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Show BICENTENNIAL PROJECT. Iron County has embarked on a Bicentennial Environmental project. The cooperative program is being planned by this group including, front row, left to right: Inez Cooper, Iron County Bicentennial Committee Chairman; and Bessie Dover, county communications chairman. Back row, are 1 to r: Kerry Jones, Cedar City Mayor; Graham MacDonald and Cleo Wood, Iron County Commissioners and Dr. A. Glenn Wahlquist, Bicentennial Beautification chairman. County Beautification Committee make plans - for Bicentennial Tree project Iron County will launch a dual Bicentennial environmental project April 15 which will have a long range effect on the appearance ap-pearance and ecological well being of its communities and citizens. In response to Governor Calvin L. Rampton's appeal to state residents to plant "A Million Trees for a Million People" the people of Iron County are asked to cooperate in a united project to plant the county quota of trees and shrubs. Dr. A. Glenn Wahlquist, chairman for the Iron County "76" Bicentennial Beautification Committee, said that the planting plan-ting project will be emphasized from April 15 through May 15, but pointed out that certain trees and shrubs can be planted at almost any time of the growing season. "However, we hope that we will have our major response during the designated time when enthusiasm and the spirit of cooperation is at its height," Dr Wahlquist said. As part of the Bicentennial Beautification Planting Project, the country as a whole is encouraged en-couraged to participate in an overall clean-up, trim-up, fix-up, and paint-up beautification campaign from May 1 through June 1. The first day of these two periods, April 15 and May 1, are being proclaimed as official kick-off kick-off days by city and county officials. of-ficials. Dr. Wahlquist said that Pledge Cards for the tree plantings are available with attached Discount Coupons which will entitle participants to purchase trees and shrubs from local nurseries at reduced prices. "The Spirit of '76 can be very practically exemplified by our united efforts to beautify our surroundings," Dr. Wahlquist said. "How can we better enjoy and share the beauty of living? There is not a more suitable or desirable way to1 memorialize this Bicentennial year." |
