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Show FORMER LOCAL ENGINEER DIES Eugene Gilbert Sullivan, 54, mining engineer for Utah Coper company at Bingham, died last Thursday in Halifax, N. S., while returning to Salt Lake City from the African gold coast, where he was employed by an English gold mining company. Well known in Utah mining circles, Mr. Sullivan first came to the state 31 years ago. After 11 years with the Utah Copper company he left for the Belgian Congo, returning here six years ago for a month's vacation. He was born May 4, 1885, in Greenland, Mich., a son of Andrew An-drew and Mary Lowney Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan has many friends in Bingham Canyon. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lora Sullivan, who was traveling travel-ing with him; a daughter, Ramo-na Ramo-na Sullivan of Salt Lake City; four sons, D. F. and Eugene G. Sullivan of this city and Donald and Davis Sullivan of Salt Lake City; a sister, Mrs. F. H. Burroughs Bur-roughs of Salt Lake City, and a half sister, Mrs. Frank Laverdure of Salt Lake City. Funeral services were conducted conduct-ed in Halifax. Mrs. Vern Jones, who underwent under-went an appendectomy at St. Mark's hospital April 24, was released re-leased from the hospital Thursday. v At the girls' posture parade in Provo at B.Y.U.'s annual track and field meet Friday and Saturday, Satur-day, Bingham high school marchers mar-chers won honors. The junior .high squad won an A rating the first day and the senior high girls won an AA rating and a trophy. Mrs. Marlowe Turpin was director. o Maurine Jensen, representing Bingham high school in the senior sen-ior high singles tennis matches at the B.Y.U. invitational meet last Friday, won first place by defeating de-feating Donna Hurgeler of Murray. Mur-ray. Miss Jensen defeated Mar-jorie Mar-jorie Crocker of Wasatch academy, aca-demy, winer in last year's semifinals. semi-finals. Odell Peterson, Bingham high school faculty member, was Miss Jensen's coach. O |