Show spotlighting S po dichting digh ting UTAH bundy urges centennial coin i congressional delegation at washington is asking for the minting i i of a silver dollar 1947 centennial coin the idea of which was presented t to them recently by ora bundy chairman of the utah state department of publicity and industrial development mr bundy indicated that senator abe murdock and congressman J W robinson were in hearty accord with the movement and have introduced idith resolutions before congressional Fur currency rency and banking committees call ing for the minting of the coin guest preparations underway with the latest national surveys indicating di ca t i n g that t h next years tourist mi I 1 di gration r a t i 0 n w will i 11 abbe be acx westward stward st ward in a volume never previously experienced and that 87 percent will come by auto a movement is now underway to make a good impression I 1 m P r ion on 1946 vis visitors i tors W working rk egg in close harmony with the department of publicity and industrial development the state agricultural I 1 vocational department under director mark nichols is sponsoring community improvement clubs cl abs in communities of a population from to no traveler who has toured ohio iowa and other eastern states can forget the nicely painted orderly arranged and well fenced homesteads with trim looking lookin barm barnyards yards and all farm machinery under sheds in 1946 communities P muni ties will either make a lasting impression for good or a distasteful impression im 1 assion of littered unkempt farmyards yar pd unpainted houses barns bams and fences unless action is taken at once losing no time the agriculture departments part ments program for community beautification is already underway the program calls for the organization of C 1 I clubs in every community by the agriculture instructor of the areas high school and the listing of every worthwhile beautification project je r t with the proper enthusiasm aroused and cooperation secured of those having pride in the appearance of their own communities everything should be in apple pie order when the great tourist migration starts through utah next may ralph parlette Pa riette once said 1 I judge a community b by four our things tle the rail road station which y aich anks gives ves evidence of what the railroad thinks about the community the hotel which indicates what w hat the business interests think of t the he community the postoffice post office a crl cn i tenon of what uncle sam thinks of the community the homes the appearance of the ha homes m indicate what the people think of themselves judging rural communities strictly by by the appearance of the farmstead farm stead buildings fences machin machini i ery cry growing crops and quality of livestock ralph parlette Par lettes s criterion of necessity in some instances would not be too high the story is told of how bow a former utah chief executive who anxious to to make a good impression for the state rushed his party of distinguished eastern guests by bus from salt lake city to the southern utah parks by night rather than have them see the tumble down barns bams with machinery aad and trash littered over acre lots an clent houses and other unsightly eye sores that would have left a lasting impression for bad on oil thi the guests after two days in the parks narks he bushea rushed them back to salt lake again by night in order to preserve the fine ini impression made by the park visit tg the forming formin g of the community improvement ime pro clubs by the agriculture department should correct in a large measure any such conditions if they exist and it will require a lot of extra work on the part of every citizen in in every community to present his area for public inspection next may andi and say here it is im proud of it |