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Show N e~ Committee Hopes To M- e. L. Great R . eationaf (;:enter Stewart Cosgrif.f Named Chairman of W. a - satc~ ·Outdoor Group;. Meeting to. Discuss Olympi ~Planned ·.~ .. -r.r: ' . By PHIL McLEESE 1 A definite step toward making Salt Lake City sm;.rounding territory embraced by the Wasatch est "the Winter Sports Center of Amer~c;:t", y.ras day at the chamber :Of commerce. · . At a meeting of the chamber and Jhe junior chamber of comp1erce with a number of the city's leading figures in: the sports and recreational field, the Wasatch outdoor recreatio I committee was formed. The P.l!J.'pose of this organiza~ ion, in the words of Gus P. Backman, secrirt,ary of the chamber of commerce, who presided at the mee)lng, will be -to develop the natu~ recreational facilities oi the section until they shall have'f,ecome second to none in this country. On this com~tee will be repre- , sentatives of every organization in the cooperation of the agencies . Wasatch section concerned with sports they represe~t. , . . . . . . . P . H. Goggm, commiSSioner of parks and recreatiOnal activities. lis Imme- and public property; Ray· Forsberg, diate purpose will be to develop win- of city recreation, and sev-ter sports, but the organizers 4t]mrs- other_ J?ro~inent. public figures, d . d th ho that the com- enthusiastic about the new com-ay expresse e . P: plan, i!nd assured those present rnittee would function ,hroughout the at the meeting that they would do year. everything 4l their power: to assist in s tewart Cosgriff, of the chamber of t~e development of the committee's . · program. ·_ · · · · · · · · commerce, was named charrman of Thursday's 'meeting .was held princi-the committee; Jos~h Butler, of the for the purpose ·of organizing the junior chainber, vice chairman, and . but chamber leaders have Vernon Woodhead! also of . the junior intention of seeking sev- . skating rinks ·for the citY. . or Recreat~onal promQting th!; development ~f one committee ,se,_.,e as a sort of or two winter recreational· centers in clearing h"Qtis It will coordinate the canyons. efforts of lhe ~liat organizations, ----- and dele,~~ t8 t roper groups tasks as ~ devel A mee~t~:e com:i~tee will be held in mediate fll~ure for the purpose lltlining p)jJns for the United IOJynipic ski jumping trials, re •,awaJ,'ded to the Utah Ski club. The tria~ are scheduled for March 3 <>& ~cker hill: However, the Utah Ski ~ub is a~empting to have the date 'tnoved.it 'to the latter part of :February. ' · Inaspmch -as Utih may alsQ. get all aix events of Uae regional Olympic trials, plans the down-moun-tain and events probab- ~ l_y will the meeting. M. A. of the Utah Ski the Western Ski in Utah's bid for at a meeting in Denver :sa~uJCifultlf'ti That Utah to handle all six events no doubts, and disinterested· who have 1 skied at both Brighton and Mt. Rainier, where the down-mountain Olympic finals will be helii, say that Brighton offers far superior oppor· tunities. ··• Utah agencie alr.eady ·have begun actually to clear he""way for the down mountain events. At the Thursday meeting, a re~~tion was adopted thanking CountJ"'Commissioner E. E. llowe for keeping the road clear to Br ighton. The commissioner has p romised to keep the road -to the f amous section il'l Big Cottonwood a long as possible. Olsen Present The new sup~rvisor of t Wasatch national forest, Chester J OLsen was also present at the mec~. H~ said that the of bis organization eluded winter to cooperate in ev y way possible. J. W. Stokes of the ional forester's office, and Paul . Arentz of the ate planning board, alio promised- -. -· .,- ,· I ~ .. . r |
