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Show Local man, entomology expert, delegate to meet in Australia n a story which appeared in ,,, Norman, Okla. newspaper June 8, tells in part of the t record of success attained by former Mapleton man, Dr. 5 Cluff E- HPla whose wife is the former Moyra Ullock of springville. He is how associate '! Drofessor of zoology at the University at Norman. The v item states that Dr. Hopla, i; attend the 11th Inter national Congress of Entom-' Entom-' oogy at Vienna, Austria, Aug-J Aug-J t n-25 as the official dele gate of the Entomological Society of America and deliver two papers. One paper will be on the Natural history of Tularemia in Alaska, a subject which has taken him into the Brooks range, the Bering strait of Alaska each summer for the past four years, and the other paper will be on ticks of Southwestern South-western United States. Before going to Austria, he will spend two weeks studying fleas at the British Soological museum at Tring, a town approximately ap-proximately 30 miles from London. He said the museum has a collection of Mosquitos second to none in the world. Dr. Hopla is now in Alaska doing research work, ac-compained ac-compained by two students, Dennis Trent of the BYU Provo, another from Sallisaw, Okla. They are studying the feeding habits of arctic and Emma and Gloria take' a trip to New Orleans and other points in the south. Frank Sanford is spending a few days in California visiting visit-ing his son Dee Sanford and wife and baby in Menlo Park, and also a son Glen Sanford and wife and family in Los Angeles. sub-arctic mosquitoes. According to the article, Dr. Hopla will investigate the ability of the mosquito to transmit several types of virus including sleeping sickness. The Wright Development Center of Dayton, Ohio recently awarded Hopla a $15,414 grant to finance a mosquito study. He said that arrangements have been made to bring a colony of mosquitos back to the University at Norman so study could be continued through thr-ough the winter according to the article. Dr. Hopla, a graduate of the Springville high school, received his B. A. and Masters from the BYTJ and his Ph. D from the University of Kansas. His wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Ullock of this city and their daughter Emma, a teacher in Salt Lake and Miss Gloria Langston also of Salt Lake left this week to visit the Hoplas and their three children in Norman. Mr. and Mrs. Ullock Ul-lock will stay there while |
