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Show UTAH MOTOR ASSOCIATION LAUNCHED IN TRIS STATE Directed by a statewide array of widelv known civic leaders and men of affairs, launching of the Utah Motorist Association was formally announced oday by Dr. Styles W. Wherry of Ogden, President of the new organization. organiza-tion. G. W Hail is one of five representatives in Southern Utah. Outstanding among the aims of the new motor club will be to provide a sustained driving force in support of highway development develop-ment and furterance of Utah's position as a local point of western wes-tern motor travel, Dr. Wherry emphasized. I The new club has obtained from the American Automobile Association the exclusive franchise fran-chise for the Utah area and is the only AAA club operating in the state ,he said. In addition to civic activities designed to stimulate motoring progress, in Utah, it was announced announ-ced that the Utah Motorist Association As-sociation will provide wide variety var-iety of motoring services for the Utah member motorist and visiting visit-ing members of other AAA clubs. Hearquarters are at 911 South State Street in Salt Lake City and offices will open in other principal cities throughout the state as rapidly as feasiable. , The articles if Incorporation of the Utah Motorist Association provided for a hoard of directors, one third of whom shall be residents resi-dents of the fifteen southern-most counties; one third residents of the northern part of the state and one third residents of the central part of the state. This plan is designed to assure a balanced, bal-anced, statewide control of the organization and to eliminate the possibility of any sectionalism in its affairs. "The aim will be not only to secure the routing of more travel through Utah," said Mr. Hale, "but to encourage visiting motorists motor-ists to remain longer in the state. Co-operation of other western AAA clubs will be enlisted to that end. With increased travel Utah will derive greater gasoline tax revenues which in turn will be reflected in more rapid development develop-ment of the highways of the state." |
