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Show PLANNING GROUP GATHERS DATA Communities Outline Proposed Construction The postwar planning committee commit-tee of the Logan chamber of commerce com-merce has begun to assemble data on all public projects being lined up by towns and cities, schools districts and other units in Cache county, Hershel Bullen, committee commit-tee chairman, reported today. The committee plans to have a well prepared program that can get underway immediately after the war ends to help take up expected ex-pected slack in employment, he explained. This will provide jobs for many workers until private industries can be converted to civilian production and begin operations. op-erations. Mr. Bullen pointed out that the government will- have a tremendous tremen-dous task to provide employment and rehabilitation for service men. "Those cities and communities which are well prepared with kjlans for projects, will be able to a.ke advantage of any government govern-ment funds, if such funds are .iade available," he said. At the first meeting of the group .ith community and school heads 3veral programs were reviewed nd discussed. J. W. Kirkbride, superintendent if the Cache county coun-ty school discrict, submitted a pio-posed pio-posed remodeling and building program pro-gram expected to be carried out as soon as possible. David Tarbet, clerk of Logan city schools, said his organization also is planning considerable work along the same lines. Citizens of Wellsville are planning plan-ning to rebuild their waterworks supply system, Mayor Lamont M. Jlen, reported, while Mayor H. T. ,Jlant, Jr., Richmond, Mayor Earl indrews, Trenton, and Mayor jioance D. Walker, Mendon, a'l ov.t-ined ov.t-ined tentative improvement pro-rams. pro-rams. Mayor William Evans Jr., of Logan Lo-gan said considerable construction work is scheduled in the city when materials are available, and A. J. Fuhriman, chairman, and H. 'Ray Pond, who represented the Cache county commission, said their recommendations re-commendations would be available later. 'Mr. Bullen pointed out that the county and most of the communities commun-ities are in a good position to carry out the projects, as many of the cities and the county aro out of debt. He said that private industry in-dustry is planning considerable building and improvement work, according to a survey made by the committee on economic development. de-velopment. Members of the chamber of commerce com-merce committee, are Professor William Peterson, Erwin U. Moser, Logan City engineer; Dr. S. M. Budge, L. W. Hovey, A. George Raymond, Attorney E. T. Young, Professor Milton R. Merrill, Henry Hen-ry Theurer, T. H. Humpherys, Lynn J. Hodges, R. E. Berntson, executive secretary at Utah State Agricultural college; E. Allen Bate-man, Bate-man, superintendent of Logan city schools; (Professor V. D. Gardner, Mr. Fuhriman, Mayor Evans and Russell Hanson, president of the chamber of commerce. |