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Show City Coordinating Council Receives National Attention The Cedar City Coordinating Council which was organized eight years ago this month, has continued to receive much recognition from other communities which are planning plan-ning similar community programs. Recently inquiries have come from North Dakota, Michigan, California, New York and Idaho according to William Snow, chairman of the council. Mr. Snow states that planners plan-ners for a conference on the communities com-munities of the United States which was held at West Point, New York early this month sent invitations to only one hundred out of ft thousand community council In the country. The Cedar City program was among the hundred named for Invitation. While no delegate was named to go the Central Committee sent its annual report together with ft detailed de-tailed outline of more recent developments develop-ments among the tarlous committees. commit-tees. A typical letter of commendation for the type of community work being be-ing sponsored under this plan came from Mr. Theo H. Wegener. District Governor of Rotary International who asked for Information that might be included In a monthly letter let-ter to Rotarlans and also for an outline out-line of procedure In organizing such a council. Tn addition, the editors of the American Vocational Journal have Invited Mrs. Foe Dix, who Is coordinator coord-inator of the program, to write an (Conttnoed en Back Page) Coordinating Council (Continued from Front Page) article for one of their spring issues and to Include pictures of some of the council activities. The Coordinating Council was begun be-gun as an experimental program in community councilllng and has uecn financially sponsored by the ron County Board of Education and the State Dept. of Education through its Home Economics division. divis-ion. It has gradually grown Into a very important phase of our community com-munity life having developed and fostered the existence of eight working work-ing committees in the following fields: Adult Education, Art Exhibits, Exhi-bits, Music Arts, Health and Sanitation. Sani-tation. Recreation, Safety, Towir Beautlflcatlon and Town Calendar which serves as a clearing house for all evening functions. Mr. J. C. Haws who served as chairman of Beautlflcatlon has recently re-cently resigned and his successor has not as yet been named. Mr. Haws led his committee through the centennial program of cleaning and beautifying Utah communities and accomplished a most commendable commend-able and praiseworthy Job. Officials of the State Centennial Beautlflcatlon Beautlflca-tlon committee who visited Cedar City frequently during the past year stated that in no other community had they found such forward looking look-ing leadership In community planning plan-ning and beautlflcatlon. Chairmen of other committees in clude, C. B. Cooley, Adult Education; Educa-tion; L. C. Miles, Art Exhibits; Mrs. J. S. Prestwlch, Music Arts; Gron-way Gron-way Parry, Health and Sanitation; Wlllard Lunt, Recreation, Pratt M. Bethers, Safety; and Morgan Rollo, Town Calendar. The Central committee which serves as the executive board of the group is composed of Mr. Snow as chairman, Mr. Cooley, vice chairman; chair-man; Mrs. Kumen L. Jones, secretary, secre-tary, Mrs. Arthur Gardner, Mrs. Heber Sevy, Frank Dalley, Ianthus Wright,- L. N. Marsden and Mrs. Dix. |
