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Show Bars meet bard as resident asks saloon keepers to fund reading room From Time to Time 100 Years Ago With an eye toward upgrading Park City's literary outlets, G.M. Jeffrey proposed in a letter to the Park Record the establishment of a reading room. Mr. Jeffrey asked the proprietors, bartenders and other employees of the town's saloons to deposit into the Park City Bank 10 percent of their income for the next three months to be used to furnish a comfortable and free reading room. Mr. Jeffrey, in return, promised to stock the room with the most current editions of the leading journals, magazines and daily and weekly newspapers (both American and English). "It is in the best interest of every citizen," Jeffrey said. "Certainly every member of our community can not help feeling the supreme need of a public library and reading room "It has been said that the class of men to whom this is submitted are not public spirited; let it be otherwise demonstrated." While the idea of a reading room was an honorable one, Mr. Jeffrey failed to explain why only owners and employees of saloons were being asked to donate to the cause, and not the general populace of Park City. Nonetheless, if the reading room became a reality, visitors could learn "fun ticket" candidate O.D. McGee, who managed to scrounge up 20 votes. Joining Uriarte for the January swearing-in ceremony would be councilmen Jack Green, Steve Dering and Eleanor Bennett. In a blood-curdling article, the Park Record reported that "Sunday afternoon, Main Street was spattered spatter-ed with blood, strewn with corpses and filled with smiling bystanders." The Chamber of Commerce was responsible for the carnage, accused the Record, then explained that the organization had extended approval to the River Canyon Road Agents to stage a street theater stunt show in town on the weekends. After the blood and guts were cleaned up, life returned to normal on Main Street. The Record also reported that Hank Tauber, director of the 1976 Olympic Alpine Team, was preparing prepar-ing for the games in Innsbruck, Austria, and was looking at Cindy Nelson, Greg Jones, Geoff Bruce and Andy Mill to lead the team. And leading the pack of bidders was Lewis Brothers Stages, which won the contract to run the city-wide bus system. The Transportation Committee approved the new bus system's motto, suggested by City Recorder Bruce Decker, which was to be painted on all buses: "Get On It." first hand from various publications items that appeared as reprints in the Park Record. For instance, a tidbit from the Chicago Herald predicted that 100 years hence, or in 1985, the North Pole would be discovered, the channel tunnel between England and France would be completed, the "beer pipe line" between Milwaukee Milwau-kee and New York would burst, and the Washington Monument would be safely transferred by balloon to Chicago, the new seat of the federal government. 25 Years Ago Despite the fact that 75 percent of Park City voters were avowed Democrats, they were not enough to override the results of the overall Summit County presidential election. elec-tion. In a near-record turnout, voters selected Richard Nixon over John Kennedy, a sentiment that was not held nationally. Park Record Editor "Mac" Mc-Conaughy Mc-Conaughy took the loss good-naturedly. good-naturedly. In an editorial he exclaimed, "Well all right. So quit throwing rocks at me for backing a loser Mr. Nixon, and toss posies at My Lady Fair, who backed the winning Mr. Kennedy. "My Lady Fair" was none other than Louise McConaughy, Mac's wife and the newspaper's associate editor. In local elections, Violet Terry bested Richard Martinez and Leslie Roach to take the Park City School Board post, and Mary Lehmer lost her bid to Marcellus Snow for district court judge. The Park Record welcomed home returning missionary Nan McPolin that week in a reception at the Park City Ward Chapel. The paper extended a cordial invitation to all Mrs. McPolin's friends and admirers who wished to "welcome her back home after her labors in the mission field." In an obvious journalistic omission, omis-sion, the Park Record failed to say from whence Mrs. McPolin was returning. 10 Years Ago "Uriarte, Green, Dering, Bennett," Ben-nett," announced the top news story in the Park Record. Park City's new mayor-elect was Leon Uriarte, who won with 376 votes, followed by write-in candidate Mary Lehmer with 269, Dave Novelle with a lackluster 48 vote tally, and |