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Show r i HE! 'I VOL. XXXIV , LEHI, UTAH, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1948 NUMBER 1 State ratroiman Melvin Grant examining car wreck West of Lehi from which three persons died, and a fourth was injured. Funeral Held Yesterday For Two Car Accident Victim Funeral services for William Raymond McKinney, 31, Fairfield, Fair-field, victim of a two-automobile iccident in Cedar Valley Sun-lay, Sun-lay, were conducted' yesterday July 7) in the Fairfield ward IDS chapel. Interment follow-1 d in the American Fork ceme tery, 1' Funeral services were held Wednesday in Fairfield at 1:00 jjn. for Raymond McKinney, frith Branch President Roland Sansen conducting. Prelude and postlude, "Some-;ime "Some-;ime We'll Understand" and 'Nearer My God to Thee" were played by Mrs. Owen Humphries f American Fork, who also ac-:ompanied ac-:ompanied the vocal solo, "The Link Divine", by Ray Shelley ind the violin selection "When The Sun Goes Down" by Miss jaRae Batchelor, both of Amer-can Amer-can Fork. Francis B. Abel, al-o al-o of American Fork, offered the nvocation. - First speaker was Ralph L. Dubois, Fairfield, who had known Raymond all his life. Ke gave ilassic illustrations to portray ,hat high ideals and aims continue con-tinue on even though the origin-ttor origin-ttor meets death. Harvey Dahl )f Nevada, former Bishop of Ce-iar Ce-iar Valley ward, told of his association as-sociation with him in farming raerations, and of his friend-ihip. friend-ihip. Elder Clifford E. Young, American Fork, spoke of his var-ried var-ried associations with the Mc-Sinney Mc-Sinney family. All offered com-ort com-ort and consolation ' " through aith in the wisdom of the Al-nighty Al-nighty and the sureness of an ifter life. Bishop Afton Chamberlain of Jedar Valley spoke the benedic-,ion. benedic-,ion. Burial took place in the imerican Fork cemetery, where lames A. Carson, an uncle, of Fairfield, dedicated the grave. . The accident occurred on the Cedar Fort-Redwood roads, a little-traveled section of Utah county, Saturday .morning and was discovered by two fishermen about noon. There were no witnesses wit-nesses except the occupants of the cars. : Mr. McKinney died at 4:50 am. Sunday. Calvin Walters, a passenger pass-enger in the McKinney car, is recovering in the Lehi hospital; Orner V. Hudson, Murray, died ihortly after the crash, and his vife, Rebecca Vinal Hudson, died it 6:08 ajn. Sunday. ' Mr.- McKinney was born Sept. J8, 1916, in Fairfield, the son of Lehman J. and Rebecca Carson VIcKinney. He married Glee 5mith, Amercian Fork, in the 3alt Lake temple Aug. 25, 1937. ie had been engaged in farming md livestock raising in Fairfield 'or the past 12 years. Surviving are his widow, four ;hildren, LaVee, 10, Raymond, 7, Marlin, 3, and Grant, 4 months, ind his father, all of Fairfield; a? brother, Wendell (Ben) Mc-Kniney, Mc-Kniney, Fairfield; and four sisters, sis-ters, Mrs. Ephraim (Thelma) Waletrs, Fairfield; Mrs. Ralph S. (Mary) Chipman, Mrs. Delles Edna) Wall, and Mrs. Lloyd ( Merle) Strong, all of American Fork. Utah County Rifle Shoot At Saratoga Sunday I Utah county Rifle association ,'iU hold a meet at Saratoga iunday morning, July 11, at 8 a.m., Marion W. Robinson, local director, announced today. Harold Har-old Calder will act as range officer of-ficer and Roger Price will be officer of the day. Clubs participating will be the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Posts, Provo, Payson, Spanish Fork, Pleasant Grove, American Fork, and Lehi. The Lehi club is making range, frames and target arrangements. Trophies and medals will be awarded for the best individual as well as the best team scores. Gill Larsen Achieves Honor Gratifying hews of Gill Larsen, reached relatives here this week end. ROTC Cadet Sgt. Larsen was awarded high marksmanship medal, given each year by Amer ican Legion Post 471 of East Oak land, Calif. Gill is the son of the late Leslie Larsen, formerly of Lehi, and Beatrice Summer hays Larsen. Gill is a student at the Fre- mont High School. Gifted in music, as all members of the Summerhays family, he is MIA chorister in his ward. He is also i and shows genius along practical and business lines, according to a congratulatory article in an Oakland newspaper. Lehi Float Wins First Place In Murray Parade The "Sweetheart" float shown in the miniature parade here, was taken to the Fourth of July parade in Murray and won first place.- - It-was designed as an individual float by' Mr. and Mrs. John Ernst for their small daughter, Deanne, 5; and proudly proud-ly pulled by her brother Donald (Jack) 7. The children participated in the parade at Union at 9:00 a.m. and at Murray the same morning at 10:300. Floats leaving for Murray Mur-ray were given a police escort. One line of march was, a mile and a fourth, but big brother never faltered, . ; . The Ernsts will also enter this beautiful float in the parade at Draper, July 24. . ,; . , ' : Electrical Farms Gain ' The number of electrified farms is growing steadily. At the end of last year there were 3,335,700 farms served by rural power lines. This is an increase of 406,700 over the number num-ber of electrified farms reported the previous year, and means that now 56.9 per cent of all farms in the United States are served with electricity. Flour for Beleaguered Jews . ...m, v. - - l Bags of flour for hungry Jerusalem and other isolated Jewish communities com-munities in Israel are unloaded from a barge in the port of Tel Aviv. If power in electrified bakeries holds up, the sorely-needed flour will become bread that will be rationed half a pound per day to each adult Jew. City Flower Show Well Patronized During Roundup Turning the large South room at the city hall into a veritable flowerland, gardeners of Lehi and adjoining towns, $ brought their lovely blooms to form a striking display. The show was sponsored by the Lehi Garden Club, with Bishop Ernest B. Gar rett as president. President Garrett was on hand to greet the many dozens of callers call-ers during the two days of the display, with a willing word of explanation in regard to varieties variet-ies of flowers. The several hun dreds of entries were supplied largely by Lehi people, Garden club members and others. Broad- bent's Floral house supplied an attractive horseshoe in red, white and blue, symbolic of the rodeo and the patriotic celebration. celebra-tion. Delphineums were shown at their best by Humphrey's Floral of American Fork, who submitted submit-ted two enormous - backets of them., Mrs. Clifford Austin supplied sup-plied a display almost equally large. . : Mrs. Mable Jones might be called the good fairy of the enterprise. en-terprise. Her unflagging efforts have done much to insure the success of this and similar projects pro-jects of the local club. Her col lection of attractive vases were used in a variety of ways. Form- ins a lush oriental accent thru- out, were her compositions of bronzed weeds, at which art she spends many hours. A large urn filled with gilded wheat grass nearly four feet high formed an attractive corner piece. Lilies of both the regal and madonna varieties were well represented. rep-resented. One shallow bowl fil led with madonna lilies on short stems, had as a central figure, a statuette of the Madonna. These lilies are classed as some o he oldest flowers known, be lieved by some authorities to be th elilies mentjoned by the ca vior. v " ; Garden Club officers are an-t.ipniatine an-t.ipniatine a Fall Show, which thev hope will be as well patron ized as this one, whicft added. an artistic note to the Roundup Days celebration Firemen Enjoy Canyon Party Local Fire Chief Thos. power pow-er sand Mrs. Powers and a group of the fire crew, spent a delight ful evening in American Fork Canvon last Friday. . Ferd Ev ans prepared the chicken dinner Besides. Mr. and Mrs. Powers and Mr. and Mrs.. Evans, the group included Mr. and Mrs. Al ex Jamison, Mr. and Mrs. John Broadbent, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Wof- finden, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Price and Mr. and Mrs. Afton Giles. Utah produced mineral products prod-ucts in 1947 the value of which was 180 million dollars. Funeral Service Today For A, J. Browning Funeral services for Albert J. Browning, 48, son of Mrs. Walt er Webb, will be held in the University Un-iversity ward chapel in Salt Lake City, Friday at 12:30. Mr. Browning had gained wide recognition for his remarkable business ability, yet in his visits here friends and relatives were impressed by his simplicity and unpretentious character. He served in both World Wars, and gained the rank of Brigadier General in the recent conflict. At the time of his death, he was Vice-President of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit. He had served serv-ed on a Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Central States. He passed away July 2, after a serious uiness ? oi several months. Stricken while on vacation va-cation in Florida, his life was despaired of for atime, but he had improved considerably and had been taken to the Ford Hos-pita Hos-pita lin Detroit. , Born in Ogden, he was reared in Blackfoot, Idaho. He was married to Ruth Sears in June, 1926, in Salt Lake City. She died in Lehi, in 1944. Their two daughters, Nancy and Martha Browning are well known here In August, 1945, he married Dorothy Montague in Washing ton ,D. C. Survivors include his widow, his mother, Mrs. Webb, and his daughters, Nancy and Martha Browning, and one sis ter ,Mrs. Nevada Browning Owene of Palo Alto, Calif.? Funeral services were held in Detroit Tuesday, i Stake Pres George Romney conducted. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was one of the speakers, with many other prominent national leaders pres ent. President George Albert Smith will be the principal speaker at the funeral here. Friends may call at the Larkin Mortuary from 10:00 a.m. until noon. General Browning has been eulogized as an outstanding Son of Utah for his noteworthy ac complishments. Ona of his prin cipsl virtues was h5 great kind ness and thoughtfulness toward his mother. Phyllis Fox Will Attend Girls' State Sponsored by the local chap ter of the American Legion Auxiliary, Aux-iliary, Miss Phyllis Fox-will attend at-tend Girls' State ' in Logan at the Agricultural College. This "little State" will last from Sunday Sun-day .July 11, through July 19, it , was revealed toy Mrs. Klea Ernst, Auxiliary president. A list of girls, chosen from the top ranking third of those who will be Seniors next year, was submitted sub-mitted by the High School Principal, Prin-cipal, Lloyd B. Adamson, Mrs. Ernst stated. They were voted on by Auxiliary members, with the idea in mind of getting the best in good character, honesty and courage, as well as citizenship, citizen-ship, leadership and scholarship. What they learn about the actual ac-tual workings of Statehood and citizenship should be carried back 'to the community. Selected for the different offices of-fices in running their "State", the two nominees for governor will be sent to Girls "Nation" at Washington, D. C. Miss Fox, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Fox, holds many outstanding qualifications for the position. Gifted in music, mus-ic, she has perservered in its study since a small child. She plays a viola in the High School orchestra, and is accompanist for chorus and opera productions at the school. .She has served as organist in the Lehi First ward since the age of 12, first in the MIA and for the past four years in Sunday School. She also excells in Dramatics, and has taken part in two plays the past year in one of which she played the title role. She has been an honor student the past two years, and was Student Body Secretary last year. Not the least of her qualifica tions is her ability as a home-maker. home-maker. She has faithfully assist ed in caring for the home and her two younger brothers while her mother was employed part time in an office. In 1947 Utah marketed 2,660,- 000 bushels of potatoes. Funds Available For Extensive Home Remodeling An estimated $1,544,000 will be spent In repairing and modernizing mod-ernizing non-tarm homes in Utah county during 1948, according accord-ing to a report just released by the Tile Council of America. That sum will be expended largely on painting, repairs to heating equipment, new roofs and plumbing, the report dis closed. "Greater availability of building materials will make pos sible a record amount of home improvement throughout the na tion this year," declared Malcolm Mal-colm Schweiker, chairman of the Council's residential construc tion committee. About 30 of every 100 homes In Utah will be painted, either inside or out during 1943 and 13 will have roofs repaired or replaced re-placed according to the report. Ten will have plumbing repair ed bathrooms tiled or showers Installed and 6 will have carp entry repairs the report reveal ed. , .i "To meet demands for mater ials for both new homes and home repairs production has been stepped up in practically every type of material," said Mr. Schweiker. The output of cer amic tile for bathrooms and kitchens kit-chens for instance, is now at the highest rate in history, govern ment reports show. Throughout the nation be tween $2,000,000,000 and 3,300, 000,000 will be spent this year on home repair, according to the Tile Council report This is be lieved the largest amount ever expended for such work. Hospital Notes Mrs. Susie Whipple and Mrs. Mary Comer, elderly ladies, re main patients at the hospital Mrs. Mary Garlick, who was admitted June 13, with a frac tured leg, is reported doing nice ly. Calvin Walters, accident vie tim, 13 reported doiugv well. He will be released this week. He was admitted Saturday morning. William Raymond McKinney, 31, an uncle of Mr. Walters, was admitted Saturday morning. He passed away Sunday morning, as a result of injuries received in the same automobile collision. Wm. A. McCal, Jr., Cowboy, of Glendale, Calif., 1 was taken to the hospital Wednesday night for treatment for a fractured leg. He was discharged Sunday. Mrs. Rebeca , Vinnall Gerard Hudson, 59, accident victim, was admitted Saturday, and died Sunday morning. The baby daughter of Jack and Donna Hadfield Mitchell, born Monday, July 4, died Tuesday. Tues-day. Eugene Nilsen, 27, Cowboy, of Provo, was given treatment for injuries about the head and eye. He was admitted Thursday. He was attacked by a Brahma bull. He was released Monday. Andy Leithead, 25, of Caliente, Nevada ( was admitted Thursday July 1, and released Monday. He was rolled by a bucking horse. New babies at the hospital include: A son, born to Mrs. Ferris Hatch of Jrovo, July 2. A baby daughter born to T. J. and Edna Bone, Tuesday, July 6. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bone are the grandparents. Miss Jane Brown of Pleasant Grove is supervising the hospital staff in the absence of Mrs. Ethel Eth-el Ball. Miss Brown is a graduate grad-uate of General Hospital and has served . at American Fork and Utah Valley hospitals. Notice A meeting of the Old Age Pension Pen-sion and Assistance organization will be held Friday, July 9, in the Memorial building. The public is welcome to attend. Mrs. Theo Pierson. Utah produced 500 tons of apricots ap-ricots in 1947. Utah produced 704,000 tons of sugar beets in 1947. Annual Lehi Draws Record Four Day Attendance Lehi's Annual Roundup cele bration closed Saturday night after four days of successful entertainment. Crowds attending attend-ing the rodeo were estimated at 4,000 for each of the first two nights, and 5,000 for each of the final nights, Friday and Saturday. Sat-urday. Saturday brought the biggest crowd, according to Committee Com-mittee members, with George Lewis as president. The stock seemed rather wild th first two nights. A Brahma bull jumped the gate splintering the top plank and others attempted at-tempted to jump the fence. Three riders were badly injured, requiring hospital care. Wm. A. McCall, Jr., of Glendale, Calif, suffered a broken leg, when a bull chased him into the chute, trampling him. Eugene Nilsson, 27, of Provo, suffered severe head and eye injuries inflicted by a bull, and Andy Leithead, 25, of Caliente, Nevada, was taken to the hospital hospit-al unconscious. He received care for several days, for internal intern-al injuries caused by a horse rolling on him. Governor's Night, Friday, went off particularly well. Governor Herbert B. Maw was present, as were Mayor and Mrs. Earl J. Glade of Salt Lake City. Spectators Spec-tators packed in the stands responded res-ponded to every event and every announcement. A deep hush prevailed as the Magna-Garfield Drum and Bugle Corps (they are National Champions) played "Abide With Me," just as twilight twi-light was falling. Louis and Bernadette Cabrel put on an unusually fine per formance in their riding act. Ap pearing here for the first time in the Intermountain West, Mr. Cabrel rode three horses Roman style to a jump over a fiery hurdle. Gene Clark, professional bull fighter,, was also appearing in this section of the country for the firt timer "Tlxis oleaifi cut young man, 22 year's old, spent two years in the.U. S. Navy. He will travel with Hutchinson to Burley and Pocatello, Idaho shows. His father and brother also participated in Calf Roping and other events. Among the familiar figures in the top ranking cowboys, appeared ap-peared Chuck Sheppard, who has been here every year. Gerald Roberts finished his assignments here and went to Reno, Nevada where he drew down most of the $15,000 purse. "PeeWee Johnson a young pickup man, who travels with the Hutchinson outfit, turned turn-ed his hand to riding broncs and bulls in a sleek satin shirt and ornamental chaps. He performed perform-ed with scientific finesse. Of course Wilbur Plaugher outdid himself. In spite of his uncouth appearance, he holds' all-round Grand Championship title gained gain-ed last year at Madison Square Garden in New York. Good behavior of both aud ience and performers was noted by visitors and those who furnished furn-ished housing. Prize Winners In Stock Parade Announced Prize winners in the stock pa rade held Friday evening, were announced by Morris Clark, Parade Pa-rade Chairman, as follows: The "Silver Spurs" Ladies Club of Murray and the Riding Club from American Fork were judged judg-ed as ties. The cash prize of $50 was divided between them. The attractive tropies (bronze models of horses) were awarded to the following individual entries: en-tries: In the adult group, Don Whimpey. Co-Captain of the Lehi Riding Club, First; Earl Hutchinson, Secondi; Carol Bart-lett, Bart-lett, Queen's Attendant, Third. The trophies were on display in the window of Powers Store, along al-ong with the beautiful cup won by the Lehi Riding club at the Timpanogos Meet. In the childrens' division, little Miss Donna Webb, on her Shetland Shet-land pony, won first place. Don-no Don-no is the daughter of Bishop and Mrs. Ward Webb. Second place was awarded to the boy who rode with Donna. He was mounted on a brown Shetland, and Mr. Clark would like to send out an appeal for him to come forward and get his prize. Judges failed to obtain ob-tain his name. Jay Richens won third place. Roundup His horse was a gray Welsh pony with cunning colt following. Jay is a son of Everett Richens and a grandson of Ilyrum Gray. The Magna-Garfield Drum and Bugle Corps marched with this parade, and also the Band from Lincoln high school. Riding clubs, besides the two winners and the local club, came from Orem, Pleasant Grove and Springville. Mr. Clark expressed appreciation apprecia-tion for himself and the Committee Com-mittee to all who participated, and to the many yho gave their support to xnake the parade a success. The Lehi Riding Club appeared appear-ed in the Independence Day pa rade at Provo, and will ride in the big Pioneer Day parade in Salt Lake City. They also expect to do some drilling this Fall, taking tak-ing part in the big State Riding Club contest to be staged in Salt Lake City at the Fair grounds. Prizes Awarded In Miniature Parade Lehi's Miniature Parade was again an outstanding attraction during Roundup Days. A pleas ing variety of floats were entered enter-ed .with children happily taking part, some even younger than the walking age. Bishop Ernest N. Webb has served as chairman of the Parade Committees for the past eight years since its beginning. begin-ning. He has shown an untir ing spirit of cooperation in putting put-ting over this appealing feature of Lehi's celebrations, which originated or-iginated with the Primary organizations org-anizations here. Mr. Webb announces the winners win-ners as follows, with an added expression of appreciation: Five first prizes of $10 each were awarded to: Merry-go-Round, Mutual Dell, Fourth of July, Sweethearts, and (MIA) Blue Moon and Stars. Fifteen second prizes of $5 each were presented to: Deseret News Carriers, Oold and Green Ball, Birth of a Flag, Bell (or Spirit) of '48, And All Nations Shall Gather, Bit of Heaven, Colors Col-ors of the Future (Lehi Lumber) From Brooder to You (Ralph's Cafe), Liahonian Club and Giles Feed, Time of Roses, Umbrella, Hawaiian Temple, Lehi Riding Club and Lehi Junior Chamber. "The Parade Committee ap preciates very much the fine co operation of the people of Lehi, in entering floats to make our famous Miniature Parade one of the best in its history. ; We especially wish to thank the Lehi Stake Presidency and Stake organzations; also the Bishoprics and Ward organiza tions of the following wards: Le hi First, Lehi Second, Lehi Third and Lehi Fifth; (The Fourth ward did not enter floats this year) also the many business houses of Lehi; the Clubs and Individual entries; the Scouts who made up the Color Guard; and the fine Bands that made the music for us, and for the fine help given by the City Police. Po-lice. We are happy that all Business Concerns, no matter where located lo-cated in town, are cooperating and pulling together for the boosting of Lehi as a whole. In the location and line of march we tried to make it the easiest pull for the little tots. We hope that everyone is satis fied; and above all, we are thank ful that we had no accidents in our little parade." State Big Game Board To Set Year's Policy Sportsmen of the state were today reminded of this week's five-meeting tour of the Board of Big Game Control by Ross Leonard, Utah game director and chairman of the board. Earlier the board met at Duchesne, Sa-lina, Sa-lina, and Ogden. The ' meetings are held annually an-nually to draw information from all sources to determine the big game data for the fall seasons. The board at its July 9th session ses-sion will determine the number of hornless deer to be taken on all of the State's ranges, and also prescribe the special restrictions for the big game hunts in general. |