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Show 800 Lions Attend Annual State Convention Here With more than 8J0 visitors participating par-ticipating the Cedar City Lions Club (played ho.;t to tlv 87 Lions Club; of Utah last week end at the 21th annual convention of the organization. organ-ization. Although housing and other facil.ties of the city were taxed to the limit, everything was handled efficiently and all events were he.d with a minimum of disappointment to any of the large number of visitors. vis-itors. On1 of the greatest contributing contri-buting factors to this condition was the cooperation of the member i of the Cedar City club, wiio attended attend-ed the social functions only after 311 visitors who wished to participate parti-cipate had been taken care of. With D. Ned Sargent, president of the local club, and Dr. R. W. Farn . worth, Convention Chairman, giving excellent leadership, und a'l :-on.'iiit :e men .v.npni'li iii ti.em wholeheartedly all details were '!-ficiently '!-ficiently handled. The two most difficult tasks, that of housing and transportation, were effieently handled by Eddie Peterson and Furl Porter, respectively, and their committees. In addition to the business res-sions res-sions the program of events included in-cluded the pre-convntion nvxr and dance Thursday night, a model luncheon, conducted by the St. George Club Friday noon, outdoor sports at Cedar Breaks Friday afternoon, af-ternoon, Necrology services on the rim of the Breaks that evening, and a campfirc supper and program at Duck Creek Friday evening; the Key Members Breakfast Saturday morning with the Salt Lake City club in charge; a presidents' and secret Jiys" lunche n Saturdav noon, with the Cedar City club in ch'rg1 and president-elect L. N. Marsdeii as mister of cieinonies; the Governors' Gov-ernors' B.'nquet and Ball S.itiucHy evening, with Joe Fakler acting a. ma ter of ceremonies nt the bm-quet. bm-quet. The highlight of the tn'.ire c n-vention n-vention was the Necrology s.ervic .-' conducted on the rim of the Eie'ks ju .t before sunset with R iseoe Grover of Cedar City conduct In:; the services, and with eleven numbers num-bers of clubs throughout the state, who had passed away during the year, honored at this impresive function. The beautifying .setting contributed much to the Imprs-siveness Imprs-siveness of the ceremony. The services ser-vices were arranged by Mel Wright of Salt Lake City and Mr. and Mrs. R-ed Bradshaw of Cedar City. The visiting ladies were pleasantly pleasant-ly entertained at luncheon nt tlv Cedar Breaks Lodge Friday noon, at with a luncheon and piograin at the First Ward church Saturday. Mrs. L. A. Whetten was general chairman of ladies activities, with Mrs. C. J. Beasley In charge of the Friday luncheon, as lsted by Mrs. program. Mrs. Joel Barlow and Mrs. A. W. Stephenson wre in charge at the Saturday luncheon. The business sctons were conducted con-ducted by Jim Uiie of Cedar City and Ed Randall of Silt Lake City. District Governor's of Districts 23-B nd 28-A, respectively. " Visiting speakers at tlv meetings were Fred W. Smith of Ventur, California, 2nd vice president of Lions International; D. A. Skeen of Salt Lake City, past presided of Lions InVrnational; Congressman Congress-man Walter K. Granger, Governor Herbert B. Maw; Murray Allen of Salt Lake, head of the Lions State program o. uld to the blind; and Jim Hulse of Pioche, winner of a Nevada Lions public speaking contest. con-test. Young Hulse, speaking on the hope of jnuth In the future o! merica. and charging that greed of Individuals, groups and nations a threatening the foundations ol peace and the future nf th" world. Impressed his listeners with his found rea;onlng and brilliant presentation pre-sentation of his sub.'cet. He Is a soi'homor" student at the Panicn high seheol. Mr. Smith maintained that the w rid Is nt the cross roads, and that tiniest a lasting peace en be created through niutuil understanding under-standing nnd uir.'iflsh effort, the p-oples of the world ran look for no'hlnc but chaos nnd destruitlon. "Ur.l-ss we can barn the tnranlni: of truth, the meaning of mudr- t Hiding nnd the waning i. brotherly lov", he said "there I ( Continued on Back Tage) ' Annual State Lions Convention Attracts &00 Visitors and Delegates to Cedar City (Continued from Page Our) i.ule hope lor the future of iht world. Clurg.ng clubs with u.c responsibility re-sponsibility of leadership in ool.i.-g the perplexing problems oi wnt peace. Mr. Smith pointed to tlv tremendous influence 275,000 Luvi in 5300 clubs could exert on tht world through a liberal application of the principle the Lions slogan. Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation's oafety." Mr. Skeen, praising the work of the Lions in bettering conditions m our state, outlined some of the contributions of Lions to bettr living in Utah, pointing to the organizations or-ganizations program for the blind, its efforts to save the youth of the itate through its program of probation, pro-bation, its efforts to care for subnormal sub-normal children through tht establisment of a children's hospital, hospi-tal, and its program of community communi-ty building and improvement. Congressman Granger condemned the plan of the Veterans Administration Adminis-tration to abandon Bu.shnell Hospital Hos-pital and erect a tyw veterans hospital hos-pital in Salt Lake City, as th reatest waste in the history of Utah, and charged Uut the plan "is a diabil.cal scheme ol stMisn inter -ts to further their own ends." He aho teimed the present housing hous-ing condition us "abominable", maintaining the wave of coinmer-oi. coinmer-oi. il building while veterans aifl .;nable to buy material with which ai build homes, is a condition that 'must and will be corrected." He also charged that something must be done to mak, it possible for the veteran to build h's own home, by) allowing him the privilege of buying materials when he wants it and "in quantities he can afford." Governor Maw, claiming that 'Utah Is entering the most promising promis-ing era of its 99-year history ns the result of the assured operation jf the Geneva Steel plant," listed three other major project i of the state In order to obtain the k nd jf economy that would make Utah i new center of Industry. ll,a listed more water, cheaper electric power, pow-er, and cheaper freight rates, as the three essential factors to successful suc-cessful expansion of the state's economy. Dr. W. Woolf, prominent physl-ian physl-ian of Provo, a chartr member, incl past president of the Provo lub, and a past zone chairman irid Deputy District Governor, was elected District Governor of 28-B to succeed Jim Urie, and Llyod M. I'heurer charter member and pa it resident ol the Logan club was named District Governor of 28-A, .uceeedlng Ed Randall. Resolutions adopted at the convention con-vention were as follows: 1. Pledging expansion of the Lions welfare for the blind and public health program. 2. Urging state, county and city officials to icpaint and Improve highway and streets signs throughout the .state. 3. Urging Immediate action on th proposed polio ho: pital. 4. Directli g Lions clubs to set up committees for community Improvements, and setting set-ting aside one day eaeli week other 'han Sunday for community development devel-opment In piepration for the Cen-tenl.il Cen-tenl.il celebration In 1947. 5. Urging committee study of a ilan for care and rehabilitation of llcoholics. 66. Pleduinir full endorsement endorse-ment and support to Industrial development de-velopment of state. Including pro-nosed pro-nosed water proiects. 7. Directing reactivation of Lions traffic safetv nrogrnm. 8. Full endorsement and support of United Nations plan. 9. Formulation of a plan for conduct-'ns conduct-'ns student speaking contest In the "tate. 10. Urging clubs to prof-; md assist veterans rights. 11. E-Dresslna; E-Dresslna; appreciation to Lee Lov-inrr. Lov-inrr. Salt Like City, for efforts 'n care of the blind. |