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Show Universal 1'icrofilnir.g Djl Pierpcr.t "Fbrmaly The.Tiews Bulletin" VOL. 17, No. 16 SUGAR HOUSE, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1957 10 CENTS Cannon Resigns Legislative Position D. James Cannon has submitted his resignation to Gov. George D. Clydt as a representative in the State Legislature Mr. Cannon was electee1 las year to serve in the House of Representatives. H submitted resignation to accept the position as director of the State Tourist and Publicity Council, a letter to Gov. Clyde explained. In accepting the state position, Mr. Canxion retires as executive secretary of the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce. --u:" " j ; p.- (- - I l :.-- --imnil.llVlit ::lvL- - i CALVIN SORENSEN Sugar House To Wind Up Birthday Fete Sugar House's 103rd anniversary celebration comes to a close to-day with a Chamber of Commerce oldtimers banquet honoring all businessmen who have been in the area 25 years or more. 1 The event will be the Chamber's monthly meeting and a "packed house" is expected, according to M. G. Wright who is' in charge of the arrangements. Speaker for this banquet will be Wendell J. Ashton of Gillham Advertising Angency. Mr. Ashton's father is the late Marv Ashton, a Sugar House pioneer. Mr Ash-ton's topic will be "Growth Pat-terns In Sugar House." Introduction of the "oldtimer" guests will be by D. James Can-non, retiring executive secretary of the chamber. Holger Larsen will give the invocation. Approximately 35 businessmen are expected to be honored at the 15th annual Chamber dinner. Each guest will be presented with a white carnation, distributed by Miss Sugar House of 1956, Karen (Continued on Page 8) Simoson Link Promised Early Start An early start on the Simpson Ave. road link between Highland Dr. and 9th East appeared virtu-ally assured last week. No protests were heard at a Salt Lake City commission hear-ing last week. The hearing was on a petition of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad for vacating city-owne- d land in the rrea between 2nd and 9th South and Cth and 6th west. Approval of the petition would e'eer the way for an exchange cf city land for railroad property on Simpson Ave. Sugar House businessmen have been pressing for the badly-neede- d artery for some time to alleviate traffic congestion. The new link will provide autos in the Sugar House business dis-trict with more maneuverability. Autos heading south from 21st South are forced to travel to 27th South before a turnaround can be made. Snowstorm Snaps Sugar House Power Last Monday's unseasonal snow-storm left a good portion of Sugar House without power for most of Tuesday. Some of the business houses in the area reported no power for most of the day. And with tem-peratures dipping into the chilly 30s and 40s, the places of business were a little chilly without heat. The summer furniture tent at South East Furniture Store, how-ever, suffered the most damage in the area. It collapsed under the weight of the heavy snows. Loss or the tent and it was a complete less forced store offi-cials to move their summer furni-ture lines to the Simpson Ave. shopping center in the vacated Hoffman Hardware building. They expected to be back on Highland Dr. with the summer lines in another 10 days. Carpet Industry Names Cal Sorensen To Council Calvin Sorensen was named a member of the 1957 Carpet Insti-tute Retail Advisory Council this week by the Carpet Institute, Inc., New York City. The Council is made up of retailers representing department stores, home furnish-ings stores, furniture stores and carpet specialty stores from the East, South, Mid-We- st and West The purpose of the Council is to make available to the Institute membership the best advice of out-standing retailers on various prob-lems in which the manufacturer, distributor and retailer have a vital common interest. A two-da-y meeting will be held at the Plaza Hotel in New York in May. Mr. Sorensen heads the carpet department of the South East Fur-niture Company. Park Name Won't Harm Area; Sugar House Told 7 O Sugar House received assurance from the Salt Lake County Com-mission and Salt Lake City Mayor Adiel F. Stewart that they would do nothing detrimental to the area in selecting a name for the old prison site park. Paul H. Pehrson, president of .he Sugar House Chamber of Com-merce, said the mayor and the county commissioners promised that the chamber would be con-sulted before a name was selected. The pledge from these officials came after Mr. Pehrson sent a letter to the city and county com-missions urging that they not recognize "any contest which seeks to choose a name for the city-count- y park." The letter urged that the city and county instead give full con-sideration to the name Sugar House Park for the following reasons: "1. That name would immediate-ly identify the location of the park. "2. The suggested name has historical significance because the prison site was the former location of the first farm in the Sugar House area. "3. The name Sugar House is a unique and attractive place name and would therefore be in-teresting to all visitors of the state. "We are so sure that these reasons are sound that we would be happy to accept any other name that meets the requirements listed above," Mr. Pehrson's letter con-cluded. A post script was added, point-ing out that Gus P. Backman, executive secretary of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce, had declared that he could see no reason why the site should not be named Sugar House Park. Lamont B. Gunderseri, chairman of the county commission, said that every consideration would be given to the names submitted in a contest conducted by the Salt Lake Tribune, "But we are not necessarily limited to these names." Mr. Gundersen said that, the name Sugar House "certainly designates the area and is a very distinctive name. I haven't a thing against it" The commissioner declared that a date for the selection of a name for the park has not been set. The " names submitted in the contest have been delivered for considera-tion but "We haven't had a chance to go over them," he said. Mayor Stewart also declared that the contest will not be bind-ing on the final selection of the name. He said that proposed names will be considered by the city and county commissioners and the park committee. Mackay In Hospital After Heart Attack Vern Mackay, head of the Sugar House branch of Walker Bank and president of the local Kiwanis Club, has been hospitalized after a heart attack, business associates reported this week. Mr. Mackay is now in the LDS Hospital where his condition is re-ported as "satisfactory." Thanks Sent City On Clean-u- p Help The Sugar House Chamber of Commerce has sent its heartiest thanks to the Salt Lake City Commission for its support during last week's clean-u- p campaign. The city lent its support too during the one-da- y clean-u- p last Wednesday with trucks and loaders. ' "Never has there been a clean-up where we have had more sup-port," Paul Pehrson, Chamber of Commerce president, declared this week. He said he wanted to express his thanks on behalf of himself and the clean-u- p committee, head-ed by Mrs. Theo Kendall. ' W v ;- - : "'A AW'' " r i - ! i "Si" f f ' tJ i i ftp U-- "sT' iyt "v i szk efK ' - - i V vPSST 8 Vw ft " m ; i 3v?r i: , v Jr lit 1 ;V, Holger M. Larsen and Stewart B. Eccles examine a das rug production at the local factory. Rag Rug Factory Now Operates At Deseret Industries By Virginia Baker Sugar House has the distinction of harboring what is believed to be the first and only electrically-operate- d rag rug factory west of Scranton, Pennsylania. Housed at the Deseret Industries plant at 2234 Highland Drive, the dozen looms can turn out approxi. mately 300 27" x 54" rugs each day. And they're sold almost as fast as they, can be finished. Mrs. Consuela B. Parkin, floor lady, designs the rugs, which beautify homes all over the United States. "People who live in the country seem to prefer dark colors," she said, "while city dwellers choose the pastel rugs." These 'IPioneer" brand 'rugs are sold exclusively through the (Continued on Fage 6) SUP To Charge Admission At Pioneer Village The Sons of Utah Pioneers will charge admission beginning May 1 at the Pioneer Village Musuem, 2998 Connor St The charge has been necessitated by costs of. maintaining and oper-ating the fast-growin- g village, according to SUP officials. Pioneer buildings at the village house western and pioneer Utah museum items. The village con-tains or will contain an auditor-ium, restaurant drugstore, Pony Express Station and blacksmith shop. A "Gay 90s" house was recently added. Plans call for an admission charge of 60 cents for adults over 18 and 25 cents for Children. SUP officials said that supervised groups will be able to enter for 10 cents less. Village hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Interchange To Get Semaphore Soon The controversial interchange at the mouth of Parleys canyon is going to get an actuated traffic signal. The State Road Commis-sion plans to begin installation shortly. Only final approval by the road commission and the Salt Lake County Commission is needed, according to James R. Halverson, road commission traffic engineer. In a report to the Utah Saftey Council engineer committee last week. Mr. Halverson said that the traffic signal will be only a tem-porary solution to the problem. The east-we- st freeway along the D&RGW railroad tracks about 2300 South will require a two-lev- el interchange, he said. The controversial interchange is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 40 and Wasatch Blvd. The light will be located at the intersection of the northbound lane of Wasatch Blvd. and the eastbound leg of U.S. 40. |