Show CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE DUEl DUEk l k c t. t A comparatively new organization in Utah is deserving of ot offar far r moro or cred credit t than it has yet received This lack ack of tion is undoubtedly because of the newness of organization Wo predict that it wilt will become become and and n l very y ry 80 soon soon one one p-one one of Utah's known best and most highly regarded h bodies We Ve refer to tho the Utah Search and Rescue Association Inc which has already established itself as a potent farce force in the tho work which its name exemplifies search exemplifies search and rescue Already in less than two years of formal organization the Association has proven its ite worth in assisting law enforcement officers far short of help in rugged terrain in the search and rescue uc work for lor which it t was formed These men are worthy of acclamation respect and financial assistance stance They do not for the tho latter They furnish Burnish their own wheel four-wheel drive vehicles their inter eom radios their time their knowledge of the big outdoors They do not receive a 8 cent in return They do not ask it All that they ask is an opportunity to aid in the rescue of a fellow man mall in distress i They have havo received national acclaim since the visit of the National Editorial Association to Morgan County in in June 1961 Members Members of the Morgan Mo gan County Sheriffs Sheriff's Jeep Patrol headed beaded by py Sheriff Porter Carter met hundreds of visiting editors won their hearts with their warm friendship and hospitality and introduced them to a way of Western Vestern living Jiving wl which ch the visitors found almost impossible to believe i I All over the tho United States Utah's Sear Search h and Rescue ue Association represented by the Morgan County Jeep Patrol has kas been paged front-paged as the spirit of the Old West This is Public Relations at its most vital best I It is a matter of real regret that the Summit County Sheriff has seen fit to ignore well founded requests that he head up a Search ant anc and Rescue group in his county Perhaps l with its great depth of of mountainous mou tai us terrain and its j f hundreds or of thousands of sportsmen endangered by this rough t n needs cds such Suc r i than la any ot other r co county r irk i in the sta state 1 It w It is by the sam same samp token a matter of pride pride pride- I. I that Summit I j j doun residents who iwho ho possess s 's suitable vehicles 1 horses homes s' s sn n. n and ld are lanes lanes' Janes' Janes at forming their their- own search and rescue groups ono o under the leadership of Ci Civil iJ Def Defense use some op their own V P Puck rk City for instance has no no backing It is typical City that it goes ahead aluad of its own volition n l li i Wo We predict that in a few months those few few remaining ec not o organized will have havo Search and Rescue po posses ses all affiliated with the tho State Association all working together for the common good |