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Show ·- -. ' Vol. 3 No. 24 UNION WARD BAZAAR SOON Midvale City, Utah,. November 17, 1927 ---------------------------- CENTER STREET Knows His OU rDOES FIFTEEN WORK STARTED -~____. THOUSAND CALL AMBITION!! On the evenings of Nov. 24, 25 and 26, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week, the U;nion Ward will stage the greatest bazaar since the beginnin~ of time. 't'here will be special features on tap each night. Thursday evening a special moving picture has been purchased and will be shown in connection with the bazaar. Friday evening a comedy drama in three acts will be given by local talent entitled "Go Slow Mary." Saturday night a big carnival dance with two orchestras. One orJames Moore, 19, of New Engchestra will render "Ole Time" mu- l~md, went to New 'Xork to get . " nch. He worked days m a factory SlC and the other Moder;n Jazz 2\nd washed dishes in a restaurant Tunes" You ought to attend this Iat night for meals-sleeping in the big- carnival at Union. You chose subway to save ~oom rent. He was your dances when you get there. arrested and hiS story· ·m court • . . caused Wall Street brokers to get Refreshments of all kmds Wlll ~o;m nnt nf bil fnr a frP.c;h start. be on sale. V arvious depar.tments will be open with ,numerow:; articles on display, such as fancy work, needle work, radio, etc. ROBT. CORDON AT STEEL MilLS Robt. Gordon, of Clevela;nd, Ohio, took char.ge of the open hearth furnaces at the local plant of the Western Steel plant in Midvale Monday morning, November 7th. Mr. Gordon is a man of wide experience i.n the steel game and the product turned out the last two weeks appears to be of the finest quality. .,Mr. Gordon is about 50 years of age, and a married man. His family ex'Pect to move to Midvale in the near future. LADIES CLUB IN SNAPPY MEET • The following program was given at the Club rooms of the Community Club in the C. I. Goff Hall November 16th; Mrs. E. E. Greenwood gave a readi.ng "The Courtship of Miles Standish." Miss Betty Hyke and Miss Thelma Kemp a vocal selection "The Pilgrims." Mrs. Quick assisted at the piano. A visitor was present. Mrs. Walter' Nord, of Salt Lake City, who renewed her membership in the Club. The program was enjoyed by about eighteen members. Hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. H. P. Miller, Mrs. Harold Nelson, Mrs. Hannah Canning, Mrs. Ira Beckstead. ANNOUNCEMENT In the I. 0. 0. F. Hall o.n North Main Street the ladies of the Rebekkah l·odge will give a public card party Friday evening Nov. 25, the public is invited. Places will be 25c each. Mrs. Youngs Cutler entertained at dinner Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Aylett who left this week for California. Mrs. J. W. Nibley, Mrs. A. A,nder son, and Mrs. Jessie Humphries were dinner guests Sunday of Miss Beatrice Lindell at her home in Saney. Along the line of that famous campaign slogan w:;ed so effectively by the "Four Horseme]l of the Apoc alypse" in the recent municipal election, the Journal wishes to say a few words concerning the widening of Center Street. After "bulldog" tenacity, as the Se.nator from Salt Lake County I puts it, work has finally commenced ~n the Center 'Street project. At least the dangerous irrigation ditch along the north side of Center has been filled in and .no more autos will perish therein. Also, the street car company is removin~ its tracks <>n the South and when this "bottle" neck is paved on both sides in the spr~ng we Rhall have an entrance to Midvale that more nearly befits our position. But there is another phase of this work which should be followed up right now. Midvale ought to have an archway, or some designating i,ndication on State Street, to guide the public West to our metropolis: We are mformed that several of Harry Thomas, formerly o,Jie of .the civic organizations are working the proprietors of the local U. S. on this problem and will soon hit Cafe, will leave November 25th, on u~on ~ plan of .erectin~ a;n archway a trip to his native home ih Greece With hghts on 1t, to be composed of Mr. Thomas will stop over in stones in the pillars, and each orChicago for a few days and expects ganization will be asked to purchase to leave New York about Deeem- a stone in the pillars and thereby assist i.n the cost of building this ober 3rd. According to his schedule he will beacon light for Midvale. But more about this later. The arrive home about December the 18th, 'just in time for the Christmas pleasing thing is that the State Road Commission has functioned festivities. He will be absent from the U. S. and Center Street now takes on the six months, according to his pres- appearance of a road instead of a blind alley. ent plans. Nick Bikakis has purchased his interest i.n the U. S. Cafe, being a DANCE AT WARD HOUSE DRAWS CROWD partner with George Samas. The Hard Time dance given at Harry Thomas has live and labored in Midvale for many years. the ward hall last Friday evening He leaves behind a host of friends was very well attended. The Recwho wish him Godspeed on his jour reation Committee should be comney, and a safe return when his mended for their efforts in putting the affair over a.nd thereby arrangvisit is over. ing a suitable place where people of the community may enjoy them. 1 selves. Watch for the announcements of future dances. HARRY THOMAS TO VISIT HOME AT LIBRARY Thursday evening Mrs. Alex Bee kstead, assisted by Mrs. A. A. Larson entertained for her neice Mis-s Fae Peterson who will leave soon to make her home in Los Angeles, Calif. Games were played and refreshments were served. Readers of the Journal are over looking a wo,nderful opportunity to earn some ready and easy cash in the slogan contest sponsored hy the Lumber dealers of the United States, of which the West Jordan Lumber Co., J. A. Alcorn, Manager, is the local representative. This is the 'idea. Just take a copy of "The Story nf W I)Od'' which you ca.n have free by applying at thP. West Jordan Lumber Company in Midvale and contest blanks will Dr. Albert Parsons Sachs, of also be furnished. New York, whose complete survey Mr. Alcorn who is locally repre:>f European oil fields for American interests will result in cheaper oil senting the $15,000 slogan r.~ntest pToducts there. l)f the Natio.nal Lumber Manufacturers Association, :;;ays that. he has just received word from headquarters in Washington that 100,000 persons have already answererl the national advertisement of this contest. The lumber . industry, he explained wa.nts thebest slogan or Funeral servic~s for ry!rs. Sarah motto that it can get and is offerVawdrey Burnham, Utah pioneer, ing $15,000 in fifty-seven prizes, , who died at the home of her daugh- the first being $5,000. There are ter, Mrs. D. R. Boberg, at Draper, second, third and fourth prizes and Monday night, will be held in the fifty state and territorial prizes of Draper ward chapel Friday at 2 $100 each. Also, the fourth prize is divided into four $500 rewards. p. m. The body may be view at the resA;nybody can get all the informaidence {)f Mr. Boberg from 11 a. m. tion necessary to enter the contest to 1 p. m. the day of the services. by , reading the interesting little Interment will be in Draper cern- booklet entitled "The Story of etery u,nder direction of C. I. Goff, Wood" which contains also the conundertaker. • test application bla,nk and rules. Mrs. Burnha11:1 was oorn in the The contest is free and copies o( City of Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 3. "The Story of Wood" and extfla 1859, and came to Utah with her contest blanks may be obtained at parents at the age of two years. ~he West Jordan Lumber Company She had been a resident of Draper offiee in Midvale. for 64 years . "America now has individual Surviving in addition to her daughter are three sons, A. T. and mills that make a million feet of J. B. Burnham, Draper, and A. P. lumber a day-equivalent of two hundred 5 room houses-and at the Burnham, Salt Lake and five gr.and same time dry, dress, tongue and children. groove, and mold a large part of it. BURNHAM RITES HELD AT DRAPER I Back of the mills in .the AmerThe Junior Girls class Qf the M. I. A. met last Tuesday evening at ican forests is great equipment for thP. home of Miss Farro! Rasmus-~ cutting the trees and getting the sen. logs to the mills. Thirty thousand Mrs. Matilda H. Swenson of Salt miles of logging railroads (which Lake was an East Midvale visitor is more railroad than most nations the first of...- the week. have) countless locomotives, donkey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -~engines, tractors, chutes, flumes, dams, canals, tugboats, rafts, cable ways, aerial trclle~ s anct horses, EW BOOKS Thes following books have been placed on the shelves at the Midvale Public Library; The Unknown, Flamarion, History of the Church, Vol. 11-3, cloth, Story of the Illiad, by Brooks, The Illiad, by Pope; Story of the Odyssey, by Brooks; Minna Von Barnhelm, by Chiller; Mop Ma.neuvers, Sayre; Best American Poems; Shakespeare; Personal Ed. complete, 15 volumes; Seeing Europe with the Famous Authors, F. W. Halsey editor, 10 volumes; Selected Readings (in Economics English Prose Selections. . The public is invited to inspect the Library. A number of books have been placed on a re.ntal list--. lOc a week will be r.harged for these Books. Utah's Most Popular Weekly An Arm fuR of Tllilanlk.sgiivmg J . ';~~;~;;~;;~~~~;;ill•;;~;~~~~! ! wart men, the of heavy and stal the handled by wrest an army 200,000 ~~~~;imii;i~{.il~[l ! bulkly logs from their fastnesses Iin mountain and swamp and conI vey them to the gleaming, whirring saws. The word "lumber'' itself is an American-made name. So the industrry, as well as its product, is In point of 1 distinctly American. , value of product, cnpital investme,nt 1 and number of persons employed!taken tog-ether-it is the first American industry in rank as well as I in time. Always a pioneer industry, it has bee.n first to last typic1 ally American-an industry of ~ great physical feats, prompt action reckless daring. It has produced the capital as well as the capitalists for later industries and has bred a body of men in office, field and camp that have always been hi~h among- the human assets of the nation." Mr. Alcorn will think that you do not read the Journal if you don't Mrs. R. P. Lesure, of Cornith, Vt., champion turkey raiser of New call at his office and get your copy England, with a 35-pound gobbler from her pens. She successful~y of "The Story of Wood." Please raises 80 per cent. of the birds hatched-an unequalled record tn 1 rlo this much for Ye Humble Ed. large lots. • |