Show Eph Sportsmen To Solicit For TV T Booster Funds Does Ephraim and Manti ManU want better television That is the question that will be answered next week when the Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim Sportsmens Sportsmen's Club conducts a wide city-wide drive of Ephraim to raise to finance installation of a television translator station designed to io bring greatly improved television to the Ephraim ManU area Manti ManU civic clubs are expected to stage a similar drive to raise funds for the Manti ManU share of the cooperative project Engineers have thoroughly tested the proposed booster station site on the hills southeast of Manti ManU and have assured city officials ls that a translator system will give Manti ManU and Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim a picture on all three channels that will surpass surpass surpass sur sur- pass the best that is now being received in these communities They state further that the two towns can be completely tely 1 blanketed with a quality high television signal without inter- inter J ferring with neighboring translator signals beamed from Mt Pleasant and Richfield areas The translator set up will rebroadcast signals now received received re reo re- re on channels 2 4 and 5 on channels 9 11 and 13 Officials Officials Officials Of Of- i point out that these are the last three channels available for this area and if 1 they are not tied down now i will be lost Every family will be visited and requested to donate funds to the project Donations averaging averaging aver aver- ag aging more than 10 per family family fam fame j ily will be necessary to complete complete complete com com- the Ephraim portion of the project The voluntary donation campaign campaign campaign cam cam- was adopted as a means of raising funds rather than resort to a tax levy that could be imposed by the City Councils Councils Councils Coun Coun- of the two communities for establishing the television translator system officials no no- ted Installation and operation of the translator system will save people more than it will cost them it was pointed out Small top roof antennas will replace the big antennas now in use although these antennas can still be used with minor adjustment adjustment adjustment ad ad- and even rabbit ear antennas will bring in a satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory picture officials said Maintenance on antennas alone will amount to a significant significant significant cant savings they said They stated that everyone will be beable beable beable able to receive all three channels channels channels chan chan- nels clearly whereas there are few areas in the town which now receive an adequate picture picture picture pic pic- ture on more than one or two channels The signal will also be strong enough to overcome much of the localized inter- inter ferrance that now V plagues television television television tel tel- viewers in this area Ephraim Sportsman Club officials officials officials of of- urge everyone to donate to the drive pointing out that this is a last opportunity to get better television in Manti ManU and Ephraim Failure to complete complete complete com com- the project now they they- said may result in permanent loss of the three channels now available for the translator setup setup setup set set- up so that improved television here would be available only at a greatly increased cost |