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Show Universal, Sicroftl sons Box 2603 Salt Lak City, Utah r If y 11(3 "How do you put a price tag on, a landmark?" area residents resi-dents asked as they viewed the burned out shell of the historic American Fork LDS Fourth Ward. The 72-year old structure, located at 455 East 300 North, was destroyed in a blaze that literally shot through the building build-ing on Saturday, June 28. Only the walls remain - and they are in a weakened condition and will have to be demolished. No estimate of the building value has been released but President Leland F. Priday of the American Fork North Stake said it will cost over a half-million half-million dollars to replace it. The building housed the Fourth and Fifteenth LDS Wards at the time of the fire. The fire alarm was turned in on Saturday by Fourth Ward Bishop LaVon K. Harward who had been interviewing a family in the ward. As they left, they noted that smoke was coming from the roof and ran back in to report it. Members of the American Fork Volunteer Fire Department Depart-ment had just returned from a false-alarm report and were at the station. They raced to the fire scene within minutes but were too late to save the building build-ing as the roof was already ablaze. Fire fighting units from Pleasant Plea-sant Grove and Lehi Volunteer Fire Departments were called to assist the local fire fighters, but due to the intense heat, the building could not be saved. Firemen, residents from neary, and volunteers were able to save an organ, piano, church records, and many of the furnishings fur-nishings located in the basement. base-ment. Fire Chief Roy Griffin reported report-ed that the roof of the building fell in within 30 minutes after the discovery of the fire, and the building interior was completely gutted shortly thereafter. Firemen remained on the scene for five and one-half hours to make sure all hot spots were out. Heat was so intense at one point that bushes and shrubs located next to the front of the building burst into flames as firemen directed streams of water onto the structure. Many ward members cried openly as they watched the building where they had attended attend-ed church most of their lives consumed by the flames. One fireman was overcome by heat and had to be transported to the American Fork Hospital, one block west of the church. He was treated and released. The structure had been erected erect-ed 1903, and was partially destroyed des-troyed by fire in the early 1950's. It was rebuilt then and enlarged. Members of the Fifteenth Ward are attending church services ser-vices at the Forbes Elementary School and those from the Fourth Ward, holding their meeting at the Utah State Training School Branch. President Priday said stake officials were meeting with General Authorities of the LDS Church on Tuesday afternoon to determine what steps to take in re-building efforts. "We now have ten wards and only two buildings," President Priday said. Results of the meeting were not available at press time. Church officials were high in their praise of the fire fighters NINTEENTH WARD bishopric members are, I. to r., Thomas K.R. Ned L. Anderson; Merrill C. Beck, second counselor. FIFTEENTH WARD bishopric members are, I. to r., Paul R. Adolphson, first counselor; Bishop Darrel R. Rolfe; Phillip E. Hildebrand, second counselor. in containing the blaze within the building and keeping the fire from spreading to nearby resi- dences. " They also expressed apprecia- Aft Plans Progressing Fo IV I X l J i : A": ROYALTY VISITS GOVERNOR - Sheni Ault, attendant, Shauna Pederson, Miss American Fork, left and Nancy Thomas, right, present Governor Calvin L. Rampton with a plaque and an invitation to attend American Fork's Steel Days celebration. j IMinteenth Ward Created, New Bishoprics Sustained The American Fork Ninteenth LDS Ward was created on Sunday, Sun-day, June 29, with a division of the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Wards. The division was announced at a special sacrament meeting for the combined Thirteenth and Fifteenth Wards held at the stake tabernacle. President Leland F. Priday of the American Ameri-can Fork North Stake presidency presi-dency presided at the meeting. Other members of the stake presidency and of the stake high counsel were also in attendance. The Ninteenth Ward follows the old Alpine Highway (Second i If Tk. t - - " f tion to members of the police department in keeping back the crowds that flocked to the scene as the towering smoke was not- ed in the sky. Traffic was A K AW Boosting American Fork Hub of Not th Utah Cou. THURSDAY, JULY 3, )(7") East) on both sides down to the Mill Road (Sixth North), goes east on Sixth North to Fourth East, then north to Seventh North, and east to the creek bed. Everything else lying within the boundaries of the Thirteenth and Fifteenth LDS Wards will remain within those wards, President Priday said. Darrell R. Rolfe was sustained sus-tained as bishop of the Fifteenth Ward with Paul R. Adolphson as first counselor and Phillip E. Hildebrand as second counselor. Ned L. Anderson was sustained sus-tained as bishop of the new Baxter, first counselor; Bishop Jetourod hut still people parked wherev er hey could and walked to the fire. Officers were kept btsy keeping spectators back in order thavfiremen would not be A I Jr 4. l.j i Ninteenth Ward. His counselors are Thomas K.R. Baxter and Merrill C. Beck. The bishopric of the Thirteenth Thir-teenth Ward remained as was with Olani Durrant as bishop and Larry Hermansen as first counselor and Carl Devey, second counselor. Bishop Anderson was released as bishop of the Fifteenth Ward along with his counselors, Mr. Baxter and Mr. Adolphson. The Ninteenth Ward is to meet in the Sixth, Eighth, Thirteenth Thir-teenth Ward chapel for their meetings; and the Fifteenth Ward members will go to the Forbes Elementary School a! the present time. The Fifteenth Ward had previously met with the Fourth Ward in the old Fourth Ward Chapel prior to Saturdays disastrous disas-trous fire. President Priday said there will now be about 94 families or 400 members living in the Thirteenth Thir-teenth Ward; 145 families or 429 members in the Fifteenth Ward; and 93 families or 410 members in the Ninteenth Ward. It was noted by Merrill C. Beck, new counselor in the Ninteenth Nin-teenth Ward, that some members memb-ers of the ward, including himself, him-self, had lived on the same street all of their lives - but had now lived in four wards. Speakers at the meeting included in-cluded members of the Ninteenth Nin-teenth Ward bishopric; members memb-ers of the Fifteenth Ward Bishopric; Bisho-pric; Bishop Durrant of the Thirteenth Ward; and President Alvin M. Fulkerson and David R. Haymond of the American Fork North Stake Presidency. It m Years tempered in their efforts, and so that no one would be injured m 'he event the walls should tumble, or the glass windows explode from the heat. Wft uv 61 The Steel Days celebration this year will be concluded with a Queen's Ball at the Apollo Hall this year immediately after the Variety Show at the American Fork High School Saturday night, July 19. Miss American Fork Shauna Pedersen and her attendants, Sherrie Ault and Nancy Thomas will attend. The Steel Day Committee met Tuesday to work out final details of the celebration. It was reported ticket sales for the Variety Show are going fast. The Rotary, Lions and Kjwanis Club members were each given fifty tickets to sell, and the Kiwanis Club said most of theirs are already sold. The queens are going to be busy during the celebration. There will be a tea for Utah County queens at the Fitzen Gardens at noon July 19, and they will be at the boat races, the horse show and many of the o ifr events, "nit lalcntcCl qucCuo, oViuliU., Sherrie and Nancy will perform at the 4-H Fashion Show Tea at the Greenwood Elementary School, Alta Bailey, chairman reported. General chairmen of the celebration, cele-bration, Councilmen Don Fox and Garth Read, will have the full schedule of events ready for the next edition of the Citizen. Merchants are planning their annual "Steel Day Steals" sidewalk sales, the City of Fun Carnival will set up at its usual place, Robinson Park on Main Street, with the two art shows flanking it, the Art Board Show at the Tabernacle and the Senior Sen-ior Citizen show at their center. There will be a flag raising at 6:15 Saturday, July 19 at City Hall, followed by a chuckwagon breakfast, a mammoth parade at 10, and a full day of events, including the Steel Days Regatta Regat-ta at the American Fork Boat Harbor at 1 p.m., with the Mayor's Cup being awarded to the winner of the race. The celebration this year will also mark the 125th birthday of American Fork City. Pageant Art To Receive A $1,000 grant to develop the annual art exhibit held in conjunction con-junction with the Utah Pageant of the Arts was announced this weekend by Ruth R. Draper, executive director of the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts. The grant will be for fiscal vear 1975-76. In announcing the awarding of the Fine Arts grant, Mrs. Draper commended American Fork Mayor Malcolm H. Beck for the community effort which has resulted in a professional art exhibit featuring the works of Utah artists, as well as- a dramatic selection of masterpieces master-pieces from private collections. The grant was awarded to the American Fork Cultural Deve i V - - -ill.; I . f 1 - N-l ' ':'-.V ? - .. Mi j . I FIREMEN direct streams of water on the blazinp American Fork heighth of destructive blaze on Saturday afternoon. P : i!'T Sinter ;.," I: M " 1 ! ; r h "ft LOOKS LIKE A GHoST" was remarks heard as citfaens passed the burned tut siteii ot iwe American Fork Fourth Ward after the fire was over. The roof is gone, and only the heat weakened walls remain. Dedication Planned Dedication ceremonies for the new wing of the American Fork Hospital will be held on Wednesday Wednes-day evening, July 9, at 7 p.m. in the hospital conference room. The public is invited. Wayne R. McTague, hospital administrator, said a short program will be held at that time. The hospital is also observing its 25th anniversary at the present site this year. The new wing was completed at a cost of about $400,000 and includes additional emergency areas, central supply, physical therapy facilities, respiratory therapy, out-patient, doctors lounge and library and the conference con-ference room. xhibit Grant lopment Committee through a grant application written by committee member Betty (j. Spencer, said Mrs. Draper. C. Richard Devey is chairman of the 1975 art exhibit, with Gaylie Anne Savage and Ora H. Chipman assisting. Citizen to Print Old Time Pictures This is American Fork's Anniversary Year. The American Fork Citizen would like to print pictures pertinent to the history of the community. If you have a picture of interest that can be used, we would be pleased to have you submit it along with any information explaining ex-plaining the picture. The process of having a picture in the newspaper does no harm to the picture and owners can get the picture back immediately after the publication has printed. been EmilOJisiisto ti Reta Hall Auxiliary President Lion Emil O. Jones was installed in-stalled president of the American Ameri-can Fork Lions Club on Thursday Thurs-day evening, June 26, at a dinner din-ner meeting held at the Bungalow Bunga-low in Pleasant Grove for Lion members and their partners. Performing the installation rites was Lion Francis N. Mor-tenson Mor-tenson who also installed the following officers to serve with Mr. Jones. Lawrence Hansen, first vice president; Glen Roundy, second vice president; John Saxton, third vice president; presi-dent; Wilson Welsh, secretary-treasurer; secretary-treasurer; Stan J. Phillips, lion tamer; Frank C. Greenwood, song leader; James B. Nelson, two-year director; Ersel Fagan, Junior Williamson and Kent Searle, all one-year directors; Walton Foulger, photographer and historian; and Charles P. Biggins, immediate past president. presi-dent. One of the goals of the new president and his committee is to increase the membership of the Lions Club. Lady Lions officers were also installed at the meeting. Directing Direct-ing their affairs for the year are: Reta Hall, president; June 4 MRS. KELLY (RETA) HALL r Fourth LDS Ward Chapel during ERNILO. JONES Phillips, first vice president; Colleen Saxton, second vice president; Susan Fagan, secretary-treasurer; Mary Peterson and Jean Liddle, remembrance committee; lla Mortenson, one-year historian and Emma Welsh, two-year historian. his-torian. Lion President Charles P. Biggins conducted the meeting and gave a review of the past year's activities. Among these were: providing glasses for four needy students; erection of two boweries, one in Rotary Park and the other in Evergreen Park; painting the older bowery and picnic tables at Rotary Park, at which time they held a cookout with the Lady Lions. They sold tickets for the Steel Days community celebration and conducted the Annual Birthday Birth-day Calendar sale. Lion Biggins remarked that all proceeds taken in by the club projects, were donated to the Utah Lions Charity Foundation Eye Bank at the University of Utah. The Lady Lion President, Reta Hall announced that their Annual Summer Party will be held in July. Arrangements are being finalized for the event. Thirty-eight Lions and partners were in attendance. -ft i i ' - . . .. v. f I V S : t ; v I t ! ) |