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Show L ! Universal Mlcrofllmlna 1 141 Plerrionfc Awrm Salt La&j. City ;- UtaH ; "II : 1 VOL. lviu ouuoiiption $3.50 Year. Single Copy 10c THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, July 20, 1961 NUMBER 21 uuu y fccwg Stei lap lmt in in ii mm Steel Day Events Will Start Thurs. July 20 Mr. Richard Devey, General Chairman of the Steel Days of 1961 is announcing the events which have taken so much planning plan-ning and are now in readiness lor the Greater American Fork Annual Steel Days, held this year July 20, 21, 22, and 24th. The events of the affair will be as follows: Thursday and Friday, July 20 and 21, The Steel Day Steals sponsored by the American Fork Chamber of Commerce. All merchants are ready with special spec-ial bargains in every department. depart-ment. There will be a bargain for you. The Little Buckaroo Rodeo will be held in the City Ball Park starting at 8 p m. both Thursday and Friday. All contestants in the rodeo will be 14 years of age or younger and the stock will be Shetland ponies. The awards will be given to the contestants with the highest points In the different divisions and all events will be judged on regular Rodeo rules. Sponsored by the American Amer-ican Fork Riding Club. The Art Exhibit will be open the first two days from 3 pjn. until 8 p.m. and will be held this year In the Harrington School. The Horseshoe Pitching Contest Con-test will be held July 21 in the evening starting at 7 p.m. It will .be held in Robinson Park. Alma Madsen who is a champion champ-ion at pitching horse shoes is In &ejjf.the contest,.,:., On Saturday the events of the day will begin with a Mammoth Mam-moth Parade at 10 a.m. The parade route will be south on Center Street commencing at the Cemetery, east on 1st North to 1st East and north on 1st East. The floats will then be In line again for the evening parade pa-rade which will be held at 6 p.m. Parade is under direction of American Fork Rotary Club. Last week it was announced that parking would not be allowed allow-ed on the parade route, but after some consideration the committee commit-tee decided to allow parking as usual. The Flower Show will start at 12 noon,' after the "parade on July 22 and will continue through the day until 8 p.m. that evening. It will be held in the Alpine Stake Tabernacle. The Relic Hall of the Daughters Daugh-ters of the Utah Pioneers will be open to the public immediately following the parade. It is located lo-cated in Robinson, Park. They are also having a Bake Sale which will be held until 8 p.m. that evening. The Art Exhibit will remain open until 8 p.m. on July 22nd. The Alrborn Division of the Utah National Guard will have Miniature Parachute Tower which will be free for all the children to ride. The big Steel Days Variety Show will be held on Saturday evening in the City Ball Park. Thei Variety Show is under the direction of the American Fork Junior Chamber of ;,Commerce. The program this year promises to be very good with Carl Handcuff Hand-cuff of the Tonachords acting as Master of Ceremonies and the Tonachords as one of the feature acts. At this program the brand new Thunderbird will be given away to the holder of the ticket with the lucky number on., The Lions Club, in charge of the ticket sales this year report that sales are coming along good considering consider-ing the shortened period they have had to sell In. Sunday Day of Rest and Worship. Monday, July 24 the Cavaliers Autorama will be on exhibition at the Latona Dance Hall. The awarding of the trophies will be at 3-p.m. -" The Steel Days Best Ball Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Steel .Day Committee and ' The Alpine Country Club will commence com-mence at 6 am. July 24. It Is a Best Ball Two-some, with an entry fee of $6.00 petf team. There will be a one half handicap. handi-cap. Noon will be the last starting time, unless late starters start-ers inform John Geertson at the Club. Non members and members mem-bers alike are invited to partlcl- - ... r -mn- i yV- Pat Small,, the newly chosen "Miss American Fork" is happy to have the former Miss American Fork, Miss- Judith May, place the crown on her head.. Her two attendants are Miss Marie Sorenson and Miss Karen Mecham. Pet and Hobby Show Will Be Held July 24th in .7" r I Mike and Dee Taylor, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Taylor are ready with their cart and pony; Hylee Evans has his monkey and Doug Richards with his turtle are ready for the Pet and Hobby Show. Hylee is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Evans of Highland and Doug is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Guy Richards. Children from all over the American Fork area are invited to come and bring their pets and hobbles to : the American Fork City Ball Park on July 24th where they have a chance to display their favorite pets and also their collections etc. for the Hobby Show. The event will start at 6 p.m. and the boys and girls are invited invit-ed to decorate bikes, wagons, oi small floats to be used in the pate in this tournament. The Pet and Hobby Show will be held at the City Ball Park. It will start at 6 p.m. and all children with pets, of any kind, with bikes, wagons, miniature floats, or any kind of hobby or collection are Invited to enter the show. They will parade around the Ball Park and any youngster who participates in the affair will receive a treat. Following the Tet and . Hobby Show there will be a demonstration demonstra-tion by the Pepperettes, young girls connected with the WBBA Leagues both National and American. Irene Earl will next be in charge of a demonstration of twirlers and present , a Dance Review by the children she has been teaching In the City Recreation Rec-reation Classes -this summer. A Band Concert presented by the combined Junior and Senior Bands under the direction of Mr. Boyd Hunter. -All band students who have been taking lessons this summer will be included in the concert. At 9 pm. and as a grand finale to the Greater Steel Days of 1961 a Fireworks Display will be held at the City Ball Park. This promises to be one of the best Steel Day Celebrations we have ever had. Join the crowds and see all the events prepared and planned for your entertainment. 4 ;LJ;J!! :bfpi J . ! , -41. parade of pets and hobbies. All youngsters who participate in the parade will be given a treat. Following the parade of Pets and Hobbles the Pepperettes will give a demonstration of some routines they have been learning learn-ing while cheering for the boys playing baseball in the Western Boys Baseball Leagues. They are a group of youngsters who were invited to get together to represent the different teams in the WBBA Leagues. The Pep Club girls of the American Fork High School have drilled and trained the younger girls all summer in the routines that they will perform at the- Ball Park on the 24th of July. Irene Earl who has been teaching the dance classes in the City Recreation for the summer sum-mer will present a Dance Revue and a demonstration of. the twirlers who have been taking classes this summer also. Following the Dance Revue a Band Concert will be held. All the younger students who have been practicing this summer along with the Senior Band will be in the concert. ' The Fireworks , Display will follow the band concert. They will be held about 9 pm. All of these events will be free to the public and will be a safe and sane way to spend the 24th of July. TMt. 11 . wm De one. way 2nd East for this program, will move south. - ; on All .'.f.-v SPECIAL NOTICE! PARKING WILL BE ON THE PARADE ROUTE AS USUAL Steel Days Committee ; ; ' t Blazer Horseshoe Tournament Held Winner of the Alpine Stake Blazer Horseshoe Tournament Trophy this year was Dee Stras-burg, Stras-burg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Strasburg of Highland Ward. Second place went to Larry Bowen, son of Bishop and Mrs. kFred .Bowen of Second Ward, third place winnefi was Davldi Aldredge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Aldredge of Alpine Ward. Fourth place winner was Gary Boren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Boren of Seventh Ward. Second, third and fourth place winners received a book. The tournament, held annually, annual-ly, was under the direction of Cora Adamson of the Stake Primary. Pri-mary. Neldon Walters supervised super-vised the play-offs, which were very well organized. The boys were separated into two brackets and the winner in each bracket played each other for first place and the second place winner in each bracket played each other for, third and fourth place. Other boys competing were, First Ward, Terry Gasser; Third Ward, David Wilkinson; Fourth Ward, David Dean; Fifth Ward, Dale Greenwood; Sixth Ward, Bruce Huggard; Eighth Ward, Wayne Wright; Ninth Ward, Kenneth Barrington; and Tenth Ward, Steven Buckwalter. . Mrs. Roxie Richards, Stake Primary President was in attendance at-tendance as were many parents, friends and teachers. Steel Days Variety , Show Promises to be Good The Steel Days Variety Show promises to be one of the best sources of entertainment for the family for the evening of July 22. Carl Hancuff will act as master mas-ter of ceremonies for the evenings even-ings program. He Is a mtfmber of the well known Tona-chords who will be featured on the program. The Osmond Brothers will ting. They are a group which have perfect pitch. A juggling act will be followed by. a group of women known as the "Sweet Adelines" This group is from Ogden. . There will be a dance num-bt'r num-bt'r and other acts. The Variety Show is under the direction of the American Fork Jaycees. They will also be responsible' for the staging, lighting and the extra seats that have to be brought In for the affair. , ' r It- Miss Marsha Hunter, attendant to Steel Day .Queen.of last year is shown placing the crown on the hea'd of the newly appointed queen, "Miss Marielen wadleyV wno wm reign over tne attendants, Miss Janet Cavaliers Present Autorama July 23 and 24th The Cavaliers is a group of young men who have been organized or-ganized for five years with the aim to help promote courtesy and safety on the road for all drivers. : :- They hope to better, the. understanding un-derstanding of youth in customing cus-toming automobiles and teach safety in customizing cars. They are holding an Autorama Auto-rama in connection with the Steel Day Celebration at the Latona Dance Hall on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday the time will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Monday it will be from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Twenty entries have btten selected se-lected from over a field of 100 applicants from all over the state. The cars are some of the' best custom jobs to be seen. Trophies will, be awarded in the Custom, Semi-custom, Convertible Con-vertible and Rod divisions. Special Spe-cial trophies will be given for Upholstery, Paint, and Bodywork. Body-work. The trophies will be awarded award-ed in a special ceremony Monday, Mon-day, July 24th at 3 p.m The officers of the? club ...3: Ray Crandall, president; Dewey Barnhart, vice president; Lee Buckwalter, treasurer; Bill Finney, Fin-ney, Secretary; and Roy Dahl, Sgt. at Arms. The trophies are on display in the window of Devey's Men's Shop all this week. Dean James, Mgr. and assistant assist-ant pro at the Alpine Country Club and Dick Devey, Chairman Chair-man of Steel Days are display steel Days celebration 01 isoi. Holley and Miss Julia Mills. All eager and excited are the beautiful girls chosen to reign over the American Fork Steel Days Celebration which gets underway today, July 20. ' The lovely Steel Days Queen Miss Marielen Wadley, charming dark eyed, brown haired daughter daugh-ter of Mr, and Mrs. LaVere Wad-ley Wad-ley was selected from the twelve contestants last Thursday evening, eve-ning, July 13, at the annual Queen Pageant held at the American Fork High School. Chosen to "attend - thetjueen were Miss Janet Holley, vivacious vivaci-ous blonde daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holley, and Julia Mills, charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mills Jr. Taking second place honors in the pageant was Miss Pat Best Ball Golf Tourney Slated July 24th Everyone, members and non- members of the Alpine Country Club ' are invited to enter the Steel Days Be&- Ball Tournament Tourna-ment to be played July 24th on the Alpine Country Club golf course. It will be a Best Ball Two-some with the entry fee set at $6,00 per team. Three dollars of the money will be ust'd for green fees, and the other three dollars will go Into prize money. Starting time will be between 6 a.m. and noon, but late comers com-ers may enter and will be given a starting time when they sign up.. The tournament is being sponsored by the Steel Days Committee in conjunction with the Alpine Country Club and promises to be one of the popular popu-lar features of the day. -7 ing the trophies to be awarded In the Best Ball Tournament to be held July 24th as part of the Steel Days Celebration. - v . '-4. . t. V V on either side are her Small, chosen as Miss American Fork. This lovely brunette girl Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. U.A. Small. Selected as her two attendants were blondes Marie Sorenson and Karen Mecham. Miss Sorenson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaMar Sorenson Soren-son and Miss Mecham is the ' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mecham. The girls appeared before five, well qualified out-of-town judges, judg-es, in formal wear, bathing suits anensaens cmsiartxf "tne-t test. . Special guests of the pageant were Miss Marsha Hunter, at tendant to Steel Day Queen of last year, who placed the coveted crown on the head of the new queen and Miss Judith Mav. last year's Miss American Fork, who placed the crown on the head of the new Miss American Fork. The Queen and Miss American Fork were both presented with a beautiful bouquet of red roses. All the contestants were presented pre-sented with a gift by Mrs. Paul Wiscombe and Mrs. Carl Shipley, Ship-ley, chairman and assistant to the Queen Committee. e The. queen appeared H a smart black bathing suit accented accent-ed with white, she chose as her talent to impersonate five cus-" tomers in an art shop. She also did all the paintings displayed in the shop. She received Ohs and Ash of the crowd when she aDDeared ' in an exquisite rose colored formal gown. Pat Small, Miss American Fork chose as her talent number an original dance. She on stage in a dainty white form al mat accented her beautiful dark hair and lovely skin. Richard Devey, General Chairman Chair-man of Steel Days welcomed the audience and Mr. U. A. Small offered the invocation. Mrs. Larry Miller sang "Steel Dav Queen" as Miss Wadley walked around the ramp after she was chosen by the judges as queen. The statfing was done by Robert Rob-ert Pinkerton and asslstinaTwith the introduction were Mtf Barratt and Cindy. Beverlv PoW- en as Cinderella and Mrs. .Allen Preston as the Fairy Godmother. others assisting to make the contest the great success that It was were: Paul Wiscombe, cart ShlDley, Max Hunsaker, Esther, Lewis, Dean Lewis, Re-non Re-non Pace, Patsy Lee. Jed Wiscombe Wis-combe and Devey's. the American Ameri-can Fork Garden Club. , : The girls will reign over a variety of activities and events that have , been olanned for , Steel Days. In addition the two mammoth parades ' there will be the Art Fxhibit, Flower Show, Little v Buckaroo t Rodeo, Monte Youngs Rides. Pet and Hobby Show, Band Concert, Fireworks, Dance Review, Pro- rram and ,the awarding of the brand new Thunderbird to the holder of the lucky ticket. ' ' ' i . - ...... ..' When going away for a few days, soak a soonge in water and place It at the base of your house plants. They will remain moist for days. i 4 .-. ' it, |