Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-02 | Page 7 | Temple Square Tourist Time

Guides Conduct 7000 Daily Temple Square Tourist Time of tha church, local and state Information. In-formation. A good part of each guide's time Is taken up la answering an-swering questions for tourists' who come from countries throughout tha world. Gates to Temple square ara open dally from :S0 a.m. to 30 p.m. or later, if crowds warrant. Already this summer tourists visiting Temple square average approximately 7000 persona daily and ths total will climb ateadlly to about 10,000 persona daily at ths height of the tourist season. To accommodate these tourists, tour-ists, spproxlmately S3 members of ths Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Balnta serve without pay aa guides, Each spends sa average of two hours a week In that capacity. During that time, guide tours leave tha bureau of Information starting at T a.m. and until at least t p.m. Until I p.m. tours ara scheduled each half hour and ara conducted each hour , after that time. Special tours also arc arranged, ar-ranged, so tha average dally number of tours totals 38, according ac-cording to Richard L. Evans, member of the L D S first council coun-cil of seventy and president of ths Temple Square mission, Ths guides ara selected cm re-full re-full y. They come from nearly every walk of life: housewives, doctors, attorney a, professors, salesmen, jewelers and students, as well as others. . During tha tours, ths -guides explain tha buildings, church history, distinguishing doctrine HMaieaMHHMMa.wHaej- w"a T'v4WVMM9?." -i ' -. j 0- 1 1 i ' . :' 1 ! !- ... ; Shows Sl-.Sts to Thousancis cf Visitors 1 Arrb L. Maeteea aaaUtl aa Saht Laaa City eark week trasa areve as aa as a leasees ssaatrs gaaaa. I Ha aad aneroiunaaely M arhe guMes sieve withes with-es pa le line, as aaaaaaaaas ad tsarlaM Sail.