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Show GRADE SCHOOL PUBLISHES 'KNOW UTAH' EDITION OF MILFORD SIREN I Thi' Mil'l'uril Llenu-ntary school .sixth grade, following up I nn (!(iv. .1. Bracken Lee's "Know Utah Yr;ir" proclamation, ha.s I issued a special edition of (heir newspaper, The Mi I ford Siren, containing Interesting facts about Ulah hislory, geography, geology, geol-ogy, and other aspects of Hie slate. Included are a number of' letters from prominent Utahns written to students, and a letter 'from Governor Lee congratulating congratu-lating the students and furnishing furnish-ing pertinent information for the publication. 'Deseret News Columnist Ted Cannon recently congratulated the students in his column. Other letters are from Ham Park, Salt Lake Tribune columnist; col-umnist; Carlyle K. Gronning, Ktate senator; Mayor Hay ICizer, Ted Cannon, Harold Snow, president pres-ident of the St. George temple; . Darryl L. Chase, president of Utah State Agricultural College, Col-lege, and many others. All letters furnished information infor-mation dealing willi the history his-tory of the stale. Most letters wer similar in answering questions askeil by the students: They particularly liked to live in Utah because of the scenery, climate, and the friendly neighbors. Most writers writ-ers thought the trek to Utah Ul the early Mormon pioneers, or incidents connected with their early trials and troubles after their arrival, were most interesting inter-esting from a "past history" standpoint. Governor Lee thought the biggest problem facing Utah today to-day is "re-educating the people peo-ple on the principles t;1tiyht by Brigham Young. These includc-initiative, includc-initiative, self-reliance, integrity, integ-rity, the obligation toward government, gov-ernment, and the knowledge we shtuld acquire of this government." Most writers agreed Umh's future will be tied closely with development of our mining industry, in-dustry, and Gov. Lee put greatest great-est emphasis on "development of uranium and atomic energy." "I feel that one of the faults in education, and in other walks of life, is that we stress the wrong things in life," Gov. Lec wrote. "Too Irequently we are concerned only with the material mater-ial things and only with that I which benefits us at the time. I Too little thought is rivcii to I the luture and to the moral I : tandards that we must live 'with. We should be taught the values in life not the price I tags. The factors that have j contributed most to Utah's progress in the past and are important for future progress have been the character of its people and the resources of the stale." i Several maps of Utah and the ! surrounding area are included I ;n the "Know Utah" issue of j The Siren, depicting the entire I area covered by Lake Bonneville, Bonne-ville, along with a detailed history his-tory of the lake; the old State of Deseret, and a history of the settlement and early set-' set-' tiers; stories of the trappers, miners, ranchers, and farmers ' who were pioneers in state development; de-velopment; a brief mention of I all the "great leaders" Utah , ha.s produced and sent to our national capitol. as well as other parts of the world; stories concerning all the historic mon-j mon-j uments of the state; the'geog-t the'geog-t raphy, climate, geology, population popu-lation growth, natural resources and several pertinent paragraphs para-graphs listing "Odd Facts about Utah," all are thoroughly cov-' cov-' ered in the issue. I Other pages are devoted to stories of Milford, Beaver Coun-I Coun-I ty. and "little stories about j Milford" tell of the railroad shops and terminal, the municipal munic-ipal swimming pool, airport, and other progressive achievements. achieve-ments. Finally, a questionnaire is included, offering readers an opportunity to check their knowledge of Utah after reading read-ing the very complete story of the state in The Milford Siren. |
