Show january 1521 15 21 2 proclaimed As jaycee week we carl this week of january IS 15 to 21 will be observed BB an jaycee week this year by over 1500 young men and their families in utah this week is also observed rationally hatlon ally and internationally by members locally the jaycees will be displaying national and state trophies and awards in win dows of downtown merchants in uintah county the jaycees have pro promoted the vernal swimming pool P 0 0 1 glass backboards buckboards back boards in the high school gym christmas decor actions every year jaycee b ball all park and lighting and also built the tennis courts gene R hall la Is president of vernal jaycees state president william E bill dunn formerly of vernal pointed out that jaycee week celebrates the founding of the junior chamber in 1915 in st louis the brainchild of henry Glessen bier jr who called together members of a st louis dancing club to form the young mens progressive civic association the name was later changed to junior citizens starting the now popular abbreviation 7 JC C in 1918 the st louis cham chain b br r of commerce invited the no junior citizens to become affiliated filia fil ted as the junior chamber of commerce the affiliation was so popular that the st louis plan soon spread to many cities in the nation the jaycees however areno are no longer an arm of the chamber of commerce though the similarity in name rem remains agns only the aim of civic betterment is similar mr dunn pointed out that the jaycees are a nonprofit non profit civic organization and that all funds raised in various manners sire are used for project activity within the local communities muni ties last week in salt lake city governor george D clyde signed a proclamation designating this week as jaycee jayce e week in the state of utah in the proclamation the governor noted the awareness of civic bodies and service organizations and the departments deportment of the state elate government to the service rendered to this state bythe by the utah junior chamber of commerce and urged citizens cit izena to give full consideration to the future services of the utah Jun junior lor chamin chamber of commerce |