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Show Democrats km Throe Political Isncomors For Council Candidates Evan Brady, Glenn Roundy, LaDell Terry Receive Demo Hod For City Council Posts A spirited nominating convention conven-tion for the American Fork Democratic De-mocratic Precinct was conducted last Friday evening in theAmeri-can theAmeri-can Fork Senior Citizens Center by chairman, Councilman Rodney Turner. A crowd of more tLa 225 persons assembled for the meeting, many of them young voters casting their ballot In a nominating convention for the first time. Candidates carrying the Demo- EVAN BRADY cratic banner during the November Novem-ber 2 election will beEvan Brady, Glenn B. Roundy, and LaDell E. Terry. This will be the first bid for a public office for each of the candidates. Glen Peterson Peter-son was eliminated in the balloting. bal-loting. Brady was nominated by Wayne S. Winters, with William Ellison seconding the nomination. Peterson Pe-terson was nominated by Doug Mayne, with Mrs. LeRoy Nielsen making the seconding speech. Mr. Roundy was nominated by Norman Shumway and seconded by Erma Sorensen. Byron Mc- iifii r v i . l fir?)) s U s : h . I " - ri I SI : HlEBEi KB5) DIAMETER Farlane made the nominating speech in favor of Terry, with a second for this candidate by J. Ralph Binnall. Each of the candidates pledged to devote their efforts to upbuilding up-building the community and the Democratic party to make American Fork a choice community. com-munity. Mr. Brady said, "It is an honor as a Democrat to be able to do this for this community. com-munity. I have lived here 17 years and feel it Is not only the best place in Utah County but the best place in Utah. This is the city of fine people and I am honored to be nominated to serve. I shall, if successful, try to live up to the things this community deserves." In expressing his appreciation for the nomination, Mr. Roundy said, ' The most important thing in my life is my family, the government of American Fork and also the United States of America. I am also dedicated to the Church, but I am not running on a church ticket. I have never shirked my duty in my life. I will support this party and will do all in my power to make American Fork a better city. This we deserve.' "For many years I have felt the business of city government a very important business,' said Mr. Terry. "People build a great community. We can be proud to live here where people are warm, friendly, and cooperative. coopera-tive. I am an advocate of community com-munity service; and if we want the good community we deserve, we will have to work in it. I desire to serve you and will put my 100 percent effort to do the job." EVAN BRADY A native of Pleasant Grove, Mr. Brady has been a resident of American Fork the past 17 years. He graduated from Pleasant Plea-sant Grove High School and has been employed at U. S. Steel Geneva Works for the past 24 years. He also served with the U. S. Army for four years. An active member of the LDS Church, Mr. Brady was recently released as bishop of the American Ameri-can Fork Tenth Ward. He has been Elders' Quorum president, a counselor in the bishopric, and is currently serving as superintendent super-intendent of the YMMIA and general ge-neral secretary of the Aaronic Priesthood. His wife is the former Betty Nelson of American Fork, and they are the parents of two children chil-dren and have three Indian children chil-dren as foster children. St V W GLENN B ROUNDY Born in Winter Quarters, Carbon Car-bon County, Clenn B. Roundy grew up in American Fork. He served with the U. S Navy for six years during World War II, serving on continuous sea duty and .seeing military action in both the Atlantic and Pacific. He has been employed in the open hearth department at U. S. Steel Geneva Works for the past i 21 years. Active in the LDS Church, Mr. Roundy has had extensive administrative admini-strative experience in various church callings, including his present assignment as amember of the American Fork Stake High J DIAMETER 4-- v DIAMETER V lv , Jl ' 1 JfPifWtj i Council. He is a past Elder's Quorum president and has been general secretary of the Priesthood Priest-hood organization. He has had extensive work with the youth, serving for a number of years as Cubmaster and has donated his time and talents to the Little League and Bantam Basketball programs. He and his wife, the former Maxine Smith of Alpine, are parents pa-rents of five children. f i LADELL TERRY LaDell E. Terry has been a resident of American Fork for the past 38 years and is a graduate gra-duate of American Fork High School. He has been employed ai u. i. sieei ueneva wonts ; for the past 25 years. Active as a prominent club : and civic worker of the com- ; munity, Mr. Terry is currently ! serving as president of the A- ; merican Fork Lion's Club. He ! ! has been affiliated with the Lion's ' ! Club for the past 12 years, hold- ; j ing posts of vice-president and ; : director. He is also past pre- j ! sident of the American Fork i Jaycees, and also held the post ' j of vice-president and director in j I this organization during his 12 ! years of membership. i ! A supporter of youth programs, j Mr. Terry has worked in Little : i League baseball for seven years j I and has been president of that j organization as well as presi- j dent of the Pony League. He ! is a member of the Alpine Dis- j trict Scout Committee, serving , as vice-chairman and as chair-; man of orientation and extension ' committees. Active in church affairs, Mr. ' Terry is now serving as finance 1 clerk of the American Fork Ninth I Ward. He and his wife, the former Margie Beckstead of South Jordan, are parents of three sons. An excellent response to a voluntary fund raising for campaign cam-paign expenses was notedby Precinct Pre-cinct officers, Mr. Turner, now holding a post as city councilman, council-man, and his associates, Luana Searle, vice-chairlady; Ralph Binnall, secretary; and Carma Greenwood, treasurer. I Vacancies in 1 A. F. Fire Dept. The American Fork Fire De- : partment is now accepting applications ap-plications for membership in the local Fire Department. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and have not i yet reached the age of 36 years. ! Those interested in being i affiliated with this fine organization organi-zation should submit an appli- cation to either Chief LeRoy Griffin or to any present member ; of the Fire Department. ! ONE WAY TRAFFIC PROPOSED FOR SERVICE STREET One way traffic has been proposed pro-posed by Bank of American Fork officials for the service street which links Church Street and Center Street. The narrow street is widely used by drive-in customers of the bank, as well as many of the business people who have firms fronting on Main Street. v DAYLY MANUFACTURING 60. IMMEDIATE OPENINGS for mature women looking for year-round employment with good benefits. Bayly has immediate openings for Power Sewing Machine Operators. Along with good working conditions, con-ditions, Bayly offers earn-while-you-learn training p r o-arams, o-arams, paid health insurance for you and your dependents. Straight day shift, paid vacation, paid holidays, and top incentive wage program. Come directly to: BAYLY MANUFACTURING CO. 350 West Center Pleasant Grove i Oil II u LJ MALCOLM BECK Deck, Garlic!;, Frandscn dominated or City Council Seats by Incumbent Councilman Mai-! colm H. Beck was given a vote of confidence by Republican de- legates who returned him as a city council candidate for a se- cond term in a split vote of delegates attending the Republi- can Precinct nominating conven- tion Friday evening. Vice-chair- lady Barbara Hymes conducted in the Utah Power & Light Co. auditorium, with some 200 persons per-sons present. Other council candidates to be put on the November No-vember municipal election ballot bal-lot will be Melvin V. Frandsen and Jay Garlick. Garlick was named following a run-off vote resulting from a tie with in cumbent Councilman Harold W i Anderson on the first ballot. Harry Malone, prominent businessman, busi-nessman, was also eliminated as a candidate in the balloting. Mr. Beck will be joined by the two political newcomers in the bid to retain the three council coun-cil seats now held by Republicans Republi-cans on the city council. In addition to the seat presently held by Mr. Anderson, Republican Repub-lican William H. Blomquist, incumbent, in-cumbent, declined renomination to the post for a second term. Precinct officers urged Repub licans to unite their efforts to retain Republican leadership in ritv government and asked their support of the nominated candi- j dates. The impact of the vote j of the 18-year-old voters was; also noted and young voters were j welcomed to the party and their support solicited for the spirited election campaign which is now! underway. Councilman Harold W. Anderson Ander-son was nominated for re-election by Dick Devey, with Douglas Nicholes making the seconding speech. Councilman Beck was: nominated by former Mayor Glen j Anderson, with Keith Richan of-1 fering the seconding speech. Jay Garlick was nominated byAlvini Monson, seconded by Gay le Julian: and Melvin Frandsen was nomi- nated by Geneve Cornell, second-1 ed by Joseph B. Hanson. Dale Peterson nominated Harry Ma-i lone, with Dale Gunther second ing this nomination. Candidates pledged their sup-: port of the party and the plat-1 form adopted by delegates and' in individual statements, outlined, their viewpoints and goals for the : information of those present. VIEWS OF CANDIDATES ! Councilman Beck expressed appreciation for the opportunity to serve and noted he had gained a respect for the people of Ameri-1 'lil.lt J t JAY GARLICK can Fork. He commented on ! the party platform and pledged his support to it. ' We must ! resist taxation, beginning at the ! local level," he said, "with the power of municipality to remain ; in city government, rather than shifting the emphasis to county, i regional or state control. I j spend a lot of time talking to j people of this community," he j continued, "and I feel their re i action to government affairs is of major importance to our city, j We also have the problem of the i senior citizens of our commu-' commu-' nity to deal with and must at- tempt to help them solve their problems and the challenge they have of living on fixed incomes. I think it vital to work toward the youth and am committed to programs of benefit to all residents re-sidents of the community." Mr. Garlick said, "Iamthank- j M to be a Republican and for being a citizen of American Fork." He noted that he and his wife chose to live in this community and to raise their children in American Fork, committing com-mitting himself to commuting to San Francisco to operate his business there for the past three years rather than move his family to California. He also commented ' on the sad experience he has found of creeping socialism. ' It is not creeping socialism any longer," he said, "but running and it needs to be shot down. American Fork is a great and beautiful city and I am proud to be a citizen of this community." commun-ity." In accepting his nomination, Mr. Frandsen emphasized the strong responsibility of local government go-vernment and the need for elected officials to do the job required for the good of the people of the community. "We can make many decisions,' he continued, "but the old economic system of supply and demand is still effective. ef-fective. It is only realistic to see that the federal government gets a large share of our tax i money. I appreciate your vote ! of confidence and your support j and ask you to support all three i Republican candidates and put the three into office as council-men." council-men." In other business, the convention conven-tion recognized the presence of Mayor Neal Savage, who also spoke briefly, pledging further j town meetings to allow interplay j of ideas and information between ! community leaders and citizens, j It was suggested by Dick Devey , that these town meetings be put j MELVIN V. FRANDSEN Republicans i on a neighborhood basis to get a feel of what people want in their areas. Funds were also collected to finance the municipal campaign through the generosity of those present. Biographies of the council candidates can-didates follow: MALCOLM H BECK Now completing his first four-year four-year term of office, Mr. Beck will be the only incumbent candidate can-didate and is the only Republican Republi-can nominee with previous political po-litical experience. He is now serving as chairman of the Tri- j Cities Golf Course committee and was instrumental in obtaining the cooperation of Pleasant Grove and Lehi in the project which will provide a comprehensive recreational re-creational center for citizens of all three communities. Prominent in civic affairs, Mr. Beck is outgoing Lion's Club president and also served as president of the American Fork Jaycees. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award, Key Man Award, Ten Feather Ute Award and served in both local and state positions of responsibility re-sponsibility with the Jaycees. He has also been ?ctive in the United Fund committee and has achieved success as chairman of the A-merican A-merican Fork Beautification Committee for two years, as well as serving as chairman of the American Fork Recreation Committee Com-mittee and is also aformer chairman chair-man of the American Fork Steel Days Celebration. Reared in American Fork, Mr Beck graduated from American Fork High School. He attended Carbon College, the University of Utah, and Brigham Young University. Uni-versity. He is employed by U. S Steel Geneva Works and is a member of the LDS Church, he is married to the former if , - V , t i , ipffi 'I'IM'fiS' '.MSi -:.1 i?lr. fai)fM5 f Hit ia d.v it i-H -f.'J.iaiimif- .iiiliirr .-. ...if .. -t -i.;.- r- t., nttliM . litt.'is'i ii" r mm' .if is, rtiftr .. :-S f! I StsA- ! I ' Mt fiii. -'.: essi:, j T ' i , t v "iff THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, 1971 Sharon Stoddard, of Dragerton, and they are the parents of three children. MELVIN V FRANDSEN Making his first bid for an elective political office, Mr. Frandsen is a native of American Ameri-can Fork, graduating from American Fork High School. He is also an alumni of Brigham Young University and attended Heneger's Business College in Salt Lake City. Mr. Frandsen has served with the Utah National Guard for 22 years, now holding the office of major in the 115 Engineer Detachment De-tachment at Camp Williams. Employed Em-ployed with U. S. Steel, Mr. Frandsen began work as shipping ship-ping clerk in production planning and has been steadily promoted until he is now a sales representative repre-sentative working out of the U. S. Steel general office in Salt Lake City. He has served as chairman chair-man of the United Fund campaign cam-paign and as a company repre--sentative with the Greater Salt Lake Area chamber of commerce. com-merce. Interested in youth and youth programs, he Is presently a Scoutmaster in the American Fork Second Ward and has given much time to developing the bantam ban-tam basketball and the little league football programs. He has served as district chairman in the Republican party. He and his wife, the former Mary Carson of Fairfield, are parents of five children and one foster child. JAY GARLICK Jay Garlick will also make this bid for city council his first campign for office. He has formerly for-merly served as American Fork Republican Precinct chairman. Born in Hiawatha, Carbon County, Mr. Garlick grew up in American Ameri-can Fork, graduating from the local high school. He received his B. A. degree from Brigham Young University, where he majored ma-jored in business finance and banking. He also studied real estate at BYU and later taught real estate classes for the university. uni-versity. He has affiliated with several professional organizations, organiza-tions, serving as president of the Utah County Real Estate Board, as well as the Utah State Real Estate Board. Mr. Garlick is presently serving as president of the Indian Hills of Marin, an extensive real estate development develop-ment near San Francisco. He also operates a private real estate es-tate practice and owns Y s Realty, an industrial and commercial land development. He also owns one-half of the Freeport Park, a new Salt Lake development. An active member of the LDS Church, he filled a mission to Holland and Belgium and is presently pre-sently Alpine Stake executive secretary. se-cretary. He is married to the Hospital Patients The following received treatment treat-ment at the American Fork Hospital Hos-pital during the past week: Ellis Parker, Patrick Long, Gloria Whaley, Sylvia Hayes, William Mills, Lillias McMillan, Thelma Lynch, David Shelley, Nancy Pulley, Lorna Birk, Grace Williams, Catherine Colledge, Raymond Roundy, John Michael Seaman, and Barbra J. Walters, all of American Fork. Conway Lebaron, Roy Little-ford, Little-ford, Stanley Gordon, Sylvia Chi-dester, Chi-dester, Mark Austin, Delbert Curtis, Sandra Phillips, Bertrand Beck, Alta Hardman, Leonard Waters. Earl Smith, Myrl Nor-berg, Nor-berg, Lois Rushton, Samuel Evans, and ErmaPrestwich, all of Lehi. Gordon Hullinger, Dale Bethers, Janice Fowlke, Bonnie J. Sapp, Gloria Barber, Susan Willsen, Jimmy Ellis, Carl Ful-ierton, Ful-ierton, Jeremy Karl Flygare, Clarence G. Wright, Car rie Frampton, Laura West, Barbara Bowers, Myrtle McCormick, Clifford Bezzant, andGrace Man-well, Man-well, all of Pleasant Grove. Verl Hampton, Frances Otto, and Lois Gardner, all of Orem. Tony Chew and Michael Allen, Al-len, both of Vernal. Connie Sue Darling, Provo; Elmo Griffiths, Grif-fiths, Alpine; Lori Jean Spray, Garfield; and Keith Hansen, Spanish Span-ish Fork. Sister of Am. Fork Woman Succumbs Beulah Barker Huff White, 76, Thistle, died Sept. 26, in aProvo hospital following a stroke. She was born July 12, 1895 in Ness City, Kansas to Charles and Alice E. Stephens Barker. She married Edwin P. Huff, Feb. 25, 1913. He died April 29, 1953. She married Clarence White Sept. 2, 1953, Elko, Nevada. He died July 30, 1965. She was amember of the Ladies Society of Brotherhood of Locomotive Loco-motive Firemen and Enginemen Survivors include daughters; Mrs. Evan (Evelyn) Nelson, Thistle; Mrs. DenaCThelma) Brown, Boise, Idaho; a granddaughter grand-daughter whom she raised, Mrs. James (Carol) Saracino, Roy; four grandchildren; 16 greatgrandchildren; great-grandchildren; one great-greatgrandchild; sisters, Mrs. Ruth Meranda, American Fork; Mrs. Lola Jones and Mrs. Birdie Turn-bow, Turn-bow, both of Heber, Utah. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Walter Wal-ter Funeral Home in Spanish Fork, Utah. Burial was in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery. former Elaine Hicken of Heber City, and they are parents of five children. |