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Lions Elect ElectNew ElectNew ElectNew New Officers OfficersFor OfficersFor OfficersFor For Next YearJ Yearv Year J \ W \v v Corbin is President President PresidentC , , C S Fonte Secretaryof Secretary , of Service ClubThe Club The Moab L ons club elected electednel electednea electednew ne\l ne l nea \ officers to 10 serve during the theyear theyear theyear year commencing commencmg July 1 at a ameetmg ameeting ameeting meetmg meeting of the service club heldMonday held heldMonday heldMonday Monday evening T\ T \ Tyyenty Tenty Tuenty enty mem members membets members PresidentEarl bers bets bersern \ were \\ern ern uera present and President PresidentEarl PresidentEarl Earl presidedJ J Freeman presidedJ presided president J W Corbin was elected pres presi ! dent and Carlton S Fonte was waschosen waschosen waschosen chosen as secretary treasurer treflSurer 0th- 0th 0ther Oth Other . - er officers elected are First Frrst vice viceJresldent vicepresident vicepresident Jresldent president ; Dr Sanford BallingTsecond Balhngor Balhnrr Balhngorsecond Balhnrrsecond second vice president J E Kerby KerbyIt Kerbytyoyear Kerbyt t S \ 0 year director 0 Oven s \ en DeSpain DeSpainh Despainhi DeSpaintyyo It h\ h hi h0 \ 0 o one year directors drrectors Mitchell MitchellMelich MitchellMelich MitchellMellch Melich and H W Balsley Bahsley tali tail tailt talltvister t VIS vister tar B D Marlolion Mallow Marlo\\ Marlo Marlou \ lion iamer tamer iamerJoseph tamerJoseph tamerJoseph It taliIt Joseph P F ParrishPour ParrishPour Parrish Four Pour delegates iiere 11ere acre elected to toattend toattend toattend attend the annual convention ofdistrict of ofdIStnct ofdistrict I ofI dIStnct district U 28 to be held at St StGeor StGeorg StGeorg Geor Georg onay onfay on ' \ [ \ May \ay ay \fay fay 7 8 and 9 They TheyI Theyare Theyare I are J W Corbin Corhm Cirleton C'1.rleton C1.rleton C1rleton ' . S Fonte FonteI FonteEarl FonteEarl FonteEarl Earl J Freeman and Dr J W WWIlllam WWilliams WWilliams I WIlllam Williams The club \ voted soted oted to w pay paythe paythe I payI tre the registration reglstratlon fees of all an clele- clele clelegates dele delegates . - I gates ! gatesThe The club discussed the proposal proposalof of Samuel G 0 Port Porter r " d-ad d ad "nd nd and . - C:1rl C1rl Carl CarlHendrickson CartHendrlckson : : Hendrickson of Grand Junction to toorganize toorganize toorganize toorganizei : organize -i i ' \ - , civic group embracmg embracing embracingth embracmgth th : > ( counties OUl1hes of western wf'stern wfstern ' Colorado Coloradoeastern Coloradoeastern Coloradoeastern eastern Utah ard a1'd a1d ' nortl1\\estern nortl1 estern northuestern northuesternN northwesternNew \ N ew Mexico MeXlro toork to work \\ork ork a \ omk for the nun mm nuneral mmeral mmeral eral and industrial mdustnal development of ofthe ofthe otthe the U1 = u upper per Coloiado ColOlado river nver basin basinThe basinThe basinThe The cluboted club \ voted \oted oted soted to participite partIcip\te partIcip te ' \ in inthe inthe inthe the mo\ mo movement moement mosement \ ement and to send a dele delegation delegaLlon delegallon gation gaLlon to a general meeting meetmg to be beheld beheld beheld held in m Grand Junction shortly short1Y shortW to toperfect toperfect toperfect perfect the orgamzat organizat orgamzatvet vet y ys s ' j I 1 Th ' action of o , fne t11e the state fotate engJ.ncer- engJ.ncer engineer- engineer . . - Ing in engineerin engineer.Ing engineerIng engJ.ncerIng oittmlssion "Ommlsslon Ommlsslon "Oflllnission Oflllnission " ' In limiting linutmg loads loadscrOb5ng loadsrs1ng crOb5ng rs1ng . ! the Moab bridge over the theColorado theColorado theColorado Colorado _ nver mer riser to w l 12 tons gross eross 1 1caine cai carte caine commenth e in m ! , ' * ' sorre sotre on'e one ' commentIi h'l hl Ii ' the club It t ) : t \ ( has a . : pointed Iomted out oul outthat oulthat outthat that this arbitrary ruling rulmrt Is 1 $ de demoral1zing demoralizing demoralizing moral1zing moralizing traffic over hIghway highway160 160 and acid is impeding lIDpedmg the shIpment slnpment shipmentof slnpmentof of freight needed for national de defense de- de defense - . fense Th Tha TIn < ! club named M.Itchen MItchen Mitchell M.ItchenMe MitchellMehcli . MitchellMelich Me Mehcli lIelJ C S Thomson and H . H . . W WBalsley WBalsley WBalsley Balsley as a.s . a committee rommittee to w draft drafttelegral1lS drafttelegrams drafttelegrams telegral1lS telegrams on behalf belJal ! of the club clubprotestmg clubprotesting clubprotesting protestmg protesting against agamst the ruling rulmg rulmgLeon rulingLeon rulingLeon Leon N ( Tony ) Meador a mem niem member niember member ber of the club and for two twoearsa .ears ears . \earsa earsa \ , .earsa earsa ears a gunner gunners s a mate in the U S naVY naVYgae navygae nawgave ga\e ga e gae \ an interesting interestmg talk regarding regardingthe regardingthe regardingthe the battle of Pearl Harbor and andother andother andother other otherat \ war \\at at isar \ " activities in the PaCIfic PacificHe PacificHe . He was on the U USS S S Helm v . tthicittook chic1 chic1took , hlch hlchtook took part pan In the Pearl Harbor Harror fight fightand fightand fightand and also In the . attacks a.ttacks on the theMarshall theMarshall theMarshall Marshall and Gilbeifc Gilbel Gilbei t islands islandshere islandsuhere Islandswhere \\here here uhere \ the United Umted States acinunis aclimnis acinunistered aclimnistered adimnistered tered a smashing defeat to Japan Japan- Japanese Japanese . - ese foices fOlces Mr Meador talked talJ.ed talJed . in m a aS avery S \ ery confident ronfldent and optimistic ophnushc tone toneregaldIng toneregaiding toneregaiding regaldIng regaiding the final outcome irf irl ad the the1.r thewir thevvir \\1.r 1.r wir \ ' . and stated that man for forman forman forman man slu ship slup , for ship and plane for forplane forplane forplane plane the U S is tar far superior t to tothe tothe l < lthe the Nipponese |