Show Will ViiI Retire t toy tr tt r t oy 0 V r ryd s VIVIAN N. N WEST VEST Will ill Be Honored FOREST SERVICE TO FETE RANGER PLEASANT GROVE The GROVE The United States forest service has arranged for a farewell banquet and dance Friday evening at the Ambassador hotel in m Salt Lake City to do honor to Vivian N N. West of Pleasant Grove forest ranger of the Wasatch national forest who is retiring from active service E C Mr West Vest has been a ranger e for forE 28 years He began his career in the Humboldt forest in in the Ruby division division division divi divi- sion in Nevada Nevada- From there he was transferred after five years to the Uinta division at Spanish Fork where he worked and lived for 21 years jears I Mr West Vest was as born in Pleasant I Grove September 19 1884 He grew up here and has spent most of his life in this vicinity He traces his I interest in forestry back to his childhood when he played around I the old sawmill in American Fork canyon owned by his father Nathaniel Nathaniel Nathaniel Na Na- thaniel West Vest In those days there were few forestry schools in the United States States- Rangers got their training in the school of experience and private study The forest service in this division d has grown during Mr West's connection connection connection con con- with it from a grazing and reforestation program to a vast recreation center Under his supervision supervision supervision super super- vision cave that wonder wonder wonder won won- der spot of American Fork canyon has been developed Mutual Dell the M. M MIA I. I A. A summer recreation home was built bum as well as th the Loop road that connects American Fork canyon with Provo canyon a new recreation area at Granite Flat has been perfected as well as new hiking hiking hiking ing trails to Mt Mr West well recalls his first years in this forest when there were no trails to from the American Fork canyon side Hikers H had to walk all the way from Wildwood in Provo canyon carrying their bedding on their backs as they trudged over the long rough trail Now parties numbering hundreds can follow the fine trails with ease Mr West's successor has not yet been announced |