Show Gifts Go To Citizen I George D. D Becher Jr of Bountiful was named Davis County's citizen the past week during ceremonies at the Oakridge Country Club in Farmington I MR BECHER and his family family fam fam- ily By were honored at the highlight highlight highlight high high- I light event of the DC D.C. promotion which kicked I off August 1 and was joined in by all of Davis County and I its 16 communities and their Chambers of Commerce I Hosts of the affair were the i Davis County Commission and i the County Resource Development Development Develop Develop- ment Bureau THE COMMISSION estimated people in attendance at the gathering including U. U S. S Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Frank E. E Moss Utah D-Utah John Gaskill representing US U.S. Congressman Laurence A. A Burton Burton Bur- Bur ton fon Utah's R-Utah's First Congressional Congressional Congressional District Utah State Senators Haven J. J Barlow Barow and Ezra T. T Clark and Utah State Representatives J J. J Dean Hilland Hill Hilland Hilland and John P. P Redd Redd Also present were welcome wagon area representative Arlene Arlene Arlene Ar- Ar lene Gray representatives of many other civic organizations members of the Davis County Industrial Bureau Mayors of Davis County's 16 incorporated communities and Davis County County County Coun Coun- ty Commissioners Richard S. S Evans Glen Gen W. W Flint and Stanley M. M Smoot and D. D C. C Resource Development Bureau Director Earl Ear N. N King THE NAMING of the citizen according to Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner Smoot was designed to publicize the rapid and progressive progressive progressive pro pro- growth enjoyed by Davis County American Pad and PaPer Papier distributes through commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial stationers and college bookstores Its customers number over three thousand in the fifty states BECHER graduated from Duke University with a baccalaureate baccalaureate bacca bacca- laureate in 1952 and continued his education at the Massachusetts Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he also graduated with witha a baccalaureate in 1954 At i MIT he majored in Mechanical Engineering Until 1959 he was employed in the design engineering division di division division di- di vision of Esso Research and Engineering Company of Linden Linden Lin Lin- Linden den NJ He left to join the Stedman Paper Company a family owned enterprise in Holyoke Mass HE JOINED American Pad and Paper in late 1958 to serve as Branch Manager of I its new plant in North Salt Lake I He has served as President i of the Holyoke Rotary Club on the Board of the Holyoke I i YMCA and the Holyoke Visiting Visiting Visit Visit- ing Nurses Association He Heis Heis Heis Visit Visit-I is also counted as an incorporator incorporator incorporator of the Holyoke Savings Savings Savings Sav Sav- ings Bank and the Holyoke Hospital MRS JEANNE Becher is a member of the Holyoke Junior League and a native of St. St Clair Pa She and Mr Becher Bech Bech- er were married in New Jersey in 1959 where they met during the course of employment employment employ employ- ment in that state Together the reside with their year five-year old daughter daugh daugh- ter Susan at 2171 Claremont Drive in Bountiful |