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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1968 'Hootspa' to 'Snowball Express' It Runs Again on Saturday Museum in London Holds Relics of Early Day Highways Page Five Women Detectives Inclined to Talk Too Much Todays motorists and modem Despite all their other virtues, Edd, were promoting Utah seven passenger cars and three highways forget or never knew women are inclined to talk too for the Winter Olympic games club cars. There will be dancing the struggle of early day trans- much and not. listen enough, and though it would be a great and refreshments in the club portation. In the Bethnal Green which bars them from being idea to schedule a special ski cars. Museum in London are illustra- good detectives, according to train to Park City, were the The express leaves the U. P. tions of the steam carriages that Tracers Company of America, as early as 1833 ran along the a New York City firm or priwords of Lew Flinders, execu- Depot at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oil of tive Parade Company. He February 24 and travel to Og- British highways at over thirty vate investigators specializing in to miles an hour. Unfortunately, tracing missing persons. was speaking Edd Bailey, den, Morgan, and Park City. their career was cut short by the However, a lean and gleaming President of Union Pacific Rail- After a layover at Park of horse blonde road. The year was 1965. hostility City, the express returns to Salt and horse-coac- h the powerful approached the personinterests which nel manager one morning when Great, Mr. Bailey replied. Lake City via the same route. to have them banished he had had an overdose of Work out the details and let burnt While at Park City, passen- managed This delayed the toast and hanr curlers. Whimroads. from the me know what you need. will visit various gers of swift highway transSoon, the plan was formulated of the old mining town taking progress sically he decided that a little 70 In its port years. nearly by ski the train and first special in a good sample of the gaiety turn the horse coach was ousted glamor was just what the firm dubbed the Hootspa was sche- for which it has become famous. needed. by the railways but only after a duled to transport enthusiastic The young " blonde, who" Had famous The Mountain Spiro struggle. mighty slatsters from the U. P. Depot Tunnel train will have two runs eager look of a hungry modThe Romans not only laid the handled in Salt Lake City to Park City her job as if it were el, in Park City. down their famous roads which and return. The event was under during the layover a new broom. She easily located times for the tunnel traversed Britain, they also inthe sponsorship of the Olympics Departure 32 bill dogeds, 41 hotel skips, train rides are 6:15 and 7 p.m. troduced horseshoes and horse-draw- n for Utah Committee and designed The 15 three-mil- e missing stockholders and 7 vehicles, but horseshoes to raise funds to defray costs tunnel museum ride into the an were costly and soon wore out. missing heirs, all in the space of the project of competing for hour. Free ice takes about skating at Park Over the centuries, the fine Ro- of a month. the world winter games. horse Then like a cub reporter drinkCity will also be available for man roads were The first train consisted of the participants. Utah Governor drawn carriagesneglected, gave way to ing beer across the street from d seven cars and it was Calvin L. Rampton will be on pack horses. These could travel a five alarm fire, she got her with skiers from all over the the Snowball Express and he unshod along the soft side verge big chance. She was detailed to State. The only flaw in the event has also invited Senator Ted but with the constant coming and locate a missing husband who developed when skiers wanted Kennedy to make the trip. The going the verges sank lower and might easily have doubled for to stay on the fabulous slopes train will be met by Park City lower until only the heads of Clark Gable when he wasnt too of the Park City resort longer Mayor William Sullivan and the the horse and rider could be busy eluding his alimony conthan the train could wait. This City Council. Were planning seen. The trenches so formed scious was due to scheduling problems on giving the red carpet treat- were called hollow ways and The fledgling detective was which couldnt be corrected. ment to guests on the Snowball still exist. well on the scent and a report The following year, 1966, the Express, states a spokesman for Some 17th century maps show on the mans whereabouts was Britain was covered with a net expected daily. The time began special train was not included the council. in the regular winter sports proThanks to the cooperation of work of roads, but they were in to slip and slip, and without a grams. This drew a flurry of Edd Bailey and Lew Flinders such bad shap with ruts four feet word from the firms new Mata inquiries as to why not? when and the hours of effort devoted deep in places and swimming in Hari. At a later date, it develmud that by the mid 18th cenwinter sports enthusiasts began oped that she had found her by the Winter Sports Commit- tury the London to to take the Edinburgh trip. making plans man married him and joined Chamtee of the Salt Lake Area to cover coach took sixteen days the last him in the Legion of the MissOlympics ber of Commerce, the Snowball year Then, Committee decided to schedule Express rides again. What could the 400 miles. In 1760 groups of men formed ing. the iron horse again. When the be better than a great time on word was out that the train a fun train ride to a fabulous the Turnpike Trusts. Soon turnpikes were sited every few miles Spring or Fall Best would once again make the run, place like Park City? and tolls were levied. The quaint it was feared that a meager few one story toll houses, with a Time to Sell would take part because it was window set aslant to face either Your Automobile not billed as a ski trip. However, Support Sought in way along the road, can still be nearly 400 individuals packed Heart If you are one of the more seen on countless English roads. Drive Sunday the cars and more cars were 11 million Americans who than money raised by the tolls A volunteer force of 7,000 The added. Finally, ten cars were will sell his car this year what was used to improve the highway hooked up for the jour- women will visit each home in and the British were fortunate you receive will depend in ney and the train chugged out Salt Lake County late this week to have among its employees one on when you make the sale.part of the U. P. Depot. It was a to give each family an oppor- of the great road engineers of While you can manage a favortunity to' participate personally all times, the Scot John Loudon able new car purchase almost rousing success. During the time between last in the fight against heart disease. Macadam (1756-1836- ). any month of the year, fall and to tradievent addition 1967 In December Roand Macadam studied seeking the had years spring, for most of the country, the Olympics Committee was un- tional support for the Heart Fund man method of laying a road on are the best times to sell your successful in winning the nod to on Heart Sunday, which will a five foot foundation of stones old car. Summer vacations and represent the U. S. in the Winter actually be observed February of varying sizes, but reasoned long week end trips lie ahead Olympic competition. Inquiries 23, 24 and 25, the volunteers that since a dry road gave little and its hard to resist the tempsoon flooded the offices of the will ask parents to take care of trouble provided it was level, all tation to trade for a brighter, Salt Lake Area Chamber of their hearts and those of their that was really needed was to later model. Commerce asking if the special children. The high point of the waterproof an even surface. His The price you get for. your Febwill he be scheduled ideas were but would be used percar will vary with the seatrain Sunday, ridiculed, again. campaign A 25. his road with the Heart ago sonal market. When business is sisted,' building year Then, the Winter Sports Com- ruary mittee of the Salt Lake Area Sunday effort realized $33,260 small stones set so closely to- good, dealers buy high. When gether and then bonded, so the its slow they buy low. If you Chamber of Commerce decided in Salt Lake County. could not penetrate. The trade for a new car, it also may water Leaflets giving families advice that the train event was successskeptics were convinced and in help to initiate your deal toward ful and also a good method of on safeguarding their hearts will two years Macadam had built the end of the month, when the raising needed funds to promote be left at each home by the 150 miles of good roads and be- dealer is facing the critical days other winter sports programs in volunteers. tween 1783 and 1798 he trans- of his monthly sales goal. the area. Based on this apPut out the welcome mat for formed the Bristol area. In 1784 As a rule, money spent for proach, the committee decided the Heart Fund volunteer who the first horse drawn mail carry- mechanical before repairs to make the train event a part will call at your home, urged to use the improved trading or selling to just coach ing a is dealer of the Winter Carnival program Mrs. Harold V.' Liddle, Salt Lake macadamized made its money wasted but an investment road, Exand named it the Snowball County Heart Sunday Chairman. maiden run between London and of in cleaning up a car can press. Your Heart Fund is the num- Bristol, the driver being armed add$25 to $100 or more to the $75 Although not particularly a ber one defense against heart with two pistols and the guard ski train, the Snowball Express and blood vessel disease, she with two loaded blunderbusses. price you receive. Get it washed, vacuumed and features live ' entertainment in- added. Give generously. 1829 Britain had nearly By polished. Clean out the ashtrays, cluding dancing and numerous 25,000 miles of sixty foot wide the glove compartment. If one six Liddle Mrs. enumerated to quote a groups of folk singers, refreshwindow is cracked, and the cost important thoughts the volun- turnpike roads, and ments, and food. contemporary report passengers will not carry you above a reare: stress. teers will They Musical groups on the train could now be hurled along at 1. Get the latest heart-savinbudget of $35, rewill include the Vard Johnson ten miles an hour. But even be- conditioning a If it. floor mat is damwith share them facts and your fore 1784 some pioneers had place Quartet, Mark Coleman, Folk children. one. Try to have new a realized that horse drawn ve- aged,ingetthe Singers, Jack Stevens Music, upholstery repaired. 2. Encourage normal weight. hicles were out of date. More rips Melanie Beck Folk Singers, and Make sure the trunk is clean. in the Kent Holland Dance Group. Obesity often begins youth. than a hundred years earlier The ten-ca- r train will include 3. Keep them physically fit Isac Newton had been working on the idea of a steam powered stroyed by a terror stricken popthrough regular exercise. 4. Teach them smoking is bad vehicle and in 1769 a steam lo- ulation. This did not deter the 204 of the Forest Service Build- for health. Dont smoke your- comotive, designed by Cugnot inventors and steam carriages had puffed through the streets were gradually accepted by the ing, 25th Street and Adams Ave- self. habits diet 5. Form nue. by of Paris at thre miles an hour. people; even the horses 'ceased good satuin food low meetmore In 1827 the first steam car- to shy at them. By 1833 there On April 12, 9:30 a.m., a serving riage ran along one of the new was regular London to Brighton ing will be held in room 314 rated fats. s check-upa roads from London to Bath, but services traveling at 34 miles on 6. Make doctor of the Federal Annex Building, it was stoned and finally de- - hour. 135 South State, Salt Lake City. family routine. ur fun-spo- ts jam-packe- ex-wif- ur . . g e. Moss is Assured Of Funds for Park Senator Frank E. Moss, D-Uta- h, announced through his Washington office that he has been assured that scheduled development of roads and campgrounds in Canyonlands National Park will proceed after July 1. The National Park Service has said the following amounts will be available: $1,830,000 for road project from Squaw Flat to Chesler Park; $295,550 for Squaw. Flat Campgrounds and $99,700 for Squaw Flat roads; $381,000 for Island in the Sky Campground and $29,000 for Island in the Sky roads. An additional $100,000 will be available for a cooperative road development project in conjunction with San Juan County. Tremendous publicity given to Canyonlands has brought visitors been diswho have many with the meager road appointed system and lack of camping facilities, Senator Moss said. These planned improvements mean that soon visitors will be able to reach some of the Parks most spectacular viewpoints and conveniently stay in the Park overnight. Bennett Nominates 35 Utahns for Academy Nominees Thirty-fivUtahns were nominated today by Sen. Wallace F. to compete for Bennett, vacancies in the Naval, Military and Air Force Academies. Nominees are selected on the basis of scores on a civil service The competitive examination. final decision on appointments is made by a Board of Officers at each Academy, on the basis of each candidates academic, physical and extra curricular records. Sen. Bennett this year has been allotted three vacancies at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; two at the Military Academy, West. Point, New York; and one at the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Utahn has no vacancies this year at the Merchant Marine Academy. Naval Academy nominees are: Michael John Spisak and Daniel Lucas, Orem; Sheldon G. Player, Bountiful; John B. Alleman and Stephen R. Terry, Ogden; Dennis G. Beck, Magna; James e R-Uta- h, B. Brunner, Paul C. White and William C. White, all Logan; Thomas G. Grayson, Alan L. Grube and Charles P. Alford, all Salt Lake City; and Brian F. Provancha, Sigurd. Other Naval Academy nominees are: Kenton E. Grua, Vernal; Gary R. Hublitz, Brigham W. Hussey, City; Matthew American Fork; Michael T. Watkins, Sunset; and Kenneth G. Yama, Moab. Military Academy nominees are: Stephen Brown, Clearfield; Dell Butterfield, Bountiful; Wallace A. Davis, Vernal; James A. Densley, Sandy; Bruce D. Frazier, Delta; Ronald S. Hadden, Ogden; Boyd F. Lake, Woods Cross; Gene L. Platt and Rodney S. Thompson, both Provo; Joseph E. Wall, Salt Lake City, and Stanley G. Petersen, Brigham City. Air Force Academy nominees are: Donald C. Bowcut, Michael R. Evans and Thomas G. Grayson, all Salt Lake City; Stephen Brown, Clearfield; D. Brett Hayward, Bountiful; and James C. Polve, Kenilworth. No matter how high a man rises, he needs something to look up to. . |