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Show 3 at SUNDAY HERALD SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1955 Utah County. UUh F.imis s School Site Controversy Flares Anew in Lehi; Public Meeting? Called . I2 i A GRANITE FURNITURE 71 C FINEST .MfliESOCA' 8 ! M V f v ..... site; in Lehi, American Fork ahd Pleasant Grove to the site already purchased controversy has match rhoolinto site in Orem. the open again, with The School Survey Committee, flamed opposition being voiced by many the! group which spearheaded the citizens to tae purchase of a high conosolidation fight, was asked school site north of the State to make! recommendations After 9 Highway. considerable study, they 'called of the ques in Mr. Despain to offer technical Tn hear tion, the Lehi Junior Chamber assistance. of Commerce has scheduled, a New Site ' I public meeting for Thursday, Mr. Despain brought a new site Auc. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lehi intd the picture, the so called East Elementary School auditorium. site. The committee subsequent The Jaycees state the meeting ly recommended this site to the will be conducted as an impartial school board, and that body re forum, with advocates of the jected it because of costly drain various sites giving their view- age problems. They asked the A moderator will be committee to make other recompoints. selected to direct the discussion. mendations, but the committee and I. Dale Despain, .Utah Coun declined stating their, studies had tv Planner, will be present to convinced them that the East give technical aspects of the sit would best fill Lehi's needs. problem and tell his reason for The controversy has gone on making the recommendation he from there "while the committee previously . made to the School sought Unsuccessfully to obtain Board. financial aid from Lehi City and All Invited other agencies to help drain the All people of the community East site. are invited to attend the meet Although no action has yet been taken to buy it, the School ing and hear the discussion. The school site controversy has Board is now looking favorably confronted Lehi for nearly two on a site a Dove tne State tlign-wa- y at the bead of Center Street. years, ever since leaders of this Jaycees are giving some concommunity led a successful campaign to block consolidation of sideration to the idea of dis- the Alpine District senior high iriouung Dauois ai me meeoug schools. At that time, the School so hat citizens may vote for the Board promised to purchase high site they favor. JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN ischdoi By ' . . LOW GRANITE PRICED all-sid- es u x 0). 0) - BECAUSE GRANITE BUYS IN MULTIPLE CARLOAD QUANTITIES - IS RAILROAD TRACKAGE - OWNS OWN WAREHOUSES! - i i LOCATED ON J . Pes.! HARDWOOD-- 10 ALL . , . - ' , , V- ' - y - ' - M :r - - r 1 ENSEMBLE INCLUDES: Large Double Bed with Bookcase Headboard Mattress, (and footboard), Large Double Dresser, Mirror, Spring-fille- d Matching: Box Springs, Two Dacron Pillows, Twin Vanity Lamps, and Beautiful Bedspread. , H " (f' -- - An economy suite that will give years of service modernly designed, beautifully finished in Limed Oak and ALL HARDWOOD. Per- - . $12.50 Down ' feet for that '.'extra" room, for newly weds, for hotels, motels! tfiu .tiomn, ! Rotary Talk 34.95 CHEST AVAILABLE Thorium May Replace Uranium, Says Geologist 4 (The Uranium industry, still in is booming. There are from knee pants, may never get out 00 mines now in operation and of them, George Hansen, director most of them are making va of the graduate school at Brig-ha- profit. He said the Uranium mar n ket will lob viously hold up as long Young University and 600 to " nil... i m .. ..II I f f "' 7f i' LOVELY PIECES I M lvl APLE m GROUP well-know- told as the government maintains' the price. Most money to date has made through the exchange Dr. Hansen said Thorium, been of and sale of real estate claims which is five to 10 timei more of, Uranium. the than rather plentiful than Uranium and which 'The. Colorado sale is the Plateau has as much power, potential, center of this nation's Uranium will probably steal the limelight operations currently Dr. Hansen from Uranium in the future. said. However, that picture might Industry. Booming change also, because it has been However, he pointed out that determined that Uranium is . abas man the Uranium industry presently mucn more pienurui pre viously believed. At one time it was thought that Uranium could be I found in quantity only in gneous formations, but now it is known that it is also plentiful western geologist, Rotarians Friday. 111 ..(-l- American Fork Armory Nears Completion Date AMERICAN FORK American Fork's armory of the Utah Na tional Guard is nearing comple tion and by Oct. 1 is expected to be ready for occupancy. Located on Second East between Second and Fourth South streets, the handsome $108,000 structure is located immediately west-O- f the service garage which was built for the Guard several years ago. Built completely fireproof, the armory sets back about 25 ; feet from the sidewalk. It is expected that the surrounding grounds will be planted to lawn this fall and by spring additional' landscaping will be readied. The building is 100 feet front age and is 110 feet deep. A large drill hall, gymnasium, offices kitchen shower room and other facilities are included. Ground was broken early in March but inclement weather de layed actual construction. Grone man and Co., Provo contractors are pushing construction for early fall occupancy. t (. - m ENSEMBLE INXLUDES: Large Double Bed, Spacious, Dresser Matching Framed Plate Mirror, Night Stand! Here is Authentic early American maple, charm in lovely hard-roc- k lines you'll with warm and simple fall in love with the instant you see it. All four pieces at one low Granite pric an ideal "starter group for anyone interested in the beauty of Maple. In Granite's m A prime example which bears . r uus min out it. Kin e is tne new Uranium rush in Wyoming, where, Dr. Hansen predicted they wuj soon, be digging Uranium ore by steam shovel in open pit oper atipns. India has been thought to have the corner on the world reserve of Thorium. However, he said there 1st a large "claim-staking- " rush now going on-I- n Idaho for Thorium which all but equals the aepvityfin the Colorado Plateau - er $10 Down $10 Month , Maple Shop. in sedimentary formations. I Wyoming Rush I m Five-draw- a. ENSEMBLE 10-P- c. WITH 1 ; v. v ii s - k , . , ENSEMBLE INCLUDES: Bookcase Bed with sliding panels, extra largt Mirror, luxurious Spring- massive ' Triple Dresser, oversize Bevel-Plat- e Filled Mattress, Matching: Box Springs, Twin Dacron Pillows, ultra-smas . Matching Vanity Lamps, Lovely Bedspread. 3 ltfiUraruum. bpeaklng on the theme "A Geologist Looks - to Utah's Fu lure," Dr. Hansen stated that we? in Utah are in the center of world's largest mining and smelting area. More than 50 per cent of the world's I mineable coal reserves are in this area. Kennecott's open pit: operation still produces one third of I the copper in the United States. There are 1000 oil and gas wells in! the area and 50 are producing presently. Utah has for years and even now places first to fourth nationally in major metal output. rt th. Stunning! The warm, brown finish is carefully glazed by skilled Mainline craftsmen; drawer pulla are Oriental Pewter, set off uniquely with a copper overcast. Complete dustproofing to protect your ovely personal things, and all See it! drawers are center-guide- (0)(0) $20 Down $15 Month d. 1 1 29.95 NIGHT STAND Housing Survey In ISix Cities Uncovers 2.5 Vacancies ...59.95 HUGE CHEST f- ,4 4 i- i f i 1 1 There were 477 vacant private dwelling units in Central Utah County including six cities from American Fork to Spanish Fork, July according to a Joint Federal Housing Administration- Post Office survey made on those dates. This was announced here Saturday by Postmaster W. Ray- mond Green and Acting Utah in whictj occupancy had not been established up to the date of the ' ' 4-P- f t. STARTER c. SUITE in i current f survey. Provo! accounted for 161 of the ' unoccupied units in the whole area. The highest rate of vacancies fwere found in the south east and southwest sections of the city the 33 vacant apart State Director Ernest M. Fullmer. ments in Provo, 26 were in the Included were the postal delivery southeast area. areas of the Provo, Spanish Fork, The highest percentage of vaSpringville, Orem, Pleasant Grove cant dwellings in the area surand American Fork post offices. veyed ivas in . American Fork Excluded from the vacant units 4.3 (per cent of the dwellings were 128 residence and 53 apart with being Unoccupied, with 89 va ment vacancies which are nor cancies tout of a total of 2,056 mally occupied during the regular Spanish; Fork with 75 out of 2,036 school year of Brigham, Young dwellings, a percentage of 3.6, ! University. was second and Orem with 91 out The vacancies amounted to 2.5 of I 2,858, a of 3.2, 13-1- 4, j percentage than, 19,000 pri third. I vate residences and apartments Pleasant Grove showed the surveyed. Excluded from the smallest! percentage of vacancies ) survey were public and military with 23 out of 1,378, (1.7 per projects, institutional cent) only housing with second housing, motels, hotels, rooming with 38 out of Springville (1.8 2,117 cent) per -- houses and other types of tran and Provo 161 out of 8,623 (1.9 sient or season accommodations per cent ) third. In addition to inform ation on vacancies, the survey showed a fcoutneast rrovo naa 37 . va total of 573 units currently uuder cancies out of a total of 1,441 and construction by private builders th northwest 43 ont of 2,353. The southwest with 24 vacancies out in the entire area. . .. . "Provo .. bmgie tamuy residences ac of .894 dwellings had the highest counted for 389 vacancies and percentage of (2.7) and the north apartment units 88 vacancies, ac east the smallest with 49 and 3.206 cording to the survey findings. or 1.5 percentage. Apartment vacancies, however, were 8.9 per cent of nearly 1,000 BATTLESHIP AGROUND units surveyed, while unoccupied LONDON (UP) The 45,000-to- n residences were only 2.1 per cent British battleship King George V of approximately 18,200 such units ran aground off Scotland Saturday. surveyed. The survey disclosed 370 vaWindow cords will last longer cancies in used or existing dwell-In- g and operate more smoothly If units and 107 in newly com- they arei rubbed with an oil-spleted residences and apartments urated cloth twice a year. per cent of-mor- e I 1 ? 1 INCLUDES: Large Double Bed as illustrated, the spacious Mr. and Mrs. Dresser, the beautifully framed Plate Mirror and Matching Night Stand. r Six-Drawe- hi, v r r: ' ? If you lovt lovely things, and if you've been dreaming of a suite In genuine Cherry, here is a "starter" set at a Granite budget price! Exquisitely finished in Provincial Brown, authentically fashioned, outstanding hardware details all-hardwo- od, (o)(o)l -- " n CHEST ............ ...V...... ....104.95 OPEN CONVENIENT . PEtOVO -- 1134 (On Main Highway 91, CREDIT just South of Provo River) ? ) (0 QdmnuB DELIVERY N 1050 E. 21st S. y 48th SOUTH & STATE at iiii Umili it Tn Biwir f it 1" iiit ii t r ir rm " ir rirrr r "-- - , i f TIL (P) IS OJoliUUo EVERY FRIDAY CMEIBAY r NORTH 5th WEST 1 i $20 Down $15 Month - CLOSED MONDAYS o 6 P.M. M |