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Show mrnmnTrmt A HOME PAPER Printed for Home Folk Uy Home People 1b A HOME I AABJJiAAAAAAAiAAAaAAAAAAdl nsxmmztttzmm Volume KEY A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE OF LOCAL AFFAIRS Three Number Three PROVO APPOINTS MEN DEPENDABLE AWAITS PUBLISHED AT PltOVO, INDEPENDENT UTAH F RIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1939 FUN PEACH GROWERS KIDDIES URGED TO CHECK CHRISTMAS FOR PUNT POWER At the Wednesday meeting of Provo commlMionen three key men were chosen who will help operate Provo's municipal power plant. These men were all re- will be 30 more men appointed for various positions on the plant, all of which will be chosen from Provo city applicants. In addition there will ' bo a Provo Utility board appointed, hiring, firing and to see that these des of the municipal electric department. The mayor has tentatively recommended for the board J. Hamilton Calder, Dr. Vasco M. Tanner and Clarence Harmon. This board is to supervise all hiring, frilng and to see that these appointments are being kept clean of politics. ORCHARDS NOW The eleventh anniversary of Wyman Berg's big Christmas party will he held this Saturday at Provo high school, beginning at 2 p. m. and its to be the "biggest ever" according to Mr. Berg. The children of the fourth, fifth and alxth grades of Provo schools are looking forward to this year's party with a great deal of delight. The program will be divided into two parts. The preliminary program In the high school auditorium, under the direction of commended by R. C. Adams, manager, of utilities. Roy W. Brown, of Schuyler, chief enNeb., was appointed gineer, and G. E. Gabby, Des Moines, Iowa, received the apenpointment as distribution gineer. Mr. Brown's salary was fixed at 1200 per month and Mr. Gabby is to receive 1250 per Miss Dorothy month. Browns appointment to be effective Jan. 1, 1940 and Gabby to start March 1st. Terry J. Oldroyd, bishop of the 81xth L. D. S. ward, former Provo city treasurer and now accountant at Naylor Auto Co., was named office manager, effective Jan. 1 at a salary of 175 per month. There were many applicants for these positions but Manager Adams, in making his recommendations, said he considered these men the best qualified for these He has personally positions. known Mr. Brown and Mr. Gabby and vouches for their ability and integrity. Mr. Brown at present is Chief engineer at the department of utilities at Schuyler. Mr. Gabby at present is employed with the Elertrclal Engineering and Construction company in building and erecting electric plants. The mayor states that there Richmond. Under the direction of the bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine and iu cooperation with tha County Agent'! office, the Federal Government offera an opportunity for peach growen to dean up nil useless or neglected peach tree without coat to the grower. In view of the recent discovery of Mosaic disease in Utnh County, which la one of tha moat destructive diseases known in tha peach industry, and tha discovery the past summer of a new diaeaae In three oreherde in the county, equally as destructive or more so then the Mosaic, peach growers can do nothing better than see to it that no peach trees that are not well cared for arc permitted to stand on their own property or In their neighborhood. Since there ie no cost to the grower, end eiaee an excellent Job of removing trees and trimming them np ie dona under this project, there ahonld be not n single neglected peach tree in Utah County neat summer, according to Clarence Dl Ashton, Assistant County Agent. Interested growers should report to the Agricultural office In Provo, or after 5:00 p. m. teleMr. Robert Annand at phone Phone 20 6 R at Provo, who repre sents the Federal Government and has direct charge of the tree polling work. A 20 minute program of will be directed by Eugene Faux, student body president of Provo high. Following the auditorium program dancing and games will take place in the gymnasium, supervised by Miss Richmond and the Qul Viva girls. Mr. Berg anticipates more than a thousand children to participate. Ob, yes! Santa will also make his appearance, and will distribute goodies, etc. I Write In Anguish Proves Popular Xmas Seller That the citizens of our community are Interested in the welfare of our "Neighbors across the sea has been proven the past month due to the heavy demand at our locul book and drug stores for the book I Write in Anguish written and produced by Almo B. Simmons, treasurer of Provo city. This book contains the records and correspondence between members of Mr. 8immons family and a Czech boy, up to and at the time of Germany's entrance into this boy's homeland, Czechoslovakia, and of their desire of having this boy imigrste to this It Is a very interesting country. narrative, and holds interest from cover to cover. Adult Classes Closed for Holidays " All WPA Adult Education claaaea will be closed until after the holidays. Registration for new classes are scheduled for Thursday, January 4 th, RUTH MITCHELL New Fireman Appointed by Commissioners Seventh Day Adventist m' Vineyards New $40,000 Chapel Sabbath School 9:45. Subject for Bible study: "Blessings Upon fa Condition of Obedient Seed From this day will I bless thee. Hoggai 2:19. In thia Christmas Time, when we find joy in giving to one another, should we not find joy in giving, first, ourselves anew to the Lord, then our means aa God fl mwi Thought." J I set-ba- And-reas- - V j ' m ! ' PRESIDENT t"t WP&V' WA-- .7 has prospered us. Sermon at 11 o'clock: does God expect of Ms i&i evening at 9:20 over of Christs Signs Second Coming." Signs foretold of Christ's first coming, why not His second coming? r Sunday W-- 1 fT-- We that we are being bombed with nothing worse than propaganda. That our people are schooled to endure without resorting to violence. That we are still living in one of the few countries where political and religious tolerance are realities. know ft ft Provo is now in the midst of its greatest era of progress. As the end of 1939 approaches we are certain that 1940 will also be a great year for us in Utah Valley. . MARK ANDERSON Mayor ft KMWS3SIOStSS!S!S?OSSSOSJS3CT f rid' V CHURCH Christmas Services will be held at tho Community Church, 2nd North and University Ava. at 11 4.30 P. M., Bunday, j A. M. and I December 24th. Church school I will be held aa usual at 9:45 A. M. j The theme of the morning Church service will be Why Jeeus Came" I The choir will sing a special anthem and Mrs, Leon Miller will ; sing a solo at this service. Sunday evening at 6:20 the annual Church School service and entertainment will be held. A three-ac- t play The Coming of the Star" will he put on under the direction of Mre. Howard 01- - f H' fl .v.?r. 4tt m s fm V- 1 f0im . ? sc; ;'A:- - V' ' . i'V; V" ' HEBER J. GRANT bishopric went forward with the plans. Cloulde M. Stona replaced Bishop Hebertson as chairman of the Building committee, and Victor M. Anderson became the '' Christian? are thankful to be living in a great valley S in the midst of vast natural resources. COMMUNITY We are thankful to be a part of a great nation fa that is at peace with the world. Its assuring to ft Will Dedicate Chapel when the Sharon stake j came aware of the urgent need, was organised late in 1929 for I that by 1924 Bishop Anderson, the etake presidency immediately I wKh his counselors, James T, requested that all wards forego Blake, and Joseph A. Murdock, any building program in order and the ward clerk, Axel F. After Forty Years iB the official title of a special that ward support might be given actually set up a ward booklet distributed this week commemorating the Vineyard toward the construction of a stake budget and an assessment Hat and administration providing for (26,000 for a new wards struggles to attain its present status spiritually and seminary building. The stake organisation building, 50 per cent of which was economically, which has been culminated by the erection of also took Bishop Samuel H. Blake to be raised by the ward members, and an additional 12 per its fine Aew 340,000 chapel, which will be dedicated Sunday of Vineyard as a member of its cent was to be levied later to presidency. by President Heber J Grant of the L. D. S. church. But the stake plane did not meet the coats of furnishings. lng to Bishop Thorlt C. Hebertson stop Vineyard's need for a more Committees were next organiswho will direct the program for sd equate building, at least so ed for the collection of funds, end Sunday's memorial exercises. thought Bishop Victor M. Ander- the construction of the building. Early in 1929 the first definite son who succeeded President Then came another change: the sfcpa were taken by dlacuaslng Blake as bishop of Vineyard. Bishopric was Jan. well put many hundreda of hours j their problem with the Church Planning and scheming, hoping 6, 1935, but asreorganises, everyone proved of labor into its erection, accord-- 1 architect, but ward plans received 'and working, the people also be willing to carry on, the new a President Grant to Offer Prayer; 40 Years of Ward History Reviewed Dean B. Muhlesteln, who has served Provo City as temporary fireman since July 1 of this year, received his permanent appointment as City fireman by the Provo City Commissioners, effective as of December 14th. Mr. Muhlesteln is a native .Provo cllixen, 26 years of age, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Muhleatein of this city. He received his scholastic education in Provo city schools, graduating from the Provo high school. feptittIJH: New Chapel To Be Dedicated Next Sunday, Vineyards I fj- - PLANT t 'RfJ ? if Here stand Vineyard's new chapel, complete ly finished, and elaborately furnished, fully adequate to the Community needs of this thriving ward. It seats 1X4 persona in tha main chapel, but has an overflow capacity of 250 additional persons, making a total of 434 members who can ba accommodated at one meeting. Its spacious Recreational hail covers 44 by 00 feet, exclusive of the stage, and the total building baa a floor. space of 12,281 square feet, the actual cost being (27.44T.il nr s construction coat of (2.41 per square foot of floor spare. Here la one of the finest structures of Its kind In the Church today for such a small community of about 120 families, erected at an exceptionally low cost. The ward members themselves rontrlbnted (14.978. Ill In rash, labor and materials. The landscaping was done by the Forestry boys under the direction of Joe. If. Clegg, their club leader. (They also purchased the shrnbhery. chairman of the Finance committee. Elmer T. Holdaway was celled to the bishopric, and James T. Bisks became a member of the Finance committee, with Joaeph A. Murdock as treasurer. continued with Negotiations the Preeidlug Bishops offioe, so that by September, 1135, they directed Cannon and Fetaer, architects, to make the preliminary survey of grounds and building, j resulting finally In the decision to rase the old building and erect an entirely new chapel. Now that It is finished and tho funds are all In, Vineyard may be justly proud of their achievement. Rooms are provided for all needs. On the same floor aa the Rerreatlon hall la the Bishop's room, the Relief Society room, n ladles' rest room, and two stairways leading to the basement. There one finds the large banquet hall, ten elasa rooms, a storage room, a lovely kitchen, and a men's rest room. 7 |