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Show Commence Activity on Planning for Centennial Celebration, Clean Up And Preparation for Visitors in 1947 Plans for the participation of Delta In the state centennial's beautification program were developed devel-oped Monday night when Horace J. Gunn, of Richfield, manager of the beautification program for the state met with members of the local lo-cal committee. The Delta committee commit-tee consisted of William S. Bassett, general chairman; Wanda Beckwith, Beck-with, landscaping and women's division; di-vision; Albert Skidmore, planning and zoning; Clayton Stapley, parks and recreation; and Athena Cook, publicity. Mayor Golden H. Black had charge of the meeting. Mrs. Louise Lyman also attended, for the women's division. Mr. Gunn is visiting all the communities com-munities of the state, for the purpose pur-pose of working with local committees, com-mittees, in putting forth an effective effec-tive program to beautify Utah for the centennial. The first step in the local campaign cam-paign will be the annual clean-up day, scheduled for May 1. On that day business houses will be closed and all citizens will unite in cleaning clean-ing up the community. Three blasts from the siren at 7-30 a. m. will announce the opening of the day's work. If the day is windy or rainy, the work program will be postponed to the following day, or the first good day that follows. In the three weeks preceding the Clean-Up Day, all citizens and the owners of property are asked to clean up their premises, in the individual in-dividual effort that is necessary first in preparing for the beautifying beauti-fying of the town. Special emphasis empha-sis is made on a clean-up, paint-up and fix - up campaign to prepare for 1947, and the first steps will be to clean up trash, litter, weeds, irrigation ir-rigation ditches, fixing corrals, fences, and fixing up unsightly structures. The trash and litter is to be placed pla-ced in containers in front of your property on or before May 1, at which time it will be collected by trucks and taken to the city dump. In the meantime, persons taking out a load of trash themselves are reminded to please use the city dump,, following the lane wese of the cemetery, not any convenient vacant space along the highway. It is requested also that the property pro-perty owner be ready to help load the trash on the trucks, especially if there are heavy and bulky items that a lone driver would be unable to handle. Chairman Bassett has divided the town into 11 districts, of two blocks each. Each district will have a captain for the men workers and a captain for the women workers. They will organize and direct the work in their districts, and each cooperating with the whole district. dist-rict. The captains named from east to west, , north of Clark street are: Orvil Tumer, Albert Skidmore, Ward Spendlove, Clayton Stapley, and Edwin Lyman. South of Clark street they are James Taylor, Dr. J. E. Stains, Roy Steele, Lionel Taylor Tay-lor and Mont Works, and Max Hannifin, Han-nifin, Lyman row. The ladies are Mrs. Ed Miller, Mrs. Arch Barben, Mrs. Inez Moody, Mrs. Cleo Whicker, Whick-er, Mrs. Ila Forster, Mrs. Harold Colby, Mrs. Heber Curtis, Mrs. Evan Johnson, Mrs. Hannah Larsen, Mrs. Mary Wright and Mrs. Helen Baker. This group will meet Thursday night at 8 to plan their campaign. |