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Show ' C. W. Love Jr. Elected to Lead Southern Utah Civic Clubs in '37 ' . Frank Marlines Retires After Three Terms; Yearly Report Re-port Shows Great Progress Made Thru Efforts of Club 1 St. George a n d Washington county were signally honored when i c w. Love, Jr., local druggist vas chosen to lead the activities ot the Southern Utah Civic clubs i0I the coming year. Mr. Love has teen vice-president of the association for the past two years and has taken an active part in the many outstanding contributions contribu-tions that this group has nui.de for the benefit of the section they represent. He succeeds Frank G. M'artines, Tho has been (president for the past three years, and who was the first president of the association associ-ation when it was formed. It was Jlr. Martines expressed desire de-sire that he be retired from the presidency. He has, however, promised his full cooperation in furthering the activities of the clubs in the future. This is the second time that a St. George man has been president presi-dent of the club since Ellis J. Pickett has also held the position posi-tion of president. Chauncey Sandberg of Hurricane, is the other representative of the county. Legislative Problems Legislative problems came in for considerable discussion by the group. Heading these was the proposed law to equalize educa tional opportunities throughout the state. The group had already gone on record favoring this legislature leg-islature so that the legislative committee was given authority to approve or suggest changes in the bill being prepared by the teacher's association. Vice-Presidents L. A. Wynaught, Milford and James M. Sargent, Panguitch were elected vice-presidents. Other members of the executive committee com-mittee elected here are P. J. Fennell, Eureka; Thomas W. Jensen, Jen-sen, Mt. Pleasant; George M. Hunt, Bicknell; and L. L. Taylor. Tay-lor. Moab. Projects Many outstanding projects were undertaken and brought to completion com-pletion during the year. A resume of some of the more important activities was given by Mr. Mar-tines Mar-tines in a report presented to the members. Those attending included in-cluded special appropriation for a road to Cedar Breaks National monument, reinstatement of Sa-' Sa-' Una-Price highway in Federal aid system, completion of highway 89 as hard surfaced road where it enters Utah, inclusion of highway 50 as part of the Roosevelt transcontinental trans-continental highway, obtain an agreement from Western Air Express Ex-press company to route summer Planes via Bryce canyon with stopover privileges allowed, setup set-up completed for making the Wayne Wonderland into a national na-tional monument, fought for the creation o f Escalante national monument which would have included in-cluded one-seventh of the state o! Utah on the ground that grazing graz-ing mining privileges would have been forfeited, assisted the state fish and game department to secure se-cure funds for projects to the tune of $165,000, assisted Kane county livestock growers in obtaining ob-taining increases in grazing permits per-mits in the Kaibab forest and helped isecure $65,000 for development de-velopment of rodent control. lHaktng of Roads The group is working with state and safety councils in an effort to secure the enactment of a law by the next legislature directing that double lines be painted in the middle of Ore highways at bad turns aaid crests of hills making it unlawful to drive onto such lines Sa liquet Speakers at the banquet held in the Arrowhead hotel dining room included Mayor Albert E. Miller, who welcomed the Southern South-ern Utah Civic clubs officials and complimented them on the outstanding out-standing record they have made. Mayor Miller was. introduced by District Attorney Ellis J. Pickett Pick-ett who was toastmaster for the evening. Others who spoke were LeRoy D. Simmons, promotion manager of the Tribune; John Talmage, Deseret News representative; Vern Woodhead, assistant secretary of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce; S. P. Stephenson, executive ex-ecutive secretary of the Utah Manufacturer's association; W. !)- Hammond, state road commis-( commis-( Continued on pag3 six) LOVE ELECTED (Continued from first page) sioner and Allen T. Sandford, Utah director for the national emergency council. Las Vegas was represented by three members mem-bers who attend the civic clubs meetings in order to study the methods of the clubs with the idea in mind of forming a similar simi-lar association in Nevada. Martines In response to the appreciation expressed by Mr. Fernnell, who represented the directors of the Civic clubs in presenting Mr. and Mrs. Martines with gifts of appreciation, ap-preciation, Mr. Martines paid high compliments to his group for the fine cooperation which they have given him, declaring that if President-elect Love received the same assistance, that he saw no reason rea-son why the association should not accomplish even greater things in the future. "We have in our state what the world wants to come and see", he said 'and emphasized em-phasized the fact that this section sec-tion must be advertised and the roads and tourist accornoda- tions improved. He recalled the early accomodations in St. George and stated, "that this city now has the reputation of being the fastest growing city in the state". Mr. Martines pointed out that $1S,000,000 came into this state last year through tourist channels and he made the prediction that this sum would be doubled in the next few years. |