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Show Cooperation Does It ItDIRECTOR ItDffiECTOR ItDIRECTOR DIRECTOR DffiECTOR TELLS TEUS HISTORY OF 9F 9FFIELD OFFIELD FIELD HOUSE , STATE PARI PARK ( By G E . Unermann Untermann UnermannField UntermannField UnlermannField ! Field House DirectorAs DirectorAs Director DirectorAs As frequently happens with withmany withmany witmany undertakingthe undertakingsthe many successful undertakings ! , the erection of the Utah Fiela FielaHouse Field FieldHouse FielHouse House of Natural History at Veinal Ver Vernal Vernal nal is another victory for lor community com communlty conmunity munlty munity enterprise rather than thanthe thanthe thathe individuaOnce individualOnce the work of anyone any one individual Once again team work has done donethe donethe donthe the job jobIt jobIt ; It is not possible to givecognition givecognition give r rcognition < i- i - cognition to all individuals and andorganiza anorganizations andorganizations organiza organizations Hons whose support has habrought materialization materlallaation brought hasbrought about the materializa- materializa materlallaa- materlallaa materializttion - tion of the Field House plan , , but butwe butwe bvwe tt I we here wish to express our a apredation apredation aipreciation > - predation of all those who have hav havin < * , . in tothe any measure contributed to tthe the success of this project . . Ware We Weare Weare ' are deeply indebted topromine4Jt to many manyprominent man ; prominent promine4Jt throughouthe throughoutthe persons persons throughout l the state and nation , , as well weU wep as ato asto to many state and national naUonal In- In Insituations In iisituations * * . - hqbeen hqsbeen hasbeen situations Their Th lr support hqs has been highly gratifying and weare we weare ware are aware that we could not > l ' nchave nothave have succeeded through c10cal local c10caleffort 4ocseffort localeffort " effort alone aloneA aloneA aloneA leadingto A summary of events leading leadinto to FielHouse FieldHouce FieldHouse the realization of the Field " ' Houce House ; plan is as follows followsA FielHouse FieldHouse A few years ago the Field " . House idea was born in the theminds theminds thminds minds ofseveral of several local citizens citizenswho citizenswho citizenwho ls who were Impressed impressed b b-ute b ute butewealUl by ) ' - 1hwealth * e hewealth he thUintah theUintah wealUl wealth of fossil fossfl ma material mat r181 the maUintah Uintah Basin has produced and andconcerned andconcerned anconcerned concerned over its Us continuedmoval continuedmoval continued nmoval * " moval to museums nuseums ipuseuma , outside the thestate thestate thstate state It was felt highly hlgg 1y desilable dedr desir- desir desirable ! r * . - able to have a local Jocal museum museum inwhich In Inwhich iwhich scentifitreasures centlfictreasures which to house these centlfic ntif1c : treasures and preserve them for outstand1ng outstandtrig Utah UtalL forUtah forUtalL . In adcUUon addition : . , the outstand 1ng trig aturaltory naturaltors geological geolog1cal : and mid natural atural : valu values of the area could be beemphasized through museum c a ex = . I . ' ' ' . hibfis hibiis hib ts hibfisAs hibiisAs tsAs As early as 1942 the VernalLions Vernal VernalLions Lions Club museum committee committeewas committeewas was organized for the puropseof puropse puropseof of furthering furthering the Field Houseplan House Houseplan plan The committee has mademany made mademany ' many valuable contacts and andthrough andthrough through its activities stimulatedthe stimulated stimulatedhe ! d fhe \he he the \ Interest that gained such suchwide suchwide wide support for the Museun Museum Museumidea Museumidea Museunidea idea ideaDuring During the 1945 session of the thelegislature thelegislature ! , legislature , Senate Bill No 141 141prepared prepared repared ty by DY Senator H 11 Grantvest Gran Grant Grantest t vest est of Vernal and JoinUy Jointly in . ( reduced oduced educed by him and Senate Senator SenatorAlonzo SenatorAlonzo I SenatorI Alonzo Hopkins of oL . Woodrufi Woodruff Woodruffpassed passed unanimously This bill billI billprovided ] I torovldcd provided for the erection of the theVtah thetah Utah Vtah tah Field House of Natural NaturalHIstory NaturalHistory History at VernalIn VernalIn Vernal In December 1845 194J : Governor Governorw Govemoa GovernorMaw Maw w and the late Ora Bundy ofe of o the ofthe e State Department of Pub- Pub PubUcity Publicity - - licity Ucity and Industrial Develo Develotnent Develop- Develop - ment tnent , , Developduring during a visit to Vernal Vernal , , concluded that the Field Hous House Houseshould Houseshould should be built and that the pro- pro prc - - ject project throng8 throughthe could be handled through throughpublicity ] the publicity department The The'sum Thesum Th 'sum sum sum of $200000 200000 $2000 2000 $200 200 $ 000 was allocatedfor allocate allocated allocatedfor . for this work and it was though thought thoughtthat that t funds would become avail- avail available available aval ] - able in August of 1946 1948 1948On ! On the 15th of January 1946 1948 104 ( . , the Ithe writer was employed as pro- pro - . project ject director as it was now nowthought nowthought thought necessary to devote fulltime fu full fulltime ] organizee organzation organizetion time to the work of organza organize ! tion tionIn In March of this year year the at attomey attorney torney tomey general of Utah handed handeddown handeddown down the opinion that the Put Pub- Pub - . Uclty lidty PubUclty Department Departm nt could leg legally mend $200 200 $ 000 for the ere t1oi1 01 } the the theField Field : House and the th thContinued fin- fin finCon - ( Continued Con nued on page 8) 8 ) Hhtoryof HhtoryofFiellhoiise History , , ofFielxlhonse I I I I IViddhousc Fiellhoiise ( ToldC'ntinued Told ToldContinued ' ToldI I I ( Continued C"ntinued Cntinued C'ntinued " ' from page Darze Da e one ont ' ) dll ant dim ( ( c i unissi IInl.1 IInl1 llnissl " . 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