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Show Senior Citizens Unit Meets, Has Committee, Will Meet Again S. I. Lester conducted a recent re-cent meeting at the Pleasant Grove City Hall for the purpose of organizing a Senior Citizens Unit in the Pleasant Grove area Guy Brown, Springville, who is chairman of the Utah County Coun-ty Council on Aging and H. Al-vah Al-vah Fitzgerald, director of the same organization, were present. pres-ent. To form a Senior Citizens unit un-it in Pleasant Grove, it would be necessary to have an election elec-tion of officers, a suitable building buil-ding to meet in and finances to back the organization. A local organization under dynamic leadership can develop devel-op our own group, Nutritious meals on wheels can be available for 75c and has been successful in other areas. Hot lunch and a fellow-shop fellow-shop dinner once a month can be planned. A local group can create their own program, such as a band, to entertain. A senior citizen band in Helper has been very successful, and has been in demand de-mand for entertainment for many community programs. Many interesting activities can be enjoyed within a local group. Classes can be taught in ceramics and in painting. Senior Citizens can also be organized to do volunteer work in the community and can offer of-fer their services in many areas. ar-eas. It was suggested that the Sportsman-Lions building on 6th East and Center be used as a possible meeting place if a suitable schedule could be worked out. Mr. Lester suggested that a committee be appointed to go ahead on the local organization possibility. Orval Carter put this in the form of a motion, and it was seconded by Mrs. Ruth Hassenfritz. A committee was named to include Orval Carter, Alice Simper, Vilace Radmall, George Smith, Sid Lester, John Huntsman, Hunts-man, Arnold Henrickson and Mrs. Lee Southam. They will investigate the possibility of an organization, and report at a meeting which has been called call-ed for Friday, July 20 at 3 p. m. at the Sportsmans-Lions building. All senior citizens are invited to attend. |