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Show I960 Has Potential of Being Best Business Year in County's History rent plans for expansion or -nual look ahead, taken after By FRANK G. KING The year 1960 may well have gathering information through the potential - of being the best personal conversations with the in Utah Coun- area's businessmen, through) state year, business-wis- e, and national economic reporter ty's history! J . . "peek-onomi- . c" 1 " X J i reported their '59 tgX&ZS&f ;y " ; , -- A MODEL OF PIPE PLANT PRODUCTCutaway jmodel of a Pacific States fire .is part of one of Central Utah's most interesting permanent industrial hydrant exhibits.-Thdisplay is located in the main lobby) of the company's general office building and includes similar models of other Pscipco products. iPSmmmm Pipe Plant r III I T WIS Wta Mam f .fc. m t- M c::r:ir::k.x:-- will A highnprecision out parts for improve-- ; of ment, - and sale of livestock. With two major auction sales weekly and the annual presentation of the second larges stock exuiDii mv me scaie, me utan State Junior Livestock Show in this city is truthfully fUtah's Livestock Center." ' The Spanish Fork Livestock Auction Company holds Its weekly sale each Saturday in the ring located at the north end of the huge main bard on the fair grounds' to the south of the city. This auction draws consigners and buyers fronvpoints through out the state and on occasion from places outsideJJtah's boun daries, Several hundred head of cattle, sheep, and hogs are regularly passed through the office and sales 'department, and in its engineering and laboratory departments. Annual payroll 1? In excess of $2 million. The Pacific States name in also enjoys its field throughout the West. The company is a major producer of Tyton Joint cast iron pipe. This new type of connection, which went into production here in 1957, facilit tes installation and provides permanent tight sealing. The company also is continuing volume production of Joint pipe and Boltite mechanical joint. Pipe of all these designs is manufactured in sizes . frim 4" to 24" in diameter. Other products bearing the X ivu Auu.a uaurc uiuuuc aic valves for Installation in water and irrigation systems and the famous PSCIPCO fire hydrants Fittings also are important .products. Valves, hydrants and fit tings I are manufactured in the buildings formerly used for cast and reflect the increase f Ing piix in volume of production in recent years. Here, as in the Super De-Lavaud plant, technological ad vancements have improved both process and product. While no major expansion of facilities is planned for 1960, officials pointed out that improvement of equip- -' ment and ertension of facilities is constantly underway. Sales and service offices of the company are in Denver, , Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and Salt Lake City. From these centers all the West ern states including Alaska and Hawaii receive close attention. PSCIPCO's products also enter the export trade to Pacific points PSCIPCO's operations attach lasting Importance to Utah Valley in one of the most important of all services: the conservation and distribution of water. In all, American waterworks supply nearly 20 billion gallons of water per day for residential and indus trial, use., : ce bell-and-spig- radar tubes and radar coil parts are among the . j ' '- ring. j . Second and largest of the local sales is held weekly, on Thursday by the Utah Valley Auction Company. To meet the increas ing demands of their business, the management of this sale has building recently completed arena auction the and housing business offices as well las ex- - ot j a-ne- w J. by ed by his son, Douglas M. Clark. There are now 24 employees in the building just occupied last year, almost double that of 1958. The company also fabricates test stands for missile development and makes parts for missiles for the Thiokol Chemical A Company missile motors. Machine equipBridgeport Milling ped with the latest, optical measuring devices is being used for and milling. There are also a metalizlng gun to build up worn shafts and other machine parts and a Van Norman Milling Machine used for heavier equipment. In the supply section the company handles all sizes of shafting, chains, sprockets, bearings, pulleys and belt. Mr. Clark organized the company in 1953 with the purpose of doing general machine shop work, repair work in heavy duty equipment and 'machine fabrication. The organization has steadily increased its output and variety of machinery ever' since. pany was organized in in 1953 by Normal Scott and sons Neal and Douglas of Provo and Bert Oberhansly of Spanish Fork. 'It moved into its new Spanish Fork building Jan. 1, Spring-vill- e 1956. The annual gross sales of live stock total about $4,000,000. Each year about 23,000 head of cattle, 7100 sheep and 5300 pigs are handled through firm's yards. "We feel we have one of th most modern and popular auctions in the state," said Neal Scott. "Most buyers are from Utah but some also come from California, Colorado and Idaho. The 1959 business showed a 20 per cent increase from the previ- ! jig-ibori- j ial ous year. During sales, about 18 men .are employed in the yard and 6 are employed in the office. There are also two auctioneers and three ring! men. The Utah State Junior Livestock Show is held annually, with the I960 event set for May The event is one of the largest exhibits in the state and has the longest history of any such show. , . J 4-- 7. ' . .,,.,.,,. , m,m .,, f ,,.. . - ar-rir- " a HOW MUCH AM , I BID?' - , ' - , ' -- Action at the Utah Valley Auc- tion Company stock sale held each Thursday at Spanish Fork is shown in photo above as cattle go on the Jauctlon block. Sheep 'and hogs are auctioned at 11 a.m.; cattle at 1 p.m. f . j C0LUAAB1AJV1ATIC JLSUU FABRIC FOLDING DOOR WITH A FAST DO IT YOURSELF INSTALLATION Grant Company Appoints New District Chief o Richard K. Carrigan, W. T. Grant regional manager, .announces the appointment of Robert as district manager. He Johnson ' will supervise the operation of 17 units in the Western Region with headquarters at the Grant district office in Salt Lake City. veteran Mr. Johnson, a with the company, started his career as department manager in the Sacramento store after redegree from the ceiving a California. of University W. T. Grant Company operates 801 store in 41 states., 12-ye- ar B-- S. Employees of Provo's Sears Store Have $659,574 in Firm's Profit-Sharin- g Fund Sears, Roebuck and Co. employees in Provo learned this week they have $659,574.41 in their company's profit sharing pension fund. H. J. Heisch, manager of the Sears store" here, gave the newsi s to of the fund at a meeting. The fund members received statements showing how they shared in Sears profits last year and the value of their individual accounts. The 86 lo c al fund members had 9i967 shares of Sears stock and other securities amounting to $154,945.20 credited to their accounts as of Dec. 31, 1959, Mr. ' Heisch said. The local employee members are among 144,000 men and women who are members lof the Savings and Profit Sharing Pension Fund of Sears, Roebuck and employe-'member- -- , MATTRESS FACTSM CHICAGO (UPI) When buying a foam rubber mattress, be sure to get .the matching box spring at the same time. Foam mattresses are thinner than conventional types and need special box springs to bring them up to standard height, says a bedding manufaafcurer. . J - . year-roun- d! 20 n) NEL O ON STEREO 03 It Z7 SPEAKER (not iusl 2) $37995 INSURANCE COMPANY Minneapolis, Minnesota . Represented by: JARVIS WARNER Spanish Fork MIS LOW P AS $000 DOWN V (not just 2) a--1 8, Mott Effective Way To Play Records Ever Devised! This amazing development takes the 2 channels of sound as they come from the stereo record and electronically separates the low notes from the middle and high notes, creating an actual, third Independent channel. 29 LuDEAN LISTER Springville 70 Orem 2P JESS MONSON SU PLUMBING & HEATING 56 North 2nd West YORK FURNACES SEPARATE HI--FI Golden Stereo ?'80CT Automatic Record Changer. Diamond styli. 80 watti total maximum peak 15", power. & speakers . . two 5". Grained Matwo hogany, Blond or Walnut Colors. 32" high, 52" wide, 18 deep; 31 Pleasant Grove ft s i old firm, Provo Brick and Tile continues to serve Provo, Utah County and other nearby" areas with its! fine products. In addition they also ship brick to intermountain j states for all types of building. Beginning operation in 1920. Provo Brick land Tile Co., was incorporated in 1921' when S. H. Belmont became the manager. He was the father of the present manager, Sid Belmont. The firm employs from 25 to 30 men daily on a basis. from Cedar materials Drawing Provo Valley, Canyon and Midthe firm!, located in north way, Provo at 1620 N- - 2nd W produces regular faqe brick, . matt face brick, rock face brick, smooth face' brick and Roman brick. The products afford the buildex1 a great variety of J;olor and texture; Recent buildings that have used brick products from the company in their construction are Provo School, Sunset School, High American Fork High School, Carbon High school, Grandview Cafe, State Bank Building and Orem High School. A -- CRAGHEAD i than 11,000 employes of Allstate Insurance Co., a Vholly owned subsidiary which each year cont tributes to Sears profits. Mr. Heisch pointed out that the value of the accounts of individual employees showed a marked increase in 1959. Also the total asj sets of the fund, rose over $250 million for a total of $1,321,725,000 as of Dec. 31, 1959, the end of the fundus fiscal year. This gain was the result of a larger company contribution from 1959T profits, increased investment income and appreciation in th value of the fund's stock holdings. he employes' fund is Sears largest stockholder, Mr. Heiscli noted. At the end of 1959, th fund held almost 27 per cent of the company's outstanding stock. 60-ye- ar Provo FR NOW! DIAL. FR Co. Employes. The 144,000 membersan increase of over 4,000 since a year ago include more Monson & Johnson, Inc. ' Heating System 3-10- . Firm Now Old 60 Yecirs A HU LET US CIIECI YOUR - '. " employees. . j f ' ? HOME MUTUAL The new company opened business recently at 275 N. 2nd W. with lines of Trident passenger-carand Taylor-Dun- n tracks, all electric and all in the small car class.. -" - w, FARMERS . . I .. ENOUGH FOR WALLPAPERING JOB The combined worth of money owned by Provo Sears employees in company profit-sharin- g fund is sufficient to paper the Provo store, warehouse and service station with $1 bills, says Manager Henry J. Heisch, center. Shown with him are Norma Simpkins, left, and Maxine String-fello- INSURANCE Terry's Electric Car Sales and Service will expand its offering with a line of electric golf cars, Ira L. Terry, owner and manager, reports. " . 00 Brick&Tile LP U Line of Golf Gars . - .. $164,-169,6- SAVE 10 mqqj j. m f;i, l S Terry's Electric r- - c: - I j ' a d . pre-eminen- lathe to turn recently purchased machines at the rapidly growing Clark Engin SPANISH FORK Spanish Fork tending an d remodeling the stock eering Company. at 1335 The. company,.-locatehas assumed the position of lead- - pens to the west of this structure. is in owned Orem, The Utah' Valley Auction Com- S. State Street er in the production, Improve Marion Clark who is assist- reports. rapid growth of the Western States served by PSCIPCO has served, to maintain the company as a major factor: in its field ir Western America. Now in its 34th year, Pacific States is one of the industrial pioneers of the. entire Utah Valley. The Impact of its operation "is consistently felt in the economy of this area. The company has a working force of over 300 Residential ponstructidn in Utah made an all-tirecord in 1959, but financial iauthorities are divided on the i960 outcome. Despite this! boom, there was a 10 million dollar drop in commercial, , industrial and ' public inflation, Utah Count;' may well be starting its biggest business year yet seen dentiai area over tne previous record high o: 1958 of 7,489 per- mits and $19,938,400 valuation. A factor inj this increase was the $1.6 milliop construction plan at Brigham Yjoung University. Figures estimating 7,950 new residential stajrts1 during 1959 with construction inj the state. The total was about $50,868,000 against the $60,000,000 in 1958, which has been the largest building year in the history of tb state. The 1959 figure represents a 16 per cent drop. This decline may be attributed to 'a drop in major plant expansion in 1959 by industry and the fact that) public school con struction has passed the peak for the state as la whole. The overall construction total for the year IwaS approximately $160,129,100 compared to in 1958, representing a 2V per cent drop. ; heavy duty lathe to make 21-in- ch X jr me Missile Work Livestock Auctions. State Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe continue Company ment its plant facilities, the' Show Held at Spanish Fork Continued company X" ' ..'S:fSH-:-'fi::- Building Sets Record F.irm in West's Boom J Residential busi- . V . What About '60? Engineering : ' t reSi-bullet- m e . business was improved with installation lof a new redwood siding front, complete with; neon lights, and also how interior displays were arranged to Jattract the eye of the customer, The attractive corner frontf caused an editor of the magazine to stop as he passed .through Payson. or ,: - ck publications! The artic ie describes how ness below that of the previous year. On a statewide and na'tional scope, the biggest factors reportedly influencing economic trends during the year were steel-labnegotiations, the rate of inventory building, and the rate of capital expenditures in that order. The local pattern followed very closely along these same1 lines, the steel issue "having now been settled along terms planned to resist of Economic and Business Re-- a total building permit valuation of $93,194,600," were compiled by the University of Utah's Bureau seach. These estimates show ja four per cent increase in states, and with the big " s Lumber and Hardware Co. of Payson has been featured in a recent edition of Building Supply News, one of America's great merchandising PAYSON-iBurdi- one-thir- 34 :::. ex- - 30' . Utah PAYSON FIRM FEATURED IN TRADE PAPER ! r J Utah County presed the intention of remodeling or adding to their present facilities. Eighty-fo- i. percen.,' however, had no present plans for either adding to or remodeling their buildings. d of the busiNearly nessmen expect to have more employees at the close ' of the year than they now have, on their payrolls. The listings showed stating they will have more emindiployees than in 1959, 66 cating they will have the same number, and onlj four percent expecting to have fewer workers. And in comparison of business volume in 1959 to that of 1958, it was found that 47 of those queried reported a bigger year than the previous one. Eighteen percent said they had just as much business in 1939 as in 1958, and modeling of facilities, hiring plans, and comparison of the profits for 1958 and 1959. When quizzed on the business and through extensive interviews. outlook-fo1960. 70 of those inTabbed by fhe bulletin as , terviewed statea they firmly exthe bureau's annual pect business to be better this predictions the estimates were based on the counyear than it was in 1959 ; 28 I960 outlook for business expected it to be justs as good 'as ty's in the light of businessmen's last year; and only two percent felt that it might not be as good. expectations for the year, cur This .observation was made at the conclusion of a summary of economic facts and f'gures in the Utah Cunty Labor Market Bulletin, published by the Provo office of the .U. S. Employment Service. Basis for this claim mas the an-- SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1360 Also, of those quizzed, 16 re- SUNDAY HERALD 14 5 t f . s - HOWARD B. BROWN " . - Lehl V' Porter U.S. R0GC WOOL SALES CO. TQP OF THE niLL IN OREMAC 20 53 KENNETH R. ORTON ' Payson 205R ll(S"(iM(Dk 150 North University Ave. Provo Phone TR 3-67- 15 ; " |