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Show "Pleasant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City inJtah County" VOL LXIV, No. 35 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 84062, THURSDAY, AUGUST p., 1968 SINGLE COPY 10c Sfta Sepi 1 Is UiH)c3ii Fair Lae LINDON Harvest time is drawing nigh and so is the event where the people can exhibit their season's talents. It's Lindon Community Fair, the "Biggest Little Fair," and everyone is encouraged and invited to bring those choice flowers, vegetables, needle- - craft, baked items and hobbies and display them. Maybe you can even take home a ribbon. Chairman Keith Grames and the fair committee comment that the fair has grown from year to year and it will be the best yet. The Fair will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7. Many first-ru- n items are on the agenda for this year, such as a zoo, milking contests, a greased pig catching, pie eat-ing, races, football, and much much more. Come prepared, Mr. Grames says, and let's have an enjoyable time. Starting the day will be the Lions Club breakfast, chuck wagon style, and it will run from 6 to 9 a.m. Prices are set to fit everyone's pocket-boo- $1.00 for adults and chil-dren under 12 only 75 cents. Starting at 10 a.m. and re-peating at 6 p.m. will be the miniature parade. Chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Smith have promised a bigger and brighter parade. Leading the way will be fair royalty, and they will be .selected tonight, Thursday, at the Lindon Ward church. Starting at 12 noon, four football games will be played by Little League teams from Lehi, Alpine, American Fork, Pleasant Grove and Lindon. These games are being spon-sored by the Pleasant Grove Jaycees. To all who have an interest in horses and horsemanship, a free championship horse show will take place, starting at 8 a.m. and continuing throughout the day. At the contusion of the horse show, the Jr. Riding Club will present a greased pig chase for the young at heart. Lindon Council Dicusses Several Items of Interest The Lindon City Council meeting, held recently, had several items of interest plac-ed before the group for dis-cussion. A rundown was given of the Lindon Community Fair, "the Biggest Little Fair in Utah," by Councilman Nyle Harris. This year an added attraction of a Zoo has been arranged. The horse show is reported to be bigger, a chuck wagon breakfast, sponsored by the Lions Club is scheduled for the early morning huors, and var-ious contests have been outlin-ed to keep youngsters busy during the day. The Jr. Riding Club will have a show in the evening. Little League Foot-ball will also be played all afternoon, stalling at 12 noon. Date for the Fair is Saturday, September 7. A flag pole will be erected by the Pleasant Grove Jaycees also as one of the features of the fair. This will be done at a sunrise service Saturday morning. The flagpole is sixty feet high, with a five foot base on which a plaque is mounted wtih the names of servicemen who have lost their lives in the service of their country. Councilman Lon Hooley re-ported that the surfacing on (Continued on page 3) JSZj LYNN R. WEBB Will teach at Seminary Lynn R. Webb New Seminary Teacher in P. G. According to an announce-ment by William E. Berrett, administrator of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, Lynn R. Webb has been appointed as a new teacher at the Pleas-ant Grove Seminary for the coming year. Mr. Webb was born and rais-ed in Lehi, and received both his B.S. and M.S. degree from Brigham Young University. He fulfilled a mission in the Netherlands from 1929-3- 1 and has twice served as a counsel-or in the bishopric and has been a high councilman for nine years. Mr. Webb has taught in var-ious seminaries since 1936 and was teaching at Provo before coming here. He married the former Nor-ma Cranney of Afton, Wyom-ing. They are the parents of three children, Randy, David and Brent. ' J . I , f 1 - . - I h') I , S gamma L -r?- r-'v--r i'w -- - I'M' --I' n laliii w lAKI hr vit7il$m t . anr Ui tiA I ;rKm- - - NEW LDS CENTER Architect's drawing shows new Stake Center and Second-Fourt- h Ward facility which will be started next spring. The new building will help ease the shortage W5 of stake faculties, as well as give the Second and Fourth Wards a modern meeting house. All LDS members in the stake will be called upon to assist in the building project. New Timpanogos Stake Center and 2nd-4t-h Ward Facilities to be Built air conditioned. Included will be a chapel and cultural hall with a combined capacity of 2,300. The cultural hall will be large enough for a full-siz- e basketbal court with shower rooms in connection. There will also be 23 class rooms, two bishop's offices, one stake presidency office, one high council room, two Relief Society rooms, a kit-chen, a baptismal font and nu-merous storage closets. According to present plans, the Second-Fourt- h Plans are complete and au-thorization by LDS General Authorities given for a new Timpanogos Stake Center and housing facilities for the Sec-ond and Fourth Wards. Ground breaking for the new, modern religious and cultural edifice is expected to begin early in May, 1969. The new center will be locat-ed on a five-acr- e plot of ground north of the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery and between the Canyon Road (First East) and First West. According to Bishop Lloyd Walker of the Pleasant Grove Second Ward, the estimated cost of the multi-purpos- e cen-ter is $500,000 with the LDS Church contributing 70 per cent or $350,000. The remaining $150,000 will be prorated among members of the Second and Fourth Wards and other mem-bers of Timpanogos Stake. Bishop Walker said that the new facility will be completely Ward center will be disposed of either by sale or demolition, after the new Stake Center is ready for use. In a statement to the Re-view Wednesday, Stake Presi-dent Boyd Fugal expressed the following thoughts regarding the new center. "Expanding the Pleasant Grove Second and Fourth Ward building plans to accom-odate stake functions is an op-portunity for the entire com-munity to cooperate in erect-ing this beautiful edifice for the purpose of providing more ade-quate facilities for the Lord's work to go forth in this area. "Anticipating the division of Timpanogos Stake in the not too distant future, this building will house the new adminis-tration offices. Both stakes will . use the new and old buildings. For instance, all stake confer-ences will be conducted in the new building, where over 2,000 can be comfortably seated in full view of the rostrum. Stake Gold and Green Balls could be held at the old Stake Center, and other Stake MIA activities, such as basketball tournaments could use the new recreation hall." "All in all the total church program will be enhanced thru the use of this new building. Surely every member of the church in Timpanogos Stake will desire to share in the blessings that come from par-ticipating in such a worthy project. w ...'. i SGT. DAVID N. RASMUSSEN Killed in Vietnam Lindon Boy Killed In Action in Vietnam Conflict LINDON Sgt. David Nilson Rasmussen, 19, son of Mrs. Don B. Walker of Lindon and the late James Lynn Rasmus-sen- , was killed in action in Vietnam on Aug. 23. Sgt. Rasmussen was a para-trooper serving with the 25th Infantry Division. He had completed training at Fort Lewis, Fort Gordon and Fort Benning. He enlisted in the Army on Aug. 16, 1967 and had been overseas since July 26, 1968. David was born in Salt Lake City on May 28, 1949 and at-tended schools in Salt Lake City before graduating from Pleas-ant Grove High School in May of 1967. He was an active mem-ber of the LDS Church and a member of the Order of the Arrow in scouting. Surviving are his mother of Lindon, a brother, Daryl N. Rasmussen, San Jose, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Ray (Joann) Hofhine, Salt Lake City! Mrs. Rex N. (Karen) Averett, Pro-vo, and Miss Susan Rasmussen of Lindon. Also surviving are grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Rasmussen of Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be an-nounced at a later date by the Olpin Family Mortuary of Pleasant Grove. Citizens for a Better Utah Will Meet Friday at Jr. High A meeting of the Citizens for a Better Utah" will be held Friday, Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Pleasant Grove High School. All voting district coordin-ators and block captains are expected to attend this special training meeting. Wesley Jense New Chairman For Utah Water Pollution Board ! I I ' : 0, L.. x Wesley Jense, manag-er of the Utah Valley plants of Utah Packers, Inc., food processors, was elected chairman of the Utah State Water Pollution Board at a meeting held in the State Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Aug. 21. Mr. Jense, a member of the board for the past six years, had been act-ing chairman for the past six months. He re-places the late Dr. V. L. Larsen, Vernal, as the chairman. Named as vice chair-man of the board was Prof. Grant K. Bork of the department of civil engineering at Univer-sity of Utah. A new member, re-cently appointed by Gov. Calvin Rampton, is Charles M. Shumway. Mr. Jense said that the chief functions of the board are studies to help eliminate indus- - WESLEY K. JENSE Water Pollution Board Chairman trial wastes, canyon stream pollution by tourists and recre-ationist- s, faulty sewer disposal systems, cesspolls where sewer systems are absent and other major and minor water pollu-tion sources. He stated that an important function of the board is to approve prospective sewer disposal systems. fElTLECREEK C.: "If Geneva Steel Plant should fold up, Utah Valley would become the most desol-ate and pitiful economic grave-yard possible to imagine," said an old-tim- e resident of Pleas-ant Grove recently. And he went on to say that such a calamity is easily within the realm of probability. Geneva Steel occupies an unique position, economically. Situated relatively on the fringe of the Great American Desert, the nearest market of any rea-sonable size, is at least 750 miles away. And that means shipping the plant's manufac-tured products by rail. Believe it or not, that puts one strike on the huge Utah County plant before it has pro-duced a pound of plates, strips or shapes. The second strike comes via the fact that most of Geneva's products must of necessity, be sold on the Pacific Coast in competition with steel deliver-ed by boat from Japan. The Japanese are small peo-ple, also industrious and smart Starting after the destructive holacausts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they have become the second largest industrial nation in the world. They ship their iron ore and most of their hydrocarbon fuels from abroad. They turn the raw materials into high grade steel, ship it to our west coast and then sell it at prices below those of the American made products. Of course all their shipping is done in vessels of their own manufacture and by water freight, which is the cheapest method of transportation pres-ently known. The imported products must be good, since foreign steel sales in the USA have increas-ed from 1,000,000 tons in 1957 to 11,000,000 tons in 1967. So said Jerry Forsberg, Geneva Steel representative, as a re-cent guest speaker before the American Fork Rotary Club. So, with two strikes already called, the folks at Geneva, both management and labor, have their work cut out for them. To strike out would be disastrous, not only for the 7,500 workers currently em-ployed, but for their depend-ents and the numerous em-ployees and families of the ser-vice facilities and small in-dustries dependent on the Gen-eva payroll. Mr. Forsberg estimated that the grand total of Utah people dependent on Geneva Steel either directly or indirectly, could be 100,000. To me, this seems to be a little high, but at any rate, the number would be significant for a naturally area. With just one strike left, people at Geneva still have a fighting chance. They can hang together and produce the maxi-mum tons of high grade prod-uct with the minimum of cost. Waste by inefficiency or care-lessness has no place in the operations. Of course, "Big Labor" and "Big Steel" should equally bear the brunt of responsibil-ity for the senseless spiraling of prices, which has made im-portation of foreign steel prof-itable. But that's all water un-der the bridge now. Judging the future by the past, there is apt to be no turning back. Such being the case, it be-hooves everyone who benefits from Geneva Steel and their uncles, aunts and cousins, to bring pressure to bear where it will do the most good. The bill currently before Congress, which will limit the amount of imported steel, should be passed at once. So long 'eil Thursday. Registration for Fall Adult High School Set for Tuesday, Sept. 3 Registration for the fall term of the Adult High School of Alpine School District will be held Tuesday, September 3, at 7:00 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove High School, room 11. Classes in English, American Problems, Practical Mathe-matics, General Science, Read-ing Improvement and Type-writing will be offered. Other classes will be organized if there is a sufficient number of interested students. The fall term will run from September 3, 1968 to January 13, 1969. One-ha- lf unit of credit will be given for each course suc-cessfully completed during the first semester. Registration fee for each one-ha- lf unit of credit for adults twenty-tw- o years of age and older will be $10.00. Those twenty-on- e years of age and younger may register for all classes for a total of $10.00. Textbooks and other supplies needed for the classes must be furnished by the student. Students new to the Adult High School are urged to bring a transcript of previously earned credit with them at the time of registration. Adults desiring additional informration concerning regis-tration should make inquiries at the Alpine School District Aolministrative Office or con-tact a member of the commit-tee for the Adult High School, which is composed of Leeman Bennett, Director of Person-nel; and Ellen W. Brown, Dir-ector of Adult Education. Agricultural and Industrial Trade Conference Slated Governor Calvin L. Ramp-ton today announced that prep-arations have been completed for an Agricultural and Indus-trial Foreign Trade Conference on Oct. 9, 1968 at the Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City. The purpose of this confer-ence is to explore potentials for expansion of markets for Utah agricultural and industrial pro-ducts in foreign countries. "My interest and efforts in bringing new industries into our state has not overshadow-ed my concern for the need to expand our agricultural and in-dustrial resources, since ex-pansion of new markets for Utah products is essential for agricultural growth in our state," said Governor Rampton The Governor recently atten-ded an Agricultural Trade Fair in Japan as guest of Orville L. Freeman, secretary of agri-culture. This tour exposed the Governor to the potential that exists for expansion of foreign markets for Utah products, and of the efforts other states are making to sell their products in foreign markets. The State Department of Agriculture and the Industrial Promotion Commission are co-operating in the conference, which will include nationally recognized experts in the field of foreign trade. Mae Wright New Officer for Utah Hairdressers Assn. Mae Wright, local hairdress-er, was elected to the office of Financial Secretary for the Utah Hairdressers and Cosmo-tologis- ts Association for the coming year. Mrs. Wright served as sen-ior delegate for Affiliate No. 1, North Utah County, at the re-cent State Delegate Conven-tion held in Salt Lake City. Other delegates and mem-bers in attendance from Affi-liate No. 1 were Jo Zimmer-man Lehi; Rosa Lee Madsen, Jan Wentz, Orem; Erma Soi-ens- en, Connie Williamson and Julie Smith, from American Fork. Connie Williamson competed in the contests, receiving first place in hair coloring and third in both permanent waving and cutting. New Type of Art Exhibit at A.F. City Hall Gallery Sunday, September 1 marks the opening of an entirely new type of exhibit for this area. An International art show sponsored by the American Fork Art Board will open at 3 p.m. with a reception until 6 p.m. in the City Hall, 31 North Church, where all inter-ested people are invited to come and meet the office (Continued on page 3) |