Strawberry Day Program Set for Pleasant Grove Festival
Pleasant Grove prepares for the annual Strawberry Day Festival on Tuesday June 5 with a full lineup of entertainment. Band concerts, a grand parade, free berries, a city-wide display of floats, a college circus, aeroplane game, and more attractions promise a mammoth event with participation from local businesses and organizations. The parade committee lists H. Robertson as chairman alongside Irving Johnson, Clarence Hilton, Amy Cooper, and others.
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Pleasant Grove
Severiade
Utah County
Addiion
Liom
Mder
H. ©. Robertson
D. Moore, Jr
Irving Johnson
Clarence Hilton
Mary Cooper
Amy Cooper
Lester Theobold
Nels Swensen
Hans Williamson
Vilace Radmaill
Keith Farr Dies After Short Illness
Keith Parr, 10, son of Mr and Mrs H H Farr, died at home June 6 after a two week illness. Born December 1 1918 in Tucson Arizona, he moved with family to Pleasant Grove a year ago. Survived by parents six sisters and three brothers. Funeral held Thursday at 8 pm at the Timpanogos Stake Tabernacle with A H Adams in charge. Music by Maurine Moore and Kenneth Van Wagoner. Speakers included S H Harris John Van Wagoner Newell K Young W Payne and President W W Warnick. Roy Faga and Helen Swenson provided musical selections. Benediction by Bishop F P D Atwood. Sunday School of the Third ward reorganized with Delbert Pugal superintendent O Newman first counselor Ross Nielson second counselor Eugene West secretary.
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Keith Parr
H. H. Farr
Tuscon
Arizona
Pleasant Grove
Timpanogos Stake Tabernacle
Navy
A. H. Adams
Helen Swenson
D. Atwood
Engaged: Helen Francis Meeks to Wendell B Thorne
Announcement in Washington papers states Helen Francis Meeks daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Meeks will wed Wendell B. Thorne of New York, a Brigham Young and Georgetown graduate and ITT chief economist. The couple plan a June 28 ceremony at the bride’s home and will reside in New York.
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Washington, D. C
Benjamin M. Meeks
Helen Francis
Wendell B. Thorne
New York
Pleasant Grove
Washington, D
Thorne
Brigham Young University of
Road repairs improve access to park and Strawberry Day events
The road from the state highway to the Union Pacific depot has been graveled after a long deterioration. Officials say the project will aid Strawberry Day visitors by providing a smoother approach to the ball park. The Busy Corner Store to the Tabernacle route was recently fixed as well.
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Union Pacific
Fefty
Ball Park
Tabernacle
Funeral Services Held Sunday For Pleasant Grove Citizen
Funeral services were held Sunday at the stake tabernacle for Oliver Christiansen who died May 31 after an appendectomy. Speakers included Patriarch Swenson and Mr Mostey. musical selections featured solos and quartets. He was born November 15 1896 in Tindon later educated in Pleasant Grove high school and is survived by his widow four children and several siblings. Burial was in Pleasant Grove cemetery with grave dedication by J W Gillman.
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Stake Tabernacle
Oliver Christiansen
Joseph Olpin
R. E. Moffett
Ford
Mrs. West
Tera West Pugal
Ts Swenson
Mr. Mostey
Cherry State
Salt Lake City
Christiansen
Rio
Tindon
Pleasant Grove
Josephine Halliday Christiansen
Margaret Nell
Anta Ruth
Betty
Billy Christiansen
William Christiansen
Dean Park
Orem
Joseph
Howard
Leland
Verl Christiansen
Louella Miller
American Fork
Rollo Blackhurst Injured In Sandbank Cave-in
Paul Blackhurst and his brother Rollo, aged 11, were at the Atwood gravel pit when a sandbank cave-in buried Rollo. Paul freed him after hours of effort, the boy suffered scratches and bruises but no broken bones.
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Rollo Blackhurst
Sandbank
Paul Blackhurst
Rollo
Atwood
Banc
Paul
Third Ward Play Reaches Salt Lake M I A Contest
The Third Ward competitive play travels to Salt Lake Saturday to face division winners at 1 20 p m. A victory advances them to the 7 30 p m final contest for the church M I A play championship with Bishop F I Atwood leading supporters from the ward.
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Third Ward
Salt Lake
F. I. Atwood
Pleasant Grove City Council Delivers On Various Items
The Pleasant Grove city council met on a Saturday with Mayor J B Newman presiding. All members attended except Couiiman Linehaesh excused. The body addressed a legal opinion on claims regarding a sidewalk grade and noted delays in filing. Actions included cemetery lot reheaders, headhouse and waterworks updates, graveling roads, and mailing cemetery lot statements. Delinquent business licenses were to be closed, RR speed revision granted if cost borne by the company, float decoration planned, and a card account system for the cemetery established.
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Pleasant Grove
J. B. Newman
Couiiman Linehaesh
Newman
Thurman
Mark
Clark
Er Newman
John West
Othel West
Lim
Waterworks
Battle Creek Canyon
Moore
City Property
W. D. West
Bezzant
Counciiman Dickerson
Ball Park
Connellman Restant
Rr, Co
Dickerson
Ety Council
Rounall
Frampton and Powers Married at Salt Lake Temple
Miss Ora Frampton of Pleasant Grove and Thomas Powers of Lehi wed Wednesday at the Salt Lake Temple. Frampton is a popular Pleasant Grove resident who has worked at the Thornton Mercantile Store, and friends extend best wishes for happiness.
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Ora Frampton
Thomas Powers
Lehi
Saltrere Temple
Miss Frampton
Pleasant Grove
Thornton Merc
Medical Unit Joins Utah National Guard At Camp
The local medical unit of the Utah National Guard camps at Jordan Narrows for two weeks of training with 600 men and 50 officers. The unit along with Ogden medical unit will participate in the Strawberry Day parade and other events. A program Friday evening at the camp entertained guardsmen.
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Jordan Narrows
Utah National Guard
Jocal
Ogden
Harold Walker Named Manager at Dixon-Taylor-Russell Co
Harold Walker, a local young man, becomes the new manager of the Dixon Taylor-Russell Co store in Pleasant Grove. He has nearly two years with the company, working at Lehi and Provo, and is welcomed as a progressive business leader by the community. Bilton Taylor, the former manager, departs for a new $16,000 store in Price to serve northeastern Utah, taking three other clerks with him. his successors are expected to maintain the firm’s good will and success.
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Harold Walker
Dixon Taylor-Russell Co
Walker
Lehi
Provo
Pleasant Grove
Bilton Taylor
Price
Utah
Taylor
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