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While the focus in Provo City government is now on new Mayor James E. Ferguson and new Commissioner Anagene Meecham, several hundred citizens turned out recently to extend thanks and good wishes to the outgoing city officials at an open house in their honor. The retiring mayor, Russell D. Grange, served four years in the… Continue reading Provo City Administration

While the focus in Provo City govemment is now on new Mayor James E. Ferguson and new Commissioner Anagene Meecham, several hundred citizens tumed out recently to extend thanks and good wishes to the outgoing city officials at an open house in their honor. ‘The retiring mayor, Russell D. Grange, served four years in the… Continue reading Provo City Administration

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Christmas lighting displays are one of the more visible ways in which the jrule spirit surfaces. The han iwork of many Central Utahns is on display in evenings in business district decorations, on over-sized “Christmas trees” lighted on public squares, in residential lighting, and in flashing signs that say simply, ”Season’s Greetings” or “Merty Christmas.”… Continue reading The Lights of Christmas

Provoans will say farewell to two of the community’s colorful and well-known native citizens at funeral services both scheduled Wednesday. F. Orval Singleton, 83, was a retired printer who began with the Herald when the paper was a semi-weekly and finished his career with Art City Publishing Co. of Springville. K. E. (Bob) Bullock, 79,… Continue reading They Served Long, Well

Several months ago a Utah County motorist had his windshield broken when it was hit by rocks which bounced off a gravel truck when that vehicle hit a bump in the road in the Pleasant Grove area. Last week the same man had the windshield and one headlight of his brand new truck taken out… Continue reading Hazard an the Highway

This is an era of rising public salaries – not just with Congress and high-echelon federal people but on a state basis and in some situations reaching down through the schools and local government levels. Time was, here in Utah – and not too far back, either – that a law required that nobody in… Continue reading Upward Trend in Suluries

Did you know that holding a child on your lap while riding in a car exposes the youngster to increased risk of injury or death in an accident? This is the word from the Inusrance Institute for Highway Safety as quoted in a recent news dispatch from Washington. Many parents, the institute reports, think they… Continue reading Safety Huzctrd in Auto

Education as well as fund collection will be the goal when members of a small army of “cancer crusaders” ring doorbells in Utah County during the next two weeks. Their financial goal will be to raise $28,000 – the portion of the $40,000 Utah County Cancer Crusade goal. But there’ll be another important objective, too… Continue reading ‘The Quality of SurvivuI’

Utah’s Air Conservation Committee, charged with carrying out provisions of federal clean air laws, was introduced to some sobering economic realities in its hearing on air quality at Orem Thursday. The hearing was one of a series held in six cities to discuss steps to bring Utah air within national health standards by Dec. 31,… Continue reading Economic Realities Vital