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Show Aeronautics Director Outlines Airport Plan To City Council One Of The Finest Airports In The State Would Result From Cooperation ' With Spanish Fork City On This Project Joseph Bergin, director of aeronautics for the state of Utah, after a conference with Mayor John Booth of Spanish Fork, and at the suR-e:estion of May- or W. W. Clyde of Springville, presented facts and figures to the Springville city council Monday evening concerning the suggested cooperation of the two cities in maintaining and operating the Spanish Fork Municipal airport. Mr. Bergin, at the outset of his outline, stated, "Spanish Fork is not seeking to give away something some-thing which they now own and are operating very successfully, but they were contacted by the Springville Spring-ville Junior Chamber of Commerce aviation committee on the possibilities possi-bilities of such a tie-up with the idea in mind that through such a two-city plan many improvements could be secured by federal and state assistance to ultimately make the airport one of the finest and most active in the state. "As you all know," continued Mr. Bergin, "this present great world conflict has developed aviation by leaps and bounds, with thousands of planes being produced on a mass production basis and pilots being turned out just as rapidly as facilities facili-ties for their training are made available. Airports that are of a high standard in facilities are being be-ing sought daily by coast training centers and civilian flyers who have been forced to move out of the combat zones. The cities with an eye toward the future will find that one of their greatest assets will be a first class airport in the nearby vicinity, and the offer made by Spanish Fork to allow Springville Spring-ville to join with them in the operation oper-ation of their present ideally situated situ-ated airport should be accepted with the highest esteem for the sister city. "The Spanish Fork airport now has more planes than its one hangar can accomodate, necessitating necessi-tating the tieing of several out-(Continued out-(Continued on page eight) AIRPORT ... (Continued from page one) Side the hangar. The airport has one graveled runway, and is in great need of graveling on the north-south landing strip. These two improvements would make the Spanish Fork airport suitable for a great increase in air traffic, and woud eventually benefit the two cities greatly through the resulting result-ing commerce," stated Mr. Bergin. "Springville has a great number of aviation enthusiasts and one of the most active flying clubs in the state, with plans for another such club being made at the present time." Mr. Bergin suggested that the council of Springville arrange to meet with the Spanish Fork council coun-cil on the matter at the nearest possible time, and said he would be happy to be present at the meeting and give any assistance that his department could offer. Mayor Clyde directed the clerk to contact Mayor Booth on this matter immediately. im-mediately. 1 Mr. Bergin highly commended the Springville council for their enthusiasm and air-minded attitude, atti-tude, and also the Spanish Fork city officers for their willingness to discuss an agreeable plan for the two cities to cooperate in building build-ing an airport in this vicinity that would rank among the finest in the state. L. L. Beach, chairman of the Jaycee aviation committee, told the council members that the road project, affording an entrance to the airport from Springville, was progressing satisfactorily, and that the county commissioners had sent their engineer to check over suitable sites and make a report to them, which had been done. |