| Show Dinosaur advertising group holds annual meeting Directors and officers were elected at the annual meeting of Dinosaur Land Inc Wednesday of last week at the 7 11 Ranch Cafe Re-elected Re as directors were Bill DiU Gibson and amI Bill Sweet and newly-elected newly to the three year director term was Ted Hatch replacing Merwin Kellogg Officers of the Vernal travel promotion organization were re-elected re for another year they are Harold Duke president Bill Sweet vise president and John Beaslin treasurer OVER HOLDOVER ER directors are two year John Beaslin Irvin Haws and C. C R. R Henderson three year Harold Duke Paul Batty and Jim Drollinger Mr Drollinger asked to be released from his directorship because of his work and one of his associates Lynn Clark operator of Motel Utah was appointed to fill the vacancy on the board Harold Duke conducted the annual meeting and explained the relationship of the Travel Board and Dinosaur Land Advertising Inc The Travel Board is a newer organization comprised of representatives of Uintah Duchesne and Daggett counties and funded by the transient room tax charged at motels and hotels in the counties The Travel Board participate with the Utah Travel Council in its match matching ng funds tourist advertising program resulting in an annual budget of over for the three-county three organization PRESIDENT DUKE explained that there was still need for the local Dinosaur Land organization for local promotion but he thought the due structure should be revised and the motels reduced by about 40 percent This recommendation was passed by bythe bythe bythe the board Ken Chairman of the Utah Tourist Council presented a model of the remodeling proposed for the Utah Museum of Natural History Utah room where new displays would be constructed to represent the nine tourist regions of the state from the Utah Tourist Council has been approved for this project in Vernal stated DWIGHT gave a report on on a four day river trip sponsored by the Chicago Daily News for 36 winning carriers Some of the publicity pre-publicity run in the Chicago paper was shown which mentioned Vernal and the scenic ri river er trip The Dinosaur Land directors agreed to share the expense of entertaining the group fo one meal at Bottle Hollow Resort with Jim Peltier manager of Bottle Hollow Resort Mr ex explained a p project of Dinosaur Land Advertising Inc including nine brochures each detailing a one-day one tour of the local area The brochures are ready to be printed and a budget of 1200 was approved by the Dinosaur Land board to cover the production costs of the one-day one tour brochures Continued on Page 8 adv Dinosaur Continued from Page 1 TilE THE DINOSAUR Land directors passed a motion to appoint a committee to work workout workout workout out a proposal to present to whoever is assigned as the new superintendent of Dinosaur National Monument to Increase the quota on the number of ot river trips allowed through the Monument on the Yampa and Green Rivers The need for an constructed at the Utah Museum of Na Natural tural History InVernal InVernal in inVernal Vernal was suggested as a good project for the Bicentennial Committee to consider for the area The outdoor facility could be used for tourist gatherings and for lectures about the scenery and history of the area it was explained by the Dinosaur Land directors |
