Shirley K. Daniels, along with Chester Hartman, Edward Holder, and Edward Conklin, formulated a plan to organize a cooperative. They held their first meeting on January 11, 1938, and with the assistance of George Stewart, a young attorney from Roosevelt, and Zella Rust (Bennion) as bookkeeper, and following Utah State Statutes, they formed the necessary nonprofit corporation.

Shirley K. Daniels, along with Chester Hartman, Edward Holder, and Edward Conklin, formulated a plan to organize a cooperative. They held their first meeting on January 11, 1938, and with the assistance of George Stewart, a young attorney from Roosevelt, and Zella Rust (Bennion) as bookkeeper, and following Utah State Statutes, they formed the necessary nonprofit corporation.