Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-10-29 | Page 6 | Westminster Dedicates New Memorial Stadium

I cm P IsM I I TrUnuM-Tltriyh Fttote Orar Veterans Aid Dedication r Flag-raising cere monies at Weatminater college atadliajn dedication are conducted by students who formerly were Is military service. They Include, from left. Lea Worley, Nick Chaff na and tutbmm Otbo. Gift of Hero's Parents j Westminster Dedicates New Memorial Stadium The Imposing new Weatminater college memorial stadium wss dedicated ded-icated Saturday at special ceremonies ceremo-nies beginning at S p m, before hundreds of spectators. A gift of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Hansen In honor of their son, Lt. Dsns Hansen, graduate of Westminster, who was killed in World War n, the stadium wss turned over to the college trustees and students by Mr. snd Mrs. Hsnsen. Students snd the slumnl were observing home-coming Saturday and climaxed their afternoon activities ac-tivities with a football game between be-tween Westminster gridders and Dixie Junior college. The new stadium has sestlng capacity for several hundred persons. per-sons. It Is beautifully landscaped st the entrance en hss a large flagpole at ths soutlh of ths field, which waa the scene of opening ceremonies-st .2 pfm. Seven college col-lege students, representing the branch of military esjrvlce In which they served during IVorld War II, conducted flag-raialfig ceremonies. Colors PaUsed The nag which aAeeorated the casket of the late Lt Qane Hansen wss raised stop the new flagpole. Taking part were tin Baxter and Urban Gebo, representing ths marine ma-rine corps; Nick I Chaffos and Charles Berrett, snmy air force; Lea Worley snd n irke Collinga, navy, and Bose 8ns) dgrass, army. At game half-tlie Mr. Hansen presented the stadftim to the college. col-lege. B. C. J. Wtr.esUlake, college trustee, accepted fear ths board of trustees, and Bnuy Lamus, president presi-dent of the colleger student body, accepted for the situdenta. Dr. Robert D. Steele, crtilege president, conducting the dedication, delivered deliv-ered ths dedication statement and prayer. j Unveils kaaque A plaque, which I was unveiled on ths football field! by Mrs. Hsnsen. Hsn-sen. was later place! on the ticket booth at the stadium entrance. Home-coming qilieen Barbara Meissner, Ogden, reigned during ths day's ceremoSiies. Marilyn Cross. Mountain V?w, Wyo., and Margaret Scott, Clsjarfleld, Dsvis county, acted as qua en attendants. The WestminiteavJ alumni met In Ferry Hall at 1 s .m. and were officially welcomed. flto the campus. A buffet luncheon l) followed. Climaxing Cli-maxing ths day's activities will be a home-coming si.asquerade ball in ths gymnsslum al. 8:30 pjn.