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Show Volume XVII - * Number 3 "A Friendly Newspaper" Published Every Friday at Midvale, Utah * Heads Midvale Kiwanis for 1950 * * Friday, January 20, 1950 IJordan Post No. 35 City Ordinance Prohibits ~{~~Y~~~~:~~~-t:5~[0vernight Parl~ing Here Plans Annual - • The annual dance of the Midfiremen will be held A.pril 14 at the Avalon ballroom, Chief Clyde canning announced this week. Last year there were some complications because another big dance was scheduled for the same night as the firemen's ball. The firemen are advertisIng their dance date plenty early this year to avoid a recurrence ot la:sl year's situation. • Clarence Neslen, speaker at the Kiwanis meeting Monday, pointed out that while the United States has only 7 per cent of the world's population, it has the following resources: Gold, 97 per cent of the world supply; per cent of the coal; 82 per of the aluminum; 81 per of the butter; 86 per cent of the tobacco; 87 per cent of the rayon; 94 per cent of the telephones; 96 per j!ent of the automobiles; 87 per cent of the civil airplanes. and, most significant, 98 per cent or the world's bathtubs. • It is interesting to note the remarkable growth of our local banking institution. The Sandy City Bank and its Midvale pranclll. When we came here in ,.._ American Legion, will be noted on Tuesday, Jan. 24, with a birthday party at the Midvale Icity hall beginning at 7:30 p .m., I it was announced this week by Comm. Dale Waters. The festivities will start with a banquet during which tiffie a short program will be given. Highlight of the evening will be the initiation of 32 new memhers into the post. The ceremony will be conducted by a special team from Tooele. Special guests at the party will be Clarence Neslen, department commander; Arthur Horsley, department service officer; George Larsen, department adjutant; Ralph Rampton, department secretary, and Reyburn ' Dow of Draper, district com· mander. It is also expected that Aaron P. M. Mickelsen (left) receives president's pin from Clark Wil- Horne, Ogden, first commander son, district governor, at ceremonies held last week at the Avi- of Jordan post in 1931, will be present. ation Club. Granite Citizens' Civic Meeting Declared Success we remember that the bank Local Republicans had total assets of slightly under a half-million dollars. In its report for the last quarter of 1949, published in this week's issue, the total assets are $4,663,063.03. This represents a gain of nearly 1000 per cent in the past 14 years. This phenomlnal growth reflects much credit to the bank management, and also reveals the aitounding economic development of the Jordan area both in population and resources during the past several years. • It's nice to see the pavement and sidewalks agaJn after the heavy snowfalls. It does take long tor the snow to go when rain and a south "chi· nook" wind get into action. Folks around here say they have had enough winter for this year and are hoping that the present mild weather continues. • Pres. Truman recently declared that it won't be long until the average citizen makes at least $5,000 per annum in wages. What the president didn't say, however, was how much it will c:oat to live when this prosperity reaches the workers. That is what really matters. • Soviet Russia seems bent on wrecking the United Nations organization. We believe that the world would be better off If the U. N. eusted the Soviets and retained all the other nations of the world. Then, perhaps, something could be accomplished for the betterment of humanity. *HONOR ROLL* Snbacrlber&- C Canning, Midvale. Harvey Cundick, Midvale. Merle Stowe, Midvale. Lawrence Jensen, Midvale. Arthur Christopherson, Midvale. Steve Moloney, Salt Lake City. J R Jones, Sacramento, Colif. Harold Landers, Midvale. Leonard Beratto, Midvale. E Mathews, Midvale. V Sundberg, Sandy. Super Service, Sandy. I'Richara· Z Johnson, Sandy. Elder Melvin Spencer, A£. tesia, N. Mex. RenewalsHyrum Hardcastle, Crescent. ~frs Clarke LeFevre, Riverton. Frozen Food Center, Draper. Edward Lloyd, Riverton. J G Hill, Sandy. Orrin Tolman, Sandy. Pace Richards, Sandy. Wilford Sisam of Midvale aryt daughter, Mrs Morris Jex, of Salt Lake, have returned from St Louis, Mo., where they attended the memorial services for Darrell H Sisam, at the Jef· ferson Barracks cemetery. Comm. Waters and Auxiliary president Mrs Bess Steadman will be in charge of the party, and a large number of Legionnaires, Auxiliary members and their partners are expected to atCommittees for 1950 have been tend · appointed by the Kiwanis club' board of directors as follows, according to Reed Garff, secretary: Program-Dale Waters, chair· man; Harold Ashman, Lawrence Officers and delegates of four Brown, Norval Vincent. Midvale voting districts were Underprivileged C h i ld r e n- named at Republican metings Milton Bills, chairman; Royce R held last Friday night, in preGilbert, Eugene R Millerberg, paration for the coming county and state conventions and the David L Warner. Vocational Guidance and Boys 1950 elections. In District 317, Mrs Lenora Ayand Girls-Ray Ertman, chairman; Doral Jex, Dr. J 0 Jones. lett was re-elected chairman • Attendance and Membership- with .. Doc" Zagarich as vice Casper A Nelson ,chairman; Har- chairman, and Mrs Clarence vey Cundick, Marx Blackett_ Cushing as secretary. Mrs AyFinance--Ed Reimann, chair~ lett will act as delegate to the man. county and state conventions. House-J Willis Goodridge, District 318, now the largest in chairman; Wilford A Granquist, Midvale, named David L WarPaul Hopkinson. ner as chairman, succeeding his Inter-Club Relations- Milton father, Joseph \Varner. A viceRigby, chairman; Cyril Rasmus- chairwoman will be selected by sen, Harry Nickolson. Chairman Warner. Ray PoulKiwanis Educational and Fel- sen was elected secretary. Delelowshlp - Melvin S Peterson, gates to the Republican county chairman i Dr Clyde Coon, Geo. convention will be David WarM Cox. ner and Howard Barrows, whi~ Public Relations-Kelvin Ay- George Strom and Perry Holt lett, chairman; Arval Nelson, will represent th~ district at the Cannon Thomson. state conclave. Key Clubs-Clarence E MatDistrict 319 chose A J Sabey thews, chairman; Phillipp J as chairman, with Mrs Iris BuhPederson, Ervin Franz, Arnold ler as vice chairwoman, and Mrs Javaine. Sophie Bateman as secretary. Agriculture and Conservation Mr Sabey will represent his dis._,Tames Seal, chairman; Lewis trict at both the county and A Dahl. Arthur Eskeisen, Yewell state G.O.P. conventions. W Harrod. Midvale's newest voting disSupport of Churches and Their trict, No. 322, which was sepSpiritual Aims - Vern Lester, arated from District 319, and in. chairman; Leonard Newbold, eludes the area east of the Rio Peter Woolley, Bennett Cash. Grande tracks and south of Public and Business Affairs - Center St., named Ben G Bagley Melvin J Carlson, chairman; ·nr as chairman and Mrs Frank Harold E Nelson, Joseph Warner. Barrus, vice chairwoman. and E A (Doc) Mlller secretary, In each district the chairman and vice chairman were named to the Republican county central committee. Kiwanis Appoints Committeemen For Ensuing Year Elect District Aids S. Peter Peterson, •.• Granite's choice for 1949 .. First Citizen." By Mrs M Shrewsbury Granite's annual civic conference Jan. 12 was a huge success. Lucklly the snow plow cut through the drifts that afternoon, piling the snow six feet up and more at many points along the road, so that it was like passing through narrow walls of white. Despite the weather, 100 attended and the affair was gratifyingly successful. Keener interest is manifest each year, and in the past year ,especially, many improvements ~ave been made. Dinner was in charge of Clifford Higgins, LilUan Rowley, Altat Poulsen, Betty Ebert, and Gerald Poulsen, asslsted by a score of others, and was superb· ly cooked and expertly served. Two long tables down the length (Continulld on P•,. Thne) Jordan Students T o1d Of Oratorical Contest Three Wards Schedule Gold, Green Ball Jan. 31 The three Midvale LDS wards, Midvale First. Midvale Second, and Garden View, wi11 hold a tri-ward Gold and Green ball Jan. 31, at 8:30 p_ m., in the Midvale Second ward amusement hall. Formal or informal dresses are in order, but corsages will not be permitted, the activity committee said. Members of the activity committee include: Midvale FirstRuth Miner, Kimball Goff; Midvale Second, Rowena Beratto, Jim Marshall; Garden View, Donna Davis ,Milen Ottley. Dr. Jones Elected Area School Head Dr. J 0 Jones, Midvale, is the new chairman of the board of control of the Salt Lake Area Vocational School. Dr. Jones, a member of the Jordan school district board, represents the Jordan school district, and succeeds George W "The Constitution; a Barrier Against Tyranny," will be the topic for the annual American Legion high school oration con· test, Miss Lucille Tuttle, Jordan high school faculty member, announced Saturday. Final student tryouts for the contest are scheduled Fe'b. 15. Each oration Is to be 10 to 12 minutes long, Winner of the local contest will receive a medal from the American Legion Post No. 35 and will be eligible to enter the state contest. Winner of the state contest will be awarded an all· expense trip to participate in the national regional contest, and a $25 war bond. Scholarships will be awarded national winners, Miss Tuttle said, with a $4000 scholarship as first prize. The parking of automobiles overnight on any street in Midval will be prohibited by a new ordinance pasS<!d by the city council at their first regular meeting of the year. The ordinance, drafted by Mayor Henry Beckstead and the councilmen Monday night, will affect all streets and alleys within the city limits and be· comes effective immediately upon publication in this newspaper. Police Chief Marcell Graham said that families who do not have a garage must make soro~ arrangements to ke~ their vehicles off the streets at night. Reason tor the ordinance Is -. the difficulty of snow removal ln the winter and the cleaning ,. • of the streets in summer. This " work is done in the early hours ' of the morning and parked autoThis little old Chinese elm tree saved Henry Jensen's home mobiles cause considerable nuisf h d f kidd ance to the city crews in perrom muc amage rom s - ing car. forming their task. The Henry Jensen family, 209 --------East Center St., almost had vis!tors in their front bedroom on 0 Wednesday of last week, when a skidding car left the paveOfficers of the Mid-Flora gar- ment, came over the curb and Reelection of directors ot Sanden club eJected to serve for the sidewalk, and was stopped only dy city bank took place at the coming year will be installed at by an elm tree in front of the annual meeting of the stockthe January 26 meeting in the be droom window. holders Saturday afternoon at Midvale city haiL Rufus Ray Th e car was d riven by Jack the Midvale bank building, with will serve as president, Sylvia p ayton, of Murray, who was re- Heber J Burgon. president, in Cary, vice president; Mary Hyke, turning from work at Bingham charge, second vice president; .Josephine a t about 1 a. m. He said that The directors are Heber J BurA rno ld us secretary and treasurer; A C Jensen, historian and li- suddenly his car went out of gon Gwynne Page Alma Fair· control on the icy pavement, and bou~ Melvin Li~d Alma F brarian; Lil1ian Mackay, parlia- the next thing he knew it was Smith' Virden J Nelso' n and A mentarian; Reed Johnson, two- h d ' • year board member; Bernice 01- ea ed into the Jensen yard. J Despain. The car was damaged more than Various reports on the bank son, one-year board member. the tree. operations during 1949 were pre .. George Strom is holdover board sen ted. member. An organizational meeting ot Mrs Claude Shields, noted ros- East Midvale Gleaners the directors will be held Wedarian from Salt Lake City, will To "Bind Sheaf" Sunday nesday, Feb. 8, at Sandy city be the speaker at the meeting., Her subject will be on "New RosThe East Midvale Second ward bank, it has been announced. es and Rose Culture". A ques- Gleaner Girls will bind their tion nd answer period will be sheaf at the regular sacrament part of the program_ meeting Sunday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 Things Like This Mid-Flora Gardeners T Install Officers Re-Elected Here I I Officers of the club met recently and selected as committee chairmen to serve for the coming year: Flower show cochairmen-Iris Searle and Sylvia Cary; Civic beautification-Rufus Ray; Conservation- c Jensen; Constitution revision com· mittee-Lillian Mackey; ToursHyte Mackay; Membership _ Mary Hyke; Gardeneer-Josephine Arnoldus. Each officer ts to act as chairman of the program committee for a three month period, Rufus Ray to serve for the first three months. Mrs Dorthea Newbold is the publicity chairman. Hi9h Winds Cause Dama~e at Draper The terrific gale that has been blowing for the past week has caused quite a bit of damage in Draper. A portion of the roof was blown from the old First ward chapel, also roofs blown from Jack Henderson's, Otis Pierce's and C H Carlquist's hen coops. Trees were uprooted and one fell on the new car of Louie Aivi~. crushing the top. Midvale B.P.W. Club Buys Hospital Books The Midvale Business and Professional Women's club has added a little more cheer to children confined to the Salt Lake General hospital, it was disclosed at a dinner meeting of the club Monday night, at Jack Forbes, in Murray. Mrs Ella Richardson, member of the fellowship committee, reported that $40 in books J:ip.d been added to the local B. P. W. children's book shelf at the hospital at Christmas time. Charmaine Smith of West Jordan also received four books, a Christmas gift from the club, and an ill member was also remembered. The program and dinner was arranged by the finance committee, Mrs Willis Goodridge and Mrs Elden Densley. Miss Lu· Ashton, former board chairman clUe Tuttle, speech and dramatic instructor at Jordan high school who died Nov. 21, 1949. gave one of Marjorie Kinnan The Vocational School is located at 431 S. Sixth East St., Rawlins short stories, "Cocks Salt Lake City, Must Crow." Bank Directors p. m. A ward is permitted to bind its sheaf when every girl of Gleaner age living in the ward has been actively enrolled in Mutual. The only exceptions to this age are married girls and those working on Mutual nights. Opening exercises will be under direction of Bishop Pierson and the ptogram will be as follows: 11 Truth Reflects upon Our Senses," Gleaner Chorus; Weicome, GJeaner President Ila Dean Dahl; Story of Ruth (tableau), reader, Marilyn Bird and Naomi, Dora Goff, Ruth, Lois Gorringe. Orpha, Janice Millerberg; solo, "Entreat Me Not To Leave Thee," Donna Glover~ The Gleaner Sheaf, Marilyn Ferguson; binding the sheaf; introductions, Mr J D Millerberg; responses by Mrs T F Greenwood, Jr., Bishop Frank Pierson; PresentatJon of Scroll, Mrs A J Carter; •·East Midvale Gleaners," Gleaner Chorus; prayer, Patriarch Albert Glover. $1500 Fire Hits Sandy Station Damage estimated by firemen at $1500 was caused by fire Monday to a service station at 93QO S. State, The blaze started while the owner, L C Etherington, waa filling a reserve tank, firemen said. Salt Lake county firemen received the call at 10.09 a. m. Damage was confined to the root of the building and a grease rack in the garage section of the station, they reported. Farewell Testimonial To Honor Robt. Sumbot Prior to his d£Warture for the Western Canadian LOS mission field, Elder Robert A Sumbot will be honored at a fareweH testimonial Sunday, at 6:30 p. m., at the Midvale Second ward chapel. The following program will 00 presented: opening song, ward choir; prayer, Louis E Goff; sacrament song, ward choir; vocal selection, male quartette; piano solo, Donna Bingham; remarks, Phone your new• to Mid. 178. Sheldon Butterfield; instrumental music, male quintet; remarks, Henry Beckstead; vocal selection, ladies quartet; remarks, Elder Robert ~umbot; closing song by the choir and congregation; benediction, Ivan Sumbo& Robert, a son of Luke and Elizabeth Sumbot of Midvale, graduated from the Jordan high school and the LDS Seminary in 1949. He has the distinction of being the first missionary called from the Second ward, in many years. He will enter the mission home in Salt Lake City Jan. 23, and leave for the mission field Feb. 1. Polio fai/J to Daunt Her I R A Singer of Kalgoorlie, Aus- j ·-- Nine-year-old Doria Nash, her arms encased In apllnta, wears an Impish amlle even though she has suffered a aevere attack of polio followed by surgery at a Botltlmore ho:spltal. While Doria and thousand• of other little vlctlma stricken In Jut yur'a record polio epidemics am lie their way back to health, they need your help. For funda of the Na· tlonal Foundation for Infantile Paralysis are dangerously depleted. Future aid to patients dependa on the March of Dlmee (January 16·31). Give as much aa you can 1 tralia, was a visitor at the USSR&M company Midvale plant last Saturday. Mr Singer is an instructor at the \Vest Australia School of Mines, and is in the United States on a scholarship award, touring various mining and smelting installations. Jordan Beetdiggers are pitted against Ogden high basketeers at the Jordan gym tonight. |