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Show PLAN FUND RAISING Involve Senior Citizens in Mission Park Project I has asked to be relieved, at least temporarily, of his posi- I tion. Inez S. Cooper was appointed ap-pointed to take his place. Mr. Hunter also announced that Dr. Felix will be trea-! trea-! surer with a committee of three others authorized to handle the money to serve with him. ' dren, while Mr. Amend wii: concentrate on the local corporations, cor-porations, businesses, and service ser-vice clubs. Dr. Felix and Bruce Atkin will work toward getting outside funds from large corporations and foundations. found-ations. The first drive the Finance Committee will undertake will be to canvass, once more, the holders of the Coleman debentures de-bentures to give everyone a chance to donate who so desires. de-sires. Teams of men will be sent out in the next week or so to make this last contact. Because it was found on the first campaign that some of our citizens are not supporting support-ing the museum because of tj location, it was decided that the Commission will stud-y stud-y and evaluate other possible sites and their feasibility. Howard N. Dalley, secretary of the Commission, has found it necessary, because of health, to spend a good deal of his time in St. George and Professor Vern K. Kupfer of the College of Southern Utah Social Science Department and C. L. Chatterley, former director direct-or of the Senior Citizens program pro-gram for the Five-County Area, Ar-ea, were appointed last week as a special committee to work with the Steering Com-' Com-' mittee of the Iron Mission I Park Commission to help draft an over-all plan to involve in-volve the Senior Citizens in the museum project in a very significant way. The announcement of their appointment was made by President Haze Hunter to the Commission at a special breakfast meeting, called for the purpose, at the Sugar Loaf Cafe, February 13, at 7 a.m., and was received enthusiastically enthusiastic-ally by the members of the Board of Directors. Total community involvement involve-ment is the goal. The idea is to make the museum a center of pioneer and local handicrafts handi-crafts with meeting rooms, work rooms for such hobbies, handicraft shops, field trips, publications, a docent program pro-gram for the interpretation of the displays, and whatever else is needed to include everyone ev-eryone in the activity, benefit, bene-fit, and use of the facilities. Senior Citizens, Indian citizens, citi-zens, young adults, school children, chil-dren, should all be a part of the educational and active plan to make this a living, attractive at-tractive spot. The steering committee and those working with them are attempting to form a strong over-all plan that will accomplish this goal. Mr. Hunter said that the city is firmly behind the Com- J mission in the direction its! plans are taking and will give aid wherever possible. A report from the Finance Committee indicated that their plans are right in the groove. The Committee plans one hundred percent community involvement like the pioneer spirit of unity that built the college, the El Escalante Hotel, Ho-tel, the First Ward Chapel, and brought in the railroad. Chairman Joseph Felix said that his committee believes that this is the way to stimulate stimu-late total community interest and to make people feel that the museum belongs to them. He reported that in the last meeting of the Committee, an organization was effected with Ray Juvelin and Jim Amend being given the responsibility of the local drive, immediate goal of which is the raising of the additional $20,000 necessary neces-sary to complete the purchase of the Parry Collection. Air. Juvelin will work especially with the women's clubs, the young people, and the chff-1 |
