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Show "Pleasant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City in Utah County" VOL LXXI. No. 9 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 84062, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1978 'Single Copy 15t PLEASANT GROVE UTAH STAKE Noal Greenwood, center is new stake president, and his counselors are Gordon Allred and Larry Blackhurst. Back row are clerks Owen Hooley, Milton West, Dale Morton, Verl APbott and Bill Keetch, executive secretary. PLEASANT GROVE UTAH EAST STAKE Mack Palmer, was named stake president of the new East Stake in Pleasant Grove, and his counselors are A. Clyde Hill and John P. Gourley. Back is Howard Swapp, clerk and Ellis Allred, executive secretary. Daniel F. Nehring, finance clerk, was not available at picture taking time Tuesday. Pleasant Grove Stake Divided Last Sunday at Conference High Councilmen: S. Ken-neth Robbins. Ted Tucker, John Oscarson, Ben Whiting, William E. Petersen, Therald Beckstrand, Thomas P. Hamann, Wm. Mark Bezzant, Eleroy West, Donald C. Crump, Elliot C. Howe, Preston Johnson, Gary Mills, Robert Peterson, the last two are alternates. Thomas Ardie Adams was made a Patriarch of the Pleasant Grove East Stake. Young Men's Presidency, Douglas L. Weight, Richard Townsend and John Wood. (Continued on page 4) presidency. Palmer and Hill were in the presidency of the Pleasant Grove Stake, and Gourley was a former high councilman. In the Pleasant Grove Stake, Noal Thomas Green-wood, a member of the presidency, was called to ser-ve as stake president, and Gordon K. Allred and Larry Paul Blackhurst will serve with him as his counselors. Allred is a former bishop, and Blackhurst is serving as bishop of the 12th Ward at the present time. OTHER OFFICERS Other officers in the Pleasant Grove East Stake are as follows: Ellis V. Allred, executive secretary, and Howard J. Swapp, stake clerk, and Dan-nie- l F. Nehring as assistant clerk. A new stake was created last Sunday as members of the Grove, 9th, 7th, 8th, 13th and 14th Wards became members of the Pleasant Grove Utah East Stake. Elder Bruce R. McConkie and Stanley Smith, regional representative, presided over the conference where the division was made. Pleasant Grove 1st, 5th, 12th and the three Lindon Wards still remained in the Pleasant Grove Utah Stake. The division was made on the basis of the four existing chapels, each of the three wards presently using the chapel, either going to the new stake or remaining with the original stake. NEW LEADERS New leaders called to serve in the PI. Grove East Stake were Evan Mack Palmer, A. Clyde Hill and John P. Gourley, as the stake Geneva Works Honors Craft Apprentices A group of Geneva Works journeymen were honored recently for completing craft apprenticeships at a graduation luncheon at the Riverside Country Club. Apprenticeships completed included 4 armature winders, eight bricklayers, four elec-tricians, 26 millwrights, 12 motor inspectors and 12 pipefitters. H. A. Huish, general superintendent, was keynote speaker at the luncheon, and praised the men for their dedication. The following men from the Pleasant Grove area were honored. Glen W. Adams and Steven D. West, motor inspectors; Newell H. Bracken, Bryce K. Clements, Grant D. Newman, Karl R. Richins, millwrights. Bruce W. Dahle, Louis B. Ellis, James D. Kelley, pipefitters. Dean Durrant, electrician and Donald L. Morse, ar-mature winders. Lester R. Freeman, and George L. Storey, bricklayers. Bank New Outside and Inside Now There's something new on main street. The Bank of Pleasant Grove has a new look from outside to in, from front to back. The coming of 1978 marked the completion of major remodeling and ad-ditions to this once familiar Main Street building. The facade features large win-dows running the entire length of the building of-fering a clean, modern ap-pearance. The original lobby area and presidents office have been improved and New and more efficient telephone systems have been installed for customer con-venience. What was once an alley to the north of the bank, has been transformed into a modern office complex. It houses facilities for loan of-ficers, a conference room, storage area and secretarial stations. These improvements are designed to make banking more pleasant and efficient and to help the bank to serve its customers better. An open house will be held in the near future so that the public will be able to tour the bank and see the new facilities. OUTSIDE Good looking front of bank and new offices grace P.G. Main Street. AND INSIDE Workers enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of the former alley in bank. H8BHI m JOE H. FERGUSON Joe Ferguson Is Candidate for U.S. Congress Republican Joe H. Ferguson, Airline Captain from American Fork, (though he does business in and hangs around Pleasant Grove a lot too), announced last week that he would challenge the incumbent Democrat Gunn McKay for the seat in the United States Congress from Utah's first congressional district. Ferguson called for a return to reality and stated, "Too many programs cost far more than they provide. Many are unworkable, counterp-roductive and unrealistic. The burden placed on the taxpayer in excessive taxes, inflation and high interest rates caused by the outrageous spending on the federal level, is ludicrous. Most young couples can no longer afford to buy homes and our elderly can't even af-ford to keep the homes they have paid for over many years of sacrifice and hard work. It is frightening, the direction the government has taken us. Where will we be in five years from now or ten years from now. Heaven help the children growing up if we don't act now. "The federal government has become a ravenous animal, consuming an g amount of our in-comes. "The Carter administration promised to cut big gover-nment, yet the bureaucracy continues to escalate. It is out of control and out of touch with the people. Power and special interest groups are in control. The rights and needs of the majority are all too often ignored. "What Utahns want and what they deserve is less deceptive rhetoric and more positive action. "Congressman McKay, while a decent man, is responsible for much of the destructive legislation in existence today. He has ap-peased the He has disregarded the respon-sibilities of his office. Congressman McKay does not represent the majority of Utahns in the First District and his voting record proves it" said Joe Ferguson. Dance Concert Set for Mar. 1 0 On Friday, Mar. 10, 1978 "Variations of Dance," will be performed by the Pleasant Grove Jr. High School dance group. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Jr. High School auditorium with the doors closing at 7:25 p.m. The doors will reopen during the ten minute intermission only. Tickets are currently on sale from any junior high student enrolled in any of Mrs. Jan Randall's dance classes or tickets may be purchased at the door. Admission prices are 50 for students, $1 for adults and family tickets for $3.00. Money earned from the dance concert will be used for the Girls' Physical Education and Dance Depts. With the theme the girls will take the whole family through a myriad of dance styles from yesteryear to the modern dance and rock phases of dance today. A version of the hits Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be presen-ted. Exercise dance number will depict our very own Viking girls. A baseball team number will be performed with Mrs. Randall playing the part of "Coach." Bobby Kano will sing an opening patriotic number with Anabelle Begay translating. Mr. Kano's written version of "I Pledge Allegiance" is in her native Navajo language through dance form with Ruth Snelson dancing a ballet American style. The dance concert group will also be shown on "Blow Your Horn" channel 4 TV starting Mar. 4 through Mar-ch 10. Ron Zeidner Will Start Class on Church History Ron Zeidner, seminary teacher, will present a "Chur-ch History" class, the chronological study of church history and doctrine. The class will start on Thrusday, March 9, and will run to April 27, 7 to 9 p.m. each week at the Pleasant Grove Seminary building. A registration fee of $7.50 per person is required for the eight weeks of instruction. For contact the teacher, Ronald Zeidner. His phone is 785-611- 8 or 785-376- Purpose of the class is to provide an study of a particular subject. It is not intended to compete with or supplant any of the offerings of the Church, but is designed to help people better under-stand certain teachings of the gospel. STEVEN SORENSEN Steven Sorensen Going on Mission Elder Steven L. Sorensen, son of John and Nadeen Sorensen, has been called to the Massachusetts Boston Mission by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. A farewell testimonial was held last Sunday, Feb. 26 in the Pleasant Grove 13th Ward sacrament meeting. Elder Sorensen will enter the mission home on March 4 and after that will leave for the mission field. Steve has been active in Aaronic Priesthood presiden-cies, and was a Deacons quorum secretary. Teachers quorum president and Priest quorum secretary. He went to the Hill Cumorah Pageant on the work crew in July of 1976. He is a graduate of the Pleasant Grove High School. HfS Bg Jam $$jMj$Sfc 'WfllBr HBHafl 1 PAGEANT COMMITTEE Geniel Waid, Bill Petersen, Dora Faux, Gretha Eyre, Bonnie Bunker, and back, LaDean Gillman, Kiki Anderson, Vickie Young, Louise Murdock, Irene1 McCuistion and Joan Flinders are committee members. Two were absent from picture. Only 7 More Spots Remain for Queen Pageant, Deadline 1 8th A new deadline of March 18 has been set for the Strawberry Days Queen Pageant according to Geniel Waid, There are only 7 openings left according to Mrs. Waid, and girls are urged to sign up as the maximum number that can be entered is twelve. The Pageant is scheduled for Saturday, April 22, and girls will be helped with their numbers before the pageant, and a full staff of "helpers" has been signed up. Norma Ovard is with Mrs. Waid. and Bill Petersen, is master of ceremonies. Louise Murdock will be in charge of the judges, and Irene McCuistion will be in charge of special arrangemen-ts. Other committee members are Dora Fauz, tickets, Gretha Eyre, luncheon, Kiki Ander son, makeup and modeling, and Madge Peterson, programs. Joan Flinders will be in charge of publicity, Vickie Young will take charge of the contestants, and LaDean Gillmam the music. Bonnie Bunker is in charge of dance instruction. Girls are urged to contact one of the committee, and sign up before the Mar. 18 deadline. mm Pom Hardman Is Finalist in Teenage Contest Miss Pamela Hardman, age 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrance and LaRae Har-dman of Pleasant Grove has been selected to be a finalist in the 1978 Miss Utah National Teenager Pageant to be held at Hotel Utah, May 5,6,7 1978. This Pageant is the Official State Final to the Miss National Teen-Age- r Pageant to be held in Atlan-ta, Georgia in August of 1978. Miss Carolyn Grow, of Provo, Utah, the reigning Miss Utah National Teen-Age- r will crown the new win-ner. There will be contestants from all over the state who will be competing. They will be judged on scholastic achievement-leadership- ; poise personality; and beauty. There will be no swim suit or talent competition. Each con-testant will recite at 100 word essay on the subject, "What's right about America. Miss Hardman is being sponsored by Dr. Doyle Barrett M.D., Smiths Drug Store, and Uncle Mario's. Her hobbies include Ho-rsemanship, Cheerleading, Gymnastics, and Dancing. MISS PAM HARDMAN Each contestant accepted will be requested to par-ticipate in the Volunteer Community Service Program of the National Teenager Pageant which teaches teenagers to share and to participate in school and civic affairs. A g Charm Course will be given during the weekend of the Pageant. The winner of the Miss Utah National Teen-Age- r Pageant will receive an all expense paid trip to Atlanta, Ga. to compete in the Miss National Teenager Pageant. $10,000 in cash scholarships will be awarded at the National Pageant, among many other prizes including a Mazda car. Vandals Break Windows at Valley View An estimated $1,500 damage was done to windows in Valley View School during the past weekend, it was reported by Pleasant Grove police. Four large windows, in-cluding three of double thick tinted thermopane, were smashed when vandals threw rocks through them, accor-ding to Bert Bean, Pleasant Grove police officer. The large windows were three and one half feet wide and about eight feet high. Principal Robert Emal said this was only about the third time in the history of the school that windows had been broken. In the two previous incidents only one window was broken each time. The vandalism was reported by a neighbor to the school. Mr. Emal and Officer Bean encouraged those living near the school or other schools to report anything deemed suspicious near the school. The investigation is con-tinuing on the vandalism, and anyone having any leads as to the culprits are asked to con-tact the local police. |