Show highlights past and present v the citizens of green groen rier can ft ell eil be proud of jack mackay their rep on the emery county board of education mr air mackay v as th driving force behind the ire tre project of getting a new crool bui but ding for gre green R river lv e r B be enu beless cause of the foresight foie sight and d ti tireless efforts of a community minded cit izen green river now has one of the most beautiful modern e u e school buildings in the cou jack mackay was elected to the emery county board of education in february 1931 to fill the anex aired I 1 term of jame silliman who went into the serice sen ice the next term jack was unopposed so he rema remained ined on the board it was during this time that the old 4 green river school bu alding tas aias classed as unsatisfactory and the safety of the students was d by the continuance of its use as such at that tune time this was the only school building in the county placed in this classification so mr maccay felt that it was time for green rive to have a new sch ool building i tie ti e first efforts to obtain a new i building vere met with strong opp osilio i no fedral aid could be ac lui cd ard the raising rai of taxes to a pay as is you go system was imm mun mediately edia tely defeated A very important meeting was ald in utah where the offices cf the cownty board of edu catini i are located and it was at u aai meeting that jack mackay saw the first phases of his project start to take shape because Be calise of the large representation of citizens from green riv r and their undaunted deter mi naton the opposition at the other d of the county soon gave way and a bod bond election for was k i d and gabed for the financing of a 1 new iii green river however fo mr mackay and the other board members this was just tle tl e oe ginning of a long tedious gr md of getting gettins the wheels of progress in motion maion and the project pi eject on its way toward completion many trips to salt lie were made many architects were contacted cort acted ard inter i cd ed plans were drawn and re dhawn 6 awn for jaca mackay would only be satisfied wita the best possible ros sible designed building for his area finally with he approval of the state board of education the con tracts were lt it I t and the construe tion on the building began this meant more trips for mr mackay there were labor difficulties and material sho shortages and all the other headaches that go with a project of this magnitude despite the many trips the bad weather and all the material set setbacks backs jack mackay was determined to see it through the building was scheduled to be completed in august of this year however the contractors were un able to fulfill their agreement and th work ork continued on into novem ber then on saturday november ath the great day came and the move into the new building was made with very nery little time lost in it was indeed a great day for the students and the citizens of green river but we think it must have been an even greater day for jack mackay who nho felt an ambition ful filled and saw a dream come true |