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Show Band Concert Held In Park Last Sunday The downpour of last Sunday failed to cancel the band concert scheduled for 8:30p.m. inMem-ori- al Park, and the concert was played as planned. The audience increased as the program progressed until a rather large group was on hand for the final number. A new feature in the concerts is to begin this year, with the audience invited to join inSing-A-Lonumbers A few such are It's Fiesta Time ng In Spanish Fork to be Its Fiesta Payson Crazy Daze were an outstanding sue-ceas denoted by these pictures snapped by Photographer Gene Worthington. ..Payson was brimming with bargain, fun, entertainment and colossal activities as everyone co ss operated to show the shopper from our area that is does pay to buyy in Payson. Special thanks to Wally Brown and Dick Nelson and all who helped in any way for a very outstanding promotion. Let's have more of same. Teacher Profile One in a series of articles published to acquaint readers with the Staff of the Nebo School District. Joel M. Johnson Our Teacher for the week is Joel M. Johnson, Physics and Chemistry Instructor at the Payson High School. He was born in Benjamin, Utah to Alma J. and the late Ruth Salin John- son. Joel received his education in the schools of Spanish Fork, the Brigham Young University and Houston University in Texas . He is married to the former Bullock and they are Jane the parents of seven children, five boys and two girls. The Johnsons lived the first years of their married life in Houston where he served as a counselor in the Houston Stake Presidency, a High Council Member and Superintendent of the Stake Sunday School. He is now serving as Superintendent of the Sunday School in the Fourth Ward. Prior to his marriage, Mr. Johnson filled a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Texas Louisanna Mission. Joel served his country in the Navy Radio Corps for two years. by Madoline Dixon The tumble-dow- n log cabin and the old adobe Greene house located on north Fifth East Street, Payson, are to be razed this week. The work is being done by city crews, the fire department and members of the Beautification Committee through their program to with unsightly areas of the community. Owner has given permission. The adobe house was featured in a Chronicle article published several months ago, do-aw- ay Mr. Johnson has taught school for 17 years, five of them in Payson. We of the Chronicle congratulate this fine couple for their accomplishments and their contributions to the making of a better community. Mr. Johnson has a profound philosophy of life. May I interpret part of it for you: We take from this life mainly our wealth of experience. The person is happy and experiences most who has learned to love God and to appreciate people and to deal honestly with them; who has wide interests in the world about him and who studies to learn more of it; who has learned to enjoy the many beautiful things of nature and the fine works that have come from the creative talents of his fellow men. NOTICE -- No Burning No Burning Ordinance will be enforced in Payson City through September. The hours The alloted for burning are morning hours until 13 a.m. Burning permits may be acquired from Sherm Loveless, Blain Wright and Dick Harmer. comparing the pioneer house with a new one found in a current magazine. They were almost identical in architectural plans. About the only difference was that the magazine house had a bathroom. At the time of publication of the article, facts concerning the origin of the place were unavailable. The present owner, M. D. Greene, of Sandy could supply us with little history of the house. However, name of the original owner was made known through Story Hour Slated For Friday Night at Library The coolest, most interesting place in Payson is the city Library. A Story Hour will be held here in the Junior Library this Friday July 21st at 2:30. It will continue every Friday until school starts. Erma S. Buys, Junior Librarian, requests that all children attending should be at the Library between 2:15 and 2:30, so the entertainment can be started on time. Our senior Librarian, Evelyn Bigler, has the following books for your use: The Secret of Santa Vittoria, Tai Pan, The Roman, Hurry Sundown, The Honey Badger, Tender Apples, A Summer Place, The Captain", Yes I Can", King of the Castle, Wanderers Eastward Wanderers Westward, Other Peoples Money. At the present time both L- ibrarians are taking a course in Library Science. This will enable them to better serve you. They invite you to use the many books and reference materials at your disposal. Library hours are: Junior: 3 to 6, Senior: 3 to 6 and 7 to 9. PARADES The mammoth parade will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m. The parade route will begin on Main Street from 7th North to 3rd South. (NO PARKING WILL BE ALLOWED FROM 7th NORTH TO 9th NORTH BECAUSE OF INTERFERENCE WITH ROUTING FREEWAY RE- TRAF- FIC.) Entries will assemble on 7th North between Main Street and 3rd West. There will be more than 100 parade entries. The parking of cars will be prohibited on both sides of the street from Main Street to First South. There will be some park benches provided. Citizens are invited to bring their patio chairs if desired. The miniature Parade will be held Saturday at 6 p.m. The line of march will be from the Park School down Center st.e Continued out next Sunday, with Sing-Alo- a chance remark, So theyre going to tear down my fathers old home! made to this writer who then found the following information in a pioneer history within her own home: Henry Erastus Stanley Gardner secured a lot on the bench east of Payson and built a log house and moved his family into it. A son, Elias, is known to have been born in the cabin in Anthem. Rayden Madson and Jim are conductors of the Band. Bra-g- ue Pay-s- on 1870. After a year or so (present owner, Mr. Greene says seven) Mr. Gardner built a large adobe house and they moved into this comfortable home, using the log cabin for a granery. Henry took a second wife in polygamy and the house was divided for the two families. About 1882 the home was sold to Than Greene and later his daughter, Mrs. Mamie Barney and her large family lived there for sometime. Their hospitality and the many lovely parties given in the home are still remembered by many. Later the place was rented to various people, but now for some ten years the house has stood vacant, becoming more with each desolate and run-dopassing year. to the old So its good-by- e of light memories with its place foot-steover the thresh-hol- d, the fire in the grate and the light, airy bedrooms upstairs with their high bedsteads and feather ticks. If the place had only had modern plumbing some-on- e along the line might have saved it. Loafer Mountain Herefords of Payson Utah recently completed the sale of one registered Polled Hereford bull to Don B. Perry of Springville, Utah and one registered Polled Hereford female to Ken Christensen and Sons of Salem, Utah. Four Young Men Attending Conservation Youth Camp son, a supervisor of Nebo SCD will go with the boys and stay a couple of days to act as an advisor and assist the program directors. The boys were selected through the Nebo SCD and FFA Chapters. The sponsors of these boys this year are: The Bank of Spanish Fork, Nebo Soil Conservation District, Kiwanis Club of Spanish Fork, andNewland Hansen of Benjamin. Each boy pays $5.00 of the $25.00 registration fee and also helps pay his transportation to and from the Camp. The boys will be expected to make reports to FFA Chapters, H Clubs and any of their spon- 4-- ftiexc&cLnt One in a series to acquaint readers with business people on Payson's Main Street 5U 13 sors if called upon. year were at Stewart Schaerrer farm, Payson. A na- tive pasture of Glenn Bowen, Spanish Fork; Garland Swenson, Spanish Fork and Raid Hansen, Ed Thomas, Wallace Sorensen and Marion Sorensen of Palmyra. The Soil Conservation Service and Extension Service, assisted the district in outlining and planning the tour. Appreciation is expressed for their assistance. Installed at Ball Park Council. The materials for the automatic system are to be pur- chased where best price can be obtained and city employees will make installation. Heads are to be supplied by a Provo firm. Estimated cost of the sprinkling system is $8,700. Two citizens have shown interest is operating the Turf Club and Our Merchant of the Week is a friendly personality who is well known along Paysons Main Street. He is Sterling er Bus Spencer, of Spencers Home Furnishings and Spencers Sheet Metal Company. He is the son of Martha Ella Spencer and the late owner-manag- Pay-so- n School and did some extension work from the Brigham Young University. He is married to the former Maxine Stark of Payson and they are the parents of four living children: Mrs. Leon (Claudine) Benson of Payson; Stanley J. and Blaine, family men of Payson and Mar -cene, a senior at Payson High. Mr. Spencer served for four years in the Bishopric of the West Ward. He has been Sunday School Superintendent there and has been president of the 8th Quorum of Elders. He is at the present time a member of the High Council of the Nebo Stake. He has been a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Sterling Spencer has served Payson in the field of business for 25 years. In closing the interview with this ambitious man, he expressed himself as follows : I want to appreciate others in their likes and dislikes and I want to do an honest days work for a days pay and I expect others to do the same. inquirers, Lester Greenhalgh and Joe Wilcock, have been asked to submit a written statement of intent showing type of business they plan to operate. A license will be granted after due consideration of the council. Payson City officials plan to now purchase a power lineWater owned by Strawberry Users Association that runs from Sixth South street to the on the city present shops lot at 500 East on First North Street. Approximate cost is $2400. Plans for the proposed sewage disposal plant are being forwarded to the Federal Water Polution Control Agency for approval. After this approval is received the city will advertise for bids for construction of the plant and additional collection lines. Funds were assured last December through a bond election approved by local citizens. sub-stati- on Robbery in Payson The home of Mrs. Tessie about 83 East Fourth Payson, was stripped of antique furnishings and other articles in a robbery that took place some time last week. Mrs. Drissell is currently residing at the Wignall Home east of Payson. The house has been closed with shades drawn for more than a year. Taken in the robbery were a Drissell, North, Continued on Society Page blem, according to Dennis Dixon, chairman, working in cooperation with the Payson beautification Committee, headed by Ray Angus. Mr. Dixon requests anyone willing to work to contact him or put in an appearance at the pond at times yet to be determined. Wilford Ellsworth is working as volunteer supervisor and with help of others has been bringing the level up to grade. The city crews have hauled fine gravel for the bottom of the pond, which will be covered with cement. An overflow and drain in the pipe will be north end. Boy Scouts have hauled cobble stones, under direction of Keith Holman, and the stones are ready for lining the wail of the pond. The old cobblestone wall will be left as it is, and the new wall will follow ihe contour of the old one. A city truck and installed truck Mr. Holmans pick-u- p were used to haul the rocks from a site west of Santaquin. Mr. Ho' man said they can haul additional rocks, if needed, as fast as they can be laid in the wall. Cement is tentatively scheduled to be poured Saturday, July 22. Alvie Thorvaldsen has to supply the ready-mix- ed cement a. a nominal price,. The rock wall will be placed after the cement has set. Later, evergreens and ground cover will be planted according to plans sketched by Dr. Ernest Reimschussel, landscape architect from Brigham Young University. Meanwhile, more funds are needed in the account at First Security Bank. A letter with check enclosed from Louis Schley, San Francisco, Calif., expressed his memories of the pond and his hope that the campaign for its restoration is Travelogue Scheduled A senior citizens travelogue is scheduled for Friday, July 21, at 2 p.m. in the Senior Citizens Center on West Utah Ave- nue. All persons 50 years of age or over are invited to attend. The motion picture on various places in the world is shown by a county agent who also takes these films toother such groups in Utah County commmities. Mrs. Cleo Wignall, volunteer worker, says another travelogue is planned for Aug. 4, same time, same place. Tischner Ford Sales Achieves Award The Nebo Soil Conservation District conducted its annual pasture management tour Friday, July 14th. Some excellent work is being done by a few farmers with their pastures. A few of the pastures observed this New Sprinklers To Be Installation of a sprinkling system in the newly acquired ball park will begin soon, according to plans made at a recent meeting of Payson City High Attending the Soil Conservation Youth Camp at Utah State University were, I to r: Bernell Anderson, Benjamin (Advisor) Theron Hanson, Benjamin, Arlynn Talbot, Benjamin; Daniel Taylor, Genola and Craig Lundell, Payson. Four young men from the Soil Conservation District are attending a Conservation Youth Camp at Utah State University at Logan. The conservation camp is an annual function being under the direction of the Utah State Association of Soil Conservation Districts and the Extension Service. The purpose of the camp is to give classroom and field training to boys with leadership potential in at least five areas of conservation, Range, Wildlife, Forestry, Soil and Water. The training started Monday, July 17th and will end Friday noon July 21st. Bernell Ander- Actual work has begun on restoration of the pond in Memorial Park and the project is expected to progress through the coming days. Need for men with shovels or skilled in cement work or masonry is the immediate pro- - TKect yam Henry Spencer. Bus is a graduate of the Herefords Sold on Legal Page Nebo estoratbn Bond ng Shop At Home And Save Time and Money ps One of "Ten Most Wanted" Properties slated for demolition by Payson Beautification Committee. Log cabin, once considered for removal and restoration by an individual has deterioted too far to be used. Adobe house was once one of the better homes in Payson. A few others of same general style, but well preserved, may be seen throughout the community. time in Spanish Fork. Palmyra Stake, under the supervision of President J. Austin Cope Jr, Spanish Fork Stake and the Diamond Fork Riding Club have combined their efforts to bring about a most outstanding holiday for the citizens of this area. Ed A. Thomas has been chosen as chairman of the General Committee with J. Reed Hansen and Dr. Preston G. Hughes assisting him. They have selected as a theme'City of Progress. Duane Hutchings is acting as publicity chairman. Tom Beck-stro- m will represent the activities of the Riding Club. Allen Evans is parade chairman. The three day celebration will be observed from Saturday July 22 to Monday, July 24. tried others rehearsed by the band for future use. Any experienced musician is invited to join the band. Rehearsals are Fridays at 8:30 p.m., rather than Wednesdays as previously announced. Players this year include a number from Payson and from out of town who have been with the band for several years, as well as members of local school bands. The program for next Sunday will begin with the familiar Memorial Park composed by the late Melvin Done. This has been an opener for the concert for many years. Published in Eureka, the number is available only to the Payson Band. numbers will include 'Teddy - Bears Picnic, This is my Country and On The Mall, which invites whistling and humming in various places. Other numbers programmed are Washington Post, National Emblem, King Cotton, Emblem of Honor and the River Kwai marches, also Highlights from Jumbo, How to Succeed in Business, San Francisco, Music in the Park and the National Woirlk Begams On We would like to see more people go on these tours; says Marion Sorensen, chairman of Nebo SCD. A lot of good pastures were seen. Ray Anderson of the Soil Conservation says, We are always encouraging farmers to break their pastures out in smaller units of grazing. We find the best pastures are those that graze off fast and allowed to regrow. To get maximum production we need to pay more attention to smaller units of grazing fertilizers and irrigation water frequency. Tischner Ford Sales and Service of Santaquin has been selected as one of the nations outstanding Ford dealerships and has received Ford Motor Companys Distinguished Award. The Distinguished Achievement Award is presented in of recognition progressive management.. modern sales and service facilities.. .sound practices..high quality standards... and continuing interest in rendering superior service to Ford owners. They were presented with a distintive plaque, an award certificate and a large showroom banner. We extend our congratulations to this fine automotive agency. Iceland Day Aug. 5 y, Iceland Day will be held at 5, Saratoga. August Everyone is welcome and urged to be at the Rainbow Terrace at 12 noon to spend the day. Bring your lunch. There will be an amateur hour at noon and everyone is welcome to participate. Games Sa'-urda- and and races will begin at 4:00 p.m. a program at 7:00 p.m. Kyle Johnson was a happy boy after winning a new bicycle as the grand prize in the Sinclair coloring contest. Offering congratulations are his mother, Mrs. Lawrence Johnson, Ogden DeWitt, owner of DeWitts Sinclair Service in Payson and Mayor Lamar Losser. This was a national contest. SCAN BEFORE YOU PLAN July 21 July 29 August 5 Senior Citizens Travelogue, Old Folks Center Swimming Program at City Pool Icelandic Day, Saratoga, 12:00 noon Friday at 2:30 Tuesday Reminder Story Hour at City library Tennis and Archery classes at Park - Get Burning Permits |