Vernal Express | 1953-07-09 | Page 1 | Museum Visitors Show Increase Section

museum visitors show increase travel to the utah field house of natural history up to july has increased by persons over the same period last year according to G E un tennant ten term nann sim director in 1952 1052 up to july the number of visitors torL to td the museum totaled persona persons over the tile same period this year the total Is it is anticipated that this six month total will be exceeded in the next two months alone since july and august have always been the heaviest travel months the month of june was the first month during which the museum remained open even ings number of visitors for june totaled as compared to last june a year ago visitors during regular museum hours totaled evening visitors totaled 2987 the museum remains open until 9 in the evenings through june july and august through the cooperation and courtesy of the vernal lions club the 2987 evening visitors I 1 in n all june ne do not however represent additional attendance entirely t stated mr Unten nann since many of these people would have v visited the museum before the regular closing time at six sly or would pave have waited for the museum to open at eight in the morning they do represent a definite increase though and prove that remain ing open evenings is very much worthwhile and gives the visitor an opportunity to I 1 look k arp around U d the museum mus eum leisurely mr and mra mrs orson bu bud of salt lake city spent the holiday hoi liday weekend in vernal visiting with mr jacob sonis parents mr and mrs ellis 11 caldwell and mr ir and mrs elmost ernest el most caldwell Caldw eU