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Show Universal Microfilming Box 2608 ' Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 ' 1 i : n . CHARMING MISS AMERICAN FORK CANDIDATES are busy making final preparation for the big night. Saturday evening one of these lovely contestants will find the pot of gold "On the Other Side of the Rainbow" and walk away with the crown, role and title of Miss American Fork. 1970 contestants con-testants are Shirla Taylor, Ginger Brooks, Vivian Kitchen, Laureen Hall, first row; Muriel Runolf-son, Runolf-son, Peggy Ault, Jeanene Adams, Carla Hansen, second row; and Terrie Heinz and Colleen Smith, top. Public is cordially invited to attend pageant. iss Am. Fork iloyalty to be imed at The ten lovely contestants for the title of Miss American Fork will look to the "Other Side of the Rainbow" this Saturday, where one of them will find the proverbisl. pot of gold - and the excitement and glitter of her coronation! The Miss American Fork Pageant Pag-eant will be held Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the American Fork High School auditorium. The 1970 pageant promises to be especially pleasing, with the entire en-tire product ioc fast-paced, entertaining en-tertaining and eye-pleasing, according ac-cording to Mrs. Paul S. Mur-dock, Mur-dock, general pageant chairman. Guest soloist for the occasion will be William E. (Bill) Petersen, Peter-sen, with the pageant orchestra and vocalists from American Fork High School adding color and gaiety to the production. Contestants are Vivian Kitchen, Kitch-en, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin R. Kitchen, Ginger Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brooks; Terrie Lee Heinz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heinz; Colleen Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Smith; Laureen Mall, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly B. Hall; Peggy Ault, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ault; Muriel Mur-iel Runclfson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loyal B. Runolfson; Jeanene Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Adams; Carla Hansen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell P. Hansen; and Shirla Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon R.Taylor. Each contestant will be judged In swimsuit and interview division divi-sion by out of town judges prior to the pageant. The pageant audience aud-ience will thrill to the clever talent numbers, production numbers num-bers and the evening gown and question division conducted on stage. Names of judges will not be disclosed prior to the pageant, pag-eant, but all will be qualified for the important task. Conducting the pageant orchestra orches-tra will be Paul Mortensen, with Charles R. Fadley training the high school singers. Talent numbers will be presented pre-sented by the contestants as follows: fol-lows: Vivian, a Hawaiian flance; Ginger, a song and dance routine; rou-tine; Terry, a vocal solo from "Funny Girl;" and Colleen, piano solo "Stardust;" followed by modern dance; Laureen will play a violin selection. Peggy's talent presentation will be based on sewing and design skills; Muriel will give a humocous reading; Jeanene's talent number will be a pantomime panto-mime featuring fashion design; Carla will perform a tap dance to "Elk's Parade" and Syria's talent number will be a Latin ballroom dance. The contestants will not appear In the order listed above, which Is the order in which their applications ap-plications were received by the committee. Their order of ap- iBoosting American Fork THURSDAY, pearance on the Miss American Fork pageant program will be determined de-termined by drawing to give all contestants equal consideration. They will appear in the evening gown division and talent division according to drawn position. Each contestant will be escorted escort-ed on stage for the evening gown division, with all escorts appearing appear-ing in formal wear courtesy of Devey's to accent the formal gowns of the lovely candidates. Miss American Fork of 1969, Ann Thompson, will appear in a special number following the contest con-test ants' talent presentations. She will bestow the sparkling tiara and royal robes onher successor suc-cessor as a climax to the evening. Visits total A group of seven young Australian Aus-tralian professional men met with the board of directors of the American Fork Rotary Club at Alpine Country Club Thursday Thurs-day afternoon. Don C. Overly, Rotary president, presi-dent, acted as host for the luncheon lunch-eon meeting, which feted the Group Study Exchange team sponsored spon-sored by District 250 and Potary International. The group will be in the United States during the months of April, May and June, visiting District 542 which comprises com-prises Utah and Idaho. They will also visit parts of Oregon and Wyoming in this area. Tony Nancarrow, a Methodist minister from Loxton, Australia, is the tour leader. He is the only Rotarian in the group, with the six team members selected from more than 80 applicants to form a representative team from the district. Selected to the six-man team were Neil Andrew, 25, a fruitgrower from Walkerie; John Boyce, 32, a mining engineer en-gineer from Broken Hill; Deaa Brown, 26, of Belair who is In the Agricultural Research Office Of-fice with the Department of Agriculture; Ag-riculture; Brian Cunningham, 34, a Port PIrle metallurgist; Barry Bar-ry Schultz, 29, a Port Lincoln Pharmacist; andTerryShanahan, 28, of Brighton, who is a chartered char-tered accountant. The team was chosen to serve Garbage Permits Available At City Office Garbage Permit Cards for American Fork City are now available and may be picked up at the American Fork City Offices. Pageant Saturday Hub of North Utah County APRIL 30. 1970 Special staging effects will be arranged by Mrs. Russell Greene, chairman of production and staging for the pcgeant. Decor of the stage will set the theme of "On the Other Side of the Rainbow" Rain-bow" and serve as a suitable showcase for the delightful contestants. con-testants. "On the Other Side of the Rainbow" is an official Miss American Fork Pageant Field Production written by George J. Cavalier, director of theNationl-al theNationl-al and Field Production of the Miss America Pageant, with an original musical score by Edna and Glenn Osser. The script has been adapted to the Miss American Ameri-can Fork Pageant by Betty G. Spencer. lotmy Clu as a good will ambassador, visiting vis-iting the United States with a sense of mission and ability to promote international relations. Each of the visitors has shown an impressive record in their chosen field and is active in community com-munity affairs requiring leadership leader-ship and citizenship qualities. The study team will be hosted by local Rotarians during their visit in the United States, with American Fork hosts Wilbur Harding, Dr. Dean Taylor, Hal Holmstead and Ray Lamoreaux. The group visited the Utah State Training School following the " -r: ) X - '. -' 1 - ' 1 HI 1 7 f' I i )' ' ROTARY HOSTS AUSTRALIAN TEAM --Visiting at a meeting of Rotary officers at Alpine Country Club are Rotary president Don C. Overly, left, Tony Nancarrow, team leader, Terry Shanahan, and host Wilbur Harding. Standing are team members Barry Schultz, John Boyce, Dean Brown, Neil Andrew and Brian Cunningham. Group members were hosted in American Fork for four days, visiting at homes of Rotary members, ' Number 10 May 16 Set As "D-Day'i For Old Junkers The unsightly junkers currently current-ly decorating the landscape of numerous backyards, city streets and garages will be "taken for a ride" Saturday, May 16. This day has been set aside as "Day-Day" for junkers, according ac-cording to Councilman R o d n e y Turner. Trucks and lowboys of the Utah National Guard will be on hand during their regular drill day to haul tne junkers to a remote area west of Lehi. Here the junkers will be deposited in a ravine and later covered with fill by private property owners who have agreed to accept the discarded vehicles. Councilman Turner, chairman of the City Beautification Com-m Com-m i 1 1 e e , expressed satisfaction with all phases of city beautification, beautifi-cation, except the junkers, and asks complete cooperation to see that as many as possible are removed re-moved from the community on "D-Day." He hopes to eliminate all junkers in the concentrated effort, with junker owners now being contacted to arrange for removal. re-moval. Terracing Planned As Major Jaycee Park Improvenienl Jaycee Park will be completely com-pletely relandscaped in a comprehensive com-prehensive project revealed Monday evening by Councilman Malcolm H. Beck. - Councilman Beck proposes re moving all trees surrounding the playing grounds at Jaycee Park, terracing the sloping hillsides and replanting with grass. The first phase of the work will be undertaken May 16, when heavy equipment of the Utah National Na-tional Guard will assist in removal re-moval of the trees and terracing work. The completion of the project pro-ject is anticipated this summer, with a major portion of the work expected to be undertaken in June. hidmnge ham h Bowd Thursday luncheon and visited in American Fork for four days. Among places of interest toured in Utah Valley were theSignetics plant, U.S. Steel Geneva Works, Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe and other industrial and agricultural agri-cultural developments. The USA tour is the second phase of the current two-year Rotary Exchange. A team from the United States visited Rotary District 250 in South Australia in March and April of last year. Several of the tour members will complete a trip around the world enroute home. City Council Approves Steel lays Float, Hears Reports in Busy Session Monday The American Fork City Council Coun-cil approved construction of the official Steel Days float by the American Fork Jaycees, approver approv-er final reading of a proposed iriigation ordinance, heard a letter let-ter supporting the activities of the Fraternal Order of Eagles from a Layton city councilman, and heard reports from councilmen, signed three separate agreements agree-ments with Utah County in a busy session conducted in the council chambers Monday evening. The American Fork Jaycees were authorized to construct, maintain and tansport the official city float for a cost of approximately approxi-mately $095, with full details presei u . in a separate story. The float is to be constructed of plastic or other weather proof material, with design and actual construction work to begin as soon as possible. A letter from a Layon city council member, outlining the positive enterprises of the Fraternal Fra-ternal Order of Eagles was read by Mayor Neal Savage. The Eagles Eag-les have made application for an appeal of an earlier council decision de-cision to reject their request to permit the American Fork Eagles Aerie to locate their lodge in the former Storrs Market Building. Although the council discussed the matter briefly, it was not brought for a vote due to the absence of Councilman William Will-iam H. Pierce, who was excused from the meeting. The final reading of a proposed propos-ed irrigation ordinance was approved, ap-proved, with copies of the ordinance or-dinance now being studied by officials of the American Fork Irrigation Company, which would also be affected by the ordinance. The matter is expected to be brought for vote at the next city council session. Mayor Savage discussed opportunities op-portunities for hiring youth in the community and gave a brief report of the activities of the local lo-cal Distributive Education Clubs of America, which is providing training for young people planning to enter the business field. With tae cooperation of local businessmen, business-men, students are pbcf i in jobs for training. They also receive instruction in a regular daily scnool class and participate in activities which promote market , ip;; , wi selling excellence. He noted his appreciation for the opportunity he had enjoyed of learning more about the DECA club and the students who were being trained to join the work force through this fire program. Councilman Harold W. Anderson Ander-son reported excellent progress in the Steel Days celebration plans. Regular committee meetings meet-ings are held, with plans for a gala three-day celebration taking form. Mayor Savage asked that cooperation between the church and community be fostered and the support of the churches in parades and other activities sought. Mayor Savage will make this proposal to church leaders of the community. The possibility of encouraging churches to hold reunions during the Steel Days event was also proposed by the City Considers Purchasing System The possibility of establishing establish-ing a uniform purchasing system sys-tem for American Fork City is under consideration by the city council. The proposed system would set a policy of getting the best buy locally for city purchases. The system would be organized under the direction of Councilman Will-lam Will-lam M. Pierce, with the cooperation coopera-tion of Councilman HaroldW. Anderson. mayor, as a means to bring additional ad-ditional residents tack into the community during the Steel Days celebration July 16, 17 and 18. Councilman Malcolm H. Beck reported on progress of a group working to establish cutter racing rac-ing in the area. The committee of organization is headedby Lloyd Transtrum, with residents of this and neighboring communities involved. in-volved. A request from Joe B. Williams Will-iams for approval of a $6,000 architectural fee for completing plans for ILe marina and park proposed for construction on the north shore of Utah Lake was received by the council. Mr. Williams Will-iams has previously met with the council and submitted preliminary prelimin-ary plans for an extensive rec IT '"" ' '"'v' I iV- ' J Y( 1 I J' mliMTMmtftftflfirirrnM'inr -i inrtiiiTwnoi TiiiMiiirnriimiiii. I'mm rim n muni t mmm in' irriifiiaofr tt yiV ti -nvivr -V lJiil r w OUTSTANDING DECA PARTICIPANTS NAMED at banquet. Ray Beasley, Outstanding DECA Employer of the Year, left, shared honors with Denise Christensen, named DECA Student ol the Year for American Fork High School, and Clark Fox, honored as Outstanding DECA Employee of the Year. Mr. Beasley hires two DECA students at his Ray's Taylor Drug. Clark is employed by Devey's. Oufsfaffifiog Employer, fraployea, tudent iw Ray Beasley, owner and manager man-ager of Ray's Taylor Drug, was named Outstanding Employer of the Year at the Distributive Education Edu-cation Clubs of America banquet held at the American Fork High School Thursday evening. Clark Fox, studentbody president at American Fork High School and an employee at Devey's, was named Employee of the Year, with Denice Christensen honor ed as DECA Student of the Year from American Fork High School. Outgoing president Craig Mc-Daniel Mc-Daniel conducted the banquet, paying tribute to the local businessmen busi-nessmen who have supported the DECA program by hiring students affiliated with the merchandising and distributive education class. Certificates of appreciation were presented to the following firms for their support this past year; Alpine Country Club, Marvin's Motor Plaza, Devey's, Ellison Cleaners, J.C. Penney Company, American Fork Bakery, Mr. Steak (Salt Lake City), Dean's Market, Jack Frost, BobsChev-ron BobsChev-ron Service, Reams Market, Smith Drug, Superior T.V. Repair Re-pair and Ray's Taylor Drug. Also receiving Certificates of Appreciation were Mrs. Betty G. Spencer, Don C. Overly, Principal Princi-pal Con Brady, assistant principal princi-pal Elmo Hansen, Jess Walker and Gary Smith. Speakers for the evening were Richard Devey, local businessman business-man who has served as one of the downtown advisors to the club, and Mr. Smith, DECA Club director di-rector at BYU and Utah State University. Mr. Devey described retailing as an exciting field, never safe and secure, with something always al-ways happening. "Those who enter en-ter the business world must have a stout heart," he said, "for they are on the firing line, facing fac-ing the challenge to move ahead." He termed the DECA program an opportunity to experience creative cre-ative merchandising, paced with the trends to automation. "Decide where you want to live, what you want to do and do something some-thing you really enjoy," he chal lenged the group attending, commending com-mending the ECA students for their abilities to achieve and ex-cell. ex-cell. Mr. Smith remarked that the local club could be justifiably proud of their accomplishments, having placed a student In national na-tional competition in only two years. He congratulated Craig McDaniel, who Is presently attending at-tending the national DECA con reational development. Councilman Council-man Beck asked that the matter be tabled until further progress could be reported on land options, op-tions, county position in the matter mat-ter and financial expenditures required by American Fork City. A meeting with the county commissioner com-missioner and county planner is to be arranged by Mayor Savage sometime this week. Councilman Rodney Turner read excerpts from an article written by Harley Jacobs which appeared in a recent issue of the Forkaster, publication of American Amer-ican Fork High School. Mr. Jacobs Ja-cobs proposed construction of a half-mii.. drag strip which could be used by local students under controlled conditions as a factor fac-tor in lessening street drag rac- m Qt DECA 5 ference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Min-nesota, competing for National Boy Student of the Year. Remarking that DECA was a joint effort of the school and community, com-munity, Mr. Smith said, "We look for great things tj happen here in American Fork, a model program for other DECA Clubs to pattern after." In closing, he urged that work be re-enshrined as a guiding principal drastically needed In America today. Certificates of Achievement Achieve-ment were presented toDF.CA members Mike Bowman, Denice Sales Tax Produced $67,202 in American Fork Last Year Local sales tax collections produced 53.8 percent as much revenue as the property tax in American Fork last year, according ac-cording to a special study prepared pre-pared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization. organiza-tion. The report indicates that the local sales tax, which has become a major source of revenue for many Utah counties and municipalities, munici-palities, yielded $67,202 in revenue rev-enue to American Fork during the twelve-month period ended February 28, 1970. If this sum had been raised by a local property prop-erty tax, It would have required an lncre-ed levy of 10.31 mills ($10.31 per $1,0C0 assessed valuation) val-uation) last year. Local sales tax collections for the entire state amounted to $10,-694,979 $10,-694,979 last year. This included $6,892,443 for the 145 cities and towns imposing the tax and $3,-802,536 $3,-802,536 for the 26 counties levying levy-ing the tax. Foundation analysts note that more than 97 percent of Utah's populr.'ion currently reside in areas which are subject sub-ject to the one-half of one per cent local sales levy. The local sales tax was first authorized in U t ah eleven years ago as a means of providing local lo-cal units with an added source of revenue to meet the growing grow-ing demand for expanded local government services. Many of the major municipalities in UUi as well as the nation have been hard pressed to cope with the myriad of problems created by the trend toward urbanization. Although the local tax has pro vided cities and counties in Utah with much needed revenue it lias by no inejiu oi'.ti i"S by students. The article was approved by the council and will be further investigated by Council Coun-cil Turner as a positive suggestion sugges-tion of a solution to the prevalent preval-ent problem of "dragging." Councilman William Blomquist reported that residents of the area on Fifth East between Third and Fourth North were circulating circulat-ing petitions extending R-l Zone to cover an additional section. Some of this area is currently zoned R-2, which will permit construction con-struction of duplex units. The petition pe-tition is expected to be brought before the council for action soon. The meeting was conducted by Mayor Savage, with Councilmen Anderson, Beck, Turner and Blomquist in attendance. Christensen, Kim Hansen, Bren-da Bren-da Lee, Scott Nielson, Craig Turner Tur-ner and Craig McDaniel. Mr. McDaniel then presented an advisor's ad-visor's pin and certificate of ap-pieciation ap-pieciation of Willard C. Devitt, teacher - coordinator of the American Fork High School DECA program. New officers for the coming school year were also announced and installed as follows: Ryan Spafford, president; Gilbert Anderson, An-derson, yice president; Annette Terry, secretary and treasurer; and Nyla Christensen, historian. of their financial problems nor has it eliminated increases In other taxes. Despite the obvious importance of the sales tax in many local budgets, the Foundation report notes that the imposition of the tax has not been accompanied by corresponding reductions in mill levies by most local uults. Of the 145 cities and towns having a local sales tax, 70 Increased Increas-ed their property tax mill rates, 34 reduced their rates, while 41 made no change over the past ten years. Of the 26 counties now receiving revenue from the local sales tax in Utah, only three reduced their county property prop-erty tax rates while 23 increased their levies during the past decade. The Foundation concludes that the one half of one percent local lo-cal option sales tax has proven to be a supplement rather than a replacement for the property tax In most local budgets. Although the local sales tax has become Increasingly important, the property prop-erty tax continues as the bulwark of local government finance At the present time, the local sales tax, while imposed by the local unit, is actually collected by the State Tax Commission along with the state sales tax and allocated back to the local unit according to the point of origon of the sale. Over the years a number of proposals have been made to base the distribution on population rather than where ta tax is levied and collected. Four different Attorneys General, however, have ruled that such a change in the distribution cf the l-wl t ix would be in viola IU'ju oi liiv. tittle Constitution. |