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Show Page Two The Springville Herald January 16, 1975 The Springville Chamber of Commerce was organized in January 1939 and received its national charter in March of that year. It was sponsored by the Business Standards and Promotions Committee of the Springville Kiwanis Club. C. G. Salisbury was named as its first president There were two distinct reasons for organizing at that time. First: Springville was at that time the largest community in the state without a federal building or post office. Also, it was the feeling of the community com-munity leaders that we needed an engineering unit of the Utah National Guard based here. Following the formal organization of the Chamber, action in the form of letters and requests were forwarded to Utah's representative in Congress and within weeks plans were being made for choosing a site for the new federal building and later the National Guard Unit also became a reality. Reading through the history of the Chamber one finds that many projects have been instigated in-stigated through its efforts and numerous accomplishments reached with the cooperation of various local organizations. The first Christmas lighting and pre-Christmas celebration was developed under the Chamber's direction. Other1 activities include setting of uniform business opening and closing hours, Junior Chamber) of Commerce encouraged to organize, assisted in the first study of community-wide garbage disposal, worked with State Adjutant General's office to locate and mark graves of all V7 A -rrt lr'V''';-J Hi 1 I a 1 lilQ I I 1 2k I l : Paul Hay mond-194 G.Lowry Anderson -1947 Harrison Con over-1948 Ed Johnson-1949 -195S William Phillips-1950 I """"'""''IJ."";' 'i""-" f 1 pp-rer' - -- t ' ' j i' LjM dVZJ LjlJ d'ZI LaoD Arvil Bird-1951 war veterans, off-street parking encouraged and developed, first suggested posting of the west fields during pheasant season to raise money for recreational purposes, lent its office to serve as clearing house for many charity fund drives. During the past thirty-six years, the '" Chamber also sponsored several study programs, personal development develop-ment classes and seminars on better business practices, tourist information, and babysitters safety. The last was in cooperation with the city police and fire department, Utah County Safety Council, Utah County Public Health Department, Depart-ment, and Brigham Young University Department of Child Development and Family Relations. The Community Christmas Trees have been erected under the sponsorship of the Chamber with the complete cooperation of Springville City. ARTY, the goodwill ambassador from Springville, whose face has been seen around the state on numerous billboards during the past several years, is the brainchild of Kenneth Metcalf, past-president of the Chamber. We answer countless letters asking for information about Springville. The Chamber sponsored breakfast meetings where knowledgeable speakers, inform us of problems and conditions of which we must be aware and to seek answers and motivation for solutions, supports and assists city beautification projects and co-sponsors Keep America Beautiful Day, and works to promote industrial development of the right kind Sterling E. Price-1952 , - v Ia C. G. Salisbury -1939 -1949 Glen Sumsion-1943 George R. Bird -1953 j&Li lK ZJ IMS iff 3ti W.W.Clyde-1941 A. 0. Thorn -1944 Earl S. Groesbeck 1954 mi i-t- , - . Dr. George Anderson -1942 F.C. Packard-1945 Howard Maycock -1955 |