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Show Citizen favors civic center as now planned Editor, HERALD; I would like to say a few words regarding the proposed new Civ;c Center, for which a bond election will be held in Springville on July 16th. It is evident to anyone who can and will read the newspapers news-papers and the Notice of Election Elec-tion that there is no problem about paying for the Center; Springville's share of the sales tax will take care of that. It must also be evident that there is NO question of a tax raise in Springville to help finance fi-nance the building; therefore, the only major questions must be regarding the suitability of the building, and its location. Many people feel that the old city hall should be preserved pre-served for its historical significance. signifi-cance. I submit that this particular par-ticular building HAS no such significance. It was not one of Springville's first buildings, nor was it built around any particular historical event. There are several buildings in our town far more suitable as historical relics the fine old home built by Gideon Wood, for example, now occupied oc-cupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Gardner; and the lovely little home on second east and second sec-ond south, built by my greatgrandfather great-grandfather Mendenhall, and now occupied by Mrs. Ella Reynolds. While neither of these are available at this time, I feel sure that one day they could be purchased by the city and restored and furnished fur-nished in the original pioneer manner, and would be REAL historical landmarks of which our town could be proud. There are , others, also, of which many townspeople are aware. The new City Hall and Civic Civ-ic Center as proposed, 1 if built according to the present plans and specifications, would fill our need for both a City Hall and Civic Center and a new and better Public Library. It would NOT diminish the beau-enhance beau-enhance it, and make it a place of which we would ty of our City Park, but would be proud. The City Council and the Mayor, as well as the Library Board, certainly do not wish to destroy the beautiful beauti-ful City Park, and a thorough investigation of the plans, now on public exhibit, will show that only four trees will be removed re-moved for the new building, three of which will soon have to bo removed anyway. I am the wife of a builder, and know enough about plans and specifications to know beyond be-yond doubt that the proposed new building is one of beauty, strength, and good planning. As a Library Board member, I have helped for over two years in the planning of the project, and. can only say that it is a GOOD, SOUND, BEAUTIFUL BEAU-TIFUL BUILDING, in a perfect per-fect and eminently suitable setting. I realize many who read this letter will consider me unqualified un-qualified to judge the project. To them I can only say that my opinion is backed by those of the other members of the Library Board, the Mayor and Council and the architects. The Mayor and Council were elected elect-ed by a majority vote, and therefore we must have considered con-sidered them qualified for the offices. The architect is a young man of good reputation who is as interested in his home town and its development develop-ment as any other citizen, and has the added qualification of being trained in his field. I am a granddaughter of pioneers, pi-oneers, and I love Springville, and I ask all of my fellow citizens cit-izens to investigate tnis project pro-ject themselves before they vote on it and NOT to listen lis-ten to the propaganda being circulated by many people who do not know what they are talking about. Let's keep some of our precious prec-ious landmarks they are part of our history and our heritage. But let's let our town advance, as well. Respectfully, Lois C. Child j (Mrs. Ralph Child) |