Show I Vernal Fights For Beauty And A Greater Population Noted Writer Tells Of Good food and Bad Examples Of or Planning Within Oily City We w present below blow the th first of ofa a riM caries of four fout illustrated WUI s sj u ax j tides regarding regarding- the beautifies beautifies- beU i lion and bd pluming planning pl g of Vernal The The- s Division of of the Utah Centennial Cult Commis- Commis Commission Commis sion doD as a public service tc to the people of f ernal and ai toi I r hew u att tits iii tie re ri M c s el tx i h fo ref lot lh the Only recently tr returned tp f- f aft after an absence of near nearl nearly six Ix months month during which period he wrote fr freelance lanc for news news- uw newspapers papers C and magazines I tf Mr Spink Sl has s stared rd r on the staffs of f Utah and w west welt ti coast newspapers both as a reporter and photographer He was Wal a correspondent in the Pacific theatre during the war for The Stars Star and Stripes of of- of official final army BY CHESTER H SPINK Staff Writer Photographer Writer Utah Centennial Beautification Div DI Vernal is fighting a well- well planned battle against an enemy which until only recently met with little organized resistance The enemy of obsolescence an Continued on page pale five o it r Ve V r I g ta a 1 11 For F f Beauty ft Continued from page 1 of HD Unplanned e time and change chanie which constantly i threaT tens the living and fin value of tie the area s Well over half h half a a century 4 ury ago 0 when the pioneers pioneers staked out V Vernal mallI boundaries the battle opened an invisible struggle that at has bas teen going Oln on every since sn e 4 It Ll nI f HerO Here of the thew thee e a si Ver hal faal and newly ti Acquired ally aUy je s that which changes the houses h slid and s streets ts space and people into a 8 a living community plan plan- planning ning on a master scale wale which provides s a setting for the the friend ly associations the Ute the children growing up together the social so lal life and scores of 01 dady daily activities through which the people of Vernal come to know each other It is the spontaneous force which creates a community lif life and stamps It with a a dis dis- distinctive dis- dis distinctive neighborhood character and personality The enemy works constantly in a thousand ways ways here here and there a house which Is not kept up lots overrun with woods and garbage commercial buildings and equipment badly in need of paint and repair etc A house houseIn houseIn in poor repair lowers value and property property owner owner morale of an en en- en entire tire street A poorly maintained farm house heuse area blights blight the en en- entire tire farm Unsightly buildings in the business district are be be- be beginnings beginnings ginnings of decay that must m be checked before they spread to adjoining property In every civilized area the battle runt runs runs its familiar course but Vernal through its planning commission is taking steps to organize an over all counter at at- at attack attack tack Vernal is moving definite definite- definitely ly iy and decisively to leave a grow grow- growing ing heritage to its children to tobe tobe be a healthy pleasant place to live by forming itself Into a conscious cooperating organize organize- ti Q constan constantly active to t corn com bat sat obsolescence ence and preserving and developing th t t f forces for es of neighborhood co community continuity V i J Growing and expanding expanding al al- al almost most from day to day Vernal re re- re cognizes the Inevitability of change rather than fighting a losing battle of blind resistance to change it welcomes and plans for change In the form of mod- mod guides and encourages ages change in the form of new building accommodates change by making sure there are com com- community facilities and activities to meet new needs The war goes on but Just as the Allies planned their over over- overall overall all strategy Vernal is setting up Its battle p reaching plan reaching far in its concepts but subject to change chan and modification as existing conditions change With With- Without out ou its community planning pro pro- program gram gran Vernal would- would surely be bethe bethe the loser time and again as the struggle draws on |