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Show Chamber of Commerce Sets Installation; Plans Major Projects Banquet Scheduled Wednesday Jan. 14, Memorial Hall, 7:30 P. M.; Ezra T. Benson Will Be Speaker As plans go forward today for tbe Springville Chamber of Commerce installation, new officers were malcing general plans for 'a membership drive and program of activities to be carried out this year. I The installation banquet and program is set for Wednesday, January 14, at 7:30 p. m., at Memorial hall, under direction of G. Lowry Anderson, retiring president. presi-dent. . Harrison Conover, manager of the Art City Publishing Co., will take over the duties as president; Grant Thorn, vice - president; Charles Franks, H. T. Reynolds, Jr., W. G. Ruff, A. L. Thorpe, A. Y. Wheeler, directors. The retiring retir-ing president automatically becomes be-comes a director. A. Y. Cherring-ton,' Cherring-ton,' Dave Friel, Melvin Haymond and J. E. Robertson are holdovers. J. A. Miller is re-appointed executive execu-tive secretary. Dr. C. A. King is retiring vice-president; vice-president; J. Y. Bearnson, Ernest Boyer, Paul Haymond, Wm. J. Phillips, Merle Sargent and Verl Whiting, directors. Ezra T. Benson, Salt Lake City, member of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS church, will speak during the program, which will also include in-clude musical numbers. Bert Strong will be toastmaster. The memberhip drive is scheduled sched-uled to get underway immediately with Grant Thorn, chairman of a 20-man committee. Members will ba contacted by January 14. Among the major projects in which the Chamber of Commerce plans to cooperate with the city or any other sponsoring group, are: For a new grade school in Springville; Spring-ville; landscaping of present school grounds; securing a National Guard armory; extension of sewer system through city; completion of Bartholomew water project; equipment for city canyon recreation recrea-tion park; street flushing outfit; semaphore traffic light at Fourth South, Fourth East; drinking fountains repaired and additional fountains installed; keeping art exhibit open during specified hours all summer; veteran claims and information; oiled highway to Balsam Park; stabilization of present unemployment compensation compensa-tion laws; auto and gas tax for highways only; continued investigation investi-gation of possibilities for hospital; work for establishment of new industries; in-dustries; work for establishment of new housing. |