City Att y Advises Council on Notes and Water Collections
City attorney provided a written opinion on water rate assessment and note types for loans to the city. Mayor and city recorder ordered to issue tax anticipation notes replacing current outstanding notes. May reports read and accepted. some additional bills approved. Deliberations covered cemetery plots and improving lot access, with plans to raise a west side wall about five feet. Delbert Chipman proposed temporary shelves in the town hall for Red Cross supplies. National Flower Shut-In committee asked city cooperation to provide bouquets to hospital inmates and veterans. city to contact Floral Co. and back the effort as a civic gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Steele
Delbert Chipman
Humpgies Floral Co
Unetman Chipman
Red Cross
Dtists
Impliries Floral Co
Ee Loval Committee
Sancoho
American Fork Camp Meet Thursday Details
American Fork Daughters of Utah Pioneers will meet at 2:30 PM in the library reading room. The program features biographical sketches of Ima Paxman Miller and Joseph Jorgen by Alice McDaniel, musical numbers by Provo performers, and a chapter on American Folk history by Bertha Sager with Verda Miller reading. All members urged to attend. visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Ima Paxman Miller
Joseph Jorgen
Alice
Amoeri
Bertha Sager
Verdailler
City Flags Upgraded for Memorial Day Display
On Memorial Day a new Old Glory flag was raised over City Hall then lowered to half mast. The flag was purchased by the city at the request of the local American Legion organization and replaces a worn flag unsuitable for display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Organization
Special Speaker at Community Church
James L. Hayes of the Episcopal Church of Provo will be the speaker at Presbyterian Community Church next Sunday evening. The sermon theme is Christian Healing. He has studied the subject for four years and will bring his choir Organist. Services begin at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Hayes
Church of
Provo
Presbyterian Community Church
Business Conditions In The Twelfth District April Recovery Rise
Twelfth District business moved upward vigorously in April matching national recovery. Production and trade indexes improved from March and rose above February levels. Prices climbed for many district commodities with employment and wages rising, while agriculture faced slow seasonal progress and forage shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Metropolitan Water District
Lehi Triumphs In Holiday Decoration Day Thriller
Lehi defeated American Fork 9 to 7 in a nine inning Decoration Day baseball game at American Fork. The rally came in the final innings as Lehi scored three runs to pull ahead after American Fork led early. Ingersoll pitched for American Fork and Edwards secured the win for Lehi. Pleasant Grove awaits Wednesday June seventh at American Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehi
American Fork
Ingersoll
Edwards
Barnes
Colledge
Evans
Turner
Whitman
H. Manning
W. Manning
Jackson
Binch
Homer
E. Chipman
Chipman
Bohn
Robinson
Jones
Pleasant Grove
Wing Hill Nuptials In Ely Nevada Tie The Knot
Miss Mariam Wing and William L Hill married on Tuesday May 23 in Ely Nevada The bride of American Fork Utah daughter of Mr and Mrs N A Wing graduated from BYU and taught in Alpine District for two years The groom from Canon City Colorado works for Yankee Mining Company in American Fork canyon They will make American Fork their home Friends extend best wishes for a happy life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariam Wing
William L. Hill
Ely
Nevada
American Fork
N. A. Wing
Alpine
Hii
Canon City
Colorado
Yankee Mining Company
American Fork Canyon
Poultry Association Meet Ing Saturday Night
The American Fork Poultry Producers Association will hold a regular meeting tomorrow night at 8 in the city hall. All association members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Fork Poultry Producers Association
Corn Crop Values for Utah Stock Feed
Corn grows best in sandy loam soils with adequate fertility and warm early season. Highest yields follow alfalfa or cultivated crops manured with barnyard fertilizer. Choose varieties suited to local altitude and consult the county agent. Utah examples include Falkener Mercer White Flint Minnesota 13 Rustler White Dent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Mercer
White Flint
Minnesota
City observes Memorial Day with ceremonies and flowers
Memorial Day activities in American Folk city included ceremonies at the Soldier Memorial monument in the cemetery. President Clifford E. Young spoke as Jed J. Mercer led the American Legion in charge. Firemen managed traffic and Service Star Legion ladies placed flowers and flags on graves as beautification work began around the memorial plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldier Memorial
EK. J. Bird
Clifford E. Young
Jed J. Mercer
American Legion
Service Star Legion
Flying west to Chicago World Fair with a wary eye on progress
Beverly Hills observer notes a traveler’s vivid, candid read on the Chicago Worlds Fair opening amid beams powering progress toward a new era. The piece highlights architecture color spectacle, Beery weathered optimism, and the idea of renewal through science and spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
New York
Chicago
Rufus Dawes
Roosevelt
Arcturus
Farm Act confronts surplus impact on breadlines and farms
The piece argues surpluses coexists with hunger, pushes prices down, and harms both farmers and urban workers. It describes agricultural collapse, widespread farm bankruptcies, and the Farm Act as a realistic step to reduce surpluses by stabilizing production and prices, while urging fair exchange between farming and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
United States
Europe
South America
Australia
Canada
Tire
Final Respects Paid Pioneer Resident
Funeral services for Richard R. Steele, pioneer resident, were held Sunday at the Fourth Ward chapel. Bishop Lot Robinson led the rites. a capacity crowd witnessed eulogies, musical offerings, and a grave prayer by George Abel. Interment followed at the city cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Ward
Richard R. Steele
Lot Robinson
Ora Chipman
Lois Greenwood
Ann Clayson
Leland Priday
Earl S. Greenwood
Mr. Steele
Edith Shelley
Miss Clayson
Mr. Priday
Naomi Halliday
Leo T. Shelley
Clifford E. Young
Bishop Robinson
Chevrolet Caravan Arrives in American Fork Saturday
General Motors brings its most complete automobile caravan to Utah arriving in American Fork at 6 15 p m Saturday June 3 for inspection and demonstration at Martin Nielsen Garage. A score of fine motor cars will be on display and all automobile enthusiasts are invited to view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
General Motors Company
American Fork
Martin Nielsen
Nielsen
Preston Peters Marriage in Salt Lake Temple
Miss Violet Preston and Elmo Peters were married at the Salt Lake temple on May 25. They are both active in local civic and church life. the couple will reside in this city with many friends offering best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Preston
Elmo Peters
Salt Lake Temple
Fred Preston
James F. Peters
Temple
Preston
Peters
Provo
Goml
Okey Descendants Reunion Set at Geneva Resort
Notice invites all descendants and in laws of Edwin and Mary Pitt Okey to a reunion at Geneva Resort on June 7. The day’s program includes sports at 10 p.m. lunch at 12 noon and a program at 2 p.m. All invited should attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin and
Mary Pitt Okey
Geneva Resort
Final Respect Paid Byron Kershaw Funeral
Funeral services for Byron S. Kershaw of Salt Lake were held Thursday May 25 in the First Ward chapel. Speakers praised his educational and professional strides. musical selections accompanied the service as the grave was dedicated by President Clifford E. Young in American Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Ward
Byron S. Kershaw
Salt Lake
Mr. Kershaw
American Fork
William and
Emma Dickerson Kershaw
Wyoming
F. Grant
Arthur Nilsson
J. PB. Aydelotte
Kenneth Robinson
James T. Gardner
E. J. Seastrand
Ray Gardner
Death Claims Robert Davis
Robert Davis 69 longtime Salem native dying of heart ailment at home in American Fork. Born February 29 1864 son of Robert and Sarah Davis of Salem he moved to American Fork and married Sarah Ann Dickerson in 1918. Survived by wife a daughter from prior marriage Phoebe Carlson of Salem a sister Olive Grant two brothers William and K T Davis six step children and several who are named. funeral held Thursday in the Salem ward chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Bob”) Davis
American Fork
Phoebe Carlson
Salem
Olive Grant
William
K.T. Davis
Davis
Ruth Anderson
Perchy Fredricks
John Dickerson
Delos Dickerson
Fruitland
Stella Young
Pleasant Grove
Wanda
Ten Years Ago Now: Obits and Local Notes in Alpine Area
Thomas Kelly dies of typhoid at home. Elmer Miller resigns Alpine School District post to become associate professor at BYU. David Gourley named Alpine District superintendent succeeding Miller. Carload of tabernacle organ arrives in American Fork under Bishop Hindley. Orson Misner dies in Logan and is buried here. Local births reported in Alpine with three new babies. Reed Last and Emil Jerling silver wedding anniversary with guests from Salt Lake and Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kelly
Elmer Miller
Alpine
Assochte
B.Y. U
Tabernacle Organ
American Fork
J. R. Hindley
David Gourley
Pleasant Grove High School
Orson Misner
Logan
Stork
Eliza Terry
Alvin Whitby
Dg. Dunsdon
Emil Jerling
Bighland
Salt Lake and
Murray
Mrs. Jerling
Sweden
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Kity Attorney
Council On
American Fork Camp
SEW
Community
Geneva Dance
Geneva
Elirect
Federal Reserve Dist
Isaac B. Newton
Federal Reserve
Poultry Association
Trench
Wendell Yellow Dent
Boone County
Wil
Rogers
Joseph Urban
Austria
Joe
Hollywood
Old Blue Boy
Byrds
London
Scotland
Enchanted Island
Bertr Garden
Nerecf
MoNaight Jyeu
Chevrolet Caravan
Preston-Peters
Okey
Byron Kershaw
Robert Davis
Reed Robinson
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