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Show "Pleasant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City in Utah County" VOL. LIXX, No. 48 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAR 84062, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1974 SINGLE COPY 10c CANCER CRUSADE Dr. John W. Hardy, left, visits the lab of Dr. John N. Mangum to observe cancer research being conducted at BYU. Dr. Hardy will direct activities of some 3,500 volunteers expected to partici-pate in year's Utah County Cancer Crusade American Cancer Society Monies Crusade Chairman for Utah County The Utah County Crusade already has $3,000 to its credit thanks to donations made through the United Fund, Mr. McMullin said. Dr. Hardy is a native of Pocatello, Idaho, and has been on the Accounting Department faculty at BYU for five years. He obtained his masters of business admbistration degree from Indiana University and his doctorate from the Univer-sity of Texas at Austin. Dr. Hardy is a certified public ac-countant and has served as a faculty resident with Arthur Anderson and Co. of Los Ang-eles. He and his wife, the former Nancy Savage, have two child-ren. Dr. John W. Hardy of Provo has been named Utah County Crusade chairman for the American Cancer Society, to E. Curtis McMul-lin, field representative for the ACS Central Utah District. Dr. Hardy, an assistant pro-fessor of accounting at Brig-ha- m Young University, will head efforts to raise $35,000 this year for cancer research and treatment programs. About 3,500 volunteers from Utah County are expected to participate in the Cancer Cru-sade during April. Other fund-raisin- g events planned this year include bikathons, a horse show, a memorial pro-gram and a special gifts pro-gram. Henry Huish Comes Bade to Geneva As General Superintendent Dec. 1 Mr. Huish began his steel-complet-advanced manage-ment studies at Stanford Uni-versity and the Executive Edu-cation Series, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of California at SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25 Henry A. Huish, a native of Utah County, has been ap-pointed general superintendent of Geneva Works, near Provo, it was announced today by Ralph W. Seely, vice president and general manager of U.S. Steel's Western Steel Division. He will assume his new duties on Dec. 1, succeeding Raymond W. Sundquist, recently appoint-ed general manager, Ore and Limestone Operations for U.S. Steel at Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Huish will become the first Utahn to head up steel-makin- g operations at Geneva Works since the plant was completed in 1944. Since Jan-uary, he has served as admin-istrative assistant - production for Western Steel Division at San Francisco. Born at Payson, Mr. Huish attended Brigham Young Uni-versity for two years before enrolling in 1942 at the Uni-versity of Utah where he com-pleted studies in electrical en-gineering in 1944. He later Berkeley. ' . : x J .1 VU making career in 1944 as a student engineer at Geneva Works, and four years later, was named foreman of instru-ment and relays in maintenance and utilities. In 1951 he was appointed assistant general foreman of electric shop and field, moving up to general foreman in 1956. He advanced to assistant division superin-tendent of maintenance and utilities in 1958 and division superintendent of the Geneva Pipemill in 1964. He was appointed assistant general superintendent of Gen-eva Works in 1971 and served in this post until his transfer earleir this year to Division headquarters at San Francisco. Mr. Huish is a former direc-tor of the Orem Chamber of Commerce, vice president of Orem Boosters and member of the Provo Chamber of Com-merce and Provo Elks Club. He has also served as chairman of the Geneva campaign, Unit-ed Way of Utah County, vice chairman of Fairyland Park, American Fork Training School and member of Provo Jaycees. Mr. Huish and his wife Bettie Jean, will return to Utah Val-ley from the San Francisco Bay area to make their home. They have two children, Mrs. Rebecca Dimick of Orem, and a son, Henry B., an Air Force pilot stationed at Langley, Va. HENRY A. HUISH General Superintendent Sports Changing, Basketball and Wrestling Now On This week's sport schedules: Friday, Nov. 29, basketball, North Sanpete at PI. Grove. Saturday, Nov. 30, Basket-ball, Judge at PI. Grove. Tuesday, Dec. 3, Wrestling, Union at PI. Grove. Non --league basketball action started last week and the Vik-ings downed Emery and Was-atch in a pair of "road" games. P.G. 65 Emery 55 FG FT PTS. Green 6 5-- 8 17 Swenson 5 2 11 Whiteley .... 2 4-- 4 8 Butt 5 5-- 7 15 Strasburg 2 6-- 7 10 West . 0 2-- 2 2 Brady 0 2-- 2 2 Totals .21 23-3- 2 65 P.G. 58 Wasatch 55 Green 4 2-- 8 10 Swenson 3 3-- 4 9 Whiteley 4 0-- 0 8 Butt 12 2 25 Strasburg 3 0-- 1 6 Totals . . 26 5 58 Pleasant Grove Stake Conference Last Sunday the only true Church of Jesus Christ upon the earth. 1. It follows the blueprint set forth by Jesus Christ in the New Testament. 2. Our own person-al testimony. 3. Live the com-mandments. ''If ye do my will ye shall know the doctrine. 4. Our own reasoning powers. The conference was con-ducted by Stake President Leon R. Walker, who keynot-e-d the meetings by speaking on the subject, "Learning To Members of the Pleasant Grove Utah Stake and vistiors attending the Stake Conference Sunday heard Sterling W. Sill, Assistant to the Council of Twelve, say that the simultan-eous appearance of God, the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ is the greatest thing that has happened since Chist's ascension. Never before in re-corded history has such an appearance ocurred, he stated. In our day, no one need get off the straight and narrow way except by his own choice, Elder Sill emphasized, statihg that in the Church we have a great magnetism lifting us up. "Live the principles of the gospel. Keep the command-ments. Be thoroughly Latter-da- y Satins. Do not be a hold-out on God." The general auth-ority counseled. Elder Sill listed four ways by which a person may determine Be Grateful." Ingratitude is the worst of all vices, he stated. Other speakers included Bro-ther and Sister Glen Fletcher, Mack Walker, Larry Black-hurs- t, Sister Sill, ReNae, Sher-ri- e and Randy Ashton, and John Gourley. Business of the conference included the release of High Coucilmen' Paul E. Allen and William Mack Walker and alternate High Councilmen Neil Bonham and John Gour-ley; Stake Sunday School Pres-idency, Weldyl L. Jarvis, John S. Wood and Frank Slaven; and the Stake Primary Presi-dency, Beth G. West, Myrl K. Jarvis, Alta Mae Wood, and Maxine West, Secretary. Sustained as High Council members were Neil Bonham and John P. Gourley, with M. Ronald Norton and Wendyl L. Jarvis as alternate members. The Primary Presidency in-cludes Lorna Burnett, Myrl K. Jarvis, Alta Mae Wood and Maxine West . Special music for the confer-ence was presented by the Stake Priesthood chorus, con-ducted by Harrison Powley, accompanied by Irene Jenkins, with Ellen Powley on the French horn. They sang "Oh My Father" and "For the Strength of the Hills." Prayers were offered by Lance Walker, Kenneth John-son, Don Kofford and David Hill. - ) I M f - I A L-- - JOHN BACKLUND New Lawyer in P.G. John C Bf:k!und Opens New Law Practice in PI. Grove John C. Backlund, a native of Torrance, California, has moved into his new law offices at No. 5 South Main (corner of Main and Center Streets) in Pleasant Grove. Mr. Backlund attended BYU from 1968 to 1971, and grad-uated from the University of Utah in 1974 with a Juris Doc-tor degree. Mr. Backlund, whose wife, the former Madalyn Swenson and two children, live in Orem at the present time said" We plan on settling down in Pleas-ant Grove and building a home here when finances permit. I met my wife at BYU and we both liked Utah County so we decided to move back here af-ter I finished law school and set up a practice. We apprec-iate the help and friendship that has been extended to us by the community. We look forward to becoming actively involved in community af-fairs." Mr. Backlund is a member of the LDS Church and served a mission to Sweden from 1966 to 1968. His wife is a native of Salt Lake City. Civil Air Patrol to Celebrate Birthday Dec. 1 Civil Air Patrol will cele-brate its 33rd birthay on Dec-ember 1, 1974. The National Headquarters of the organiza-tion is at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. CAP is an aux-iliary of the United States Air Force, and is a voluntary, non-comb-and benevolent service which operates in times of peace and war. The purpose of (Continued on page 5) Vandalism Makes Forest Service Disheartened Forest officals of Pleasant Grove are becoming very dis-heartened by recent acts of vandalism nn thpir Dictrirt- - nf the Uinta National Forest. The most recent unkindness happened again last Saturday night. We say again because this is the third time this seas-on that it has happened. The case in hand is the burning of the 'Trash Tolley" near the mouth of American Fork Can-yon. The Trash Trolley is placed in the canyon for the conven-ience of the recreationists vis-iting the National Forest and furnishes them a place to dis-pose of their trash as they leave the canyon. In other years, this service has not been provided after September. It is very difficult for For-est Officers to understand why some people would rather destroy a convenience facility than use it and leave it for others, be it a table, a toilet or a garbage can. It is hoped that in the future everyone will co-operate by using National For-est facilities as they are in-tended. The Trolley is intended for forest recreation use only, and the Forest Service encourages users to protect it from the damage caused by fire or other thoughtless acts. Funds Allocated fr Oss In Fixing Up Old Homes A number of older Utah County homes will get a new lease on life as the result of an allocation of funds received from the State of Utah for emergency housing for e residents. The grant of $390,200 receiv-ed by Utah County will be spent for the rehabilitation of single-famil- y, owner-occupie- d homes. Funds were allocated to each city and town based on popul-ation. Pleasant Grove received an allocation of $15,097 and Lindon's allocation was $4,656. Unincorporated areas in Utah County received $35,637. An applicant who applies for this assistance would need to qualify according to the schedule set out based on num-ber of household members. 1 member in the household can earn $3,000 or under to qual-ify, and for each additional household member, $750 can be added to the base figure of $3,000. After 5 household mem-bers, $500 for each additional household member is added. For example, with 4 house-hold members, you can earn up to $5,250 and qualify. Applications for assistance under this program may be ob-tained from the city office in each of the cities and towns in Utah County, or they can get an application from the city office, and mail it to the Utah County Housing Authority at 47 South 100 East, Provo, if they live in the unincorporated areas. Qualifying projects might in-clude major repairs (up to $5,000 per home) or minor re-pairs such as a new hot water heater, plumbing repairs, ets. City and County officials are anxious to have all county res-idents meeting the gross in-come schedule and living in their own home to make appli-cations for the funds available to make necessary home re-pairs. Adult Driver Class Set for Monday At Utah Trade Tech The December driver train-ing course for adults who have never driven before or who do not now have a driver's license will begin Monday, December 2, at Utah Technical College in Provo. The course will begin and registration take place at 5:30 that evening in the driver training portion of the college, located just inside the west entrance to the south wing of the college. The class will meet daily 5:30-7:3- 0 p.m. Mon-day trough Friday. This will enable completion of class work before the Christmas vacation. The course is open to any-one not enrolled in high school. Tuition is $40 for the course. Sewe&v Weofteir Ksaffe Dmisiresise Set Utility Rate Increase After extensive review and consideration the Pleasant Grove City Council has deter-mined that the monthly service charge need to be increased as well as the regular connection fees in order to continue to operate the water and sewer systems and to prepare for fut-ure expansion. The determination required many days of study involving professional consultants. It was revealed during this study that the operations of the sewer department has cost more than the revenues received from sewer service fees in each of the past seven years. For ex-ample, in 1973-7- 4 the total operating expenses including depreciation of the sewer fund were $94,000 and the revenues were $65,000. The water fund shows a small net gain for the same year, but with rapidly in-creasing operating costs a loss is aniticipated next year, unless rates are increased. The City Council, after delib-- eration, has decided to increase both water and sewer monthly service charges and connection fees. The Council determied that the monthly service fees should pay for operation of the system and for depreciation and that the connection fees should pay for expanding and improving the system to ac-comodate future growth. Capital Outlays Some of the future improve-ments to the water and sewer systems which will require large capital outlays are: 1. Enlargement of the sew-age treatment plant and main outfall lines to keep up with increased growth of the city. 2. Construction of a tertiary water waste treatment facility to meet the new State and Federal water quality stand-ards. 3. Increased cost of chem-icals, supplies and maintenance to treat wastewater in order to meet the new water quality standards as required by law. 4. Acquisition of equipment for repairing and maintaining the sewer collection system. 5. Construction of a new culinary water reservoir. 6. Drilling and equipping two new culinary water wells. The city has approval from the State Engineer for two wells, but these must be drilled be-f- December 1975 or these rights may be lost. Water and Sewer Rates In order to meet these anti-cipated expenditures, the mon-thly water and sewer rates will be as follows: Water Monthly Minimum, $3.50 for first 10,000 gallons; $0.35 per 1,000 gallons above 10,000 gallons. Apartments and Multiple Dwelings: Monthly Minimum per unit, $3.50 for first 10,000 gallons; $0.35 per 1,000 gallons above 10,000 gallons. Water connections outside of the city will pay two times equivalent charges within the city limits for the same ser-vice. Water Connection Fees inch,' $500.00; 1 inch $600, Subdivisions included. Sewer $5.00 per month plus 5c per 1,000 gallons of water used during the month. Apartments and Multiple Dwellings: $5.00 per month per unit, plus 5c per 1,000 gallons of water used during the month. In calculating the sewer charge an allowance of 50 of the water used during the summer months will be allow-ed for lawn sprinkling and other y uses. Sewer connections outside of the city will pay two times epuivant charges within the city limits for the same ser-vices. Sewer Connection Fees $500. Apartments and Multi-ple Dwellings: $500 first unit, $400 each additional unit. Sub-divisions included. These rates will be in effect as of November 6, 1974. Garbage Pickup Also included in the increase in rates is a 25c per month in-crease for garbage pickup. This increase is necessary to cover additional costs for this service and to comply with 1974-7- 5 esctimated revenues in the sol-id waste collection department. Widows and widowers living alone will continue to receive this service at the fee previous-ly established. The new rates will be re-flected for the first time on the bills rede cuv the bills received during the first part of January. It's A Real Bargain In considering these rate in-creases it should be noted that the sewer monthly fee has not been increased since 1960 but the cost of treating the waste-water has increased greatly. Consider also that the month-ly minimum will be only $10.50 a real bargain for the services receoived, i.e., water, sewer, and garbage services. Please remember that the bill you re-ceive from the city is a two-mont- h bill. Pleasant Grove City Campaign Now On To Encourage Food Stamp Use "Food Stamps make the dif-ference" is the motto of the United States Department of Agricuiure's Food Stamp pro-gram. For thousands of Americans and Utah residents too, Food Stamps do make the differen-ce between a poor or nutritious Utahns, though, Food Stamps people, especially the lower diet, For thousands of others are not available. : These are the low income paid workmen and women with families, who are eligible for Food Stamps, but are not aware of it. One estimate is that over 170,000 people in Utah are eli-gible for the program. The pro-gram now serves some 42,000 people. The Utah State Depart-ment of Social Services which overseas the program admin-istration is trying to reach more of those who might qual-ify for stamps. A "Utah Food Stamp Aware-ness Campaign" aimed at in-forming potentially eligible Food Stamp recipients began in r. The campa-ign started with Governor Calvin L. Rampton's declara-tion of November 10-1- 7 as Ut-ah "Food Stamp Awareness Week." "Our hope is to reach the working family man and woman putting in a full day but still earning low wages," says Food Stamp campaign worker, Mike Burgoyne. "There are many elderly and working people who qualify for Food Stamps but don't know it. If we can help them out, we will," Mr. Burgoyne said. According to Burgoyne less than 8 per cent of the "lower Continued on page 5) i, Wrights Receive Award as 'Outstanding' A Pleasant Grove dairy far-mer and his wife received the Outstanding Young Farmer and Rancher Award of the Utah Farm Bureau recently. William Wright and his wife Kathy, received the award, and a year's use of a new three-quart-ton pickup truck. Farm Bureau member Bob Johnson, chairman of the young farmer and rancher com-mittee, presented the award. He said the Wright's operate a dairy farm. In addition the awards for the Wright's C. Booth Wallen-tin- e was named Utah's 1974 Farm Leader of the Year. Leadership awards were pre-sented to six 4-- Club leaders from around the state, how-ever, none were from Utah County. |