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Show 1947 WAS SOUTHEAST'S BIGGEST, MOST PROSPEROUS, EVENTFUL YEAR Year-Long Program of Events Gave Residents Outstanding Celebrations Through 1947 No matter how you look at it, 1947 was a wonderful year. With all the headaches of high prices, shortages here and there, housing at premium, foreign relief problems, high taxes and all, there were still enough bright-side things about old man '47 to more than offset the darker side. For Utahns, especially, 1947 was a year of triumph. We had the spotlight on us practically throughout the year and we gave a most commendable performance perform-ance from all reports. Southeast Salt Lake shared in the glory. It was a big year for us, never bigger. Here are some of the highlights, as seen in thp ras-ps of The Bulletin . . . 1947 Progress Fund . . . Sponsored Spon-sored by the Sugar House Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce the first annual progress fund was the fu-st undertaking un-dertaking of the local community at year's beginning. Under the leadership of chairman Lee W Dalebout the drive was brought to a successful finish, with enough money collected to enable en-able the Chamber to conduct its eminently successful year-long program of events. New Businesses . . . From the outset, energetic businessmen moved into the southeast community. com-munity. In January four outstanding out-standing firms announced their ottio in thp area at a million dollar collection of Winifred Wini-fred Kimball Hudnut at the proposed pro-posed state park on the .old prison site. Polio Drive Successful . . . southeasterners again backed the March of Dimes generously in their annual drive. M. L. "Bud" Brain announced early that the drive was a success. lied Cross Drive "Over Top" . . . Ray D. Free, chairman of the drive, announced on April 4 that southeasterners were over the top in their solicitations agai". this year. Best Lighted Streets in Utah ... in April the Chamber of cost of approximately $1,000,000. At the first of the year the proposed pro-posed $750,000 shopping center to be built in the future at the intersection of 21st South, 23rd East and Parley's Way was announced an-nounced by Mrs. Ethel R. Clements. Clem-ents. Next week Erick and Carl Peterson announced their plans to open a $65,000 drive-in theater at 3500 East 33rd South. Later in the month Dunford Bread Company opened a new $10,000 bakery and retail store at 1557 Stratford. On January 31 the owners of the Redman Van and Storage informed southeastern-. southeastern-. ers of its plan to construct a five-story $160,000 storage building build-ing in the spring. As the year grew on many other new businesses bus-inesses opened up from paint stores, to drive-ins to camera shops. State Park . . ,. January, 1947, found southeasterners every- . where excited at the progress oi the now-famous "Senate Bill 20' : through the various phases be- Commerce. announced to south-easterners south-easterners the plans for developing devel-oping street lighting in the community. com-munity. A modern white way extending from 9th South to 13th East on 21st South, and from Hollywood Ave. to Simpson on 11th East has been approved by the Chamber lighting committee. Founders Day Celebration . . . starting off the series of very sucessful community celebrations, celebra-tions, the Founders Day festiv- ' ities drew hundreds of people to Sugar House to see the clever window displays in the business houses. Winners of the displays: Granite Furniture Co., Ray Nil-son's Nil-son's and La Rie Dress Shop. Free Parking Lots . . . leading the city in acting on its traffic congestion problem, Sugar House, through the action of its farsighted Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, made use of its available vacant lots near the business area and used them for parking areas. Large signs designating the areas were constructed the fore it became law. Prominent local leaders in this project were bill chairman, Sen. Grant Midg-ley, Midg-ley, John C. Barnes and Horace A. Sorensen. The magnitude of this project to the people of the southeast, as well as all Utahns, cannot be fully realized at this time. It may well be the birth of a new era. The bill was made law March 12, 1947, when Gov. Herbert B. Maw affixed his signature sig-nature to it. On the Culture Front . Throughout the early months of 1947 drama, music and the arts flourished in the community. The Granite Arts Association presented many programs of outstanding quality and variety, much to the pleasure of hundreds hun-dreds of local townsfolk. The LDS stakes were active as usual. us-ual. "The Visitor," presented by East Mill Creek Stake played to capacity houses during Febru- first of May. In June, the lots were lighted and surfaced by the Chamber of Commerce. "Sugar House Nite" . . . May 16 was one of the BIG nights in Sugar House history when the community played host to all Salt Lake. The event was a smashing success. The first "Miss Sugar House" and her attendants at-tendants were selected from a bevy of local lovelies. Each queen contestant was sponsored by a local organization or individual. Winners were: Queen Louise Woodward (McGhie), Nancy Schwartz and Helen Edling (Moffatt). At the gala open-house-fas'hion show an estimated estimat-ed 20,000 people jammed the plaza, streets and stores of Sugar Su-gar House between the hours of 7-11 p.m. Gifts and prizes worth hundreds of dollars were awarded award-ed at the celebration. Plaza Beautified by BPW . . . In earlv June the local Kiisinwa ary. On Feb. 21 The Bulletin announced the foundation of the Utah Museum of Art, with Horace Hor-ace A. Sorensen elected as its first vice president. The plans of the group included the building build-ing of a museum to house the and Professional Women's Club started work on a project to clean up the plaza and restore it to its intended loveliness. Sidewalks Side-walks were torn up and sod put in; unsightly signs and benches, railings, wires, etc., were removed. re-moved. Finishing touches to the program were completed in October. Oc-tober. East Mill Creek July 4th Events . . . The people of East Mill Creek went all out for their colorful 4th of July celebration. An all-day program was carried off with marked success. King Michael Tischner and Queen Dixie Homer were crowned. SUP Nauvoo Trekkers Plaza Celebration . . . On July 22 one of the biggest daytime celebrations celebra-tions in local history was held at the plaza in honor of the SUP group who made the trip from Nauvoo to Salt Lake. Hailed as "the best" celebration by the trekkers themselves, such dignitaries dig-nitaries as LDS President George Albert Smith, Gov. Herbert B. Maw and Salt Lake Mayor Earl J. Glade joined S. H. Chamber President Ray Nilson and the committee in making the occasion occa-sion a memorable one. Another estimated crowd of 20,000 was on hand. Sugar House Police Force Brought to Full Strength . . . With the addition of the twelfth man to the local force, full strength of the local force was achieved in early August. Commissioner Com-missioner L. C. Romney came out on Aug. 8 to make it official. Lt. Chas. J. Larson, local head, wast commended for his efficient effi-cient police division. Thousands View Furniture Show . . . Every available park-Continued park-Continued on Page 8 the first time in his life and really enjoys it. However, he'll have no truck whatsoever with this modern jazz. That is also nis greatest complaint with radio. He does enjoy the radio for the most part, however. He likes the mystery programs especially. He has always enjoyed reading, but lately has given it up as a major recreation for two reasons: rea-sons: no time and his eyes are not in too good shape these days. We wears tri-focal glasses. John Grubb joined the Modern Mod-ern Woodmen of the World in West Virginia in 1919 and is still a member, though not so active as he was a few years back. His philosophy of life is simple, honest. He says: "Just like most other people, I take it as it comes." In politics he admits ad-mits that he has always been a Democrat, but "may change any one of these days." He likes a good western movie once in a while. Three Children Mr. and Mrs. Grubb have three children, two boys and a girl. Donley C. 27, is living in Los Angeles where he is in the electrical elec-trical appliance business. John C, Jr-, 23, is married and is employed em-ployed at the Utah Clutch Exchange. Ex-change. The youngest, Virginia, 16, is a student at East High. She is widely known for her various var-ious talents as a drum major-' major-' ette, piano player, dancer and singer. Needless to say, Poppa is very proud of her. 1947 Continued from Page 1 ing space on the streets and in the parking lots was taken early on the evening of Oct. 15 when the Furniture Style Show was held. The local furniture salons played host to hordes of style-conscious style-conscious people who thronged to Sugar House, with charming displays and a variety of entertainment. enter-tainment. Holladay Lions' Kids Party . . Hallowe'en 1047 was a marked success because of public-spirited groups like the Holladay Lions who gave the children and Teen Agers of their community a festive Hallowe'en party on the big night. Over 1200 persons were reported to be in attendance. attend-ance. Month-Long Xnias Celebration . . . The largest crowds ever stormed to Sugar House during the Christmas season to shop and to visit the two Santa Clauses (one real, the other a mechanical laughing Santa). Over 100 local business houses cooperated with the Christmas committee and added colored lights to their window displays. By unofficial estimate Christmas 1947 was the most prosperous in the history of Sugar House. Record crowds jammed the stores daily. |