Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 7

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Vol. 1, No. 7
THE   HILLTOPPER
May 21,   1954  Page  1
WAKE UP NEIGHBORS!
Almost two hundred years ago
Paul Revere made his famous ride
through the New England country
side shouting, "Wake up the British are coming". Today I shout
Wake Up Neighbors. Following
Paul Revere's warning, the early
settlers picked up their muskets
and went out to fight a war that
led to our independence. Today let
each of us pick up our pens and
circle May the 26th on our calendars. That is the day that each
property owner has a chance to
find out first hand what the new
proposed zoning changes mean to
us. The first public meeting will
be held at Manuel Training High
School May 26th at 7:30 P.M.
Last Wednesday Mr. George
Nez, Assistant Planning Director
talked before the monthly luncheon
meeting of the Real Estate Board.
From the trend of his first comments on the proposed zoning
changes, the planning board is taking a very firm stand that the
changes are best regardless of
what different communities want,
or how it affects the value of our
property, we are to go meekly
along with the idea.
Nov/ my idea of a democracy is
that we all have a voice in our
own government. How many of the
property owners in this neighborhood have been asked for their desires in this matter? There has
been a large group of citizens
working on this new zoning change
and—maybe this new change is
the best they could think up—but
why go to the trouble to change
something that has been satisfactory to all of us since 1925 when
this neighborhood was first zoned.
Maybe they were not influenced
by Big Money, but neither did they
think of all the small property
owners along Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth, or Thirteenth
Avenues, who have bought property or held on to property for one
reason, that it was in a commercial
zone. Is it right that one man or
a group of men can meet at the
City Hall and with a few strokes
of a pen wipe out half the valuation of the property in the neighborhood ? That is just what can
happen if each one of us do not get
out of our easy chair and forget
about that favorite TV program or
book or what ever we do at 7:30
on Wednesday evenings, and get
ourselves up to Manuel Training
High School on May the 26th.
Lets Co-operate
The other day I was in one of
our neighborhood stores when a
young man came in looking for a
pair of sox. He was very sorry to
bother but he had been downtown
and had bought everything he
needed but forgot the sox. In conversation with the merchant I
learned that is quite a common situation. Now don't you think that
is kind of a left handed approach
to a shopping problem. Wouldn't
it be simpler to shop in the neighborhood for the things you need,
and then go downtown only if you
can't find them.
Did you ever stop to think, how
inconvenient it would be if you
HAD to go downtown for every little purchase you now make in the
neighboroood. If there was no grocery around the corner that you
could send the youngster to, for a
loaf of bread or a quart of milk
that you forgot when doing your
shopping, no drug store in the
neighborhood to pick up razor
blades or cigarettes. If that were
the case we would really walk a
mile for a Camel.
Now these neighborhood merchants are in business as much for
you as for themselves so if you
don't take advantage of their services you both lose.
Another New Neighbor
I have always said that in this
business I don't make much money
but I meet the nicest people, and
this week has been no exception.
Today I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. H. J. Barrows, of 1630
Ogden. Mr. Barrows a former furniture maker is now engaged in
making miniature overstuffed furniture. These pieces serve as pin
cushions and under the hinged
seat is a space for the sewing
kit. They are also used for doll
furniture or pieces for the whatnot shelf. Since starting this as a
hobby he now has pieces in 25
states. If you are looking for an
unusual gift contact Mr. Barrows.
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