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Show Uni Microfilming Corp, Jar. Box 2 bOb Salt Lake Cit y, Utah Progress continues as "Payson changes pace' In the last meeting of the committee of the Downtown Development Counsel, charges were given to each member to' proceed with interest and enthusiasm to approach fellow members of their specific block or assigned area for ideas and suggestions as to what the Bryce Jones, representative from the City Council on the Committee, has prepared available mimeographed forms for working material to assist each committee member in making certain con- tacts. This note is to inform the townspeople that progress is continuing during an interim period of about six weeks. At the present time committee assignments have been delegated and progress is being made in pursuit of financial availabilities and avenues that must be followed to secure A the funds necessary for the project. four to six week time is necessary and allowable progress for all the legal aspects and ramifications of developing and setting up such a project. In conjunction with this and the study and arrangements being made for financial assistance in the very near future, the committee will again meet and proceed with definite specifics for definite engineering plans. Look to the future and keep alert to those things that are happening in our town. Payson is on the move and progress will be forthcoming as Payson Changes Pace. Many members of the committee as well as other townsfolks have expressed a deep and sincere enthusiasm for the attention that Payson has already received. Many folks have expressed that they have heard their friends or business associates in other parts of the state comment that it looks like Payson is really going to do things and we are proud of the things that Payson is undertaking! Jay Jolley places first in the oratory division at the Weber College Invitational Forensics Meet. Scholarship offer Contest winner Jay Jolley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Jolley, a senior at Payson High School won first place in the oratory division of the Weber College Invitational Forensics Meet. This meet is the largest of its kind held in the world, and is attended by 800 high school students from three states inclduing Idaho. Nevada and Utah. The meet which lasts for two days was held Friday, Feb. 13 and Sat. Feb. 14 on the Weber College Campus. Jay won out over 100 other orators to take first place in the highly competitive event and brought home for his school a beautiful trophy. He was coached by Mrs. Joan Christensen, Payson High Speech teacher and spoke on the subject of Legalized Aboration. Seventeen Payson High students attended the two day meet, with Brian Peterson placing in the finals in radio speaking, and debate teams; Judy Jarvis and Karen il Buys and Clark Smith and Barbara making it into the octa finals in debate and Steve Olsen and Dianne Green-halg- li placing in the quarter finals. Please be reminded or informed if you are not already knowledgeable, of the Health Careers Scholarship awarded by Payson Hospital to one graduating senior from the local high school each year. All applications must be in to the Hospital Administrator by March 15. Application blanks are available from your high school counselors. Volume Spudnutday Saturday will be Payson Junior High Band Spudnut Day to raise $1400 for band uniforms. Band students in each of the wards will be around to each home selling spudnuts. Mrs. Mercedes Bjarnson announced that there are projects in Payson and the surrounding communities working toThe gether to pay for the uniforms. Junior High band last year won the first place trophy in the music contest in the Lets support the students them Special Interest classes met last Tuesday at the where a program presented under direction of stake leaders, Mr. and Mrs. in Nebo Stake LDS Seminary building, on New Zealand was G.O. Dunford. The Dunfords School to receive award This is the second time the Taylor has It also received the been so honored. The school selection award in 1967-6- 8. is made for outstanding performance in teaching patriotism. In June a scrapbook activities was showing the years (1968-69) compiled by Marie Stevenson faculty public relations chairman and Michael Martenez, fifth grade student who did the lettering in the scrapbook. The school was then nominated by the principal Merrill Ashby and the book sent to Freedoms Foundation. The Americanism program is continuing this year and has been running strong during the patriotic month of Feb. Last week the fourth and fifth grades entered the American Legion speech contest. The contest was open to all students in the two grades. Participants prepared speeches and presented them in their rooms. A selection of six was made in each room. They presented their talks to their parents and students at Taylor on Friday for the George Washington Day The winners were: Celinda program. Spainhower, David Crump, and AlanJones all fifth graders. First, second and third place in the fourth grade went to Linda Jones, Brent York, and Kirk King. Other Miss Poppy for 1970, Connie Madson Contest plans The Annual Christensen Oratorical speaking contest will be held on Thursday morning, March 5th at 10:00 a.m. in the This contest, high school auditorium. originally the Tolhurst Oratorical, was taken over last year by the MacKay Christensen Family and each year picks the top boy and girl orator from the high school. Beautifully engraved medals are awarded to the two winners. There will be five out of town judges doing the selecting. The contest is an outstanding competition for the students in the high school who excell in public speaking and every year the interest runs high. Five boys and five girls will compete this year for the honors. The contest is under the direction of Mrs. Joan Christensen, Forensics coach at the high school. While the winners are being chosen, the chorus, under the direction of Mr. Stephen Halli-da- y will perform. The public is invited to attend. el l '& 4 vX Americanism is being stressed in the month of February by the American Legion All the schools are taking Auxiliary. part in different contests. The Primary grades have entered into the coloring contest and the winners have been selected. My American Freedoms was thetopic chosen by the fourth and fifth grade students. Three finalists have been chosen to compete at the Park View this week. Thursday at 1:00 all fourth grade winners will try out at the Park View and fifth grade students on Friday. Everyone interested is invited to attend. Other schools including the middle, junior high and senior high school are participating in the contest on of wards wore shell necklaces to greet those attending and supervised a display of native New Zealand art, arranged on several tables. Mrs. Roy Broadbent, who fulfilled an LDS Mission in New Zealand, gave a short talk on the country, afterwhich Jeff Roberts of Salt Lake City showed colored photographic slides which were snapped while serving a recent mission there. To close the evening, refreshments were served from a table decorated in native New Zealand leis, with various ward leaders assisting at the punch bowl and with other delicacies that were served. ;- Winners of the Huff Music Contest, back I to r: Garth Nelson, Sweepstakes winner and of the musical ensemble with Gordon Peterson far right. Next to Garth is Laurie Quigley quintet member, Chris Powell, quintet and Susan Greenhalgh, vocal solo. Front: Sharon Heelis, quintet, Cathy Rindls-backe- r, quintet, Raleen Johnson, piano and Bonnie Porter, quintet. Thursday, February 26, 1970 Number 9 Speech contest Contest Program given MIA Orchard Hills of Utah 84651 Araeriratiisii rortesJ rairaeirs selected tad pronraim lansaed in paying for their new uniforms. buy spudnuts Saturday. prized George Washington Medal from Freedom's Foundation at Valley Forge. L to r: Venice Sudweeks, 1st grade; Marie Stevenson, 2nd grade; Merrill Ashby, Principal; Micheal Martenez, student; Beth Huish, 3rd grade and Ned Hansen, 4th grade. Taylor School is to receive the prized Washington Medal Award from Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. - Lets Taylor School is to receive th George Uth by aiding 970 Miss Poppy Miss Connie Madson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Madson was chosen Miss Poppy for the year 1970. She was crowned at the Legion Hall tins month and takes over for Miss Lori Chappel who was last years Miss Poppy. She is a third grade student at the Park View School. She will have many activities during the year of her reign, the first being at the American Legion Auxiliary Fashion Show to be held Marcli 13, 1970 in the Park View School. She will also be on the program at the American Legions Birthday Party in March. Payson, district. Wig-na- 1 LXXXIII i On March 2, 1970, the American Legion Auxiliary is having their Americanism program. Scheduled for the night is the 4th and 5th grade winners in the Oratorical contest held in the month of February. special group from a Scout Troop in Provo will open the meeting. After the Oratorical winners a special guest from the Green Berets will be the guest speaker. He is Sgt. Howard Newmeyer from AmerA He has spent two tours in and now works full time as an instructor in Special Forces in Guerilla Warfare for the Utah National Guard. He is an outstanding speaker and anyone wishing to come to this is welcome. ican Fork. Vietnam Steve Olsen won the annual American Letion Oratorical Contest held recently at the Payson High School. Contest winner The annual American Legion Oratorical contest was held last Friday evening, Feb. 20 in the Speech theatre of the Payson High School. Steve Olsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Olsen won first Second place went to Jay Jolley place. and third was Jane Marvin. The speakers spoke to the topic of The Constitution in our everyday lives. Steve is now eligible to compete in the region contest being held Thursday at 1:00 p.m. in the little theatre at Provo High School. This is an annual oratorical contest sponsored by our American Legion post here and every year they award the top three winners from the high school worthwhile prizes. The winner of the region contest will go on to state and from there to the National finals in Washington D.C, with a chance at a $4,000.00 scholarship to the college of their choice. The judges for the event were Miss Diane Patten of Provo, Mr. Brent Hawkins of Payson, and Mrs. Anita Bradford of Spanish Fork. The contest was under the direction of Mrs. Joan Christensen, Forensics coach of Payson High. were Sidnee Lamb, Wade Lee- Anderson, Kevin Kimball and Diane Shepherd. The judging was done by students from the High School speech department. Also during the month the first, second and third grades entered the Legion Auxiliary coloring contest. Each student outlined and colored a picture of the Statue of Liberty standing with the AmerTo motivate ican flag flying proudly. this activity film strips about the statue and our American heritage were used. Pins were given to all the students who colored a picture by Mrs. Lamar Losser. The coloring will be judged later this Continued on back page participants York, Mary National FFA week February 22 to 28 Vocational agriculture students in Pay-so- n High School will join Future Farmers of America members throughout the nation in activities to focus attention on the importance of agriculture during National FFA Week, Feb. 22-2- 8. FFA...emphasis agriculture is this years FFA Week theme. The message that these young agriculturists are trying to impart to the nation. They seek to inform the public of the importance of the agricultural industry to America and to the world, the value of good citizenship development, and theroleofFutureFarm-er- s of America in helping meet the challenges in world food production that faces America today. Because of the many predictions of world hunger in the future, many people have stopped listening, said Mr. Leatham vocational agriculture teacher and FFA Now suddenly, the future is advisor. here! For the past seven years, our world has not been able to grow as much food as it has eaten. And, finally, the bottomless U.S. surpluses have melted away. Let us als9 point out, he added, that it is estimated that the world as a whole will need 50 percent more food just two decades from now. Meeting these challenges will be in the hands of young agriculturists being trained and developed in such organizations as the FFA. Socially, members of the Payson FFA Chapter plan two displays and a monthly meeting. Membership in the FFA is made up of students of vocational agriculture in high school. The organizations activities are designed to help develope rural, leader- - From top to bottom picture 1 : L to r, Laura Ewell, Kenny Money, Sherrie Jones, Diane Johnson, Bobby Carter and Ingrid Jensen. Piet 2: Alan Bufton, Rodney Thompson, Diane Barry, Karen Money, Julie Jenkins, Marc Carter, Wayde White, Lee Ann Provstgaard and Karen Dewel. Picture number 3: Arzly Losser, presents badge to the winners of the Taylor School coloring contest. Piet. 4: Brent York, Linda Jones and Mina Taylor. Piet. 5 Alan Jones, Celinda Spainhower and David Crump. ship and good citizenship and to stimulate the students to better achievement in their study and work toward successful establishment in farming and other agricultural occupations. The Payson FFA Chapter has 98 members. Officers are: President, Kenneth Shaw; Vice President, Lynn Benson; Secretary, Craig Lundell; Reporter, Randy Carter; Historian, Dale Steele; Treasurer, Jeff Loveless; Sentinal, Larry King; Parliamentarian, Bill Stansfield. The National FFA organization has ap proximately 450,000 members, with 9000 local chapters in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. The week ofGeorge Washingtons Birthday is chosen each year for the observance of National FFA week. Although, usually recognized as a Revolutionary War General and our first president, Washingtons first love was the farm. He was one of the first in the nation to practice contour planting, crop rotations, fertilization, and other soil conservation and improvement methods. 11(101 |