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Show Read What The Nephi Merchants Are Offering You--I- t Will Pay You To Read The Ads And Then Buy In Nephi The Times, Vol. 18, No. m i ii Patronize The Nephi Merchants Who Are Helping To Put The Town On The Map-L- et the Money Stay In Nephi r "v. Nephi. Juab County, Utah, Friday, March 23, 1928. 12 The News, Vol. 12, No. 12 MA DISCUSSED AND OUTLINE PLAN "THE STUDENT PRINCE" Mayor and City Council Call Meeting of All Citizens To TO BE SEEN HERE SOON Hall TuesBe Held At City day' Evening. A mass meeting will be held at the city hall next Tuesday evening, March 27th, at. eight o'clock, for the purpose of discussing plans for a and clean-u- p beautlfication cam- paign. The meeting is called by the Mayor and city council, and every citizen of Nephi Is urged to be in attendance. The time for the beginning of the Some campaign is here. njay be inclined to regard It as an old story. It is not an old story, but a new story every year which should receive the serious attention of every citizen. The object of the campaign is for the thorough cleaning of all the premises of the community, including the house, yards, vacant lots, corrals, also streets, alleys and other public places. Representatives of all organizations and agencies of the city should be present. Social clubs women's association, clubs, Parent-Teacher- 's schools, boy scouts, farm bureau, Kiwanls Club, The American Legion and all church organizations are urged to. send representatives. At this meeting a general commitand plans tee will be appointed will be agreed upon, the city will be districted, and each organization will be delegated with certain Clean-C- p functions. "Let's Work Together, and Make Our Efforts Count." Harry Beagley, .Mayor of Nephi City FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR INFANT Funeral services for George Elden Jones, 7 month old son of Air. and Jones were held Mrs. George V Friday in the North ward chapel. Bishop A. E. Smith was in charge. The opening prayer was offered by S. R. Winn. The speakers were C. V. Ed man of Salt Lake City, James. H. Ockey, President Thos. H. Burton, and the closing remarks by Bishop Smith. Musical numbers were as follows: Vocal Duet "Jesus Lover of My Soul," L. P. Anderson and Mrs. T E. Carter; Vocal Solo, "The Little Pink Rose," Mra. Alice Crapo; Vocal Solo, "Face to Face", Mrs. Will L. Hoyt. The closing prayer was offered by Jay Worthington of Salt Lake City. The grave In the Vine Bluff cemetery was dedicated by R. P. Garrett. The out of town relatives and friends were: Mr. and .Mrs. A .O. Ostler, Mrs. C L. Ehman C. V. Mrs. John A. Park, Wayne Park, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Park, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Worthington, J. S. Nelve and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Snow of Salt Lake City. Ed-ma- n, NEPHI STUDENTS ON GLEE CLUB TOUR This city has good representation on the Utah Agricultural College Glee club, who leave Saturday for a tour of the principal towns of Southern Idaho. There are twenty five singers In the male chorus, three of these being students from this city. Sheldon Winn Gordon Wood, and Herman McCune. CITY TO ABANDON LOCAL TALENT MAKE CAMPAIGN TO BE CLEAN-U- P FREE CAMP GROUNDS HIT IN LEGION PLAY The three-ac- t play "Our Boys" which was presented at the Venice Theatre Wednesday land Thursday evenings, by the Nephi Post of the American Legion, was put over in a real professional way. The director L. J Foote, together with the balance of the cast, worked hard, and the manner in which the play was presented was a credit to the actors and to the director. Following the two performances there has been nothing but praise for the cast for their efforts In putting over their individual parts. The show was a real hit, and everybody was more than pleased . In a massive filmizatlon of .the celebrated old romance of Heidel berg and the prince who sought happiness there, Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer come to the Venice Theatre Monday. The picture is called "The Student Prince" to and is the latest city camp grounds will be disposed come from the of by the. city. studios. has the Ernst Lubltsh, director, treated this most beautiful of love stories in a tender ..and romantic fashion It is just a simple plot of a boy and a girl, an unhappy prince and bis pathetic sweetheart, a maid' HOLD in the village inn, but they love with is a devotion that greater than royal traditions greater than life Itself, because society Is and then what It is and because youth was made for sacrifice, they part. The splendid artistic calibre of The following letter was received The work of installing the new the cast and the inspired direction s at the local exchange of by the editor of The equipment of the master Lubitsch, has made of the Mountain States Telephone Co , this week which announces the this the ultimate in motion pictures. was commenced Thursday of this date of the Annual Reunion of forIt was produced on a lavish scale week. The new addition will in- mer Nephites now living in Los with minute attention paid to au- clude a new 100 line section switch- - Angeles. It is heped that the thentic detail. in Nephi, who have relatives new repeaters new storage The cast includes Jean Hereholt, fboard, and larger cable and should in Los Angeles will send this' issue Edward Connelly, Lionel Belmore, battery take care of the increase in tele- of the paper to them. George K. Arthur, Gustav Von The announcement follows: phones at the local exchange for Edythe Chapman, and some time to come. "Former residents of Nephi, Utah others of note. In 1922, the exchange was moved and their friends who are in Califto its present quarters, and at that ornia, will hold their Annual Retime entire new equipment was in- union at the Fraternal Brothers TRAP CLUB TO BE stalled. In 1922 there were 350 Hall, 845 South Figueroa Street, telephones installed at this exchange Los Angeles, at 8 P. M. Saturday STARTED IN NEPHI and during the past six years they April 7, 1928. n friend"Renew your have installed two hundred additional phones, making a total of five ships. There will be dancing, cards, hundred and fifty telephones now refreshments. Tickets 75c per couple A number of the foremost sportsbeing used. This exchange has more and children free. men of Nephi are working out plans telephones per number of families Will the Nephi people please forto organize a Trap Shooting Clilb than any station in the MountaiD ward the s to friends for Nephi. States system, and is looked upon and relatives iu California, as it is They are planning on putting in a by officials of the company as an very difficult 'for the committee to modern and trap North outstanding town in this respect. locate addresses. We consider the The of town on the main highway. In order to take care of the future home-tow- n paper as the best method grounds will be made attractive and increase in telephones in this section of advertising very convenient for the crowds that Mrs. Florence O'Gara." (Continued on page eight) are sure to be attracted by the of this sport to Nephi. Along with this being a source of pleasure and enjoyment it will be a big boost for Nephi for matches and tournaments will be arranged with neighboring Cities and will afford this town a lot of publicity, and assist in cementing a closer friende Those of our readers who, have, for a third of a ship with sportsmen in the state. worked and planned to accomplish a given object, and have at The roster of membership Is not completely filled as yet and anyone length achieved the cherished ambition, will be able to appreciale. what is going on this week in the bosom of the editor of The desiring to become a member or want information pertaining to the Twenty years ago we entered the newspaper field at the lowest round of the ladder the humble position of printer's devil club can obtain same by getting in communication with Russell Hawkins the urchin who runs errands gathers up the type cleans the or Bill Grundmann at Central Motor rollers and presses gets the blame for all the mistakes whether Co. Phone No. 77. of editor or printer -- and incidentally begins to acquire a knowledge of the art of printing, binding, and the editing of the country weekly. But even at that bottom round of the publishing ladder, PAINT-U- P "DISEASE" we secretly cherished the hope that someday we would be the owner of a print shop and a newspaper. This week that ambition TAKES MANY s Publishing has been realized in the transfer by the together with the Company to A. B. Gibson of The Times-New- s and all equipment and Incidents printing plant, business, The Paint-U- p fever has certainly We have for some months past been operating business. of the taken hold of the business houses s under a lease from the the plant and publishing The in Nephi. Already a number have renew sense of propriea we and distinct have but today corporation, painted their respective places of in knowing that we A. B. Gibson, and not the corporation torship are: business. The latest additions s and of which we were formerly a stockholder, own The The interior of the local telephlne with which we have so long been connected. business the printing exchange has received a coat of paint and the office fixtures have all been With the signing of the papers this week by which the half varnished. L. M. Pexton is doing interest in the Times-New-s Publishing Company which has heretoMr. Dennis Wood, li the work. fore been owned, by our esteemed The interior of McCune millinery transferred to as, we take over sole ownership of the business and store has been repainted this week, plant of the company. In the midst of our gratification at acquirwe cannot keen and the Venice Cafe has had a new ing this sole proprietorship of the coat of paint on all of the fixtures. down a deep feeling of loss In the retirement from the business of Russell Hawkins has had the Interior our loyal and lovable partner, Mr. Wood "the Chief", who for so of the Central Motor office and disenterprise successfully and long a time guided our s one of the leading weekly newspapers of the made The during the play room repainted State. past week. disease is certainThe Paint-U- p we ar? In taking over the proprietorship of The ly catching, WHO WILL BE NEXT? conscious of the fact that the conducting of a newspaper that shall properly represent the enterprising spirit of the people of A. J. GOWERS INJURED Nephi and east Juab county, is a task which calls for the best work of a much more capable manhan ourself. We are conscious of our IN TRENCH CAVE-Imany handicaps and of the fact that we must ask Indulgence of our many friends and our wide circle of readers. But we shall earnestly While working In a trench on and diligently endeavor to continue In the path followed by the Center Street last Friday afternoon, Mr. Wood, was s while our greatly appreciated buried In almost and caved the bank at the helm, and will at all tlmns strive to publish a fair, progressive A. J. Oowers, and the weight of the newspaper that shall as much as possible, voice th dirt badly bruised his body. After Ideals of the loyal. Industrious, progressive. and Ooweni Mr. spirit been had the trench dug, , people of Nephi and east Juab county. waa trying to locate the water mains, and had dug under the bank of all of you. We earnestly ask for the several feet In order to locate the pipe, and bad Just raised up as the bank caved In. He Is reported to be Sincerely getting along all right at this time. A. B. GIBSON Fen Sperry who was also working In the trench was buried to the waist with loose dirt. -- super-producti- MORE TELEPHONE FORMER NEPHITES REUNION EQUIPMENT NOW TO IN LOS ANGELES BEING INSTALLED Times-New- rs Sey-ffert- itz " Times-New- indro-ducti- UKfc --fw ?sowtturtl ANNUAL SCHOOL OPERA ON NEXT WEDNESDAY The annual high school opera will be presented under the direction of Wallace L. Martin in the Nephi High School Auditorium, Wednesday, March 28. There will be two pera mantinee at 2:30 for formances school children and one at 8:15 for the public. Mr. Martin ha9 chosen a delightfully romantic Irish comedy tor this year. This opera is slightly more pretentious than anything which has been attempted before in the high school but the students have been working earnestly for a long time and they are now well prepared to give a well finished, artistic production. A set of entirely new scenery is being constructed by Mr. Crapo, which, besides providing a beautiful setting for the opera will materially aid ;future high school productions. Mr. Martin has Helen Lyman acting as stage and dramatic director and Rheta Sperry is the accompanist. The orchestra is composed of some of the most talented local musicians. There Is a splendid chorus of about 75 members of voices selected from the two glee clubs and other ntembers ,of the school. The work of these choruses is highly commendable SHEEP SHEARING TO START APRIL TENTH home-tow- on ANNOUNCEMENT life-tim- Times-News- According to an announcement made Thursday, 30,000 head of sheep will be sheared at the Nephi shearing corral this spring. Shearing will commence about the tenth of April. The Nephi corral has been leased to W. J. Johnson of Spanish Fork. Sixty men will be employed as shearers at the local corral, and will include a number of Nephites who have had considerable experience shearing sheep. The price of fifteen cents was paid last season, and it is expected that the same price will be paid this year. The men operating the corral furnished the men with board. In ad dition to the 15c per head. Experts can shear 100 head of sheep per day, but the average Is somewhat lower, and the minimum set at the local corral is sixty head per day. All the sheep will be sheared by hand, or called blade shearing, which according to local sheepmen is better than clippers. Child Hygiene Conference To Be Held April 3 to League Meeting To Be Held At Spanish Fork Next Week; Everything Favorable For Big Season. The date of the opening of the fast approach ing, and- the officials of the Nephi baseball association are very desir-lou- s of having a strong team in readiness for the opening game. To be able to get the men into shape they have issued a call for practice. All players or young men who have a desire of becoming a baseball player are asked to report at the ball park next Monday evening at 5:30. Already some of the veterans of the National game have been getting a little practice but the officers are very desirlous that a large number of the younger players be on the Job Monday evening. Resident John E. Booth, of the Central Utah League reports that everything looks very favorably for a great baseball season in the Central Utah league, and states that the annual meeting will be held at Spanish Fork the early part of next week. At this meeting, officers for 1928 will be selected and such other business that may be taken care of Mr. Booth, in addition to being interested In the Central Utah league, Is district chairman of the American Legion, and states that the legion is endeavoring to establish. Junior Baseball in this section of the state and it is recommended. that each Post of the American Legion sponsor a Junior Baseball Team, which will compete other teams in the district. 1928 baseball season is - KIWANIS CLUB WILL GO TO MOUNT PLEASANT The members of the Nephi Kiwanls club, their wives, and an von desiring to go, are invited to Mt. leasant next Friday eveinng March 30th, to attend a banauet. haxfeet hail game and dance, as guests of the Mt. rieasant Lions club The will commence at :30 p. m. banquet and all those desiring to go must Dr. notify F. H. Beckstead not later than Thursday of next week. f short time ago the Mt. Pleasant and their partners were the of the Nephi. Kiwanls club in and the Lions are now Inthe Nephites over to Sanpete to participate In their evening's entertainment. President Gilbert Bailey states that the enUre evening's entertainment will be free to the visitors, and that a number Is expected to go over large next 5. Friday evening. A Lions guests Nephi viting county Times-New- good-wi- ll Times-New- Times-New- Times-New- s, Times-New- .0t BALL PLAYERS FOR MONDAY The Nephi Community Camp Grounds will be abandoned according to a decision of the Mayor and C)ty council, made Thursday evening. The camp grounds, which has been maintained for the past number of years by Nephi City has served its purpose and from now on, the tourist will be taken care of by private interests. In this city, The Nephi Camp grounds, owned and operated by Earlus Hawkins is an and can asset to the community very easily accomodate the tourists. The building and grounds at the Times-New- PHILOSOPHICAL PHIL FIRST CALL MADE FOR BASE s, N Times-New- n, God-fearin- g A conference on child hygiene under the direction of the University of Utah In Salt Lake The City, April 3 to 5 inclusive. of course features three phases modern education, consisting of a symposium of the nursery school movement, child clinic, guidance and parent education. are Dr. The visiting speakers Franklin G. Ebaugh, director Colorado Psychopathic hospital and Dr. Herbert R. Stolz, of Berkeley, CaliIn addition a number of fornia. experts In child hygiene from this state will be Included In the pro- NIELSON-BOWER- S will be held and Mrs. Joseph M. Nlelson the marriage of their daughter Eudora, to Mr. Mahlon Bowers of Nephi, the wedding having Mr. announce taken place In Salt Lake City on March 8th. The newly weds expect to make their home at Salt Lake City where Mr. Bowers is employed as an auto mechanic. Mrs. Bowers Is very well known here having been a "hell-o- " girl la the telephone exchange for two years. She went to Salt Lake about gram. two months ago. Ephralm Enter- The meetings will be held on prise. 3 Tuesday and Wednesday, April and 4, at i P. M in Rarratt Hall f DOG WISE and on Thursday, April 5, at 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. in Hall Stewart University of Utah. The public is Invited and urged to attend free of charge. Under the auspice of the Ladles Literary Club of Nephi an entertainment will be given in the City Hall on Friday March 30, 1928, brgnnlng at 3:30 P. M. The program will Include th reading of a three act play "So This Is London" by a dramatic reader from the B. Y. University and several musical selRefreshments will also be ections. The price of admission Is served. 2c. An excellent entetalnment Is assured and the public Is cordially invited to attend. THINGS WE O" TMf St CON'T PV-A- V DON'T CRv.iV VvitH UN- r C. S |