to give help where it was needed. The council members reported that it was their feeling that with Social Security state and church welfare that the problem could.be handled through their services. i The problem of mosquito control con-trol was one of the other items brought up andf It was recom mended that the county health officials be invjl-d, to the next council meetingand It can be discussed further at that time. A form was accepted that will be used on all plans and draw ings submitted to the City. These are obtainable at City Hall for all sub-dividers or builders who will be submitting plans for ap proval. The City accepted the annexation and sub-division of GayBrook Terrace, plot 2 In the northeast section of town. 'Fran Mortenson District Governor DR. FRANCIS N Dr. Francis N, Mortenson has been chosen by the members of the American Fork Lions Club as a candidate for the office of-fice of District Governor of district dis-trict 28-A this coming spring at the anual State Convention of Lions Clubs in St. George. """'Tahi'nar'heTSTOhdir Called by club members, has been a member of Lions Club for 17 years, serving as club president in 1955-56, as zone chairman, district public relations officer, Deputy District Governor and on many committees in the home club and in the district. , : Dr. Mortenson has a PhX. degree de-gree In Dairy Science, Animal Physiology and . Physiological Chemistry. A graduate of Iowa State University, he was an instructor in-structor at Iowa State University Univer-sity and the College of Southern South-ern Utah. ' ... ' He has given 12 years continuous con-tinuous - service in the United States Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture Including Chief Program Division, War Food Administration Adminis-tration for five southwest states. ' ' He has been vice president imi Glass B . Openeir: Alpine Club Ladies Will Be "Puttin' on The Dog' i Mrs. H.' Grant Ivins,- Mrs.- Dee-Hunter and -Mrs" Dean Bateman are getting decorations ready for the Spring Fashion Luncheon. for Alpine Country. Club Women. v Consiruction Co. Breaks Ground for New Super Market During this past week equip- ment and crews of the Cannon Construction Co., of Salt Lake City, started reaking ground for the new, modern Safeway Super Market, Second East on Main Street In American Fork. . The Cannon Construction Co. made the lowest bid of $167,900.-00, $167,900.-00, of the six or seven bidders for. the-job. Barratt Builders of American Fork was the- next to the lowest, just $1,000 over the Cannon Company. The contract calls for the new market to be completed and ready for business In three months. . It is now and In this . world that we must live. Andre Glde to Run For at Convention MORTENSON and sales manager of Agricultural Agricul-tural Chemical Co., Chief Agricultural Ag-ricultural - 'Technician , and Dairy Specialist of : Columbia-Geneva Columbia-Geneva - Division of United States Steel Corporation, Fran Is a member of the Natl. Honorary Research Society, a life "memberortheutah'Acad- emy of Science,' Arts and Letters. Let-ters. . An' active member in his church, he has served in the Stake and Ward IDS Sunday School as an officer and teacher teach-er for thirty years. At present he is Ward Superintendent. ,, He married Ila Miner and they have three children. - Fran Is a favorite choice of the members of the Lions club. He is well known and well liked throughout all of Utah. Twenty Lions Club members and their partners have made reservations and plans to attend at-tend the State Lions Convention Conven-tion at St. George in order to support VFran'' In the1 elections. Preparations are being made for an extensive campaign In his behalf. "Fran's the one for '61." - The ladles of the Alpine Country "dub will- inaugurate the Spring Season with a fashion fash-ion show and luncheon this Saturday, March 18, at 1 p.m. This year's annual "spring review re-view will be called "Puttin' on the Dog" says chairman, Mrs. Dean M. Bateman. She is beinsr assisted bv Mrs Hebur , Grant Tvin.q nnH Mm Dp Hunter The . clothes, latest fashions jrom chlpman's, will be nar- rated bv Mrs. LaVere J. Wad- ley, with musical accompaniment accompani-ment by Dorothy Vest. Models, who are Country Club members, mem-bers, will enter through a grilled grill-ed lattice doorway. - Tables for the luncheon will be. gaily , decorated, with - hat box, chapeau, and spring flowers. flow-ers. . The dancing Instruction at the Alpine Club for Friday eve ning will be postponed because of the Tournament but the cou pies bridge instruction will be held. .. ,. . ,;-' Letterman's Club Sponsor Harlem Stars The Letterman's Club of the American Fork High School are sponsoring an evening of entertainment en-tertainment for the citizens of American Fork March 20, at 3 pjn. at the High School. The entertainment will consist con-sist of basketball games with the main feature being a game between the American Fork' All Stars and the Harlem Stars. The Harlem Stars are a group Coasting some of the finest ar ray of talent available. They are real showmen of basketball. At .he half, time period the Harlem boys will put on a show of circus acts and laughs galore. These , stars will please you ev-r ery minute. 1 . The All Stars from American' Fork will be Hershel Pederson, Don Mcintosh, Carl Ingersoll. Van Burgess, Loyal Iverson, Paul Kitchen, Wendell . Hansen and many others. , At 7 p.m. the High School seniors will play the high school Juniors In a game. The cost for the evening will be $1.00 for adults and .50 cents for, stu dents. - Com-out-Monday-nishtr-for some special fun. Excursion to Art Barn Planned For All Interested A very profitable and Interesting Inter-esting , evening Is in store for the Associated Artists of American Am-erican Fork Group next Friday evening March 17. The meeting will be In the form of an excursion ex-cursion to the Art Barn in Salt Lake City whwere an outstanding outstand-ing exhibit Is on display. 1 . Not only members of the Art Club but anyone Interested in attending can ; meet at the Utah Power to Light auditorium on Friday at 7 pjn.' Rides, will be frnlshed for 35 cents, per person. i.. After a cold, slow start in the . opening game of the B Class; Basketball Tournament, . the ; American Fork Cavemen came through In the last half of the final quarter to win their first game from the North Summit Braves by a score of 37-35. "Things were looking very bad for the American Fork team by the end of the first quarter, when the score ending the quar- . ter, gave the Braves a big 12 . point . edge. - But- at - the half time period the Cavemen had : started to creep up Just a little j , on the North Summit quintet, ' but still a long way from looking look-ing very sharp. . The score; at : ; the half was 25-15. . At this time, after a good pep v talk from their coach, Don Mc- xritosii, me a. v . Doys buitku . clicking, stealing the ball, clear-lng clear-lng the backboards, and more ... careful ball handling held , the., Braves for only' five points in' the-thldmlateT;""and" North"' Summit were only ahead five ; points, 30-:25. , ' With five minutes left to. play. In the game the Cavemen went ahead by 1 point for their first time, From this point on to the finish the game was a screamer with each team making a basket . . and the score see-sawing back: .1 and forth till the final shots of the game with American Fork; -on top by two - points at the finish, 37-35. Smith, Herrera, and Drlggs each hit 10 points, Zunlch, 2, Hackford, 3, and Eggett, 2. Zunlch Zun-lch did an excellent Job on, the backboards along with Driggs and little Herrera, came through great with some ' long shots, stealing , the ball and generally getting in the Braves "hair" every time they turned around. Brown for the Braves was -high point man with. 14 points ' In the game.- NOTICE Dancing Class Postponed The dancing class at' the Sen. lor High School will.be postponed post-poned this week on account .of : the Class B Basketball Tournament. Tourna-ment. They will be resumed on March 23. Presbyterian Church Has New Minister Keverend Mr. Douglas llbls , recently assumed duties of the Community Church in f - Americaa Fork. -J, zzlJ. rt ,0k ir iai t Mr. Douglas Uhls will assume the pastoral duties of the Com- ' munlty Presbyterian Church of American Fork. , . Mr. . Uhls is a graduate of Pueblo College, Colorado State University and the Theological Seminary ' of the University of ' Dubuque, Dubuque. Iowa. He comes to American Fork from Sterling' Colorado, where he was Assistant Pastor In charge of Education and Youth Work at the First United Presbyterian Presbyter-ian Church. ' . Mrs. Uhls in an honor ate of the University of Dubuque Du-buque and has been quite active ac-tive In church and musical circles cir-cles In Sterling.' The Uhls have one son, Ricky,, who Is 8 months old. , , : |
