Show Commerce Chamber Plans Canyon Party A canyon party to show appreciation to the Forest Service for work done I I Ion on the Manti Canyon road was planned planned plan plan- plan plan-I ned at a meeting of the Manti Chamber Chamber Cham Cham- ber her of Commerce held recently It isto is isto isto to be held at the Community camp campgrounds campgrounds campgrounds grounds and will be a banquet and program to which will be invited the workmen and officials from the Ogden Ogden Ogden Og Og- den and Ephraim offices who have been connected with the job It is also planned to invite other civic clubs and Manti City officials to at attend at- at tend Mayo was added to the clubs club's present social committee to assist with the banquet Ellis EJohnson E E. Johnson was named chairman of the program committee and will vill select his assistants It was decided at the C C. C of C C. C meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing to incorporate into the thc minutes an item of appreciation by Dr H. H R. R Clark for the work done in the Manti Mant Canyon as published in the Manti Man i Messenger and Ephraim Enterprise Want Yant County Fair Dr Clark spoke briefly about the lack of a County Fair project for 19 1948 8 and of the need for a a permanent I County Fair committee and of a commissioner commissioner commissioner com com- missioner from Manti ManU who would work for or a regular annual fair He urged the members to enlist the support of other civic clubs and of both political parties to achieve this goal He also mentioned the need for Federal building building build- build ing ng in Manti which opinion was strongly supported by A. A M. M Mellor The club then adopted a motion by Ray itay P. P Dyreng that a special committee committee committee com com- be appointed to work toward securing a federal building for Manti ManU Tells of Trip Ellis E. E Johnson told very interestingly interestingly interestingly interest interest- of his recent trip to the Music convention at Detroit Delegates were present from all 48 states and from front Canada Cuba and Brazil also many leading conductors composers etc and about famous bands Mr Johnsons Johnson's opinion was that the University Uni- Uni of Michigan band was the best bestic he ic had ever heard The one sour note in Mr Johnsons Johnson's trip was in connection connection connection con con- with his trip to New York where he saw the bitterness and ha hatred hatred hatred ha- ha tred of the union pickets during the strike against the stock exchange Sights which Mr Johnson said he will vill long remember were the vast areas covered with water the fertile and well-kept well farms of Iowa and Minnesota and the erosion in n Western Vestern Nebraska and Eastern E. E stern Colorado |