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Show 3r victory I (f IT Sjtft ft vSjl Buy' ( ruriu C vriu THY JTyMYfK A7A UNITED STATES DEFENSE I I U J MT : . If Veff ' stamps I -vvJ fr ftrt LEIII, UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1942 ' : V 'Ay; MAKE 'EVERY PAY DAY BOJND DAY JOIN TKE PAY-ROLL SAVINGS PLAN NUMBER 47 jl A Assures More Cash Utah Housing ghout Utah County or Irou an Bros. Start Build ! entitles and other FHA f to home MS- . n0np.f will be H11 cnnKist - 1 . nnoTipv nv late ready n uw--f - ; L prospective purchasers, rr . ion. making these available exlusively to de- Lohran Brothers asking for r . nniu ha made B,geiecuouis w""' -------- blueprints, p-i- . j mm co-Inns I an not aeiencu Wka. It 'is anticipated that Mire set w v ckaroo Crew J: Arena k Assured b. Goodwin, chairman of the mittee in Lehi's annual to celebration has announced personnel and appointment of nnunce memocia. iucj msi i Chapman, chutes; Hyrum fcson, fences;' Elmer Jack- lards; Stanley Clark, lanes ki; Harvey Dahl, broncs; Dahl, riders; Hugh Rhodes !4n W. Zimmerman, arena; :ard Johnson and George .lighting. Mr. Goodwin has of seating. bleachers are being installed h Jot the overflow crowds ex- based on last year's atten-and atten-and the increase in copu- in this Dortlon of the state that time. Old bleachers will rally gone over, new ma- g placed where needed. fade Plans Wssing JASBO--World's GREATEST RODEO CLOWN lu. S. Plant Curtailment ping to an announcement 1 1- 0. Jones. Chairman -nlans pP&slng to make this year's k A 41.. , . p - me leni Kounaup cele-P cele-P very outstanding. p -victory Parade" will be P July 2 and the miniature parade on Julv 5 uh im ted to enter two Pad one 'comic float. It Is W that lour or five bands to. There wm be sections as I seueious, patriotic, health, w and comic P in the form of war bonds rw wm oe awarded to the ca secuon, There will Wdfes from oanv. a . wcuu CU1U :3m out of town. bers of the committee J chairmen; Beatrice Tay- -yu 0l immature parade; - vma; eecona SLL. ward, ml Ward. J- J- ward, L B Brown. m meet eacn Lrp--In the Memorial 17 uuw m the parade Provo Defense Area Not Listed Authirization to begin operations under recent amendments of the na tional housing act, making available new funds for continued private building in designated critical areas has been received by the Salt Lake City FH A office, Gordon Wegg- land, director, announced Saturday. Satur-day. .. -. The FH A field offices also have been authorized by the WPB to grant exception from the board's lumber limitation order to permit completion of 51,350 privately-financed units in 32 war industries. This . action covers 1000 units in the Salt Lake City area and 500 In the Ogden area. The housing act amendments, Mr. Weggland said increases by $500,-000,000 $500,-000,000 the amount of private loans which may be insured for construc tion of needed ' housing facilities for war workers under tile VI of the act. In instructing field offices to proceed under the new authorization, authoriza-tion, the FH A stressed that only housing which is . urgently needed for war industry workers and which is designed to effect maximum maxi-mum economy in use of scarce materials is eligible for financng. "Every precaution," the announcement an-nouncement said, "must be taken to avoid the possibility of the amendments being considered an encourgament to begin construction of housing which is not clearly essential es-sential for war workers . . . There is not a circumstance which would warrant participation in the pro-gramtinless-.it-can.' he. determined that postponement of" the proposed housing would be detrimental to the war effort." To qualify for the F HA insurance proposed projects must meet the following fol-lowing tests: 1. The builder must have preference pref-erence rating orders to obtain crit-cal crit-cal materials or must present evidence evi-dence that necessary materials are on hand and that the WPB has authorized the starting of construction. construc-tion. 2. Plans must be rechecked by FH A field officials to insure minimum mini-mum use of critical materials. 3. There must be satisfactory assurance as-surance that lumber needed to complete com-plete construtcion is obtainable. 4. Materials for utility connections must not exceed maximum stand ards established for war housing by WPB. - 5. Where readjustments In proposed pro-posed war Industries have eliminated need for proposed housing, the commitments will not be issued. Exceptions to the lumber limita tion order will be limited to projects already covered by housing prefer ence ratines and on which im provement of building operations have already been started. They will apply only to lumber which cannot be obtained from local re tail inventories. The housine act amendment, be sides increasing the amount of au thorized commitments, also extends the expiration date from July 1, 1942, to July 1, 1943; increases the maximum amount which can oe Insured for sinele-family, two-fam ily, three-family and four-family dwellings; Increases the maximum maturity from 20 to 25 years ana authorizes insurance for loans for large scale rental projects up to $5,000,000 on a basis of 90 per cent vftliit.lnn. Director Weggland also received information that an additional ouu housing units have been allocated to the Ogden area to be built by private capital. The new allocation covers a price range of from $3500 to $6000 per unit A ' ' J I - - ; J'iM fet-i'Si 4' ):'4P$l In keeping with the top flight performance, furnished by "Doc" Sorensen, in his Rodeo shows Jasbo, the Rodeo Clown, alreary signed to' play Madison Square Garden this fall, will De one oi the stellar attractions at L.ehi's famous Round-up Scheduled for July 2, 3, 4. Not To Affect Geneva Steel Plant Mill To Be Built As Planned Seeing the new steel and pig iron mill at Geneva as one of the most promising permanent sources of steel for ship builders on the Pacific Pa-cific coast, defense plant corpora tion officials today advised Rep resentative J. W. Robinson that the project will not be affected by any curtailment of , the steel ex pansion program, , W. A. Hauck, head of the steel division of the war production board also was said here to hold the Geneva project in highest fa vor. - ' " .';-. Defense officials directed Mr. Robinson's attention to the likeli hood that heavy destruction of American ships by submarines is going to leave this country decid edly shy of water carriers when the war is over, which wul mean a long period of activity in west coast shipyards while replacements are being built. According to advices from Wash ington, D. C under date of June 3, the previously planned 10,000,000-ton 10,000,000-ton steel expanison program will be cut 30 to 35 per cent, two top war production officials announced Wed nesday, because of material short ages. . Strawberry Day All Set For Next Week Rounding into the home stretch of perfected arrangements, the out standing Utah Strawberry day cele bration to be held June 18 a Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, is all set for the curtain to raise ana aeciare iun is in oraer i : - : for the day at Utah's Strawberry , taf af working at ! brick . .. Cton East Rrst street the appear- til! nwxchandise Mlpletely tod ui stock gro- the Se.Sah0USe r- We advices In iop an He- Local FHA Dope Available Tin tVincA wirt ' An nn hbtaln a " Him rt tj ww - clear ' understanding of the Interpretation Inter-pretation of the new FHA ruling on defense housing, the Lehl turn' ber comnanv. Byron Whipple, map' ager, win guldly lend his services In fxvlnir tn Tvrtnce the various phases of these new rulings into five-cent words. rt Mr. Whipple offers this service as a plain, patriotic duty to cluzens ' v. .,- Carl Gunther1 Funeral Mr. Carl Gunther, .66 one of pur Deiovea ana nignly respected citizens, citi-zens, widely known for civic and church activities was laid at rest in the city cemetery Tuesday following follow-ing impressive funearl services held at 1 p. m. in the fourth ward chapel. Mr. uuntner was fatally Injured center. Many outstanding entertainment features have been arranged for j presentation to the exepected 15,000 visitors who will attend the an-! nual event. Colorful during past years, this 1942 Strawberry day wil surpass any previous celebrations. Gorgeous sports wear and other colorful costumes ' with a liberal mixintr of uniforms of the mili tary will give this year's event an outstanding color background. Free outdoor acts; two big pa rades; a big official dance ana a carnival setup will supply pageantry to those attending. Tot this week the aueen and Miss Pleasant Grove and Caeir at tendants win be announced. Straw- herrv dav is looked upon as home coming day at Pleasant Grove, wnen former residents have a chance to .n-.nr frlPntlRhmR 8J1Q UU-L UVCi "the old days." Meeting Called To Protest Station Closing A mass meeting called at Lehl in Memorial building for the purpose of a protest against the attempt oi the Union Pacific Railway company rincA its station at Lent IM wv fuming at a time when rauroaa faimiM are needed more than ever before and the importance of this station for facilitating the ireignt Kiisiness in connection with the sugar Industry and the deuvery of coal to this area, togemeT wim th fndnstrial development In north - Utah county, the civic leaders of Lehl are on record as opposing uus ormliratlon. yr For this reason the open meeU-i meeU-i -. vriirA-nXrA for Jane 24 at 10 Ul 0 V"-' ; heavy attendance Is anttcipatea e the closing of the U. P. Railway agency station at Lehl would be a ---ti wow to this community. City officials and civic leaders request your presence to voice in uus pro- tort tn the state PUDiic service com mission against granting to w railroad company their petition to close this station. Miss Margaret M. Thunnan is visiting this week in ML Pleasant with Mrs. S. J. Neuson. the plant of tne Provo Canning company. The accident occurred when a vent pipe Mr. Gunther. was clean ing gave way and the victim fell about 20 feet. He died shortly after arrival at a Provo hospital. The heartfelt sympathy of the entire en-tire community goes out to his wife and family in their sad bereave ment. The floral tributes were many and very beautiful and the chapel was crowded to its capacity with friends and relatives at the services. Bishop Lionel Larsen was In charge of the services which opened with Mrs. T. F. Kirknam, accompanied accom-panied by A. H. Wing on his elec tric organ, singing 'In the Garden." Gar-den." Harry Stoker offered the opening prayer. A biographical sketch of the life of Mr. Gunther was read by Mr. Adolph Merz of Salt Lake City. . Speakers who paid high tribute to the life and character of Mr. Gunther were Joseph E. Smith, John Hutchlngs and Alex Chris tof- ferson. Oscar Roth played a zither selec tion, "Oh My Father"; A. H. Wing played an organ solo, "Resignation," and Miriam Clark played a 'cello solo, "Bailey Friml's Adieu." She was accompanied by Berdlne Scott Closing remarks were made by Bishop Larsen and the closing prayer was offered by Max Rothe. The grave in the city cemetery was dedicated by President A. Carlos Schow. ' Bogrlphaclla Sketch of Mr. Gunther Richard Carl Fredrick Gunther, son of Frederick and Augusta Mit- tag Gunther, was bora In Leipzig, Germany, May 1, lava, oe was nap-confirmed nap-confirmed Into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter rw sants. May 4. 18-3. He emi grated to Utah June 7, 1896. His autobiography written in 1935 is as follows: ; . t -roc bi four years old when my dear mother died, leaving my father and three cauiucur vw -inters, aged two and six, and myself. Sometime after this tragedy in our home, my father remarried and seven sev-en more children were born to them. Since my father was a printer by vocation, and his wages small, as they are In the old world, our living was very simple, and the luxuries of We few- , , I attended the public schools In Germany until I was 14 years of age after which I became an ap prentice in an iron construction and sheet metal shop. I received my diploma di-ploma from there and a first prize tor my workmanship. Being a lover of good music, it became my greatest desire and hobby to learn to play the German zither. M parents "gaWmif u" encouragement encourage-ment or financial assistance, but nothing could stop my desire to learn to play, so I purchased a cheap instrument and spent the little lit-tle pocket money I received for music lessons. The music instructor was a very faithful teacher, spending many hours trying to make me an accomplished musician. I practiced almost day and night and 'made good progress. Many times my folks found me asleep with my head lying on my instrument. I determined deter-mined that I would use my music for the work of the Lord In playing play-ing for the gatherings of the Saints whenever opportunity presented itself. it-self. I love my music now as I did then, and have made many friends through it. Of course, hard work has prevented me from becoming be-coming the artist I wished to be, still I've had the satisfaction of fulfilling a great desire, when I became the owner of one of the first zithers made in America. About the year 1890, my parents Joined the Church and In 1896 I emigrated together with my older sister Marie, to Zion. I celebrated my eighteenth birthday on the ship. We had a pleasant Journey, arriving in New York on the third day of June and in Salt Lake City on the morning of June 7. Dear Sister Wiler, the mother of the missionary who brought us across the ocean, was a wonderful mother to me. As long as she lived, she always looked after my welfare. My first Job in Salt Lake City was at the farm belonging to President Presi-dent Woodruff; there I helped make hay. I soon became acquainted In Salt Lake City, especially through my music. Some of my dearest friends at this time were Grandmother Rutlshauser and not only her own children, but her great family of emigrants whom she always provided pro-vided for. Many a happy hour was spent In that home In song and music. It was at this time that I became be-came acquainted with my future wife, Marie Rutishauser. Since she had a desire to play the zither, It was my privilege to not only become be-come her teacher, but her husband as well some time later. On May 26, 1902, we were married mar-ried and moved to our own little home on Foster avenua In Bait Lake City. Three girls were ' born to use there and we were happy and contented. However, people advised ad-vised us to go on a farm to live, so we moved to LehL Here our struggles for a livelihood began as the new vocation was strange neither my wife nor I ever having before lived outside a city. A son was born to us soon after our arrival In LehL However, we had only one year's pleasure to enjoy his company as he was taken from us through an accident. We were New Gravel Pit Now Real Busy Spot Much progress has been made in the past two weeks In preparatory prepara-tory work at the Ryberg Company Strong and Grant gravel plant, to' cated Just east of American Fork. This Joint operation Is to furnish the aggregate going Into the con crete foundations at the Geneva steeL Plant The road leading from the pit to highway 91 has been completely resurfaced re-surfaced with rock, gravel and sand. Much material has already been hauled to the stock piles near the huge mixer at the steel plant site. The advance guard of the 30-ton Diesel trucks have arrived and will be In service during the present week. Six of these mammoth trucks will be used exclusively in transporting sand and gravel from the pit to the mixing plant. These six big conveyors win be augmented by several smaller capacity trucks. From information available the concrete mixing plant, the largest in existence, will start operations within the next two;weeks. Ryberg Company Strong and Grant are now working two shifts a day. - :- ; WPB Favors Geneva The WPB said, however, that curtailment would not apply to the Utah expansion program of Columbia Colum-bia Steel company. American industry In general, must prepare to "patch and pray" to keep its existing equipment at work, said William L. Batt, in a press conference at which he gave a frank and unencouraging review of the country's looming shortages In steel, copper and other war materials ma-terials Batt Is chairman of the WPB requirements re-quirements division. He was Joined at the conference by A. L Henderson, Hender-son, newly named director of W P B's materials division, "I can see times ahead when a shipway may stand idlea for lack of steel and ammunition may slow down for lack of copper and brass," Batt said. Thus far the military has been able to dip into civilian supplies, he added, but "this pool is nearly dry." Steel produtcln In 1942 will exceed ex-ceed W P B's estimates, possibly going as high as 85,000,000 tons, Batt said, yet "today we do not have enough steel. Batt said that of the projected 10,-000,000-ton Increase over the 83,000,-OOQ-ton 1939 capacity, which is now being reviewed by WPB Chairman Donald Nelson "some 65 to 10 per cent wiU be' jGOJupleted. ; . ' "At least 70 per cent and possibly pos-sibly more of the projected increase in-crease In pig iron capacity win be completed," he estimated. Gas Rubber He Indicated that the high oc tane gas and synthetic rubber expansion ex-pansion efforts would be fully com pleted, saying, "they are so im portant that I think they will have to be carried along." The pinch Is tightest, officials said in a prepared statement, in alloying metals used to make armor ar-mor plate and high speed tool steels." E Pluribus L'num' John Adams, Benjamin Franklin nd Thomas Jefferson selected the motto "E Pluribus Unum" for the United States. blessed with three more children-two children-two boys and one girl this making our family circle six living children, three of whom have filled missions. My good wife has been steadfast by my side In all our trials without complaint. She, being a lover of comforts and good home surroundings, surround-ings, has made us a wonderful home where we all love to gather together after the day's work Is done. She always kept "open house" for any one, strangers included. I can truth fully say that she is one of the finest characters to be found anywhere any-where and I deem It a great privilege privi-lege to have her given to me for a life partner. Since this writing Brother and Sister Gunther have passed their fortieth wedding anniversary, which occurred May 26, 1942. Holding the office of high priest, he has held positions In the church as follows: secretary of the fourth qourum of elders, ward clerk, chair man of missionary committee, coun selor in TMMIA and the ward genealogical committee; Sunday school and ward teacher. His friends win remember him by his cheer fulness. He had a happy story; for every . occasion. His desire and wQ lingness to administer to the needs of otheTs, 'neverttiinkhigv of compensation, com-pensation, was a true expression of his. character. Surviving are his widow, six cMl dren, Mrs. Marie Smith, Mrs. Alice Jones, Mrs. Eva Hedberg, Orvflle Gunther, Lloyd Gunther, Marcille Gunther; nine grandchildren. brother, John Gunther; seven sis ters, Mrs. Marie Gottschlich, Mrs. Liddy Rudolph, Mrs. Elizabeth Geigle. Mrs. Charlotte Conley, Mrs. Martha Goering. Mrs. Margaret Tuckfield, Mrs. Beatrice Snarr. Paint up Jobs Continue On Main Street Latest business place In Lehl to start spreading paint Is the service station operated by Kelly Wilson. at State street and First East. This Texaco station has received a beautiful covering of white paint, trimmed In green. Mr. Wilson starts revamping the interior of these premises Imme diately. A few more such paint lobs ap plied to State street buildings would improve Lehi's self -selling effective ness 1000 per cent to those passing through on highway 91. Tom Powers starts paintlnr hi. store front on Main street this week. Lehl Drug store on Main street also starts spreading new paint. II the city and the Lions club get together, an the light Poles alone Main streets in Lehl wil also re ceive a fesh covering of new paint- BOYD LARSEN TO ATTEND MEDICAL SCHOOL Mr. Boyd Larsen left Sunday for St. Louis, Mo, where he win attend school and complete his studies In. medicine. Mr. Larsen is a graduate of the Lehl high school, has attended the BYU, the University of Utah and has fulfilled a mission for the LDS church in Denmark. - - His many friends wish him success suc-cess In his work. ; Mrs. Mame Thomas is visiting this week In Magna with Mr. and Mrs. LaVelle Smuin. Mrs. M. J. Jarlick of Fresno, C&L, Mrs. Beth Cameron of Glendale. Cal, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Howard and son of Salt Lake City visited Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Kirkham. who are Interested. 1 |