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Show i ( ;: v. t I ft ; .;. CUT OWN TREE - Sixth grade students who selected and cut their own Christmas tree this year are, front row, left to right, Robin Jones, Shelley Hansen, Sherri Taylor and Julie Williamson. Second row, Rebecca Wheeler, James Newmeyer, Scott Moeller, Terry Carter, Lora Smith and Deanne Turner. Jack Brown, instructor, stands in the rear. fllpsn Etaentei to (Sire Each year the Alpine Elementary Elemen-tary PTA has been proud to sponsor the annual Christmas Card Exchange for the residents resi-dents of Alpine. Everyone joins in the fun of celebrating the holiday season and wishing each other a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This year we are happy to announce that the residents of Highland will be invited to participate in this exciting ex-citing time. The card exchange is under the direction of Diane Christensen, PTA President and Margaret Vance, program chairman. With the new growth in Alpine and by extending this invitation to the Highland residents, it will not be possible to use the City Hall as we have done in the past. This year the PTA is proud to announce that the Christmas Card Exchange will be held in the Media Center of the Alpine Elementary School. This is a beautiful new facility and will greatly add to the enjoyment en-joyment and organization of the card exchange. Parents and everyone interested will be able to browse through the school during the specified hours below to see the beautiful and worthwhile Christmas projects the children have been involved in. We hope that every parent, grandparent, etc. will take the opportunity to come to the school and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere there. Those wishing to participate in the Card Exchange should bring a decorated box to the Media Center of the school on Thursday, December 11th between the hours of 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Those wishing to Library The library will hold a Christmas Christ-mas storyhour every Saturday until Christmas in the library basement, all children are invited in-vited up to 7th grade. "In the Beginning" by Chaim Potok. This book recovers for us the very feeling of these lost decades with a moving recapitulation recapi-tulation of all our beginnings intensified through the particular particu-lar realities of an impassioned and fearless seeker after truth. "Fear Waits on Cypress Road" by Ruth Wissmann. "Run Laura" came the muffled voice on the phone for death waits for you on Cypress Road and it is impatient. It was then the chair in the living room burst inexplicably into flames, and Laura was possessed by a power beyond the grave that wanted revenge. This is a novel that all romantic suspense readers will want to get their hands on. "The Mother's Almanac" by Marguerite Kelly. This is the most complete book ever written writ-ten on loving and living with small children. It tells everything everyth-ing from discipline and independence inde-pendence to cooking, crafts, send them with school children attending the school may do so that day. Boxes will be available availa-ble for those who aren't able to bring them - but we hope to limit this to the elderly who might have difficulty decorating their box or getting it to the school. Everyone is invited to exchange ex-change cards on Friday, December 12th between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Please don't leave cards to have someone else give them out). All boxes must be picked up on Saturday, December 13th Minimum Wage Rates Rise Jan. 1 Higher Federal minimum wage rates go into effect on January 1, 1976, according to C. Lamar Johnson, associate assistant assi-stant regional director for Wage and Hour with the U.S. Department of Labor in Denver. Johnson says the new rates range from $2.00 to $2.30 an hour depending on when the employees first came into coverage and the type of industry in-dustry they work in. He indicated indicat-ed that employers should be aware of the increasing rates -mandated by 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act - to insure fair and smooth transition. The new rates will also affect overtime compensation compensa-tion for covered workers, he notes. News and other adventures. "Secondhand is Better," by Susan Wymelenberg. This book gives the reader advice on how to buy specific popular items such as automobiles, boats, musical instruments, where to find them in selected cities throughout the U.S. (With phone numbers and addresses), what to pay for them and what to do with them once you own them. "The Great Chiefs," this is another of the Old West, Time Life books. It has illustrations of all the great chiefs with there story. It covers the areas of the threatened world of Sitting Sit-ting Bull, protecting as a way of life, pacifist on the warpath. This is just another of the many Time Life books that we have now on the library shelfs. "Quiltwork," and many other craft books that will tell and illustrate many new ways to make things in your spare time for gifts, as presents, things to make for your home, and toys to make for your children. We would like to invite you to come in and see the world of books. ; if" between the hours of 5:00 and 6:30 p.m. We sincerely hope that everyone participating will support sup-port the PTA with this deadline. All those participating in the card exchange are asked to make a small donation. It may be the same amount that you would have spent on stamps to mail your cards or whatever you wish. All contributions will be used for the benefit of the children in the school. For those not wishing to exchange ex-change Christmas cards at the exchange, there will be a huge community Christmas card in the Media Center for families to sign. Each family can then wish the community a Merry Christmas Christ-mas without the expense of buying buy-ing Christmas cards if they don't wish to do so. Donation for this would be $1.00 per family. The Alpine Elementary PTA is proud to be a part of making your Christmas holiday a little bit brighter and more enjoyable for each one of you. See you all at the Alpine - Highland Christmas Christ-mas Card Exchange! TODD HANSON Todd Hanson Earns Eagle Scout Award Todd Hanson, 13, son of Kent and Bonna Hanson has received his Eagle Scout badge. The scout award was presented at the monthly court of honor held on Tuesday evening, even-ing, December 9. A member of scout troop 8 23, he has served as a patrol leader lead-er and is presently serving in his Deacons Quorum presidency. presi-dency. He is an eighth grade student at American Fork Junior High School, and enjoys all sports. At the present time, he is playing play-ing on the Nets Bantam Basketball Basket-ball team. He is the grandson of Joe and Letha Hanson and Ross and Erma Burgess. He has two brothers who are stars in the scouting program. o - 7) 1 X ! 4 i it- I f a A A i. a mi nr t ... J 4fBo Forfe Stake Conducts Inspira A most success! ul quarterly conference of the American Fork Stake concluded Sunday, December 7, with a youth session ses-sion at 12:30 p.m. 450 young people of the stake heard the words of wisdom from Elder Hartman Rector Jr. of the First Council of Seventy who held the congregation spellbound spell-bound with his inspirational message. Brother Rector is noted for his ability to speak n the youth of the church and for one hour he quoted scriptures and told stories relative to the importance of young people setting their goal for temple marriage. In order to go to the temple he said we must be worthy and that means keeping the commandments of our heavenly hea-venly father. Me then outlined the pitfalls that await young people and the methods of avoiding them. The sessions of the conference confer-ence were conducted by President Presi-dent Neal Savage, President Cecil R. Hansen and President Glen A. Rhodes under the direction dir-ection of Hartman Rector Jr. In the Saturday session at 4 p.m. Elder Rector stressed the importance of the family unit and the opportunities available in the church to help this family fami-ly unit achieve eternal life. He mentioned home teaching, attending at-tending the auxiliaries of the church, seminary, filling a mission mis-sion and the culminating ordinance ordin-ance of this earth life, temple marriage. At the 7 p.m. leadership meeting on Saturday the theme of "Strengthening Melchizedek and Aaronic Priesthood Quorums Quor-ums was followed." Talks were given by President Glen A. Rhodes of the stake presidency, presi-dency, Larry Laycock, president presi-dent of a Teachers Quorum and Ted Pierce serving as president presi-dent of an Elders Quorum. A filmstrip was then shown to the group entitled "Strengthening Priesthood Quorums" followed by another inspirational message mes-sage from Elder Hartman Rector Rec-tor Jr. Music for this session was directed by Helen Searle with Dorothy Taylor at the organ. or-gan. " - A special meeting was held for missionaries of the stake and all Seventies at 8 a m Sunday morning. Elder Rector in this session with the use of the blackboard outlined the organization or-ganization of the church the stake and the ward in spreading spread-ing the gospel throughout the world. In line with President Kimballs request that everyone in the church will follow him in "lengthening our stride" and "quickening our step," Elder Rector challenged those present to baptize six times as many into the shurch as we did last year. The general session on Sunday Sun-day was one of the most inspirational inspir-ational meetings ever held in our stake. President Neal Savage remarked that he could never remember of such a large congregation at a conference confer-ence in American Fork Utah Stake history unless it was at the division of the stakes. 50 percent of the membership of the stake attended this session of the conference. Prelude and was played by Dorothy Taylor. Helen Searle directed the congregation singing and The following babies were born at the American Fork Hospital during the past week: Nov. 30 - Boy to DeR Greene and Jolene Wolfinden Greene of Lehi. Nov. 30 - Boy to Richard L. and Sandra Farnsworth Edwards Ed-wards of Lehi. Dec. 1 - Girl to Gary and RaFawn Kunz Rogers of Sandy. Dec. 1 - Boy to Joseph and Maxine Downey (ireenherK of Am. Fork. Dec. 3 - Girl to Robert and Judith Burke Kean of Oreni. Dec. 4 - Boy to Jon and Debbie Hall Zimmerman of Am. Fork. Dec. 4 - Girl to Ronald and Mary Anne Durrant Peek of Lehi. Dec. 4 - Girl to Larry and Sherrie Quilter Williams of Am. Fork. Dec. 4 - Girl to Michael and Jill Taylor Karner of Am. Fork. Dec. 5 - Boy to Marvin and Annelle Cook Lindsey of Rock Springs. Dec. 5 - Girl to Dennis and Connie Nielsen Ashton of Lehi. Cradle News special music for this session and the youth session was furnished fur-nished by a 150 youth choir from all the wards of the stake directed by Perry D. Goodlife with Marty Reimschiissel at the organ and Kevin Bennett at the piano. President Neal Savage was the first speaker. His talk centered on the necessity neces-sity of love and harmony in the home. He urged parents to try to a greater degree to understand under-stand one another and to never let the day close without resolving resolv-ing their differences of opinion. In great humility, he told of his love for his wife and family and for the membership of this Third Grade Students To Perform at Mall Third grade students from the Shelley Elementary School will perform at the University Mall on Friday evening, December 12, according to their teachers, VeLyle Taylor, Jean Tolton, Shirl Miner and Janet Harvey. The program will be given at 6:30 p.m. and area residents are invited to drop in and hear them. The 110 students will be costumed cos-tumed for the occasion in white choir boy collars and red ties. Their 40-minute program will include both new and traditional tradition-al Christmas music including "Little Drummer Boy,'.' "We Need a Little Christmas Now," "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas," "Do You Hear What I Hear," and "Jingle "Jin-gle Bell Rock." The program was given for students of the Shelley School and parents and grandparents on Wednesday, December 10. Two performances were presented at that time including includ-ing an afternoon program and an evening program. About 11,137 kidney transplants trans-plants have been made in the United States since 1951, according ac-cording to the Organ Transplant Trans-plant Registry. Electricity, the household servant, can also become electricity, the household hazard, if you don't use it properly. Faulty appliances, overloaded extension cords, and "amateur" home wiring jobs can all lead to "man-made" lightning or house fires. To keep you and your family safe, be sure there are no electrical hazards in your home. Overloaded circuits are a fire hazard. One hundred amp service is the recommended minimum capacity for the average home. Know the wattage of your appliances, and never connect more than 1650 watts on any electrical circuit at one lime. Manufacturers list wattages on all approved appliances. Avoid using any appliances near water. ..unless specifically con- Conference great stake. He thanked those who worked closely with him in the leadership of the stake. Other talks were given by David Durfey a recently returned missionary who told of the blessings of filling a mission, Velyle Taylor who spoke on "sharing her son for two years with the Lord." Two recent converts to the church Frank and Celio Cadena told of the blessings that had come to their family as a result of their conversion to the church. Elder Hartman Rector Jr. was the concluding speaker. He quoted scripture after scripture from memory and related many of j s . " ; L . f- , -v! -'" ' --i.' I ill : H a it , CHRISTMAS PROGRAM - Velyle Taylor, third grade teacher at the Shelley Elementary School, directs, I. to r., Troy Young, Rulon Powell, Jeff Durrant, and (back) Martin Van Lienden, Norbert Cadena and J.R. Martin in "Little Drummer Boy" number. The third grade students will perform at the University Mall on December 12 at 6:30 p.m. Keeping electric (Bssfewfiftihi tie Mm W m J'A 1 m (A I I Li in U I u his own experiences relative to missionary work and its importance. impor-tance. Every parent, he said, should begin at an early age of their children to teach them and give them a desire to fill a mission and be married in the temple. This life he said is the time for men to prepare to meet God. He complimented the membership of the stake for the fine work they were doing, but reminded everyone that we are not perfect. He challenged everyone in the stake to follow the prophet in lengthening our stride and quickening our step. Marijuana was grown in West Virginia during World War I and II for making rope. Western Nevada Community College at Reno offers a course in slot machine repairing. power in its place AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN THURSDAY, DEC. 11. 1975 Rotary Club Hosts LaVell Edwards La Veil Edwards advised the American Fork football players to continue to try even though they meet failure during their athletic careers. Rotary members memb-ers hosted the American Fork football team, coaching staff and Coach Edwards in their regular weekly luncheon on December 2. Edwards advised the players to develop four areas of life that will be instrumental in their future development, notably nota-bly hard work, discipline, leadership lea-dership and a good personal appearance. He also stressed the need for the athlete to develop good habits, to honor his parents and to improve his academic studies if he is planning to go on to college. It takes 2,280 gallons of gasoline gaso-line fuel equivalent to produce and distribute enough products to just feed one American during dur-ing a year. structed for that purpose. Make sure your appliance is turned off before unplugging it. Look for the Underwriters' Laboratory symbol on every appliance you use. It's your assurance the appliance is manufactured to high safety standards. Keep appliances in good repair. And, replace all worn and frayed cords. At Utah Power, we do everything we can to make electricity safe for you. Be extra safe by using your appliances wisely! iSi pouRffilighl company E!(;(.tri(.iyKey lo a Bullet Environment J |