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Show Sunday, April 12, 1970 Steady Pulse o f Progress Evident in Pleasant Grove Page 16C—THE SUNDAY HERALD,Provo, Utah By CLYONE B. LOWE PLEASANT GROVE—The pulse of progress is evident in Pleasant Grove. Today Pleasant participate and has offered financial assistance to industry Two industries are presently located within the industrial Grove has an established park, Lumber Industries, Inc industrial park with two new and W. Whitney Stueck, Inc industries and plans for Other :ndustries in the city, continued harmonious growth include Bayly Mfg. Ce., Grove Among important assets Machine and Fabrication, available at Pleasant Grove are Larson's Ornamental Iron, aggressive and conscientious city government, interestea in Skyline Industries, Utah Concrete Pipe Co., and Valley Pleasant Grove was able to school shops for use this summer business centers. complete a Little League and in the Little League baseball Creek and Grove Creek girls & youth softball four-plex. season, roller skating for e..cellent city services which directly east invite Clubs such asthe Lions installed elementary and senior high hikers and picnickers, At the drinking fountains, Veterans of students at the junior high, and feature new water supplies an sewage disposal facilities which mouth of Battle Creek Canyon Foreign wars erected a flag physical fitness classes during Kiwanis Club has pole. Private citizens helped the summer time for the youth. could accomodate a city five the constructed a Community Park. build scoring booths. timesitssize. Pleasant Grove Recreation Pleasant Grove is a city of A new bridge has been and Little League organizations Plans for the coming year hosted the 32-team, five-day excellent schools, outstanding constructed across the flood trol wash, and restrooms include four sections of new ste! Utah Boys Baseball Association recreational facilities, levely homus and Itural installed. Picnic tables and bleachersbeingbuilt at the high Tournamentheld duringthe first opportunities. Residents fee! this seating are available at the is an idealcity in which to raise park, sufficie.:< to accommodate G's Service Station. Forwardlooking leaders have provided the community with economic development; A local Welding. Each of these Develcpment Corporation, non- industries adds a work force and their children. Open fields, profit, with community leaders enhances economic stavility. Two new businesses to locate bounteous orchards, foothill giving freely of their time as a touch of the directors, officers and trustees in Pleasant Grove in the last trails provide ugh Pleasant A Bank that is willing to year were a 7-1] store and Mr. ountry al Grove is in close proximity to the week in August Leading Pleasant Grove in its progressive city governmentare Mayor Jack E. Cook and five Thebuilding consists of 2 chapel city councilmen—Paul andcultural center, seating 2,200 Blackhurst, Me viv Green, in full view of the stand; 25 Walter Reimschiissel, Michael teaching stations, two bishop's A. Vicchrilli and W. Cornell offices; high council room, Haynie. Supporting them are the Timpanogos LDS Stake’s new stake center is about completed. Relief Society room plus rity staff, including lavatories, supply rooms and dolicemen, auxiliary police, custodial stations. volunteer fire department. the and 125 people. Culinary water has also been piped in for the use uf the people. -he town is in the midst of ambitious improvements and building programs. Five new building corsisting opening up homes, and a developments of subdivisons, of lots for new mobile home court are getting underway. Pleasant Grove has experienced considerable growth towards providing its citizens with a diversified year- around recreational program. With the cooperation of Little League personnel, city crews, high school personnel, civic clubs and private citizens, THE BEGINNING ofan industrial park in Pleasant Grove has attra led twoindustries and others are expected to be added inthenear future. Currently, Lumber Industrips, Ine., and W. Whitney Stuec , Inc. have facilities in the park but an relocated in otherparts ofthe city additional six industrie: and addto its economic well being Hospital, Courthouse Realization of Wasatch Dreams yms----------- i asi) il ill By EULA PRICE A primary industry in March of 1970. The cementing County is the Wasatch Mountain Wasatch County is mining. The crews will complete this project State Park. This wasoriginal: HEBER — Two dreams of Mayflower “ine operated by by January 1971. Thisis the first planned for a four-season tuany years of work and plan- Hecla Mining Company is tunnel of an approximate 38 recreational area, but this has ning were realized in 1969 in located in Wasatch County and miles of tunnel and aqueduct not been accomplished as yet, Wasatch County with the United Park City Mine has its work which will bring water however, theinitial development completion of the new Wasatch offices and mine entrance from the High Uintas into the of an 1&hole golf course and County Courthouse at a cost of localed in this county. These two Strawberry Reservoirfor use in camping andpicnic facilities are over $300,000. The building was mines pay 29 percentofthe total the populated Wasatch front now in operation. The greatest dedicated Feb, 1, 1969. counties. attractionof the golf course is its county tax collected. Anew 40-bed hospital wasalso Hecla Mine hires 215 em- Strawberry Reservoir will scenic location at the foot of the completed this year. This ployees, 75 percent of these also be enlarged to triple is mountains in Midway. beautiful new facility cost over workerslive in the Heber area present capacity to acPlansarein progressto obtain $800,000 and was dedicated May with an approximate monthly commodate the additional water additional land which will make 25, 1969. The new hospital payroll of $130,000, United Park for storage. it possible for Wasaich Countyto brought to Heber Valley City Mines hires 200 employees Jordanelle Reservoir, a part of enlarge andrebuilt the a county residents one of the most up-to- with approximately 33 percent Utah Central Project, Bon- Fair Grounds. These new date and modern small hospitals living in Wasatch County which nevilie Unit is planned for future facilities will provide better the regio ere a monthly payroll of construction six miles north of accommodations for the riding Heber City. This also will ine two new facilities have 32,500, RECREATION FACILITIES abound in for residents using the beautiful, picturesque filled a great need of the comDrilling in the 4.1 mile Water clude substantial recreational racing groups, horse shows and Pleasant Grove and this bridge has recently park. All kinds of recreation facilities and munityas well as adding to tue Hollow Tunnel near ee development in the county. rodeos who use the grounds been built across a flood control wash in programscan be found. (Herald Staff Photos Reservoir was completed in Located within Wasarch extensively. beautyof the vailey. a Park to make it more enjoyable by Clyone B. Lowe) => << em ec ec wr we wwe a Sb ab «<s Ee Sl The annual community celebration is the Wasatch County Fair. This event is alwaysheldthefirst weekend of August. Couuty residents and former residents along with manyout of town visitors look forward to this event each year, ‘The 1969 fair wasthelargestfair ever held in Wasatch County in spectators, participation and financial return. Plans are now underway for a bigger and better 1970 fair. The estimated population of Wasarch County is 5700. This provides an average work force of 2300 workers with a high of 2500 and a low of 2130 workers. Average monthly employment for 1969 was 2075 jobs with an average monthly unemployment of 185. a ie “4 | | | | LPrvrh ANNUAL GR Te “yygTRAWBERRY \ uran's DAYS * PARADES OLDEST CONTINUOUS BEAUTIFUL FLOATS, COLORFUL BANDS Celebration * CARNIVAL AND FUN FOR ALL AGES, COME ON OVER Rodeo THURS. - FRI. - SAT. JUNE 18 - 19 - 20 x RODEO QUEEN CONTEST ALVINO REY HELD MAY 30th - THE RODEO QUEEN AND HER TWO ATTENDANTS PLUS 8 FLAG BEARERS WILL APPEAR IN THE RODEO EACH NIGHT. DELICIOUS STRAWBERRIES and CREAM served in the Park right on the Midway ot Strawberry Days where all of Central Utah congregates to havefun in June. EACH STRAWBERRY DAYS EVENING Produced by D.A. “Swanny” Kirby — Featuring @ OUTSTANDING RODEO CLOWNS Larry Mckinney and Wayne Carnish. @ NATION’S BEST COWBOYS IN ACTION © ELECTRIC SCOREBOARD FOR INSTANT SCORING: © SPECIALTY ACT- Frank Strout with his Border Collies VERNON AHMAN- Rodeo Chairman THIS YEAR’S SPECIAL EVENTS! JUNE 17th, 8 P.M. <b a ae ae SS Se \ 4 i | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |