Iron County Record | 1955-07-14 | Page 9 | Tourist Booth Gets Wide Use

Tourist Booth Gets Wide Use Over 300 people, for four consecutive conse-cutive weeks, have stopped In at the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce Com-merce information booth on the Cedar City Park for Information and guidance, according to Matilda Ma-tilda "Tlllle" Blederman, in charge of the booth this year. Mrs. Biederman and Fern R. Perkins have been operating the booth on a seven days a week and 12 hours a day basis since June 12 and they have registered a total of 1251 visitors to this area through Sunday evening, July 10. During the four weeks period reservations that have been made with motels and hotels of Cedar City have numbered 56 and over 150 cars have been sent, or at least given information, on tours of the Utah Parks. Each week Mrs. Biederman and Mrs. Perkins compile a report of the activities of the booth and they have recorded some rather interesting Information. Mrs. Bie-derman, Bie-derman, for Instance, spent a considerable amount of time trying try-ing to locate Goose Creek for a party who was Interested in fishing. fish-ing. It was finally discovered that the creek that they had been looking for was Duck Creek and the party stated that It was going go-ing to spend at least two days In that area. Of particular interest, the attendants at-tendants state, is the fact that the Cedar City Tark facilities are being widely used by the motoring motor-ing public as a rest haven and for short stops and lunches. A number of the people stopping also Indicate that they have thoroughly enjoyed visiting at the parks In this area and comment com-ment has also been received on the attractiveness of Cedar City.