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Show Ladies Group Advocates Preserving Home The women of the D. U. P. and Literary clubs of American Ameri-can Fork wish to present their claims in regard to the Robinson Rob-inson home as a pioneer museum and social meeting place. The building is architecturally correct in its present situation for the only kind of park which can be made on so small a space. Nothing could be made of the material if torn down; and no building could be cheaply made and be as beautiful or adequate as this present one as it now stands. Picture the colorful old brick (some of the first ever burned in the city and made of native materials) almost hidden hid-den by white lattice, green vines, shrubbery, curved walks, lily pools at base, benches and tables or lawn under those stately old pines unless they, too, are to be sacrificed. -It is a landmark Materials, not found locally, were hauled haul-ed across the plains by teams, for the house was built in 1867, before the railroad came. It is well-preserved needing only a small amount of money to renovate. We need a home for our pioneer relics not a storehouse, but a public museum of interest in which we can show to others the history of our community, and engender an appreciation ap-preciation for the courage and culture of our early settlers. The D. U. P. camps of over 60 paid up members petition the preservation of this building. Fillmore has given the old State Capitol building to their D. U. P. organizations; Spring-ville Spring-ville the entire second floor of their old Court House. Provo is building a big home, Pleasant Grove finds their large log cabin sufficient room for relics, but not as a meeting place. The Robinson home is adequate for all our needs. We can make it a thing of beauty and we feel that we are offering offer-ing to the city an added attraction, plus the beauty we are aiming to achieve, through the collections of pioneer relics we wish to display and preserve. Written by Merling D. Clyde Sponsored by Hannah Aydelotte, Pres. Ladies Literary Club Lavina Booth, Captain Am. Fork Camp Mary Anderson, Captain Adams Camp |