Show GSA Motor Pool To Open Monday The newly located General Services Administration motor pool will begin operation in inVernal InVernal Vernal Monday Paul Jensen manager of the local pool made the announce announcement ment Tuesday at Vernal Cham- Cham Chamber Chamber ber of Commerce meeting at Cafe HE SAID that the operation will be located temporarily in ina Ina a house trailer but that a build build- building building ing will be erected this sum sum- summer mer at the north end of the yard near the fairgrounds Mr Jensen explained that the purpose of the motor pool was to save federal funds by furnishing transportation to federal employees in the area He said that the motor pool will be very small c to similar operations elsewhere and will involve 1 5 vehicles but he predicted that the fleet would double or triple in th next few years In addition to Mr Jensen three employees will be hired locally He anticipates annual payrolls at with Continued on page 8 Motor l Pool Continued fro from page 1 worth of business involved TH THE E MOTO MOTOR R pool will have havea a gas pump and operate like a small service station including ing minor repairs but major repairs will be made by local garages he said Mr Jensen praised the very friendly community here and said it took him bim three years to feel this much at home while he was living in Gallup N M Chesley Schart secretary manager of the Chamber said that a delegation from Elko Nev Chamber of Commerce would fly in to Vernal Wed Wed- Wednesday morning after acter visiting Craig Colo About 2 20 persons will be visiting from the Elko Chamber convention and high way committees They will stay overnight here and leave at noon Thursday May 19 Mr Schart reported that both the Rotary and lions clubs are m making king bids for con conn In Vernal during 1967 The Rotary may hold its dis conference and the Lions may hold the state convention J Harvey Madsen treasurer read the financial statement lIe said the Chamber had had hadan hadan an income of and ex of but there would be a balance of in the bank lie He anticipated that there would be a balance in the bank of at June 3 30 the end of the fiscal year STATE Senator Leland So- So wards reported that the special session of the state legislature was scheduled to start Monday to discuss the Little Hoover Commission recommendations lIe said that the state present ly has a total of commis and boards and he felt that economies could be made by merging some of them such as the State Fish and Game Gamt Dept and the State Parks Com Coin mission Senator said that the Little Hoover Commission had recommended that commis sion type slon-type type administration be abolished anda director type be created The senator said he be was opposed to this as there would be too much centralization tion of power He also was op posed to abolishing the Board of Examiners rs HE POINTED out that under reapportionment out of 29 legis only eight would come from rural areas and 21 would come from the Wasatch Front Senator said he felt that government should be kept close to the people even cven at the cost ot of some efficiency The Chamber voted to write a l letter of appreciation to West ern River Expeditions for Jack Currey's hosting of the Cham her bel to a river trip Saturday Guests included Blaine Pitts Salt Lake City regional mana ger for Utah State Department of Employment Security and Frank Seymour the new man man- manager ager of Uintah Basin Seismological lager Observatory |