Show yvv I r1k wpai Ks y J KJ& s t A saurn v OGDEN UTAH THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 12 1959 V— fectlan X Cn k 1C 1 'M jf- 41- - - AMONG FINALISTS SEEKING AWARDS y 4 9 i errace Enters Comoetition 11 Amen X' By Cliff Thompson Utah’s most unusual modern-da- y community drama— a story of citi zen action — will be put on stage a the National Conference on Govern ment next Tuesday in Springfield Mass It is the story of Washington Ter race and how it became the state’s newest city The story could be aptly entitled “From Cow Pasture to Modern o City Perhaps the most important chapter tells how Terrace citizens took a blighted wartime housing proj- ect of built a CARNIVAL PRIZES to be awarded during the carnival at St Mary’s Church in West Ogden are shown by Mrs Joseph Bertagnolli and Victor Durbano to Father Luis Kern pastor of the church barracks-likwell-planne- dwellings anc e debt-fre- e d com-muni- ty of beautiful homes three-da- y CHIEF EXHIBIT This chapter will be the chief exhibit in Terrace efforts to be come one of the 11 Cities of 1959 The cities will be selected during jthe 65th annual National Conference on Government Sunday through Wednesday and announced at the first of the year The annual fund raising carnival j articles and jewelry Washington Terrace is one of the 22 finalists competing for the cov-wi- ll toMembers of St Christopher’s of St Mary’s Church will be eted awards sponsored by the Na fund a special raising day tomorrow and Saturday night booth have tional will include and door Municipal League and Look prizes The event will begin each night stereo-hi-- fi and a phono- Magazine quilts at 8 in the church social center graph As the state’s sixth largest— and newest— on the 2740 Penn Ave West Ogden city the Terrace is the general planning Assisting with no water Mrs are committee Paresi Elma Peter-sheskonly municipality y A General chairmen J Mrs and tickets Julio j sewage street park or serious Pietti and said there will be entertain Bonomo secretary of the lice problems It is probably the ment for all onIy one completely out of debt A special feature will be a white carnivaL SCENE rat booth with Father Thomas Savage of the Parish in charge There Although most of the Terrace will be two refreshment booths story drama was played in an One will serve tamales and coffee eight-yea- r long scene beginning the other hot dogs and soft drinks with the 1950s the story had its HILL AIR FORCE BASE— A two- Other games and booths planned almost two decades ago conference on inception are darts fish pond dolls aprons day Air Force-wid- e In 1942-4- 3 while the nation was and hand work parcel post ham for the great battles of UipTe?lmobilizinS and 19 44 ancj 45 1400 and bacon penny pitch religious W1i I t1 bar B Emery chief Lt Col Daniel n°J‘ of quality control for the Ogden Air Pleads Guilty Fined $10 Materiel Area said some 50 con- - Speeding No License ferees are slated to attend Repre- in to sented will be 19 Air Force com- City Court Frederick O’Neal Brown 23 2855 Pleading guilty a charge of improper lighting on his mands and special activities and a Pingree pleaded guilty in City vehicle and no front license plate delegation of six personnel from Court to a speeding charge and no was Bob C Larkin 19 983 36th He Hill the conference host Also in- - driver’s license He was fined a was fined a total of $10 vited are Army and Navy officials I total of All-Ameri- ca Fund Raising Carnival Opens Tonight at St Mary's Church po-Nor- two-bedroo- m hastily site just thrown up on a south of Ogden that had grazed cattle since the pioneers settled here a century before The homes were not built for beauty or permanence- Sole pur pose was to provide emergency housing until the war ended The Terrace served this purpose well But in 1949 the federal government decided it no longer had a use for the dwellings and of 250-ac- re - JURY OF EIGHT WILL SELECT TOP 11 CITIES A jury of eight nationally known people will judge final- ists next week in Springfield Mass when 11 cities in the U S will be chosen as Cities” during the National Conference on Government Foreman of the distinguished panel is Dr George Gallup Others are Miss Grace Daniels president National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club Dr Anna Rose Hawkes president American Association of University “All-Ameri- ca Women Harry J Kruz 8 X- Government officials probably expected a private firm to buy the project for its ideally situated residential land and tear down the old frame buildings and build new homes This had been the case with practically all of the housing projects the governemnt had disposed of before This didn’t set well with Terrace residents who called the buildings — even so humble — home They decided to organize a corporation buy the housing project and rebuild the homes This is what they have done But instead of the simple procedure it might have sounded like it turned out to be a decade-lon- g struggle through a legal financial and engineering mire FIRST MEETING On May 5 1947 citizens held their first meeting to study the possibilities of incorporating a nonprofit corporation to buy the project Eighteen days later a charter was issued granting legal status and a right to do business in Utah it to the “Washington Terrace Housing Corp” The corporation was formed and proceeded to acquire title to the project On April 11 1950 the board of directors authorized corporation purchase of the project through the Public Housing Administration FIRST PAYMENT The first payment of $17450 was turned over to the PHA on May 20 The housing project was purchased from the government on Sept 1 1950 with a down payment of $225000 10 per cent of the sale price of 2Va million dollars Between the forming of the corporation and purchase of the project the board of directors held more than 100 meetings On July 5 1950 C Orvall Stott former Utah State University professor was appointed general manager He set up an unofficial mu- - and Arnold Z Zander president American Federation of State County and Muncipal employes To this jury will be presented the story of what is probably Utah’s only citiy — Washington Terrace — scientifically planned for good living f 1 ' Vr IDEALLY SITUATED 1950 Better School Donald H Webster University of Washington T s'"' Non-Prof- tising executive Mark S Mathews an author Willard V Merrihue General Electric Co executive James M Osborn Yale University Vernon C Look Myers publisher Mrs Robert J Phillips pres- ident League of Women voters Henry Toy Jr president National Citizens Council for i i:if M ' 3 CLUTTERED SIDEYARDS shabby fences lack of curb and gutter (above) marked these Washington Terrace homes as eyesores only a few years ago Then the community took action Urban renewal produced a miracle at Washington Terrace (below) where the blighted homes were wiped out and in their places rose these completely remodeled homes Paved streets homes with all modern conveniences and neat lawns add up to a proud community ‘ adver- 5 fered the emergency housing project for sale tastes During the next three years nicipal government patterned after the council-managsystem To reduce the population density the corporation bought 95 acres of land adjacent to the Terrace and permitted 69 corporation members to purchase their homes outright and move them off the project And then the sun went behind a cloud filled with troubles The corporation first embarked on a rehabilitation on an individual basis Home owners were encouraged to remodel their own homes Several hundred did making primarily minor changes But it was soon apparent that the old units were deteriorating faster than they were being built up Fishing for a plan the board caught one that probably should have been tossed back On July 28 1951 the' corporation contracted with a firm to draw up 11 basic house plans Each family was given a set and invited to change the plans to fit their own home owners moved and built their homes 23 er re- CALLED FOR BIDS Then under instructions of the the corporation called for bids from a general contractor who was to guarantee completion of the entire project for a stipulated amount First the bids were rejected as too high Then the Terrace was unable to secure finances for the job With the help of Rep Henry Dixon the PHA was talked into modifying its requirements to permit development of the Terrace in units of 39 to 50 homes at a time But the old house plans were far too expensive and the handful of homes that were started had to be finished ’on a negotiated basis A new set of plans were developed and a California construction company engaged The firm built 199 PHA Al-do- us homes and went broke On June 7 1956 the corporation contracted with Ogden contractor M Morrin & Son to rebuild the 1000 remaining units On June 7 1956 the first basement was excavated A year later House” celebration a “Half-Wa- y was held noting completion of the 664th home At one time Morrin had an average of 125 homes under construction at one time completing 175 homes per working day 31 Last Dec Dean Morrin walked out of the Terrace office with his final check— all homes were remodeled The project was completed GREATER NOVEMBER Z1 1 r fo) were homes racks-lik- e - 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