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Show Aire FjeM J J' yy AM V.lr W l LEHI, UTAH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949 IBracken Lee Becomes st Republican Governor Twenty-Four Years Lien Lee became Utah's Tone 'citizen Monday I took the oath of office 'came the first Republican or in 24 years. i brief address as part of Lgural ceremonies Governs Gover-ns pledged his support to . the economic unrest and '.vent excessive taxation and jaient waste. shborating on the economic the governor stated, "None can really afford the luxury -vine a controversy to the f that now exists between i our large mines and No one gains and every-Les every-Les unless accord is reach-vjn reach-vjn a reasonable time. If l-sider only our own right, ken the day when that b trampled in the dust of demanding and discord. governor reminded nis t,hat the "power to tax nmupr to destroy, i asK miA and legislators of this n nrevent aemanus uuuu 3 sent that win tena to ae Government, like busi r the home, has an income . which it must live. . . . e our burden, every branch emment should operate as riically as any business." new chief executive also a point of the fact that it belief "that Utah has too rather than not enough Our statutes bulge with . . . So I say to you, that may be virtue in the repeal s as there may be in tneir bent." Reoublican executive that h surroundtd by a Demo- legislature invited his own legislators and those of the titv Dartv to join him in a jam for the benefit of all people. To every Utahn bor Lee said, "Finally, may i:nd you that although I am Govtrnor, this is your gov lent. Your obligation did ind on election day. You I be vigilant in helping me at laes to keep on the right to the end that I, In turn, help you by steering a true k I am anxious to give you jcnorable, fair and efficient titration." - ID TEACHING MESSAGE I Stake Committee for Ward tog extends HAPPY and SPEROUS- NEW YEAR STINGS to the people of been recommended by wmmittee and the bishoprics -the second Thnrsdnv nf pnrh to be set aside for ward tog. On this night all ward fere are to report to their ve wara nouses for a talk and instmrti nns nrlnr Jn on their districts. This tog will take the place of isular report meeting, mak- - "cressary tnat all ward -'ers attain tv. f J we requested to remember ana refrain from other on tnat night, the sec- UiUirsriaTr nf at. FR 1949 IS 75 WARD TEACHING !head ffard teachers are re--a to attend priesthood rwimg tne second Sun. f each month at 2:00 p. m, 6take meeting house. I 1 Stake Committee for Ward Teaching. S'hSJ fMrs- George Lewis MOStS for tm r .iu. few Year's eve. J Misses Bessie and Leona SWPelSunday at their k'Cnii neir mother, Mrs. I CI ge' was taken home Verlhpital on that day. 5fr0gdenr accompanied and fro . . th. arvii stone en- tea ril,rpany of all their Wan T& wie nonaays. an camo vf- j 1 5'0rp 1V1T5. bandn,a Stone and lSKf0lie; came ta bnu, e' Mlss Myrle Stone uerprM tt ocvai aays N'vi?? Stone ftohT u nere' CeIore w hls studies at BYU Am. Fork Firestone Store Receives Carload of Tires A carload shipment of tires and tube3 greeted Firestone dealer Dick Rogers last week the largest larg-est carload shipment of tires to be received in American Fork There were two other features about the shipment besides being the largest on record that concerned con-cerned Mr. Rogers first it arrived ar-rived ahead of schedule and right in the midst of the busy holiday season and the first of the year inventory; secondly it was difficult dif-ficult to find storage space adequate ade-quate to handle the huge shipment, ship-ment, since the present storage space was still bulging with holiday holi-day items. Mr. Rogers made a quick inspection in-spection of the shipment which showed he would have to find storage space for nearly 1,000 tires which ranged in size from tiny ones to fit a wheelbarrow to giant tractor tires. There were among them gleaming white sidewalls, knobbies and their cousins the mud-cleats, along with all the more convertional treads and sizes. Storage space was found in the Gaisford building build-ing on East Main street, which temporarily solved the dealer's dilemma. The Tri-City Firestone store is operated by Mr. Rogers who has been merchandising Firestone products for the past eight years. His first store has grown from its humble beginning of one show case and one counter to a fine store that stocks hundreds of items ranging in variety from rubber cement to rejjigerators, , During " the week Mr. Rogers has had a modern office built in the store and besides enlarging the place has rearranged the entire en-tire arrangement. NUMBER 27 Local Girls To Star In Special Game What promises to be one of the most exciting games of the basketball bas-ketball season will be played here Saturday at 8:30 p. m., in the High School gym. The Og-Hpn Og-Hpn Khnmrnr.ks. girls champion ship team, in which Bessie and Leona Colledge will play, is scheduled for a sharp tilt with their old enemies, tne oau, u&uc Shamrocks, the only team to defeat de-feat them. Proods fmm t.he erame will assist the Ogden Shamrocks on a trip to the Hawaiian Islands where they will play a series of games. The girls will motor to San Francisco, where they will play another beneiit game, iuey will leave San Francisco by plane for the islands and return home Tom 1 van. t. Bessie and Leona are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lester a. w-ledge. w-ledge. Both are graduates of the t 0v.s Tiio-vi Rphnnl. Leona receiv- JJUlil ing the Conder Award in her senior year. They have played on the team since it waa -ganized in 1945, as the Utah Army Supply Depot team. Since this time the team has won two Ninth Service Command championships, cham-pionships, and one AAu Western T-.;..iiv, ,.Vi ami-linn shin. Whining 75 games with only one defeat That defeat came in iu hands of the Salt Lake Sham-rocls Sham-rocls Game time will be 8:30, with a .romo at 7:30. Dur- ing half time of the mam event there will be an acrobatic ana tumbling act from tne Pitcher school of acrobatics oi Ogden. . . Tickets may be purchased in advance from Elmer or Keitn Colledge, brothers oi .c -- Leona. Keith is making qu name for himself on the local Hteh School team. Any further information may be obtainea from the Lester Colledge home, telephone 86-R. ,t-,j cto ot. the Keith iiouuay sued , urr,a o'Prp the rjarents oi Mr. Gailey, Mr. and Mrs George Galley of Layton and their daughter Lois. Lehi Road Official Aids Stranded Motorists Sunday Supervisor Stanley ClariTInd ad ?T. have been called on to put in 24 hour shifts recently re-cently to aid trapped motorists and open the highway running through the north end of Cedar Valley "One day ran into another," an-other," Mr. Clark said, "All we aid was battle wind and"snow." The road had been kept open New Year's night through the blizzard. Sunday was the bad day. No snow was falling , the wind was piling up drifts, many of them as high as the cars. Some 20 cars wph etoii " WVUAiU in the area between the Jordan River and Cedar Fnrt. Mr riort stated, most of them hunters. we nact Been working on the road at the time." hp pyniainpH "but the wind got so bad that we just couldn't keep up with Two heavy caterpillar tractors were nirea. one run bv Walter Wilson from the Cedar Fort end. and the other by Gene Peterson oi Leni, working in to meet him "These men realy deserve a lot of- credit for their persistant ef- iorts, it was stated. "They kept right on in spite of severe frost bite, and Gene in an open ma chine, without a cab. It was largely due to their heln that all the cars were gotten out, the last one shortly before midnight, and without casualties." The road was blocked for a time Monday afternoon, but was cleared out into lair condition, with a lane wide enough for two cars to Dass. The "cats" were still in operation on Wednesday. The school bus from Fairfield and Cedar Fort has been able to run on schedule. Mr. Clark explained that there had been some trouble at the "point of the mountain, but the road had been kent onen. A number of cars were stalled for about an hour Sunday but the trouble was due to poor visibility. Let Parker Heads Am. Fork Riding Club Ass'n, Leslie (Let) Parker was elected president of the American Fork Riding club at the regular meeting meet-ing held Monday night in the city hall. He succeeds Vern Holin- drake who has been president for the past two years, men Chadwick is the new vice president, Karl Faddis will act as secretary-treasurer, J&rsai r agaa is drill rantain. and Wells Ander son is the new director. Other retiring officers are Owen Lynch, Francis Anderson, and Ray Drap or Thp new officers and the re tiring president form the board of directors. Installation of the officers and the annual banquet of the club has heen tentatively set lor J an 19 with the outgoing officers in in February the new officers will take charge of the annual dance, af f ho Mnnriav evening meeting some special shows were planned for the coming year, xuv project will be getting spectator seats put in the rodeo arena north of the city. nrir,cr thp two vears Mr. Hoi- indrake has been president of the club it has acquireu u ji,f n iisp over 50 acres oi ground for a recreation center, with a race iraca. o. arena The club has become ai-filiated ai-filiated with the Utah State Western Riding Club association took part in the 1947 Centennial and Governors parades, and both summer seasons has received awards for appearance in county and state parades. Mr Parker, Mr. Holindrake, and Mr. Lynch will be delegates state convention o JSWRCA .ta Ogden canyon later in the month. BROTHER OF LOCAL WOMAN DIES IN LAS VEGAS Leonard Madsen, 49, brother of Mrs. Morris Hoknstead died in t as vegas, Nevada, Dec. 27, or a Sver ailment. Mr. Madsen was " . . ir.iun Wirn Jan. o. born in star vauw. . q? He had been employed by 1899. we CaUf the stanuaiu v - . uk t" .., -pore cast, had and lor &cv ' o VeTas been in business at Las ve0as. Funeral services were held in La? Vegas, last Wednesday Mr. Madsen was m from nnmber of people in Lehi from his visits here. Stake Old Folks To Be Feted t February Second Old Folks' Day is scheduled fnr Wednesday, Feb. 2, it is announc- ea Dy committee Chairman Harold Har-old W. Barnes. A full dav nf entertainment is being prepared ior tne annual winter party, which will include all residents over 60. Widows and widowers, tne fatake Presidency and their partners and all Bishoprics and tneir partners are - also in vited. This will comprise the entire Lehi Stake, with the five Lehi wards and Cedar Fort and Fairfield. ' I Anyone having names and addresses ad-dresses of former residents now living out of town, who would be interested in joining the group, may furnish the information to Mr. Barnes or Thomas Powers. secretary, and they will be happy to man invitations to them. MRS. EDWARD LARSEN RETURNS FROM j CALIFORNIA VISIT D. J. Thurman Passes At Salt Lake Home Mrs. Edward Larsen returned home Monday after an enjoyable week in California. ' She accompanied accom-panied Dr. and Mrs. E. O. Thomp-sen Thomp-sen of Salt Lake City (her daughter daugh-ter Gayle) on their motor trip there, and attended the famous "Rose Bowl" football game in Pasadena with them on New Year's day. The game was of particular interest to Dr. Thomp-sen, Thomp-sen, who attended Northwestern University in Chicago. Crowds were enormous, Mrs. Larsen said, and the traffic so congested that many people with tickets were unable to reach the stadium. The parade was very fine, rated the best in history, and with the weather pleasantly clear. Band and twlrler costumes and equipment was magnificent, she said. While in California, Mrs. Larsen Lar-sen and the Thompsens were guests of a sister to Mrs. Larsen, Mrs. Alice LeChemSaint. - PRIESTHOOD BANQUET SET FOR JAN. 19 Due to the extremely severe weather the big rabbit hunt scheduled for Melchizedek Friest-hood Friest-hood members and members of the Adult Aaronic Priesthood was postponed. The hunt had been planned for New Year's day. In the event that weather conditions condi-tions permit, the hunt will be held later, according to Harold W. Barnes; activity chairman. The banquet, which usually follows the hunt will be held in the tabernacle Wednesday, Jan. 19. All the quorums will take part, under the direction of the Melchizedek Priesthood committee, commit-tee, with Pres. Armond E. Webb, as chairman. The banquet will be for all those who would take part in the hunt, and their partners. BIRTHDAYS Congratulations are in order this week for George W. Harvey, who will celebrate his 80th birthday birth-day on Saturday, Jan. 8. Mr&. Morris (Evelyn) Holmtead will observe her birthday Thursday, Thurs-day, Jan. 6. Little Mary Lewis will reach her sixth milestone on Thursday. She has invited her little friends to join her in a party at her home on Thursday aiternoon. Last rites were held Tuesday in Salt Lake City, for David John Thurman, 72, prominent Utah educator and native of Lehi. Bishop Ralph W. Hardy of the East Ensign ward, conducted the services. Burial took place in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. Mr. Thurman died of a heart ailment at his home in Salt Lake City, Saturday. Mr. Thurman was one of many in the Thurman family to follow the teaching profession. He began be-gan teaching in 1898, when he taught for two years in Snow-flake, Snow-flake, Ariz. He later attended the University of Utah and obtained obtain-ed his Bachelor of Science degree front the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan. He served for 15 years as principal of the Utah State School for the Blind, living in Ogden at the time. He served as principal in the Salt Lake City schools at Holla-day, Holla-day, as principal of the Granite High School, and for 20 years as a principal in the Granite district. Mr. Thurman was born in Lehi, May 3, 1876, a son of David John, Sr. and Elgiva' Evans Thurman. He attended the Congregational School of Lehi and later. Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university at Provo. He was married to Zina Owens on Aug. 31, 1899, in Snowflake. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and active in the High Priests Quorum of East Ensign ward. Survivors include his wife; two sons, David Owens Thurman and Dr. Allen C. Thurman; four daughters, Mrs. Ena T. Steffen sen, Mrs. Beverley T. Solomon, Lucretia and Lillian Thurman, all of Salt Lake City; three sis ters, Mrs. Murray Allen (Elgiva), Salt Lake City; Miss Ida Thur man, Lehi; Mrs. Francis Nielson (Miriam) Mount Pleasant; and seven grandchildren. A sister, Miss Margaret Thurman, of Lehi well known and loved as a teacher teach-er for 40 years, passed away two years ago, at her home here. Family of Eight Made Homeless By Midnight Fire During Blizzard SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP HOLDS PARTY A delightful New Year's Eve party was held in the Third ward church with 26 couples present from the Special Interest group of the MIA. Dancing was en-Joyed en-Joyed with some choice records used. Pie ala mode and punch was served. Paper caps and favors fav-ors lent a festive air. Special music was furnished by Fahy Durfee and his accordion and Stanley Clark with his guitar. Mrs. Helen Jones and Goldie Dickerson were in charge of arrangements. MRS. MARY PETERSON FLIES TO BEDSIDE OF MOTHER Mrs. Mary Peterson arrived by plane last week from Richland, Calif. She came to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Lester (Erma) Colledge, who recently underwent a serious operation. Mrs. Colledge was taken home Sunday. Family members report that she is able to walk about some, and is apparently in better bet-ter health than she has been for the past six months. Mrs. Peterson reports an enjoyable enjoy-able plane trip, her first. She will remain with her mother for ten days. HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Eugene Burnham and baby daughter were taken home, Jan. 1. Mrs. Keith Smith and baby son were taken home, Jan. 2. FIELD ASSESSORS NAMED Deputy assessors over 15 dis tricts in Utah county were ap pointed this week by J. Austin Cope Jr., Utah county assessor. The new appointees will begin work very soon and will be authorized to make assessments on everything except business buildings and livestock. North Utah county deputies are Robert D. Hemingway, Alpine and Highland; Henry S. Chip-man, Chip-man, American Fork; Earl E. Loader, Pleasant Grove, Manila and Llndon; George A. Lewis, Lehi and Cedar Valleyt; and S. H Boyack, Orem, Vineyard and Geneva. Mrs. Ernest Webb joined her daughter, Mrs. Franklin B. Adams in Salt Lake City xuesaay. The occasion was the second birthday anniversary of little Alene Adams The family enjoyed a happy time together, and a picture was tak en of the group. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beck enjoyed a holiday visit in Alberta at the home of their daughter, Carol (Mr. and Mrs. Kay Jolley and children). They joined in the community Christmas party, which included the entire com-munitv. com-munitv. both young and old. The Jolleys returned with them for an overnight stay. nionria Hunger. In thp JYllOO 1X)S Mission Field in Oregon, telephoned her parents for best Christmas wishes. She told of the lovely Christmas eve party enjoyed in the Mission home in Portland, the call coming through very clearly, although there was some delay in getting the connection. Mrs. Ruth S. Banks was f eatur ed as the soprano soloist in the recital production of Hendel's "The Messiah," presented Tues day evening at the Ririe Studios in Salt Lake City. The concert was unique, in that the parts usually sung toy a chorus were given by readers, and that the oratorio was given in complete form, from the original score, including parts usually omitted in the concert version. Mrs. Banks, who has been studying with Edna Crowther Ririe since fall, was recently a member of the cast of "Dark of the Moon," a University Theater production at the U. of U. She has been an active member of Salt Lake Theatre, Inc. since October, having been the first member south of Salt Lake City to be accepted into the group. WHO'S NEW Glen and Lois Larsen Gardner are the parents of a son, born Dec. 26 in the American Fork hospital. They now have two children, and Mrs. Edward J. Larsen proudly counts her grandchildren grand-children at 9. Mrs. Ida Gardner of Provo is the paternal grand mother. Mr. and Mrs. Seth Littleford received an announcement of the birth of a new great-grandson The baby was born in Los Ange les, Calif fourth in a family of two boys and two girls. Mrs. Helen Brown, the mother, is a daughter of A. B. Gill and the late Mary Littleford Gill. The Richard Sorensons of Redmond, Red-mond, Utah, also have a new son, born recently. This makes 10 great-grandchildren for Mr. and Mrs. Littleford. Lorena Abbott, daughter of Mrs. Lorena G. Abbott, operative patient, was discharged. Jan. 2. ' Blaine Pierce left the hospital Jan. 2, following surgery. Baby Dale Peterson, 4 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Peterson, is receiving medical! care at the hospital. He was admitted Dec. 29. - A son was born to Leonard and Twila Rockwell, Dec. 31. Mr. and Mrs. Edson Rockwell are the grandparents. James Davis left the hospital Monday. He was overcome by smoke while fighting the fire which destroyed the Barney home Saturday night, Jan. 1. Mrs. Duane Evans (Alva Fenn), operative patient, remains at the hospital this week. Mrs. Susie Whipple remains a patient at the hospital. Mrs. William Kirkham, confined confin-ed to the hospital for some weeks past, was taken to Salt Lake City, for convalescence at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Leslie Goates. Carma Carter, 9 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Carter, underwent an appendec tomy Tuesday, Jan. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Oral S. Barney and their six children are occupying oc-cupying a temporary shelter which they were able to rent after af-ter the loss of their home from fire New Year3 night. All escaped es-caped scantly clad when the living quarters burst into flames. The fire broke out during a howling blizzard, Saturday night at about 11 o'clock, after the family had gone to sleep. Mrs. Barney was the first to rouse and managed to awaken the family, who escaped the flames, but none of them fully clad. Valiant efforts ef-forts to save clothing and bedding bed-ding were foiled toy the terrific gale. "It was a pitiful sight," Fire Chief Thomas Powers said, "with those little children out ( in the blizzard, their home destroyed." des-troyed." Lehi firemen and many citizens who rushed to the scene, waded through the deep drifts in an effort ef-fort to help but were unable to save the structure or its contents. Fire engine, automobiles and the two snow plows called to clear the narrow lane, became stuck in the deep drifts. James Davis, a neighbor, about 25, was overcome by smoke in his heroic efforts to control the fire, and fell unconscious before firemen fire-men arrived. Dr. Elmo Edding-ton Edding-ton was called to the scene and Mr. Davis was taken to the Lehi hospital. He was released Monday, Mon-day, reported in "good" condition by Mrs. Ethel Ball, hospital supervisor. sup-ervisor. The Davis home and that of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell welcomed wel-comed the stricken family, but the parents wanted to keep their children all together, and were glad to rent the small structure on State Street, a former store. Aid has come from a number of sources, according to ward officers. offi-cers. The city, church and community com-munity organizations have all sent help; local merchants have donated clothing and supplies, and citizens have hastened to share clothing and other necessities. neces-sities. The gas had been turned on this week and facilities readied read-ied for cooking and warmth. The Barney family expressed their deep gratitude for the aid given them and intend to rebuild their home when the weather . permits. Mr. Barney, employed at the local brick plant of the General Refactories Co., had recently completed the five room frame home, which had been added to an older building. A new refrigerator re-frigerator and washing machine had been purchased, together with other furnishings. All were lost in the fire. A fire had been built earlier in the evening in the old part of the home, and it is believed that this stove, through overheating, had caused the disaster. The children range In ages from a boy 16, a daughter 14, and others 8, 5, 3, and a baby, 14 months. The Barney property is in the Third ward district located lo-cated on a lane which opens off Highway 91. Jay Higglnsen and Ted Fowler returned to Logan to register for the winter quarter at the UAC. Fire Guts Geneva Bartile Factory Building Monday Night Fire gutted the front paft of the Geneva Bartile Manufacturing Manufactur-ing company plant on East State road Monday night causing damage dam-age estimated at $5,000. American Fork firemen battled the blaze for two hours before completely extinguishing it. They were greatly hampered in their operations by the density of the oil smoke which originated in the oil furnace. Firemen attributed the cause of the blaze to an overheated over-heated furnace, and were able to confine the fire to the immediate area surrounding the furnace. The fire was first detected at 7:30 p. m. and the alarm was turned in by a neighbor. Near the front of the building a portion of the roof collapsed after the rafters had been partially part-ially burned out and weakened by the fire. The plant had been closed down over the holiday week-end but the furnace had been kept burning at a high temperature in anticipation of resuming production on Tuesday and for the purpose of drying the tile. The company is owned and operated op-erated by N. T. Safford and Ivan Colby who stated the building was covered by ins-oi-ance but that smoke damage to products in storage may amount to a loss of several thousand dollars. The plant manufactures a roofing tile and normally employs a force of 14 people. The owners plan to put the plant back in operation as soon as repairs can be made and a new furnace installed. The fire-damaged building presents pre-sents a strange spectacle when viewed, from the highway the roof is still covered with snow and yet the blackened windows and doors show the evidence of fire. The tile part of the roof that gave way and was subjected to extremes of heat and water is still intact and shows no cracking crack-ing or warping as a result of tempi o fit ro V A t VL4J. W changes. |