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Show fJnivorml Microfilming Corp 21 !"ior,wnt Ave Silt Iikc City, Utnh 84101 Mammo Parades, The Annual Steel Days Celebration, Cele-bration, one of the most out-standing out-standing three-day community tvents In Utah County, will get underway tomorrow, wi'h a full schedule of activities planned for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A wide range of events has been planned to please every member of the family Including two mammoth mam-moth parades, an art show, flower flow-er show, and a boat show; a Pet and Hobby Show especially for the youngsters; a teen dance for the mod set; an exciting variety var-iety show presented by an internationally in-ternationally acclaimed troupe; sports events which will vary from a baseball game, and horse-shot horse-shot pitching tournaments to a swimming meet and horse races, will also add interest. Children's races, sponsoredby the American Fork City Recrea tion Committee, will also beheld at the city ball park. A Chuck wagon breakfast will begin the festivities on Saturday. One of the greatest crowd pleasers will be the two mammoth parades to be shown onSaturday. Roy Dahl, president of the Amer ican Fork Jaycees, is chairman of this event. Sidewalk Sales will begin Thursday at 9 a.m., offering bargains bar-gains you won't be able to re sist. Harry Malone, chairman of the Retail Trades Committee of the American Fork Chamber of Commerce, is directing the three-day Steel Day Steals sales. Get down early for your share of the bargains offered by all merchants In the community. The first event of the Steel Days Celebration will be the Steel Days Art Show, which will open at the City Hall at 10 a.m. An excellent selection of outstanding paintings will be on display for your viewing for the three-day show. The exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. An added feature of the Steel Days ... Art Show will be the sale of lovely five by seven inch miniatures which will be offered for $3 each or $5 per pair. These beautiful oil paintings have been donated by local artists, framed and glassed, glas-sed, ready to hang. Proceeds from the picture sales will be contributed to the American Fork Library Fund by the Art Board. The Steel Days Art show is under the direction of Carma Steineckert, chairman of the American Am-erican Fork Art Board, with Lillian Lil-lian Webster, acting as chairman of the Library Benefit Painting Sale. The Horse shoe tournaments will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday, with the American Fork City Championship Tournament for beginners, Juniors and seniors. No entry fee is required for the American Fork Championship Champion-ship and- contestants from American Am-erican Fork, Alpine and Highland will be eligible for the tournament. tourna-ment. The tournament will be held at Robinson Park, where two additional ad-ditional horse shoe courts have been constructed since last season. sea-son. New lighting is also Installed In-stalled over the pits, giving eight courts available for play, which will accomodate 24 players at a time. Alma Madsen will direct the horse shoe events. The City Swim Meet will be held at the American Fork Veterans Veter-ans Memorial Pool, beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, July 14. The Invitational Swim Meet will include in-clude participants from the eight swim teams throughout Utah County. Preliminary competition heats will begin at 9 a.m., with finals scheduled for 2 p.m. Brad Dalling, instructor at the pool, is directing the swim meet, assisted by John Hansen, Paul Shelley and members of the swim team parents organization. The annual Pet and Hobby Show will beg in at 9:30 a.m. at the city ballpark. Fireman Frank will be on hand to greet all youngsters particiDating in the pet and hobby parade. Youngsters of the community com-munity are invited to bring their pets, decorated wagons, bicycles and tricycles; or a hobby which shows some thought and preparation prepara-tion and march in the annual Pet and Hobby Show parade. This event draws several hundred youngsters each year and includes in-cludes a wide assortment of pets and hobbles. Ora Chipman, of the American Fork City Recreation Recrea-tion Committee, is In charge of this event, assisted by members mem-bers of the American Fork City Recreation Committee. The Steel Day Flower Show will open at 12 noon In the Utah Power and Light Co. Theme of the show, which is sponsored by the Early Riser's Cardan Club, will be "Say it with Flow To Ilighli th3 Concessions, Norse ghi A. F. Steel Days ers". Entries will be received at the show from 6 to 10 a.m on Friday, with the show open to the public from 12 noon until 8 p.m. The show will be open from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturday. Ronald Stine, presi dent of the Early Risers Gar den Club, will be chairman of the flower show. Climaxing Friday events will be the gala variety show Cur tain Timers which will be pre sented at the American Fork High School football stadium. The beautiful outdoor setting will add to the delight of the production, with singing and dancing stars acclaimed ac-claimed by standing ovations on their European tour performing exciting, versatile vaudeville routines. Rollicking comedy and gaily executed dance routines will keep you entertained at this delightful event scheduled for 8 p.m. A dazzling fireworks display will conclude the "Curtain Tim ers production. The evening will still be young for the teens In the community. They will be invited to attend a teen dance at the Latona Dance featured for their dancing enjoyment. en-joyment. Saturday will begin with abang, as the city is awakened with a daylight salute. The award winning Troop 11, of the American Fork First Ward, and the Utah National Guard will hold flag ceremonies at 6:30p.m. at the city hall and the Utah National Na-tional Guard Armory, respectively. respect-ively. Troop 11 was recently named seventh place in the top 50 troops in the LDS Church. The Chuck Wagon Breakfast at Robinson Park will get underway un-derway at 6 a.m., giving all those early risers an opportunity oppor-tunity to come downtown for a hearty breakfast to begin the day's events. The Chuck Wagon Breakfast, sponsored by the energetic en-ergetic good cooks In the Am. Fork Jaycee organization,-will be cooking up the bittlesl Breakfast Break-fast will continue until 10 sum., Just in time for the mammoth parade. The Jaycees will, also be manning a refreshment stand throughout the celebration, sell' ing hot dogs, hamburgers and snacks for your munching pleasure. pleas-ure. The Tlmp Marina Boat Show at Utah Lake will begin at 10 a.m. and continue throughout the day. Chairmaned by Ed Hills from the Tlmp Marina Club, the show will feature the latest in boats and marine supplies. Be sure to take the whole family down to the Tlmp Marina Harbor for a look at these beautiful boats. Steel Day Steals Sales will be booming as merchants add specials spe-cials and 'can't resist 'em prices to make your holiday shopping a pleasure. This is an excellent time to take advantage of the sales to stock up on vacation va-cation or back to school wardrobe ward-robe needs. Check the ads in today's issue of the Citizen so you won't miss any of these Irresistible Ir-resistible bargains. The first showing of the mammoth mam-moth parade will begin at 10 a.m. with approximately 70 breathtaking entires expected in the Steel Days parade. Roy Dahl, Jaycee president and chairman of the parade, has lined up an outstanding out-standing selection of color floats, bands and marching units from throughout the state. The award winning American Fork High School Band will lead the big Steel Days Parade lineup. The colorful Bagpipe band, from Salt Lake City, will be on hand for the evening parade and many other outstanding musical aggregations will be on hand for the two parades, Including the perennial crowd pleasers, the Lehi Silver Band. Sweepstakes, first place commercial, com-mercial, best out-of-town, most beautiful and other awards will be presented for the parade entries. en-tries. Of special Interest will be the Musket Loaders, of Pleasant Grove, who will provide excitement excite-ment throughout the parade route with the confetti shot from their roaring musket. High stepping marching units will include our own prize winning win-ning Amerlcanettes, and groups from Lehl and Pleasant Grove. Mr. Dahl has secured many beautiful floats from throughout the area to give parade viewers one of the best parades of the reason. E. J. Lee, president of the Am. Fork Men's Riding Club, will be Uncle Sam," leading the parade in traditional costume, wlthMel- vln V. Frandsen and Jim Chris-tensen Chris-tensen to act as parade marshals. lay Steel l sIsEnta The parade will assemble at the Latona Dance Hall, proceed down Main Street and East State Road to Allen's Market, where the parade par-ade will disband. The parade route will be reversed In the 6 p.m. showing of the evening parade. The Art Show and Flower shows will continue throughout Saturday, Satur-day, drawing crowds of visitors to these cultural events. The Horse Races at the Am. Fork race track will get underway under-way at 1 p.m. with seven races featured throughout the afternoon. after-noon. E. J. Lee will chairman the race events, with agate charge of $1.25, with children under 12 admitted free. A refreshment re-freshment stand will also be In operation at the race track. A bake sale, sponsored by the City Council Awards Insurance, Members of the American Fork City Council approved a new lighting system for the city, authorized auth-orized an audit, awarded a bid on specifications for a three- quarter pickup truck, approved a new health and accident insur ance program for city employees, considered requests to realign property in the Nob Hill area and heard councilmen report on various var-ious phases of city business at their regular council session held Monday evening In the council chambers. Tri-City Motor was awarded a bid for a three-quarter four-speed four-speed pickup truck. Other specifications spec-ifications included a 352 v-8 engine and 2450 pound rear springs. Trl-City bid was for $2,550.32, less a $200 allowance on an old pickup truck in trade, making the total price $2,355.32. A thorough study of several In r ft) A Four the fifteen Curtaln Timers" prepare for their American Fork Steel Days appearance. Fror, 1. to r., Michael Bolingbroke, Carolyn Beesley, Kathy Macdonald and Taylor Macdonald. f Races, Events Federated Women's Clubs of Am. Fork, will begin In Robinson Park immediately following the morning parade, with the sale to progress until all the delectable delec-table baked goods have been sold. Members of the Women's Council Coun-cil affiliated clubs will be donating do-nating the best baked goods you will ever find on sale, with proceeds pro-ceeds going to the Amerlcanettes marching group and the Steel Days Fund. The lovely Amerlcanettes Amer-lcanettes will be In charge of the bake sale and will be on hand to help you choose a tempting home-baked Item to round out your holiday menu. Evening events will include the Steel Days Open Championship Champion-ship Horse Shoe Tournament which will be played at Robinson Park at 7 p.m. and a baseball I lx II II II UllVW, Boosting' American Fork Thursday, July 13, 1967 Hears surance plans for city employees submitted for consideration has been completed. After discussing benefits of all programs, the Blue Cross, Blue Shield company was selected. This company was previously pre-viously provi iiog insurance coverage cov-erage for city employees, with a major medical provision added to the new policy. Councilman Hanson noted that the previous charge for a family of four or more was $24.05 per month, with the new rate to be $26.71 per month, including the major medical clause. This Is expected to ease the financial burden of employees, should they be in need of major medical treatment. treat-ment. Following a lengthy discussioi of requests from two property owners the Nob Hill subdivision area to realign property, the council voted to call a special game between the Steelers and Dunns Oil, which will be a league game. This event will be played at the city ball park. Some of the best horseshoe pitchers in Utah, Including Clive Wahlin, state champion, who pitched 85 percent ringers at American Fork on June 17 to win the Am. Fork Open, will be on hand for the tournament. Councilman Norman E. Shum-way Shum-way is general chairman of the 1967 Steel Days celebration, with committee members as follows: Darrell Rhodes and Joseph B. Hanson, finance; Roy Dahl, parade; par-ade; Dick Devey, publicity and queen's contest; June Chipman, Miss American Fork Pageant; Betty Brady, evening show presentation; pre-sentation; Willard R. Devltt, sports events; and Gladys Williamson, Wil-liamson, executive secretary. The Rotary Club will also man a concession stand at Robinson Park throughout the entire celebration, cele-bration, with proceeds from this project to go to the Steel Days Fund. Bee Hive exposition rides will be on First East at the Main Street Intersection throughout the three-day event, with most of their equipment now in place. II 11 A ROT W VK IV- I .11 II II v Hub of North Utah County Truck Bid, en meeting with the two property owners at 7 p.m. on July 25 in an attempt to settle the question amicably and to assure development develop-ment of all the property in the area. American Fork City also owns more than five acres in the area, near the property which is In question, and will work with both paries to facilitate development of the property adjacent to present pres-ent subdivision homes. Specifications for a 'slip in" sander were presented for council coun-cil consideration by city manager Ray C. Nelson. Mr. Nelson has requested specifications from the Utah State Department of Highways. High-ways. Complete specifications will be prepared by city office employees, with bids to be submitted sub-mitted to bidders and received for review by the council in late August. The sanders are urgently Councdm to (Set Undemay Tlwsiay AMERICAN FORK RACE TEAM MEMBERS PREPARE FOR STEEL DAYS INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET-Brad Dalling, Instructor at the local pool, puts race team through paces In preparation for Friday race meet. From left, Mr. Dalling, Richard Meranda, Pat Shelley, Cindy McKlnny and Kathy Meranda, first row; Dee Strasburg, Gary Wight, Kim Strasburg, Dawn Pace and Barry Durrant. NUMBER 21 Accepts needed before hazardous winter driving conditions of last winter are again encountered. In previous pre-vious years, city employees have had only shovels to distribute sand or cinders at icy intersections intersec-tions and slick spots on the city road system. The new 'slip in sanders will be automatic, dispensing dis-pensing the cinders and sand at an even coating, with only one person required to man the operation. oper-ation. All councilmen were in attendance, atten-dance, with Mayor F. Haws Dur-fey Dur-fey presiding. Regular monthly bills were reviewed ar.d approved for payment pay-ment and council men also made individual reports at the meeting. Curtain Timers To Be Feature Of Steel Days Fifteen of the orignlnal Curtain Timers, which toured around the world performing for the State Department, will be presenting their exciting variety show at the American Fork High School, July 14, at 8 p.m. Along with several of the numbers which have made the Curtain Timers famous throughout the world will be something special for children and several of the top 30, such as Windy," "Bowling Green; and "Love Me Forever, especially espe-cially for the young at heart. It looks like a grand evening is In store for all Steel Day participants. part-icipants. The "Curtain Timers" show will be presented on a specially constructed stage on the grounds of the American Fork High School. New bleachers have also been erected to accomodate the crowds near the football stadium. An outgrowth of the famed Curtain Time, USA," which toured the Middle East, Asia and Europe, the Curtain Timers entertainers en-tertainers specialize in the numbers num-bers which won them accolades throughout their tours. The talented performers bring to the stage fun and excitement of high quality, plus a refinement refine-ment and poise which makes the performance sparkle. Tbe Curtain Timers home base is JYU, with the youthful performers per-formers individually and collectively collect-ively reading out to all parts of the globe. They have performed Reports on five tours to the Orient, two ! this week to present final specl-to specl-to Europe, and one to the Middle j fications for the project for coun-East coun-East and Asia, In addition to i ell consideration. The council ap- countless appearances in other j tours for the BYU. This is a show you won't want to miss and the Steel Day's Com mittee cordially invites you and your family to attend. Invitational Swim Meet to Highlight Steel Days Festivities Friday at 2 p.m. Steel Days Bake Sale Saturday At Robinson's Park A Steel Days Bake Sale co-sponsored co-sponsored by the Associated Women' s Clubs of American Fc k and the Fire Ladles Auxiliary and the Amerlcanettes will be held Saturday, July 15, at Robinson Park. Sale of the many and varied home-baked goodies will begin immediately following the parade on Saturday morning. The sale will last until all goods have been sold. Included in the delicious food will be bread, cakes, pies, rolls, cookies and candy. Fireman Frank to be Featured at Pet, Hobby Show Here Friday Morning The long awaited annual Pet . and Hobby Show, sponsored by the American Fork City Recreation Rec-reation Committee, will be held at the city ball park it 9:30 a.m. on Friday. Special guests will include the popular Fireman Frank and perennial per-ennial favorite, Smokey the Bear. All children of the community, up to and Including 12 years of age, are invited to enter the big Pet and Hobby Parade. Participants Par-ticipants may enter decorated bicycles, trikes, doll buggies or wagons; floats or entries for the Primary neighborhood parades par-ades will also be welcome. Pet division will Include dogs, cats, horses, birds, goldfish, turtles, tur-tles, ducks, rabbits, horses, goats, lambs or sheep, guinea pigs or other animals. Hobby displays will feature both outstanding and unusual hobbies hob-bies which show some thought and preparation. Stamp, com, mineral, miner-al, and rock collections; weaving, knitting and other handicraft Audit Approved By City Council The annual audit of the books of the American Fork City Corporation Cor-poration will be completed by the accounting firm of Hunter and Sherwood, according to a vote taken at the Monday council session. ses-sion. Authorization of the audit was approved by unanimous vote of the council. In other financial matters, the council voted to purchase two shares of water stock In the Am. Fork Irrigation Company from Mrs. Warren Anderson and one-half one-half share of water stock from Mrs. Cora Huggard. City Approves flew Lighting System For Main Street Installation of a new street lighting system for American Fork was approved by the city council Monday evening. Sherman H. Chrlstensen, representing re-presenting Utah Power and Light Company, met with the council proved by unanimous vote. The new lighting system will provide for 76 all steel poles in the system, which will extend from the East city limits, along East State Road to Main Street The first annual Steel Days Invitational Swim Meet will be held at the American Fork Veterans Vet-erans Memorial Swimming Pool, with all eight teams In the Utah County Swim League expected to be In attendance. Qualifying races will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, with finals to be held at 2 p.m. Brad Palling, Instructor at the pool, is directing the event, assisted as-sisted by John Hansen, Paul Shelley Shel-ley and members of the local swim team parents organisation. AH races In the meet are free to the public and spacious grandstand grand-stand area will accomodate a large crowd of spectators. A refreshment re-freshment stand will also be operated op-erated at the pool by members of the Parents Organization. S . ..... 1 or . i u?5 r: U'i V; II, :'. g M il . l III Fireman Frank items; woodworking, carving, metal work and other skills were exhibited In the hobby displays entered in the Pet and Hobby Show last year. Several young ladles displayed display-ed extensive doll collections on artistically arranged floats to please onlookers. Mrs. Ora Chipman Is general chairman of the Pet and Hobby Show, and will be assisted Friday Fri-day by other members of the City Recreation Committee, including in-cluding Willard Devltt, Charles Walker, chairman Marvin M. Allen, Al-len, Don C. - Overly, Malcolm Beck, Clarence Grant, John Hansen, Han-sen, Shirley Pederson and sec retary Ila Mortenson. Francis Abel will man the loud speaker announcing the events throughout the community and Duane Durrant will also assist with the event. Several hundred youngsters are expected to be in attendance, with the Pet and Hobby Show one of t h e outstanding recreational events of the year for local children. chil-dren. Everyone participating In the Pet and Hobby Show parade will receive a treat and will also have an opportunity togreet Fireman Fire-man Frank and Smokey Bear. and to the West city limits. There are presently 23 steel poles In the present lighting system, sys-tem, with all existing wooden poles to be removed. All lights In the new system will be 20,000 lumens, providing a brilliantly lighted street for added beauty and safety. The cost of the new lighting system Is set at near $15,000 with construction to begin in 60 days. The actual construction time will be 30 days and the new system is expected to be completed by fall. |
