Show drum drum corps will go to california civic clubs act to send drum and bugle girls to i big convention the richfield girls drum and bugle corps will vill be taken to los angeles next september during the national convention of the american legion as a part of the advertising program of the associated civic clubs of southern utah it was decided saturday when that association met in gunnison Gunni jon this matter has been under consideration for several weeks wee ks and an d the definite action was taken as a result of a recommendation by walter G lunt chairman of the associations advertising committee details of the plan will be worked out by b y the civic club advertising ver committee and the local committee while on the los angeles trip the drum corps will represent the associated civic clubs and will advertise southern utah not rich tied fled but undoubtedly richfield Al clifield will come in for its share of the benefits to be other projects discussed at the monthly session included promotion of southern utah industries and ways and means of attracting more people to the territory the meeting was as held with the gunnison lions club as hosts james ar sargent of panguitch civic club president presided at the business session which was wa held in the star theatre at 2 p m A banquet was served by the gunnison band mothers club in the high school at p in and was followed by a dance interest or local people in the activities or the association was by the pact that ehat ly 18 from Kich Ien tiela were present following a report by the industries dus tries committee to the effect that the state road commission had awarded a contract for the construction of 13 miles on south state street salt lake city from ninth south to south temple street with rock asphalt a resolution passed commending the commission lor specifying a utah product experts admit that rock asphalt is superior to other types of road material but until recently it was seldom used on rall otah highways the quarry from which the matri ai is obtained is in carbon county near hunny b yelde side after it is n mined it is crushed and then spread on the road ad bet without the necessity of any blending other As is mixed with sand to obtain the correct proportions li A of AI milford ilford chairman of the road committee and 1 y G Al bartmes artineS of richfield Richtie ld a member outlined a tentative list ot the major road projects for 1938 it included red lied canyon which is the entrance to bryce canyon national park the arizona part of highway 89 salma salina canyon no 21 from milford ilford AI to the nevada line the wayne san juan road cedar modena cedar long valley and U S no 6 all of these highways are important connecting links and most of them are interstate routes the development of which will be the means of bringing much more travel into the southern part of the state the details of the secondary road program will NU be announced by the committee at a later date according to mr Al Mart artmes mes the activities of the state in avia aviation tion was explained by J E garn director of the state aeronautics commission and a former resident of richfield he said that a school of aviation is being established in connection with the dixie junior college at st george he also spoke on the possibilities of having an air mail route established between salt lake city and phoenix arizona it would include the sanpete and sevier vallies bryce canyon and the grand canyon of arizona newell B cook state fish and game commissioner requested the support of the associated civic club in having state legislation enacted so utah can qualify under the provisions of the pitman rob inson act which gives the states the excise tax on fishing tackle and fire arms for fish and game purposes keeping the fish and game department from becoming a political football and increasing the faculties facilities for raising fish so that the lakes and streams can be adequately stocked at the meeting of the executive committee comm attee ray E carr of richfield was re appointed executive secretary and thomas W jensen jenae of mt lit pleasant was named held field representative for the year |