Show ditori dxtori lions convention great success V vernal ernal and its nearby communities wrote a bright page in their history last weekendwi weekend wi with alth lth a wholehearted united effort to provide hospitality to visiting utah lions to take care of a temporary increase in population of nearly one third is no mean feat almost every member of tho vernal club was on some kind of committee and hundreds of other residents contributed unselfishly of their timo tirao and facilities to provide housing and meals A special commendation is duo due the city and county law officers for the admirable way they handled a difficult traffic situation at the influx and exit of lions at the pish fry pry and meetings at the stake center and high school the fact that lions have chosen repeatedly to have their conventions in our community reflects upon us with credit no finer food no better entertainment and a wonderful spirit of hospitality were some of the spontaneous ganeous taneous comments given by visitors to arrange a banquet for several hundred people requires a good amount of organizing and plenty of be hind the scenes work A number of lions were gracious enough to slip into the kitchen at these affairs and congratulate cooks and dishwpnhers dishwariliers for their fine work afuli afull afiill days work was required before and after the meal itself it was inspiring to see a representative cross section of our community sheepmen sheeppen sheep men bankers farmers bishops and businessmen standing shoulder to should efc1b&0 er clbaecpidlshwater &vtffdlshwat er tho arduous work was done ungrudgingly and with a smile and a quip henry A nye of honolulu a director of lions international ter national impressed listeners with his account of the personal ties which exist between the people of utah and hawaii principally hrongh the missionary labors of the LDS church mr nye commanded attention when he told of the high idealism upon which lionism is based and upon which it has thrived for the past 34 years he said that the present struggle between opposing philosophies must end and that lionism is going to play a large part in bringing all men together pulling together as lions true to the objects and ideals of our great organization and the teachings of jesus jesu christ wo we move foiw forw forward ard he proclaimed truly a great convention well planned and well organized lions officers and members and the community as a a whole deserve a hearty vote of thanks pfc pac dale galley who has been stationed with the installations squadron at westover air force base mass is spending a ten day furlough with h his is mother mrs leon galley and family also visiting the galleys are mr and mrs lester holt halt of at rankin Rink ln texas who returned to their home monday accompanied by dorlene galley who will spend the summer with them mr and mrs pierre johnson and son of craig visited here a few days with the galleys also while the family was wit together they made a trip to the big beaver ranch to visit mr galley dorothy and karen davis daughters of mr andmrs andars and Mrs carl davis of provo spent the weekend at the home of mr and mrs balph ralph bryson both beth bryson ac com compacted companled companted compan panted led them home sunday and will spend two weeks visiting |