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Show TIMP CLUBMEN HEAR S. J. STEPHENSON AT LUNCHEON, MEETING VISITORS URGES EFFORT TO BUILD CITY, HELP UTAH More than 75 community leaders Monday night attended a meeting and banquet of the Timpanogos Builders club which featured an address ad-dress by Stanley J. Stephenson, executive ex-ecutive secretary of the Utah Manufacturers' Man-ufacturers' association. The session was held in the Third ward amusement amuse-ment hall. "Recapture the pioneer policies of the people who founded the state, and Utah will become the state it was destined to be," Mr. Stephenson declared at the gathering. The biggest asset of the state, Mr. Stephenson declared, are its human resources. Pointing out that 12,000 Utahns are on pensions of one type or another, 18,000 are unemployed, while 2,000 young people leave the state yearly, he painted a picture of the state wasting its resources. The energetic, working youthful element, he pointed out, is leaving the state for greener pastures, when they should remain to build the state. Employment, income and population popula-tion in Utah are just holding their own, he said, emphasizing that to remedy the situation a concerted effort ef-fort for building the economic life of the state must be put forward. He complimented the Pleasant Grove Group on the good representation represen-tation of civic leaders attending the meeting, and commended the activity acti-vity of the club. "No one else will take the interest inter-est in Pleasant Grove as will the citizens of Pleasant Grove," he asserted. as-serted. Mr. Stephenson was introduced by F. D. Atwood, president of the club. Ray Merrill president at the session. The program featured community singing, and jokes by Mr. Rawlins. The group approved appointment of a committee of three to work with an American Fork committee to investigate removal of the state prison to this district. The motion was introduced by President Atwood. At-wood. Lewis Olpin reported that an investigation in-vestigation of possibility of installing install-ing modern telephones here had been started, the committee having contacted officials of the telephone company. President Atwood recommended an investigation of shipping of strawberries by the precooling process, pro-cess, pointing out that this might mean increased revenue to growers here. It was pointed out at the session that the membership is not being made up by invitation, but is open to citizens interested in the aims of the organization desiring to attend. The next meeting will be held May 23 at the Luncheonette. The dinner served Monday night was prepared by the Luncheonette. o |