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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN THURSDAY OCTOBER 30. 1975 Alpine Country Club Holds Annual Golf Awards Banquet 1 " r r x ft VI i 7 V AMERICAN FORK CITY ADMINISTRATION - 1924-1925. Seated I. to r., are Stephen T. Shelley, councilman, pharmacist and manager in one of the eleven Thornton Drug Stores; George F. Shelley, recorder, one of the best educators of his time and author of "early History of American Fork;" Mayor Thomas Coddlngton, one of the biggest and most influential sheepman in the state; and H.S. Rasmussen, councilman, a bottling works owner and manager specializing In vinegar and cider. Back row, Orln "Dor" Ashton, councilman, Southern Division Engineer of Utah Power and Light Co.; Moral D. Steele and Thomas A. Barratt, both councilmen and both employees of Chipman Mercantile. Later both men pursued their own enterprises. Thomas Barratt was founder of Barratt Builder Supply. Mr. Ashton took the place of Ray D. Nicholes, who resigned after election. Mary E. Abel was treasurer; Walter R. Durrani, city marshal and Wi'Siam Hunter, city justice. 1 Judge a man by his questions The Scottish word for com-i com-i rather than by his answers. mon sense is rumblegumption. Y GILBERT BAXTER Gilbert Baxter Home on Leave Private Gilbert Baxter, son of Clyde Baxter and Mrs. Betty Jorgensen of American Fork is home on two weeks leave visiting visit-ing his parents and friends. Gilbert attended high school in American Fork and is a graduate in law enforcement from S.U.S.C. Private Baxter has spent the last four months at Fort Knox Kentucky, training in Military Occupational Skill, 11D10R8 Armored Ar-mored Scout Reconnaisance. He served as a squad leader for eight weeks in Advanced Individual Indivi-dual Training. After his leave, Private Baxter will return to permanent duty being stationed in Germany Ger-many for the next three years. A couple were being interviewed inter-viewed on their Golden Wedding Anniversary. "In all that time-did you ever consider divorce?" they were asked. "Oh, no, not divorce," the little lit-tle old lady said, "but sometimes" some-times" - she paused and winked at her husband - "murder!" The Alpine Country Club closed the 1975 golfing season with its annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 25. Mrs. Anne Williams, Golf chairman of the Ladies Auxiliary Auxi-liary and Leslie Griffiths, Men's Golf Chairman, presented the awards. Women's Club Champion was Nelda Burger, Salt Lake City. A - flight winner was Jacklyn Trujillo, Murray; B-flight, Max-ine Max-ine Sharick, Salt Lake City; C-f C-f Sight, Shirley McQuivey, Am. Fork; and D-flight, Marilyn 01-sen, 01-sen, Midvale. Director's Cup Winner, Nelda Burger, Salt Lake City, runner-up, Jacklyn Trujillo, Murray; and 3rd place, Anne Williams, Am. Fork. Leg-match winners were Hazel Julian, Am. Fork; Shirley McQuivey, Am. Fork; Sandra Snow, Sandy; Lois Edwards, Salt Lake City; and Doris Young, Provo. Most improved golfers for the season were Norma Ivins, American Fork and Lois Edwards, Ed-wards, Salt Lake City for 18 holes and Reah Edwards, Am. Fork and Sal lee Worthen, Lehi for 9 holes. In the Men's Invitational, Joe Bringhurst and Rulen Staer-field. Staer-field. Salt Lake City took the Championship Flight; James Comarell and Nick Comarell, Salt Lake City, President's Flight. May leg winner was Bob Ter-an, Ter-an, Sandy; June leg, J. C. Martin, Mar-tin, Murray; July leg winner, Fred Worlton, Am. Fork; and August leg winner, Hal Holm-stead, Holm-stead, Am. Fork. Director's Cup winner was Bob Teran, Sandy. Club Shampion was LaMar Wilde, Orem. Championship Flight, Bob Cleminson, Holli-day; Holli-day; A-flight, Harry Young, Provo; B-Flight, John Cole; and C-flight, Gene Simpson, Salt Lake City. Junior Club Champions were: 16 years and over, gross, Dave Barker, Salt Lake City; 16-year olds and over, net, Jeff Snow, Sandy; 15-years old and older, gross, Danny Snow, Sandy; 15-years 15-years and older, net, Phil Safron, Salt Lake City;. Season-long Best Ball winners were Haward Smith, Midvale and Reed Sjoblom, Sandy. Dennis Griffin Severely Injured Dennis Griffin, son of former American Fork couple, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Griffin, Jr., was severely injured in a one car accident about 2:30 a.m. Saturday Satur-day when the car in which he was riding apparently went out of control and spun around striking a tree. Dennis Griffin and Vince McClun were both passengers in the car driven by 19 year old Mark Taveko of Provo. Dennis was taken to Utah Valley Val-ley Hospital where he underwent under-went surgery for two and one half hours. He is reportedly suffering suf-fering from seven broken ribs two punctured lungs, (one coi-laspped), coi-laspped), damage to his kidney, colon and diaphram, plus numerous other injuries. The latest report from family members indicate he is still in intensive care but showing signs of improvement. He is the grandson of Mr. ar" Mrs. LeRoy Griffin of Ameria Fork. J "1 PAUL BENNETT C"3 JERRY McGHIE I 'z Yf ; 4 ' K ALDEN SHURTZ 1 3 i !H (Fb SI 11 pi SI iOSitltlll) lltJo Three Alpine Democrats are entering the race for council seats in the Alpine elections coming up in November. The men are Paul A. Bennett, Jerry McGhie and Alden Shurtz. Mr. Bennett was born July 1938 in Alpine a son of Silas Blaine and Alberta Adams Bennett. Ben-nett. He attended Alpine Elementary Ele-mentary School in the old red school house and graduated fro:n American Fork High School in 1956. He attended Hen-agers Hen-agers School of Business in Salt Lake City majoring in Accounting Account-ing and Business Management. He joined the Utah National Guard and entered the active Army in February 1957 for six months training. He has since attended military schools including in-cluding Airborn School, Jump-master Jump-master School, N.C.O. Academy, Aca-demy, Jungle Warfare and Intelligence In-telligence Analyst. He held a management position posi-tion with Grand Central Stores, Seaboard Finance Co., and is presently a general merchandise merchan-dise manager for Albertson's Inc. He is married to Renee Hun-saker Hun-saker and is the father of four children. Heather, Heidi, Silas and Holly. Mr. Bennett has lived in Alpine Al-pine most of his life. He decided to make a permanent home there in 1969 and has built a home on North Main Street. Mr. Bennett said "My father, Silas Bennett, worked for Alpine City for approximately 20 years, and was still employed by them when he died. I have become very interested in the city government the last few years and I feel I am qualified and have the time available to serve the interests of the people." Jerry McGhie, is an eleven year resident of Alpine and recently accepted one of the nominations for a seat in the Alpine City Council. Mr. McGhie and his wife Marilyn have seven children of their own and a neice who lives with them. He has worked in heavy construction con-struction for 23 years and is currently the Assistant Superintendent Superin-tendent for Lee Wilson Engineering Engin-eering Company at Geneva. He has been active in various youth programs and is currently serving as First Counselor in the bishopric of the Alpine Third Ward. Alden Shurtz the third of the nominees seeking a seat in the Alpine City Council was raised on a farm in Delta, Utah. He spent most of his younger years in farming. After leaving the farm he became employed with Western Electric and the Bell System and was employed with them for ten years. At the present time he is employed with the Alpine School District and operates a Greenhouse business busi-ness on the side. Mr. Shurtz and his wife Inga Mae, with their four children, have lived in Alpine for the past ten years. Caryn Beck Named Winner In Bicentennial Contest Caryn Beck has been chosen as the American Fork High School winner in the Bicentennial Bicenten-nial Seniors scholarship competition. compe-tition. This American Fork competition com-petition is part of a nationwide scholarship program for high school seniors currently being conducted by the National Association Asso-ciation of Secondary School Principals with funds from the Shell Oil Company. Runners-up are Calvin Monson, Suzanne Pierce, and David Tracy. Caryn Beck's winning composition compo-sition consists of a "Bicentennial "Bicenten-nial Minute" and a commentary discussing the relevance of this "minute" for today and America's Ameri-ca's future. She also scored a high on a current events test. The selection committee was comprised of Mr. Don Overly, Mr. Stanford Reid, Mrs. Bliss Fitzgerald, and Mr. Ross Murdoch. Mur-doch. Caryn Beck will now compete with other high school winners to become one of the two state representatives to the national competition. Two winners from each state and the District of Columbia will receive a scholarship scholar-ship of $1,000 and an expense paid trip to Williamsburg, Virginia Vir-ginia from January 16-19 1976 to attend seminars on educational and social issues and to be on hand for the selection of the national winner. The grand prize winner receives a $10,000 scholarship and will have his or or her "Bicentennial minute" presented present-ed on the CBS television network. 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