| OCR Text |
Show Kay Jacobs Tells of Interstate Highway Plans At Chamber of Commerce Banquet Saturday the freeways will be by means of conveniently placed access roads and no business establishments will be permitted adjoining the system. Cost of the project will be borne by the federal government fmrn taxation; but the building of the highways will be under the direction direc-tion of the states, Mr. Jacobs concluded. con-cluded. Other features of the evening's program included the designation of Sam Green as "Young Man of the Year," by Jaycee President Dewey Wilkinson; the awarding of the annual "C of C Life Membership" Member-ship" to M. S. Christiansen; the reading of the financial rcort by Secretary-Treasurer Clair Roundy anil the el'ction of six new members mem-bers to the Board of Directors. Elected as two-ye;ur directors were Byron Carter, Ernest Morgan, Mor-gan, and Geor-ge Smith. D'an Christ enson, Don H';ld:iway and Kay Jacobs were chosen ns one-year one-year directors. (Continued on page 8) "The proposed Inter-state Highway High-way System is the gr eatest construction con-struction project ever attempted by man and exceeds the work involved in-volved in the building of the Panama Pan-ama Canal by 60 times," said Kay L. Jacobs last Saturday night. Mr. Jacobs was the guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce member-ship banquet, held at the Timpanogos Tim-panogos Stake House, under the direction of President Vaughn Bamett. Other facts and figures presented present-ed by Mr. Jacobs revealed that the total cost of the Interstate system would exceed 50 billion dollars with the completion date set for 1971. "Only with the help of all our citizens can America succeed in this gigantic undertaking," he said. With 65,000,000 automobiles currently cur-rently jamming our highways and with the prospect of this number being increased to 90,000,000 by 1975. the nerd for a federal system of improved freeways becomes self-evident, self-evident, the speaker noted. According to Mr. Jacobs, the Interstate System will consist of 41,000 miles of modern highways, connecting 90 per cent of the U. S. cities with populations of 50.000 and over; 42 per cent of the state capitals and all the 48 states. The highway will be "n .-.n-toll" and will extend from border to border and coast to coa.st. Entrance and exit to and from C of C Banquet (Continued from page 1) Musical numbers were rendered by Mrs. Paul Radmall, Mrs. K. Adams and Emery Porter. Prayers were offe'-ed by Paul Fordham and Arvil Wadley. Honored guess at the banquet were PGHS coaches Ned Alger, Don Crump and Clyde Christensen, All-State Football player Paul Allen Al-len and members of the school's Region VII championship football team and the current basketball team. M. S. Christiansen, lifelong resident res-ident of Pleasant Grove and ardent church and civic worker, was designated des-ignated a "Life Member" of the Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce Com-merce at the annual banquet Saturday Sat-urday night. The plaque award was presented by Vaughn Barnett, president of the organization. Mr. Christiansen was born in 1884, and has lived his entire life in Pleasant Grove, being born in a small home on 4th East and 4th North and there was raised with his eight brothers and sisters. He livEid the typical life of a boy raised in a small town. Herded cows, teased the neighbors, hiked in the mountains and helped his father, who was a carpenter. His boyhood pal, Niels Fugal, lived across the road and they shared many happy times together. He . graduated f rom school with the class of 1903 and later received re-ceived a certificate in Electrical Engineering from the International Correspondence School. At the age of 24 he filled a mission mis-sion to Sweden. In 1923 he was made Bishop of the Third Ward and held that office for six years. In 1929 he was set apart as second counselor in the Stake Presidency of Timpanogos Stake under Wil-ford Wil-ford W. Wamick and served in this capacity for 15 years. He has been a registered Scout-er Scout-er for 30 years and received his Eagle award in 1946. He served one term as president of the Chamber of Commerce and three years as a member of the Board of Directors. In 1946 he was eleoted as mayor of Pleasant Grove. His vocational work has been with the Utah Power and Light Co. and he worked for them for 37 years, being retired from this company com-pany for the past eight years. Mr. Christiansen and his wife, Hedve Johnson Christiansen, are the parents of five children. They are Mrs. George (Louise) Nielson, Pleasant Grove; Mrs. W. L. (Edna) Williams, Salt Lake City; John M. Christiansen, Lancaster, California; Califor-nia; Mrs. Sherman (Mary) Var-ney. Var-ney. Pleasant Grove and Mi's. Bernard Ber-nard (Carol) Swenson, Emery, Utah. There are 22 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. |
