| Show I Paid executive seen as Chamber takes steps toward long-hoped for project For a number of years the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce has been talking about a paid executive secretary or with little having come from the except Always- the question of how to finance the idea stopped real and so it has been mostly hoping and then it might not be too long until a paid executive will be on the job trying to sell many ideas of promoting the Western end of Uintah County and all of Duchesne Approximately 20 people met last Friday night at the Roosevelt City Hall following a call from Chamber President Calvin Kowallis where each one had an opportunity to be heard ion the the Roosevelt Chamber of Com merce take the lead in acquiring a paid executive for the areas mentioned PRESIDENT Kowallis ed the executive committee of the Chamber had had several meetings on the proposition and were very encouraged that the plan is about ready for He made a brief and then opened the meeting for discussion with each being express his MAYOR MERLIN Sullivan of Roosevelt City responded to a question as to whether the City could offer financial by stating that he had no right to make a commitment one way or another without consultation with the He was very encouraging and enthusiastic that this is a positive step forward and much good for the entire area would He urged the Chamber to keep the heat and not become discouraged if it did not move as fast as it The mayor felt certain that the city would have a legal right to iset up an item in their budget that could be used for assisting such a project He re-See page 10 r y sH GOES TO FRANCE Accepting a call to serve as missionary in the East French mission for the Church Is Miss Eleanor BYU and native of Chamber from page 11 viewed several areas such as fin executive could move into and perhaps bring business to the REPRESENTING the Duchesne County Commissioners was William who had about the same feelings about the county's financial support as did the He did say he felt the county could not afford to shy away from supporting such an and he urged the Chamber to move forward suggesting that the idea become Ernest general manager of the Moon Lake Electric offered encourage-ment to the idea and reported his company felt It could make a good Investment in the area by increasing its Mont superintendent of the Uintah Power and Light also stated his board of directors were most sympathetic to the project and would lend additional aid in the way of higher LEO newly appointed superintendent of the Moon Lake water users was asked to give his views relating to getting help from the water users to finance such a He could only offer encouragement and individual support He made an observation that when Duchesne County creates a conservancy it could be possible that the executive manager of the organization could easily be named as secretary of the conservancy This plan is used in Vernal and Uintah County where the Chamber manager is also the secretary of the THE ended with a firm decision to press forward and committees will be formed to meet with leaders in other communities to enlist their support in making the program one of area-wide |
