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Show Universal Microfilming Box 2603 Salt Lake City, Utah 8101 OS) f7k ) !p n VIDAYS ; " , till A - Id-'j P.M. L,,,.,, 1. ,. -,... ; 1 J ' " i Karen Eggett Karren Eggett Named to Royalty at U. S. U. Miss Karen Lynn Eggett, (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Eggett, Am. Fork, was chosen Monday night as second attendant atten-dant in the Homecoming Royalty at Utah State University. The 20 year old miss was sponsored spon-sored by Sigma Phi fraternity. She is following a major InSpeech Therapy. She will reign with Queen Pat Gissell of Ogden, over events of the week, and Saturday's parade and football game against West Texas. Christmas Seals Available For Early Mailing Christmas Seals are now available avail-able to those who are making early mailings of overseas par-eels par-eels and letters, it was announced by Franklin K. Brough, Executive Execu-tive Director of the Utah Tuberculosis Tuber-culosis and Health Association. "We have made arrangments to assist those who request Christmas Seals for overseas mailings by sending their seals early," Mr. Brough said. They may be obtained by calling call-ing the Association office, 1941 South 11th East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84105, Mr. Brough said. The traditional, colorful seals have been used in the United States every year since 1906 to add a touch of gaiety to the holi day season, and to serve as a reminder of the fight against tu berculosis and other respiratory diseases. Overseas mailings should be sent now if they are to be deliv ered by Christmas. UVIDA Manager Resigns Position Richard J. Benson, manager of UVIDA (Utah Valley Industrial Development Association) for the past two years, has submitted his resignation effective Nov. 1, UVI DA President Max Elliot said, Mr. Benson's letter said he is resigning from UVIDA to accept the position of vice president in charge of marketing for Inter national Computer Systems, Inc. This is a firm, now headquarter ed in Salt Lake City, which sells computer services. President Elliott said the UVI DA board of directors is at present pres-ent accepting applications for Mr Benson's successor and will con duct a thorough screening of them before making a choice. Mr. Benson's letter said he tendered his resignation "with considerable reluctance" and of fered his services to assist in orienting the new UVIDA mana ger in the position. He indicated that as a citizen still in the area he would welcome the opportunity to serve UVIDA in any capacity UVIDA has been responsible for promoting industry In Utah Valley since Its inception, and has been classified by Governor Rampton as a "model agency in this respect". PAWL W V Irmi i ii ii -1 irm in.n. I v, - - - NEW MEMBERS American Kork J&yceeb nave increased their in current drive. Here, 1. to r., Ben Hoggan, Marvin Marsh and the club by membership chairman, Harry Veater. j ... . L' , ill I . .IMW OM I'll" CITY WATER PROJECT TUNNELS UNDER HIGHWAY 91-Crews of the Neils Fugal and Sons Construction Company were completing the tunneling project under Highway 91 Tuesday. Crews first bored a hote with an auger encased in 18-inch pipe. Smaller 10-inch water line pipe was then inserted in casing. Work on the project Is more than 60 percent complete, according to company com-pany officials. Workmen pictured are lowering auger encased pipe into trench. Pipe was then welded to projecting pipe already in place and forced under road by machine in forground. Casing was 40 feet long. The pipe line under the road was 56 feet, according to engineers. City Water Distribution Project In Final Phase of Construction The Am. Fork water system distribution improvement project pro-ject moves steadily nearer completion com-pletion as construction work on the project booms. Crews from Nells Fugal and Sons having been laying pipe on the project at a good rate of speed with more than 60 percent of the work on the project complete, Overseas Mailing Designated By Postmaster Postmaster, Easton Brown reports re-ports that the Postal Department has designated the following periods per-iods for mailing Christmas pai-cels pai-cels to members of the Armed Forces overseas: (1) Surface Transportation -October 14 to November 9. (2) SAM (Space Available Parcel Par-cel Airlift) October 21 to November No-vember 23. (3) PAL (Parcel Airlift) October Octo-ber 28 to November 30. (4) Airmail- November 30 to December 11. The term "Armed Forces Overseas" Ov-erseas" includes personnel of the Armed Forces, members of their families and U. S. Civilians employ em-ploy ed overseas who receive their mail through an APO or FPO, New York, San Francisco or Seattle. All articles should be packed in boxes or wood, metal, solid fiber-board fiber-board or strong double-faced corrugated fiberboard, each box should be tied with strong cctJ. A slip showing list of contents and name and address of sender and addressee should be enclosed in the parcel. There are certain prohibited articles and a check should be made with the post office for a list of these articles. Boosting American Fork Hub of North Utah County Thursday, said company officials. The water distribution improvement im-provement project will cost in excess ex-cess of the $287,050 originally planned for the project due to increased costs in piping and drilling estimates. The general contractor for the project Is currently engaged in piping along Third West. A 56 foot section will be laid directly beneath Highway 91. Workmen drilled a tunnel under the road this week, using an auger, with 18 inch pipe used as the casing for the ten-inch pipe which will be installed at this location. A total of 40 feet of eight foot lengths was utilized by the construction con-struction crew to provide the casing cas-ing needed to protect the main water line which is to be installed under the road. Jaycees Study Election Issues, Plan Pheasant Hunt, Arrival of Santa A varied agenda including plans for their annual pheasant hunt, the arrival of Santa in Am. Fork and a study of current election issues were taken up by members of the Am. Fork Jaycees at their recent dinner meeting held at the Rodeway Inn in Provo. Ralph Lee, local Jaycee president, pres-ident, said the Jaycees will again sponsor a pheasant hunt in the area. He noted that plans are now being completed for the hunt with details to be announced in the near future. Arrangements are also under way for the arrival of Santa Claus in Am. Fork and for the hanging of Christmas lights for the festive fes-tive holiday season. The season will be ushered in on the Friday following Thanksgiving. He noted that Marvin Marsh will serve as chairman of the holiday projects. memberships by eleven to date Jerry Seals are welcomed into Oct. 24, 1968 Work on the north section of town is primarily completed, with work to go forward along Second South, up Fifth West, across to Sixth East. The perimeter water line will provide additional underground un-derground water storage as well as increased water pressure. Crews are working at full speed and hope to have the piping project pro-ject complete before bad weather hampers construction work on the project. The entire project is under the direction of Councilman William Blomquist and is the largest single water improvement project pro-ject undertaken by the city in recent years. The contract requires that all roads be repaired as the piping is completed, with blacktopping to be relaid as soon as the work and the weather permit. He will be assisted by Ray Beas-ley Beas-ley and Jack Wadley and other Jaycees. Mr. Lee noted that Santa will also be taken to the Utah State Training School as part of the gala activities. Representatives for and against "Liquor by the Drink" were guest speakers at the meeting. meet-ing. Murray Woman, 82, Dies of Injuries In Car Accident A Murray woman was fatally injured here Monday, Oct. 21, at about 11:30 a.m, in a one-car roll-over south of the city limits. lim-its. Mrs. Nellie Lewis, 82, of Murray, Mur-ray, died at 2:45 p.m. in the Am. Fork Hospital. She was a passenger in the car driven by her daughter, Mrs. Francis C. VanRaj, 58, of Murray. Mur-ray. Mrs. VanRaj was treated for a broken shoulder, cuts and bruises at the hospital and was transferred to the Hill Air Force Base Hospital in Ogden. Also injured was Mrs. Lucy Nielson, age unknown, Missouri. Am. Fork Jaycees Welcome Hew Members Eleven new member shave been welcomed into the Am. Fork Jaycees Jay-cees as part of the current Jaycee membership drive. Harry Veater, chairman of the drive, said new members are Marvin Marsh and Ben Hoggan, both employed at Chipman's; Jim Palmer, new owner of Jim's Conoco; Con-oco; Jim Fordham, GenevaSteel; Robert Johnson, Gene Harvey I Chevrolet; Ronnie Carlson, Gen Number 39 Two Regisferation Dates Remain Before Nov. Election . If you are not properly registered regis-tered to vote on Nov. 5, you have two more registration days Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 29 and 30. On the rem aining two registration registra-tion days, agents will be open from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. Who should register? First, if you voted in the last general election (or in the September primary of this year) and have not moved from your district, you are already properly registered. But if you have turned 21 (and hence may now vote) since the last election, or if you have be come a newly naturalized citizen since then, you need to get registered reg-istered for Nov. 5. Also, if you have moved into Utah County or Utah since the last election, and if you meet the residence requirements, you must register. These requirements require-ments are residence in the state for one year, in the county for four months, and in your precinct pre-cinct (voting district) for 60 days. County Clerk Mark Boyack re minded voters they mayif it is impossible to use a regular registration day at a regular reg is tration station use his office in the City and County Building to register up through Oct. 25 (10 days prior to election). He urges use of a regular station on a rag ular day, however, because of all the necessary records at the var ious stations. If you have moved within the city, from one voting district to another within your city, (which is pvnonymous with precinct) you need to transfer to your new dis trict. You do this by getting i transfer slip from your old dis trict and taking it to the regis tration agent of your new one. People needing to know which district in which they live may call the County Clerk's office in the City and County Building. Following is a list of registration regis-tration stations: American Fork Mrs. A. W. Bromley, 368 East State Road; two, Mrs. Howard Bush, 255 East State Road; Three, Mrs; Rintha G. Christensen, 159 W. 2nd S.; Four, Hope Nicholes, 424 West Main; Five, Alta Bailey, 643 N. 3rd W.; Six, Doris L. Wright, 825 N. 1st E.; Seven, Mrs. Clara Thomas, 370 N. 6th E.; 8, Geneve Cornell, 190 N. 6th E. Alpine, Mrs. Edward Bunker, 467 W. 2nd N.; Cedar Fort, Laura Peterson; Fairfield, Doris Morehouse, More-house, 15 West Main. Highland, Beverly Cannon. November Billing To Reflect Hike In Water Rates Water rates for American Fork residepts will increase 75 cents with the November billing, raising rais-ing the rate to $2.25 per connection. connec-tion. The present rate is $1.50, rather than the $2.25 as was erroneously reported in last week's Citizen. The 75 cent increase has been found necessary to offset additional addi-tional cost in the water distribution distri-bution system construction project pro-ject now underway. The increase was approved by voters in the April Special Bond Election and will be removed or reduced as soon as possible, according to members of the American Fork City Council. The rate increase was announced announ-ced at the October 14 City Council Coun-cil session. eva Steel, Bill Pulley, Tooele Army Depot. i Keith Mendenhall, owner of the Am. Fork Bakery; RexChristen-son, RexChristen-son, Gene Harvey Chevolet; Greg Hicks, owner of Pine Nut Cafe, and Jerry Seals, a Geneva Steel works employee. The membership drive is continuing, con-tinuing, Mr. Veater said. There are 32 members in the club at present. FRIDAY SHOPPING HOURS ANNOUNCED BY LOCAL MERCHANTS If you can't quite make it down town during regular shopping hours, you can still buy those needed fall items in Am. Fork because local merchants will be open until 8 p.m. each Friday through October and November. The holiday shopping season will officially open Nov. 29, when stores will be open every night until 8, except Saturday. Harry Malone, president of the Am. Fork Chamber of Commerce, watches as Chris Scott puts finishing touches on sign announcing Friday evening store hours. Jaycees Post Areas For Pheasant Hunt The fall of the year is here again and the American Fork Jaycees will be sponsoring their annual Pheasant Hunt. As usual they will have posted ground for the convenience of th hunters. This year for only one dollar, a hunter can hunt at any time and for as long as he wish es as allowed by the law. Tickets for the Jaycee Pheasant Pheas-ant Hunt are available from any Jaycee member or at the following follow-ing places: Chipman's from Ben Hoggan, Allen Preston, or Marvin Mar-vin Marsh; at Taylor Drug from Ray Beesley or at Barratt Development De-velopment from Jerry Barratt. At Jack and Jill Bowling Lanes from Jack Wadley; at Jim's Conoco from Jim Palmer; at Holley Auto from Jeannie Lee, and at Gene Harvey Chev from Harry Veater. The Jaycee Hunt area for this year will be south of Am. Fork, 1 .. S M i&-Wx2tt::'!m ft'" NEW PARKING STRIPS ADD SPARKLE TO CITY STREETS Neatly painted parking strips were installed along Main Street and partially up the blocks on Church, Merchant and Center Streets this week. Parking strips added sparkle to streets and madp many more parking spaces available in the measured parking areas. Federal Grant Assigned io Head Start Program in Utah County A $10,897 Federal grant to the Utah County Community Action Program of Provo to operate a full-year of Head Start program ha c been approved by the Office of Economic Opportunity. Don Thomason, director of OEO's North Central Region, made the announcement. He said the Federal grant would be combined com-bined with local services and commodities valued at $2,943. The project will provide educational edu-cational experiences for 20 preschool-age children at one center. cen-ter. One low-income person will be employed by the project and one local volunteer will assist. In addition to educational ex- Gun Instructor Kent C. Brown, Am. Fork, has been appointed a certified rifle, pistol and shotgun instructor, by the National Rifle Association of America. The new instructor was appointed ap-pointed on the basis of experience experi-ence and ihe successful completion comple-tion of an extensive examination. He is now qualified to conduct classes in basic marksmanship and safe gun handling. Mr. Brown Joins the ranks of selected volunteer instructors throughout the country who donate many hours in the NRA small arms education program. The program has been in operation since 1876; since that time many millions of people have been taught to handle and enjoy firearms fire-arms safely and effectively. LOCAL MERCHANTS OFFER FRIDAY NIGHT SHOPPING If you Just can't find time to get downtown duriflg regular shopping hours, you will welcome the new late Friday evening shopping shop-ping hours which are now in effect ef-fect in the downtown area. Shoppers Shop-pers will be greeted by extra special Friday night bargains, too, which will add to their shopping shop-ping pleasure. Stores will be open until 8 p.m. Friday. The new Friday evening shopping shop-ping is planned under the Am. Fork Chamber of Commerce. Harry Malone, local chamber president, is enthusiastic aoout the new shopping convenience and expects shoppers to welcome this additional shopping time. Shoppers will be welcomed in local stores Friday night until Nov. 29, when the official holiday shopping season will begin and merchants will extend their late shopping hours to every night of the week except Saturday. Planning the extended shopping hours have been Mr. Malone, and the Retail Trades Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, head periences, the participants will receive medical, dental, social, and psychological services. Utah County Community Action Program conducts anti-poverty activities in Utah County. Philip D. Thorpe directs the agency which has offices at 75 East Center Cen-ter Street, Provo. Miss Carol Kolindrake Named Attendant to Miss Wool of Utah Miss Carol Holindrake, 19, a Utah State University sophomore, sopho-more, and former Miss Am. Fork of 1967, was named second sec-ond attendant to Miss Wool of Utah at the Hotel Utah Skyroom Monday. Miss Holindrake is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. E.Vernon E.Ver-non Holindrake of Am. Fork. Miss Patty Coon of Salt Lake City was named Miss Wool of Utah, and Miss Ruth Ann Pearson of Salt Lake City was the first attendant. at-tendant. The girls were named to their honored positions in competition with nine finalists at the Monday night affair. Miss Wool Pageant chairman is Mrs. VernaldSmlth. She said that 70 girls throughout the state entered the contest and all but the finalists were eliminated elim-inated in meets Oct. 14 and 15, at BYU, Weber State College, USU and U of U. All girls modeled new fall fashions made of wool. The girls were chosen on poise, modeling ability and lovely love-ly face and figure. The girls ed by Dale Peterson. Buyers are invited to shop the ads in the Am. Fork Citizen and take advantage of the special prices during the Friday evening shopping hours. The Chamber of Commerce notes that it isn't too early to be thinking about your Christmas Christ-mas shopping. If some of you think this is rushing the season just' a bit, you must remember that your local merchants have been planning for your Christmas pleasure since early spring. Buying Buy-ing was completed in April, with deliveries of late fall and holiday items now being made to local stores. If you need a baby sitter, want you husband along to make the decision on those important purchases, pur-chases, take advantage of the late shopping hours on Friday evenings. eve-nings. Leisurely shopping time will give you an opportunity to look at the excellent selection apparel and other accessories which will be welcome additions to any fall wardrobe this season. A. F. Stake M-Men, Gleaner Plan Hallowe'en Party The Am. Fork Stake M-Men and Gleaners will hold their Halloween Hal-loween Party on Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. The affair will take place at the home of President Stanley D. Roberts, 40 West 2nd South. Costumes are in order and there will be plenty of games and refreshments. all met with the Judges privately for intelligence and personality tests. Miss Wool was presented with a bouquet of red carnations and was crowned by Ruth The mpson, Miss Wool of Utah for 1967. She also received a $100 savings bond and a lambskin rug. Carol Holindrake o))f: V |