| Show civic clubs urge united opposition to governor s license fund plan KANAB GIRL WINS GRAY FOR FOB CLUB WORK WORIC miss liaa bouvo chamberlain of kanab was among sixteen utah 4 11 club members to win a 1941 carl raymond oray gray scholarship awarded by the union pacific railroad to the utah state agricultural col college legg for the completion ot of two or more years ol of outstanding project work miss pern fern shipley assistant state club leader announces the named in lionor honor of the past president of 0 the railroad ire are awarded to 0 high school students in counties in ili the trade territory of tho the union pacific railroad the winner in ili each county la is chosen by a committee of three thieo persons two of whom are selected by the state director of the tha extension service from a group ol of people recommended by county officials the third member at 0 the board Is ie designated by the two members selected bythe by the extension service director points considered when choosing the winners include quality and quantity of 1 4 11 club work completed excellence of the records submit submitted tod character and interests of tile individual qualities of leadership community and school activities and scholastic standing decore before the scholarships are made available the winners enroll tor for a four year course in ili the school of ofaf agi ri culture or home economics at atthe the utah state agricultural ag cultural college since the inauguration of tile alio award more than union pacific scholarships haye been riven to utah boy bois s and girls 40 0 whom arg are now attending college the previous winners are enrolled in ili graduate schools at washington DC and cornell unive university ralty claim chilin iund diversion would bo be irreparable loss to small counties meeting in ili regular monthly session last saturday at kanab nab members of the A associated civic clubs ot oc southern utah went on record opposing any change in tho the license plate fund claiming that it would lie be impossible for the small cities and towns in utah hoever regain this money which belongs belonga in the road lm im provement pio pro fund opening tho the general session of the club at 2 30 in tile the afternoon henry jones president blamed unsettled weather conditions general over the state for the absence of many regular mentis following a cus custom tolli established the past year president jones jone turned tile tho meet meeting ilig over to vice president sandberg Sand boig sandberg reported on the visit of state legislators to tho the st george area and then opened the way tor for the discussion on oil tho the governors go vernora to ie organization proposal apropo sal which monopolized the ilia major portion of tho the meeting sandberg stated that under the present proposed plan to divert the money from the license licano plato plate fundo now being spent for roads loads and use it to publicize in ill view of attract ing now industries the governor would be left oft free to spend athla money in ili any way he choose without any check by the people 1 I know that they bare anre determined to spend bhend that without any regard legard to tho people stated the vice president adio vho vigorously opposed any plan diverting money from tho the road fund with the subject well underway unde iway elinor jaclson of kanab asked for an all explanation of at where tile tho governors proposed pio posed two tor for ono one two dollars under the proposed setup set up for each dollar at present would come flom president jones replied thit that he be know at the tweezing tweeting twe eting know knew and ho he think any of tho the legislators knew fu believe there woud be any two tor for one C jones stated that the associated civic iv I 1 c 91 clubs U b R as a group were not op P n the h whole of the reorganization program hut but morely merely that patt part tailing ahing towns t pd eq wor Warl Ketr md years to got and ifould have to 9 4 ing them it was pointed out that the under discussion was in reality only a portion ortho of the fund as has haa gone done each year to retire bonds of the state road commission these bonds are all paid now and this latter amount would bo be added to the for distribution among the counties A compromise bill la IS now in tile the legislature to give the to the governor for his program gild and still retain the regular amount tor for the road fund however the or also opposed this coentro compromise corn tro on the grounds that all odthe of the license plato money belongs to the counties and if any portion b it is diverted it may mean the eventual loss 1088 of all of it making the smaller municipalities got get down an on their knees and beg forathis tor this money which Is now theirs rank frank F Martl martinez nez olt all richfield lU pointed out that had done dona more than the roads in bringing southern utah out of the kinks and that the in question was in ro reality over three million dollars as that was what southern utah had gained by sponsoring projects with their portion of 0 tile the license plats plate fund ho further pointed out that class 13 and 0 roads are not eligible for federal aid and only federal highways would receive funds it if the governors gove program was accepted commenting on governor maws promise that all counties would receive two dollars under his plan where they are now receiving one jones stated that bys by sponsoring pons oring projects with their allotment the tha counties are already receiving about four dollars tor for one whereas the governor prop promises ilses only half bait that amount discussion finally ended on the 11 lit censo plate fund when the group voted to reaffirm the organizations stand opposing any diversion from the road fund and urged every civic club represented in the organization to write to their legislators and take similar stands against the bill uncle jim sargent of asked the group to adopt a resolution asking the legislators to tako take action on oil the grandfather drivers license bill which provides for reexamination ot of drivers h ivors holdi holding fig licenses lic c without expirations dates charles secretary of the northern utah associated civic clubs attended the meeting and brought greetings from the northern northera group Al artinez nez suggested that the tha state road commission place the stretch of road from glendale to tho tha divide on the list of federal aid projects to be completed this year pointing out that tourist traffic has increased increase ed five hundred per cent over this road rand since the abo temporary oil surface was laid park superintendent paul franks presented the club with a brief report repart of his trip to washington D 0 stating slating that he had find obtained funds for improvement of the upper section of the tropic road and for completion of hard bard surfacing the last four miles of the road from long valley continued on oa last page vis civic group opposes continued from page one junction to cedar breaks commenting on the discontinuance ot of the pageant at zion park bupt supt prank frank said that many evils had been creeping into this religious presentation and suggested the possibility of sponsoring a different type of pageant at another time of year to encourage the tourist travel through section approximately people enjoys enjoyed d the hie banquet served in iii the library basement the same evening with ft elmer jackson as toastmaster harlan johnson of the kanab forest office added to th the evenings entertainment by showing several reels of film in technicolor which proved to the visit ing delegation that it rain like this all the time orange olsen train from the foiest service office it in og ion den showed two reels of film depicting a the method of counting elk front from airplanes A dance lit in the high school auditorium with music by the high school orchestra climaxed the evening the banquet and dance were wera sponsored by tho the kanab lions proceeds eda bein being turned over to the south ward tor for construction ot at the thai proposed chapel |
