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Show fa, q Michael Terry, who qualified in as semlftnalists. Michael Terry, David Patten Semi-Finalists In Merit Scholarship Michael Terry and David Patten, Pat-ten, two seniors have been named semifinallsts in the 1965-66 Merit Mer-it Scholarship competition. David and Mike took the National Na-tional Merit Scholarship test last March and were among the highest-scoring students in Utah. Mike's score was 143 and David's Dav-id's was 149. The cutoff score was 138 this year and everyone above that was a semiflnalist. More than 14,000 semifinallsts were chosen across the country, with fewer than 100 in the state of Utah. Another test will be taken Dec. 4 and the finalists will be selected. selec-ted. High school grades, creative crea-tive accomplishment, leadership qualities, extracurricualr activities activi-ties and school citizenship of the students are evaluated, along witt test scores, in selecting merit scholars. Each merit scholarship is a four -year award covering the undergraduate un-dergraduate college years. The winner's stipend is tailored to a maximum of $6,000 for the four years of college in most cases. Democrats Set Nominating Convention Democrats of the Americas Fork Democratic Precinct win nominate a candidate for Mayor of American Fork and two city council candidates Monday, Oct. 4. The nominating convention will be held at 8 p.m. at the city hall auditorium, according to Byron McFar lane, -chairman of the nominating no-minating committee. All three candidates will be running for four -year terms. The nominees will be competing for the seats held by incumbent Mayor May-or Glen T. Anderson and coun-oilmen coun-oilmen F. Haws Durfey and Leo Bowen, whose term of office expires ex-pires this year. Democratic Precinct chairman Wayne S. Winters will conduct the nominating meeting, assisted by Mrs. Erma Sorensen, vice-chairman, vice-chairman, Mr. McFarlane, secretary sec-retary , and Carma Greenwood, treasurer. All Democrats are urged to attend thisnominating convention conven-tion and participate in Ithe decisions de-cisions wftich will affect the future fu-ture ofour community for the next four years. All residents of the community may avail themselves of the Democratic Dem-ocratic answering service, which will go into operation Oct. 4. You may dial 756-2622 from that date to learn who the Democratic nominees no-minees will be in the local elections elec-tions slated for Nov. 2. (- i w t ' : 1 O "v -L ii :Mu Mrs. V. A. Gordon, Mrs. Harold Holindrake and Mrs: Delbert Hales (left to right) chairmen of the Junior Ladles Literary Club annual Rummage and Bake Sale, encourage townspeople to come out on Saturday, October 2, for the best left, and David Patten, high school seniors the national- 1965-66 Merit Scholarship Test City to Apply For Purchase Of Water Shares The American Fork city council coun-cil voted to make an offer to purchase 17 shares of American Fork Irrigation Water and 43 and 13 shares of Provo Reservoir water from the Alpine School District at their regular meeting Monday evening. Current price of the water shares is listed at $100 per share for American Fork Irrigation Irri-gation Company water and at $225 per share for Provo Reservoir water. The water is available to the city since a decision by the Alpine Al-pine School District to sell cities of Alpine School District water shares previously held by the district. City recorder Stephen P. Shelley Shel-ley was authorized by the council coun-cil to send the district a letter offering to purchase the water shares for future water use of the community. The water shares' would be a long-term water Investment In-vestment by the city, assuring adequate water for future city growth and expansion. Utah Jaycees Maine Two A. F. Mei Stale Chairiiian Two American Fork men have recently been appointed as State Chairmen in the State Junior Chamber of Commerce organize tlon. Ray Beesley will be State Chairman of the Boss' s Night and Garne Healey will serve as State Chairman fot the Ute Club. Mr. Beesley says that the Boss's Night has been held in many clubs on the same night as some of the other events. The new plan is to hold Boss's Night on a separate night and make a special affair out of it. More news of his position will be forthcoming forthcom-ing as plans are sent from the national organization. Mr. Healey stated that the Ute Club consists of active members of the state's Jaycee Clubs who have brought five new members into the club within a year. As they bring more members into the organization, they receive higher honors in the Ute Club. Each year, an annual breakfast for Ute Club members Is held at the state convention. Paul Michell, State Vice Presi dent of the Junior Chamber of Commerce announced the appointments ap-pointments recently. He stated that one must be a member of the Ute Club to quality for the state chairmanship position. buys in town. Universal Microfilming 141 PierDont Ave. Salt Lake CityUtah King Introduces Private Bill For Training School Instrument A telegram message from Washington D. C. brought the information in-formation which follows from Representative David S. King, D., Utah. He announced Tuesday morning, that he had introduced a private bill in the House of Representatives, allowing the Utah State Training School at American Fork, to receive a badly bad-ly needed European made microscope, micro-scope, duty free. Congressman King said that the school had received the instrument as a donation do-nation from friends and parents of the patients of the school and "The Training School, which provides pro-vides facilities for retarded children needs this particular parti-cular Instrument for research purposes and through the kindness kind-ness of the friends and parents of the children at the school, Variety of Council at City Councilmen considered a variety of problems at their regular re-gular session Monday evening ranging from engineering problems pro-blems encountered in connection with the current special improvement improve-ment district to complaints about "Junker cars and discussion of garbage collection fees for apartment apart-ment house dwellers. Funds For New A delegation from the American Amer-ican Fork Chamber of Commerce met with the American Fork City Council Monday evening tore-quest tore-quest city funds for the publication publi-cation of a new American Fork brochure. The 24 page brochure win list the assets of our community. The residential, recreational and business opportunities will be outlined, In addition to the fine city services available to residents. resi-dents. Brief histories of the city, the hospital and other points of interest will be included in the colorful brochure. The cover of the brochure will depict f impanogos Cave and the pages will be filled with interesting inter-esting pictures and articles pertinent per-tinent to tourists, new residents, and those who are Interested in our community. Harold Holley, chairman of the Publicity and Advertising committee com-mittee of the local Chamber of Commerce, made the presentation presenta-tion of the aims and goals of the new brochure. Also present at the meeting were Howard Robinson, Robin-son, Chamber of Commerce Chamber Corp. the school has purchased the instrument, in-strument, but because the duty on the instrument would make its import into the country prohibitive, prohib-itive, my Private Bill would make possible this instrument being available." He also said that Dr. Guy A. Richards, Superintendent of the Utah State Training School, "told me no comparable Instrument In-strument exists on the American Ameri-can market."" , "The Department of Commerce informed me that with that information, in-formation, there would be no opposition op-position to my bill. Although only a short time is left in the session, ses-sion, I am convinced that some action can be taken before the end of the session, concludes the Congressman. DavldS. King Member of U. S. Congress Thursday, Problems Considered by City Lengthy Session Last Monday The problems of engineering of the special Improvement districts dis-tricts was discussed at length. Several areas have proven troublesome trou-blesome In completing the sidewalk side-walk improvements as residents would desire. A discrepency In the sidewalk location on Third East, between Third and Fourth North was discussed by council- Brochure president, Douglas A. Doxey, executive secretary, and Leo Meredith, a member of the publicity pub-licity and advertising committee. The council voted to grant the chamber $497 to assist with chamber funds in defraying the cost of publication of the brochure. bro-chure. Publication is expected to be completed in several weeks. The brochures win be placed at various locations throughout the community for distribution and win be a valuable aid in encouraging tourists and local residents to get acquainted with all the many fine attributes of our community. The Chamber of Commerce also announced that they will begin the renovation and repainting repaint-ing of the two welcome signs at the East and West entrances to our community. This project will be completed as soon as possible. High School PTA Sots Back to School Tonight All parents with students in high school are invited to attend" at-tend" the annual "Back to School" night set for Thursday, Sept. 30, (tonight), with a school lunch typical typi-cal of the every day school meal to be served to the parents at 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. It is es pecially important for parents of senior students to be present to learn Information pertinent to college entrance in the spring or fall. At 7:15 p.m. parents will as semble in the Little Theater for a brief meeting and then will adjoin ad-join to the Classes of their student stu-dent or students and attend ten-minute ten-minute class periods, where the teacher will explain the year's outline and explain the objectives objec-tives and purposes of each class. The "Back to School Night" is planned primarily for the par ents to have the opportunity to meet the teachers and gain : better understanding of the pro gram outlined for their child, to become better acquainted with the school policies and the facilities offered to every student in high school. PTA officers will be in charge of the evening's meeting and PTA memberships will be on sale as will subscriptions to the PTA magazine of Commerce Receive University of Scouting Begins Tomorrow, Oct. 1 Scouts-and the activities they enjoy will be the main topic of the University of Scouting that opens its doors tomorrow night, October 1. The annual training event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the new American Fork Ninth-Twelfth Ward and will be held for three consecutive-Fridays-October 1, 8 and 15. Scout leaders and parents of boys Cub Scout and Boy Scout age from both Alpine and Lehi Scouting Districts are reminded to be in attendance at the sessions. ses-sions. Skilled teachers who ' know the business of scouting" will be on hand to give the instruction. instruc-tion. Classes planned Include the Basic-Trekker-Guide course, Basic Cub Scout course, Basic Boy Scout Training and Den Mother Moth-er Training. Sept. 30, 1065 men, with several possible solutions solu-tions proffered for solving the problem. Councilman Eddie Smith had held a meeting with residents of the street on Monday Mon-day to receive their suggestions as to what they Would like done. He presented their suggestions to the council, but after consideration, consi-deration, the council decreed that the original engineering lines must be followed in the area, since they have alreadjy been included in-cluded In the special improvement improve-ment district. Should the results prove unsatisfactory, every effort, ef-fort, will be made by the city to realign existing sidewalks with newly installed sidewalks. The council agreed that the cost to the' city of removing and repour-lng repour-lng existing sidewalks on the street could not be assumed by the city at this time. "Junker" cars have become a hazard and an eyesore to the community. Several means of eliminating eli-minating the cars have been discussed dis-cussed by the city, and legal means are now at the city disposal. dis-posal. Persons having Junker car's are asked to remove them at once from their property. Councilman F. Haws Durfey reported re-ported that Ralph Binnall, a member mem-ber of the American Fork Beau-tiflcatioh Beau-tiflcatioh Committee, had suggested sug-gested that Police Chief Boyd E. Adams meet with Chief Kned-sen, Kned-sen, of Salt Lake City, to receive re-ceive information on their method of handling "Junker cars. Councilman Coun-cilman Leo Bowen agreed that this be done, with Mayor Glen T. Anderson suggesting that Mr. Binnall accompany Chief Adams for the meeting. The garbage collection fees for apartment dwellers was discussed. dis-cussed. Several suggestions were made by city recorder Stephen P. Shelley for more efficient and equitable collection of fees. The motion was tabled for consideration considera-tion at the next council session. Councilman Wayne S. Winters proposed that city engineers make a study of the effluent water coming from' the sewer plant. This water has been utilized uti-lized by a local' sheep grower in the past, according to an agreement for the "water use. The water must be put to some beneficial use after being used in the sewer system, according to information received by Mr. Winters at the recent Utah Municipal Mu-nicipal League meetings. Engineers Engi-neers will examine the findings of the report and bring the water lease agreements up to date In order that the water might be, used as specified. Councilman Winters also proposed pro-posed that the city pursue the possible establishment of a Utah State Park in the area of the American Fork Boat Harbor. Councilman Winters was authorized author-ized by the council to Investigate the possibility of this use by the Utah State Park and Recreation Department. - Councilman Durfey also reported re-ported that a weed spraying program pro-gram is being considered as a citywide effort to remove the weeds from our community. The possible purchase of bulk quantities quan-tities of soil sterilant or other V ' v City Joins Chamber to Protest Move of District School Office Members of the American Furk City' council will meet with the Alpine School District at their next board meeting, to recommend recom-mend that the school district offices of-fices remain in American Fork. The proposed move of the 'school board headquarters from American Fork to Lindon was made public when the American Fork Chamber of Commerce announced an-nounced their opposition to the proposed relocation. Following a heated discussion, councilmen voted unanimously at 'their regular Monday session to cooperate with the American Fork Chamber of Commerce in making every effort to encourage the Alpine School School District to maintain their offices in American Amer-ican Fork. The American Fork headquar- NUMBER 32 weed spray had been proposed. The city council agreed that weed cutting was necessary in several areas or the community prior to application of any weed spray. City Manager Ray C. Nelson was authorized to obtain a mower and mower operator to do the necessary neces-sary weed cutting as part of the weed control program. Council man Eddie Smith was named to conduct a survey of streets and Intersections where the service is most needed and recommend an orderly schedule for weed cutting. Councilman Willard R. Devitt reported that all movable playground play-ground equipment will be stored for the winter as soon as the pleasant fall weather is over and the equipment is not in use. It win be stored in the city shops and prepared for spring use. In other action, the council agreed to ask for county help in hauUagCTavel for road work in the community, should commer cial trucks continue to be unavailable un-available for hauling the large quantity of gravel needed in road work. A complaint from residents of the Third East area in connection con-nection with excessive noise from the Utah National Guard armory was. referred to Capt. Stanford King, who was very cooperative in agreeing to eliminate as much noise as possible in the guard operations. Capt; King emphasized empha-sized the guard policy of being "good neighbors and promised his cooperation in the matter. Councilman Devitt also reported re-ported that the high school development de-velopment program is progressing progress-ing nicely, with plantings well underway. The lengthy session was conducted con-ducted by Mayor Glen T. Anderson, Ander-son, with all councilmen in attendance. ii r 1 i M I II u . . 7 . SO W V 1 Y W ill M IT WILL BE A CLEAN SWEEP FOR JUNIOR HIGH INSTRUMENT FUND-Mrs. Julius Hoggard, left, purchases first broom from Clark Fox, as Perry Thomas, Lion's Club project chairman, and Paul Mortenson, Junior High School Band instructor look on in approvaL Lion's Club members asd members of the Junior High School Band win be calling on residents this evening to sell brpwus. Proceeds win go to band instrument fund. " ' y - 1 ters for the Alpine School District Dis-trict Include the central office building, a school bus garage and warehouse and a third building, located across the street from the main office, which houses several offices and warehouse supplies. City recorder Stephen P. Shelley Shel-ley was authorized by the council coun-cil to confirm the date of the next regualr session of the school board, in order that all council members might be informed of the time of the meeting. Main Street Planter Boxes To Receive Colorful Paint The cement planter containers on Main Street will soon be spruced up with colorful shades of paint, according to plans of the American Fork Beaut location loca-tion Committee. Plans are now being finalized for,, the paintup program, with the work to be completed as soon as possible. A large number of "Junker" cars have been noted at various locations throughout the community. com-munity. Persons desiring assistance assist-ance in removing these cars from their premises should contact Paul Shelley, at the city hall, for Information as to the correct cor-rect procedure for removing these cars. Forms releasing such vehicles are now available at the city hall and residents may obtain, ob-tain, these forms from the city offices. Ralph Binnall is thecoma mlttee chairman of this phase of the city beautifi cation program. Mr. Binnall has obtained copies of forms nsed throughout other areas of the state for legal removal re-moval ofthese unwanted vehicles. A program of securing weed killer for use of residents in the weed control program was also discussed by the committee members. It was thought that the most economical means of ob taining the weed spray would be by bulk purchase by the city or Speeders Warned, Police Will Enforce Lavs A delegation of residents from South Third East, in the Rich land Park area, met with the American Fork city councllMon- day evening to ask council cooperation co-operation in stopping the speed ers who are making a "raceway" out of Third East. Council members were unani mous in their agreement that all possible steps will be taken to apprehend and prosecute speed ers in this, and in all areas of the community. Eight citizens represented the residents of the street, reporting that drivers were racing along the street at various times of the day and night. The council asked that residents report the license number num-ber of speeding cars to police at once, with full police cooperation coopera-tion assured for prosecution of speeders. Residents agreed to cooperate with police in enforcing the 30 mile per hour speed limit. Residents Re-sidents noting persons who are speeding in the areas are asked to note the license of the vehicle and report it at once to the local police department. They should call 756-3571 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and may reach a local officer through 756-4321afterthe city hall is dosed. 3'. School board officials have Indicated In-dicated that the Lindon location would provide a more centralized location for the district office, since some 15,000 district pupils are about evenly divided to the north and south of Lindon. The Alpine District Includes the area from Lehi toOrem. ' The city council will recommend recom-mend that the district offices remain in American Fork In the interest of economy to tax payers. ,7 county, which would In turn dispense dis-pense the spray to Individual property owners for use on their own property. The risks of improper im-proper application, which can cause extensive damage, was ao discussed. I The Lion's Club project of beautlflcation of the approaches to the city Is continuing, with planning for contact of individual property owners with unsightly areas needing cleanup to be made. All property owners are askea to cooperate by doing needed cleanup and yard work before 8je M - . A. A community cleanup, paintup, . flxup campaign for fall was also announced by the council. Indi vidual owners are urged to take advantage of the fan weatherto complete needed Improvemeniqr painting projects on their homes, fences or yards. Mrs. Mae Austin, secretary of the American Fork Beautifi-cation Beautifi-cation Council, has been as signed to complete a scrapbodk of clippings of activities of file Beautlflcation coun clL George Molascon, a member of the com mittee, has donated a collection of clippings which will be added to those already prepared for Use in the record book. , City Tskos LcqsI Msasurcs Viih Delinquent Users 1; City building inspector Alfred Johnson was notified by city officials of-ficials Monday evening that they would take legal action against persons who have repeatedly failed to comply with existing city sewer ordinances. i City ordinances require that property owners complete their sewer, hookups when sewer lines are laid fronting their property. Warrants for the arrest of offenders of-fenders are expected to be issued this week. m Closed Circuit Broadcast of Priesthood Session Alpine Stake Priesthood menii bers are reminded that the genV eral priesthood session held la conjunction with the semi-annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wfll be broadcast by direct closed circuit to the Stake Tabernacle, The broadcast win begin. jit 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 2. AU members of the MelctuV zadek and Aaronlc Priesthood are urged to be in attendance. A man is known by the silence he keeps. , JOBS |