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Show Universal Microfilming Corp lAl Pierpont Ave Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 k0B Boosting American Fork Hub of North Utah County VOL.LXV Thursday, May 2, 1968 NUMBER 10 Tons of Debris Hauled From Community As Spring Cleanup Drive Reaches Peak ft"'-" ".v . & if .. -3 if. - - j .T 1 1 --J 1 11 CLEANUP CREWS CLEAR RAZED DWELLING Cleanup crews cleared debris from the Bingham property Saturday, leaving the lot lean and ready for new building. Site was cleared by crews from the Sixth Ward, under the direction of Doyle Shields, representing the City Beautification Council. The house was razed by family members following fire which resulted in extensive damage to interior of the building. 7 ffli3Wii NATIONAL GUARD TRUCKS AND LOADERMAKE SHORT WORK OF CLEANUP PROJECT One of the biggest cleanup projects completed last Saturday was the removal of this large pile of tree stumps and debris from the Twelfth Ward area. City trucks Joined with National Guard equipment to haul debris collected by citizens in annual cleanup drive. PTA to Sponsor All-School Display at Jr. High The American Fork Junior High School Parent -Teachers Association will sponsor an All-School All-School Display on Thursday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Boys Gymnasium Gym-nasium at the School. On view will be items made In the Home Economics and Industrial In-dustrial Arts Departments as well as Science and Art displays. dis-plays. All parents of Junior High School students and other interested inter-ested persons are Invited to be in attendance. Am. Fork Hosts Choral Festival Am. Fork High School played host to the Region Four, Division I choruses at a Regional Festival. Festi-val. Brent Curtis, the adjucator, judged thePleasantGrove.Orem, Lehi, American Fork, and B Y High choruses on their choral performance. Activities which included prac tices, a luncheon and the final performance lasted throughout the day. A special performance was held in the patic at 12:45 p.m for the students of the high school. All choruses combined to sing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Repub-lic." Ratings and awards were announced at the conclusion Trucks of the Utah National Guard and American Fork City were on the job Saturday hauling tons of debris from the city in the final cleanup push in the current cleanup, paintup, fixup campaign. Councilman Malcolm H. Beck, chairman of the American Fork Beautification Council, said that the cleanup drive would be continued con-tinued as a year-round activity in order that the community might maintain the cleanup drive and keep our community clean and attractive. Saturday morning snow hampered hamp-ered cleanup efforts for awhile, but with the arrivil of the sun, cleanup crews wielded rakes, shovels, to cleanup the east section sec-tion of the community. Plenty of "elbow grease" was also in evidence, as Scout groups and cleanup officials combined their efforts to complete various projects. pro-jects. One of the largest single pro jects was removal of several truckloads of tree stumps and debris collected on a vacant lot In the Twelfth Ward area. Trucks and crews from the local armory ar-mory were assisted by a pay-loader, pay-loader, which filled the trucks for the trip to the dump. Mr. Beck expressed his appreciation ap-preciation for the cleanup efforts ef-forts of community residents and asked their continued cooperation to put the cleanup program on a year-round basis. The Beautification Beau-tification Council is organized to cover the entire community, said Mr. Beck, who noted that several sev-eral areas have not yet completed com-pleted all cleanup work necessary neces-sary to do the job. Crews from the Sixth Ward also directed removal of debris from the former Thomas Bingham Bing-ham residence, which was razed following a recent fire. A new building will be erected on the spic and span site, thanks to the efforts of cleanup crews. Jaycettes Donate far Park Play facilities The American Fork Jaycettes climaxed their year's activities this week with the presentation of funds to the American Fork Recreation Committee for playground play-ground equipment to be placed in Robinson Park. Malcolm Beck, City Recreation head and American Fork City Councilman, met with Mrs. E. J. (Jeannie) Lee, Jaycette president, pres-ident, and Mrs. Ralph (Carol) Lee, on Tuesday to decide a preliminary site at the park for the equipment. Mrs. Lee said the Jaycettes had decided on the project as they felt Robinson Park serves as a favorite stopping-off spot for both community residents and for visitors to the area. She went on that, located along Main Street as it is, the park often proves popular with out-of-town visitors looking for a cool spot to rest and relax while they enjoy a picnic snack. The Jaycettes also felt that with the completion of the new library, the park will see further use by adults with small children child-ren as well as elementary school children who utilize the library. The equipment will be placed at the site as soon as possible Mrs. Lee said, and will feature the "modern concept in playground play-ground equipment." Projects completed by the Jaycettes Jay-cettes during the past year in- K M Aids's VSy ' iv.v.V'.. ,. FIRE LADIES PREPARE FOR ANNUAL FUND RAISING BREAKFAST SATURDAY May 4 will be the big day for members of the American Fork Fire Ladies Auxiliary. Breakfast will be served from 6 to 10 a.rs. by the auxiliary, with a hearty menu planned. Directing the event will be officers Thora Chadwick, vice president; Genevive Thompson, president; and Pat Hardy, secretary-treasurer. Proceeds will be divided between the American Fork Public Library Fund and the Bantam Basketball program. elude the making and selling of a deer hunter's quilt, a fashion show, rummage sale sale. They have also assisted the Jaycees with their Main Street hot dog stand both during the Steel Days celebration and dur ing various merchants sales promotions; pro-motions; the Steel Days Breakfast; Break-fast; pheasant hunt; Easter Egg Hunt; Sub-for-Santa project and other programs conducted in the community. The group have also taken up the program of honoring a citizen citi-zen of American Fork each month who they feel is often a " cog in the wheel of community activities" activi-ties" but who may not always receive recognition for his or Ker efforts. Directing the Jaycette activities activi-ties during the past year have been Mrs. Jeannie Lee, president; presi-dent; Mrs. Carol Lee, vice president; pres-ident; Mrs. Kaye Barratt, secretary; sec-retary; Mrs. Francis Rettburg, treasurer; Mrs. Kay Hall, reporter; re-porter; Mrs. Donna Larson parliamentarian; par-liamentarian; and Mrs. I,ouAnn Dahl, Mrs. Diane Preston; and Mrs. Vickie Bennett, directors. Costly Blaze Dazes Saratoga Saturday Morning; Ov er $75 Resort Early ,000 Damage Saratoga resort was hit by a costly blaze early last Saturday morning. The roaring fire and explosion wrecked the main building of the resort, causing an estimated $75,000 to $100,000 damage, which is only partially covered by insurance. The blaze is believed to have started in the laundry room. Lost in the flames were the housing for the indoor pool, all the dressing rooms, laundry, ticket office, snack bar, Arcade Building and gift redemption center. cen-ter. Firemen were able to save the offices, which are to the west of the pool area. The fire was spotted by Deputy Dean Kirkahm as he made a routine rou-tine patrol early Saturday morning. morn-ing. He turned the alarm in to the Lehi Volunteer Fire Department Depart-ment at 1:10 a.m. and the Department De-partment responded with 19 men and four pieces of equipment. The County Fire Warden was also at the scene. Members of the local department were still on the scene at 9 a.m., cooling hot spots and patrolling the area. Mr. Kirkham, who is also Assistant As-sistant Fire Chief of the Lehi Fire Department, said that they had trouble getting water to fight the fire. The outside pool was empty and they were unable to get to the inside pool because of the flames. Water was pumped through 1,000 feet of hose from Utah Lake. They also used the large tanker truck and the smaller small-er tank on the pick-up unit. A chlorine tank inside the building exploded, transforming the entire dressing room area into an inferno. Mr. Kirkham said the wind was just right to prevent possible chlorine gas exposure to the fire fighters after the explosion. Work is already underway to clear away the debris and rebuild re-build the dressing rooms and a masonry wall around the indoor pool. Plans for entirely enclosing enclos-ing the pool again have not been made by R. M. Eastmond, operator oper-ator of the resort. By this weekend week-end Mr. Eastmond says that the resort will be operating as usual, with both the indoor and outdoor pools in use. Valiant efforts of the fire fighters fight-ers saved the midway rides, concessions and other buildings and a bakea k. tl,.c nrea from d?rt??e. The Arcade building was formerly the old Dance Pavilion of yesteryear. yes-teryear. The resort began its 111th season sea-son on Easter. It has been operated op-erated by members of the Eastmond East-mond family since 1928. During the past several years a remodeling remod-eling and expansion program has been underway at Saratoga, adding add-ing to the original indoor and outdoor pools a children's wading wad-ing pool and a diving pool, together to-gether with the enlarging of both original pools. Modern dressing rooms were also added. A large midway, complete with a kiddie land full of rides for the younger young-er children, offers thrilling rides and games for the young and old. New rides are installed each season. A landscaping program has been carried out tnroughout the park and many additional facilities for picnics for large and small groups have been added. add-ed. A boat harbor has been built east of the resort area, where boats can be launched into Utah Lake and can be refueled, etc. IJf.VIMI '--- - j'H ' f PLAN FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT Mrs. Jeannie Lee, president of the American Fork Jaycettes, at left; Malcolm Beck, American Fork City Councilman over Parks and recreation; rec-reation; and Mrs. Carol Lee, Jaycette vice president, select a site in Robinson Park for playground equipment. Jaycettes are purchasing playground equipment for the park as their annual community service project. C n v -:-'" "'" j " ' n . -, '( I 4it -j- a,. -' Ii TWim (Iff iii Hi il mi i nr i.i.iim n iiiiii r i i. I LEHI VOLUNTEER FIREMEN fight early morning blaze at Saratoga resort, which caused $75,000 to $100,000 damage. Here they try to maintain blaze in old Arcade Building to keep it from spreading spread-ing to nearby buildings. if ,. 3f 1 irV' i'S. be. war ' i.. 4"; tea.; , VM- .-. .-l AFTERMATH OF SARATOGA FIRE-showing all that was left of Arcade Building and swimming pool after flames devoured entire building early Saturday morring. Citizens Approve Water Bonds Property owners of American Fork voted almost four to one in favor of a proposed bonding program as they went to the polls in a special election Tuesday. The bond proposed that the city sell bonds in the amount of $160,000, repaying the bonds as soon as possible. The bonds will finance a $287,050 water improvement project which will include installation in-stallation of seven miles of 10-inch water lines and drilling of a 16-inch well. The project pro-ject is expected to be completed by late summer sum-mer and work will be completed in an optimum amount of time. City officials have planned the water distribution dis-tribution improvement project over a period of five years, noting the need for additional water to meet expanding needs of residential and industrial growth of the community. The perimiter lines are expected to provide additional water pressure and will give the city water system needed underground water storage. The new lines will provide a loop system around the entire system, providing the entire commmunity with ample water pressure, pres-sure, except for a small area in north Amer ican Fork. The water system Improvement project has been needed to increase water pressure. The drilling of a deep well at this time will also assnre underground water which may not be available at some future time. The community has grown in residential water needs and increased industrial water usage is expected within the next few years. City officials emphasized that the system will provide the city with a much improved water distribution system and will also increase water pressure In most areas of the community. com-munity. The road work which will be necessary following fol-lowing the project will also be completed as soon as the water line installation Is finished, finish-ed, said city officials. The $160,000 now raised by the city will" be repaid by raising water rates seventy-five cents per month per connection and will be matched by federal funds In the amount of $127,050, which have already been approved by the government and are now available. Bids on the contract will be let, following a vote canvass and sale of the bonds. American Legion Meeting Tonight Members of American Legion Post 49 are urged to be in attendance at-tendance at a meeting tonight, May 2, at the Legion Hall at 7:00 p.m. According to Legion Commander, Comman-der, George Hatch, the business to be conducted concerns the Legion Baseball team and rental of the Legion Hall. L F. Fireladies to Serve "Best Breakfast in Town" Saturday The annual Fire Ladies Breakfast Break-fast will feature the "best food In town" this Saturday, May 4, with the ladies serving up your favorite breakfast foods from 6 to 10 a.m. at the fire station. The upstairs meeting rooms will be utilized as serving areas. Cost will be just $1 for adults and 50 cents for children for your choice of ham or sausage, eggs, hash browns, juice, milk, coffee, pancakes and all the trimmings. Fire Ladies officers, Mrs. Reed Thompson, president; Mrs. Chris Chadwick, vice president; and Mrs. Jim Hardy, secretary and treasurer, in charge of the project. Proceeds will be divided be- f tween the American Fork Library and the Bantam Basketball program. pro-gram. The event is in it's sixteenth year, with funds used for civic projects selected by the Fire Ladies Auxiliary. More than 500 persons usually attend the event, so bring your appetite and come early! Battle of Bands Slated in Am. Fork May 10 The Utah State "Battle of the Bands" contest will be held in American Fork on Friday, May 10, according to E. J. Lee, co-chairman co-chairman of the Utah State"Bat-tle." State"Bat-tle." Mr. Lee said the contest will be held at the Apollo Hall with bands from throughout Utah expected ex-pected to be on hand for the contest. con-test. Winners of the State "Battle" "Bat-tle" will go on to National competition. com-petition. "The Full Measures," an American Fork Combo, recently won the American Fork contest and will represent the American Fork Jaycees in the state meet. The coatist is sponsored each year by the Jaycees. The stats is best ordered where the wicked have no command, and the good have. Building Permits Total $49,570 During April Building permits totaling $49,-570 $49,-570 were recorded by city building build-ing inspector Carl Hansen for the month of April. Permits included two new residences, resi-dences, two home additions, a duplex and a garage addition. Permits were issued as follows: fol-lows: Robert Pendray, 15 East Nob Hill Drive, residence, $16,-000; $16,-000; Barratt Construction, 440 North 500 East, residence, $12,-000; $12,-000; William A. Wyler, 320 and 322 South 500 Er.st, duplex, $14,-000; $14,-000; Phyllis C. Nash, 475 East Elm Street, addition to home, $5,000; Harold Ramsay, 546 King Street, home addition. $2,000; Darwin Schear, 375 East 500 South, tool shed, $70; Mrs. Fer-ron Fer-ron Johnson, 635 North 600 East, garage addition, $500. |