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Show 'IN MY OPINION . . This is the first in a series of articles written by south-easterners south-easterners who have something to say. "In My Opinion . . ." is jnst that the opinions of the guest editors on a subject near and dear to his heart. No Tiolds are barred. The Bulletin is a i readers' newspaper. We respect your opinion, whether we agree with it or not. Our first guest editor is Samuel J. Nicholes, twice president presi-dent of the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce, and a man long active in civic affairs in this area. Any questions or arguments, agreements or dissentions may be sent to the editor of The Bulletin. He will forward them to the guest editor. The Editor. - From a time when the minds of those now living "runneth not to the contrary," Sugar House has been a busy, bustling, thriving cross-roads. First with the general merchandise store; the hitching-post, dust, mud, wagons, horses and buggies; now, with wide arterial highways, automobiles, smart ultramodern specialty shops. "Time marches on," and Sugar House, with its business and residential sections reaching outward and upward up-ward is moving along with it. Besides a name that arrests attention and invites' curiosity, Sugar House has a natural advantage nestling as it does at the very portal of the main thoroughfare through the rugged mountains moun-tains to the world beyond. All those who would enter or leave the valley of the "Great Salt Lake" from the east must always take Sugar House into account in making their calculations. As if this special gift of location were not enough, extra endowments en-dowments have "been added by way of a rich, highly productive, produc-tive, surrounding farm area, interspersed with a railroad, country coun-try estates, recreational clubs, publje parks and public institutions. insti-tutions. And, now, with the curve of her good fortune- still ascending, she awakes, like one from a dream, not yet quite realizing the fact that overnight, almost, she has become the gateway to Utah's unexcelled "Wonderland of Winter Sports." The increased growth of the southeast section of the city surrounding Sugar House indicates its advantages are known , among those who desire to build homes and raise families. ' With a full realization of its greatest development on a population pop-ulation and commerce basis it is, now, rated Utah's second city. It will be a metropolis within its own right, and the time is not far distant when Sugair House will be designated the "New City" to distinguish it from the older part of the city. With its material growth secured, the soul of the place must be brought up to date. Without further delay a cultural backdrop back-drop must be recognized and stimulated. Sugar House must be given a classical, cultural, spiritual identity. To do this, we, its citizens, must discover something befitting to Sugar House analogous to a "Rose Carnival," a "Rodeo," a "Mardi G'ras," or "Passion Play." It must be a distinctive annual event with great possibilities, that year after year can be improved upon and developed until its uniqueness and grandeur will become be-come world renowned and attract spectators from everywhere. Just a pipe dream of the Chamber of Commerce, you might say . . . Perhaps, but if Portland, New Orleans and little Ober-ammergau Ober-ammergau can do it, so can we. All we need for a beginning Pis unity of purpose and a proper and appealing event afterwards after-wards the annual event itself will be sufficient within itself ' to create and motivate cummunity pride, unity and cooperation. We heartily solicit any and all suggestions you may offer for a greater, better and united Sugar House. SAMUEL J. NICHOLES, President Sugar House Chamber of Commerce. |
