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Newspaper
Pleasant Grove Review
Location
Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1935
Page
5
Lions club launches effort to revive Poultry Day with cash prizes, a car drawing, and a big August 7 celebration featuring parades, contests, bands, and open air dances. Committees formed. plans aim to make American Fork the Wests largest poultry center with a two- day program and grandstands.
A fragmented report flags hourly traffic speeds in a district with emphasis on excessive driving. It mentions a law relevant to vehicle operation and references local business impact amid general safety notes.
Plans for Mutual Dell opening proceed as wards from Timpanogos Lehi Pleasant Grove and Alpine stakes prepare to arrive from June 24 to August 24. H Alva Fitzgerald named caretaker. Forest Service support planned for amphitheatre swings and outdoor facilities.
The American Legion Post 49 and Auxiliary announce the 4th District convention on June 29 with 3 p.m. welcome, talks by guests Norman Sims Otto Wiseley Darrel Lane BE Littlefield and Orval Singleton. Elections in the evening followed by a drum and bugle corps demonstration luncheon dancing.
The State Liquor Commission named Briggs Pharmacy American Fork Smith Drug Pleasant Grove and Lehi Drug Lehi as the three sites authorized to sell liquor. Stores receive blank permits and may issue them to eligible buyers for a 50 cent fee. Hours run 9 am to 10 pm six days a week and stock plans aim for a full line via the state wholesaler.
American Folk starts its summer recreational program but participation is uneven. Director D. Grant Ingersoll urges volunteers to gather at designated spots to energize the town. City tennis court reserved 5 to 9 p.m. Mondays Wednesdays Fridays for girls. boys use high school court or other days. A tennis tournament will be organized soon.
A B Allen a veteran agricultural instructor at American Fork Junior High joins Utah State Agricultural College Summer School for a two week course on Poultry Husbandry. Dr L B Card of the University of Illinois lectures with assistance from Byron Alder of Utah State. Dr Card is a recognized poultry authority and editor of Poultry Science magazine.
Bishop John R. Hindley of this city learns his grandson John L. Henry was appointed assistant attorney to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Senator William H. King’s recommendation. Henry will work in New York City after a Utah and Loyola University Chicago education and Utah Bar admission 18 months ago.
The United States Civil Service Commission lists open competitive exams for bindery operatives in hand and machine operations at 66 cents an hour, and Farm Loan registrar posts at 4600 and deputy registrar at 3500 a year. Full details from the Civil Service Board of Examiners or the Commission in Washington, D C.
The Alpine Lehi and Timpanogos stakes announce their annual Old Folks outing next Wednesday at the Geneva resort. Seniors 60 and over, widows and widowers will be guests with transportation at 9 30 a m from City Hall. A noon luncheon and afternoon program with readings and musical numbers follow. Committees list Ivy Steele Hannah Aydelotte Mabel Adamson Nellie Julian Elizabeth Earl Leonard Shoell Lewis Steggells Leslie Parker Bert Mott Reed H. Robinson Bernard Welsh George Hunter Roy Steele Roy Greenwood Thomas A Barratt.
Two baseball games are scheduled at the local park next week. Today Lehi meets the home club and next Wednesday Heber visits for a competitive doubleheader likely to draw local fans.
Mrs. Violet Peters of the Junior Literary League urges the community to support a second school for unprogressive children. The current State Training School aims to educate students according to their intelligence levels and help slow learners gain reading and writing basics. She calls for a larger facility to accommodate unfortunates left behind by the existing system and to blend with local efforts.
Funeral services for Roy Crookston held at 2 p m in the Second ward chapel in Provo following a three months illness from an ear infection that developed into meningitis He was born April 16 1922 in American Fork and is survived by his mother Mrs John Crookston and siblings Mrs Dean J Ham Bingham Dorthy Beth Donald Dean Robert and Joyce Interment will be in the city cemetery
Edna C and Grant Stark announce their engagement and plan to wed June 26 in the Salt Lake Temple. Edna, a Lincoln high graduate, active in local church groups and taught in home economics at Linco High. Stark, son of Mrs. M. P. Stark of Spanish Fork, is a L D S missionary candidate and Spanish Fork native.
State Road Commission urges uniform roadside tree trimming and asks city to adopt an ordinance. Recorder to obtain draft from city attorney. City considers beer license fees setup and liquor act implications. Recreation, junior baseball plans, road crossing safety, culvert screens, and street use issues discussed. Local complaints referred to appropriate officials for action.
Plans are under way to hold a quarterly conference of the old Alpine stake on June 29 and 30 in the Alpine Stake Tabernacle. President Stephen N. Chipman and former counselors James H. Clarke Abel John Evans lead the event uniting Alpine Lehi and Timpanogos stakes for a reunion of former stake members.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Gray Makin 67 will be at the Lehi Fourth Ward chapel Sunday at 2 pm. She died Wednesday of a heart attack at her daughter Edith Makin’s Salt Lake City home. Born in Lehi March 21 1868 she moved to American Fork at seven and later lived with her daughters. She is survived by eight children, a half brother, 22 grandchildren and one great grandson. Interment is in American Fork City Cemetery.
The first band concert of the season will be held next Wednesday at 8 p.m. in City Park. The event, organized by the PTA and city groups, features a red and white A F insignia costume, a saxophone duet by Nadene Adamson and Glen Haslem with Helen Dewey, and a vocal solo by Helen Willson.
Ten Years Ago Now notes plan for a July Twenty Fourth diamond jubilee in honor of the city settlement fifteenth anniversary with a National Defense mobilization showcase to demonstrate local strength in case of war. Also reports marriages and Boy Scout caravan events in Utah including awards to district scouts at Bryce Canyon.
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