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Show 1 Eat'. Xt. V LEHI, UTAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939 NUMBER 31 VOL. XXIV T " Former Lehi Man Seriously Injured In Ophir Snowslide Two former Lehi men were caught in the snow slide at Dry Canyon near Ophir Sunday, one of them being be-ing seriously injured and the other one escaping serious injury and possible pos-sible death. Alton Bryant Johnson, 30, of Mid-vale Mid-vale son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Johnson John-son of this city, suffered brain concussion, con-cussion, possible skull fracture and bruises and lacerations. He was reported to be in poor condition, but given a fair chance of recovery. Dormus Larsen of Bingham, son ol Mrs. D. W. Larsen of this city, also figured in the snow slide, but was the only one of the six who escaped es-caped without injury. ' The slide struck about 2:15 p. m. Sunday without warning to trap six men and reduce their buildings to splinters. Three of the men. were killed, Clarence M. Yates, 38, of Salt Lake City, Edward E. Roberts, 35, of Salem, and Burton F. Harris, 57, of Salt Lake City. The body of Mr. Harris was found Sunday at 6 p. m. beneath four feet of snow. His chest was frozen and he was bruised about the head. The bodies of the other two men were later recovered from the snow, after 75 men worked for about 15 hours. Of the other three caught in the slide, one was pronounced in a critical criti-cal condition. He is Jack Melton, 30, of Salt Lake City, who suffered a punctured lung, several fractured ribs and severe lacerations and bruises. Five of the men were in one of the larger bunkhouses at the time and Mr. Harris was alone in a smaller one. Only witness to any part of the slide was Edmund D. Bacon, 60, of Ophir, night watchman at the mine. Mr. Bacon had gone to a barn to water the mules and just emerged from the building when he saw the huge banks settling against the ore bins. After a preliminary check, Mr. Bacon made the treacherous three-mile three-mile hike to Ophir to summon aid. Meanwhile, A. Lester' Nordquist, mine worker, and Jack Ollinger, camp cook, had begun digging for the buried men after Mr. Johnson and Mr. Melton had climbed from the bottom of the slide. They had not been buried. " ; ; Within a half hour, Mr. Larsen, totally unclad, dug his way out. He had been changing clothes when the slide pushed him down the hill. As he was thrown with terrific force, he held on to his trousers. Pinned under several layers of composition board, he managed to extract the pocket knife from his trousers and burrow his way out. He immediately obtained clothing and joined the others in searching for the missing men. As the volunteer workers toiled in half-hour shifts all through the bitter bit-ter cold night and until early Monday Mon-day morning, natives of that section sec-tion bent every effort to assist men to the mine, the only entrance to which was the nearly mile-long tunnel tun-nel from the Buckhorn mine. A sudden thaw Saturday and a fresh blanket of wind-driven snow were given as the only reason for Sunday's death-dealing avalanche. The slide, which started on top of a steep slope behind the mine buildings executed an S turn before be-fore sweeping its victims and their shelters before it. None of the survivors sur-vivors could remember having heard any warning sound. The snow, varying vary-ing in depth from 20 to 60 feet, first struck the side of a mountain, then veered toward the buildings. After picking up the men and buildings, the slide turned to the left and plunged, to the bottom of we canyon, being stopped by ore bins. Notice To Softball Fans A meeting of all Softball fans Iieia Barday, March 4, at p. m. in the Memorial build-8 build-8 to discuss business relative to "te season of 1939. All players, managers, sponsors, Prospective sponsors or their repre-sentauves, repre-sentauves, M. I. a. activity leaders urged to be in attendance. JAMES DOYLE, Sbftball Ass'n. Pres. DEAN PRIOR, Recreation Director. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wing. Mr. and irs. George Wing and Mrs. wilford sson spent last Thursday visiting altLake City. While there they e guests of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Morrill Evans Dies After Operation Morrill Evans, 40 years of age, died Tuesday morning at 10 p. m. in the American Fork hospital, following fol-lowing a week's illness. He underwent under-went a major operation in the hospital hos-pital a few days ago and his condition con-dition gradually grew worse until death came. Mr. Evans was born October 3, 1898 in Lehi, Utah, the son of Israel Is-rael Evans and Blanche Holmstead Evans and had lived in Lehi practically prac-tically all of his life. He graduated from the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan and has been active in political circles in the community and county for several years. He followed farming farm-ing and stockraising. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Beatrice Boydstun Evans, and six sons and daughters: Charles, Blanch, Mary, Bert, Ann and Audrey Evans, Ev-ans, all of this city; his mother, Mrs. Blanche Evans, and the following follow-ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. John B. Gessford of Los Angeles, California; Cali-fornia; Mrs. Richard Thurman, Salt Lake City; Junior Evans, Lehi; David Dav-id Evans of Monticello, and Daniel Evans of this city. He was a member of the Masonic lodge. Funeral services will be held Sat urday at 2 p. m. in the First ward chapel. Friends may call at the home of his mother, Mrs. Blanche Evans, Saturday morning prior to the serv ices. Funeral Services Held For Wm. A. Wilson Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 o'clock p. m. in the Lehi Fourth ward chapel for William A. Wilson. 55, who passed away the previous Tuesday morning in a Salt Lake City hospital following a short illness. ill-ness. The services were largely attended and the floral, offerings were many and very beautiful. Bishop Linel Larsen was in charge of the services, which opened with Mrs. Margaret Kirkham and Mrs. Winnie Sorenson singing a vocal duet, "Sometime Well Understand," accompanied by Mrs. Marie Smith. The opening prayer was offered by Lott E. Russon. Mrs. Lileth Peck read the bio graphical sketch of the life of the deceased. Speakers were Elisha H. Peck, Herman C. Goates and President Presi-dent Virgil H. Peterson, each of them bringing out many splendid gospel thoughts and offering words of consolement to the bereaved family. fam-ily. Ray Shelley of American Fork, accompanied by Mrs. Humphries, sang, "When the Sun Goes Down" and Misses Ivy and Eloise Russon gave a beautiful instrumental number, num-ber, "In the Garden." Bishop Larsen gave the closing remarks, after which Ray Shelley sang "Going Home." Max Rothe offered the benediction. Interment was made in the city cemetery, where Bishop Joseph E. Smith dedicated the grave. (Continued on page four) Former Resident Dies In Ogden Mrs. Comfort Garfield Beck, 55, wife of Melvin Beck of 2026 Monroe Mon-roe Avenue, Ogden, died at her home Saturday afternoon following a long illness. Mrs. Beck was1 a former for-mer resident of this city. She was born July 29, 1883 at Mona, Utah, the daughter, of Henry and Martha Yates Garfield. She lived in Lehi for some time and also in Tremonton, Utah. She was married mar-ried to Mr. Beck in Lehi in 1902. She had been living' in Ogden since 1924. Surviving besides her husband are five sons and four daughters: Owen, Leo, Earl, Russell, Marlow and Donna Don-na Beck; Mrs. Lillian Gall, Mrs. Velma Christwell and Mrs. Ada Hardman, all of Ogden; three brothers and sisters: Raphael Garfield Gar-field of Mona, John O. Garfield of Tremonton, Heber Garfield of Draper, and Mrs. Martha G. Kay of Eureka; also 21 grandchildren. The Senior class of the First ward M. I. A. were entertained at a party Tuesday evening in the ward amusement amuse-ment hall. Games were' played and dainty refreshments served. In charge of the party were Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Smuin and Mr. and Mrs. Her-shel Her-shel Manning. Farewell In First Ward Saturday Night A missionary farewell party will be held in the First ward chapel Saturday evening, March 4, honoring honor-ing Eldon Peterson, son of Mrs. Inez Peterson, who will leave in the near future for the Tahitian mission mis-sion field. He will leave on March 6 to attend the mission school In Salt Lake City. The program has been arranged under the direction of the ward missionary committee with Stanley Taylor as chairman. The program will be as follows: Preliminary musical selections Mrs. Marjorie Clark. Prayer. Vocal duet Ina and Fred Webb of Provo. Talk Bishop Hyrum Anderson. Vocal selections, a and b numbers Lehi high school girls chorus. Reading Miss Margaret Thur-man. Thur-man. Talks Eldon Peterson, his mother, Mrs. Inez Peterson, and President Virgil H. Peterson. Piano duet Ha and Zada Webb, Talk Bishop Evans L. Anderson. Vocal solo Bruce Nostrom. Reading Miss Irene Meiling. Vocal duet Ina and Fred Webb of Provo. Dancing will follow the program. Everyone in the community is invited in-vited to be present and bid farewell to the young missionary. Voluntary contributions will be accepted. Esteemed Matron Answers Final Call Mrs. Rebecca Southwick Taylor, 70, one of Lehi's highly respected and esteemed citizens, widow of the late E. W. Taylor, died at her home here Tuesday at 12:45 a. m., following follow-ing a four months illness. In her passing, the community mourns a beloved citizen. Mrs. Taylor was born December 16, 1868 at Lehi, Utah, the daughter daugh-ter of William and Martha Jane Coleman Southwick. She spent practically all of her life in this community and has taken an active part in church work and community affairs. She is survived by eight sons and daughters: Mrs. Vera Martens, Mrs. Martha Ann Cox, Mrs. Leota Peter son, all of Lehi; Mrs. Marvel Gray, Leon and Wayne Taylor of San Jose, California; Miss Theresa Taylor Tay-lor of Ogden and Mrs. Elma Bur gess of Alpine; also 22 grandchil dren and the following brothers and sister: George F. Southwick of Mag na, Ernest L. Southwick, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Ray Southwick of Los Angeles, California; and Mrs. Mary A. Southwick, of Lehi; besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn her passing. Funeral services will be held Friday Fri-day at 2 p. m. in the Lehi First ward chapel, under the direction of Bishop Evans L. Anderson. Friends may call at the A. H. Wing mortuary Thursday afternoon and at the family home Friday until un-til time for the services. Interment will be made in the Lehi City cemetery. ceme-tery. Merry-Go-Round Dance In 4th Ward Tuesday Next Tuesday night, following Mutual, Mu-tual, the regular M. L A. Merry-go-Round dance will be held in the Fourth ward amusement hall. The theme of the affair will be "Gone With The Wind" and officers of the organization extend the following invitation: "In the Fourth ward hall next Monday night, A Merry-go-Round Dance will be a delight. Come one, come all To the land of the wind and parasol. Leave home your worry, your pain and your care You don't have to bother to comb your hair, Just come with some pep, On your face wear a grin The theme of our dance is "Gone With The Wind." Mrs. T. F. Kirkham was hostess to members of the Athenian club at her home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. D. R. Mitchell gave a very 'interesting book review, "The Dark River" and later in the afternoon the hostess served a prettily-appointed luncheon. Red Heads Defeat Lehi Players The All-American Red Heads, traveling girls basketball team played three Lehi teams before a packed house in the high school gym here Monday night, winning by a 49-42 score. , . Three full teams met"v the invaders. in-vaders. The Lehi high school girls' team played the first quarter, the Lehi Lions, the second quarter and the Lehi Alumni took over the third and fourth quarters. Entertainment was at a high pitch when the Lehi Lions made their debut into the hall. Star players were E. L, Chipman, Dr. Elmo El-mo Eddington, E. Claron Jorgensen, Stanley Taylor and Lowell Brown. Members of the Red Head team were Lommler, Smith, Kirkpatrick, Osbum, Lawson and Blue and for women players they were exceptionally exception-ally good. The Red Heads, composed of outstanding out-standing women 6tars of the United States, announced their schedule for the week as follows:, Tuesday at Delta; Wednesday at Spanish Fork; Thursday at Logan; Friday at Bingham; Bing-ham; Saturday at Battle Mountain, Nevada. . The score: RED HEADS G. T. F. P. Lommler, rf. 2 0 0 4 Smith, If 3 4 17 Kirkpatrick, c. 8 4 4 20 Osburn, rg 0 0 0 0 Lawson, lg. 2 5 4 8 Totals 19 17 11 49 LEHI G. T. F. P. Banner, rf ' 2 1 0 4 Conder, If ,. 0 0 0 0 Worlton, c 10 8 2 Lott, rg 0 0 0 0 Thompson, lg 0 0 0 0 Anderson, c ,. 0 0 0 0 Sunderland, lg 0 0 0 0 Eddington, If 0 0 0 0 Chipman, rf 1 0 0 2 Jorgensen, c 0 0 0 0 Brown, lg 0 0 0 0 Taylor, rg. 0 0 0 0 F. Evans, rf 2 3 3 7 Manning, If. 4 0 0 8 D. Evans, c Tr.V.. . 5 0 0 10 Russon, rg., 3 1 1 7 Chilton, lg 11 0 2 Totals 6 8 18 42 Score by quarters: Red Heads 11 35 39 49 Lehi 6 8 18 42 Funds received from the game will be turned over to the Lehi Child Health and Welfare Council to carry on the present health program. Health Regulations Are Being Observed In Hotels Bringing hotels and restaurants of Utah up to acceptable standards of sanitation is proceeding steadily, according to Dr. Lloyd M. Farner, director of health district number four at Provo. Every hotel, rooming house, tourist tour-ist camp, and all cafes, restaurants, lunch stands, fountains and beer parlors are subject to State Board of Health regulations and will be inspected several times a year by both city and state inspectors. Within a short time printed rules and regulations will be placed in the hands of every operator of each place where food and drink is served or lodging sold. Inspectors will go over these regulations with each operator and ample time will be allowed al-lowed for any changes required to bring the establishment up to proper prop-er standards. The work has been carried on since July of 1937, when the legislature legis-lature riplpsated this Inspection serv ice to the State Board of Health. It is our desire to have each of these business places in Health District Dis-trict No. IV meet all requirements for protection of the health of the public, as quickly as possible. Many towns of this area have assisted our efforts greatly by giving close cooperation co-operation to our inspectors and in many cases have made regular inspections in-spections of these places to supplement supple-ment those done by the State Board of Health. Every citizen can assist in this important work by calling insanitary insani-tary conditions to the attention of the proprietors, your local health officials, or the office of Health District No. IV in Provo. It may be well to again point out to proprietors of such establishments establish-ments the value to business of compliance com-pliance with all santiary regulations. regula-tions. Patrons are becoming more critical every day and "taking notice" no-tice" more than ever of the manner in which foods and drinks are served. Lehi Wins From Lincoln To Hold Second Place Team Standings W. L. Pet. Provo 8 1 .889 Lehi 7 2 .778 Pleasant Grove 5 4 .556 American Fork 5 4 .550 Lincoln , 2 7 JJ22 B. Y. High 9 9 .000 Friday's Schedule B. Y. high at Lincoln. Lehi at Pleasant Grove. American Fork at Provo. The Lehi Pioneers are still holding hold-ing the second place in the Alpine division basketball race, having defeated de-feated Lincoln, 23-21 in an exciting game played here last Friday night. Lincoln took a 13-4 lead at the first quarter but the Lehi crew un-limbered un-limbered in the second period and gained an 18-15 lead at the third quarter mark. McKay turned in his best game of the season for Lincoln, while Lehi's Trane-Dorton-Mitchell combination clicked well, especially in the second quarter, when the Pioneers changed to a man to man defense. Provo won from the B. Y. high school 47-20 to hold the top position posi-tion and American Fork nosed out Pleasant Grove, 22-21, In the other Friday games. If Lehi wins from Pleasant Grove in this week's game and providing Provo remains undefeated, the local boys will play the Nebo district runner-up team the following week for a tournament berth Tournament games will likely be played during the week of March 16, 17 and 18. The summary: LINCOLN G. T. F. P. Ivins, rf . 1 4 1 3 McKay, If 5 0 0 10 Christensen, c. 3 2 1 7 Park, rg 0 2 0 0 Bussio, lg 0 2 1 1 Brown, c 0 0 0 0 Smith, g. 0 0 0 0 Totals 9 10 3 21 LEHI G. T. F. P. D. Mitchell, rf '. 3 2 17 Trane.lf 3 10 6 Dorton, c 4 4 1 9 Ash, rg. 0 2 1 1 Roberts, lg 0 1 0 0 Woodhouse, c 0 0 0 0 J. Mitchell, g 0 1 0 0 Totals 10 11 3 23 Score by quarters: Lehi 4 13 18 23 Lincoln 13 14 15 21 Collins, referee; Jones, umpire. Adult Recreation Classes Held Twice Weekly Women and girls of the community commun-ity are invited to attend the Ladies Recreation classes at the high school every Monday and Thursday Thurs-day evening at 7 o'clock. The classes have been going forward for-ward for some time past and those who have attended have enjoyed them immensely. Stormy weather has caused the attendance to slacken slack-en somewhat, but the sun is shining again, folks, so come out and enjoy en-joy the recreation and fun. Health and Welfare Council Thank Citizens The Lehi Child Health council and Lehi Lions club wishes to take this opportunity to thank the patrons pat-rons and others who aided in making mak-ing the basketball game of last Monday evening the success that it was. The two organizations, working cooperatively on this project, feel that everyone attending enjoyed to the fullest the fine demonstration of basketball displayed by the visiting visit-ing team, as well as the lighter aspects lended to the game by the team of Lions, and the exhibition of the girls' skill shown by Miss Conders basketball team chosen from her physical education classes. To the players, the ushers, the ! school board, officials, ticket sellers, janitors and others who gave of their skill, knowledge and ability, and to the general public for their support, we again extend our thanks. Lehi Child Health Council Lehi Lions Club. Couple Suffer Injuries In Automobile Crash Mr. and Mrs. Warren Russon suffered bad cuts and body bruises Sunday about 3:30 o'clock when the automobile in which they were riding rid-ing sideswiped a large fruit truck, Just north of the John Yates residence resi-dence on the State highway. Mr. Russon suffered a badly bruised hip, a bad cut on hia ear and other bruises and cuts about his body and Mrs. Russon suffered a bad cut across her face and body bruises. Their little son, Dee, who was riding in the back seat and wrapped up in a quilt to keep warm, escaped Injury. Their car was demolished. According Ac-cording to reports, they were en route to their home in Garfield, after af-ter a visit with relatives here, when the crash occurred. The blinding snow storm obscured the view of the drivers and caused the accident, it is reported. The fruit truck was driven 'by a man from Idaho. He escaped Injury. , Mr. and Mrs. Russon were rushed immediately to the Lehi hospital for treatment. Last reports from the hospital were that both were doing as well as could be expected. State Patrolman Melvin Grant investigated in-vestigated the accident, assisted by Marshal Arley Clark. P.-T. A. Will Present Play In II. S. Tonight For the benefit of the Lehi Child Health and Welfare council, the local Parent-Teachers Association are presenting their play, "Mr. Bob" tonight (Thursday) at 8 p. m. in the high school auditorium. , The play was presented early In February and because of popular demand" de-mand" It is being presented for the second time, tonight. The play is, rich In comedy and provides entertainment throughout. Members of the cast are Gene Wilson, who takes the part of Phillip Phil-lip Royson; Harold Hutchings, who fills the role of Robert Brown, a clerk of Benson and Benson; LeRoy Loveridge, as Jenkins, Rebecca's butler; Mrs. Frances Comer, as Miss Rebecca Luke; Lucile Peterson, as Katherine Rogers; Vilate Butter-field, Butter-field, as Marion Bryant; and Irene Meiling, as Patsy, Miss Rebecca's maid. The entire community Is Invited and urged to support this affair. Manila Serenaders At Apollo Saturday Night Stopping for a one-night engagement engage-ment only, the Manila Serenaders, a traveling Philllpine orchestra, will be at the Apollo hall, American Fork, next Saturday night to play for the regular Saturday night dance. This famous orchestra played one night during the summer at Saratoga Sara-toga and at that time proved exceedingly ex-ceedingly popular with the dancers and many have been in hopes that they would appear in this section again. The management of the Apollo were fortunate in booking them for this coming Saturday night. All members of the orchestra are Philll-pinos Philll-pinos and are exceptionally outstanding out-standing musicians. Lehi-Fairfield Road Cleared Mon. Hampered by a driving north wind that since Saturday has drifted from two to seven feet of snow on the I secondary state highway, state high way department crews Monday afternoon af-ternoon had completed the Job of clearing the 17-mile road from Lehi to Fairfield. Working in 12-hour shifts, 12 men bucked the drifts for 48 hours with three five-ton trucks and a 60-horse-power tractor before the road was opened to traffic. Serving Cedar Fort and Fairfield, the road is a school bus and mail route. It also is used daily by from 50 to 75 miners traveling from Utah county homes to Mercur. Miss Jean Jensen of Huntsville, a student of the Brigham Young university uni-versity at Provo, was a guest of Miss Freda Phillips Friday evening. Miss Jensen is a former missionary companion of Miss Phillips. Edgchill Choral Will Present Concert Here Sun. Lehi stake people will be given a most unusual musical treat next Sunday evening, March 5, when the Edgehill Choral society of Salt Lake City present a concert in the First ward chapel at 7:30 p. m. This is the regular M. I. A. con-Joint con-Joint meeting night and all wards in the stake are meeting together to enjoy the concert. It is being supported by all wards and on this evening there will be no other meetings meet-ings held in the wards of the stake. The program to be carried out will be as follows: Anthems Chorus. a. "Prayer of Thanksgiving," by T. H. Baker. b. "The Lord's Prayer," by Ma-lotte-Deis. c. "Hark, Hark My Soul," by H. R. Shelley. (Soprana solo: Grace Berndt Baritone solo: DeVal Garff) Vocal Tenor Solo Harold Barber. "Spirit of God," by Neidlinger. Anthems Chorus. 4a. "O Day of Rest and Gladness," by H. R. Shelley. (Tenor solo: Malcolm E. Pike) b. "O Morn of Beauty," Chorale from Finlandla by Sibelius. Piano Solo Hazel Franks Sanders. "Fantasie in C. Minor," by Bach. Anthems Chorus. a. "Almighty Lord," from Caval-leria Caval-leria Rusticana arranged by Page. b. "Holy Art Thou," Largo from Xerxes by Handel arranged by Kingsmill. Ladies Chorus Ladles of Chorus, a. "Prayer Perfect," by E. J. Sten-son. Sten-son. b, "O, Divine Redeemer," by Gounod Gou-nod arranged by Noble Cain. c. "Invocation," by Moore. Final Anthem Chorus. "To the Paschal Victim," by H. J. Stewart. W. Vernal Denning Conductor and President. Malcolm E. Pike, Vice President. George B. Bateman Vice President. Presi-dent. . Hazel Franks S'anders Piano Accompanist. Ac-companist. Pat Apgood Organist. Forty mixed voices. Six strings accompanying. Fifteen Years Ago Now . One game now remains between Lehi high school and a trip to the long anticipated tourney. The tussle tus-sle will take place in American Fork tomorrow night. It was the opinion of a big majority ma-jority of the guests at the midwinter mid-winter old folks social Thursday that this was the biggest and best party tendered them In years. Miss Thelma Goodwin, who for the past twenty-two months, has been laboring as an L D. S. missionary mis-sionary in the Western States mission, mis-sion, arrived home yesterday about noon. News of the death of Mrs. Luella Whipple Wilson, wife of Henry Alma Al-ma Wilson of Magna, was received here Wednesday morning, February 20, as a sudden shock. Her death occurred Wednesday morning about 6 o'clock at the St. Mark's hospital hos-pital in Salt Lake City, following a severe attack of pneumonia. Complimentary to Mrs. John Smith, who recently resigned her position as a teacher In the Fourth ward Sunday School, her co-workers entertained at a social in the ward amusement hall Monday evening. About forty guests spent an evening eve-ning of games, music and dancing, followed by light refreshments. Complimentary to Mrs. Rachel Anderson, who came from Morgan to take charge of the cooking for the old folks dinner, the members of the committee carried out a most successful surprise party in the Memorial hall Friday evening. About thirty guests enjoyed an evening eve-ning of games, music and dancing. A large audience attended the minstrel show and program given in the auditorium Saturday evening for the benefit of the Boy Scout movement. The affair was well rendered throughout and won favor with the audience. The banjo solos by "Banjo Bill" proved unusually popular. The one-act play, "Murder "Mur-der WOl Out," staged by the Fourth ward M. I. A. girls, was presented well. |