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Show ORVAL HAFEN TALKS TO BPWC AT MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT Orval Hafen was the speaker o the evening at the regular meeting of the local chapter of the National Na-tional Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs hold Wednesday at the Standard Caife. Mr. Hafen treated the subjoct "Economic "Ec-onomic Factors that Effect our Community and our Group." Other Oth-er numbers on the program consisted con-sisted of ducts by Miss Vera Shakespeare and Kenneth Judd, two solos sung in Spanish by Mrs. Josephine Salisbury, and a stunt by Mrs. Edith Milne, Mrs. Irma Sandberg, Miss Ada Burt, and Mrs. Thelma Ashby entitled, "Oh, Dear!" An added attraction to the evening's entertainment was a nursery rhymes parade given by the charter members of tho club in answer to a call from tho other members who have been asked to give initiation Blunts. Mrs. Beth Schmutz as Mother Goose led the procession with the entire Nursery Rhymes family following. "'Silver Reef, and Acoina weni important factors in our early economic eco-nomic life," said Mr. Ilafcn in hi.s discussion. "Towns in our country were more independent in thi! olden days than they arc now. With the new life, small towns have been able to carry on a complete recreational program. The ladio and the moving picture pic-ture have been a set-back to tho talent.-: o. our young people. Young men and young women have had to go away for economic opportunity." oppor-tunity." "The transient problem ban meant a great deal t'j St. Georgn," .:tatcd Mr. Jiafcn in considering the present economic conditions, "more people go through SI. George in one day in the Hummer than live in the community. Tho liquor store proves to be an economic eco-nomic problem in the life of the community when $1500 dollars is spent in one month for liquor." And later in discussing the fu lure economic possibilities in the life of St. George, Mr. Hafen said. "The beet seed industry and livo slock industry are limited, raining fruits and truck gardening will likely grow more important. Soma (Continued on page Ave) B AND P W CLUB (Continued from first page) day "sorghum" may be one of the important factors in the life of our town. The tourist trade may increase, and most certainly it would if the Snow Canyon road could be built. We need to advertise ad-vertise our country. We need leaders to do research for our country. No person is going to come in and solve our problems for us; we must do them ourselves." our-selves." The meeting was under the direction di-rection of the emblem and friendship friend-ship committee consisting of Misses LoRen Watson, Lillie Milne, Mrs. Thelma- Ashby, Mrs. Jessie Pris-brey, Pris-brey, and Mrs. Irma Sandberg. Miss Watson took charge of the meeting. |