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Show V Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Ao. kr!i uhQT5 Qt Lion John Hoyt, Kamas Lions Club and past District Governor of District 28-U was in charge ol the installation of the new officers of-ficers of the American Fork Lions Club at a meeting held Thursday evening, June 26, at the Alpine Country Club. Lions and Lady Lions were in attendance. attend-ance. Lion Hoyt called the new of ficers to the front. He related the duties of the position to each man in turn and then chare each to be a dedicated Lion and pledge his full support to his club. "Answer every calltowork on the club's projects nd do your full share gladly," he stated. He wnet on to inform them that the American Fork Liens Club has had an outstanding record over the years and that they wer e now responsible to continue to uphold this record. He congratulated the Lady Lions for their organization and support. He remarked that the ladies in any club are the backbone back-bone of the organization. He said one could surely see the difference dif-ference in clubs throughout the state between those with and without with-out ladies organizations. Listalied were the following: Norman Clark, president; Cliff Taylor, 1st vice president; Malcolm Mal-colm Beck, 2nd vice president; LaDell Terry, 3rd vice president; presi-dent; Max Hunsaker, secretary-treasurer; secretary-treasurer; Don Hall, two-year director; Charles Biggins and Ray Smith, one-year directors; Ray Walker, TailTwister; C.A. Grant, Song Leader, and Wilson Wil-son Welch, Lion Tamer. Mrs. Dale (Mary) Peterson, thanked her officers for their support during the past year and turned the reins of the ladies organization to the new officers, pinning the president's pin on Mrs. Norman (Tharen) Clark, Incoming president. Her other officers are, Mrs. Malcolm (Sharon) Beck, Mrs. Lynn (Barbara) (Bar-bara) Hutchings, Mrs. Ray (Marge) Walker, Mrs. Lawrence (Marilyn) Hansen and Mrs. Alan (Annette Anderson. Mrs. Peterson Peter-son was presented with a gift and a beautiful corsage in appreciation ap-preciation for her past year's efforts. At the opening of the meeting, Lion president, Frank Greenwood conducted the business. Val " Christensen, song leader led the group in singing and Dale Peterson Peter-son offered the prayer and bless THE AMERICAN FORK LIONS CLUB INSTALLED their new officers for the 1969-1970 Club year at a lovely dinner meeting held last Thursday evening. New officers are, 1. to r.. Cliff Taylor, Tay-lor, first vice president; Norman Clark, president; Max Hunsaker, secretary-treasurer; Malcolm Mal-colm Beck, second vice president. Back row, Charles Biggins, one year director; Donald Hall, two year director; Roy Smith, one year director; Clarence A. Grant, sorg leader; Ray Walker, tail twister; Wilson Welch, lion tamer. Absent from the picture was LaDell Terry, third vice president and Perry Thomas, holdover director. Sraokey, fha B To Visit Am. Fork Canyon , Smokey, the fire prevention bear, has recently announced his . plans to visit American Fork Canyon this Friday, July 4. He stated that the purpose of his tour of the canyon is to assess the fire danger in the forest and to stress fire prevention to the campers and other forest users in the vicinity. Smokey will arrive at the Tibbie Tib-bie Fork Reservoir parking lot at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 4. After a short vitist there he will make a visit to the Granite Flats Campground. His agenda also calls for visits to the Hang ing Rock and Little Mill Camp grounds. He will visit all of these campgrounds between 00 and 5:00 p.m. Smokey extends a special in vitation to all of his younger helpers as he will distribute bad ges and literature. He 'Jsowish es to remind everyone to be care ful with their fires while in the forest; the recent rains have made the vegetation lush and green, but the approaching warm weather will soon dry the forest and raise the fire danger. Australia has become tha seventh nation to put an artificial arti-ficial satellite in orbit. imm Club Install Ebvj ing on the food. C.A. Grant and Ray Walker were in charge of skits and fun throughout the even ing along with collecting fines. Guests for the evening and presenting the program were the Steel Days Royalty, Miss Ann Thompson, Steel Days Queen, Miss Shirley Betay, First At tendant, and Miss Lucinda Kit chen, Second Attendant. Assisting with the program and in charge of the girl's and their activities for the vear was Mrs. Paul Murdock. Mrs. Murdock related some of the experiences of the girls and problems with getting the float to parades, etc. They will appear in 13 parades through out the summer months. The three girls sang a musi cal selection accompanied by Irene Ellison. Shirley then sang a song with a narrative, "Go My Son." Lucinda played a piano medley from "Camelot" and Ann sang, "Up, Up and Away. She was accompanied by Ann Lar sen. Their concluding number was "A Sten in Time" from Mary Poppins, by all threegirls. Mrs. Murdock read a narrative throughout the program. The annual report was pre sented by past president Frank Greenwood. Included in the year's successful events was the cam paign to elect Jim Nelson, Dis trict Governor with 22 couples traveling to St. George and win' nine the mileage trophy. The Sight Program, Steel Days ticket tick-et sales, Handicapped Scout program. pro-gram. Assistance to needy families, fam-ilies, Addition to the Bowery, Playground equipment for the Lion Park, Calendar Sale, White Cane Sale, Broom Sale, Family Party and the Mid Winter Ban quet. Mary Peterson also gave a report of the Lady Lion Activities, Activi-ties, mentioning the Ladies Annual An-nual Party, the Lady's program, the Christmas party; the luncheon served following the broom sale and the Bolero jackets and hats that wer worn by the group at convention. Lion Joseph B. Hanson installed in-stalled a new member to the club, Ken England who was sponsored spon-sored by Norman Clark. One hundred percent pins were presented to the following Lions for the past year: Lloyd B. Adam-son, Adam-son, Norman Clark, Wayne Dur-rant, Dur-rant, Glen Gordon, C.A. Grant, Lawrence Hansen, Joseph Haa-i son, Max Hunsaker, CliffTaylor, Clark Tolton, Ray Walker, Wilson Welrh Franlr r.fflanWfViH and Uf:h Tecbi cil FuJ Accrcdililic Utah Technical College at Provo has been given full v creditation by the Northwest Association As-sociation of Secondary and Higher High-er Schools, President Wilson W. Sorensen has announced. Dr. James F. Bemis, executive execu-tive director of the Commission p; L. " iVr I if i it - wH i-J I - J LaDell Terry. Also earning i ins are B.L. McFarlane, Francis Mortensen and James Nelson on a trip to the International Convention Con-vention in Japan and LorenSpen-cer LorenSpen-cer who was absent. Lion Wilson Welsh led the group in the salute to the flag. Underground Water Table Causes Damage in American Fork Southeast Area The underground water table has been causing considerable concern and damage to residences resi-dences and buildings in the south east section of the city. The water table has risen to a higher high-er than normal level and consequently con-sequently basements have had some flooding. This is particularly true in the First, Fifth, Eleventh Ward church. For the past several weeks several inches of water backed up over what the sump pump was able to carry off to the sewer. An outside pump was installed and ran continuously for a couple of weeks. Other residences in the area have sustained flood damage in basements. In the LeGrandeMott home, Mrs. Mott stepped into water oozing through the wall to wall carpeting in the family room in the basement. The car peting has had to be removed for drying out. This is. their first experience with" this sort of difficulty dif-ficulty in the seventeen years they have lived in their home on Higher Schools, Informed President Sorensen of the commission's com-mission's decision which met in Seattle, Washington. The unanimous unani-mous decision of the commission commis-sion marks the first time a two-year technical college has been accredited by the Northwest Associa..on. The action follows a report of a nine-member evaluation team that visited the school In May. The decision means that students at Utah Tech will now be eligible eli-gible to have credits earned at Utah Tech transferred to other colleges and universities. Grant For Training School Representative Laurence J. Burton (R-Utah) recently announced an-nounced the awarding of $109,768 to the Utah State Training Train-ing School at American Fork, Utah. 'The ATW sponsored funds will help fray the cost of constructing a new activity therapy building," said Mr. Burton. "The total cost of construction for the new day facility will be $219,536." The application for the grant was signed by WardC. Holbrook, Executive Director of the Department of Social Sciences. Boosting American Fork THURSDAY, The Easton Brown home has had water in the basement for the past month ranging from two to six inches in depth. A sump pump has controlled flooding to greater depth. Other homes have been likewise plagued. Concerning the church building build-ing problem, Leslie Holcomb, engineer at the Lehi office of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Agri-culture Soil Conservation Service, Ser-vice, recommended digging atest hole away from the building, in serting a hose and using a larger lar-ger pump. This has been done. A 15 foot hole was dug and a tube (oil drums welded together) was sunk. For over sx hours a sizeable stream of water was pumped through a two and a half inch hose. Mechanical trouble developed and the pump was discontinued. dis-continued. Dale Hanberg, soil conservationist, conserva-tionist, by r.aps has shown the church is built over a gravel area, a former creek channel at one time. In normal seasons the underground water moves along with no trouble. With the water table of the wet year this year and last year, as the water wa-ter struck the area of silty clay farther south the flow slowed and the water backed up. The water table around the church rose to a ten foot depth. The basement is about 12 feet deep. Bishops D. Ray Bishop, First Ward; J. R. Jolley, Eleventh Ward; Carl L. Young, Fifth Ward, their counselors and the building inspector, Albert Byrnes, have met together. It is felt that the best solution is to install a deep drain around the building. Cost estimates are being secured.' Combined Efforts to Provide l!ev Park, Recreation Area American Fork is to have a new park and recreational area, thanks to community betterment efforts of the Rotary Club. The new park will encompass the area north of the Ninth-Twelfth Ward Church extending to below the high school shop. The ground is owned by the Alpine School District. Dis-trict. With the building of new homes experienced in past years in this direction and continuing consistently, consist-ently, the park is expected to provide many pleasurable hours for the families of the growing north east section of the city. Dr. W. Dean Taylor heads the committee of Rotarians charged with getting the project underway. under-way. Plans are well completed and work has begun. In preparation prepara-tion for a sprinkling system a half dozen or so large Chinese Elm trees have been removed. Clean up and grading will begin, the Rotarians to furnish the man power. pow-er. The school district will furnish furn-ish the pipe and the city an engineer, en-gineer, It is planned, said Dr. Taylor, to have the ground ready for lawn planting in Seotember. Next Spring landscaping will begin. Picnic tables and benches will be provided. Future plans call for the building of a bowery. With the high school soft ball field and tennis courts close by, citizens of that area will have the benefit of additional recreational recrea-tional facilities. The community is indebted to fie Rotary Club for Rotary Park adjacent to the City Ball Park and Veterans S w i m m 1 n g Pool. Countless family and civic gatherings gath-erings make use of the park. The Hub of North Utah County JULY 3, 1969 ,V ' -'-..v f- " .4" If W W v tr" 7L v ? (J " if' ,"sr: ;ELDAYS REGATTA SET - -inus fcr"R'acong Runaiout which will be enierttd in the Steel Days Regatta. The races are creating a lot of enthusiasm this year with new events as well as the regular fare. Boat Racers Me Ready For Steel Days Regatta Racers in eight classes will be participating at the Steel Days Regatta, on July 19, 1969. This event is sanctioned by Utah Speedboat Association. Highlight of the event will be the running of the Mayor's Cup race. Nick Faulkner, 1968 winner of the cup will be on hand to try to take the impressive prize heme again. Lions Club several years ago built a large bowery in the park, another good example of what team work can do in a community. com-munity. Edith Jenkins to cin Dshcg, Chirp Classes Miss Edith Connie Jenkins, a graduate of Brigham Young University Uni-versity will be starting dance classes in American Fork soon with registration to be on Saturday, Sat-urday, July 12, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the American Legion Le-gion Hall, 50 North Center. Miss Jenkins, 25, is a native of Rigby, Idaho. She graduated from the Y with a major in Speech and Drama and a minor in English and dancing. She then received her master's degree in Recreational Education and Related Re-lated Fields. She has worked at the Y on bUroom dance and the Program Bureau. In her classes she will teach, jazz, modern , ballet, tap, novelty dancing, (charleston.Jap-anese, (charleston.Jap-anese, hula, folk, Spanish and baton). Ballroom dancing is open to anyone who is interested. She encourages teenagers to register for a charm class in which she will give Development of Dynamic Personalities, Little Graces, Figure and Poise, Makeup, Make-up, Hair Care and Stylir, Personal Per-sonal Analysis Fashion and Wardrobe and Etiquette. She also will include Voice and Conversation. Mayor, Couneil Eiipfeia ffl Levy Cut to AF Susinossmsn Revenue returned to American Fork from sales tax coupled with conservative city officials madp possible the recent mill levy reduction, Mayor F. Haws Durfey told a group of American Fork businessmen at a meeting held Wednesday morning at the American t ork City HalL Number 20 Grant Goates of Orem Is shown E Racing Runabouts with Wes Knudsen World record holder and Kent Knudsen National Champion will be competing along with other favorites for prizes. An exciting new cliss is the Super Stocks with their roaring 400 inch engines. Powder Puffers should add special interest with the gals taking their turn at the "joys. Race time 11:00 a.m. $3.00 per car or $1.00 for adults. The competitors have run four races thus far this season, and will be competing the 4th of July at the annual Freedom Festival Regatta. This race will feature the E Racing Runabouts in their Western Divisional Championship Champion-ship race. Race time LOO p.m. $3.00 per car. Ml. Timp Riders Plan Pbyday July 12 The Mt. Timp Riders of Lin-don Lin-don will be holding their annual an-nual Playday on Saturday, July 12, at the Lindon Arena. The show will start at 7:00 p.m. Signup will be from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Events will include Western Pleasure, calf roping, team roping, rop-ing, ribbon pull, hide race, poles, barrels and keyhole. The event is free to the public pub-lic and everyone is invited to attend. THE OLD PIONEER LOG CABIN located at Second North and First East went for a ride last Friday. Here it is shown as it makes its way along First East enroute to Robinson Park. The moving was completed by Valgardson House Movers of Provo with the building hardly noticing the transition. The structure is believed to be more than 100 years old. It was given to the City last February by George Steggell, Salt Lake City, represent'ng the Steggell family estate. City Councilman Malcolm Beck spearheaded the drive to preserve it. Mayor Durfey said the reduction reduc-tion will keep about $10,000 in the hands of the people that otherwise other-wise would have gone for taxes. "This $10,000 can go back into the economy through the business busi-ness houses," he said. Mayor Durfey noted that American Amer-ican Fork is geographically well-situated well-situated to serve as a hub for "better business" and with the businessmen working together can--and does--attract shoppers not only from North Utah County but also other communities in the county and from such areas as Midvale, Draper, Riverton, etc. Noting that "business is the backbone of the economy in American Fork," he asked the merchants to work together, although al-though they may be in competition, competi-tion, to promote the city. "Invite people to come here and shop, to come here and live," he said. Help make American Fork the "garden spot" of Utah for residential resi-dential living and the hub for more business and shopping," he urged. ur-ged. The Mayor said the city council, coun-cil, after taking a hard look at the budget, felt the 1.3 mill reduction reduc-tion could be made without sacrificing sac-rificing services. "You can't sacrifice services and cut down on the lifeline of the community" commun-ity" he said He noted that even with the cut, it was possible to give a five per cent cost-of-living raie to city employees. Mayor Durfey said the council coun-cil felt the city should try to "hold the line and reduce taxes" as much as possible. "Maybe we can serve as an example to other cities as to what they can do for their own residents," he said. The Mayor thanked the businessmen busi-nessmen for their backing of city officials and asked them to help promote American Fork through "good business practices, public relations and invitations to individuals in-dividuals to shop and reside in the city." Mayor Durfey presided at the meeting at which some 25 of the city's businessmen were in attendanceThe meeting was also attended by Councilmen Malcolm Beck and Harold Anderson. Harry M alone, immediate past president of the American Fork Chamber of Commerce, said that during the past year the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce and the city operated "nearly as one." He said the city had assumed the financial obligation of the Chamber Cham-ber with UVIDA in order that the funds raised by the Chamber of Commerce could be used in promoting pro-moting business in the city. The city, he said, is also participating participat-ing with the chamber in maintaining main-taining a display at the travel booth in Echo Canyon. This display dis-play tells about the area, he said, U?:h B:r.:!ils Over $34 MISIIon From Mm PsciHc Final tabulations indicate Union Pacific Railroad's Stake in Utah's economy last year amounted to more than $34,171,-000 $34,171,-000 company officials reported More than $2,256,000 represents repre-sents taxes paid by the railroad in the state during 1968, while the remaining $31,915,000 was paid in wages to Utah employees Salt Lake County was the recipient re-cipient of the largest tax payment pay-ment made by the railroad in Utah, collecting $379,224.57. Summit County was second with $213,047.92 while six other Utah counties received tax support from UP in excess of $100,000 each. UP's total tax bill for the year including local, state and federal taxes amounted to more than $65 million. and invites tourists to come and spend some time here. Carl Devey, newly Installed Chamber of Commerce president, presi-dent, said that to be effective the Chamber of Commerce has to have members. Then it needs a close relationship of the members, mem-bers, he went on. A close relationship re-lationship with city officials is also necessary, he said, as without with-out city backing, many of the Chamber of Commerce projects would fail. He expressed the appreciation ap-preciation of the Chamber to ths city for their past support and said he hoped this relationship would continue. Malcolm Beck, American Fork City Councilman and chairman of the Steel Days Committee, also spoke. He said he feels the business busi-ness atmosphere is what makes a town. He noted that the golf course plans are progressing, and said, they are still waiting for approval ap-proval of government participation participa-tion in developing the course. This is expected to come sometime some-time after July l--the new fiscal year he said. Mr. Beck noted that Steel Day plans are nearlng completion and asked the businessmen to promote pro-mote carnival ticket sales. He also reported on beatification beatifi-cation projects, noting the recent re-cent installation of a chain link fence at the City Ball Park. He said plans for one or two more parks in various areas of the community are now being developed. Old Leg Cabin f'oved to Robinson Park The "old" met up with the "new" Friday as the old log cabin located at First East and. Second North was moved by modern mod-ern house moving equipment to its new location in Robinson Park. And despite being more than 100 years old, the structure didn't seem la .note ihe..t,r.aiisitksuia any way. The 18 x 18 foot building build-ing was moved to its new site about noon by Valgardson House Movers from Provo. A cement slab bad been prepared for it at the park previously. American Fork City officials said the building is believed to be one of the first to be constructed con-structed in American Fork and is one of the few original log cabins still standing in the community. It was donated to American Fork City last February by George Steggell, Salt Lake City, representing repre-senting the Steggel family estate. es-tate. The cabin Is well-preserved. Its corners were carefully hewn and fitted. Coarse chinking fills the cracks. It still includes the original wooden floor which was probably Installed after the building build-ing was first constructed. The building was owned about 100 years ago by Joseph B. Forbes one of American Fork's first school teachers. Mr. Forbes came here in 1865 after being asked to settle in the community by President Brigham Young. He became a teacher in the subscription sub-scription school that included both boys and girls of all ages and grades. In later years the log cabin was replaced by a brick home and was used in various other capacities. During the last few years, you could always see a United States flag flying on it on special observances and holidays. hol-idays. The property changed hands over the years and was eventually eventual-ly sold to the Steggell family. American Fork City Councilman Council-man Malcolm Beck spearheaded the drive to have it preserved. Future plans include possible use for history studies ai.1 other teaching experiences. |
