Community summer recreation program planned with city aid
The city and American Fork residents will fund a summer recreation program directed by Grant Ingersoll and the local athletic staff. Activities include softball, baseball, tennis, ping pong, and band concerts. Plans call for school and city facilities to host leagues, with events for all ages and church and business group participation.
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American Fork
Diaf
Ingersoll
Sox
Forbes
Ir High School
Mission Call Batl Accepts Austrian Mission Call
Batl, son of Mr and Mrs Barnes and David Conder announced he accepted a call to the Austrian mission and will leave Salt Lake for New York June 27. He majored in science and earned a gold medal for four years service. A farewell party was held in Provo with good time assured as the mission meets continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batl
Salt
New York
Washington
T i
Barnes
David Conder
Provo
Tabernacle
See It Chappy Urges Action on Pending Tasks
Fragmentary note references a person named Chappy and a task list. Mentions completing service and choosing which item to work on first. No clear date or location.
Memorial Day Visitors Packed City Streets
A long list details guests who visited American Fork for Memorial Day. Numerous families from Bingham Canyon Salt Lake Provo Magna Logan Payson Park City and other cities called at homes of Bush Cunningham Nelson Grant and others while rain was forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Fork
Frank Bush
Carl Myers
Bingham
Roy Wilcox
C.G. Wright
Salt Lake
Wendell Bush
Eureka
Len Jackson
Len Dykeman
E. J. Iverson
Len Adams
Provo
June Wright
T. A. Masters
Annie
Avery Masters
Annie Smith
Bingham Canyon
Wilson Cunningham
Len Dickerson
Magna
Carl Dickerson
Logan
Niels Nelson
Sadie
William Allmark
John Nelson
Goshen
J. C. Kirkendall
Gal Elton
Clark Reece
Payson
Frank Jackson
Samuel Grant
Archie Wilson
Mack
Bonnie Stonebreaker
Park City
Emma Chase
Lottie Clayton
Stookie
Salt Lake City
Olive Bere Bowman
Ellen Grantham
Frank Baker
George Holman
Bill Barratt
Kinley
Ralph Miller
Idaho
John Evans
Services Held for Keith Peterson Child
Funeral services were held for Keith Peterson three and a half years old at the Second ward chapel with Bishop Joseph H. Storrs conducting. Keith died at home in Clovis New Mexico after a brief diphtheria illness. Surviving are his parents and four grandparents Elmer P. Bate American Folk and Charles Peterson Lehi. The service featured songs by a ladies chorus and remarks by President Clifford E. Young. Burial followed in American Fork city cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Carl Peterson
Second Ward
Joseph H. Storrs
Clovis
New Mexico
Elmer P. Bate
Charles Peterson
Lehi
Mesdames West Hammond
Vern Walker
Willard Cleghorn
Clifford E. Young
R. W. Halliday
J. F. Noyes
Bishop Storrs
Thomas 8. Priday
American Fork City
Heber Rasband
A A Firmage Enters California Mercantile Field
A A Firmage, longtime manager at J C Penney in Logan, resigns from Penney Co and moves into California mercantile business with Fresno headquarters. The Firmage family will direct a small chain. son William R Firmage oversees one store. Family dinner honors hosts after Logan visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Firmage
J. C. Penney
Logan
Heber
Cedar City
Penney Company
California
Fresno
Firmage
William R. Firmage
J. L. Firmage
William Firmage
David P. Firmage
Spanish Fork
William A. Firmage
Beaver
D. Firmage
Provo
Lee Graham
Louise
Edna Fae
Salt Lake City
Agnes Firmage
American Fork
June Weddings Open Week With Pleasant Gatherings
The section reports multiple weddings in American Fork Pleasant Grove and Lehi. Ceremonies occurred at the Salt Lake Temple with receptions at Firmagin Hall and Pleasant Grove Second Ward. Couples include Merland F and Virginia Mercer Grant LaVell Boren and Ora Adamson Inez Johnson Howard Nielsen and Miss Johnson plus others.
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Merland F
Virginia Mercer Grant
Salt Lake Temple
Salt Lake
Firmagin
Samuel Grant
Glen Wright
Bridge
Robert Comer
Lehi
Selma Seastrand
Ester Wagstaff
Dorthy Grant
Clarence Grant
Miss Seastrand
Miss Wa Staff
Miss Grant
Lillie Shafter
Haydee Iverson
Deneice Humphries
Eleanor McAllister
Iverson
Jack Iverson
Francis Mercer
Helen Smith
Donna Lue Davis
Dorthy Greenwood
Jean Nicholas
Virginia Shelley
Irene Jones
Evelyn Peck
Edith Carlisle
Lora Grant
American Fork
Pleasant Grove
LaVell Boren
Santa Anna
California
Johnson-Nielsen
Niels Nielson
Howard
Inez Johnson
Miss Johnson
Charles Johnson
Nielsen
Band Uniform Dance Success
The Benefit dance drew a good crowd of boosters for the band uniforms. The committee invites participation in upcoming entertainments and notes the new uniforms will improve the band's appearance with Utah county rivals.
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Utah County
Fire department extinguishes cellar blaze caused by grandson
Friday morning the fire department responded to Mrs. Annie Newtons home to extinguish a cellar fire set by her grandson Bob while playing with matches. Captain Ray Jacklin arrived first on scene and the blaze was brought under control before the engine arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Newton
Bob
Ray Jacklin
Railroad Week Proclamation from American Fork Mayor
The proclamation thanks Union Pacific Denver Rio Grande Western and Salt Lake Utah railroads for long service, tax contributions, and employment. It notes fare reductions and air conditioned trains as benefits and asks citizens to observe Railroad Week from June 10 to June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Salt Lake
Utah
Western
Western States
Western Railroads
Storrs
American Fork
Humphries Floral Expands with New 36 by 100 Foot House
Humphries Floral plant on East Main street progresses on a large addition to enlarge growing space by about eighty percent. The sem fr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphries Floral
East Main Street
West Point of the Air Opens at Cameo Theatre
The United States Air Corps drama stars Wallace Beery and features Randolph Field Texas. It portrays cadet aviation training from ground school to first solo flight with high speed aerial sequences. Maureen O'Sullivan and Rosalind Russell appear in a romantic subplot.
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America
West Point
United States Air Corps
Wallace Beery
Cameo Theatre
Randolph Field
Texas
Maureen O'Sullivan
Rosalind Russell
Robert Young
Missionaries Arrive in Hawaii Amid Naval Passages
Mr and Mrs Stewart A Durrant of American Fork arrive aboard the SS Lurline for an extended visit in Honolulu They witness the entry of a combined American fleet of 160 warships into Pearl Harbor Assistant Secretary Henry L Roosevelt makes a special trip from Washington to review the fleet during its harbor passage.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Stewart A. Durrant
American Fork
Pearl Harbor
United States
Henry L. Roosevelt
Navy
Washington
Scout Electrical Show Postponed To June 18th
The Scout Electrical Show planned for June 10th in Portland Oregon is postponed to June 18th due to crowd demand. Letter to Glen Wright explains overflow at the Housing Show and that equipment will be sent back to Salt Lake City with details for American Fork timing to follow.
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Scout
Hotel Congress
Portland
Oregon
Glen Wright
American Fork
Wright
Salt Lake
Shut-Ins of District to be Remembered
Humphries Floral in American Fork leads third annual International Flower Shut-In Day on June 10. Frank and Owen Humphries chair the local committee asking residents to submit names and addresses of worthy shut-ins by June 8 so flowers can be delivered to bedsides.
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American Fork
United States
Canada
Humphries
Frank and
Owen
Sey
Humphries Brothers
4H CLUBS ORGANIZE OFFICERS AND PROJECTS
Senior 4 H club at Mrs A W Clyde home selects Edith Clarke as president Deneeice Humphries vice president Helen Green secretary Edna Anderson treasurer Edith Walker reporter Lucille Bird song and yell leader Helen Johnston musical project leader Eleanor McAllister membership chair Kathryn Christensen activity chair with Maisie Cortner and Eleanor McAllister as committee. Projects include swimming ensembles foods literature etiquette and music The Double Five name chosen They meet today under Mrs Rulon Nicholas to hear a book review by Mrs Lytha Johnson of Pleasant Grove.
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A. W. Clyde
Edith Clarke
Deneice Humphries
Helen Green
Edna Anderson
Edith Walker
Lucille Bird
Helen Johnston
Eleanor McAllister
Kathryn Christensen
Maisie Cortner
James Johnston
Mary Jacklin
Marie Briggs
Kathryn Holindrake
Norma Gordon
Vilate Boley
Ann Parker
Evelyn Peck
Rhea Holmdrake
Edith Carisie
Virginia Mitchell
LaVee Hunter
Charles Gaisford
Mildred Richards
Reta Healey
Helen Pett
Elaine Nicholes
Barbara Taylor
Katherine Bird
Salt Lake City hosts church association conference events
The Salt Lake City gathering launches the annual Y M M I A and Y L M I A and Primary conference with sessions, dances, and courses. Highlights include First Presidency addresses, Bee Hive anniversary events, a Saltair dance festival, mass Primary chorus, and new leadership under A E Bowen and Ruth May Fox.
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Annus Y. M. M. I. A
Primary Association
Sal Lake City
Bee Hive Girls
Saltair
Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association
A. E. Bowen
George Q. Morris
Franklin L. West
Sarah Earl
Fred Healey
Verna Werner
Elliott Lee
Idona Myens
Max Groesbeck
Gilbert Shumway
L. D. G. Business College
Monson
Salt Lake
Barratt Hall
Assembly
Bee Hive
Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Stake
Ward Board
May Anderson
Isabelle 5. Ross
Edith H. Lambert
Banana Discovery in the Nineteenth Century
A note recalls that bananas remained tropical and largely unknown outside the tropics until the nineteenth century when popular medicine and reports began spreading their reputation.
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Tropics
Meeting to revive Utah Poultry Day discussed
A city hall meeting of committee workers citizens and poultry raisers is called for 8 p m tonight to discuss reviving Utah Poultry Day and set a date for the celebration. Community support is sought to boost the poultry industry a major local revenue source and bring outside money into the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Lions Club
No Special License Needed on Strawberry Reservoir
Utah anglers with a state fishing license may fish Strawberry Reservoir without a 50 cent private license from the Strawberry Water Users Association. Attorney General Joseph Chez issued the ruling on Friday. The ruling states no person holding a regular state fishing license must obtain a private license to fish Utah streams.
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Utah
Strawberry Reservoir
Strawberry Water Users Association
Joseph Chez
BYU honors 255 graduates at Provo exercises
Brigham Young University awarded 255 degrees and normal diplomas at the Wednesday graduation in the Utah stake tabernacle, Provo. Of the honorees, three local residents earned honors among 22 high honors recipients, including Francis W. Foster who earned a Bachelor of Science with high honors, Naomi Halliday with a Bachelor of Arts, and Irene Johnston with a Bachelor of Science.
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Brigham Young University
Utah Stake Tabernacle
Provo
Francis W. Foster
Emma Foster
Naomi Halliday
W. R. Halliday
Irene Johnston
Johnson
Mark Allen completes tests for Stanford doctorate progress
Mark Allen, a 1926 Brigham Young graduate and staff member at the state training school in American Fork, has passed all tests for his doctorate at Stanford. A letter to President F. S. Harris from Dr. Lewis M. Terman confirms the status, with only the dissertation remaining and Allen on leave from the training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Allen
Brigham Young University
American Fork
Stanford University
F. 8. Harris
Lewis M. Terman
California Institution
Mr. Allen
Ten Years Ago Now Ten Years Ago Now
Five to six thousand spring frys are being shipped from American Fork this week with another car ordered for delivery within the next ten days. Miss Ruth Ashby, senior at the B U, won the Chipman gold medal for best student painting of Timpanogos. Melba Chipman and Mary Chipman graduated from the University of Utah. LaVon King engages to Stanley Myers of Los Angeles. W L Wood, 65, manager of the First Ward Store, died suddenly after a short illness. the Wood family recently moved from California.
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American Fork
Ruth Ashby
L. Chipman
Timpanogos
Melba Chipman
Mary Chipman
University of Utah
Melba
Mary
Wm. King
LaVon
Stanley Myers
Los Angeles
W. L. Wood
First Ward
Mrs. Wood
California
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Peterson
Calif
Bohn-Lamb
Cecil Bohn
Fern Lamb
Mr. Bohn
George Miller
Miss Lamb
Anna Loraine Cheever
Harold O. Anderson
Orem
Anderson
John F. Miller
Laura Cyrstal
Fire Department
Church Ass’n. Conference
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