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Show p 2 SOUTH EAST INDEPENDENT Sugar House, Utah Thursday, Jan. 31, 1957 Editorial Page ... for those, who, in a period of moral crises, maintain their neutrality." The other day, some of us leglislators were discussing this impor-tant issue of Urban Renewal which is facing us, and one of them told of how he had single-handed- ly instituted a "renewal" program in his neighborhood, just by example. He told how he had brought an old run-dow- n hom.e in an old neighborhood. And how he had gone to work on the old place, refurnished it inside and out. Then he went to work on the back yard which was overrun with weeds and refuse. When he had cleaned it up, the neighbor on one side came to him and suggested that they go together on the installation of a new fence. This they did. Then the neighbor on the other side told my friend how embarassed he was about an old broken-dow- n garage and the condition of his yard. The result: the old garage was torn down, a new one built, the yard cleaned up, and that neighbor too cooperated on a new fence on that side of my friend's property. All this because one person was willing to do a little bit more! Edmund Burke hit the nail on the head when he said: "Allthat is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." With these three principles in mind a willingness to think and talk affirmatively, willingness to meet and discuss your common problems with others, and willingness to take on your share (and more) of responsibility cooperation can become a reality in your community or your organization if most of the members are willing to practice them. I close with a great quotation from Carl Sandburg's REMEM-BRANCE ROCK. "For we know when a nation goes down and never comes back, when a society or a civilization perishes, one condition may always be found. They forgot where they came from. "They lost sight of what brought them along. The hard begin-nings were forgotten and the struggles farther along. They became satisfied with themselves. "Unity and common understanding there had been, enough to overcome rot and dissolution, enough to break through their obstacles. "But the mockers came. And the deniers were heard. And vision and hope faded. And the custom of greeting became 'What's the use?' "And men whose forefathers would go anywhere, holding noth-ing impossible in the genius of man, joined the mockers and deniers. They forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along." REMEMBRANCE ROCK, Carl Sandburg (1948) D. James Cannon "Cooperation As Practiced In Sugar, House" Talk giren at Utah Vocational Assn. Convention, January 26, 1957 By D. JAMES CANNON Executive Secretary, Sugar House Chamber of Commerce If this talk today is going to be worthwhile, each one of you will have to think along with me on this subject of cooperation, and seek to apply its principles in your own community or organization. We have a motto in Sugar House which goes like this: We must have Unity in the Community ... if we don't get it, we'll have Hysteria in the Area. There is a little humor there, but also a tremendous amount of truth; and so we live by that slogan. Did you ever take the time to look at the history of your com-munity to see what its beginnings were like? We've done that in Sugar House, and found that our community was founded on the principle of cooperation, and cooperation has been its guiding princi-ple ever since. In 1954 we celebrated the Centennial of Sugar House with a big banquet held in "North Sugar House," which in this case was Hotel Utah, and at that time we published a history of the com-munity. On April 23, 1854, there was a meeting of LDS members to choose a name for their ward. Margaret T. McMeans "Ma" Smoot, the wife of A. O. Smoot, who later served as mayor of Salt Lake and mayor of Provo, stood up and suggested the name Sugar House, in honor of the sugar mill then being constructed a few rods away on the banks of Parleys Creek. That mill was the first attempt to manufacture beet sugar in America. Now let me tell you a secret: it never did produce sugar only molasses. But it did serve a great purpose. It was the beginning of what is now a great industry in this whole western area. After John Taylor, Philip De La Mare and other pioneer leaders had gone to all the work of buying machinery in Europe, shipping it to New Orleans, up the Mississippi and then over the plains on heavy wagons, and after numerous trials of setting it up in a new building near Parleys Creek, then they couldn't get that factory to produce honest-to-goodne- ss sugarl Out of that initial disappointment, however, history shows us that the cooperative spirit of that enterprise laid the foundation for not only the community of Sugar House, but this great common-wealth. Not only was Sugar House the scene of the first sugar mill, but these other "firsts": flour mill; paper mill; bucket, churn, tub and barrel factory; nail factory; woolen and carding mills; cotton gin; glass button factory; iron foundry; chemical and powder works; match factory; and tannery. All these early enterprises demanded cooperation. Our new governor, George D. Clyde, frequently tells how the pioneers came into this region with only brain and brawn, and a few rough tools, and look what they accomplished with cooperation! And think what we could accomplish with our wonderful technology if we practiced cooperation in the same way. To practice it we must understand that the keynote of coopera-tion is the individual. Unless each one of us does his part, and a little bit more, willingly, conscientiously, without waiting for the other fellow, cooperation will be merely a byword and not an accom-plishment. Please remember the importance of the individual. A few days ago we heard a talk .on the subject of Urban Renewal, wherein the speaker made the point that "slums are peo-ple," in other words, we could take people out of slums and put them in nice new housing, and they would soon make slums out of it. I do not share that speaker's gloomy view about people. I believe human attitudes can be changed. However, his statement points up the importance of the individual so we must begin with him. There are three important elements of cooperation which I have noted many, many times in our Sugar House endeavors. , 1. Willingness to think and talk affirmatively about your com-munity or organization. Here's a negative example: One. day I was trying to find a certain business in a community here in Salt Lake valley, so I stopped in a store in that community to ask for information. It wasn't more than a few moments of conversation with the store owner that he had convinced me that that community was a terrible place. Because he was so busy telling me about his awful town, I didn't get the information I needed, so I stopped in another store. There, I get the same "pitch." It didn't take me long to see that this was what was wrong with their town. By contrast, I want to show you this small satin bag of Sugar. This little bag, with a label on top, is what we give visitors to our Sugar House Rotary Club each week. The label at the top says: "Sugar House . . . the sweetest place under the sun." That's what I mean when I say we should think and talk affirmatively of our com-munity. If each one of us would really get to know our community, we'd find plenty of good in it to talk about. 2. Willingness to put your knees under the table with others to discuss your common problems. We have our failings in Sugar House, but this is one thing we do well. We have learned that nothing succeeds unless we work out our plans around the table, where every person is urged to speak freely, and the emphasis is on ideas, no matter how foolish they may seem sometimes. One day a couple of men stood on a street corner in Sugar House, discussing ways to promote some additional business. They got the kernel of an idea to use sugar as a sales "gimmick" because it tied in naturally with the name of the community. So a meeting was called; more ideas flowed in, and as a result, "Sugar Days in Sugar House" was born. It is one of the most successful retail pro-motions in the United States. 3. Willingness to take on your share of responsibility. Remember what I said about the keynote of cooperation being the individual? And that each individual must do his part, and a little bit more? Dante put it this way: "The hottest places in Hell are reserved IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH KAREN J. TRICE SANDS, Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT LEWIS SANDS, Defendant NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of OTTO W. ANDERSON, Deceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at 1062 East 21st South, Salt Lake City, Utah on or before the 10th day of June, A.D. 1957. O. SHERMAN ANDERSON. Ad-ministrator of the Estate of Otto W. Anderson, Deceased. Date of first publication Janu-ary 31, A.D. 1957. CHILD & SPAFFORD Attorneys for Administrator 1062 E. 21st South Salt Lake City 6, Utah NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM S3IITII, De-ceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at the office of W. Douglas Allen, Sentinel Bldg-.- , 2121 South State, Salt Lake City, Utah on or before the 30th day of March, A.D. 1957. W. DOUGLAS ALLEN, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of William Smith, Deceased. Date of first publication January 17, A.D. 1957. W. DOUGLAS ALLEN Attorney for Executor 2121 South State Salt Lake City, Utah Editorial... The legislative mills on both the Federal and State levels are busily engaged in formulating laws and procedures to govern us for a while to come. Just so- - that it won't be entirely overlooked we should like to go on record as approving two proposed amendments to the Fed-eral Constitution. One is amendment 23 addressed to the proposition that the "basic and fundamental law of our land might recognize the Master Arch-itect, Creator, and Builder of the Universe, the Almighty God, who hung out the stars and lit the burn-ing taper of the sun and draped the glorious rainbow as a scarf about the shoulders of the storm; and also to the further end that there may be recognized in that same Constitution Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Universal Savior of all mankind." It was thus, in part, that the Honorable Eugene Siler described the reason for his resolution. He went on to quote two famous passages from King James: "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" and "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." Many people believe that t the greatest deficiency of our present Constitution lies in its failure to recognize specifically God Al-mighty and America's definite position as a great Christian na-tion. The proposed amendment in no way infringes upon the church-stat- e separation tradition of our government. The second amendment we be-lieve to be good is contained in the resolution sponsored by Senator Bridges of New Hampshire, Sen-ator Byrd of Virginia and Senator Curtis from Nebraska. It proposes that the Executive present a bal-anced budget, with a further re-quirement that Congress could not adjourn or recess for more than three days without the passage of a balanced budget except in time of a declared war or a national emergency. We are all aware that we are $274 billion dollars in debt which is greater indebtedness than all the other governments of the world put together. Payed off at a billion a year would take 274 years with a plus of 8 million a year interest. This nation would have to exist 93 years longer than its total life so far to square to toll. Except for grave national emer-gencies there is no excuse for an unbalanced budget. We believe the government should look upon a balanced budget as more than a mere matter of bookkeeping fig-ures. We believe the government has a duty to maintain the integ-rity of the dollar. This resolution therefore has great potential good so far as the future welfare of this Nation is concerned. Drop a line to your representa-tives and senators letting them know how you feel about these two very important resolutions lead-ing to Constitutional amendments to increase our safety as individual citizens of this great Republic. SUMMONS Civil No. 109550 THE15TATE OF UTAH TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Douglas R. Pike, Plaintiff's attorney, whose address is 1241 East Whitlock Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah, an answer to the complaint within 20 days after service of this summons upon you. If you fail so to do, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief de-manded in said complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court, and a copy of which is hereto annexed and herewith served upon you. This is an action of divorce. Dated August 13, 1956, DOUGLAS It. PIKE Attorney for Plaintiff 1241 E. Whitlock Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah Pub: dates: January 31, February 7, 14 and 21, 1957. NOTICE OF SALE 0 WINDER IRRIGATION COMPANY 2495 Green Street Salt Lake City, Utah NOTICE that there are delinquent upon the following described shares of stock, on account of assessment levied on the 30th day November, 1956, the several amount set opposite the name of the respective shareholders as follows: Certificate No. Name of Stockholder Shares Amount 122 A. W. Clark ' 2 $2.00 61 Selina Ingebretsen 4 4.00 123 Frank Gill l 1.00 232 John Lockyer 4 4.00 158 John Robertson 5 5.00 157 Fredrick Smith '. 6 6.00 . 156 J. W. Smith 6 6.00 199 J. w. Smith 3 3.00 226 Kenneth Spakman 2 , 2.00 207 W. C. Walton 3 3.00 and in accordance with the law and the order of the board of directors made on the 26th day of October, 1956, so many shares of each parcel of stock as may be necessary, will be sold at the office of the secretary and treasurer, 2495 Green Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 2nd day of February, 1957, at 10:00 o'clock A.M. to pay the delinquent assess-ments thereon, together with the cost of advertising and expense of sale. - JOSEPH M. WRIGHT, Secretary-Treasur- er Published in South East Independent: Jan. 10, 17, 24 and 31, 1957. SOUTH EAST INDEPENDENT 1123 East 21st South Dial IN 32 Or HU 61 The South East Independent is enter-ed as Second Class Matter March 1, 1946, in Salt Lake City Post Office under the oct of March 3, 1879. It is published each Thursday morning. South East Independent is published by The News Bulletin, Inc., and Sugar House Press, Inc., at 1123 E. Twenty-Firs- t South St.. Sugar House, Utah. 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