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Show L h, Alpine Lions to Sponsor Glaucoma Clink Tuesday, May 9 A Glaucoma Clinic will be sponsored In American Fork next Tuesday, May 9, at 7 p.m. at the Am. Fork High School, a Joint project of the Am. Fork and Alpine Lions Clubs. This free service for persons 35 years of age and older will be conducted under the direction of the Utah Ophthalmological Society, So-ciety, the Utah Society for the prevention of blindness and the Utah County Health Department. Eye physicians using a tonometer, tono-meter, will measure pressure in the eyes. The test is done quickly quick-ly and painlessly. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in adults and may exist without apparent ap-parent signs and symtoms. Normally Nor-mally fluid runs into the eyeball and out at the same rate of speed. In two per cent of persons over the age of 35 the outflow for some reason ceases to function. Fluid 4 i J HEADING FOR BOYS STATE-Chosen to attend Boys State from American Fork High School were, 1. to r., Bucky Piatt, David Fagan and Mike Peterson. Boys Staters Named at M High presenting Am. Fork High School at the Boys' State will be David Fagan, Bucky Piatt and Mike Peterson. Announcement of those selected select-ed was made recently by George Hatch, chairman of the American Legion Boys State committee. David is the newly elected president of the Am. Fork High School studentbody for the coming com-ing year. He is currently serving serv-ing as president of the Thespian Club, is active in dramatics, hav CHOSEN FOR GIRLS STATE-Representing American Fork High 1. to r., Karen Blomquist, Jillinda Hansen, Jean Bateman and Diane four Coeds Chosen for Karen Blomquist, Jean Bateman, Bate-man, Jillinda Hansen and Diane McKinney will represent Am. Fork High School at Girls State in June, according to announcement announce-ment by Mrs. Nina Llewelyn, president of the American Legion Auxiliary. Girls State will be held at the Utah State University campus in Logan beginning June 25, she said. Karen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Blomquist. She has been active in the Spanish Span-ish Club, FHA, is in the marching march-ing band and is vice president of the local Young Republicans organization. She went with the band to Reno this past summer. Boosting American Fork Thursday, accumulates In the eyeball causing caus-ing pressure and destruction of nerve endings in the eye. Sight lost in this manner cannot be restored. However, if treatment treat-ment Is started early, medical science can check the progress of glaucoma. Persons found at the screening screen-ing with possible evidence of glaucoma will be referred to a private eye physician for further tests and treatment. When a similar clinic was held several years ago, 1,400 persons availed themselves of this free testing. Some nine active cases of glaucoma were detected at that time. James B. Nelson, of the Am. Fork Club, and Jay Singleton, of Alpine, are chairmen of the clinic. cli-nic. Assisting will be all members mem-bers of both the Alpine and Am. Fork Lions Clubs. ing appeared in several of the high school productions, and is a member of the National Honor Society. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ersel Fagan. Bucky Piatt is active in school activities, is a member of the Acapella chorus, and is newly elected studentbody business busi-ness manager. He is a member of the Lettermen's club and is well known for his fetes on the football field as well as for his participation on the baseball team and in track competition. He is Active in the church, Karen plays the piano and organ in her ward. Jean is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thayne Bateman. Church activities take up much of Jean's time and she is active in the Alpine Second ward. She especially enjoys sports and has been a member of the winning softball and basketball teams. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hansen are the parents of Jillinda. She has participated in church as well as school activities. As a sophomore, she was class program pro-gram chairman and is now vice president of the Associated Women Wo-men Students. She was recently v . J y I '? i ", l t i : '. Universal Microfilming Corp lhl Pierpont Ave Salt Lake City, Utah Hub of North Utah County May 4, 1967 The clinic will have ample doctors doc-tors on hand to administer the detection tests. Persons having questions about the clinic are invited to call Mr. Nelson, Mr. Singleton, Wayne L. Durrant, or Byron L.McFar lane, publicity chairman. Stamp Out Measles A "Muzzle the Measles Clinic" Clin-ic" will be held at the Shelley Elementary School, 600 North, 200 West, Am. Fork, on Saturday, Sat-urday, May 13, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 noon. The clinic will be for children from the ages of one through 12 who have had neither measles or the measles shots. The vaccine will be free of charge but a donation do-nation of 50 cents per family is suggested to help defray the expense ex-pense of the clinic. the son of Mrs. Rachel Moore. Mike Peterson is a member of the Forkaster staff at the high school, is active in dramatics and is a member of the Thespian Club. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Peterson. Officials said that in order to be selected for the honor, the boys have to be in the upper half of their class. They are selected se-lected by the American Legion Boys State Committee and the school School at the Girls State will be McKinney. Girls State chosen to be a cheerleader for the coming year. Jillinda is member of the Cavettes marching march-ing group and has a special In terest in speech. Diane's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. McKinney. Di ane is a member of the NHS and works on the Forkaster staff. She is a member of the Cavettes and was elected vice president of the club for next year. She recently represented Am. Fork at the Model Mo-del United Nations. Her church activities Include teaching a pri mary class in the Utah State Training School primary. Diane is employed at Saratoga Resort during the summer season. 84101 NUMBER 11. Am. Fork Stake Quarterly Conference Slated May 13, 14 A Relief Society and Geneal ogical conference will theme the American Fork Stake Quarterly Conference to be held in the stake tabernacle May 13 and 14. Visit - ng authorities have not yet been announced. The importance of genealogical research will be outlined, with instructions in-structions for this important ac tivity to be presented during the conference sesssions. This phase of the gospel work is under the direction of the Stake presidency and the bishoprics of the individ ual wards. Throughout American Fork Stake, genealogical classes have been conducted in each ward, to give basic instruction to ward members. One of the most profit able classes in the church, those attending have found the instruc tion opens a new vista of family unity and pride. In the American Fork Fifth Ward, the Genealogy Class is held under the direction of Russell and Beth Greene. Excellent re sponse has been noted with many ward members meeting a "challenge "chal-lenge to complete the basic eight week course in genealogy techniques. tech-niques. - Mr. and Mrs. Larry Miller were among the 20 class members mem-bers who completed the 125 hour class, meeting a specific challenge chal-lenge to complete various sec tions of their individual research. Mrs. Miller has completed several lovely genealogy books, tracing the lineage back to Adam on one line and back to the year ,000 on another. On the line traced Uack to the year 1.000. 167 million names have been re corded, not counting the children, but Just back through the gen erations. Mrs. Miller has also completed many picture pages in both the book of her own and her husband's hus-band's lines. Both have the six generation charts completed, with accompanying picture charts and personal histories of each person. The six generation chart Outstanding Art Show Underway At A. F. City Hall One of the largest and most versatile art exhibits in the cur rent series is now on display at the American Fork City HalL Included in the outstanding ex hibit are paintings from students of Gary Kapp, who has been as sociated with the American Fork City Recreation art classes for several years. The show included a wide var iety of media, with both tradition al and modern art forms included In the interesting exhibit. Local artists are included among the exhibitors, with artists from Pleasant Grove and Lehi alsoin- luded in the current exhibit. The art exhibit is sponsored by the American Fork Art Board, and is free to the public. The ex hibit is open during regular city business hours and will remain on display during the month of May. Snow and Precipation Measurements Taken at Timpanogos Nat. Monument April Altamount, Elev. 7300 ft. 1967 1966 Ave. Depth of snow 36.7 None 11.0 Water content 16.0 None 4.9 Dutchman Flat, Elev. 7560 ft. Depth of snow 41.8 None 18.8 Water content 15.4 None 8.1 Timpanogos Divide, Elev. 8140 ft. Depth of snow 80.4 25.5 36.1 Water content 36.4 13.0 16.6 PRECIPITATION Timpanogos Cave This month 3.81 .89 2.80 Water year to date 20.55 13.07 16.42 Timpanogos Divide This month 6.55 1.35 3.75 Water year to date 42.60 25.43 29.38 The April snow and precipitation survey was conducted by Stanley Peterson of the Soil ConservationService, Thomas Walker and Thomas Ritter of the National Park Servhe, and Larry Lee of the U. S. Forest Service. limp Cave to Open Today Timpanogos Cave opened for the season yesterday, May 3, according to Cave officials. Superintendent Thomas A. Walker said the facilities will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Daylight Savings Time fi '-m now until May 30. Beginning on Memorial Day, May 30, cave hours will be from 8 a.m. until 4 p,m. Daylight Savings Sav-ings Time. The popular evening slide programs held at the Visitors Visit-ors Center will begin on Memorial Memor-ial Day. Officials recommended that Cave visitors wear hiking shoes and bring a light coat or sweater sweat-er for wearing on the trail. is color coded for quick identification identi-fication of ordinance work completed com-pleted on each person. A chronological chron-ological page is also completed on each family member. Mr. Miller's line goes back through Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. Miller's line goes back through Joseph Smith. Both emphasized em-phasized their gratitude to the genealogy program, noting that they had become acquainted with other family members In the genealogy gen-ealogy search, since most of their work was done 'from scratch." Mrs. Miller is now completing books for other family members and her children. General sessions will be held at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sun-day, with S aturday ses sions by invitation. in-vitation. The Relief Society Singing Mothers Chorus willpro vide music for both Sunday Sessions and will present a special dramatization drama-tization at the Saturday evening session. Full details of the conference will be carried in next week's Citizen. j '? , , , rfiiln w 'r""' " "r"M FORBES SCHOOL ACHIEVES 100 PERCENT GOAL IN AMERICAN FORK LIBRARY DRPVE-School chairman Keith Richan accepts check for $394.64 from Forbes Elementary School principal Melvin Beckstrand and Douglas Mayne, fifth grade teacher. The Forbes School is the first school in Am. Fork to reach the goal of $1 per student as a contribution to the American Fork Library Fund. Class competition was keen as goal was sought. Delegates Named To Republican Central Committee Richard Devey and Fred Wright, both of Am. Fork, were elected members of the State Central Committee at the Organizational Organi-zational Convention of the Republican Repub-lican Party held in Lehi, Apr. 23. Mr. Devey will represent the 37th Legislative District andMr. Wright is an at-large delegate. Both men have held numerous positions in the Republican Party. Par-ty. Mr. Wright Just completed a two-year term as County Chairman Chair-man andMr. Devey was Campaign Manager for County Commissioner Commis-sioner Stan Roberts and Rep. Glen Anderson during the 1966 campaign. 27, 1967 Steel Days Fo feature Lions, Ladies Elect Officers On Thursday evening at the Alpine Al-pine Country Club dinner meeting meet-ing of the Lions Club, announcement announce-ment was made of the results of balloting by mail for the new Lion Club officers for the coming com-ing year. New officers will be as follows: Loren Spencer, will serve the Loren Spencer club as president with Frank Greenwood elected first vice-president; vice-president; Norman J. Clark, second sec-ond vice-president; R. Cliff Tay-lor, Tay-lor, third vice-president; Max Hunsaker, secretary-treasurer; Dean G. Winters, lion tamer; Walton Foulger, song leader; Malcolm Beck, tall twister; Lloyd B. Adamson, two-year director; Clark Tolton and James B. Nelson, Nel-son, one year directors. Heading the Lady Lions as president will be Mrs. Joe L. (Lora) Shelby, president; Mrs. Dale (Mary) Peterson, first vice-president; vice-president; Mrs. Norman J. (Theron) Clark, second vice- - f LV Forbes School Children Boost Am. Fork Library Fund The Am. Fork Library Fund moved a step nearer the $25,000 goal this Tuesday, as the Forbes Elementary School went over the top in their goal of $1 per child as a donation to the new library. This week the school achieved the 100 per cent quota, presenting a check for $394.64 to the New Library Fund. The presentation was mad by Principal Melvin Beckstrand and Douglas Mayne, fifth grade teacher. Keith Richan, Rich-an, chairman of the school drive committee, accepted the check on behalf of the New Library Committee. Com-mittee. A keen competition between classes put the school over the FIRE LADIES BREAKFAST SATURDAY Residents of Am, Fork are reminded re-minded of the annual Fire Ladies Community Breakfast that will be served this Saturday, May 6, at the Fire Station. All those attending the breakfast break-fast in the past years will vouch that It was just about the best ever with the pancakes, eggs, ham or sausage, etc. being served from 6 to 10 a.ra. The proceeds from the breakfast break-fast hav nT.ready been earmarked earmark-ed for fh'. Library Fund Druve and the Ladies have pledged $250 to this worthy fund. Support the Fire Ladies Breakfast this year and enjoy breakfast with the rest of the community, Celebration Dales $Qt, Outstanding Events Y v ( ' i s z? j (I ' ) J : " 1 i ! Lora Shelby president; and Mrs. Clark (Jean) ToLon, secretary-treasurer. Loren J. Spencer was born in Kanab. He graduated from the Ka- nab High School in 1944 and serv ed with the U. S. Marine Corps in World War H. He graduated from Utah State University with a degree in engineering and has been employed with the U. S. Soil Conservation Service for 17 years. He and his family have lived in Beaver, Cedar City and Ameri can Fork. He has been amember of the American Fork Lions Club since 1959 and has served in the organization as Lion tamer, tall twister, director, third vice-president vice-president and first vice president as well as committee chairman, He had had 100 per cent at tendance in tne club for seven years. He Is married to the former LaRene Peterson and they have three children, Ross, JaNene, and Nell. top, as Mr. Mayne's class contributed con-tributed 125 to the goal. A pop bottle drive netted $90 for the Library Fund, with students contributing con-tributing the remainder from their own allowances or earnings. Almost 3,000 bottles were collected col-lected in the drive by Forbes School students. Mr. Mayne emphasized that the library drive was enabling teachers teach-ers to put their civics classes into action, quoting a well known educator as saying, Why should we teach civics out of the text book when we can use the laboratory lab-oratory of life?" Students who have worked to achieve thi: goal of a new public library in American Fork can take pride in their accomplishment accomplish-ment and will have a far greater great-er sense of pride in the structure, struc-ture, stated Mr. Richan. The Forbes Elementary School is the first school to reach their 100 per cent goal. The next phase of the library drive will include a variety show featuring well known television personality Bob Welti and his sister, Mrs. Alice Beuliner, former for-mer Mrs. America on May 20, Entries Urged Any young woman who is desirous of entering thr ..llss American Fork Pageart, but has note yet been contacted by a sponsor, is invited to call Mrs. D. Ray Chipman, 756-4052, for further Information In-formation on contest sponsors. July 13, 14 and 15 will be busy ones for residents of Am. Fork and the surrounding area, with a dazzling array of outstanding events slated for the gigantic Steel Days Celebration. Included in the three-day event will be two mammoth parades, featuring floats, marching units and bands, plus many other entries; en-tries; an art show; flower show; horse races; a boat show and a horse shoe tournament. Other events will Include the world famous "CurtalntlmeUSA" which has played to vast audiences audien-ces throughout Europe. This presentation pre-sentation will be the highlight of the celebration and is expected to bring you dazzling musical and dancing performers in a fast- paced show. Mrs. Evan Brady will serve as chairman of this event. General Steel Days Chairman, Councilman NormanE.Shu"way, met with committee members in a regular planning meeting this week, to discuss plans for the big celebration. First even will be the lovely Miss Am. Fork Pageant, June 9, which will set the scene for the gala three-day celebration In July. Ju-ly. Mrs. D. Ray Chlpman, is chairman of this event. A new event will be the big boat show, sponsored by the Timp Marina Boat Club. This event is slated to be held at the Timp Marina, Saturday, July 15. Several Sev-eral outstanding regional boat dealers will bring new boats for your viewing pleasure. The event will be free and the putlc will be invited to come out iuid see the latest in boating and marine equipment. Ed Hills of Orem, a member of the Club, will be chairman of this event. One of the best parades in many years is being arranged by Roy Dahl, Jaycee president, who will be assisted by Allen Preston. The Jaycees will also provide a breakfast for the event, which was one of the most popular activities activi-ties last year. The Jaycees will also man a snack stand during the celebration. Letters are now going out to all former queens of the local celebrations, inviting them to be present at the Miss Am. Fcrk Pageant and participate in other functions in connection with this event. Committee member Council man Joseph B. Hanson was au thor i zed to investigate the possibility of obtaining a display of steel products to emphasize the productivity of our nearby steel Industry. Progress is also being made on planning for an outstanding float to carry the new Miss Am. Fork and represent our city in various community celebrations to be held throughout the area during the summer season. The committee will meet every ev-ery two weeks until the July celebration date, completing arrangements ar-rangements for one of the finest Steel Day Celebrations to be hosted host-ed by our community. Now is the time to plan your vacation schedule so that you can participate in all the Steel Days events, which will be detailed for you as the celebration fears. April Building Permits Total $70,900 Building permits for April, 1967, totaled $70,900 reflecting an increase in building activity throughout the community. Five new residences helped to up the building total. Permits were Issued as follows: fol-lows: Robert Patterson, 1035 North 60 East, residence, $12,-000; $12,-000; Joseph R. Nelson, 154 South 400 E., addition to home, $5,-ooo; $5,-ooo; Preston Barratt Construction, Construc-tion, 350 N 500 East, residence, $12,000; Robert Patterson, 1045 North 60 East, residence, $14,-000; $14,-000; Garlin Inc., 286 South 400 East, residence, $13,000; Turner Neon Sign Co., 12South 3rd West, signs, $4C0; Clair Webster, 64 East 400 South, addition at Webster Web-ster Trailer Court, $1,500; Robert Rob-ert Patterson, 347 North 900 East, residence. $13,000. Highland Ward Bazaar, Slated Friday The Highland Ward will hold their annual Bazaar on Friday, May 5, at the ward church. Events will begin at 6 p.m. Handiwork items for Mother's Day giving will include, Pillow cases, quilts, rugs, aprons, etc. There will also be many novelty items. In the baked goods area there will be home-made pies, cakes, cookies, candies, bread, and other goodies. Short orders will be taken for sandwiches, and there will be games for the children. |