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Show frevities , My immnmui j By Betty G. Spencer It's finally safe to open your mailbox again. For a few weeks there, you had to rush right from the mailbox to the checkbook to see If you could afford to go to the wedding of whoever was get ting married that week. Aueust and September are even more popular with new brides and grooms than June. Good thing they man't wait until October, howev er, since there was only ONE wedding under discussion this past week. ril bet certain people are won dering what to give the Onassls' for a wedding present, too. One of my more methodical friends has also been faced with a plethora of wedding invitations. She was beginning to feel the pinch in her pocketboo": pretty tight She is a natural born bargain hunter hun-ter and had a good plan for solv ing the situation. Like so many other excellent strategies, how ever, it didn't work out quite as she had expected. She is a dedicated newspaper reader and carefully checks the ads before she thinks of making a list and going out shopping Well, she was In luck. One of her favorite emporiums was featur ing a selection of goodies in the fine china and breakable department. depart-ment. She's somewhat skeptical, too, you should be told, and didn't plan that this was going to be her red-letter bargain day of the year. But it wasl These were not only genuine bargains, but they were beauti full She was fascinated by the selection. As she told it later, the mental anguish was something else again as she tried to make up her mind and before she knew it, she had plunked down enough American money to buy ten (re peat, ten) china vases of assorted sizes, colors and shapes. Beau tiful china it was, with colorful trims and golden accents! Traveling home in a state of euphoria, she tottered into the house and laid her bargains on the couch in the front room. Her husband couldn't be called the biggest spender In the world and was appalled at the size of her purchase. She put him off nicely, howev er, by explaining that since they were being inundated by a tide of wedding Invitations, these lit tle $1.49 bargains would keep them off the hook and off the more expensive Relief Society gift list for months to come. He believed her. She believed the tale herself. She really planned to part with them one by one until she chanced to go to Salt Lake City and visit the ZCMI anniversary shops, Would you believe that they were selling the very same vases, same colors, same shapes, same brand name. Different price, though. $7.50 each! Those little bargains immediately immed-iately loomed as treasures. Heir looms, even. After all, there is a difference in gifting some hap less bride with a $1.49 vase and a $7.50 object 'dart! The mental block descended with the next wedding invitation. It took about two hours of tortuous tor-tuous wavering before she finally wrapped up the ten-Inch white vase with the little gold handle and the blue cornflowers on the side. Her resolve held fir mas she similarly tortured four days later when the next gift note arrived. She selected the pale pink model with the white rose nestled near the throat, wrapped it and delivered deliv-ered it before her nerve failed. The third time around she cried a little, but wrapped up the ivory seven-lncher with the pale green broad-leafed ivy trailing down the side. Ditto with four and five. Last week, however, she counted count-ed her treasures and found that she only had five vases left. Knowing that they had increased in value by such a phenomenal percentage, she couldn't part with a single one! She went out and stocked up on gift pillowcases and sheets and told the Relief Society to put her back on their list. Her husband will never know how she managed it, but for your information she has sen id ham hocks and beans or potato soup for dinner ever since. She makes such delectable cream pies, however, he doesn't even know she paid for the sheets out of her grocery money! RONALD AND MARY ANNE DURRANT PECK HAVE NEW BABY SON First child of Ronald and Mary Anne Durrant Peck is a boy, born Oct. 16, at the Am. Fork Hospital. Robert Ronald is the name chosen for the newcomer, who has black, curly hair, and tipped the scales at seven and a half pounds. Delighted grandparents grand-parents are Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Peck of Lehi, and Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Durrant of Am. Fork. Pleased great -grandmothers are Mrs. Lettle Peck and Mrs. Ma-rlnda Ma-rlnda Durrant, both of American Fork, and Mrs. E thel Goat es, now of Salt Lake City. Mpine Sthool District Report . . . With members of the board of education and administrative personnel present (Vice Presl dent Frank C. Greenwood ex cused), President PhilShumway directed the board's discussion of the following items. APPROVES BUDGET President R. Phil Shumway directed the ioarcTs discussion of the budget and the building and sites reports for the month of September. Four Candidates Oppose Liquor by Drink All four candidates for Utah's two top political offices have an nounced they are voting against a liquor-by-the-drink measure Nov. 5. Richard A. Van Winkle, chair man of Citizens for a Better Utah through Opposing Liquor-by-the drink, said statements against Liquor Petition No. A came from Gov. Calvin L. Rampton; his opponent, op-ponent, Carl W. Buehner; Sen. Wallace F. Bennett; and his opponent, op-ponent, Milton L. Weilenmann. Following are the texts of their statements: Governor Calvin L. Rampton: "I shall vote against the liquor -by-the-drink proposal. Exces sive use of alcohol is a major social problem in the United States, as well as in other conn tries. Utah's per capita annual consumption of alcoholic bever ages is relatively low. Part of the credit for this without doubt, must be given to the teachings of the LDS Church in discouraging the use of alcohol. Some of the credit for the low consumption, however, undoubtedly must also be given to our present liquor control laws. In my judgment liquor li-quor is not a significant factor in industrial and tourist development. devel-opment. Weighing all the facts, I am voting no." Carl W. Buehner: "I am con vinced that the Liquor Petition now before Utah's voters is not a good bill for our people. For one thing, It Is too permissive for our youth. It allows minors to enter places where liquor is sold by the drink. The Liquor Petition would greatly increase the pressures on our young peo ple to drink. And speaking of our youth, just what kind of state do we adults want to leave the next generation? Utah is known as an excellent place in which to raise a family. Let's keep it that way. I am against Liquor Petition No. A." Milton L. Weilenmann: "Liq uor-by-the-drink is not needed in the State of Ut?h. The cost in human suffering is far too great a price to pay. As an active mem ber of the LDS Church, I believe in the basic tenets of my faith which embraces the Word of Wisdom. However, the stand I take on this issue goes far beyond my religious beliefs, for here we are faced with a basic moral issue. is-sue. That issue being the kind of community in which we should live. I have read the proposed law. I think everyone should know its possible effects. To my way of thinking, they would be disas trous for the State of Utah." Senator Wallace F. Bennett: not an issue in the U. S. Senate race because it will not come be fore that body. However, it is an issue in your personal and family life just as it is In mine. My decision is made. I will vote against it. I urge you to use the Legislative process of carefully examining all revelent aspects of the proposal in coming to your decision as I have done." Clerk Elijah Chipman reviewed these reports in relationship to actual revenue and expenditures for the budget period and answer ed pertinent questions concerning the area. He pointed out the fact that during the first five months of the present year, the district had received only ten percent oi the anticipated 1968-69 revenue. The board accepted the reports as presented. APPROVES CLAIMS Claims for September amount ing In total to $977,902.80 were presented to the board by Kent Abel, administrative assistant. The claims were reviewed and approved. COMPARES TAX LEVIES Superintendent Dan W. Peterson Peter-son discussed for board information infor-mation the tax structure of the school districts within the county. coun-ty. Comparative figures for 1967-68 and 1968-69 were shown. A .25 mill increase for Alpine District for the present year was the lowest increase for the districts dis-tricts of the county. SICK LEAVE REPORT A comprehensive sick leave report for the 1967-68 school year was presented for board consideration by Kent Abel, administrative ad-ministrative assistant. Four thousand and eight days of absenteeism occurred during the 1967-68 school year. Certified Certi-fied employees were absent only about half as often as the classified class-ified group. Women employees were absent nearly twice as much as men. The over-all averages were highly comparable to past years and reflected only a little over three days absence per employee em-ployee per year. REVIEWS DISTRICT INCOME Elijah Chipman, clerk treasurer, treasur-er, prepared and presented for board information a detailed report re-port which reflected the total district income together with the respective mill levy that made it possible. The report covered a total income in-come of $10,598,000 and was based on a 47.25 local mill levy for the school year. POLICY AND PROCEDURES Upon the recommendation of Superintendent Dan W. Peterson the board of education tentatively approved an updated version of district policies and procedures for teachers. The new directive was formulated formu-lated by Dr. Peterson in conjunction conjunc-tion with representatives of Alpine Al-pine Education Association. Dr. Quinn A. Hatch presented for board approval the following teachers terminating and employed. em-ployed. The following teachers terminated their contracts: Merradon Tuft, from the Sharon Sha-ron School and Manya Christen-sen Christen-sen from the Central School. Annette Domm was hired at the Sharon School, and Carol Lee was hired at the Central School. APPROVES REQUESTS The following special pur chase requests from school funds were granted specific schools through out the district: Hawaiian Girls Enjoy Utah Snow Miss Naedal Culmer and her two roommates were visiting In Am. Fork this weekend with Naedal' Nae-dal' s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glade Culmer. The other girls, Miss Lorraine Salki and Miss Yvonne Nasada are bnth, from Kauai, Hawaii. The three girls are students stu-dents at Dixie College in St. George. This is the first time the Hawaiian Ha-waiian girls have been away from their native state. A trip around the Alpine Loop gave them their first experience with snow and cold and they thoroughly enjoyed a snowball fight. They were also delighted in seeing some deei. Pleasant Grove Jr. High, one reading accelerator, $53.50; PI. Grove Hijh, one vide; tape recorder re-corder and accessories, $2000.; Orem Jr. High, one used BBFlat Sousaphone, $125; Geneva Elementary, Ele-mentary, one polaroid camera, $106. DISTRICT TEST RESULTS Dean T. Worlton, director of pupil personnel, discussed for board information the district's testing program and its relative value and results. The testing program has gained impetus in connection with the implementation implementa-tion of Federal programs and the necessity for moving toward their evaluation. RELEASES STUDENTS Upon the recommendation of Dean T. Worlton, director of pupil pu-pil personnel, the board released from further school attendance, a student from the district's secondary sec-ondary schools. CONVENTION ATTENDANCE The board of education approved approv-ed its annual appropriation for out of district conference attendance. The superintendent and staff were authorized to select the confer- THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday. Oct. 24. 1968 ences and name the individuals that are eligible to attend. APPROVES CONTRACTS Upon the recommendation of Ethel W. Mecham, director of school food services, the board of education approved the following fol-lowing list of employees to be placed on a regular contract basis: JoAnn Marlin, Beulah Gaster, Beverly C. Yocum, Am. Fork High; Maxine S. Roundy, Am. Fork Jr. High; Hazel Ault, Lehi High; Ruth E. Diamond, Cascade Elementary; Olena Blackham, Sharon Elementary, and Barbara Everitt, Windsor Elementary. The next regular board of education ed-ucation meeting will be held Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Nov. 20, at 7 a.m. In the district office. nn liuo U.S.D.A. Inspected & Graded A Whole Meaty Fryers Safeway Skinless Franks Note The Low Price l lt 2 Top Grade Pork Lj lb. I, Coupon Worth $1.00 J On The Purchase at Regular Price 5 lb. 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