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Show • Ree~marks •By the Editor MIDVALE , UTAH +Thanks to Lyle ·webster, Den Bagley, Doc Rigby and .Mayor Welch, all of the Midvale Kiwanis club, quick action on the widening and improving of * * * * * * * * A Publication Devoted to the Welfare and Progress of the Jordan Valley Volume 7-No. 21. !!~~:~t::~::~~:~~f!!~~ SEWING * * SEWER SYSTEM TO BE EXTENDED ON WASATCH ST. Extension of the sewer system on Wasatch street, from South Grant to State streets, was author·' ized at the regular meeting of the Midvale city council Tuesday night. Action followed the reading of a petition signed by property owners of the district affect• ed. F . J. Cook and Arnold Fran• Dr. Sherman B. Neff, professor com represented the petitioners. In granting their request, the of English at the University of agreed to start the project, council Utah, will give the address to the 263 graduates of the Jordan high provided the property owners pay school at graduation exercises to 25 cents per lineal foot for the be held Friday, May 24 (tonight) new sewer, which was agreed up· at 8 p. m. at the auditorium, it on by the r esidents. The work will be done as a has been announced by Alma F. project, Mayor C. J. Welch WPA Smith, chairman of the graduation I said. committee. The program will be under the direction of L. w. Nielsen, principal of the school, with Alma Rich- 1 ardson, senior class president, as I master of ceremonies. Friday, May 24, 1940. PROJECT Utah Rebekahs • PLANSCOMPLETE'University Professor Will :~~:riie :!:~,;.·mmunity .,d HERE COMPLETES! EI;~~~;:~:;:~~~ FOR "POPPY DAY" Address Gra~uates Tonight ~tges~~: ;r~e~~~~a~·~:=~a;~ tion's defense is entirely inade- MANY GARMENTS' quate in case of attack by a A report of the Midvale unit of foreign power. It is claimed that the army, particularly, is the Utah WPA sewing project rJ:·adly in need of equipment. All shows garments completed from this, despite the fact that near- July 1, 1939 to May 1, 1940, as folly eight billion dollars have lows: Young men's and men's garbeen appropriated in recent years for armament. \Vhere has ments, 834; misses' and women's this huge sum gone! Ko one garments, 2,363; Boys' garments, 831; girls garments, 3,312; inseems to know. I fants' garments, 24; making a , ~ ,. grand total of 7,364 articles. after+ ::)mee last Saturday Outstanding work has been carnoon we have been minus a fence in our back yard. Small ried on in Utah state WPA sewing boys playing in the rear of the projects from the beginning of the Sentinel office evidently start- program in July, 1935. The project ed a fire whith got beyond has operated in 11 counties in the their control and ignited the state, in 19 centers. The total fence. Our good neighbors, the number of garments completed 8aitos of the :\Iidvale laundry, from the beginning of the prosent in an alarm and quick gram through December, 1939, has work on the part of the Mid- been listed as follows: young vale firemen saved our building mens' and men's garments, 122,from catching ablaze. ~ 0 great 186; misses' and women's gart • t damage was done, but it pro80 871 b Mrs. May E. West of Midvale was elected president of the Rebekah assembly of Utah at a three-day convention of the order held this week in Salt Lake City in connection with the state conclave of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Marie Stuart of Sandy was elected warden of the state assembly. Mrs. West announced the following appointive officers: Mrs. Bertha Robinson of Salt Lake City, marshal; Mrs. Rose L. Lewis of Salt Lake City, conductor; Mrs. A. J. Kresan of Bingham, chaplain; Mrs. P. J. Lotts of West Jordan, inside g u a r d; Mrs. Margaret Freethy of Eureka, outside guard, and Mrs. Janibelle Sullivan of Midvale, musician. Mrs. West and Mrs. Stuart have both been active in local and state Rebekah activities for several years. --------- IN THIS LOCALITY Midvale Man Sets 90th Birthday Fete I Honoring Knud Bendixen on the ninetieth anniversary of his birth, an open house reception will be held at his home, 78 Fourth avenue, Midvale, on May 30 from 1 to 5 p . m. Born in Denmark May 30, 1850, Mr. Bendixen camme to Utah with Bright red poppies, crepe re- his wife and family, in 1881 • and plicas of the famous poppies of I has resided in Midvale for 30 Flanders Fields, fill Legion head· years. Mr. Bendixen is still em0 The program has been outlined quarters here today as the women ployed, working daily as a salesas follows: music by Jordan high of the American L~ion auxiliary man. · the L · D · s · ch urc h , h e school orchestra, under direction · m A summer band program will Active prepare for the annual observance · t • of J. C. Crapo, music director of be carried on in the Jordan school . h h h f b of Poppy day on Saturday May 25. I is a mem er o t e 1g pnes s . the months of June . . durmg school·' grand march ·' · were recetved . .of the diStrtct t va 1e s econd L · D · the from quorum of M'd The popptes • graduates · remarks Prmctpal L. l d s . . ll , 1 July and August of two or three ' "B h W N' 1 ' the Veterans' hospttal m Salt Lake · war · a~caro e ' periods each week consisting of He has nine living sons and ' · te sen;. c orus, City where they were made by . hours per week.' The program grrls school's h1gh Jordan by d 'ld h d ht d . . chor-. ~ stx . . . World war veterans. aug ers, 42 gran c 1 ren an dtsabled They show the patient and devot- 20 great-grandchildren. His wife us, mvocatlon, ~rene Mtc~elsen, is to be arranged the first week voc7.idso~o, _M~~ne ~rt?,n,D talks in June with the following ined work of these men who mp.de died four years ago. ea s m 1 era re ' onna structors in charge in the various on them in remembrance of their deJenJensen, LaMar Swenson, Barbara communities: Bingham, RJoel parted comrades. All hand-made, Le . M D poem, Dahl; Everett and Tate, d. htl . wlS; urray . raper, sen; d t t dd p· t I the flowers vary s11g y accor mg va tx on; a ress 0 . gra ua es, Midvale, Cannon Thomson; Riverto the skill of the veterans. Y e Ed. didn't know a tluug other garments, 166,664; houseDr. Sherman a ar I saacson; S and y, B en• p . . presentad tB. Neff, f t· "Poppy-mak.mg means muc h t o 1 L W ton, LV hold articles, 644,287, making a 0 about it until the next day. Union, Arthur ParSchmiett; ie n · · n~ct~~ ~~· ua gra ~~~ explains the disabled veterans", -o1 grand total of 1,476,997 articles Jordan, P. A. South tington; o~as, tp J S te~se~\ a;a~ ~g No Mrs Juanita Buckley, Poppy day + It would take a million dol- which has done much to lighten se- Young·' West Jordan ' Glenn Lee. ensen, · ·chorus en boys' en the up~rm by chairman. "For those in the hosof the lectwns Iars a year to run this city of the burden of many. pitals, it provides an interesting school, under direction of J. C. ours if every request for donaThe production at the present hours long the fill to occupation METHODIST CHURCH Crapo. tions or improvements were time averages 20,000 to 30,000 arIt convalescence. and illness of HAS NEW RULING granted by the city f~thers. ~t ticles per month. kindergartens will be u:~~n;ol~!~h;h:cph;~glr!::OasiSummer occupational as value high has day Memorial for Preparations every council meetmg, petinext Thursday have been com- therapy, helping the men speed held in Jordan d~trict beginning tions and requests pour in. \Ve Out of the new legislation repleted by Jordan Post, No. 35 of their recovery. It gives them the Monday, June 10, tt has been anbelieve that the council is doing from the uniting of the suiting ' nou_nced by Dr. c. N. Jensen, su. g experl'ence of agam encouragm of Methodism into branches three h h"ld All t d te Chairman Legion, American the a first-class job of satisfying c 1 ren w 0 n e.n · A earnt·ng money and of bet·ng able 1 pe_nn 'd t 0 d the Methodist church has come f g b 0 ll b n ay. Bern Rasmussen sat both the taxpayers and the pe0 that the members and II the rule 'bel1~ e a ye.ars SIX e Wl suphelp to home money send to prebe to program, appropriate · ili~rn. tober 31 of th1s year are e 1g1 e rt th · f -1h t · th · constituents of each local church t d etr amt tes. sented at nme ceme ertes roug - po . I . . en at to urged and mainrooms work poppy "The th e J ord an valley ' has been Midvale's newest business enter- shall meet annually to constder The teaching personnel has been + Patrons of the bus lines are 1 . .. . out . . . . . . arranged and will be carried out tamed by the auxthary m a num"in clover" this week. ·w ith IS the Mtdvale Engmeermg and approve plans for the work of pnse vartthe at follows as announced yment ·d 1 1, June Saturday, Effective by a large group of members of b er of s t a t es, prov1 e emp o two bus lines operating here, last the church for the year ahead. Offtce, opened and Assay . ble d men ou t Sl·de the hos - ous centers where kindergarten . . lumber yards of South Salt Lake the post and the ladies' auxiliary. f or d 1sa . The annual meeting of the Midcustomers can catch a ride to The program, which will be pitals who are unable to do other classes will be held: . Bmgham week m ~h~ former M1dv~le State vale congregation will be held on county will observe the following Salt Lake City almost any old closing hours, it has been an- patriotic in nature, will honor the work. For them the poppy work is central school-Fern Rtchard~on; Bank bulldmg by Mortimer L. Tuesday, May 28 at 7:30 p. m. in time. We wonder just how W. Johnson. Stewer and Sherman Benmon; . f from un Copperton school, Edna . nounced by Marcell Graham: departed veterans of all wars, Mr. an eagerl y sought re11e . . conjunction with the fourth quarlong such abundant service will Mr. Stewer Mtdvale, . Cleveland, terly conference, Rev. Buchanan Week days at 6 p. m.; Saturdays Rasmussen said, and th e genera1 h appy 1'dl eness, f rom the almost Draper, Geneva Gwtnn; . . 1s from . last. ·ob thet·r Eleanor Nielsen; Rtverton, Ella Ohio, a_n d 1s m active cha. rge of at 1 p.m. -opublic is cordially invited to a t - hopeless Search for a J 1 announced today. All members of Sandy, Beda Nordvall; the busmess. Mr. J ?hnson lS rna~I Mousley; and perform, can strength limited the all or any at rites the tend Firms cooperating _in the new + \Ve haven't heard a murmur m the church are expected to be pre· Metals ager of the Combmed The Mt'dvale school a means of support·m g themselves 1 South Jordan, Myrtle Malstrom; . • • • • • cemetenes. Co., Mtckelsen J. S. are: chedule H celebration about a July 4th Ada W1lh1te; Bingham and 1s mterested m the sent and all friends of the churcll 1 Upper Bingham, .. , for Midvale. If we are to have Draper; Jensen & Kuhre Co., San- band, augmented with musicians an d f am111es. are invited to participate in this concern as a silent p~rtner. The disabled veterans are the l West Jordan, Golda Larson. of the Legion, will 't .. t 1.me that some group dy; Cook Coal & Lumber Co., San- from the Sons The new assay off1ce has new meeting and the social hour which f . 1 • • • s 1 cCo., furnish B 1'ld. -1r • • < one, 1 1s th t f . or pay rece1ve who persons only martial mustc. will follow. preferablv the firemen, take d~; Wt tams _11 mg ~~P; 1 :;ssa:or eqUipmen ~odern women auxiliary The work. poppy the by outlined as itinerary, The o., MorriSon-Merr M~dvale; fiesta hold at oilCe. J.. ast year's hreta· Y ' mg of all types bof oreb. who handle and distribute the Mtdvale and Murray; West Jordan committee, is listed as follows: t was goor1 f or a s t ar t er, a n d roug een has work much · t • Gardner Camp D. U. P. th . m, . s ht many pe ople Lumber . Co. (lumber departmen a. m.; flowers serve as un-pal·d vo1un- 1 b I 9:30 . cemetery, Herrrman c 1c ustas t en 1s tewer Mr. and roug y am cer 1 · d · · · Observes 9th Birthd~y d"d ts f o., Lumber Defa Mtdvale; only) ·t I t on th . receiVe b " contnbutions all teers, R1verton, m.; a. 10:00 Bluffdale, 1 1 1 a 1 to town. \ ,, e e 1eve run or asp en about prospec • go Murray; Anderson Lumber Co., 10:20 a. m.; South Jordan, 10:45 Poppy day going to support Le- 1 · t 1 t f ore 1 M < b e a m1s a <e o wou ll Gardner camp of the D. U. P. business. of Clty the from $500 for ~equest A ' the for efforts auxiliary and gion m.; a. a. m.; West Jordan, 11:10 urray. the eelebration this year. their 9th anniversary celebrated Stanley is Stewer Mr. Assisting the by Midvale, 11:30 a. m.; Sandy, 11:50 disabled and the needy families of Mtdvale was requested ---------onewly organized Band-P~rents as- Parkes, chemist and assayer, from Saturday evening at a banquet of veterans. a. m., and Draper, 12:15 p, m. JORDAN STUDENTS honoring their husbands at Pia+ Ye Ed. has been bombarded sociation, from Midvale ctty, when Salt Lake City. this week with an avalanche of neer hall. Plates were laid for 78. Union D. U. P. Sponsors representatives of the association, HOLD DAY MONDAY S d S h 00l L' t Following the dinner a fine propolitical announcements, S<'ek- 1 HIGH JUNIOR UNION and Greenwood E. E. by headed lS S an V C was given consisting of tap gram city the visited 1 each Schmidt, for F. J. Up publicity free ing Cemetery Clean Perfect Attendance Students of Jordan high school CLASS GRADUATES v dancing and other dance and muparticular candidate. \V <' are held their annual "J" day MonStu d ents f or The "'-ear The Union Fort camp of the council at their regular meeting numbers; a reading by Donsical would money The treating tlH'm all alike and not day when activities were held at wt.ll Tuesday night. gradu e ts d t "ft F f Pioneers the of Daughters d S f t d . and remarks by the Jensen na wer 1 y-one s u en be used toward the purchase o printing any of them at pre- Liberty park during the mornmg The following stu ens o an Y h"gh · · · u th f d t the of project clean-up a sponsor h h · , captain, Mrs. Vivian Richardson. e mon Junior 1 rom uniforms for the Midvale school a e sent, b<'canse to publish all an- followed by swimming, boating elementary and junior htg sc oo 1s 16 M · d Th 1 h being are and cemetery, Union Miss Edith Bateman and Mrs., d • ay evenmg, ay urs oo sc band, it was said. nomle<>nwnts would take up and theatre parties during the af- have a perfect attendance recor · d·t 1 h h ' h th t organizaward other by assisted . Leonora Olson had charge of the e 1g ~c oo au 1 onum. The matter was taken under ad- a half of our space this issue. ternoon. The athletic activities for the 1939-40 school year: Ell ts program. The officers, Mrs. Vivian McCor--oHenry prestdent, Class visement by the mayor and counwere under direction of 0. D. Atkinson and K. Madsen Brady tions. gr h t d t d k made was showing splendid A B . e pro am Richardson, Mrs. Ada Goodridge, con uc e mac cilmen. + Poppy day is Saturday, l\fay Ballard. of the second grade; Bob b te arI Mrs. Parilee Bateman and Mrs. follows: as was which boys and men when Saturday Wallney, Ewell Norman, William 25. All local citizens will be A large book of purple and Eva Gardner, had charge of the asked to purchase these little TELEPHONE OFFICIAL VISITS gren of the fourth grade; Maren gathered, but the_ work :as_ not RIVERTON JUNIOR HIGH Milton E. Bernet, of Denver, Atkinson, Barbara Whitaker of the completed and it IS very esrrous H 0 L D S GRADUATION gold, school colors, with the words dinner, with others assisting. red flow~rs from. memb~r.s of "Memories of 1940" inscribed on be. all cleaned the Amencan Legi?n aux1~1ary. 1 Colo., vice president of the Moun- :fifth grade; Genevieve George, I that the cemetery TO HONOR MISSIONARY its covers was arranged on the day. Let us all do our b1t and silent- tain States Telephone & Telegraph Charmaine Wallgren of the sixth and ready for Memonal Riverton junior high school stage and the graduates entered Saturday, May 25 • has been PeterTed Morris Floyd grade· ly rra! that those who g!lve company, was a visitor in Midvale son ~i hth grade, ~nd Marian scheduled as the day to finish the g~aduation was _held Tuesday ev~- through the leaves; a boys' chorEverett Cooley will be honored their hves or suffered physical Monday where he inspected the work and all who are interested mng, May 21 m the large audt- us, under direction of Music Di- at a special program at the sacrad F· . ' .g ment service Sunday evening at f 1 Th t · aye injury during the "war to end local e~change and renewed ac- Mazams, Dons Borg an was the Partington, Arthur rector o as was program e onum. hand on be to invited kindly are grade. ninth the of ·s the West Jordan ward chapel. Mr. 1 all wars" did not make their quaintances in the city. Mr. Ber- Morrl next number; a talk on "American early Saturday morning. L unc h ows: has recently returned from Cooley prosperous the on net remarked sacrifices in vain. Marc h b Y t he graduates·' song Citizenship", was given by Elnora was served to the work ers and grade Winger; piano solo, Alice Tame; a two-year L. D. S. mission spent "H app! D ay,. " b Y ninth For Better Printing, bring your appearance of Utah farm lands LOCAL NURSES GRADUATE . will be provided for those w h o next order to The Sentinel,. Miss Dolores Nordberg and Miss this year. class; mvocatwn by Btshop Sylves presentation of awards Virginia in Germany. and Canada. help Saturday. The. public is cordially invited ' d M"l . M . B Larson; introduction of graduates H Velma Steadman of West Jordan 1 - to attend aJor unne 11 an arriS, t lk 0 f 1 . are among the General hospital we.- dred Aylett; "Choosing a Vocaby N. K. Thompson; a TESTIMONIAL TO BE HELD graduate nurses. The exercises will FOR MISS LURELDA RADDON come, Todd Mason, school prest: tion", P. M. Mickelsen, Jordan 27. May CLASS PICTURES be held on Monday, dent; ptano solo, Betty Ma~en, district coordinator class song I Recently Miss Steadman took A missionary testimonial service talk, "Education of Living Umver- followed by a pro~enade of ' th~ Graduation exercises at Midfirst place in a spelling contest for Miss Lurelda Raddon will be .sal", Maxine Berrett; talk, "The graduates which was followed by junior high school war• vale . given by the State League of held at the Sandy Second ward Second Mile", Marjorie Anderson; . d ancmg. held last night, with the pro· Nursing association. She was prechapel Sunday evening at 6:30 p. double duet, Veona Densley, Vee Boys B League Featuring three separate leagues as published in last gram, and sented with a lovely book, en- -boys' class B, boys class A, and May 28_-Union vs. South Jor- en. under the direction of the Mis- j Burgon, Beth Butterfie.ld, SLATED REVIEW BOOK week's Sentinel, carried out. titled, "The Doctors Ottacy". The girls class-softball activities in dan, at Mtdvale. Laura Butterfield; "Plannmg Your sionary society. . Names and pictures of the 9th LIBRARY "Thank SANDY AT Bodell; scientific contest was on doctor's A fine musical program includ- Life", Jeanne May 29-Sandy vs. Mtdvale, at the Jordan district will begin next grade graduates are shown on words. The second place was also Tuesday night, with games sched- Draper. ing instrumental, vocal numbers, God I'm An American", Edra ButPage 3 of this issue. General the from Densmirse Vera will a by solo, won Miss Alta Miller of Midvale May 30-Tunnel vs. Butler, at and readings will be presented. terfield; clarinet uled at Midvale and Draper lightThirteen members of t h • hospital. Arthur E. Peterson and Reed ley; address to the graduates, Dr. give a review of the book, "How ed parks. Eight teams are enter- Midvale. 1 class are not ingraduation department the at speech the Valley", of My Alonzo Was Green May 31-Draper vs. Riverton, at Sanderson will be the guest speaked in each league, and the followof B. Y. U.; class song, "Sun- Sandy branch of ·the Salt Lake cluded in the group pictures as ers. ing schedule for next week has Draper. NOTICE county library, Monday, May 27 they were not present when the Miss Raddon will leave soon for down"; benediction. <All games start at 9 P· m.> been released by 0. D. Ballard and at 8 p. m., it has been announced photographs were taken. They the eastern states where she will Boys' A League Next Thursday is Memorial Dunn Taylor, directors: STRIPS by Mrs. Zelma S. Thompson, libra- are: Florence Whittle. Barbara PARKING PAINT TO May 28 - Draper vs. Sandy serve as a missionary for the L. Girls' Teams day, and The Sentinel will go The yellow parking strips in the rian. The general public is in- Taft, Albert Silvey, Catherine D. s. church. Voluntary contribuMay 28--Crescent vs. Bluffdale, Third, at Midvale. to press late Wednesday night Newman, Irene Nelson, Dorothy district will be re-painted vited to attend. business May 29-Bluffdale vs. Granite, tions will be accepted. so thai our employes may par· at Midvale. A book review on "Escape" was Nelson, Dushan Marovich, Farol at once, it was decided at the regticipate in the holiday. News 1 May 29-Butler vs. Union, at at Draper. city Monday evening at the , Mahoney. R a 1 p h Leonard, Midvale the of presented meeting ular May 30-Herriman vs. Lark, at BALL CLUB GETS CASH contributors a n d advertisers . Draper. Sandy library to an appreciative James Hunter, Barbara CowThe sum of $25 was donated to council Tuesday night. May 30- Gene's Confectionery Midvale. will greatly aid us if they send dell, Donna Radovich. a n d audience. May 311-East Midvale vs. West the Independent Softball club of in their copy one day earlier vs. Riverton, at Midvale. Subscribe for The Sentinel and The Sandy branch library is Shirley Mae Kidd. Midvale Tuesday night by the May 31-Herriman-Lark vs. Jordan, at Draper. than usual. news. valley Jordan the all read in the city hall. located ci ,y council. (All games start at 7 p. m.) ~--------------! Draper, at Draper. POPPY D~Y School Bands Map Summer Concerts F r Communl•t•leS SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANS SUMMER KINo ERG ART ENS ~~d~~~~~o~~rfo~ ~~~rg~:~;;~ ~}~!~~/ ~~:~t::s~~i~~~a5:0t~~· MEMORIAL DAY l RITES PLANNED AT CEMETERIES Lumber Concerns I To Close Yards at . 1 P. M;. Saturdays I EasternManO pens A ssay Off•ICe H ere I · I Band Parents Ask c·tI y For Donat•JOn I T I I I I Three Leagues Participate In Jordan District Softball I I l .l I I----------- ----:. |