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DAILY HERALD MONDAY, JULY W. 1S54 lTUh County. Utah Edgemont Citizens-Hold Won't Abandon Timp Hike, Say Officials Selection Duo On Pleasant Grove Higfi School Sifo PLEASANT GROVE A final Business -Education Day Manual Tells'of Go i ve MassMeeting on Road Hazards After Accident The BYU statement Issued this morning by President Wilkinson said: administration, faculty, and student body of Brigham torists use it as au access road Young University extend their deepest sympathy to the family of vera Mecham, and as friends and classmates, share profoundly the sorrow of this untimely Never before in the 43-year history of the Timpanogos HikejThis site is L-shaped. with access has such an accident occurred to mar the event which has brought thousands close to the beauties of nature. "The university has cooperated with the officials of the Uinta National Forest and the Utah County Sheriffs office in making a full and complete investigation of the circumstances surrounding the accident.

All known witnesses have been interviewed and, with out exception, have stated that a rock ledge suddenly broke off part way up the inaccessible cliffs to the east of the glacier. The noise caused by the breaking of the ledge served as a warning to those below, many of whom attempted to move out of the path of the oncoming boulders. According to all reports, one of the large rocks-was deflected in its course upon hitting another boulder and struck Miss Mecham, causing i almost instant death. First aid was quickly adminis tered, but the injuries were so severe that it was of no avail We -were informed that even if medical doctors had been instantly present; the situation would have been beyond their power to help. "The university and the Forest Service took greater safety, pre-i cautions than In any previous hike.

All witnesses have stated that there was no negligence on the part of anyone and that no person was in the area where the rock ledge broke off; in fact, there is no access to this ledge. Hike Sets 1763 Reach Top ever puts It at 11,750. The new altitude resulted when the area was resurveyed several years ago and officials came up with me new ugures. Timpanogos has been made Utah's most famous mountain as result of the hike and other publicity concerning it, but it is not by any means the highest In Utah. Kings Peak in the Uintahs at slightly over 14,000 feet is Utah's highest, and there are several peaks in the Uintahs lugaer man a imp.

In fact, although this is a bitter pill for Timp lovers, the less-pub licized Mt. Nebo in Juab County to the south is higher than Timp according to latest forest service records which list Nebo at 11,877 compared with Timp 11,750. A Business-Industry-Education Day manual will be mailed out to all participants in the event with in the next day or two, according to Robert E. Halladay, assistant manager, and public relations di rector the Provo Chamber of Commerce. E.

R. Rasmuson is general chairman of the event, which will Halladay Returns From C. of C. School at Stanford Robert E. Halladay, assistant manager and public relations director of the Provo Chamber of Commerce, returned to Provo to day from Palo Alto, CaL, where he attended the week-long West ern Institute for Commercial and Trade Executives held on the campus of Stanford University.

Chamber managers from -131 Western cities attended the institute classes, taught by top men in that field. Instructors included Clem Johnson of the U. S. Chamber, Dean Hugh Jackson of the School of Business Administration at Stanford, and Ben Lawshe, former manager of the commercial division of the U. S.

Chamber and now a chamber consultant. Subjects covered during the in stitute included commercial activities, industrial development programs, fiscal policies, spe cial events and celebrations, and statistics, graphs and maps. Roy Griffin, new American Fork Chamber of Commerce manager, also attended the institute, according to Mr. Halladay. CHECK REFUND FORT WORTH.

Ter. (UP) Jack Montgomery, a carpet installer, paid two overtime park ing tickets with a check for $111.95 but got a refund of $109.95. He explained later he Was paying some bills by check and accident ally made the wrong one payable to the city. Franklin. N.

is the only place in the world where wille-mite a zinc silicate- is found in! large enough quantity for thtcj smelting. 1 selection of the site for the new Pleasant Grove High School may possibly be made tonight, accord ing to R. Clark, Alpine School District member from Pleasant Grave. The school board has approximately 60 days in which to make complete purchase of options that have been taken on the school site for between 28 and 29 acres. to two prominent streets, Locust Avenue and Battlecreek drive.

All parking and recreational facilities would be included in off-street parking. Options that have been taken are on properties belonging to Bert Bezzant, approximately 12 acres; Mrs. Norma Winters, one acre: Eldon Schoonover, between two and-three acres; Sherwood West, five acres; Emily Rae, five acres and Harold Armitstead, three acres. The central planning commit tee of school met last week and agreed by unanimous decision to back the four-man committee ap proval of this plot. Consideration was given to present and future growth of Pleasant Grove and A.

aiso to me water supply ior me site. A tank is located at the head of Battlecreek Drive. The. four-man committee In cludes A. J.

Rogers, principal of Pleasant Grove High School; Harvey Smith, secretary, local businessman; C. R. Clark, mem ber of Alpine School Board; Niels Fugal, general chairman, citi zen. They have been assisted by other members of the committee, Mrs. George Nielsen, high school PTA president; Mrs.

Wil lis Larsen, Lindon School PTA president; W. D. Chapman Lin don Board, member; H. D. Keetch, Lindon Board member; Lewis Olpin and Bob Merritt, citizens; Ray Merrill, principal of Central School; Mrs.

George Smith, president of the Central School PTA; Eldon Johnson, Pleasant Grove City Council, and Merrill Warnlck, of Timpanogos Stake presidency. Orem Men Hurt In Accident At Nebraska OREM Two Orem men are hospitalized in Sutherland, suffering from injuries received when the car in which they were riding was forced off the road and turned over several times, according to word received from the boys' parents. Carl Gurr, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.

W. DUke. 765 S. 4th received two broken ribs, a crushed hand, and body bruises. He will be sufficiently recovered to return home in a few days.

Reid Bench, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Bench, 246 E. 4th suffered severe head Injuries and body cuts and bruises.

He will remain In the hospital for a longer period of time. Both men lost consciousness when the accident occurred. Mattresses Remade with or without springs UP Call 1938-W colfect, to place order Buy Direct from Factory -Brigham Young University of ficials, sponsors of the annual community Timpanogos Hike, issued a statement today concern ing the fatal accident which claimed the life of a 19-year-old girl on the 'hike Saturday, and said "there is no present inten tion of abandoning this great hike." The statement. Issued from the office of President Ernest L. Wilkinson, said authorities de clare the fatality did not result from negligence on the part of anyone.

The avalanche started from a ledge far from any point where there were hikers, the statement said, and from a point where hikers could not reach. The statement expressed con dolence to the family of Vera Mecham, Provo girl. killed when a large boulder from the ava lanche struck her in the back of the. ear. Meanwhile, reports that fire crackers set off on the summit might have caused the avalanche were discounted by James L.

Jacobs, Uinta National Forest supervisor. The firecrackers, he said, were illegal and to a considerable ex tent dangerous, but he said the sound waves from them, in his opinion, could not have started the avalanche about an airline mile away. He said no firecrackers should be -allowed on the hike, and every precaution would be taken to stop the prac tice in the future. Witnesses told of three fire crackers being set off by "boys who leaned out of the summit house window and dropped them onto a ledge 20 or 30 feet be low." After the third firecracker. an avalanche was heard starting across from the summit house at a point on the other.

side of the glacier. Best estimates of the time placed it at around 11:30 a.m. or later, which correpsond-ed to the time Miss Mecham was fatally injured. Previous Mark, 1560 43rd Timp Record of Climbers to A new all-time record for num ber of hikers reaching the sum mit of Timpanogos on the annual Timp Hike was established Satur day when 1763 persons earned summit badges. This is .263 more than the pre vious record of 1560 set several years ago.

The previous mark oc curred -about eight or 10 years ago, hike officials were uncertain just when. Last year, 1400 hikers reached. the summit. The hike was established by the late E. L.

"Timpanogos" Roberts 43 years ago, when possibly sev eral dozen reached the top. Hike officials ordered only 1500 summit badges for Saturday event. When these 'were exhaust names and addresses of those reaching the top were taken and they will receive the badges later. The total of 1763 set Saturday further establishes the claim of the, Timp Hike to being the great est single mass climb, from the standpoint of number of partici pants, staged as an organized hike in one day anywhere in the world. It is safe to assume that well over, 2000 bikers were on the mountain Saturday, with several hundred either turning back at Emerald Lake or some other point along the trail below the summit.

Meanwhile, a check of forest service figures today revealed that Timpanogos is not over 12,000 feet above sea level, and prob ably never was. The official height for years was given as 12,003 feet and this figure al though not accurate, is still used in publicity concerning the hike by those in charge. The latest map from the U. S. Geological Survey of 1950 in the Provo office of the Uinta Forest.

Service, how- a 7 TRANSFERRED Mrs. Velyn Stevens, Utah. County home demonstration agent transferred to Juab County. Demonstration Agent Moved To Juab County Mrs. Velyn B.

Stevens, home demonstration agent for Utah County since 1947, has been trans ferred to Juab County, according to an announcement made today. "Mrs. Stevens has already as sumed her new duties and has been commuting to and from Nephi, her headquarters, for the past two weeks. She will official ly move her residence to that community in the near future. Mrs.

Stevens came to Utah County from Tooele where she had served in the same capacity. During her assignment she has become knownjr- the county as she traveled about giving help in home remodeling programs. sewing, cooking, nutrition- and allied fields. Inrtaking the home demonstra tion- agent work for Juab county, Mrs. Stevens becomes the first such (agent in that territory for several years.

Mrs. Stevens is the- mother of two sons, Merlin, who resides in Provo ana Dale, now a cor poral with the U. S. Army in Germany. Senior Citizens Slate Dancing On Tuesday Night Mr.

"and Mrs. Earl Beck and their square dancing group will be on hand to lead the Senior Citizens in mixers and square dances when members of the organiza tion meet Tuesday at the Eldred Recreation Center. The city and county affair, which will be held from 7 to 10 p. will feature open-air dancing. Anyone who would enjoy dancing to old-time -music played by the Senior Citizen Orchestra is welcome to attend, according to Pat Kaufman, program, director.

A musical program will also be presented. Gibbons Snares Eastern Utah Golf Honors PRICE, Utah (UP) Rollo Gib bons of Tooele added the Eastern Utah Amateur golf trophy to his Salt Lake City; title yesterday after a three-hole sudden death match with, two other finalists in the Car bon county tourney. Gibbons tangled with Paul Davis ofjProvo and Bill Inscho of Grant Junction, who also turned in 75's on the final round. Inscho overshot the first green on the canyon course in the sudden death playoff and eliminated himself with a bogey. On the.

third hole, Gibbons tanked a 10-foot putt for a birdie after Davis had missed a 15-foot try. Cops Elko Golf Test ELKO, (UP) Provo pro Bill Johnson captured top money in the first annual a Elko Open Golf tour nament when he shot a 33-31 over the nine-hole course for a two un der par 64i Johnson Docketed S300 first nlace money for his work in the- one day tournament at the Ruby View municipal course which was open ed only last May Norm Larsen of Salt Lake City and Pete Marich bf Reno took home $150 each when they tied for second with 68s. Fourth and fifth went to Phil Kunkel of Salt Lake City and Terry Malan of Wilming ton, both with 69's. Bob Taylor of Las Vegas won a sudden death playoff from Don Johnson bf Elko for amateur hon- ors auer oou lourea tne i noies in 72. Johnston A mass indignation meeting was held in Edgemont Ward Sunday evening following the death of two pedestrians Friday.

Ironically, even as thepublie was warred of hazardous road conditions and careless driving habits, tipping County's fa tality rate, a third woman was killed in nearby Orem. An Edgemont child, Gregory John Davis, 23 a son of Orvil B- Davis, former bishop "of Edgemont LDS Ward, and Airs Davis, was struck and killed by a car Friday morning on narrow winding Davis Lane, three blocks from its intersection with the Canyon Road, The night before, a 75-year-old -Provo woman. Mrs. Ora B. Da- vies died of injuries she received when she was struck by a car on Fourth West and Center in Provo.

A Salt Lake woman, Mrs. Jennie Camden. 54, was killed Sun day evening on U. S. 91, as her husband slowed to make a left turn on 16th North.

Davis Lane; only about' 33 feet wide from property to property line, winds northwesterly from Ninth East to intersect with the Canyon Road along 2950 North. Shade trees and bushes lean over the property line, and waist-high alfalfa and weeds nudge the twisting 18-foot wide oiled road. Be cause of ditches between the road and the property line, it is im possible to mow the weeds, -County Commissioner Sterling Jones said today. When the weeds supervisor sought to spray weeds in Edgemont area, property owners, fear-r ful the poison spray would injure shrubs and lawns, objected, said the weeds commissioner. weeds add substantially to poor visibility on the lane.

Be-- cause the lane is oiled, many mo- Central Utah News Briefs Visitors at the home of Mrs. Jean Fountin include her daugh-ter, Dorothy, (Mrs. Grant Goates); herv son-in-law Grant Goates and their daughter, Susan of Billings, and another daughter Mrs. W. E.

(Dawn Fountin) Langford and daughter, 1 Sharon and son, Jimmy of Grena da Hills, Calif. The visitors are i also seeing other- relatives and numerous family parties are be ing given for them. mmmm mm mmmw mm Bryant G. Tinyey, district agent in Provo for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance be awarded the Silver Button at the 74th annual meeting of the company association of agents to be held July 26-28 at the home office in Milwaukee. He is assoc iated with Sherman C.

Young general agency. Mrs. Fae Rose and Mrs. Eda Maxfield of Provo returned home by plane Sunday from California where they have been Jtaking i course in advanced hair styling, They with other Utah: County beauticians went to attend ses sions of the Citation Beauticians Association convention i attended by some 3000 beauticians from the nation, Mrs. Maxfield was chosen, to -model styles for 'the state of mil mm 1 Mr.

and Mrs. Roy Chappell of Provo were pleased to receive a telephone call from their son. PFC Robert Chappell of and 1343rd Engineers, Ko rea on Saturady evening. PFC Chappell has been serving in Ko rea for the two years. He called from Yokohama, Japan where, he has been spending 10 days leave.

-mmmmm i Ellen Terry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Terry received the Bachelor of Arts degree during recent commencement ex ercises at the University of Den ver.

Miss Terry was among more than one thousand students re ceiving degrees. i Loreli Ho wells, an employee of The Daily Herald is reported to be in "fairly good" condition at the Utah Valley Hospital followr ing an emergency appendectomy performed there" Saturday. Regular Air lines are crowded. You can, avoid the hot, dangerous Fly easily, safely, and fast from "Prove Last week we flew to Denver, Blanding, Boise, Grand Junction and Moab. Phone 555 Christopherson, Provo Flying Service, (adv.) Statistics BORN be held Sept.

2 with the teacher! of Provo spending an afternoon in some business establishments and industrial plants in the Prove area. i It will be the first time such an event has ever been held In Provo. a I thou eh similar activities have been held in various other sections of the United States with great success, Mr. Halladay saM. During the day, Provo teachers will get a first hand look at how business establishments and in dustfies operate under the American system.

They also will listen to an explanation of these operations by host business and industrial leaders. Mr. Halladay said the manual, which has been several months in the making, will have complete instructions tor participants in the event. Change Made In Spanish Fork Recreation Place All Spanish Fork Recreation activities previously listed this week as being scheduled for the Spanish Fork Junior High School will be held instead at the Spanish Fork Armory. The change became necessary when the junior high school was not available.

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Highway Pa trol Leader Lawrence Clark told the mass meeting of citizens. Added to Provo road hazards is the carelessness and bad driv ing habits of motorists especial ly in their own residential area, he declared. The highway patrolman urged residents -to report license num bers of. anyone driving reckless ly. "And driving more than 25 mph on a narrow, winding resi dential road, little children live constitutes he declared, Commissioner Jones pointed to the difficulties of securing rights of way to widen roads, once property owners have built their homes along narrow but "we are refusing to approve new roads in the Edge mont area unless they are three reds wide' he said.

The commissioner said the county had never been asked for road signs to lessen hazards on winding suburban lanes, but had installed stop signs on Davis Lane. Mys te ry Wo man To Testify In Thorne Inquest CHICAGO UP At "mystery woman wno once invaded tne of fice of a famed scientist while he investigated the death of Mont gomery Ward. Thorne, was sched uled to appear, at the inquest of the baffling case today. xne "mystery woman" was identified as Mrs. Rita Geigner, 50.

The woman, who has a police record, has called herself a long time friend of Marion wealthy mother of the dead hen to a $1,300,000 mail order fortune. i Six other persons were sub- penaed to testify as the marathon inquest resumed. They included employes in the mother's swank Lake Shore apartment, which Monty' Thorne scorned. Limited Work Resumed at Struck Plant 1 OAK Tenn. (UP) Work at the two Atomic Energy-Commission construction projects here resumed on a limited basis today after being halted far one week by.

a wildcat strike by some 2000 AFI laborers. E. A T7ende, acting project manager for the AEC, said approx imately 2000 of the 6000-man force at the multi-million dollar K-33 ad dition lo the gaseous diffusion plants andi the top secret Y-12 project were on the job. The laborers walked out after rejecting a 5-to-10-cent hourly wage mice proposal by Associated General Contractors. Freight Train Wreck! Blocks Main U.

P. Traffic PAYETTE; (UP) An eastbound Union Pacific freight train jumped the-tracks just inside the Idaho-Oregon border near Payette and blocked, mainline traffic for about 10 hours yesterday. There were no injuries, but 20 carsone loaded with dynamite were derailed by what officials said was a broken axle on the 42nd car from the rear of the 116-car train. The UnionTPacific dispatcher in Nampa said the accident occurred at 8 a.m. and the track was not cleared until 5:45 p.m.

just fate: DEEP RIVER, Conn. (UP) The 4-H Club and the- Baptist Church were dismayed to learn they had scheduled food sales for the same day, time and place. They agreed to re-schedule, "to avoid conflict." Result: same day, time and place again. Dogs and turkeys were the only domesticated animals in North America at the time Columbus discovered the. New says the National Geographic Society.

Most Indian dogs seem to have been of wolf oir coyote stock but explorers' descriptions indicate others of different ancestry. These strange "dogs; become extinct at an arly date. The mystery of their origin is unsolved. for your present mattress 2 as a down PAYMENT on our Tuftfess Orthopedic Mattress QUALITY SPRING MATTRESS from 24.50 to 59.50 Unmatchinr Box Springs 1.00 For Only IM OVERMAN'S I COOLERS Too hot' Turn on the Packard-Bell Bellair Z. wat ti temperature drop! Within mm-S you're in the "comfort-zone" enjoying tool clean, fresh air.

Packard-Bell Bellair ffi you comfort during those tohot days Sghts. You'll feel better, look better and you'll live better! i I ARCH. OVERMAN, Mgr. (Note New Address and Phone) 147 N. Provo, 1938-W NOW I PROGRESS Clean Up Clearance on Floor Samples and Discontinued numbers of fine Homef urnishings at Reductions to UTAH VALLEY HOSPITAL: Girl to Heinhold and Mary Mc- Quivey Pawlowsky, Orem.

July 17: Boy to Lt. Phillip B. and Patsy (0)95 Unger Daniels, Vs Boy to Kenneth and Wanda Kesler Flygare, Provo. Sunday:" Girl to Lee and Velma Fields Taylor, Springville. Girl to, Gordon and Alia Lee Williams Brady, Provo and more! Girl to, Aldean and Clara iiroaencjc provo.

Girl to Thomas and Jennie Bird LeFevre, Provo. Girl to Joseph H. and Ruth -Wood Peterson, Provo. Utah Appliance Co. 32 E.

1st North -Phon 2378 Taylor's Appliance Dept. A RADIATORS REPAIRED An to Glass Installed Specialized Work AHLANDER'S 423 Univ. Avenue SEE FOR YOURSELF EXAMINE THE MARKDOWN TAGS 250 W. Center Fre Parking.