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Show Aviation Students Enjoy Wonders of Zion Park if.. - Mmp1 iMembpi of SlCtli. Collctrc Training Di-tai-Iimont on conduct tour of Zion National Park I as iruests of ('odar City Chamber of Commerce. Aviation Students Guests of C. of C. On Weekly Tours Each Sunday for the past month a number of men from the 316th. CoBlegc Tnalning Detachment of the Branch Agricultural College, have been guests of the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce on tours to Zion National Park. The tours have proven extremely successful and will be continued through the summer months giving the men stationed with the Army Air f'orce unit here an opportunity to visit the national park, to enjoy the hospitality of Cedar City, and to get away from the routine of military mili-tary service for a few hours. The tours have been made possible pos-sible through the generous cooperation cooper-ation of W. P. Rogers of the Union Pacific company, Oronway R. Parry Par-ry of the Oeneva Transportation Company, and J. E. Warren of the Utah Parks Company, with the Chamber of Commerce. The Union Pacific contributes $30.00 per month mon-th to help defray expenses, the Utah Parks company furnishes the lood( (and Mr. Parry furnishes the bat, and the Chamber of Commerce provides pro-vides the gasoline and the driver, making the weekly trips possible. Many letters, from individuals and groups of Aviation Students, have been received ln which the men express their appreciation and enthusiasm for the trips. Their expressions ex-pressions indicate that the project Is proving highly successful as morale builder and also as a means of building good will between the people of the community and the men who come here from all parts of the United States. As a means of getting the reac-t.on reac-t.on of the men to the trips, the Chamber of Commerce offered a priw of $j for the best letter written writ-ten iibout the undertaking. Sixty-five Sixty-five men rescinded, and the letter let-ter of A S John A. Neal was ad-Juried ad-Juried the prize winner. Letters from Aviation Students James H. Liiccficld. Don J. Alnsworth, Donald Don-ald Davies. R M. Magness, Frank-' tin O Oreves. and D. Naylor re-celvliig re-celvliig honorable mention. Mr. Neal's letter Is as follows: Our visit to Zion National Park Is the most outstanding extracurricular extracur-ricular activity that we have had during our college training here in Cedar City. The trip down through the southern part of the state and through the multicolored canyons and hills that coniiirlsc the Park was a refreshing change from the usual routine of school. The day vacation was crowded with the long remembered happenings that such occasions usually bring, and being so much different than our customary Impassive week-ends It seemed much ton short for our own pleasure. The canyon with Its towering Continued on Dsck Page) Aviation Students Guests of C. of C. jOn Weekly Tours 'Continued From Front Paget walls and brilliantly colored fornw-tions fornw-tions was something new and disclosing dis-closing to most bl us who had never nev-er seen such a spectacle in lt3 reality. real-ity. The helghth of the massive rock formations and the glistening spray from the long streaming waterfalls that plunged down their sides added much to the awe that we experienced In beholding a true masterpiece of nature. It is hard to imagine the color and the structure struc-ture that exists in the delicately hued and carved arches and towers tow-ers of stone. The atmosphere of the occasion together with the spell cast by the solemn beauty of our surroundings sur-roundings carried us far from the worries and depressions of a world plunged deep Into war. It was truly refreshing to realize that there Is a force at work In the world that is striving to give to mankind moments mo-ments of pleasure and enjoyment. We might materially benefit from nature's evident examples and use our talents to the end of bringing ourselves greater Joys in life rather rath-er than causing the never forgotten horror and destruction with which we have plagued ourselves. This Park and others like it will be frequented when the war Is gone as sanctuaries of peace, and these wonderous places will be sought as refuges from the unbelivable struggle strug-gle that has passed. Zion and her sister parks reign in silence and in readiness awaiting the return of the Innumerable tourists and vacationists va-cationists who will sometime again partake of their gracious gifts. I feel as many others do that I would like to return to Zlon National Park some .ay when I will be abCi to remain and partake to the fullest full-est measure of the grandeur which It has. Our trip was one that will be long remembered, and southern Utah will bring recollections of the world-famed wonderland, a treasured treas-ured wilderness retreat. John A. Neal |