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Show Cowbelles Select Verl Whiting Father of Year Verl Whiting, Springville contractor, has been selected by the Cowbelles as the candidate candi-date from this city for the All American Father of the Year. Announcement was made at the organization's annual banquet ban-quet Saturday evening, attended attend-ed by more than a hundred Springville Cattlemen and their wives. Father of two daughters and two sons, Verl is described as a typical American husband and father, active in civic, church and educational projects. pro-jects. He was born in Springville and has made his home here always. His parents are Beulah Whiting and the late J. W. Whiting. Following in the footsteps of his father, who was one of the well-known Springville contrac-(Continued contrac-(Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) I --, , :! A ? s , . I 1 1 j Verl Whiting, named Father of the Year by Springville Cowbelles. Cowbelles Select Father of Year (Continued from Page One) tors, Verl is secretary-treasurer of the Whiting-Haymo;id contracting con-tracting firm. He received the Distinguished Distinguish-ed Service Award as the most outstanding young man in Springville in 1945. At that time he had worked as chairman chair-man of the United War Fund and was chairman of the post war planning committee which sought jobs for returning servicemen. ser-vicemen. He was also a second lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol Pa-trol and served on the Third ward Building Committee when the new church was built. Verl has been active in scout work practically his entire en-tire life, presently serving as a troop committeeman. He served as president of the Jaycees some years ago and more recently as president of the Pony League, recreational project for young boys. He has also been working with the Cub Scouts and has served as PTA president. He was a member mem-ber of the board which helped to initiate the Eldred Sunset Manor, Utah county building project. He is presently serving as a counselor in the Fourth ward bishopric. With his wife Pat, daughters daugh-ters Sydna, 18; Patricia 7; David Da-vid 15 and Wendell, 11, he resides re-sides at 339 East Third North Street. |