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Show Tot Gror. fi Mof tafffy Sfuotaf Cffy it Utek Cifv VOL LIXX, No. 36 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 84062, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1975 Single Copy 10c PI. Grove Cfoy Council Has Busy Session on Tuesday Tin- I'l. Ci.ai- City - u meeting he-I- last Tuesday evening I x fi; i ri ;il 7 p.m. lo provide me for a public hearing lo discuss citizens leelings concerning community development and housing needs. 'I'liis meeting is required as pari cil Hie ;ipplie;ition lo the Department ol Housing & I )evelopmenl Tor ;i communily Mock gianl. The various needs ol Hie cily ;ind Itie priorilies ol these needs were discussed ;it this lime. The council discussed the rc(uesl of several cily em-ployees lo he ;ible lo reside oulside ol the cily but work lor Die city. Various views were expressed ;ind it was decided Ihiil ;i vole on this m;itter will !)( lakon ;il the next council Hireling. ;u;nlin Hall local resident met with Ihe council to request the annexation of ap-proximately 10 acres of land located on the northeast boundary ol the city. The majority ol the council members were in favor of this annexation but suggested to Mr. Hall that he present this request to the planning com-mission al their Thursday meet inn s(1 lnut lriL'y can present a recommendation on this request to the council. Dixie Heck and Lucille llillman members of the shade Iree commission were present at Ihe meeting lo discuss various matters of business relating to this committee. Mrs. Beck asked that she be provided a written description of the duties of the committee so that she might better ki low the activities and respon-sibilities of this group. These ladies reviewed the state act providing for preserving of Heritage Trees. She reported that Ihe committee has been active in selecting heritage trees and so far lound thirty-thre- e trees in the city which qualify .The committee will encourage all residents of the city to plant one tree and to provide a marker lor these trees to provide information as to type, date planted and by whom planted. Mrs. Beck stated that the committee will encourage property owners along the south entrance of the city to plant more trees lo provide a more al tractive approach into the city. Relative to the old maple tree at Ihe library park, Mrs. Beck asked that this tree be saved if possible and recommended that a professional be called to aid in preserving this tree. Kay Lamoreaux and John Taylor were present at the meeting to request that the council reconsider its decision to deny a zone change for the proposed Farmdale Sub-division which would be located between Highway 91 and the Geneva Road at approximately 900 Soulh. At the last council meeting the council had ac-cepted the planning com-mission recommendation that this property not be rezoncd to residential from commercial-industrial- . Mr. Lamoreaux stated that he felt that this property would never if ever be developed commercially and that the building of homes on this property would be good utilization of the ground. The council felt that this matter could be further reviewed but felt that the decision would probably not be changed. (Continued on page 5) iJ3 j " 1 11 t ..... - X X. , vx- ? j ' ; '."x '' : ; f; -- .." - ' '1 - - ... 1 , , i: '1 r: ; : n , ! V.i j ;. :,. u ; . . . ;: i g t,... ..v. - - j ..v. ..... " . ."-.- . , , ; ; OPEN HOUSE TODAY Wasatch Bank of Pleasant Grove will hold an open house today in their new building on 2nd South and Main in PI. Grove. Ribbon cutting will be at 6 p.m. and gifts and refreshments. Wcsscifcli Bank f Pleasant Grove Holds Grand Opening Thursday Thursday. September llh heralds the Grand Opening for Pleasant Grove's newest, and most modern bank, the Wasatch Bank of Pleasant Grove, Ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m., with an official ribbon cutting at 6:00. Miss Debby Gray. Miss Pleasant Grove of 1975 will do the honor of cutting the ribbon. Assisting Miss Gray will be Bank Manager, Carl Carnesseca and Smoot Brimhall, Commissioner of the I'tah Stale Department of Financial Institutions, along with all Bank Officials and Board Members of (he Wasatch Bank. City Officials of Pleasant Grove and representatives of the Clah State Tresurers Office will also be in attendance. Wasatch Bank of Pleasant Grove features the most unique architecture of any bank in the state, it radiates the warmth and charm of a Southern mansion and houses the most modern and banking facilities. Wasatch Bank brings Northern II (ah a new depth of personal banking services, including the convenience of Saturday banking. As part of the Grand Opening celebration local residents will have the chance lo win several prizes. Grand prize will be Ihe interest accumulated for one-da-on a million dollars. Other prizes include a beautiful Heir Loom Rug, honoring our country's Bicentennial which could be proudly displayed in any home: a 12 inch Portable TV set and several 10 dollar savings accounts. Entries in the contest will be accepted from September 4th through the 12th. Flag Football Program on Starts Sept. 6 The I'lcasool Crove Cily lieei cal ion w ill again sponsor I'lag piogiams Ihis tail lor boys I Vlh glades inch, and a men's program lor high school age through adult. The program is open lo those persons living in I'leasanl irove, l.indon and Manilla mid Manila. liegislralion w ill be held this Saturday September (', at Ihe lollow ing limes: llh (Irade toys !l a in Mh (Irade lioys III a.m. (ilh (Irade lioys a.m. Vlh (Irade Hoys 12 p.m. Adult I'rograin I2::sn p.m. A tcgislral ion fee lor Ihe boys program will be $:j.(M) per boy while Ihe cosl of the adult program will be determined billowing the 2 :!!() meeting Salurday and will be based on Ihe number ol learns and league schedule. The boys program will be organized as much as possible mi a home room basis for eleinenlary age boys and gym periods for the Jr. High Level. Additional information will be made available through the home-roo- leachers. I'lans call for two weeks of praclicc commencing with this Saturday with help and in-structions being given by the varsity football players from the high school football team. League play will commence on Sept. 20. Those men who wish to en-ter a team or play with a team are encouraged to be in at-tendance at the High School football field Saturday al the above time. At this time the number of teams will be determined time of play registration costs per team etc. In order to enter an adult team there should be at least 8 players on a roster. II you desire more in-formation or lor some reason cannot attend the Saturday meeting and you desire to enter a learn and or play call Bill I loglund 7 or Dell Young PI. Grove Stake Sets Quarterly Conference Saturday and Sunday Sep-tember (i and 7 President Leon R. Walker will be presiding in all sessions of the Pleasant drove Quarterly conference. Theme of the conference Sunday is "He Ye Therefore Perfect." Conference will be held in two sessions 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Those who are lo attend the 8 a.m. session will be the Grove 5 th, 9th, and Lindon First and Third wards. The 11 a.m. session will be attended by Lindon Second and Pleasant Grove First, Seventh and Kighth wards. Those who cannot attend their session may attend the other one. Two sessions will be held Saturday evening at 5 and 7 p.m. The theme for the 5 p.m. session is "The Book of Remembrance" and those to uiLcnu uiu ue Stake Presidency high council stake executive secretary and slake clerks Melchi.edek priesthood quorum presidencies group leaders and secretaries bishoprics ward executive secretaries and ward clerks. The theme for the 7 p.m. meeting is "Helping the Melchizedek Priesthood and Relief Society leaders to fill their responsibilities to single members. Those to attend: Stake Relief Society presidency presidents assistants and members of stake Melchizedek Priesthood MIA Young Adult and Special Interest Councils and Ward Relief Society Presidencies in addition to those who are invited to attend the 5 p.m. meeting. All sessions will be held in the Pleasant Grove Stake Center. No general authority will be present. Lindon City Council Met Aug. 27 For Reaular Business. Session. The Lindon City Council met last Wednesday, Aug. 27 for their regular meeting. Coun-cilman Douglas Johnson conducted in place of Mayor Willard Johnson who was vacationing. First item of business was reported by Harold Erickson who said he had been able to contact Attorney Wootton who said he was working on the sewer ordinance and promised to have it available for the next meeting of the City Council on Sept. 10. Walter Wellman and two associates appeared before the council to present a petition for rezoning of nine acres to the north and east of the Shelley Irrigation Co. property. Mr. Wellman stated he would be interested in light industry such as warehousing storage, trucking moving company and stressed he would not be in-terested in a commercial or housing zone. Mr. Wellman was asked to appear before the planning commission with his request. Councilman Peay reported the next planning commission meeting has been scheduled for Sept. 3. Councilman Douglas Johnson moved that a public hearing be set concerning the rezoning of the Summit Management Corp. property on the condition that the city attorney agrees with the legality of the rezoning. Motion seconded by Wayne Johnson and passed by unanimous vote. David Thurgood reminded city council members that if any questions arose regarding the sewer from contractors, they be referred to him. Mr. Thurgood reported having met with the state engineer concerning wells and water rights. He said there is a trend becoming more prominent of challenging water rights, even city's water rights. There is a state law that states that if a well or any water right has not been put to beneficial use for a period of five years, that constitutes an aban-donment of the right. Mr. Thurgood therefore encourages that all wells be pumped at least once every five years and accurate records be kept of all water used. Mr. Thurgood's recommendation was that the city adopt a program to do this yearly. Mr. Thurgood brought an application to be sent lo the state engineer requesting a five (Continued on page 3) -- f- - b:t" :,' i . Ho .v ti i n k -- ; V Hf ' ) i I - sat , . a- f ' i .-- r- A V t v : V - v ' ' "- - I i " - 1 NEW THIRD BISHOPRIC Richard Hanks, center seated, is new bishop of Third Ward. His counselors are Robert Secretan and James Hall. Back are clerks, Sune Johansson, Claude Gillis, Bill Told, and missing from picture, Howard Woffinden. Robert Aland is executive secretary. Third Ward is Center Street north on 3rd to 4th East. New Eleventh Ward is from Center Street north from 4th to 5th East, all the way to the mountains. Winning Number for Stereo Listed by Recreation Dept. At the final drawing held at the Swimming Pool for the year, the winning number drawn for the Stereo was 38502 (orange). If the person with this number does not claim it before Monday evening Sept. 8th, the next lowest number w ill be declared the winner. Call Bill Hoglund, 7 or the. City Hall. to register your number. The swimming pool was officially closed on Tuesday evening. Bill I loglund, pool manager, wishes to thank those patrons who have used the pool this summer, lor making it such a lun year. He also noted that the people of Pleasant Grove are to be congratulated for the care they have taken of the pool lacilities. Taking into acccount that close to 50,000 persons have used the pool, there has been practically no deliberate defacing etc., of the lacilities. Young people and adult.s are to be congratulated. 1 . ? 3 ' y .. . - r t ' I FOOTBALLS ANYONE Bank of Pleasant Grove vice president Hal Allen and P.G. Viking captains Kelly Duke and Brent Peterson show footballs which bank partici-pated in purchasing to be given away at Viking football games during fall of 1975. 3 Counciimen On Ballot November 4 The citizens of Pleasant Grove City will have an op-portunity to elect three city councilmen on November 4, 1975. The party chairmen are now active preparing for the nominating conventions which must be hold by October 6, 1975. The date which has been set for these conventions is Thursday, September 25, 1975. Robert Hilton, chairman of the Peoples Party reports that their con-vention will be held at the city hall, Michael Vicchrilli, chairman of the Citizens Party stated their convention will be held at the Junior High School and Joan Benson indicated that the American Party convention will be at the public library building. All three conventions will begin al 7:30 p.m. The usual method of having a name placed on the ballot is through a party convention but a provision , allow for a person to be placed on the ballot by use of a petition. This requires that at least twenty live persons sign the petition and that it be submitted to the cily recorder by October (1, 1975. All city residents arc en-couraged to become involved in Ihe election and to encourage qualified individuals to seek office. Alter Ihe candidates then their platforms should be reviewed and support given al Ihe polls on November 4lh. Anyone desiring further informal ion concerning Ihe upcoming municipal election are encourged lo call Ihe cily recorder al 785-33- 1 or slop in al Ihe cily hall, or contact anyone of Ihe Ihree Parly Chairmen. V v f v i f in : I I w : l ':,) AND NEW WARD New Eleventh Ward in Timpanogos Stake has Roy Halladay, center as bishop. Coun-selors are Newel Adamson and Robert Penrod. Clerks are John Hilton, Jean Fugal, Jim Starr, executive secretary, and two more clerks, Ralph Phillips and Art Steele. Ward division was made last Sunday night. i i VFW to Meet on 2nd Thursday Every Month 'I'lie I'l. Grove Posl of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has changed heir meeting dale Irom Ihe first Thursday of each month to the second Thursday according lo officers. The VFW meeting will be held on Sepl. II Ihe second Thursday and everyone eligible lo join the posl is cordially invited lo come mil and see what Ihe group has lo offer the veteran. |