Published Thursday, Dec. 27, 1962

Funeral services for Jesse Bernard Storrs, 61, administrator and civic leader, were conducted Friday at noon in th Second-Seventh LDS Ward Chapel by Milo Bean, counselor in the Second Ward bishopric. Mr. Storrs died suddenly Monday evening at 7:30 at his home. Dr. Mark K. Allen, former psychologist at the Utah State Training School, recalled the 29-year tenure of the deceased at the school and characterized him as one whose friendliness attracted all from the professional to the lowliest of the school’s charges, as a great fun maker, and as one who had no great need for money and power but was a self-sacrificing leader who shirked no task in an emergency.

Published Thursday, Jan. 1, 1952

A desire to celebrate New Year’s with the help of state liquor possibly promoted the robbery of the American Fork liquor store Monday, shortly before midnight. Rulon Winters, operator, said that he is sure that two cases of whisky were missing but that he has not as yet determined what else is gone. At press time no arrests as yet been made.

Published Friday, Jan 1, 1942

Sunday evening after five days of suspense, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Loeffler received conclusive information concerning the fate of their son, Lieut. Loeffler who plane was on a routine flight Dec. 23, when it crashed into the mountains near Cordelia, Calif. The remains arrived in American Fork on Wednesday.

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Another casualty of the war program is the shorter Christmas and New Year holiday term for the students in the Alpine School District. With the schools running on curtailed schedules last fall to allow students to be help in the fields with the harvest, they will attend School until Thursday afternoon and resume studies on Monday. They will then be excused on Thursday afternoon for the New Year holiday and be back to regular schedule on the following Monday.

Published Friday Dec. 30, 1932

The stork favored the male population in the year 1932 in American Fork, sixty boys babies having arrived in the city. The fair sex was not far behind, fifty-two bundles of charming feminity having arrived during the year, making a total of 112 births. Of this several died at birth or lived but a few hours. The others however are thriving and will be in control of affairs here within the next few decades.

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The holiday dances in the Apollo have been attended by record crowds. The holiday season will wind up in two big dances, one New Year’s Eve, Saturday, and the other Monday, New Year’s night. The first dance of the New Year will continue an extra hour. After the dance Saturday night, the Americans, Apollo Hall orchestra, will participate in the celebration at the Cameo Theatre where a midnight show will be held. The orchestra will play some special numbers.