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Show Merchants Slate New Sweepstakes Days A good representation of the retail merchants of Cedar City met at the Escalante hotel for breakfast Tuesday morning to discuss plans for the continuation continua-tion of promotional activities through "Sweepstake Days" specials. spe-cials. The Sweepstake Days program was started three months ago, and the fourth shopping event will be staged on Friday and Saturday, Sat-urday, August 12 and 13, according ac-cording to Gordon Chrlstensen, chairman of the Retail Merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the event. Merchants will offer special bargains on the two days of the event, and a special advertising sheet will be distributed throughout through-out southern Utah, inviting people peo-ple to come to Cedar City to do their shopping. The move is designed de-signed to develop Cedar City as the shopping center of southern Utah, and to encourage residents of the area to shop in southern Utah rather than send away to mail order houses, or to travel to distant cities to do their shopping. shop-ping. The usual "Sweepstakes Prize" of $30 will be given away on Friday, Fri-day, August 13, with the method of winning kept secret until the moment the prize is awarded. |