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Show ocal Group Moves Toward Main Street Revamping Project I'isitors From Salt Lake, Provo, Iffer Suggestions on Program A Toup of business men meeting in the Town Clerk's ffice Thursday night made definite progress toward real-, zation of the Main street "face lifting" program discussad . t an earlier meeting. Two guests from the northern pan ,f the state listened to the discussions, addressed the group nd expressed the conviction that caiTying out such a program pro-gram would mark Milford as one of the most progressive Municipalities of the nation, and cause the state to point S pride and admiration to this Southern Utah conunumty. Adjourning to the town o.lurcs fter the Lions Club meeting, ,-here the visitors and assembled .ions had enjoyed Marion Wallers Walle-rs "coon-fried" chicken," the msiness men, with Joe Smith serving serv-ing as chairman, informally discussed dis-cussed the many features to be ' Considered in a project as important import-ant as rebuilding the fronts of ' 'he business houses on Main strete. Mr. W. C. Winder, special envoy V.f Ora Bundy of Salt Lake City, raead of the Utah State Department ?'t:f Industrial Development and publicity, first speaker, compared speech with a Texan Longhorn: a point here and a point way over here, and a lot of bull in between,' hen proceeded to stress many!, oints connected with the proposal t .nd left out the "bull." " i Mr. Winder cited the vital neces-ities neces-ities to successful merchandising, nd headed the list with "attractive xterior; it lets the people who ome to trade know you think nough of their patronage to have nice-appearing, clean-looking tore for them to walk into." HI Any beautification, Mr. Winder aid, whether it be residential, busi- css district or parks, is a direct ""sset to every resident and prop-rty prop-rty owner in the community. In commenting on another "facetting" "face-tting" project, at Burlingame, ialif., the visitor quoted figures (lowing a 25 per cent increase In usiness revenues in less than uve lonths. George Jefferson described Mil-rd Mil-rd as "Utah's undiscovered dis-ict" dis-ict" and prophesied an unbeliev-ble unbeliev-ble development among the farms, inches and mines in this area. He ointcd to the pride taken by home wners here in their grounds and AKuildings; the park and school round development; the annual omen's flower show, and then ompared them with the appear-nce appear-nce of our Main street. Paul Ashworth of Richfield, Tel-irlde Tel-irlde Power company executive, :itcd that he had considered the risibility of such a project for iohficld, and hazarded the opin-n opin-n that if Milford started this if (J ojcct, Richfield would be era-" era-" ' irked uppn a similar one before u-s was completed. Rebuilding the Main street fronts , ouldn't require spending any h'r' 9 ish money, Mr. Ashworth said, it rCtM ould merely be an investment re' uit would more than pay for it-clf it-clf in a ridiculously short time. In regards to the street lighting, ie power uiliuuh funutu u", ..... )id at present is beaming the rect lights in all directions ln-cad ln-cad of reflectng the light down-ard. down-ard. A street lighting program, J gciOt'- believed, would do much for the se pf',wnt since "P00!1'0 are somewhat punlpt'ke moths they like to gather round the bright lights." A lighting program to coordinate i ith the proposed street program ould of necessity have to await j uire detailed plans, he pointed out. ' Town Board President Gron- j ing expressed himself as whole-eartedly whole-eartedly favoring such a program, it called for thorough under-sole under-sole stranding of all phases of the pro-j pro-j air C'fram before launching any defi-tliefC' defi-tliefC' te program. Gene Kirk, local realtor, also tarred tar-red the proposal, but felt that |