Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-30 | Page 7 | Quarry Work Set for Fall on Monument

Quarry Work Set for Fall On Monument Quarry work on tha monument monu-ment to be erected at Whiting-ton Whiting-ton Center, Vt, th birthplace of Brlgham Young, probably win begin early in September, according to John D. Gilea, secretary sec-retary of th Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Assn. Th association will supervise cutting of the monument and Its erection at tha request of th Brlgham Young family and George Albert Smith, president of th Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints aad president presi-dent of th association. Although a committee of . architects within th family mad plans for the monument which have been approved by th family, working drawinga are being mad la th east, Mr. Giles said. Th granite wffl b of top grade Vermont granite from Barra, Vt, he added. Donations and pledge have achieved tha 84000 goal of th family. Th LDS church will match that amount making 88000 available for th monument