Show lets change the name of panguitch looking at the name of panguitch through the eyes of the tourist which wo we all agree Is tho the big business of 0 today daarud and the coming bigger business ot of tomorrow we can readily seo see thac the name panguitch means nothing other than a hard name to spell and pronounce to those who are slightly acquainted with the namo name it may man cold weather or something of similar small importance in talking with people on this subject I 1 have found that those who are not lot converted to the proposed change are mostly those of the older citizens who have heard the name of panguitch for the past sixty ye years ars or more and have no argument m ent other than that it was named by their forefathers it was waa good enough ifor for them why it go good a enough for us ill tell you why it good I 1 enough tor for us because this country immediately surrounding panguitch Is becoming na tonally yes internationally a tio nally known which it up until a few years ago the union pa pacific cefic Is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to induce people to come to southern utah and bryce canyon it people come to bryce canyon and see the wondrous beauty of it they are going to have a natural desire to see bryce city consequently the more people wo we can got get to come to our city the more business it ft will bring to all ot of us however we realize the sentiment there la Is attached to an old name like panguitch but are we going to let the sentiment ot of the older generation stand in the way of the younger generations orations erat ions s prosperity the name bryce city will I 1 have obtained thousands ot of dollars worth of advertising through the publicity given to bryce national park immediately upon acquiring the name some people argue that we would have hav to change the name of panguitch lake I 1 say that it is ridiculous why should we the word panguitch translated into indian means fish 0 i which Is just what panguitch lake Is noted for but fish means nothing to us who live in this city or to the I 1 traveling public while bryce means that we are arc closely associated with one of the greatest wonders ot of ithe the world it also would give us the feeling ot of a modern city which we I 1 are although the name panguitch Pan gutch surely give anyone the idea that we are other doeple argue that in changing the name it would cause many ml mix x ups but we must remember that other towns have changed their names and survived the so called mix ups I 1 have a most sincere hope that those who have authority to make such a change when approached will give the matter much thought and decide to give us this classical and beneficial name bryce city it can do no harm and might do a lot of good it we contuse dont don tuse the name nama and use it quickly some other town will to my notion it Is the best move any town in southern utah could make I 1 lets make it yours for progress A NATIVE SON |