| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME people and we re putting forth our best effort to give you peoplegood newspaper We ask your cooperation in making itsuc cess Pleasant Grove was in the path of rapid growth Work had begun onlyfew months earlier onhuge new steel plant along Utah Lake not far west of the then-tiny community Designed to meet wartime demands the 143 buildings in volved would be constructed atcost of more than 200 mil lion by 14 private companies employing at peak level over 10 000 people When placed in operation it requiredlabor force of200 Along withselected few other small towns throughout the nation Pee-Gee would face soaring population growth instant prosperity and countless problems Like its neighboring communities Pleasant Grove needed many changes and improvements in order to cope with the influx of residents The Review editorially supported various projects most prominently much needed re-routing of business area streets and construction ofsewage system Once peace returned the Review becamechampion of efforts to stimulate growth of not only Pleasant Grove but the entire Utah Valley B son-in-law Jack Pace had joined the staff in 1946 providing the publisher more time for participation in community affairs In addition to giving editorial support he was heavily involved in both the formation and the work of the Utah Valley Industrial Development Association and its counterpart Pleasant Grove Industrial Development group UVIDA accorded its Special Achievement Award to B who servedterm as its president And in the town which he now labelled home hecommemorated by the Gibson Industrial Park tribute to his work in bringing new firms to the area He was president of the Chamber of Commerce and was given life membership in the organization was elected to the City Council and for 12 years served on the board of the State Historical Society as the appointee of three successive governors Active in his church he wasHigh Priest member of the High Council and was in the ElderQuorum as well as beingleader in the Boy Scout program 529 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
