Show Your Heritage and You Without vision the people perish Proverbs 2918 Except Except Except Ex Ex- for events foretold by men if vision there Is no way for forus forus forus us to know what will happen In the future What happens in inthe inthe inthe the future depends a great deal upon what has happened in the past and our actions of the present NOW is a crucial time for forus forus forus us here in Sanpete It has been said that our communities are dying that those with any get up go have up got went The only way to reverse this trend is for us the people people people peo peo- left here to change our attitude of defeat and make something happen With our at attitude attitude attitude at- at we can either perish or come to life The way people rally together when they have a crisis or a common goal is most gratifying gratifying gratifying gratify gratify- ing and proves that there Is Ismore ismore ismore more than a spark of life left After many years of declining population decreasing agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture and livestock production production production tion years of struggle and privation privation privation the trend is finally shift shift- ing Population is increasing and will Increase even more as people tire of the crush of urban life Snow Colleges College's has noted a steady grow growth h n w industries and businesses are moving Into our communities As soon as we recognize tourism tourism tourism tour tour- ism as an Industry we will see even more drastic growth We must progress or we will slide backwards At the same time our progress must be careful meaningful progress based on the best of the past If we do not learn from history history history his his- tory we make no progress In developing tourism vision is particularly useful In order to avoid the mistakes made all allover allover allover over the country but especially in Utah In every Utah town we have torn down the very t things that people most want to see the real Pioneer old West We apologize for our pioneer heritage and architecture architecture architecture ture Instead of polishing our gems we simply throw them away The very charm that we try to disguise and destroy is what others prize most There is more than sentiment sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment or personal taste involved We must consider the educational educational educational cultural and even financial financial finan finan- cial implications of our pioneer heritage The most tragic ex example example example ex- ex ample in Utah is the Salt Lake Theater The Immediate gain of a few dollars has been the Irreparable loss to even fu future future future fu- fu ture generations Surely we must someday realize that ALL CHANGE IS NOT PROGRESS and we cant can't continue to make such costly mistakes A true progressive man is one who uses his talents and means to better the world Henry Ford preserved a whole village for our edification Rockefeller money gave us Williamsburg The examples are countless and even those of us without wealth can give of our ideas enthusiasm and service to contribute contribute contribute con con- tribute to society Without vision and visionary leaders none of us would be here enjoying the fruits of pioneer pioneer pioneer pio pio- neer toil toll They did so much with so little we do so little with so much Ezra Taft Benson told us re recently recently recently re- re that there Is something special about this area Lets Let's adjust our glasses for long- long range viewing and find out what it is I I r oJ I I |