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re,ec-nditheofre-ultith.Ja-onur-2-Lane Paved Highway to Santiagio Pealc Will Be AdvocatedFinal plans have been'completedifor the “Jeepalcade” through the ^Cleveland National Forest, south of Corona, this Sunday by the Recreation Committee of the Corona Chamber of Commerce. Committee chairman Doyle Ole-son said today that interest in the -trip has been “exceptionally keen'*. Oply - men have been In vitedjto irjake the trip. The group, will include representatives of the Chamber Board of Directors, committee chairmen, City Council, Realty Board, Board of Supervisors, Press he I and other persons interested in the development of the Cleveland Forest area. iThe Chamber project is being planned to draw attention to the recreational poesibilities of the forest, inasmuch as recreational areas in Southern California are inadequate Jit present.as-ndm-It-?n-dees-byor-}p-:es-illdendhordininneierveliedofedngra. According to Oleson, the Chamber will ask Congress for funds to improve Skyline Drive to a two-lane, paved, all-year highway. Hundreds of family-size camping grounds could be built if road facilities were improved.. The Corona Chamber. of Commerce was instrumental in the building of Skylrne Drive 30 years ago, according to Roscoe Johnson, who was president of the organization while the road was being constructed. Johnson, who will be with the group making the trip Sunday, was on the first Chamber trip up Skyline Drive, made at its completion in 1924. The Chamber spent over $2,000 in its campaign to have the winding road built 30 years back.While the 1924 caravan went only to the top of Skyline Drive, this year’s trip will continue to Santiago Peak for a barbecue and then continue to the Ortega Highway near Elsinore. This route will take the.H3oronn,civi(rgroupthrough:tlie ._tejy_ undeveloped » cecrea:-$1 area' of fhe'Creveland. The trip is being planned with the cooperation of District Ranger *Sam Munhall of Santa Ana.-J*3|-1IIt-tc[t
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Corona Daily Independent
Corona, California, US
Wed, Jul 21, 1954
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