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Show ) f fit n LEHI, UTAH, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1940 NUMBER 43 jfew Natural Gas Unit Will Be Installed at :) $ 1 a constant demand for more energy to be used In the fm of LeW, using city gener-l'S gener-l'S power, has again shown a dthy growing pain to the extent Z i capacity of the plant has n reached, necessitating an en-Sment en-Sment to its capacity to take :tiX of this new load, t lbe Mayor and City Council recently re-cently asked for bids on the fol-S fol-S types of engines: (a) straight ,!! (b) straight gas, (c) con- Tertlble to eltner gas or "c.. tompanles bid on the job and after having the bids tabulated and interpreted in-terpreted by Mr. J- E. imrie, a 11- ; tensed state professional engineer ' employed by the city to act as constant con-stant during this improvement, the council awarded the contract to Hie Lang Company of Salt Lake City, on a new Chicago Pneumatic 'Convertible Unit to be operated on ss in the original installation and ean be converted to deisel in a few ( lours. ( The present gas rate is compar-! compar-! tfle to $ .04 deisel fuel and we are now paying $ .0686 per gallon, so i considerable saving will be made ; jn the fuel costs to the city and ! ftus a greater revenue to the city. ! In addition to the new engine the plant will be extended to the south I house the instruments and con-trol con-trol room. An office room will also tie made. ;The Mayor and Council feel that tie new equipment is superior to iy other offered in the bids. It is backed by one of the oldest manu-fcturers manu-fcturers of generating equipment is the United States and the local agents maintain an active staff and a' well trained service department it Utah, where the payroll means much to us. It is earnestly asked of all the citizens of Lehi to get behind the lehi City Electric Light and Power jstem. This new addition Willi not ret the taxpayers a cent, as the payments will be made out of the revenue, and citizens we need you and you need more enterprises In UM, that will give us the independence, inde-pendence, payroll and security only Sound in enterprises in which you, as citizens, participate. ', Concessions Lined Up For Black Hawk Celebration ! As the time draws near to our k Hawk Encampment and becoming celebration, August 13, 15 and 16, plans are advancing ueiaus are being worked out by tttee members to insure a outstanding celebration in our saraiunity. fte committee on concessions re- - , "m" me lamous Monte Ts Camival and Concessions "be bene for three days during umpment celebration and kvel0or 12 big acts. addition to their regular ear-C7 ear-C7 they will present a h 1 Iree of char each TOn&- According t ,... 4 ,leXPenslve Ti&l ac and will naming Monte Young carnival is tart a good, clean outfit and the very best that could be IST 1x5 located on ? fr the Fifth ward wSe,1freetnnlng South .Jta Tennis Court to Main noTS? committee are 5C?lpTisethecommun- ikwJ; We best Parades ever E state C0U through- oSrv june at anT.l parade com-U,3e com-U,3e Pcity commit- UiacJ Advertise our tL9? Homecniing lLehiBan7 l have secured the dten, .ffiCial BlaCk parade. 1 fce . be 'Tixed up" WCf, Ior parade. !a rPany.who ce h! rodeo per- Prints to the mm? d. how Jtvl achers should be everything can City Plant New Band Stand To Be Dedicated The new band stand in the Margaret Mar-garet Wines Park, recently constructed, con-structed, will be dedicated at a special program next Wednesday evening, May 29, at the park, according ac-cording to reports from city officials. offi-cials. Patriarch Andrew Fjeld will offer the dedicatory prayer and short talks will be given by ex-Mayor John N. Whimpey, Councilman J. C. Wanlass and other dignitaries. A special musical program will be furnished by the Lehi band. This dedication program will be the first of a series to be conducted at the Wines park during the sum mer months, a program of li na ture to be presented every other Thursday evening. The next program pro-gram following this one will be on June 13 and another one will be given there in two weeks, continuing continu-ing all during the summer. A special feature of these evening eve-ning programs will be story telling, reading and joke telling contest and at the end of the season prizes will be awarded to the person giving the best story, the person giving the best reading and to the person telling tell-ing the best joke. On each evening one of each of these three numbers will be given and at the last program, which will be given during the Black Hawk encampment celebration, the three winners will be announced and prizes awarded to them. Competent judges will determine the winners. This contest is open to any member of the communitiy and there is no age limit. Persons wishing to enter in any of these events in this contest are asked to leave their names with Abraham Anderson. The contest is , expected , to ... be extremely interesting and to bring out a great deal of talent in our community. All citizens are invited to attend these summer programs at the park and enjoy the splendid entertainment entertain-ment planned for them. Remember Remem-ber next Wednesday evening will be the opening one of the season. be seen from all sections of the bleachers, so that it will be convenient con-venient and properly constructed for a real rodeo performance. The rodeo committee announces that new bleachers will be constructed, con-structed, new chutes built and every detail will be put in shape so that a first-class rodeo can be staged here during the celebration. All committees report progress in their various duties and assignments and everything points to a huge and successful encampment and celebration. Lela Fay Gordon Dies of Infection Lela Fay Gordon, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gordon, passed away Sunday evening from an in fprtinn. She had been 111 only a short time. The sympathy of the entire com munity goes out to the parents and family in this sad bereavement. Lela was born July 8, 1926 in T.phi, Utah, the daughter of Roger M. Gordon and Ella R. Penrod Gor don. She had been attending the local schools, where she was i bright and alert student. Surviving are her parents, a sis ter. Doris Gordon, and a brother, Grant Gordon, all of this city, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Delos Penrod of American Fork and Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gordon of Lehi. Funeral services will be held today to-day (Thursday) at 2 p. m. in the Lehi L. D. S. First ward chapel, under un-der the direction of Bishop Evans L. Anderson. Interment will be made in th$ Lehi cemetery. Friends may call at the home of her grandfather, John T. Gordon, from 10 o'clock this morning until time for the services. Plaques Awarded For Beautifying Premises The first list of residences and public grounds qualifying for Lehi Beautification Campaign plaques for 1940 has been released by the inspection sub-committee, J. w. Wing, chairman Any Individual wishing to have their property inspected prior to application for such plaque may contact Chairman Wing or the general campaign chairman, Junius Banks. A telephone call, personal contact, or postal will receive prompt attention. The initial list follows: J. C. BANKS LEHI MEMORIAL BUILDING M. S. LOTT JOHN GOATES A. B. ANDERSON PARLEY AUSTIN A. CARLOS SCHOW FRANK SHARP DON PEET GEORGE WHITMAN DON LOVERIDGE CLIFFORD AUSTIN . MARGARET HELQUIST HERBERT AUSTIN ED. JOHNSON T. F. KIRKHAM GEORGE WING ADAM BROWN VERN WHIPPLE LEO HANSON Summer Music Program Being Arranged A summer music program will be carried out again this season in Lehi under the direction of Abraham Abra-ham Anderson, providing a splen did opportunity for students who wish training in any line of music work. The" music program will be gin next Monday. Instructions will be given students stu-dents free of charge in group work in any line of music. All students will be required to furnish their cwn music. Any student interested in this program is asked to see Mr. Anderson An-derson at once, so that a definite schedule can be drawn up that will be convenient to all interested. A definite program will be an nounced in next week's paper, giv- ing the time and place of the var-'ana lous classes to be held. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Pixton of Salt Lake City were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Gardner, &aturaay evening. The Story of Micah Foretell the Birth of Christ. Micah prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hexekiah, being a contnporary of Isaiah, Micah 4: 5 promised restoration of Zion, of Iti temple and of its people, with a gathering in of all nations under the sovereignty of the Messiah, The birth of Christ is foretold. "But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Jadah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from of old, from ever-lastin ever-lastin Therefore will He give them up, until the time that ehe which travaileth hath brought forth; then the remnant of His brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And He shall stand and feed in the rtrenirth of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lor.l His God; and they shall abide: for now shall He be great until the ends of the earth.' Micah 5: 2-4. This Illustration ii from Merian's story of the Bible in pictures, engraved la 1625. Victor F. Larsen Laid At Rest Sunday Victor F. Larsen was laid at rest in the city cemetery Sunday afternoon, after-noon, following impressive funeral services held at 1 o'clock p. m. in the Fifth ward chapel. Mr. Larsen passed away Wednesday Wednes-day night at the Veteran1! Hospital in Salt Lake City, following a several sev-eral weeks' illness, He had been confined in the hospital for three weeks. He was born December 22, 1888, in Sandy, Utah, the son of L. V. and Hilda Soderlund Larsen and had spent most of his life living at Lehi. He served in the World's War, engaging in active battle at the front and served in the Army of 'Occupation in Germany in 1918-1919. 1918-1919. He was a member of the Marine corp. Mr. Larsen was interested in-terested In wholesome sports, was a fine marksman and had been an officer In the Lehi American Legion Rifle Club for a number of years and was serving as president of the Utah County Rifle Association at the time of his death. For many years he had been a member of the Lehi American Legion Le-gion Post No. 19. He is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Emanuel and Otto Larsen, Mrs. Slgrid Jones, Miss Blanche Larsen and Miss Christina Larsen, all of Lehi, and Mrs. Anna Olsen of Salt Lake City; also four nephews and two nieces, Junior and Victor Jones of Lehi, Fred Olsen of Park City, Ray Olsen of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, California; Berniece and Lu-cile Lu-cile Olsen of Salt Lake City. The services were conducted under un-der the direction of the Lehi American Amer-ican Legion Post with Commander Sylvan W. Clark in charge. A military mili-tary service was conducted. As the opening number Miss Pauline Worlton, Miltor Brown and Alvin Wolischeleger played a beautiful beau-tiful violin trio, "A Perfect Day," after which Bishop Andrew Fjeld offered the opening prayer. Speakers who paid high and sincere sin-cere tribute to the life andCi character char-acter of Mr. Larsen and pffered words of consolement to the bereaved be-reaved family were Dr. William L. Worlton, Bern Rasmussen, ' Amer ican Legion commander of Mldvale, and Bishop E. B. Garrett. Mrs. Lillian Knudsen sang "Trees," interspersing the speakers as ine closing musical numoer Morris Anderson sang "Sleep Soldier Boy, Sleep." The benediction was offered toy David Peterson. Interment was made in the city cemetery, where James Prestwich (Continued on pare Five) the Bible Told in Pictures Citizens Invited To Republican Meeting at Provo Mrs. Robert L Taft, wife of the Republican presidential candidate from Ohio, will be guest of honor and will gve a lecture at a County Republican gathering at Provo, Monday at 3 o'clock p. m. The meeting will be held in the Provo First ward L. D. S. chapel. Mrs. Taft will arrive In Salt lake City Sunday evening and will attend at-tend a meeting and luncheon at Ogden In the forenoon, and then will come to Provo for this meeting. meet-ing. Arrangements for this meeting were made at a special meeting held at the home of Mrs. Alfred C. Johnson In Provo Tuesday evening. A general county committee was appointed as follows: J. Rulon Morgan, chairman; Mrs. R. L Ash-by Ash-by of American Fork, vice chairman; chair-man; Mrs. Mabell Jense, Pleasant Grove, co-chairman; Devere Woot-ton, Woot-ton, secretary; Mrs. James Tattcr-sall Tattcr-sall of American Fork and Mrs, A. Sherman Chris tensen, Provo, state committee women; Joseph Nelson of Spanish Fork and Ed. M. Rowe of Provo, state committeemen. This county committee together with ten Republican mayors and their wives and officers of the Young Republicans club, the mayor and his commissioner of Provo will act as the reception committee. All members of this community with people from all over the county coun-ty are cordially invited to be present. pres-ent. Refreshments will be served. The general committee in charge of this gathering includes: Mrs. R. L. Ashby. American Fork, general chairman; Mrs. Alfred C. Johnson, chairman of arrangements; Mrs. A. Sherman Christensen and Mrs. James Tattersall, assistants. Mrs. George Worthen is program chairman. chair-man. More than 300 people are expected expect-ed to be in attendance. - AUXILIARY WILL SPONSOR SALE NEXT WEDNESDAY The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor a cake and apron 6ale the day before Decoration day (Wednesday, May 29) at Larsen's store on Main street between the hours of 2 and 6 o'clock p. m. All funds received will go towards to-wards child welfare work. Citizens are urged to support the auxiliary in this sale. Mrs. A. E. Adams attended a Re publican convention in Salt Lake Cltv Saturday. She remained in Salt Lake City over Sunday, visit ing with relatives. Memorial Day Observed Next Thursday Be Sure And Wear Your Poppy Saturday The memorial poppies to be worn here Saturday in honor of the World War dead have been made by the disabled comrades of the dead in the Salt Lake Veteran's hospital. Poppy making has de-velojed de-velojed into a nation-wide industry indus-try for the disabled veterans and puts more than $100,000 each year Into the pockets of these men who have no other way of earning money. 'The work of making popples begins be-gins early In the winter in most of the hospitals, under direction of the state organization of the American Legion Auxiliary and with the cooperation co-operation of the hospital authority, Ora Powers, local poppy chairman, explained. Materials are supplied by the auxiliary and the men are paid regularly from auxiliary funds. Employment is limited to veterans veter-ans receiving little or no government govern-ment compensation, with preference prefer-ence going to those having families to support. The number of flowers flow-ers each man can shape per day is restricted to guard against overtaxing over-taxing his strength. Many of the men become so expert that they can make several hundred popples in a brief working day. Money is not the only benefit the veterans derive from the poppy work. Making the bright red flowers flow-ers lightens dreary hospital hours for them, encourages a healthful istate of mind, and as a form of occupational therapy helps speed their recovery. Approximately 12,000,000 poppies have been made by the disabled veterans this year in anticipation of Increased response of the American Amer-ican public to the poppy appeal "Honor the war dead and aid the war living victims." Tennis Schedule For Summer Play Announced The schedule of summer play for the southern division of the Pardee Junior cup league has been drawn up and Is announced, subject to minor variations. Coaches for the summer play are as follows: Payson, Stanley Wilson; Wil-son; Spanish Fork, Owen Rowe; Provo, Utah valley, (also of Provo) and Orem, Don Dixon; Lehi, Joseph Jos-eph 8. Roblson. The schedule follows: May 31 Lehi at Payson, Spanish Fork at Provo, Orem at Utah val ley. June 7 Provo at Lehi, Payson at Orem, Utah Valley at 8panish Fork June 14 Lehi at Orem, Spanish Fork at Payson, Utah Valley at Provo. June 21 Lehi at Spanish Fork, Payson at Utah Valley, Orem at Provo. June 21 Lehi at Spanish Fork, Payson at Utah Valley, Orem at Provo. June 28 Utah Valley at Lehi. Provo at Payson, Spanish Fork at Orem. July 1 Lehi at Provo, Orem at Payson, Spanish Fork at Utah Valley. July 28 Orem at Lehi, Payson at Spanish Fork, Provo at Utah Valley. Val-ley. August 2 Spanish Fork at Lehi, Utah Valley at Payson, Provo at Orem. August 9 Lehi at Utah Valley, Payson at Provo, Orem at Spanish Fork. BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS WILL TALK AT LIONS MEETING Members of the State Board of Health will be in attendance at the meeting of the local Lions club tonight (Thursday) at 7 o'clock in the Second ward chapel. They will discuss the sewer sys tems and projects. Musical num bers will also be given. The committee in charge includes Lowell Brown, Clarence Cook and James Comer. Will Be Lehi will Join with the entlrt nation in pausing for the day from the pursuit of normal duties la observance of Memorial Day next Thursday, May 30. Flowers, the beautiful emblems used to show our respect for the dead will bedeck the mounds under un-der which our loved ones sleep. Early Thursday morning the? American Legion members will place an American flag on each dead soldier's grave and the American Legion Auxiliary members will place a poppy wreath on each soldier grave. Decoration day was first observed in 1868 by order of General John A. Logan, then commander of the Orand Army of the Republic, as a day for the decoration of graves of Federal soldiers who lost their lives in the war between the states. The day has taken a fuller significance sig-nificance with the years and Is now a day for the remembrance of all dead. Now, throughout the United States, flags and flowers will cover the graves throughout America on Memorial day, placed by reverent hands on the sod beneath which our loved ones rest. Pre-Sehool Children Given Inoculations Pre-school children of the com- munlty received their second inocu lation and physical examinations at the Primary school building Tuesday Tues-day morning, under the direction of the P.-T. A who are conducting the summer round-up program. About DO per cent of the children received this attention. Tills program pro-gram is sponsored In the spring, so that parents can check during the summer months any defects that are found preparatory to the child's entrance in school in the fall. Mrs. Dorothy Holmstead Is in charge of this work. Last year she was assisted by Mrs. Luclle Rhodes, Mrs. Blanche Roberts and Mrs. Leah Sabey. This year her assistants were Mrs. Donnette Holmstead, Mrs. Zina Willes and Mrs. Norma Mc-Carrle. Mc-Carrle. The services of these women are greatly appreciated. The examinations and inoculations inocula-tions have been conducted by Dr. Elmo Eddlngton. LOCAL MAN FINED FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING William Klrkham was arrested on charges of driving while under the Influence of liquor last week by city officer, Thomas Trinnaman, and when he appeared before the J city Judge was fined $100 or fifty days in Jail and his driver's license was revoked. He paid his fine. Dell Jacobs, who was with Mr. Klrkham, was fined $5.00 on charges of intoxication. Two persons have been sent to see the Judge during the week for wrong parking on Main street. The new traffic laws are being strictly enforced and local citizens are urged to take warning and observe the parking regulations on our Main street. NOTICE TO FARMERS Farmers in grasshopper Infested areas should look for young hoppers and be prepared to poison them if they threaten to damage crops. Meetings will be held as follows in the different districts of the county to discuss POISON GRASSHOPPER GRASS-HOPPER BAIT CONTROL METH ODS: Monday, May 27. 8 P. M. Agricultural Office. City and Coun ty Building, Provo. Tuesday, May 28, 8 p. m. American Fork City Hall. Wednesday, May 29, 8 p. m. 8panlsh Fork City Hall. If you are interested, remember the time and place and be present at one of these meetings. Bincrely yours, S. R. BOSWELL. County Ag. Agent Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Adams snent Thursday visiting in Salt Lake City. Miss Vilate Forsvthe of Provn was a guest at the home of Mr. ana Mrs. w. H, Dansie, Sunday. |