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Show Harold Tipp etSs Is Davis Planner Again planner working directly under Mr. Tippetts, according to the commission. Mr. Tippetts was first appointed Davis County surveyor sur-veyor in 1953 to fill an unex- ill By GARY R. BLODGETT FARMINGTON Harold J. Tippetts. who served as surveyor sur-veyor and planner for Davis County several years ago, has been appointed county planner plan-ner by the Davis County Commission. Com-mission. MR. TIPPETTS also served as director of the State Parks Department for 10 years and for the past two years was director of the Provo-Jordan River Parkway Authority. He resigned this position Jan. I and began his new job as county coun-ty planner last Monday. "I'm pleased to be coming back home and to assume the county planningjob," said Mr. Tippetts. "It brings back fond memories and I'm looking forward for-ward to the challenges that will come with the new position." HE WILL succeed Joe Moore who resigned as county planner to accept a similar position with West Valley City. Acting planner, Albert Cole, who has directed office procedures for the past several months, will become assistant pired term. He was then elected twice to that position before being named planner. "I WAS BOTH surveyor and planner for about a year before the jobs were separated and I served the following six years as county planner," he said. "I served the county II years in the two positions before be-fore accepting a position as a commissioner with the State Parks and Recreation Department." Depart-ment." Mr. Tippetts was named planner and associate director of State Parks in 1964 and assisted in the planning and development de-velopment of the statewide master recreation plan. IN 1968, he was named director of the Great Salt Lake Authority, shortly before the organization was phased out. At the same time, he remained as director of state parks. The following year, in 1969. he was appointed director of State Parks, a position he held for ten years. During the last two years he has served as directoi of the Provo-Jordan River Parkway Authority. A LONGTIME resident of Farmington, Mr. Tippetts served a four-year term on the Farmington City Council. He has been active in several sever-al civic and church activities and twice served as president of the Farmington Lions Club. He also served as chairman of the Farmington City Planning Commission, was treasurer of the Davis County Fair Board, and a member of the Davis County Recreation Board. HE HAS served on the executive ex-ecutive board of the Great Salt Lake Council of Boy Scouts of America and is recipient of the coveted Silver Beaver award in scouting. A member of the LDS Church, he served as E! lers Quorum president. YMMIA stake president, Davis and Farmington Stake High Council, Coun-cil, and stake Sunday School Presidency. HE IS MARRIED to the former for-mer Lorela Sorensen and they have four married children and ten grandchildren. He and his wife reside at 1288 North Main, Farmington. HAROLD J. TIPPETTS |