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Show UIHH HbbUUlHIlUN LHKfc SHLI Wly4 expires jaw ti4 Ul UilY 1 1 1 Vol. 15, No. 2 Wednesday, January 13, 1993 50 cents a single copy Winter storm buries north Utah County over weekend If you are the owner of a ementary in Orem where classes were dismissed when a section of the roof began leaking and it was noticed it was heavily loaded with snow-blow- er or snow shovel you might be gloating as both were hard to come by Monday as area residents attempted to dig out from winters' onslaught. Snow depths ranging from eight to 14 inches were reported dumped on the area, making even many of d the most winter enthusiasts longing for warm weather. Local stores and dealers were inundated by calls from individuals lookingfor snow blowers, shovels or anything they could dig out with. "Wehad about 200 snow shovels" and they went out fast. "We could have sold 100 more today," said a sales person at one local store. He said they over sold on A truck expected Monday with more of the units was "stranded" in Evanston and couldn't get through. "They (the snowblow-ers- ) are sold as soon as they come in." "I bet we've had 100 calls today," said another dealer of snow blowers. They sold out everything they had earlier. A check of several other stores in the area reported the same thing as residents attempted to clear the white stuff from sidewalks, driveways, vehicles and rooftops. Many residents found they had to resort to shovels to clear their walks as small snowblowers would only skim the top of the accumulation. The snow, they found, would only clog the machines because of the heavy moisture content. School children in the Alpine School District were disappointed when they learned they had to attend classes Monday even though school districts and many private schools were closed because of the storm. A district spokesperson said Superintendent Steven Baugh made the decision to have schools remain open at 6 a.m. Cedar Valley Elementary in Cedar Valley was closed - one of two closed by officials. The other school was Sharon El snow. The Emergency Room at American Fork Hospital treated a variety of weather related injuries, according to officials. These included a coronary, victims from three auto accidents, two falls, one overdose, one general injury, one depression, and one low back pain. The road leading into American Fork Canyon was closed by avalanches following the storm. Jane Tramel, park ranger at Timpanogos die-har- snow-blower- W i" ' $JU fl I i ft I t V " I Cave National Monument, said slides started just below the monument visitor center reported with several more occurring on up the s. " Jag 1 i ; Y iiiimmy ww f v V H i f . wi I f U l iVr V f pc canyon. She said the canyon is closed to all motorized vehicles, including snowmobiles, because of the ava- lanche danger. "It is extremely dangerous up there now," she said. Tramel urged people to obey the "road closed" signs not only because of the avalanche danger but also roads have not been plowed. "If they get stranded, there is no way to rescue anyone," she said. Cross country skiers were warned to stay out of the back country be' cause of the avalanche danger. Ten accidents had been reported in American Fork between Saturday and Monday morning; six in Pleasant Grove; and eight in Lehi. A old American Forkman was killed in an accident over the weekend as he was attempting to dig his car out of the median on near 10500 South. northbound Shawn L. Robinson was struck truck and killed by a d which was unable to stop and because of the slick road. Two volunteers from the 118th Eng. Co.; Utah National Guard in Lehi as well as volunteers from the 1457th Eng. Bn. in American Fork were assisting in clearing snow from areas in Salt Lake County. 23-ye- ar semi-trail- er Captain Ronald Haskell turns over flag of 118th Engineering Company to Captain Tracy Simmons at Lehi Armory. Lehi Guard unit gets new name in ceremony There was achangingoftheguard at Lehi Saturday, Jan . 9, as the Lehi National Guard unit became the 118th Engineer Company instead of the 117th. Under a consolidation of the 117th Engineer Company of Lehi, and the 1 18th Engineer Company of Tooele, the Lehi unit was inactivated and became the 118th Engineer Company. Headquarters for the combined unit is at the Lehi Armory. Consolidation of the two units is unique in that it was done volunarily, said Colonel John jack-knife- -- Hansen, 1 15th Engineer Group com'-- " mander. "The fact that this particular action was voluntary is actually a milestone, something other units may follow. Normally changes are initiated from the top. They have some staffers up there trying to decide what is best for you." In this particular case, however, Col. Hansen said, the Engineering group came to the Adjustant General with the recommendation that the units combine. "The bottom line is because this was a well thought out, voluntary action, we, in fact, are going to be stronger," he said. "This unit is going to be stronger. Our numbers will be the same. No one is going to be affected in a negative manner." Col. Hansen said he sees the consolidation as a "positive action. All will benefit from it." "If we are going to survive as a national guard, we are going to have to be absolutely 100 percent profiled in terms of strength," Brigadier General Tom Brewer, assistant adjutant general of the Utah National Guard, told the assembled group. "If we aren't able to do this, we simply won't have a place in the military of the United States." Captain Tracy Simmons of Provo, former commander of the 117th, assumed command of the 118th, during the ceremony. Captain Ronald Haskell, American Fork, outgoing commander of the Tooele unit, was elevated to the staff of the parent 115th Engineer Group at Utah National Guard headquarters in Draper. Lieutenant Colonel Bob Nelson, national guard spokesman, said e resultant reductions in and guard positions in the two units will be dealt with through attrition. "No involuntary force reduction is anticipated," he said. Ultimately, the number of guardsmen who drill at the Lehi Armory will decrease from the curs to about 90 soldiers. rent The unit was first organized on Oct. 11, 1921 as Headquarters, 2d Squadron, 116th Cavalry at Lehi. full-tim- part-tim- e 200-plu- In January 1922, it was redesigned as Troop E, 116th Cavalry. In December 1924, it was converted, reorganized and redesigned as Battery C, 222d Field Artillery (an element of the 40th Division, later the 40th Infantry Division). Members were inducted into federal service on the third of March 1941, serving on assignment to the 40th Infantry Division until June 25, 1946. Theunitwas reorganized in 1950 as Company B, 1457th Engineer Combat Battalion at Lehi, and was redesignated as the 1 17th Engineer Company on Dec. 1, 1967. The 118th (Tooele unit) was formed in about 1981. As aresult of the present consolidation, the Vernal guard unit, which has been a detachment of the Tooele unit, becomes a part of the guard's 1457th Engineer Battalion headquartered in American Fork. Keep cars off snowy streets, urges Chief ' C ' " - -- , , to warn citizens who have old cars parked on city streets to move them ccrT'C.i izzez&M'cA , ' r "fsf Police Chief Bill Gibbs would like ! so that snow removal can be facili- tated without damage to the ve- hicles. He explained that city crews will tow the offending vehicles away if the parked cars prevent road crews , - r , f ',,m Ixsssxsae.-Jl- C'0 4 , '. ( ' "imifT S?" wwmri:f-ifa,mm.u, i mm a, mm,. T up j mil 1TI11III III By RUSS DALY The undead will come to life on Friday at Lehi High School as the drama W"" "Dracula." we if rm- I 1 lw'',taiW!i5K.ag Fox Grocery, a "Mom & Pop" store, stood across the street west from the Lehi Rodeo Grounds in the '40s and '50s. Grocery stores were a staple of Lehi's early business scene By RICHARD VAN WAGONER In 1931, in the midst of the Depression, the local firm of Larsen Brothers announced a new system of doing business. The entire store was rearranged. Shelves and counters were organized so that customers could serve themselves rather than wait for a clerk. The brothers also announced that effective Oct. 1, 1931 they would "discontinue all credit business and serve their customers on a strictly cash basis in the future These two decisions, repeated innumerable times across America, ultimately paved the way for the supermarket concept. For a time however, well up into the early 1950's, Lehi citizens were served by local neighborhood grocery stores such as that shown in today's photo. Virtually all of Lehi's successful department stores such as the Lehi Union Exchange, op, Broadbent's, f the People's Coand Racker Mer- - Lehi Yesteryears can tile started out small but eventually grew into institutions. Some grocers, however, multi-departme- nt started out small and stayed that way. "John Stoker's Cash Grocery Store" is a good example. . Stoker was bom in Doncaster, England, in 1856. After finishing his education he served a mercantile apprenticeship in his home town before opening a men's clothingstore there. When Mormon missionary James Kirkham came preaching through the area in 1892, Stoker and his wife Clara were converted. In September 1893 they emigrated to America and settled in Lehi to be near merchant department Kirkham. The ambitious Stoker wasted no time in establishing his own mercantile. The Dec; 14, 1893, "Lehi Banner" reported that he had "finished a nice little store" on the northeast corner of Main and First East, where he sold men's furnishings and his wife's baked goods. Accord-ingtfamily accounts, Stoker "found conditions here very different from what he had pictured, and it was difficult to make a living." Although he built a new grocery store behind his home at 469 N. 100 East (still standing today), the business soon failed. He disposed of his property, moved to the northeast part of town, and began peddling Utah Lake fish in mining camps. Later he prospered as a farmer and served as the first bishop of the Lehi Fourth Ward from 1903-2Many of Lehi's earliest mere chants, including James and 3 YESTERYEARS on Page o 0. Wil-Se- presents Performances will be held on Friday through Tuesday, excluding at 7:30 p.m. in Sunday, Jan. the auditorium, 180 N. 500 East. Tickets are priced at $3 for adults and $2 for students with activity cards and for children. Group rates are also available for parties of nine or more; call for ticket or group rate information. The play, which is being directed by Melody Johnson, head of the drama department at the school, is the original version of the Bram Stoker novel. Adapted from the book, the play was introduced in America in 1927 and starred an unknown Hungarian by the name of Bela Lugosi. Audiences were fascinated and repulsed by the Count, so much so that public nurses were sometimes hired to stay in the lobby to care for people who had fainted from fright. Revised versions of the play, movie, have become more violent, but the story has remained popular. Dennis Woodcox will portray Count Dracula, with Sarah Hoyal playing Lucy Seward, the object of his vile plans. Because of the many special effects required in the play, the technical crew is as important to the production as the actors. Hyrum Davis, assisted by Sarah Densmore, will serve as stage manager, with Erica Sorenson as special effects master. Dustin Topham will manage stage props and Larae Martin, Michelle Lowe and Tony Rogers have worked as costumers. Joe Eddy, assisted by Ebun 15-1- vJ.."1'-.! 'wm'M' streets without leavsnow behind in It's either clean to private drivegoing to have to help out here," Gibbs said that road crews were doing their best to make the most out of a bad situation. snow-cleane- d ing some of the private driveways. streets, or access ways. People are Lehi High to stage horror classic o b'""'' (.i Mirfgmi- iri from cleaning snow from the streets. Gibbs also said that citizens were calling the police department to complain that road crews were scraping snow from the streets to their driveways preventing them from having access to the streets. "Citizens can't have it both ways," Chief Gibbs said. "They can't have 768-700- - ' y. a i , 9 I j''" , 0 2 1 ! r 'H ill ' Count Dracula, played by Dennis Woodcox, stands poised to attack intended victim Lucy Seward, played by Sarah Hoyal, in the upcoming LHS production of the classic horror story. Allgood, will serve as lighting direc- tor, and sound and special effects have been designed by Mathew Fuller. Carl Dastrup, instrumental mu- - sic director at the scv signed the set, and was uasied in setconstructionbyTimNaylor.Mike Thomas, Mat Fuller, Erica Sorenson andmembersofthestagecrew class. |