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Show J tee Guide Tour To 5e0ffered 4 ts This Year lBt Enthum Shown By f Tffo Groups Who H3ve Taken Proposed Trip ' h k will have tourist guide season. This decision made at a meeting held m gentary school building ' mdav evening, following m-'AD m-'AD 'liS and study of the pro- direction of Arthur M. 1 u fJLn. Temple-square tour - lt Lake Oty. flr Richardson arrived Friday " following request letters 'BEfJl the local stake presidency '(Chamber of Commerce, to a surrey of the possibilities i to assist in organizing the a. . TV meting was in charge of r o Bentlev, stake president, j s attended by representa- of business and civic orations or-ations and others interested the proposition, including L. J. ;:iworth, president of the ber of Commerce; B. G. He, heading the business wife's organization; Mrs. Roxey taisy, city wmmissioner, and W. 'McArthur, who was ap-ited ap-ited as the director of the service, which will be, as in jit Lake City, under the super-felon super-felon of the church. President Bentley stated briefly t purpose of the meeting and .JL -rsented Mr. Richardson, who ilii ivs to detail the routine of the tide tour of Temple Square, la outlined his findings rejecting re-jecting such a tour in this city, Expressions were then called or tram the various officials in (Continued on page four) Free Guide Tour To Be Offered Tourists This Year i 1 'Cor.tinuvl from first Fae1 ' att-nl ir.ee, ail of whom indicated k-vn ir.".cvt in the proposed I fi.il tours an.1 a pledge of 100 p-r cent cixivra'.ion. An expression expres-sion of appreciation was extended : to Mr. R:ch:trd--on and to others j w ho have been mindful of and ! interested in such a service for :this city. Plans were then made for conducting a sample tour before be-fore Mr. Richardson returned to Salt Lake City. This took place Tuesdav evening, after the exhibits ex-hibits at the McQuarrie Memorial hall had been grouped under the I supervision of the Temple-Square guide for effective tourist presentation, pre-sentation, from a local and historical his-torical viewpoint. Tour Started At 6 p.m. The tour began at 6 p.m. Tuesday Tues-day with 30 people, including the guide and driver in the bus chartered char-tered for the evening, from the Snow Motor service. Following the brief survey of the background of the coming to Utah's Dixie, the L.D.S. Cotton Mission, and the general survey of the associated as-sociated exhibits at the Memorial Hall, the tour led west past the Lucy B. Young home (where Emma Lucy Gates, noted Mormon songstress was born) the St. George Gardner's club hall, the Melanthon Burgess home, the bus making its first stop before the home of Brigham Young. From this angle the Israel Ivins, D. D. Wolley, Anthony W. Ivins homes and the old opera house, now the home of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Beet Seed Plant, were surveyed. Leading south, the Lyceum, the Tabernacle, completed in 1871, the Recreation Hall, Library, Woodward Wood-ward high school and Dixie junior college buildings were given the once over. Attention was also called to the Bank of St. George, said to be the only bank whose walls are constructed of silver-bearing silver-bearing sandstone. The conclusion of the tour was made at the Great White Temple, where a brief address pointed to the various worthwhile possibilities possi-bilities of such a tour. Guests were then taken to. the Bureau of Information and presented with literature and a picture of the Temple. Marks Beginning This marks merely the experimental experi-mental beginning, but the group taking the tour gave evidence of keen enjoyment and interest, and expressed appreciation for the excellent ex-cellent manner in which Mr. Richardson had worked out this preliminary tour in such a short time. That such a service can prove invaluable from several angles has frequently been expressed, expres-sed, and those who have been merely hopeful were able on this tour to see reality not far ahead. Committees are being organized and it is expected regular tours will begin shortly. The proposition has been kept agitated for several months past by Donald P. Seeg-miller, Seeg-miller, abbettted by Editor Egar R. Simpson and others who have seen the possibilities. Secend Tonr A second experimental tour was given Wednesday evening with 24 business people of the city as guests. Comments at the conclusion con-clusion were very gratifying, to those in charge. Chairman W. W. McArthur proposed at the conclusion con-clusion of the tour, a vote of appreciation to Mr. Richardson for his handling of these preliminary pre-liminary tours and for the outlook out-look he has given local sponsors in helping to organize the work. It is understood that variations may come up in the route of the tours and in the presentation of the guides as to subject matter as the work progresses. |