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Show Uli PobUc Library . ......J LEHI, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945 NUMBER 39 Ui Stake " High School Opera Dates Set Funeral Service Held For Preston Titcomb Funeral Held For Mrs. James Carter V. E. Day City Program Announced Interesting Talk On India Given At Schools Navy Hero Moved To West Coast Hospital Conference Saturday-Sunday -u. mmrterlv conference of J Lehi stake will be held in the -take taDemauic wauuiuaj nt-0h nt-0h Sunday. April 14 and f according to Stake President i Carlos scnuw. ui. nwu xidstoe, of the council of the will reoresent the Gen- til Authorities here, it is an- aunced. . General sessions will be held 1 10 30 Sunday morning and Wat 2 o'clock in the afternoon after-noon The Sunday evening meet-La't meet-La't 7:30 will be under the diction di-ction of the Sunday School ritli Stake Superintendent Azer So'uthwick in charge. The Stake unoir, unaer airec-ion airec-ion of Rulon J. Fox, will furnish ie music. Saturday. evening at 8 o'clock, a priesthood Leadership meeting rill be held. All leaders of the Priesthood . organizations are jged to attend. " Sunday morning from 9:00 un- 11 10:30 Priesthood meeting will je neia lor au uieuiuua ui uuuu Aaronic and Melchizedek groups, iiis will be under the direction ;( the stake presidency. At the amp time a special meeting for others and daughters will assemble as-semble with Stake President El-s El-s Christofferson of the YLMIA inducting. Seminary Party Friday Evening A dancing party will be given Ir. the high school gymnasium Friday, April 13, by the Lehi take Seminary, Principal Lester Oorberg announces., All semi- ary students of American Fork i Pleasant Grove are invited p attend as the guests of the sal group. The setting and orations of the junior prom pi be used and plans are made a pleasant evening together. This is the third party of this pd held this season and it is pined to establish the .idea as la annual affair. American fork and Pleasant Grove stu- pts have previously acted as osts. Mr. Norberg also states that pe Junior seminary graduation raises will be held Thursday, ay 10, with Elder Lee Palmer of iie presiding bishop's office as ie speaker. Exercises for the Senior semi- pry will be held Tuesday, May President Oscar A. Kirkham p be the speaker. JOHNSON REUNION P ELD AT MURRAY The members of the Otto Anson family enjoyed their reunion Fridav. Anril 6th. Pen they met at the Johnson Me in Murray. The occasion "ted the 70th birthday anni- fsary of Mr. Otta Johnson. A 'jautifully decorated birthday : formed a handsome center- see for the table, and a delic-,JS delic-,JS turkev dirmpr was served. Covers were laid for: Mr. and ''s. Johnson. Otto Johnson. Jr.. F-and Mrs. M. W. Wathen, of Fill; Mr onH TVTro TVfol-iriri V1V iliiUi 1 Oadhead nf nnrhpsne TTt.ah. N Mr. and Mrs. Max Gee of array. NSIXG PARTY IN U1 WARD MUTUAL . e closing party of the Fifth ru ftUA will be held next Tues-ff Tues-ff April 17, in the ward Pusement hall. All members l urged to turn out for a good pe m a backward way. "Be ckward" the theme of the L';mng. Members are asked to l-m their clothing "backwards," r'O some "hanVmi-r" lead by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph k -' interesting program it been prepared to start at krved Refreshments wm be &TED ARTICLES f. ETED FOR RED CROSS ( Jf L. Worlton, chairman knitting unit of the local ,fVross chapter, reports the uwing articles completed and ft-m to the county chapter I since January 1: Nine Htt army sweaters, 6 shoul-1 shoul-1 pairs of baby's mittens, few' 1 Pair of bed socks, 2 ets and 62 washcloths, hnv al committee wishes to ta t , who have helped in i3 There is no yarn at but more will be avail- t'tes on Mrs- Worlton Lehl High School announces that the dates for the annual Opera will be April 19-20 in the auditorium. "The Marriage of Nannette" by Louis W. Curtis is this year's production. This promises to be one of the largest and best operettas yet to be undertaken un-dertaken by the high school, under Mr. Frank Shaw's direction. direc-tion. The cast has 20 very talented tal-ented singers who are ably assisted as-sisted by an eighty-voice chorus, and a twenty-piece orchestra. Leading roles are capably carried car-ried by the following students: Norene Felt, Joyce Buchanan, Al-vin Al-vin Schow, Joyce Glover, Harold Ivers, Keith Peterson, June Erick-son, Erick-son, Kathryn Brown, Ralph Mitchell, Tom Nicholes, Don Holmstead, Berlin Bates, Robert Gray, Russell Webb, Olea Merrit, Maxine Ray, La Rae Whimpey, Paul Hanson, Wayne Webb, and Vea Jean Brown. Maxine Ray is also the student director. A new stage set is being painted paint-ed especially for the opera under direction of Mr. Raymond Bailey's art class. Dances are being taught by Miss Eva Stucki of the physical education department. Altogether Alto-gether the performance promises to be tops and something that everyone must see. Thursday, April 19, will be student night, while patrons and parents may see the opera either night. Boys Ransack Elderly Ladies Home "I should have come home sooner; I could have shown them where things were", Mrs. Annie Young said when she found her home on East Main street ransacked ran-sacked during her absence. Two boys, 13 and 14, and brothers of Sandy who were overtaken by a Salt Lake county officer after they had ridden there on two stolen Lehi bicycles, are charged with the robbery. The bikes had been stolen from the Dr. Elmo Eddington and the Bert Hutchings homes. City Marshal Niron Fowler had observed the boys during the day and when called to the scene of the burglary immediately sent their description to law officers in adjoining counties and towns. Mrs. Young returned to Lehi Saturday after staying the past winter in Ophir with her daughter, daugh-ter, Mrs. Alice Degelbeck. Intending In-tending to spend the night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Degelbeck, she sent her daughter and grandson to the house to bring extra bedding. Arriving there Mrs. Deglebeck and son, Edwin, found the place in a disordered dis-ordered condition "and heard a noise as someone left through a rear window. The intruders made their way across the fields carrying a fancy white quilt and two sheets with them. They had packed dishes, canned goods, etc. evidently in preparation for a move to others quarters. All stolen articles have been recovered and the boys have been placed in the care of Juve nile authorities, officers report. Used Clothing Drive On This Month "A bundle of clothing for every rhild enrolled" is the slogan lor the elementary schools in the old clothing drive now on. Letters have been sent out to the par ents ursine them to gather up all usable old clothing for Europe's war needy. Every type of clothing is required with the exception of women's hats, party dresses and men's tuxedos. Clothing must be cleaned or laundered, but need not be iron ed or pressed. Mr. Cecil Ash, chairman, announces an-nounces that the elementary schools will act as a receiving station for this clothing. The children may bring in the bundles bun-dles any time before April 26. SPECIAL CHOIR PRACTICE FRIDAY A special practice of the Stake Choir will be held in the stake tabernacle Friday at 8 p. m. for preparation of conference songs. Funeral services for Preston Freeman Titcomb. life time resi dent of Lehi, who died Tuesday evening alter a lingering illness, were held Friday at 2 o'clock in the First ward chapel, Bishop Evans L. Anderson conducting. Stake Secretary Herman C. Goates and Stake President A. Carlos Schow were the speakers. Both spoke as lifelong friends of Mr. Titcomb and the family. Mr. Goates spoke of his old friend, "Pret", as a kindly, patient character char-acter who in spite of a severe handicap from infancy was able to establish his independence and help others. He spoke of him as a member of the LDS church, who as a High Priest, would gain great exaltation in the hereafter. He stated that many people do not appreciate their ability to walk freely and that Mr. Titcomb Tit-comb showed great courage and strength of character in his life here. President Schow spoke of the fascination of "Pret's" old shoe shop to himself and neighbor children in early days. He compared com-pared it to the village smithy mentioned in Longfellow's poem. He spoke of the care and concern con-cern of the family in doing everything that could be done for Mr. Titcomb, and especially of Mrs. Ford the sister who cared for him, as an "angel of mercy". He expressed his great sympathy and concern for Mrs. Helen Comer, Com-er, the other sister, who, on account ac-count of poor ljealth was unable to attend the services. The life sketch was read by Mrs. LeRoy Davis, a niece, who also read an original poem dedi cated to her uncle. Opening and closing numbers, "Sometime We'll Understand," and "My Jesus, as Thou Wilt", were sung by a trio from the First ward Singing Mothers: Mrs. Robert Webb, Mrs. Lester Peterson Peter-son and Mrs. W. R. McMillan. Mrs. Abraham Anderson accompanied accom-panied the trio and also played the funeral march. Alva Wing played a solo, "Our Yesterdays", on the solo vox. "One Fleeting Hour," was sung as a duet by Mrs. Leon Wagstaf f and Mrs. Loyal Runolfson of American Fork, with Alva Wing as accompanist. The opening prayer was offer ed by Jackson C. Wanlass, and the benediction was pronounced by D.avid H. Carson. The building build-ing was well filled and many exquisite ex-quisite floral arrangements showed the deep regard of rela tives and friends. The grave m the Lehi cemetery was dedicated by LeRoy Davis. Life Sketch Preston Freeman Titcomb was born October 13, 1870, at Lehi, Utah. He was the son of Luke Titcomb, born March 3, 1832, at Donnington, England, and Lydia Jane Tanner, born November 28, 1836, at Galliton, Missouri. He comes from a line of splen did ancestry. His father was one of the early pioneers with a kind paternal disposition, interested in the building up of the church wherever his lot was cast. His mother was also born of sturdy pioneer stock, prominently prominent-ly known throughout the state His mother while caring for her home of many children found time to help take care of the sick and was always a good Samaritan Samari-tan to the needy and sorrowing, While Preston was a very young child a mysterious and painful disease, now called In fantile paralysis, - overtook him and left his left leg paralized. Notwithstanding his physical handicap, and working under difficulties, Preston was a remarkable re-markable man, doing many kinds of work. In his early youth he did farming with his father, making many trips to the canyons can-yons for wood, always being very handy around horses. Many times he rode the horses to the top of the mountains. He began his apprenticeship as shoe maker at Park City, Utah. Later he opened his shop at Lehi where he continued until his health began failing. He was universally respected and displayed more patience than the ordinary person.. Never did he complain of his physical handicap. He was very fond of children and loved to be near them. He is thoroughly justified in the possession of the honored family name which he bears. He has always made hi3 home with his sister, Florence, who has looked after his welfare ever since the passing of his parents and has tenderly administered to him during the many weeks of Funeral services for Mrs. James Carter was held in the Third ward chapel Wednesday after noon at 2 o'clock, with Bishop George Ricks conducting. Mrs, Carter was instantly killed late Saturday evening when (struck by an automobile while crossing U. S. Highway 91. The speakers were Virgil Peterson Pet-erson of the stake presidency, Stake Patriarch Andrew Fjeld, and A. B. Anderson. They spoke as old friends of Mrs. Carter and her husband, the late James Carter, who was prominent here. Patriarch Fjeld recalled many scenes in early days in which he remembered the activities of both the Carter and Gough families. fam-ilies. Mr. Anderson stressed the idea of forgiveness and offered a special prayer for Mrs. George Price, a niece of Mrs. barter, who was badly injured in the highway high-way accident. A paper of consolation was read by President Mary Pulley of the Fourth ward MIA in American Ameri-can Fork. This was done in behalf be-half of the young men who were riding in the car which struck Mrs. Carter. All of these boys were present at the funeral. The biography was read by Bishop William Hadfield. The opening song, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives," was sung by a quartet, Ruby Bone, Norma Curtis, Karl Jones, Robert Houghton, accompanied by MM Sunderland. The closing song "Going Home" was by Ray Shelley, who also sang "That Wonderful Mother of Mine". His daughter, Mrs. Irene ! Shelley, accompanied him. ! "Sing Me To Sleep," was play ed by Alva Wing on the solo vox. The many friends of this fam ily filled the chapel to capacity and there were many beautiful floral offerings. The invocation was given by George Barnes and the benediction benedic-tion was pronounced - by Dale Hadfield, a nephew. The grave in the Lehi cemetery was dedi cated by Luther Coates. PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC Mrs. Lester Peterson, PTA chairman, announces that a clinic cli-nic for the examination and immunization im-munization of per-school children chil-dren will be held in the Second ward church Friday, April 13, from 9:30 to 10:00 a. m. Parents who did not receive cards are asked to bring . their children then. This examination is required re-quired before entering school. $1.00 is charged for this service. DUP MEETING FRIDAY The Fort Wall camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers will be held Friday, Apnl 13, at the home of Mrs. Lester Peter- son. Mrs. Peterson and Emma Ashton will be the hostesses. All members are urged to attend. his illness. At the time of his death he held the office of High Priest in the church. He is survived by one brother, Joseph L. Titcomb, Magna, two sisters, Helen Comer and Florence Flor-ence Ford, Lehi. Besides his father and mother, brothers and sisters have preceded him to the great beyond. New Shipment of Men's Boys' and Children's - Shoes, Logger Boots, Cowboy Boots Boys' and Girls' COWBOY HATS Ladies: SLACKS, SWEATERS, BLOUSES, ANKLETS Fishing & Hunting Licenses Powers Shoe Store MAIN STREET LEHI IT MUST NOT BE A DAY OF CELEBRATION, BUT A DAY OF THANKSGIVING, A DAY OF PRAYER; a day of pledging to go on producing for final victory of the war over Japan. We do not wish to celebrate while our boys are still losing their lives in this Global War. Thus was the way Stanley M. Taylor summed up the V. E. day idea to be followed here. If we receive word that fight lng has ceased in Europe before 12:00 Noon, at 8:00 p. m. on that day, a meeting will be held in the stake tabernacle; but if after 12:00 Noon, the meeting will be held the following evening. MEETING PROGRAM Advancing the colors by the Am. Legion will be followed by a number from the 'LHS band. Prayer will be offered by the American Legion Chaplain, Bishop Ernest B. Garrett. Introduction of meeting state ment will be given by Stanley M. Taylor, American Legion Commander. Com-mander. Musical number by the "Chan-tante" "Chan-tante" chorus will be followed by a vocal solo by Duane Woffin-den. Woffin-den. The speaker will be Herman C. Goates. A musical number by the "Chantante" chorus will be followed fol-lowed by another song by Duane Woffinden. The LHS Band will play after which prayer and pledge of allegiance to the Flag will be lead by Chaplain Garrett. Lastly, the colors will be retired. Bonfire Destroys Hay-Barn At Elisha Pecks A bonfire built by a young grandson and his friends re sulted in the loss of some 70 tons of hay and the destruction of the barn owned by Elisha Peck in the Fourth ward district here. The changing wind turned the blaze into the building. The boy had the presence of mind to run and tell his grandparents what had happened but the fire had quite a start. . Thomas Powers, local fire chief, reports that they were called at 1:30 in the afternoon and continued fighting the blaze until 4:00 next morning. They were able to save the wing containing con-taining the cow shed. The fire department from American Fork was called to help and when the call came from Noble Evans' dry farm across the Jordan river, the American Fork truck answered answer-ed the call, while the local outfit remained to pump water on the barn. This second call was a stubble fire which spread to fences. It was checked before serious damage resulted. The third call was a gras3 fire which threatened the home of Mrs. Amos Rhodes. This was started at the Lloyd Busker home and spread by the wind. The siren heard at 11:00 p. m. was a renewal of the call to the Peck home. rounding Meat Pounding meat breaks up the connective con-nective tissue. If flour is pounded in, the juices are more likely to be retained. An interesting lecture on life and conditions in India was given giv-en in several departments of the local schools last Thursday by SSgt. Russell S. Schow of the AAF, who has spent three years there. He showed several val uable souvenirs: A realistic elephant ele-phant carved from ebony wood and inlaid with ivory; a beautiful beauti-ful necklace and a picture of the Taj Mahal temple which is regarded re-garded as one of the "Seven Wonders of the World". This picture is embroidered in detail with fine coils of spun silver. SSgt. Schow stated that he has been in the temple, and only there could he escape the odor of the many fires kept going by the poor people everywhere. He showed photographs of the common com-mon homes, mere huts, which resemble the sheep sheds built here and which do not provide much shelter from storms. A small brass pot was explain ed as a common vessel used for washing and cleaning and also for cooking the food. An Indian dress was demonstrated demon-strated on one of the girls. This dress consists of a little blouse and nine yards of material which is wrapped around the figure and over the head in such a manner that a part of it may be dropped over the face as a veil State Wide Drive For Brake Check-up Arranged To help make cars last longer and to reduce accidents, Utah police, sheriffs, state pofice and police departments will cooperate in a national Brake-check program, pro-gram, according to P. L. Dow, superintendent of the Utah Highway Patrol." and chairman of the campaign. During a six weeks' period, from April 15 to June 1, all police will check the brakes of all cars involved in moving traffic violations, viola-tions, in accidents or those who voluntarily submit to a check. "A simple brake check has been devised, "according to Superintendent Sup-erintendent Dow, which will take a police officer only a minute to make. It is hoped that all motorists motor-ists will cooperate in this wartime war-time program in Utah, by having their brakes checked voluntarily and by making sure the car is in j good operating condition." The campaign is backed not only by the International Association Asso-ciation of Chiefs of Police, but by the ODT, the Army Service forces, the OPA but by local police groups. In the main, Superintendent Dow explained, this is not an enforcement en-forcement campaign. We are not seeking 'arrests. We want only to assist motorists to find when their brakes are deficient and urge upon them to have them repaired re-paired immediately for their own safety and that of pedestrians. The sheriff of every county of Utah, and the chief of police of the various towns, together with their traffic departments, are assisting. SENIOR BANQUET TO BE HELD FRIDAY The Senior Class of the Lehi High School Is holding the annual ann-ual senior banquet Friday, April 13, at 7:30 in the sewing room, under the direction of Miss Ruth Worlton and Mr. J. L.. Wright. As everyone knows there has long been a superstition about Friday the Thirteenth so to get the seniors off to a right start we have chosen the theme, "Good Luck", said those in charge. The senior banquet committee is as follows: Ralph Anderson, chairman, Elayne Peterson, Viv ian Cooke, Vida Ashton. All faculty members and Sup erintendent and Mrs. Mitchell are invited. PAPER DRIVE NOW ON Housecleaning time is a good time to gather up your old papers and send them in. Newspapers, magazines, and books with cov ers removed must be tied sepa rately in bundles. No loose pap ers can be accepted at this time. If there are any large deposits Mr. Cecil Ash of the elementary schools will be glad to call for them in his car. Any school child will carry a small bundle of papers and they must be in before Thursday of next week. Evan Fenn, W. T. 3c, of tha US Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fenn, was removed last Tuesday from the Veterans hospital hos-pital in Salt Lake to the Naval hospital in Corona, Calif., where he will remain a year, the at- I tending Army specialists stated. tie is sunering irom a lung condition con-dition and shock, resulting from, the terrific pounding of the storm when a typhoon wrecked his ship, the US destroyer "Mon-ahan", "Mon-ahan", three hundred miles off the coast of Luzon last December 18th. The "Monahan" with the "Spence" and "Hull" formed a convoy. All were sunk by the typhoon. Mr. Fenn is one of five who managed to survive after floating float-ing 96 hours on a spool shaped raft. Waves were 100 feet high, and rescue ships were unable to find the raft. The raft was finally spotted by two fighter planes which sent word to the US destroyer "Brown", which rescued them, from the shark infested waters. The captain of the vessel, seeing the sharks, shot three of them, with a machine gun before the men were taken aboard. The men in the planes reported report-ed that they had seen a white flag being waved. It was the hands of the men whitened by continuous exposure to the salt water. There were thirteen on the raft at first. Two were wounded and died the first day; others j crazed by thirst, drank the ocean water and died speedily. A ship's cook on the raft with them went mad and had to be guarded constantly. He lived until shortly short-ly before help came. Life was sustained by a few malted milk tablets and the contents of a first aid kit. They had some canned meat but the sharks thrust their snouts over the side of the raft and it had to be thrown away. Mr. Fenn was with a group of 70, who were trapped by the weight of the water in one end of the ship. When the ship listed list-ed the door was released and they managed to scramble up on deck. There many of them were killed by the force of the storm. Mr. Fenn has received hun-dredsof hun-dredsof letters from relatives and friends of the ship's crew asking for information concerning concern-ing them. His own brother, Harold, aboard a tanker visited the scene shortly after the storm. He believes his brother to have been wounded and removed from the ship. Word has not yet reached him regarding the arrival ar-rival of Evans to the States. When called a hero by the crew on the rescue ship Mr.' Fenn replied that he had remained calm and thus managed to live. HOSPITAL FUND RECEIVED The pennies gathered in the Lehi Stake for the Primary Chil dren's hospital amounted to $416.00, Mrs. Randall Schow reports. re-ports. A letter has been sent her from the General Board, acknowledging ac-knowledging the receipt of the money and expressing appreciation apprecia-tion to all Primary workers here. Have your eyes examined once a year or at least every two years. Eyesight is precious take care of it while you have it. E. N. WEBB Jeweler is Optometrist THE GIFT SHOP Lehl - Utah |