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Show Universal Microfilming Box 2608 Salt Lake City, Utah 64101 A m " . 1 : ; -" -Mi! Am. Fork Merchants Pink Ladies Boutique Set For Dec. 1 Pink Ladies at the American Fork Hospital will hold their annual Christmas Boutique on Friday, December 1, in the foyer of the American Fork Hospital Plan to do your Christmas shopping early and visit the boutique, bou-tique, they urge. Many beautiful beauti-ful handmade items will be available avail-able including dish towels, pil With the ushering in of the Christmas season onFriday, November No-vember 24, and the coming of Santa Claus to officially begin the festivities, American Fork merchants are preparing to serve your shopping needs. Stores will remain open on Friday evening Nov. 24 until 9 p.m. for customer convenience according to Harry Malone, chairman of the Retail Trades Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and beginning on Friday Fri-day December 1, they will be open each shopping day until 9 p.m. Shelves are being stocked with merchandise of every description from clothing items to appliances, appli-ances, both big and small, to novelties to furnish shoppers with that "just right" gift for every member of the family as well as friends and neighbors. Mr. Malone said Chamber officials of-ficials are making arrangements with Santa Clause to be downtown at scheduled intervals during the pre-Christmas season to hear the wishes of the youngsters. The schedule of his visits will be announced in the Citizen as soon as it is known. Merchants will also hold drawings draw-ings in their stores each week with prizes going to the lucky winners, Mr. Malone said. Ke urged shoppers to plan to shop in American Fork. I , Set .a i s'j It .A Late Hours For Shoppers low cases, aprons, children's clothing items, quilts, baby items and novelties. Ye Ole' Bake Shoppe will feature fea-ture fresh homemade bread, cookies, cakes and candies, made by some of the best cooks around. Mrs. Leah Wood is serving as general chairman of the event with Mrs. Leona Larsen in charge of the bake shop and Mrs. Mae Bennett, the novelites. All of the ladies in the auxiliary are assisting by making gift items for the event. Proceeds from the boutique will go toward the annual Pink Ladies gift to the hospital. Santa to Arnir In Am. Fori; Friday at 2 Hey kids!! You'd better start being good and going that extra mile to please Mom and Dad . . . and not fight with your brothers and sisters . . . cause Santa Claus is coming to town on Friday, Fri-day, November 24, and he will be checking your record against his to make sure you're deserving deserv-ing of all your Christmas wishes. The American Fork Jaycees have arranged for the Jolly Ole' Gent to arrive in town to start the Christmas season at 2 p.m. aboard the big white fire engine. Riding with him will be Miss American Fork and members of UP&L Co. to Provide Free Power For Holiday Lights To make the Christmas season a little brighter, Utah Power and Light Co. will provide free electricity to light some 100,000 lamps in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming Wyo-ming cities. According to a long standing custom, Utah Power and Light. Company will again furnish electricity elec-tricity to light holiday decorations decora-tions installed as community projects pro-jects on city streets and parks here and in 145 other communities communi-ties where the firm's distribution lines run. The Christmas gift is available between dusk and midnight from Nov. 18 to Jan. 1, according to Club Nigkthv. 30 American Fork's Annual Community Com-munity Club Night will be held Thursday evening, November 30, at 8:00 p.m. in the Am. Fork Senior High School auditorium. An outstanding program has been arranged with "An Indian In-dian Variety Show." The program pro-gram will feature dancing and songs from the old Indian culture cul-ture and also from the modern Indian culture. The annVal Community Club Night is presented by the Wo IN CHARGE OF COMMUNITY CULTURAL EVENT - Officers of the President's Council in charge of the Annual Community Club Night are, L to r., Mrs. Ray (Marge) Walker, in charge of the refreshments; Mrs. A. Ralph (Mabel) Smith, general chairman; Mrs. Norman (Theran) Clark, publicity chairman. the American Fork City Council He will greet all you boys ana girls at the American Legion Hall and will have a candy cane for each, Jerry Seals and John Sorenson, Jaycees Santa Claus chairmen, said. They urged all of the youngsters to be on time as Santa is being kept busy making mak-ing appearances in various towns in the area and may have to make his first visit of the season a short one. Before appearing in the downtown down-town area, Santa will visit the students at the Utah State Training Train-ing School, Mr. Seals said. Clair J. Hadley, Southern Division Divi-sion manager. He said that the company will run necessary service ser-vice wires to connect installed lights to the utility lines. Free Christmas lighting to communities served directly by the company is a tradition with UP&L. Last year, the utility provided 397,325 kilowatt hours of free electricity to illuminate some 100,000 holiday bulbs in 146 cities and towns. Of these, some 6,700 bulbs were lighted in 22 communitites in the central and southeastern Utah area. men's Clubs of American Fork under the direction of the President's Pres-ident's Council General chairman of the cultural cul-tural community event is Mrs. A. Ralph (Mabel) Smith. She is being assisted by Mrs. Norman (Theran) Clark in charge of publicity pub-licity and Mrs. Ray (Marge) Walker, in charge of refreshments. refresh-ments. Each club in the community com-munity has a committee responsible re-sponsible for providing the refreshments re-freshments for the evening. Boosting American Fork Hub of North Utah County WEDNESDAY. NOV. 22. 1972 GROUNDBREAKING MONDAY- for Monday, Nov. 27. The architect's sketch shows the plan for the View Bank has Oct, 21, 1971 kill ountain View ianEi Groundbreaking The formal ground-breaking for the permanent building for Mountain View Bank at 207 East Main, American Fork, will be held next Monday with local and state dignitaries attending. Harold W. Anderson, Mountain View's Executive vice president and manager, announced that the ceremony will take place at 11:00 a.m. and that the permanent structure will be located on the same site now being utilized by Mountain View's trailer outlet. The bank began operating in American Fork some 13 months ago on October 21, 1971 and has now grown to over two million dollars in resources. Scheduled guests at the groundbreaking ground-breaking ceremony will include W. Smoot Brimhall, Utah's Bank Commissioner; Malcolm H. Beck Western Dance Slated Saturday A highlight of the holiday season will be a Western Dance sponsored by the Sooner Riding Rid-ing Club of Lehi. The dance will be held November 25, at the Steel-workers Steel-workers Union Hall, 1847 South Columbia Lane, Orem. Dancing will begin at nine p.m. with a $2.00 per couple donation. Don Pettys Orchestra will furnish the music. There will be a quilt raffle, door prizes and other surprises to insure an evening of fancing, fun and entertainment. Everyone is invited and Western West-ern dress is in order. "-"....,1 htm The groundbreaking for the new Mountain View Bank has been set been in operation in American Fork for 13 months Mayor of American Fork; Clifford Clif-ford Finch, President oftheAm. Fork Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Oral T. Dalton, President of the Am. Fork Business Development Group; Neal Savage, Vice President Pre-sident of Mountain View Bank; Harry E. Barratt, Director and Secretary; Hal Holmstead, Director Dir-ector and Treasurer; H, Grant 1 ( . iL . . : 7jrv .... ' '"-.i f, i CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS-- Jaycee JohnSorensen prepares one of the new Christmas decorations for installation along American Fork Main Street. Jaycees m?t early last Sunday morning to install the holiday decor. Christmas Decorations Add to Festive Season American Fork's Main Street has taken on a gala holiday appearance ap-pearance with the installation of colorful and sparkling ; Christmas decorations. The decorations were put into place on Sunday in anticipation of the coming of Santa Claus to town on Friday afternoon and the ushering in of the Christmas season. The lights will be turned on Friday evening it was noted by members of the American Fork Jaycees. new structure. The Mountain now. They began operations Ivins, Director and Legal Counsel Coun-sel and Mr. Anderson. Also invited are Golden L. Allen, Al-len, Utah State Treasurer; David Duncan, State Treasurer elect; Yukus Inouye, Utah County Commissioner Com-missioner elect. Other bank officials of-ficials in attendance will be Keith Jacobs, Kay L. Jacobs and Calvin Cal-vin Swenson. Several new pieces were added the holiday decor, project chairmen chair-men said, including lanterns with arm pieces which were put on utility poles in the downtown area. The Jaycees annually are in charge of installing the Christmas Christ-mas lights to usher in the holiday. holi-day. Jed Wiscombe served as lighting chairman. He was assisted as-sisted by other members of the organization. ion day Mayor Takes Oath Malcolm H. Beck has been appointed mayor of American Fork to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Mayor Neal Savage earlier this month. Announcement of Mr. Beck's appointment was made Friday morning (Nov. 17) by Mayor Pro Tern Evan Brady. He said the new mayor will serve the unexpired un-expired thirteen months of Mayor Ma-yor Savage's term. Mayor Savage Sav-age resigned effective November Novem-ber 10 for reasons of health. Mr. Beck was sworn in to his new position at ceremonies held at the American Fork City Hall on Monday, November 20, at 5 p.m. The public was invited to attend. As Mr. Beck is currently serving serv-ing on the American Fork City Council, a vanacy will now exist on the council This will be filled as soon as? possible, Mr. Beck said, with the council to consider con-sider possible appointments in the near future. Following his appointment, Mr. Beck said, "I believe the mayor is here to serve the public and I will be available at the city hall each Monday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and Tuesday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. to discuss any problems that may come up. Residents of the city are invited to come in and talk things over at any time." He said that re-assignment of council members to various committees com-mittees will be made as soon as the new councilman is named. Mr. Beck is currently serving his second four year term as a councilman. During his terms of office, he has filled assignments assign-ments in administrative positions in each of the various city departments. de-partments. He has also served as chairman of the American Fork Beautification Committee, the ttoliii Ooolt Takes Oafii As fa Mayor of Am. Fori; Am. Fork Firemen Give Turkeys Away The annualAmericanFork volunteer vol-unteer firemen turkey drawing was held last Saturday with ten lucky winners receiving large birds to grace their Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing tables. The drawing was held at the fire station with Rebecca Barratt Bar-ratt drawing out the winning tick ''iff? - l 'M -wir y n y -V i I . i vl- tk t N :A. a , x : ' fa? i 4 1 "A pi V ! I m FIREMEN TURKEY DRAWING Rebecca Barratt, second from left, draws winning tickets for the American Fork Firemen Turkey drawing as Don Jensen, left and Gary Rackman, Brent Parduhn and Phil Tidwell, look on. Ten turkeys were given away in drawing. NEW MAYOR - Malcolm Beck, at left, is sworn into office by City Judge Leo Nelson at ceremonies held Monday evening at the American Fork City Hall American Fork Recreation Committee Com-mittee and the American Fork Steel Days Committee. An ardent civic and commnity worker, he is presently serving as chairman of the Tri-Cities Golf Course and RecreationArea which is nearing completion. He was the prime organizer of the project which will provide an 18 hole public golf course for Am. Fork, Lehi, and PI Grove as well as other complementing recreation re-creation facilities. Mr. Beck was also chairman of a project which culminated in the remodeling of the former city library into a center for Senior Citizens in the community. He has served a term as president pres-ident oftheAmericanFork Lion's Club, and as president oftheAm. Fork Jaycees. At present, his duties include an appointment to Banquet Saturday to Honor Area Veterans All area veterans who have served in the Armed Forces of our country since August 1964 will be honored at a special banquet and program on Saturday, November No-vember 25, at the Stake Tabernacle Taber-nacle beginning at 7 p.m. Douglas Nicholes, general chairman of the banquet, said veterans from American Fork, PI Grove and Lehi are invited to be in attendance. If they haven't returned their invitations prior to this time or if they didn't receive re-ceive an invitation, they are to get in touch with Mr. Nicholes at his home inAmericanForktoday. There is no charge for the ets. Winners were Hart Bullock, Bul-lock, James Brem, Jack's IGA, Eldon Reese, Andy Dokis, John Jolley, Jack Watkins, Barratt Builders, Diane Brown andMoun-tain andMoun-tain View Bank. Gary Rackman and Jerry Barratt Bar-ratt served as co-chairmen of the project. Proceeds will go to .0 the Utah State Lions Sight Conservation Con-servation Committee where he is in charge of white cane sales. He is the recepient of the Jaycees DistinguishedServlceA-ward, DistinguishedServlceA-ward, theTenFeatherUTE award and served in many local and state positions with the Jaycee organization. organi-zation. He has also assisted with the United Fund Committee. He Is a member of the Republican Party. A native of American Fork, he is a graduate of American Fork High School He also attended Carbon College, the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Univer-sity. He has been employed by U.S. Steel Geneva Works for 15 years, serving in the production planning department. He and his wife, the former Sharon Stoddard, are the parents of three children. banquet, he noted, adding that partners of the veteran or their parents are also invited to attend. Mayors of American Fork, Lehi, Pleasant Grove, Alpine and Lindon are assisting with the program, Mr. Nicholes said, with LaDell Terry, American Fork City Councilman, serving as co-ordinator. Members of various veterans organizations from each of the communitites involved are assisting. The program willfeature special spec-ial talent numbers from each of the five cities, Mr. Nicholes said. Santa treats for the elementary school youngsters just prior to Christmas. Members of the fire department depart-ment expressed their appreciation apprecia-tion to citizens of the area for the support they gave to the project. "L'f .J I |