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Show 1 Z . ! road Street Sprinrpo.r t, Mich., 4 9284 is barrier 1 no Age Joyful Christmas Kids.... for young quilters V . Sounds will open f ? . Coloring contest ...see page 3 'VU holiday season f entry form Jfw , - f j " i ...see page 13 f - tl x .. .see page 23 (jfiliu t ; 'ni'ui.,ift. i. .. I ' ' .x ,..... , l yjCyM Vol. 5 No. 46 Monday, November 21, 1983 50 cents a single copy Turkey more than tradltiioii for Adamses N it- - : rv V - If :p f By GWEN PETERSON Tie Turkey was a hull of bones, Tie gravy bowl is dry, Tie olives now are only stones Tiere's not a trace of pie. iehold the table once so filled fith viands over plus groaning board you see is filed groaning comes from us! America has two national birds - the eagle and the turkey. Ben franklin favored the turkey for our lational emblem. (Can you magine eating bald eagle with its of five feet, and as ough as shoe leather, on thanksgiving Day?) Now you lave something to be thankful for. This noble bird, the turkey, ymbol of the bounties of our fertile and, the fruits of our independent fforte, and the glory of our family ife, is also the expression of our hankfulnes8 for these precious hings. Ben Franklin's argument was hat the eagle was a bird of bad noral character, while the turkey vas a bird of courage and would t hesitate to attack a grenadier of he British guards, who should iresume to invade his farmyard rith a red coat on. Judging from stories of early settlers, the wild turkey did not fear inyone, Red Coat or Continental, rle winged his way across the untry in flocks of up to 500 and lighted wherever he saw food, rlany settlers called him "a pest," lecause of his eating of corn and ither crops. On many occasions, lowever, when supplies of food sere low, pilgrems shot turkeys and were able to feed their families. So plentiful were the gobblers that lie early settlers named many sites after them, as Turkey Island, near Jamestown, Va. Today, turkey farming has become a major industry, and Utah has done its share in providing turkeys not only for the two major holidays, but all year round for us hungry and thankful people. Effie W. Adams smiles as she remembers the many years her husband, Arza, raised turkeys here in the Pleasant Grove area. It was 1935 when he became interested in raising turkeys. This a new movement in agriculture nUtah and was introduced by the a group just wandering in the garden below but we learned later they were guards. They also sent turkeys to Vice President Nixon and Secretary of Agricultural Ezra T. Benson, and received letters back from them. "It was a good life, raising turkeys," Effie notes. "A lot of hard work, but we met a lot of good people and got to travel." She chuckles as she adds, 'The people in the turkey business had to be good people, they had to have a lot of strength of character. You had to get up in the middle of the night to load the turkeys to go to the plants, and if there was a storm you had to stay up all night just watching them." She is concerned about turkey growers this year, with the price just 58 cents a pound, she wonders how they are making it. Turkeys have a place in our lives, but with Effie Adams, you can readily see from the metal turkey on the front door to the lovely painting hanging over her fireplace of a turkey, turkey's wee their life, a good life. Yes, turkeys are an important part of Thanksgiving, an annual holiday fought long and hard for, by all people a woman. Sarah Josepha Hale was not happy with such an important day being left to the whim of the individual states. This local option arrangement seemed to satisfy everyone except ;Jier, She ..saw. Thanksgiving .as a method of binding together the widely differing states for at least one day a year in a spirit of prayer and thanksgiving. When war came in 1861, Sarah pleaded with both sides to observe a Thanksgiving and "lay aside" our emnities and strife on that one day. Finally, when the ravages of war left people with seemingly little to be thankful for, Sarah's long campaign came to a successful conclusion. She succeeded in obtaining a Presidents' proclamation from Abraham Lincoln. In an era when women had few opportunities Mrs. Hale enriched a generation with her accomplish-ments. As succeeding Americans pause each Thanksgiving Day with their traditional turkey dinner and in prayer, she enriches them, too. PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER, Left, accepts the turkey given him by Effie and Arza Adams, extreme right, a number of years ago when the Adams were big turkey farmers in Pleasant Grove. Ezra Taft Benson, then Secretary of Agriculture, stands next to Mrs. Adams. large commercial feed companies. They would finance the purchase of the poults, finance the feed, and market the turkeys at maturity. This was a bonanza for the feed companies since they would take a commission on poults, a large margin on feed, and another commission on the marketing. For the grower, the profit was usually experience only. Arza accumulated enough security that he was able to finance his poults through the Bank of Pleasant Grove, and partially finance his feed through Hermansen Feed Mills at Gunnison. He hauled the feed from Gunnison himself, and some days would make the 200 mile trip twice, as well as care for work at home with the turkeys. Later he arranged his financing with Utah Farm Production Credit Association, with his average borrowing for a year about a quarter of a million dollars, with one year going in excess of $400,000. Opportunity to improve the quality of his flocks came with the introduction of a. new breed of broad-breaste- d turkeys. Arza imported eggs from the best flocks, being one of the first in Utah to do so. A surprise experience came to Arza and Effie as they were attending the International Poultry Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio in 1939. Sitting in the Utah display they noted that one of the large illuminated slides looked familiar. Close examination disclosed that it was a beautiful picture of their home and coops taken by Dr. Draper, head of the Poultry Department at Utah State Agricultural College, and used in this display. Further opportunities came to Arza and Effie to visit President Eisenhower at the white house and present him with a Utah turkey. ' "They took us out on the East Balcony over-lookin- g the Rose Garden," Effie said. "It looked loke PG City okays sale off surplus property A public hearing Tuesday night ulted in the Pleasant Grove City uncil being given the d to Kll property the city has deemed surplus. The only offer received by the city time for the hearing was the "est 0f Kent xhrashe,. who would like to purchase the old wastewater treatment plant to use ietal recovery operation. "tow property offered in the surplus package was a building lot near 1400 E. on 200 S., and an exchange of property in the Anderson Park. In other action the council approved a resolution to allow the participation of local Public Safety employees in the Utah State Public Safety Retirement fund. The city will not pay the "buy-in- " fee for officers. This will be paid for by them. Jeanette Ekins and Linda Chipman, police dispatchers on weekends and at night, reviewed their responsibilities with the council. They asked the council to consider a wage increase for the dispatchers. They noted that there is quite a bit of responsibility involved with the job with the police, ambulance, fire department and city crews being dispatched. Councilman Norman Barton suggested that the city declare its intention to increase the salary of the dispatchers effective Jan. 1 . His suggestion that a committee composed of Mark Johnson, Dr. David Dickerson and Donna Brock to determine the means of paying for and the amoung of increase for the dispatchers was approved. E. Mark Bezzant, chairman of the Community Progress Committee, introduced the Youth City Council. Youth Mayor Caralee Flinders reported on future projects of the group including providing a Community Christmas Tree and getting it decorated, raising money for the Statue of Liberty restoration project, organize a youth court, and revising some city codes. ' The youth council will participate in the leadership seminar scheduled in January in Logan. Bezzant reviewed the organization of the Community Progress Committee and the upcoming community survey. His plan to have members selected from five neighborhood areas was approved by the council. The council discussed the possibility of charging a non-resident fee only on grave opening and closing costs and not on the sale of the lot. Mark Johnson, city recorder, said that a more simple system than the present one would be to provide that all lots be sold to a resident or a non-reside- at the same cost but See Council on page 3 Off to see the wizard? nly two performances left r f . , v '- - , ; I s , ? I 0 Y . s x " I Jne cast of the "Wizard of Oz" 8'ng and dance through the two performances of the PWar musical tonight and "wrrow night in the Pleasant High School Auditorium. Tirtt rmanCe8 are at 8 P'm' are on sale at the door. ,0Ung and old alike will enjoy this vonte tale of the girl from Kansas a over rainbow and has adventures galore. tW favorite characters are Dorothy, the Tinman, the vref,w, the Cowardly Lion, the chkins, the good and bad ',hes, and all the others. ne renovated auditorium with new lights and a stage extension will be used for the first time. Sound will be by Doug Bezzant. Costumes are by Marcele Brashear. Elaine Hansen produces and directs the show with the Alpine Chamber Orchestra and members of the Pleasant Grove High School band providing accompanyment. Julie Brown is Dorothy in the production with Glade Holman as the Scarecrow, Steve Washburn and Jason First as the Tinmen and John Allen as the Cowardly Lion. The sets and stage extension were constructed by Mr. Despain s shop classes. IF HE ONLY HAD A. . .Dorothy and the Scarecrow find an unexpected woodsman m this scene from the PGHS production of "The Wizard of Oz." Lindon okays condos At the Lindon City Council meeting held November 16, Ed Braithwaite and Blaine Webber applied for a building permit, so they could proceed with their plans to build four condominiums at 720 Center Street in Lindon. They had all the required paper work complete, including a letter from the bank saying they had met bonding requirements. The Council approved their request. Ground breaking for two units will be next week, with a projected finish date being February 1, on the two units. |