Show r rr 1 r f Doug Simpson son Is Featured f in n Lions Club Clith Magazine KAMAS I MASor MAS- MAS For or this hie months month's Lion tIon Personality Person Ierson Gut allty the Ute Lions Club selected ej aman ft e. man who typifies the basic principals prin j Y of ot in iii action MUon and who is himself one of the Worlds Biggest Doers lie Ile ia is Douglas S Simpson stalwart charter chart er member of ot t Kamas Kamae amas Valley VaHey Lions alons Club Lion Doug was WM born in Kamas lamas and still sUII lives there because he be rays flays Its It's the best place lace in the world world and and he know know- hee he seen most of ot it t Doug was educated In South Summit schools and also attended Salt Lake Business Bust Busi ness noes College where he let th them m min in on a few tew of ot hU hla own business methods War Veteran He JIe enlisted 1 in the Army at the age ago of ot 17 during World War I but h he modestly denies winning the war single handed Pershing was there too you know he be states Doug started early to be his own boss but It hasn't bant worked out that way Besides having a wife he also has as bosses aUthe all aU the residents of the Kamas Val Valley ley by and a good slice of the rest of Summit County too At the age of ot 19 with Harold Pitt as aa partner he toe built the Kamas Drug and and went into the Con and Ice Cream busi busi- ness Doug also worked as a but but- and cheese ker fo for tor r various creameries in the area In 1921 Tean e was hired as chief clerk in the Kamas Confectionery She later late r became Mrs Doug Simpson on and she ehe has been running runnIng things around there ever since They have bave a daughter Shirley SImpson SImp SImp- Simpson son Black Dlack and a son Tom who who like his dad Is a member of the I Kamas Valley Lions Club Tom and Doug operate a 1350 acre I Hereford Cattle and Quarter Horse ranch Civic Leader In 1940 the Simpsons covert- covert ed the confectionery business Into a drug store hiring E E. R. R HarrIit as as ph pharmacist t. t This was the first time the people of the Kamas t Valley had the services of a phar- phar i available to them without leaving the valley Previously I they had to travel to Park City or Heber for their prescriptions and this badly needed service has ha been much I I appreciated Lion Doug made better better bet- bet better ter medical cz cote care te a reality for the I valley residents In addition to rolling pills and I bulls Doug also rolls films In 1925 Simpson and Pitt bought the old Kamas lamas Opera House from j I the lIDS Church and operated a j motion picture business They I installed new equipment and I brought blought the first talking picture to Kamas Valley A disastrous I fire destroyed the old Opera i j I House In 1942 but the Simp Simpsons sons along with Glen also a Kamas Valley Lion Uon and Gwen Gibbons built a new f theater and th they Y are still bringing the best hest bestIn hestIn In motion pictures to Kamas Simpson bought the old Car ear Carpenter penter corner and built a service station statton He lie later tore down the theold theold theold old station and in 1960 built a beautiful new station to take its place Harold t mangy mam ages this new station Better Road Roads About 1933 Doug and M. M C. C Taylor organized the Kamas Kamas Commercial Club The club dub promoted pro d rooted mated the Kamas Fish Hatchery built sidewalks and promoted be beter bet be better t I ter tel roads Probably the most moat famous fam fain famous ous meeting ever held in Kamas Iama was a meeting of ot this club with officials of the State Slate Road CommIssion Com Coin mission of ot Public Roads and the Forest Service It was agreed here to build a road from Kamas to Mirror Lake thereby opening the High for the enjoyment of ot many thousands of people Anytime any of ot us drive this beautiful road and partake of ot Gods God's beauty in this high country we should be grateful to the themen Wen men like Doug Simpson who pio plo pIoneered pioneered the project and pushed it to completion In 19 The Commercial Club was replaced by the Kamas Valley Valley Val Val- ley lay Lions Club Doug worked on the over change and became a I Charter member He lie has since held eld all offices s in the club from fromi Tall Twister to Deputy District District Governor He holds the Master Key Award from Lions International and is very proud bf of this accomplish ment went Most of the time Doug hass has's has has' s served as M chairman of the Roads Roads' I I Committee in his club and has seen Summit County roads change under Lions Club pressure from cow cow trails to to wide surfaced high high- I ways The Simpsons are active LD Church members and at present Doug serves in the Stake Super Super- tendency of ot the Sunday School cheol Doug has been either chairman or a member of ot the finance committee committee com I for all major building b i D ProJects in m Kamas Kamas for tor the toe past 35 years eara and says he be expects ts to be Finance Chairman In the next world If It t this com comes to to tox x pass ass Its It's our our guess guess that Doug will wUl probably tear down the gates of Heaven and rebuild em with something that that will really last ast Lion Doug DOug was was co-chairman co of the War Bond Committee for Summit County during World War II and the Korean War He has been a member of the Selective tive Service Board for 17 11 years and is chairman at the present time In 1955 Doug was ruse elected President and Legislative ChaIrman Chairman ChaIr ChaIr- Chair 1 man of the Utah Farmers Farmer's Union He Ile served in the office and as National Director of the National Farmers Union for tor five live years years ear To India In 1959 Lion Doug and his Ms wife Tean were selected to serve an au Will Good-Will Dele Delegates ates for Farm- Farm ers ors and aud World Affairs to India I They spent 3 Six Ix weeks in India I living and working with the indian in- in dian dlan farmers During their sojourn sojourn so so- journ in India they met and visited with Prime M Minister i n i s t r Nehru and President Prasad Since returning home they have tried to build friendship between between be be- tween the United States and India India In In- India dia by showing their pictures and talking about India The program whIch h they present i is id most entertaining en and informative Arrangements Arrangements Ar- Ar Arrangements for its presentation can be made by contacting them themI I at their home They have lectured and shown their pictures almost 50 times Kennedy Appointment President Kennedy appointed Doug to serve on the National j I Agricultural Advisory Commis i sion Blon lIe He has sat across the table from the President at dinner but has yet et to hold hands hand 3 with Jack Jack- ie Ia and goes to Washington every three months to confer with Se Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- of ot Agriculture Orvill Free Free- man than Asked about Lion Uon Doug said that is la the best of all isms and has hILS been responsible for many interesting and happy events in his life lite ln l Mrs Doug What does Mrs MM Doug think I about the gent Kent who slides his feet under her table three times I a day Well most of the foregoing foregoing forego forego- ing information came from Tean so BO its it's evident she is Ls quite proud of the gu guy And if you fOU ever have havethe havethe havethe the opportunity to hear the Simp- Simp Sons SOlid give their spiel on India observe how Te Teen Tean n defers deters to Doug and and observe the very verr obvious respect and admiration Doug has haa for Tean IV It is ta evident that each thinks thinka the other Is id someone pretty fretty special in fact tact it was our Impression that thai here bare was a hum danger dinger of ot a honeymoon that has bas bees been bee going on since 1921 1931 without letup and while that may not be bea I a record it aint a bad bAIt beginning |