| Show Sept 26 mee probes tourist ideas A small group of Ephraim residents were cresent at a meeting September 26 at which a plan was proposed to upgrade Ephraim's appeal to the tourist and retain Ephraim's heritage Grant Peterson a former Ephraim resident who now lives In Ogden told those In attendance attendance attendance attend attend- ance that something should bedone bedone be bedone done to make Ephraim Into a Little Denmark He cited as examples a town In Washington state which had Bavarian He pointed out that the people of this community community community com com- renovated the business section of the town to look like Uke a small German village Each building was decorated dif dif- ferent He noted that thousands of tourists flock nock to the town wh which ch is located over miles mUes from Se He also told of a city In California which had exploited its Danish culture and draws large numbers of visitors Mr Peterson said that he would like to see Ephraim re restored restored restored re- re stored as a Little Denmark One of the chief Items on his list would be a restaurant that would feature a Danish menu He said that he hoped that the businesses of Ephraim could also participate in the project although he realized that it would take money to carry out the plan He outlined an article from the Readers Reader's Digest which told how Important it was to a community community community com com- to have tourists stopping stopping stop stop- ping for a day or so The article stated that If U Ujust just one couple stayed in a community one day they spent on the average of 35 while they were there Mr Peterson Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son said that if Ephraim could have just one tourist couple come into the community each day and spend that amount that the businesses of the community community community ity would garner over from just that one tourist couple per day for the days It was also brought out at atthe atthe atthe the meeting that a county planning planning planning plan plan- ning board should be organized to help communities in Sanpete with the development of their plans This would also help avoid duplication of efforts and could help Sanpete become a tourist mecca Mr Peterson told those In attendance that he had been se selected selected selected se- se as president of the Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim reunion which is held an annually annually an- an in Salt Lake City He pointed out that this year he and the other officers are planning planning plan plan- ning to move the reunion from Salt Lake to Ephraim and ex expand expand expand ex- ex it into a three-day three event They plan to schedule it at the same time as the Mormon Miracle Miracle Miracle Mir Mir- acle pageant to enable the former former former for for- mer Ephraim residents to at attend attend attend at- at tend the annual pageant held heldon on Manti Mantl Temple hill The pageant pageant pageant Is held in mid-July mid each year |
