Show Directors elected cit at annual ChaMber meet Five new directors were elected to the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce at the atin annual l' l iri rs I Y of last week at the Vernal Junior high School School Qin dining ng room room Elected to to serve serve three three terms were Gene Anfinson Ted Hatch Ralph A. A Gary Taylor and Harley Hales The guest speaker was to be Senator Robert F. F Clyde but due to sudden emergency surgery Sena Senator tor Clyde could not attend the Chamber meeting and Senator Douglas G. G Bischoff of Salt Lake City filled in Senator Bischoff gave a brief summary of the important bills passed in the recent Utah Legislature He said there were bills introduced and passed This legislature was known as as' as the one one with th the mos most trash bills and the on one taking the longe ID to gear 28 i 28 million dollars dollars' l in new taxes were passed onto onto Utah Utah residents stated Bischoff The i 12 million increase in income taxes was unjustified and we could have gotten along with out it The total budget finally came to million million The energy package bill will help areas such as Uintah Basin with willi its oil shale development stated Senator Bischoff It will make it possible for development develop develop- ment companies to prepay their sales taxes for tools equipment and materials so the money can be available to provide the necessary services such as roads water sewer and other public services IN illS HIS ANNUAL report Dwight Chamber tm y i ai t is' is year ha hast hair beeri the mO most t. t challenging one in history I but we are gaining ground in areas of water development schools airport sewer system medical and health care and except for a few who would prefer that we never left the horse and buggy days my observations tell me that we asa asa as asa a community are pretty well prepared in our minds to accept our role of helping to provide new energy for the na nation tion Special musical entertainment entertainment en en- for the evening was provided by the Select Edition chorus under he direction of Reed Hansen who sang various songs for Chamber members and guests |