Show Japanese Group Sends Crunchy Shipment to Soldiers k f 1 1 ny b S 1 s t r G r b r voY y Y i V 3 r r 4 r PART OF 1800 CELERY STALKS D DESTINED FOR UTAH SOLDIERY SOLDIERS Tsuruko Iwata left and Ruth Matsuda prepare celery for shipment to Utah national guard unit Celery Week launched Launched By Gift to Soldiers The opening gun of Utah's annual celery week was sounded Monday by the welfare committee of Japanese Residents of Utah which sponsored a drive to ship 60 crates or approximately 1800 stalks of choice Utah Sweetheart celery to Utah national guardsmen guards guards- men encamped at San Luis Obispo Ca Cal The gift to the guardsmen was was was' made madea through the Celery week committee of the Salt Lake chamber chamber chamber cham cham- ber of commerce by T. T Kobayashi Japanese welfare committee secre secre- tary Celery week activities will continue continue continue con con- through November 17 said S S. E. E Buck chamber committee chairman and are urged to assist in the promotion by shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping gift bo boxes es to all sections of the United States Wide Distribution Sought We never never have had a at surplus crop of celery Mr Mr- Buck declared but we have promoted the week annually to obtain the widest distribution distribution distribution dis dis- dis- dis possible because next to Utah's scenic resources celery is the most prolific source of publicity publicity publicity pub pub- for the state The Utah product is as large as celery of the southern United States as crisp as midwest celery and has a finer flavor than either Mr Buck declared For that reason reason reason rea rea- rea- rea son it can be shipped to oth other r celery producing centers and compete compete compete com com- pete favorably with their product he added Ready by Novem November er 17 Through cooperation of press and radio use of Utah celery publicity publicity publicity pub pub- on all restaurant menus posters vegetable bin pennants and other advertising mediums the committee hopes to have p i practically practically c the entire crop ready for Thanksgiving shipment by November November November Novem Novem- ber 17 People everywhere appreciate the gift of Utah celery for it arrives arrives arrives ar ar- ar- ar rives at an appropriate time said Mr Buck They are demanding the product from their dealers and they become interested in Utah through its celery The constant demand for the product may well make added acreage feasible and make the crop important economically cally cally- |