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Show "Peasanf Grove, fhe Mosf Beautifully Situated City in Utah County" VOL LXIV, No. 8 PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW 84062, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1968 SINGLE COPY 10c La! t ' I FFA OFFICERS In charge of banquet on Thursday evening were FFA officers (clock-wise from left) Joe Seely, historian; Val War-nic-vice president; Joel Adams, treasurer; Brent Halladay, Kent Wadley and Eddie Ad-ams, Doug Olsen, reporter, Steve Pollmann, sentinel and seated, center, Dean Blackhurst, president of the local FFA club. FFA Annual Banquet Planned for Thursday Evening at Pleasant Grove High School Officers of the Pleasant Grove Chapter of Future Far-mers of America are busy put-ting final touches on the plan-ned activities to begin at 6 p.m. tonight at the high school. Ad- - viser Orlo Larsen and chapter officers have worked hard in the preparation of tonight's op-en house in the high school shop which will be followed by a banquet and program. The program will be among the best in the chapter's history according to officers. The banquet will also fea-ture awards to chapter mem-bers who have done outstand-ing work in the club, and oth-er awards will be made from local businesses to FFA mem-bers. Mr. Larsen said that training agriculturists is the business of vocational agricultural classes in high schools throughout the state and nation. The FFA pro-gram, a part of vocational agri-culture education, gives Future Farmers an opportunity to ac-quire abilities, develop skills of leadership, and appropriate at-titudes of citizenship and coop-eration. Pfc. Earnest W. Fowlke Dies Monday in Vietnam Hospital Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Fowlke of Lindon received word Tues-day morning that their son, Pfc Earnest W. Fowlke, was in critical condition in a hospital in Vietnam. The information came in a telegram from the War Department, Washington, D.C. Later in the day, Tuesday, two uniformed servicemen from Salt Lake City visited the Fowlke home and advised fam-ily members that Earnest had passed away Feb. 19 from ser-ious wounds received recently in combat. Earnest W. Folke, 20, was born Oct. 9, 1947 in Am. Fork, to D. H. and Pearl Jolley Fowlke. He married Linda Christiansen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Val Christiansen, Oct. 15, 1965. He attended Lindon and PI. Grove schools, graduating from the Pleasant Grove High School in 1965. He was employed at the Farmers Korner and at Geneva Steel Works. Survivors include his wife, a daughter, Kimberley Louise of Pleasant Grove; his parents, a brother and sister, Denley and Janice, all of Lindon, a sister, Mrs. Richard (Alaine) Warnick, Pleasant Grove; two grandparents, Mrs. Wesley Jol-ley of Pleasant Grove and Mrs. E. A. Fowlke, of Bountiful. No arrangements for funeral services have been made, pend-ing further information from the War Department. I . ' I I i PFC. EARNEST W. FOWLKE Dies of Wounds ' """"" " '"Wir l.iiM.it iiinr,ii,la,Mr, mi-- urn V n initi ind AWARDED PLACQUE Mayor Paul T. Fordham, left gets placque from Richard Benson, UVIDA manager, for out-standing work in industrial and civic development in Pleas- ant Grove for 1967. The award was presented at the annual UVIDA banquet held last Thursday. Other community lead-ers from cities in Utah county also received awards. Timp Stake Basketball All-St- ar Games Set for This Saturday The annual Timpanogos Stake All-St- Basketball games will be held Saturday night in the Pleasant Grove High School Gym. The Explorers will play at 6 p.m., Ensigns at 7 p.m. and the Old-Time- game will be held at 8 p.m. The Seniors will climax the evening in the feature game at 9 p.m. Jack Taylor, Stake Athletic director, announced the follow-ing lineups for the Senior M Men teams: North All-Sta- Bill Nielsen, Dee Jense and Harley Jense, Third; Russell Johnson, Jerry Jacob, Fourth; Mac Hall, Bob Richards, Man-ila; John Valberg, Sixth; Grant Atkinson, Bill Walker, Second. South AU-Sta- Danny Smith, First; Jan Christensen, Fifth; Jim Mills, Nile Richins, Grove; Doug Johnson, Frank Mills, Lindon 2nd; Jay Walker, LeRoy Jack-li-n, Lindon; Cloyd Atwood, Lin-don and Jay Schoonover, Sev-enth. Also receiving votes for all-- star honors were Kay Adamson, Tim Nielsen, Martin Monson, Val Danklef, Fred Keetch, Cur-tis Atkinson, Pharis Blackhurst, Kelly Harper, Mike Bezzant, Alan Brady, Richard Ellis, Maurice Keetch and Bill West. The old-time- game will fea-tu- rt coaches and referees who have worked in this year's bas-ketball program. The following men have been asked to par-ticipate. North Old-Time- Ken Shoell, Steve Warnick, Ken Sorenson, Glade Hilton, Tom Adamson, Murray Har-mon, Lyman Nielsen, Lynn At-wood, Bill Holman, Jay New-man, Gene Carter, Walt Reim-schiisse- l, Bud Nielsen, Pink Carter, Lyle Christiansen, Erv Pack, Bill Robinson and Jim Hall. South Ray Green, Dale Gillman, Dean Bezzant, Glen Gilbert, Mack Ostergaard, Darrell Har-per, Clair Lloyd, Richard Thornton, Don Holdaway, Don Crump, John Gourley, Dee Newman, Glade Walker, Doug Hoopes, Kent Taylor, Roland Robinson, Keith Bezzant and Jack Pace. Explorer North All-Sta- Coach, Dean Davis: Parke Hansen, Ronald Simper, EMn Clark, Third; Steve Boren, Jim Brock, Second; Craig Davis, Sam Robinson, Fourth; Roger Carson, David Christiansen, Sixth; Mike Hatch, Teral Ellis, Manila. South Explore All-Sta- Coach, Gary Waite: Greg West, Alan Ingersoll, Stan Crump, Seventh; Dick Gardi-ner, Bruce Bezzant, Grove; Lane Scott, Warren Blain, Lin-don; Randy Green, Clark Han-sen, Lindon 2nd; Ken Clark, Fifth; and Gary Gilbert, First. Ensign North All-Sta- Coach, Virgil Albrecht; Val Warnick, Blaine Huntsman, Ma-nila; Scott Ormond, Richard Tomlinson, Fourth; Marvin Mc-Clur- e, Terry Reeves, Third; Mark Williams, Dale Clark, Second; Ricky Newman, Mike Christensen, Richard Huish, Sixth. Ensign South All-Sta- Coaches, Frank Mills, Lee Gillman; Joe Natseway, Mike Hoglund, First; Robert Kelley, Gary Bezzant, Jim Black, Gr.; Lyman Young, Marvin Holda-way, Lindon; Chris Hansen, Rondo Biggs, Gordon Gillman, Lindon Second. Heart Sunday to Finalize Drive for Fund Contribution A residential canvass here, giving every family a personal opportunity to advance the fight against the heart and blood ves-sel diseases, will get underway Sunday in Pleasant Grove, un-der the leadership of Mrs. Jay Johnson, Heart Sunday chair-man. The residential calls will be made by a volunteer corps numbering 90, reaching their high point on Heart Sunday, Feb. 25. The Heart Volunteers will dis-tribute literature telling par-ents what they can do at pres-ent to safeguard their children against heart attack later in life: 1. Get the latest heart-savin- g facts and start them with your children. 2. Encourage normal weight. Obesity often begins in youth. 3. Keep them physically fit through regular exercise. 4. Teach them smoking is bad for health. Don't smoke your-self. 5. Form good diet habits by serving more food low in satur-ated fats. 6. Make doctor check-up- s a family routine. The Heart volunteers also will receive Heart Fund contri-butions, and, at residences where no one is at home, will leave behind a mail-i- n envelope, in which a contribution may be sent con-veniently to Heart Fund head-quarters during the next few days. Pleasant Grove City Council Holds Regular Session Monday For their second regular meeting in February, 1968, members of the Pleasant Grove City Council met Monday night in the city hall. Mayor Paul T. Fordham presided and all were present, except Councilman Marvin Green. Larry G. Sorenson, represent-ing the Utah Valley Sweeping Company, a Pleasant Grove firm, submitted bids for hourly rates, for the sweeping of Pleasant Grove s "city streets. The proposals were taken un-der advisement by vote of the council. James Hindley and Clive Beck, representing Strawberry Days Association, Inc., asked for council approval for the holding of Strawberry Days in June, 1968, and also for cooper-ation in the use of city facilit-ies. Both requests were appro-ved. Mr. Hindley and Mr. Beck also pointed out the need for repairs and renovation of the rodeo arena. They asked for the help of the Youth Corps in such a program. This request was also approved. Robert Hassell, representing Utah State University Exten-sion Service, suggested that a "Youth Division Council" be established in Pleasant Grove. Council membership would in clude local representatives from city, church, school and club organizations, he explain-ed. The purpose of the Youth Council would be to build a better community by working with the youth, with emphasis on skills, self - improvement, family building, etc. Mr. Has-sell noted. The Council voted approval . of Mr. Hassell's suggestion and appointed Jay F. Harmer to represent the city in the new youth development movement. The Council voted approval for the purchasing of filing cab-inets for the storage of city maps. Council members also voted approval for the destroying of old Water Revenue Bonds, which are now paid up and have been kept on file the re-quired length of time. Councilman Harmer intro-duced Lorin Bone, Blake Ford-ham, Bill Hoglund and Robert Secretan, all applicants for the position of 1968 City Recreation Director. The four applicants were interviewed by the Coun-cil and then excused. After the applicants had withdrawn, the Council contin-ued the discussion, but no de-cision was reached before ad-journment. Vikings Third in Region 4 Wrestling Meet Held in Orem The Pleasant Grove Vikings scored 56 points and took third place in the Region Four Wrest-ling tournament held at Orem High School last Friday and Saturday. The Provo Bulldogs took first with 64 points, follow-ed by the Spanish Fork Dons, with 62 points. All 10 schools of Region Four were represented at the two-da- y tourney, scoring points as follows : Provo, 64; Spanish Fork, 62; Pleasant Grove, 56; Carbon, 55; Orem, 47; Leni, 46; Am. Fork, 38; Payson, 35; Spring-vill- e, 30 and B.Y. High 17. Taking final places and qual-ifying for the Utah High School Class tournament were the fol-lowing from Pleasant Grove: Lamont Edwards, third place, in 95 lb. class. Dennis Parker, second place in 112 lb. class. Mark Stubbs, first place in 127 lb. class. Brent Nielsen, second place in 133 pound class. Lindsay Strasburg, second place in heavyweight class. WKttle Creek I suppose there's one thing for sure. Years ago, boys and girls were deprived and discriminat-ed against, educationally, and their folks didn't even realize it. Last Thursday, a group of 40 negroes were arrested down in Social Circle, Georgia, for causing a riot. They were throwing themselves in front of busses as a protest against what they called "intolerable school conditions." When newspaper reporters asked the ringleaders just what the intolerable conditions were, they said, "lack of substitute teachers, inadequate school lunches and crowded transpor-tation facilities." As I recall, when I attended the primary grades at the old Lindon School, we suffered all of these "intolerable condi-tions" and nobody so much as said a word or threw a pebble. There was not only a lack of substitute teachers; they were practically nil. Usually, when a teacher was sick, a school board member would come down and appoint an old-er student to "call the roll and keep order," while everyone else studied their lessons ahead Also, I'm sure, our lunch-rooms were inadequate. In fact special rooms of any kind sim-ply did not exist. We ate our cold bacon and bread sand-wiches at our double school desks or outside, when the wea-ther was mild. If our lunches were inadequate, we had no one to blame but ourselves, our fathers and mothers. In those days, if the school "transportation problem" was mentioned in a public meeting, folks usually got the idea that the schoolhouse was about to be moved. It was the responsibil-ity of the parents to see that their children got to school in the morning and home at night. And the walking was some-times crowded enough to cause fist fights. t And so, even if our education-a- l facilities and advantages . were few and meagre, nobody seemed to demonstrate or even? complain out loud. It's a cinch that no one threw himself down! in front of a school board mem-ber's horse and buggy. In fact, there was one mod-ern 1968 teaching innovation that we enjoyed back then that was so common, that everyone took it for granted. We were taught in "pods" one pod for the primary grades and one for the grammar grades. Of course, the floors were not carpeted and there was another marked difference between the "then" and "now." Instead of four teachers to the pod, there were four grades to the teacher. Recently there have been ar-ticles in state daily papers pro-claiming the excellent job be-ing done by Utah's 1968 pod teachers. Having seen a few of them in operation, I can say "amen" to that. But really, my hat is off to John Coombs, D. H. Robison, Jim Walker, Luella Ellsworth, Eva Dittmore and Hermese Peterson, the "pod teachers" of years ago. They did a wonderful job de-spite the "intolerable school conditions" they had to cope with. So long 'til Thursday. ) : . A XT' " 4' - v , .... jV 7- - f I ' J . j CONSTRUCTION CREW Greg West, John Christeson, Ed Darrel, Chairman Tom Wil son, Alan Ingersoll, Stan Crump and David Larsen, director, are working on set for play. Set Construction Challenges PGHS Stage Crew Construction crew for "The Diary of Anne Frank" next production slated at the Pleas-ant Grove High School, is real-ly getting a workout, according to David Larsen, director. The set is a challenging one for this production, and has and will require hard after-scho-work to complete. Making the set are Greg West, John Christeson, Ed Dar-rel, Chairman Tom Wilson, Al-an Ingersoll, Stan Crump and Mr. Larsen. Stewart Moosman and Brian Patch are chairmen of the backdrop painting, and two of Harold Woolston's art classes are participating. The play has been postponed from its original date, Mr. Lar-- sen said, and will be presented in the auditorium at the high school on March 7 and 8. Kiwanis Club Has Patriotism Oration Saturday Evening "America Calls" an oration by Carolyn Williams, a native of North Wales, now attendnig BYU, was the fare at the Ki-wanis Club meeting last Satur-day evening. Other special guests at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Warnick. President Elvin Carson read a brief history of his wife, Lea-th-a, adding special emphasis on her abilities to tear out walls, remodel his home, and a claim-ed championship as a milker of wild cows. Cornell Haynie recited some of the background history of his wife, Karla. Karla, as ev-eryone knows, is a very accom-plished musician. She was or-ganist in her ward at Sanford, Colorado at age 6. Mrs. Haynie has studied under some of the most prominent piano instruc-tors in the West. Miss Carolyn Williams gave her "America Calls" oration, which won the Heber J. Grant Oratorical Contest. In her ora-tory she compared freedom-robbin- g minority groups with cockroaches, who are eating at the principles of freedom in America. "The youth of Am-erica are feeding these cock-roaches with apathy,"- - Miss Williams commented. She said that as a British citizen, she is not able to join in our Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. In her heart, however, she thrills with us in this rite, and feels a keen kinship with those who participate. She stressed that we should not only sing the songs of America, but to stop and listen, for America is calling us. Miss Williams pleasing, pre-cise delivery, polished gestures and effective use of her hands made it obvious why she would be victorious in her oration. A recording of Paul Harvey's views and impressions of his visit to BYU during their Torch-light for Freedom Week, was also played for the group. Lions Club 'White Cane Day' Will Aid Blind People White Cane Day is Sight Con-servation Day, and those of us with full vision will have the opportunity to aid those with restricted vision and the blind. An official project of District Four Lions International, White Cane Day is dedicated to aid the blind and sight conservation activities. Pleasant Grove Lions are sponsoring the rmniature white cane sale, to aid in the project. March 2 has been set for the special activities, to buy a white cane, donate what you desire, and feel good about helping the blind. |