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Show V , i V ? . ;' . vi 4 . - -i A ' ' -t- - 3 : , y . AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN THURSDAY Nov. 13. 1975 Missionary Work Stressed AtNorthStake Conference , t r;-'- AEli i If s i i , . ., . A, jUX' i -;.- 'Lis If" -.(Hr cA I i' ilr -J ! t:--M ujr .AWywa. 5, 'jiH ill V- v. i 'j '?Z-i'r , A'-V, . 'V -T f;( 1908- Students at American Fork's first Forbes School which was located where the new safety complex now stands, gather in front of the school yard for a picture. It is interesting to note American Fork Heritage By Ellen Jacklin Tracy The early settlers in American Ameri-can Fork had a great desire for their children to receive an education. edu-cation. Soon after making their homes here they built a log cabin in which to hold school and church. As more people came to make their homes here it was evident a larger school and church building was neces- sary, so in I86l, the. first part of bcience Hail was built. In 1870 the East and West one room school buildings were erected. er-ected. Many of the children had to come to school barefoot and often travel quite a long way also, so it was decided to build these schools in different parts of town so the children wouldn't have to walk so far to school. A few years later the North school was built. By 1877 all of these school buildings were so crowded crowd-ed an addition was built onto the north side of Science Hall. Now the citizens felt they had the ultimate in buildings for church and school. Up to this time the schools were not graded, children of all ages and grades, in the section of town where they attended school, were under one teacher. In the meantime the proposition of a free school to be maintained main-tained by taxation, was passed by the Territorial Legislature. And in 1868 the first tax maintained main-tained free school in Utah came into existence. It was held in Science Hall in American Fork, Utah. Soon after this the schools were separated into grades. Joseph B. Forbes came to American Fork in 1865, he was a well educated man and spent the remaining 62 years of his life in the schools of our growing city. By 18B0 every available place in the city was being used for a school room. In the City Hall, in the upstairs of Chipman's store, wherever a room could be found. The need was great once again for more school buildings. So during the winter of 1892-93 a new brick school house was built at a cost of $13,000. It stood where the playgrounds for the Harrington School and the parking park-ing lot of the new Police and Fire Station are now in 1975. American Fork was truly proud of this building which was considered consi-dered one of the best in the state at that time. Mr. Forbes had done so much to carry on and improve education educa-tion in our city, so the new building was called "The Forbes School." This new school building contained con-tained six large class rooms, three on each of the first and second floors. There were two entrances with the west room of the buildi.ig between them. One entrance for the students who went in the rooms on the first floor and another for those who went upstairs. On the lower floor was a small principal's office which also held shelves for supplies. On the second floor was a small room used for a library, but later was made into a classroom. The children dubed this small room the vi chicken coop.' There was also a classroom in the attic which was reached by a flight of narrow winding stairs. In this attic room the only window was a skylight. Students who went up to the attic room said they were near heaven and thus considered consi-dered themselves better than those downstairs. When the teacher came to the door and rang the big hand bell for school to commence, all the boys and girls, both young and older, lined up outside the doors. Regardless of the weather the piano didn't start playng for them to march in until every line was straight and no talking not even whispers. Summer heat, thunder and rain storms, or snow and north wind , you stood there until every one was in order. Then if you got out of step going in or coming out, you stayed after school to learn how to march. We called this training train-ing the Awkward Squad. The above picture of the Forbes School was taken about 1908 or 1909. The children are by the north fence which ran along by the sidewalk. Every boy and girl was proud to be privileged to attend school in this wonderful wonder-ful building. Children in this picture are second and third grade students. Note how they are dressed in their best clothes. Every boy and girl has a hat. The girls hats are beautifully decorated. Even the teachers are standing proudly in the background. Velma Shelley loaned us this lovely picture of a time when the old Forbes School was the pride of American Ameri-can Fork. She says she is in the picture, but can't remember where. Can you find yourself or your parents among these students.? The Forbes School had many advantages, such as more blackboards, single seats with a desk in front and a back rest. The seats were all the same size but the children weren't. The younger students couldn't reach the floor with their feet and the older ones had to put their feet in the aisle because the desk was too low. Between the two east rooms on the first floor was a sliding partition which was opened up to make one large room for programs, spelling bees and public meetings. Before pavement pave-ment was put outside, the two doors where the children lined up to march in the mud was sometimes deep and many feet tracked it into the building until the custodian had to often wear a mask the dust was so bad when he cleaned. The trees and grass around the school yard were nice to play under and greatly enjoyed, but oh that picket fence. It ran all around the school yard with a gate on the east and one on the west side. It was put there as a protection for the children from the railroad track and the large creek which was on the west side. Students were forbidden forbid-den to go outside that fence at noon and recess time. If you wanted to go to the post office, or if mother gave you a penny y - ; . or an egg to spend, you slipped out and ran fast. Boley's store was just across the street and you could go there and get a treat. But if you got caught outside that fence or someone told the teacher on you, punishment punish-ment was sure. The railroad ran along the north side of the grounds just the same as it does today and the .noise of' ""passing train caused many a problem because you couldn't hear what the teacher said. City Creek ran down just outside the west fence and what a temptation for some boy to shove another one in for fun or tease some of the girls and give them a good soaking near the creek. The writer of this article was a student at the old Forbes school in the rooms on the first floor, also in the attic room. Years later I was a teacher there and well remember how the big boys and girls had to put Class Learns About Elections Students of the eighth grade American History classes of Mrs. Janice Mayne and Mr. Kent Peterson at the American Fork Junior High School learned the fundamentals behind registering to vote at recent sessions held in their classes. Registration agents from the actual voting districts in the city were invited to the classes Senior Citizens Plan Annual Banquet Dec. 6 The Senior Citizens of American Ameri-can Fork will hold their annual banquet at the new Junior High School, Saturday, December 6. The lovely affair will start at 12:30 P.M. and those attending will be assured a delicious dinner din-ner and delightful program. Tickets for the event will be $4.00 for single persons; and $7.00 per couple. This price will include one year membership, one year subscription to the Citizen paper and admittance to the dinner. Tickets for the event will be sold at the Senior Citizens Build ing Nov. 17 -18: 19 -20 -21 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.. , No tickets' will be sold to the dinner afterf these dates.' Arrange Ar-range to purchase tickets, on these days. ' . "V Co-chairmen for the banquet and program are Mrs. W. J. Walter and Mrs. Clyde Birk, assisted by all the Senior Citi: zens council and parteners. " Senior Citizens circle this date and enjoy a delightful afternoon with your friends. Remember no tickets will be sold at the door, and no one will be admitted admit-ted without a ticket. -J - .. s that everyone has a hat, both boys and girls. Those seated have removed head gear and placed it on the ground in front of them. The teachers are mostly standing along the back. their feet in the aisle because the seats were too small. Precious memories. Do you readers of this story have memories of days spent in the old Forbes School Building-? In 1902 again every school room in the city was crowded so the first unit of the Harrington School was built south of Science Hal) in the same lot. At this time, the, School District bought Science Hall from the Church. In 1924 another unit was added to the Harrington School and in 1935 Science Hall was razed and still another "nit was added to the Harrington School. The old Forbes School was badly in need of repair and updating, so it also was torn down and became just a memory. Some years later a new school was built on the corner of third north and second east. In memory of our grand old first real school it was named the "Forbes School" and to conduct workshops for the students. Conducting the workshops work-shops were Maxine Greenwood Norma Shumway, Evelyn Wim-mer, Wim-mer, Jean Chamberlain, Dar-leen Dar-leen Talbot, Dolores Sanders, and representatives of the registration regis-tration agents Robert Johnson, son of Opal Robinson, Glen Pearson representing his wife Be erl o, and Pearl Mower, representing Edna P. Beck. Students residing in districts that were not represented by registration agents were assigned as-signed to a neighboring district. AH of the students were instructed in-structed on the importance of registering to vote, and were made acquainted with the legal requirements associated with registering. Highland Ward Fashioned Fair An old fashioned fair will open at 5 p.m. on Thursday at the Highland LDS Ward House, Provo Temple Closed For Thanksgiving The Provo Temple will be closed Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1975. Names will be issued on Wednesday, November 26, 1975, until 2:00 p.m. On Friday and Saturday, November 28th and 29th, following follow-ing the Thanksgiving Holiday, the Temple will be open on the regular schedule, Special invitation invita-tion is extended to local and visiting family groups who wish to participate iii Temple worship wor-ship as part of their Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing reunions and gatherings. again Professor Forbes and ail he did for education in American Ameri-can Fork was remembered. Seminary Fireside November 23 "A Night with Vaughn J. Featherstone" has been set for a Seminary Fireside on Sunday evening, November 23, at 8:30 p.m. in the American Fork Tabernacle. Mr. Featherstone is Second Counselor to the Presiding Bishopric. His talk will interest all Seminary students (grades ninth through twelfth.) Seminary students from American Fork, Lehi and Pleasant Plea-sant Grove as well as all Young Adults from these areas are cordially cor-dially invited to attend. Following the workshops they were assigned areas in their neighborhoods to cover and made door - to - door contact with residents to remind them to vote if they hadn't already done so. As a result, students contributed contri-buted to the effort to get more people out to last weeks municipal munici-pal election. Prior to the election, the six candidates on the ballot were invited to speak to the students on the campaign and to present their views. The candidates were introduced by students Kathy Walgren, Becky Shepherd, Lori Jensen, Lori Coobs, and Cheryl White. Each student gave a little background on the candidate. Sponsors Old as Fund Event with fair items going on sale at 6 p.m. This is a fund raising event by the Highland Ward members to raise money for the new Alpine Stake Center. An auction at 7 p.m. will feature fea-ture TV sets, sewing machines, food dryers and many other items. Children's movies and a fish pond will entertain youngsters young-sters while their parents are bidding. Food will be available the entire evening. Hand painted T-shirts,kand portraits, and other items such as home canned goods, food storage items, quilts, home-sewn home-sewn gift items, and baby clothes will be offered for sale. Project AHEAD is a cooperative coopera-tive ArmyCollege program which enables qualified people to start college when they enlist en-list in the Army. "Serving on a mission tan be greater than being at the feet of Christ in Heaven," Hlder Robert E. Wells, Regional Representative of the Council of the Twelve, told members of the American Fork North LDS Stake on Sunday a! quarterly conference. The session was held in the Stake Tabernacle with Elder Wells presiding, and President David R. Haymond of the Stake Presidency conducting. Also in attendance were Helen Wells, who was on the stand with her husband; Leland F. Priday, stake president; Alvin M. Ful-kerson Ful-kerson of the stake presidency; and members of the high council. coun-cil. FZIder Wells, concluding speaker of the conference, challenged chal-lenged every young man to be ready to advance in the priesthood priesth-ood as he became of the appropriate appro-priate age, so that when he became 19 years old he would be ready to become a missionary. And he told the young ladies in the audience that when they reached the age of 21, if they had no prospects of marriage in the immediate future, to also go on a mission. He listed several obstacles that stop young men from becoming missionaries. These included scholarships, jobs, cars, parents and girls. He said the leaders of the church have stressed that young men and women should not go steady until the young man has returned from a mission and that dating should be varied when boys and girls are young. He said dating should not begin until the young people reach the age of 16. Elder Wells said parents should make uniform rules for dating and should learn to talk with their children, to be able to communicate so that a good relationship and understanding is developed. "Parents should not be the ones to stop their sons from filling a mission," he said, urging urg-ing them to not let anything stand in the way of their son going on a mission. Elder Wells told of his experiences exper-iences in the mission field and related several stories of con-: con-: versions by the missionaries. "There are people waiting in the field for that particular specific missionary," he said, adding, "wouldn't it be terrible if for some reason that boy wasn't worthy or for some other reason didn't go on a mission." President Priday told of the successful operation of the stake welfare farm and expressed ex-pressed appreciation to all who helped to make it so. He also expressed appreciation of stake leaders for the support given to the stake building fund program and for the sacrifices stake members are making to assist in this program. He noted that ground - breaking break-ing for the new stake center and 14th-20th Wards will be held on Saturday, November 15, at 10 a.m., and that plans are nearing completion for groundbreaking for the new Fourth - Nineteenth Ward chapel. "We are concerned with building build-ing up the spirituality in the Stake," President Priday said. He urged unity among' the members, quoting from the late President J. Rueben Clark who often spoke on the importance of unity in order to be successful. success-ful. He said stake leaders are concerned con-cerned with the number of divorces, quoting statistics that say that in the United States, 44 percent of the marriages end up in divorce. Most divorces, he said, are the product of selfishness selfish-ness on the part of one partner N-K Corn Seed now! During IFA's Truckload Sale Here's why: Quantity purchase discounts Cash discount of $1.00 per bag beyond quantity discount or Buy on terms: No interest, payment due May 1976 Be assured of getting the Northrup-King high-performance varieties, especially the super-stars for your area. American Fork II IFA or the other or both, this brings about the lack of love, the lack of respect. He urged the holding of family home evenings to help bring about a more united family-President Priday also expressed ex-pressed concern about attendance atten-dance of the sisters at Relief Society, saying it is as important impor-tant for the sisters to go to Relief Society as it is for the brethren to go to Priesthood meeting. Daytime, night time and Sunday Relief Society are held, he noted, so that all sisters including those who work and the Young Adults have the opportunity op-portunity to attend. By going, "you learn to be better wives, better mothers and all around better persons." he said. "Make the Lord's Plan number numb-er one in your life," he urged, adding, "unity in the home comes about through following the commandments of God and being obedient to His laws." President Priday concluded his remarks by speaking on missionary mis-sionary work, urging each one to lengthen their stride so as to be missionaries by example, and to prepare their sons to be ready and worthy to go on a mission when the time comes. President Aivin M. Fulkerson spoke on the promises that have been made about this land of America, quoting scriptures telling of its' destiny. "As we prepare for the 2O0th birthday of this great nation, do we realize the importance of this land in this dispensation of time?" he asked. "Are we doing our part to help it reach its' destiny? Are we grateful for our heritage? There is so much about the country -but enough bad that it is of great concern," he said. "There was no question of patriotism during the last World War when the country had to be unified. If this find of patriotism could be built up today, there would be no need for concern. Patriotism is more than a feeling feel-ing of unity, it is a part of Gospel living as the United States is no ord nary nation but has been set apart from all other nations and has been set up to be free and independent. It will remain free if we will but serve the God of this land and follow His commandments," President Fulkerson said. Also speaking briefly at the conference were Helen Wells, and Reese Blackhurst. Reese Blackhurst earlier in the conference confer-ence had been sustained as an alternate member of the stake high council, succeeding Paul Y. Thomas, who was released. Invocation was by Blake Wride of the Fourth Ward Elders Eld-ers Quorum, and the benediction benedic-tion by Marvin Slater of the Ninth Ward Quorum of Elders. Music for the conference was provided by the 9th, 14th, and 20th ward combined choirs under und-er the direction of Ilene Peterson Peter-son and Jim Devereaux. Mary Bailey was at the organ and played the prelude and postlude music. 1500 2000 and 3000 watt models also available. 11 Barratt BUY November 15 INTERMOUNTAIN FARMERS STORES sells it - you can depend Theme of the Saturday evening even-ing priesthood leadership session ses-sion was "Strengthening the Priesthood Quorum." f '"1 BRUCE PRIDAY Bruce Priday Receives Duty To God Award Bruce Priday, son of President Presi-dent and Mrs. Leland F. Priday was recipient of the coveted "Duty to God" award Sunday, Nov. 9, in Sacrament services in the American Fork Sixth LDS Ward. Making the presentation was Bishop Daniel K. Adams. Bruce, now 16 years old, is a member of the Sixth Ward Priests Quorum. He is a student at American Fork High School where he is a member of the National Honor Society, the high school marching and concert con-cert bands, Future Business Leaders of America and the Drama Club. Bruce received his Eagle Scout Award at age 13 and is currently a candidate for the Order of the Arrow. In his ward he has served as Deacon and Teachers Quorum president. Every man has a scheme that won't work. An executive is one who never puts off until tomorrow what he can get someone else to do today. a'' KM "That was some blast! WATT Builders Supply : i t I I A , " A; 5 From . X1 W, Hi 33 North Barratt Ave. American Fork 758-3552 on it. |