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Show Spent a long weekend in Price visiting with daughter Louise Heidenreich, husband Joe and grandchildren Karl, JoAnn and Dennis. Withal the trip was delightful. de-lightful. Highway 50 and 6 through Spanish Fork and Price Canyons is now one of Utah's best. The elimination el-imination of several curves and the Helper by-pass cuts about 20 minutes min-utes from the former travel time. Things are looking up in Price. The coal mines have had one of their best years. Home building is at a record high. Judging from the number of new automobiles on Main Street Saturday, the people too must be prosperous; or the dealers are extra liberal with trade in allowances and "friendly credit terms." Price is a unique community in a lot of ways. It has long been the "melting pot" of Utah. Like many of America's industrial towns, this thriving area has attracted emigrants emi-grants from many foreign lands. As a result the population is a polyglot of nationalities. This fact becomes strikingly evident ev-ident with the perusal of the telephone tele-phone directory. Here is random samplying of the names listed therein : Adams, Aldasaro, Anderson, Bacco, Baker, Bemardi, Bolotos, Bussio, Christensen, Cook, Cohen, Dalpiaz, Eleganti, Fernandez, Hansen, Han-sen, Jensen, Karras, Larro. Low, O'Toole, Seppi, Shultz, Thomas, Ularich, Yamamoto, Weiss, Valdez, Yakovich, and Zaccaria. To anyone familiar with names and the antecedents of those who bear them, it's relatively easy to discern the nationalities here rep resented, viz: English, Scandinavian, Scandina-vian, Scotch, Irish, Finish, German, Jewish, Polish, Russian, Slavic, Greek, Italian, French, Spanish, Mexican, Chinese, and Japanese. The cosmopolitan character of Price is also reflected in the religious relig-ious affiliations of the populace. Church notices in the weekly newspaper, news-paper, the SUN-ADVOCATE, lists church services of the following denominations: Catholic, Episcopal, Episco-pal, Greek Orthodox, Community, Methodist, Baptist, English Assembly Assem-bly of God, Spanish Assembly of God, Seventh Day Adventist, and the five LDS wards. In spite of the heterogeneous complexion of its population, Price is a united, progressive and cultural cultur-al community. The various civic clubs are above average in activity and acomplishment; ahd the city government is efficient and capable. cap-able. Perhaps the most valuable conclusion con-clusion that can be drawn from a study of this unique city, is that after all, people of various races, ideals, beliefs and nationalities can live lives of progressive civic and social harmony, if they have a mind to do so. A trip to Price and a survey of the interesting people who live there, might be an enlightening experience for those who preach segregation and practice racial discrimination. dis-crimination. The Christian and democratic way of life is working well in Southeastern Utah's largest city. Other communities nationwide, nation-wide, could profit from the example. ex-ample. So long 'til Thursday. |