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Show s r a ROCKY MOUNTAIN REVIEW, Salt Lake County, Utah Thursday, April 9. 1964 Page 4 SfcsfflQaSa M HolladayV Village: Part Tuo 0 ' I . ri Eye Appeal Boosts California Merchants Sales Volume FORMERLY THE NEIGHBOR Serving southeast suburban Salt Lake County with 18,000 copies every Thursday. Subscription rate, $3 per year. Published by Great Western News, Inc., 2263 East 4800 South, P.O. B5x 17377, Salt Lake 81U7. Phone, City, Ct. Publishers--Stephe- n Rosenblatt, Norman Rosenblatt B. Lunsford Managing Editor--Joh- n Entered as second rjiss matter at the post office at Salt Lake act of March 9, 1879. Published every City, Utah, unt. r Thursday. A used to spend quite a bit of time with a nice guy by the name of Harry. Harry wasnt exactly the Rock Hudson type. He was rather an old shoe, 'fit Zeldas tastes nicely and took care of her pretty well. One day a tall stranger by the name of Marvin made the scene - a Rock Hudson type. Marvin dressed like an ad in toe back 50 pages of Esquire, drove a baby blue and fed Zelda New York cuts and vichyssoise. Zelda decided she had had it 278-286- 6. -- The NEA Report - Lets Not Cloud The Issue Unfortunately there are a number of irrelevant side effects and issues which becloud a true evaluation of the National Education Association report, to witi 1. The NEA talked about the war against ignorance, inertia and irresponsibility. Maybe the NEA shouldnt have said those nasty things about us, but on the other hand we must consider their facts rather than their epithets. 2. The NEA implied an all black picture. T F understandable from any group with a cause celebre. We can always pat ourselves on the back - we should consider the NEAs negativism within its context. 3. The bitW fight of last summer left a bad taste with many. 'A little of this rubs off on the NEA, and prejudices the findings. 4. The NEA reports compares us with an ideal - which is a little unfair. 5. The report was compiled in a relatively Shine Up, Shape Up Neednt Be Expensive rather fickle chick by toe name of Zelda T-Bi- with Harrys Pizza and drive-i- n movies which Zelda rarely saw. All this time Marvin found new ways to' rush Zelda - Maryin was a nice guy, too -and Marvin was a promoter. One day Harry suddenly got smart. Out with .despondency and confusion. Common are starting to get replies from our about Holladay - the possibilities are exciting. . . .and the majority of Holladay merchants realize that drastic improvements must be made in order to compete more effectively for your business. We have some suggestions. . . and were sure too. Next week well openip the boxes you-dand report on your ideas for making Holladay a more inviting place to shop. In the meantime, if you havent let us know what features you most desire in a neighborhood shopping area, please fill out the blank on page three and drop it in one of the containers in Holladay or mail to the Rocky Mountain Review. And, please read on: There is a moral to the story here. Any similiarity between characters in this story and living institutions is purely intentional. We in the dirty gray VW. Zelda still saw Harry mind you - but it was always rushed. Marvin somehow had the Hatty appeal of a weekend in Las Vegas. Harry became despondent and confused, h&. almost gave up. In desperation Harry made a big sign that read Zelda, youre great, come back to Harry but it was a little too gaudy and out of place for Harry, F besides he carried if on a very high stick queries rd, , sense, lets goP Harry traded in his old, dirty gray VW for a new shiny red one, he put the old khakis and dirty green sweater in the attic and donned a tweed sport coat (plaids, but small and conservative). He got rid of the sign, shined his shoes and took Zelda to a University little theater play and dinner at a small Japanese restaurant. He still couldnt afford New York cuts and toe starlight Gardens, but Zelda was thrilled. Zelda still saw Harry and Marvin - the equal time rule didnt always apply - but they all lived happily ever after, and Harry didnt go broke doing it. i J - tII ' - me X 4 short time. V-- v The background tends to cloud the fact that the NEA has issued a report with some serious allegations - which must be considered specifically with a sense of priority The comparison of The Towne and Country Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California. with Holladay Village shows what can be done without great expense to make a shopping center more eye appealing. Towne and Country competes successfully with the large modern a v 4 ., iff 1 V - - t" i and reason. We have a vicious circle problem. If we increase the proportion of state money to education at the expense of other needs-sa- y water for example - we risk losing our ability to attract basic industry which must provide the future tax base to afford the edu- - Au-- t - ! 1 M Stanford Shopping Center, upper right, by using climbing vines, plenty of trees and attractive uniform signs in its design. Towne and Country also aggressively gets business with well planned, consistent promotion. t I EDITORIALS cation we should invest in now. It isnt reasonable to expect every taxpayer to read the NEA report - it is reasonable to expect every school board, the Governors School Study Committee, and each prospective legislator to read and consider it in the light of, not the emotional background, but the specifics of: 1. What are the most serious allegations? 2. What is the proper order of priority of the problems and recommendations? 3., What is reasonable, that we can pay for? The Governors School Study Committee report is the key to what will happen to Utahs education. The NEA report is a good step in gathering the information needed. As individual citizens there are three specific ways to exercise our voice in this matter now: Become familiar with the candidates running for toe state legislature. We need men and women whose view is balanced, and who are not so dominated by a single cause that they neglect toe states overall 1. critical needs. 2. Attend toe mass meetings on April 27. 3. Attend toe regional convention for nominating a member of toe State Board of Education at East High School on April 25. On The Spot Biology, A Bright New Idea With all toe profound despair weve been hearing this, week about our schools a bright ray of sunshine was announced at Tuesdays Granite Board of Education meeting. The U.S. Forest Service, the Utah State Department of .Public Instruction and -- toe Granite School District will teach biology to 80 eighth grade boys at a summer camp in the Wolf Creek area near Kamas in toe . . . .Holladay Village Center Needs ..Face Lifting Center, shown below, would benefit greatly by sprucing up and face attempt has been made to provide greenery, but in order to be attractive it lifting. must be well kept. The conglamoration of signs, as shown in the lower right picture creates a confusion from which no merchant benefits. The Holladay Shopping Centers other Holladay Shopping An j ti V1"""'" ''? problem, not existing with Towne and Country is that it is not an integrated shopping center, but a two block mixture of completely different stores, with no Integrating factor. This could be alleviated without extremearchitectural changes, for one suggestion see the letter on the opposite page. v ,eismr Uintah! This is a pilot .program, two groups of forty boys - each will attend toe camp for one week. The District provides the science supervisor, two instructors, transportation and meals. Imaginative efforts like this should be increased, the Uintah Mountains will make a The program helps wonderful classroom. of teachers only having the alleviate problem an environand month provides Job, a nine toe in interest subject ment where a real . can be stimulate.d can be stimulated. We encourage the program - and hope this pilot project is highly successful. -- 8 1, 4 i |