California Mining Revival Under Blue Rock Sale
A revival of mining in American Fork canyon follows the sale of Blue Rock Mining interests to the Assets Reconstruction Corporation of California for about 59000. Local investors hold debt and eight citizens back the new venture. Operations restart soon despite a delay from an accident involving Colonel Higgenon. Yankee leasers and others report strong activity with over 800 tons mined last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Fork Canyon
Blue Rock Mining Milling Company
Old Pacific Gold Mining & Millog Company
American Park Canyon
FE. Young
William Chipman
B. Parker
Los Angeles
Californa
Assets Reconstruction Corporation of
Caliornia
Gardner Concern
Messrs
Young, Chipman
Parker
Colonel Higgenon
Fillmore
Utah
Blue Rock Company
Charles Carl
Deer Creek
Milk Maid
Teacher Earns Master of Education at BYU
Ray Gardner principal at the 4 D. S. Seminary has completed requirements for a Master of Education from Brigham Young University. He received the degree at commencement after a two year study culminating in a thesis on 242 BYU graduates from 1922-1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Gardner
D. S
College of Education
Brigham Young University
America
Blatdner
Cockerels Bring $20,000 to Local Poultrymen
The 1934 crop of cockerels in the American Fork Utah Poultry plant district is valued at about $20,000, based on 12,000 pound cars at an average of eleven cents a pound. Ten carloads have shipped, five more expected, with shipments to middle western cold storage plants and some cars sent to Provo and Salt Lake markets. Prices this year exceed 1933 by several cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Fork
Utah
Walter Steffens
Middle Western
Provo
Salt Lake
Popular Marriages Take Place
Miss Millie Steele and John H Webb wed in the Salt Lake temple on a day of social interest. Both are graduates of the American Folk high school and attended Brigham Young University. They will reside in Lego Idaho for the summer as Webb works. A reception in the tabernacle amusement hall drew four hundred guests with dancing and honors to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Steele
Harry M. Steele
John H. Webb
George Webb
Salt Lake Temple
American Folk High School
Brigham Young University
Webb
Germany
Moral D. Steele
Harold Chipman
George Wood
Jack Iverson
Robinson Briggs Nuptials Bless Salt Lake Temple Ceremony
Miss Reva Robinson and Lloyd C Briggs were married June 1 in the Salt Lake temple. A reception at the Robinson home followed with about 100 guests. the couple will reside in American Fork.
Dixon Van Wagoner Marriage Unites Local Couple
Miss Sarah Dixon daughter of Mrs Sarah E Dixon of American Folk wed Brigham Van Wagoner son of Mr and Mrs John Van Wagoner of Provo Sunday afternoon at the Dixon home. The ceremony was by Bishop T A Greenwood of the First ward. The couple will reside in American Fork and host friends at the Dixon residence. The bride’s mother left for England for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reva Robinson
Lot Robinson
Lloyd C. Briggs
Eugene Briggs
Salt Lake Temple
Robinson
Mr. Briggs
Robinson Home
Bishop Robinson
Knord Beck
Bert Timpson
Francis Erickson
Briggs
American Fork
Sarah Dixon
Sarah E. Dixon
American Folk
Brigham van Wagoner
John van Wagoner
Provo
Dixon Home
T. A. Greenwood
First Ward
van Wagoner
Dixon Residence
England
Sixty Singers Unite for Salt Lake Church Music Festival
About sixty Alpine stake singers join 3000 Latter day Saints for the Salt Lake Tabernacle music festival Tomorrow night. Nebel Cain directs the 3000 choir with Madame Marion Telva as guest soloist. Cain and Mrs Hammond oversee rehearsals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Stake
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Salt Lake Tabernacle
L Hammond
Stake m
Nebel Cain
Chicago
Salt Lake
Madame Marion Telva
New York
Mr. Cain
Dessie Wilde
Gena Vee Seastrand
Mabel Hugeard
Mary Pulley
Roce Adamson
Myrtle Houston
Mildred Chipman
Helen Parker
Virginnia Taylor
Ferl Dean
Bernice Giddings
Jessie Butte
Ferm Greenwood
Golda Cunningham
Hazel Monson
Hagel Johnson
Edith Clarke
Edith Walker
Edna Meredith
Cleone Cleghorn
Grace Parker
Sarah Shelley
Merma Grant
LaVera Butte
Stella
Bee Hive Awards Presented At Alpine Stake Swarm Day
The Alpine stake of the Mutual Improvement Associations held a Bee Hive Graduation Night in Primage Hall last Friday. Mrs. Ernest Seastrand led the program with awards for essays on the Word of Wisdom and Honeycomb book projects. Certificates and prizes were given to numerous First Ward, Third Ward, and Fourth Ward girls including Lillian Seastrand Josephine Draper Affra McNeil Fern Marsh and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primage Hall
Ernest Seastrand
W. R. Halliday
Affra McNeil
Lillian S5éastrand
Josephine Draper
Vivian Jones
Florence Bodell
Lillian Seastrand
Margaret Dunkley
Edith Rowley
Beth Ellison
Ida Nielson
Lela Hansen
Faith Brems
Allee Roberts
Francis Durfee
Ruth Makin
Affra McWell
Florence Watkins
Elva Morse
Carnival Dance at Saratoga Saturday
A Carnival Dance at Saratoga Resort will draw dancers tomorrow night with horns and confetti as usual. The popular Saratoga dances attract many regular attendees despite prior dust concerns on the road, which is expected to be in fine condition for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Resort
Saratoga
Mormon L A and Primary June Conferences Begin in Salt Lake
About 10 000 delegates are expected for the two conferences in Salt Lake with organizers projecting 6 000 to 7 000 officers teachers and members for the M L A and more than 0 officers and teachers for the Primary. President Heber J Grant will open the sessions Friday at 9 a m. in the tabernacle with several top church leaders greeting delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
M. L A
Sions
Heber J. Grant
Tabernacle
George Albert Smith
Ruth May Fox
May Anderson
Assembly
Smith
Fox
Stake and Ward “Fra
North Main Street
Paramount Theatre
Assembly Hall
Y. M. M. A. Board Room
Saltair
Vanguard
Young Memorial
Lafayette
D. E. Hammond
Salt Lake Council
Scout Department
Lion House
Barratt Hall
Deseret Gymnasium
Hotel Utah
Bishop's Building
L. D. S. College
Seventeenth Ward
Weekly Band Concerts Set to Start Soon
The Harrington School Band, directed by Er. J. Bird, plans opening concerts next week after four rehearsals. Students from seventh grade to post graduates are invited to next rehearsals on Monday and Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Harrington School Building. The group aims for 50 to 69 players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er. J. Bird
Ingersoll Pitches Team to First Victory
Grant Ingersoll pitched the locals to a 12 to 3 win over Provo in the second game of the season. Cody Eggertson and Jolly relief hurlers faced a strong local hitting attack as Ingersoll and teammates produced early offense. The lineup featured Valarida Chipman Durrant Durrant Bennett Homer Anderson and Bobn with Chipman Mercer among others. Next week Lehi comes to town for a league game and excitement is expected.
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Grant Ingersoll
Provo
Cody
Eggertson
Jolly
Ingersoll
Valarida
Chipman
J. Durrant
D. Durrant
Bennett
Homer
Anderson
Bobn
Aaron Chipman
Max Mercer
Lehi
Tragic Drowning Of Lehi Boy In Mill Pond
Eleven year old George Edward Turner known as Teddy, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Turner of Lehi, drowned in Mill Pond near the Lehi Sugar factory Tuesday night after a boat accident while fishing with a friend. The Hansen boy, John Hansen, was rescued from the drifting boat by Walter Hunter of American Fork. teddy’s body was recovered three hours later by drag net with sheriff and local marshals assisting.
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George Edward
Teddy” Turner
Alfred Turner
Lehi
Mill Pond
Teddy
John Hansen
Peter Hansen
Hansen
Walter Hunter
American Fork
G. Durnell
Provo
Sheriff Durnell
John
Evans
Mr. Turner
Ford Leads U S In Passenger Car Sales In Early 1934
Ford topped all makes in new passenger car registrations in the first four months of 1934, with 162 788 units out of 552 316 total new car registrations nationwide. Ford also led in registrations of passenger and commercial cars and trucks for the same period according to R L Polk data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
United States
R. L. Polk &C Company
Skaggs Store in American Fork Reopens After Renovation
Local workmen completed a full interior renovation at the C. P. Skaggs store in American Fork. The space was cleaned, painted, and kalsomined, creating an inviting new appearance.
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American Fork C. P. Skaggs
Old Forbes School Razed to Make Way for New Harrington Addition
By week’s end the Forbes School on the American Fork north end is being razed as part of Alpine district plans to add four rooms and a basement to Harrington School and build a new administration building. Wrecking began Wednesday morning and salvage work aims to reuse brick and materials.
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Forbes
Alpine District
Harrington
American Fork
American Fork City
Science Hall
Joseph B. Forbes
Chipman Mercantile Company
Talboe and
Hunter
Ebenezer Hunter
Sidney Belmont
Provo
Olsen
Smoot Lumber Company
Moroni Paxman
William Paxman
Paxman
Flower Shut-In Day Arrangements For Local Aid
Local plans set to send flowers to the sick and disabled this Sunday June 10. The national program spans over 2200 cities in the United States and Canada with Humphries Floral delivering bouquets and potted plants to shut-ins in the district. Citizens are urged to call Humphries Floral with names of sick residents to be added to the distribution list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphies Floral
United States
Canada
Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Association
Geneva Swimming Pool Improved at Resort
The Geneva Resort reports extensive pool improvements including cementing of sides and bottom, a reconditioned boiler, a new well, and an enhanced filtering system. Jared Kellar of American Fork completed the cement work.
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Geneva
Jared Kellar
American Fork
Registration Officers Named For Utah County Districts
Utah County commissioners on Monday appointed registration agents for voting districts after district nominations. Most agents are Democrats reflecting last election results, with American Fork and Alpine districts listing Democratic and Republican appointees including Mrs T A Greenwood and Mrs Phoebe Wilson respectively.
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Utah County
Utah
American Fork
Highland
Alpine
T. A. Greenwood
Lillie Wilde
Randall Shipley
Jared Kellar
Cressie A. Greenland
Phoebe Wilson
Alpine Stakes Continues Honors at Provo Finals
Phil Jensen of Alpine won second place in Section TV of the Vanguards Re-told story contest with six stakes in the district finals at Provo. If the Ogden stake winner misses the Salt Lake finals Jensen will represent this section. Finals set for this afternoon in the Y M M I A board room. Beth Hutchings and Gilbert Shumway, district dancing winners, appear in Saltair church finals tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Jensen
Alpine Stake
Provo
Section TV
Utah
Ogden Stake
Salt Lake
Jensen
Beth Hutchings
Gilbert Shumway
Saltair
Ten Years Ago Now: Summer Band, Tennis Courts, Missions
Readable items from June 1924 include plans for regular weekly summer band concerts starting June 12 with a 25 member ensemble and a push to build tennis courts with community youth input. Other notes cover a carload of spring frys for Los Angeles markets, farewell parties for local mission callers, new Morton drug location, and various missionary departures to Canada Australia and the U S.
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K. J. Bird
Florence Priday Jerves
Eastern States
Zina Clayson
California
Ellen Jacklin
Southern States
Kenneth Singleton
Great Britain
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A .F. Canyon
Cal
Hist
Cuba
Cook
Pres. Roosevelt
Alcock
Brown
Atlantic
New Yorks
Kaiser Wilhelm
Mee
Ford Sales
Skaggs
Am. Fork
Ray Shelley
Fulton
Thornton Drug No. 2
Melvin Grant
Montreal
Great Britaan
Wiss Lois Baker
Wilford Storra
Morris Buckwalter
Australia
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