Show Vernal Museum to Receive Vast Endowment Three Lif Dinosaur Groups Will ViII Make Top U S Attraction action gronIs of aurs the t ular ht exhibit in America an to he Il tufted to Utah l of Nil No- t yanc value of the anti tho nd- nd of ofa a room for the tho mineral roller roller- collection tion is ii to exceed nod make mako the tho fieldhouse ono or of 1 most outstanding attractions Hans mul turn Verna into a tourist mecca with the exception of tho room at the tho will be n gift of the tho will be 10 n a memorial to 11 is i's DOlothy Hunter II aster late Into of the foun foundations foundation's The dinosaur groups whirls will be created in action poses will be the work of Millard F MaUn Malin noted Salt Lake sculptor Cost of this phase of the development Is expected to reach and take five years to com com- complete Captain Hunters Hunter's fabulous mineral collection the ultra ultra- ultraviolet violet portion of which alone Is valued at will also be a gift to the museum To house this gUt gift it will be necessary essary to add a foot cinder block room to the rear of the museum ESTIMATED COST of this structure is which in- in includes includes built in exhibit cases Half the cost of this a addition will be borne by Utah State Park and Recreation Commis- Commis Commission Commission sion providing the community of Vernal will match the amount the State has pledged This means that if the Ver- Ver Vernal Vernal nal area will raise that it will receive In outstanding exhibits and will increase tourist travel to Ver Ver- Ver Vernal nal tremendously G E field field house director pointed out that the year Dippy was ad- ad added added ded to the fieldhouse lawn that museum attendance was Increased in one year alone Mr fore fore- forecast forecast cast that with the new aUra aUra- attractions hundreds of thousands of additional visitors would be lured to this area About visited the museum in 1961 1061 THE STORY OF the pro pro- proposed proposed posed fieldhouse endowment dates back to the summer of at 1950 1050 when Captain Hunter accompanied by hIs wife Dor Dor- Dor Dorothy othy visited Vernal museum The always friendly always friendly Unter- Unter manns and the Hunters be- be became became came fast friends Upon exposure to the rocks and minerals of the museum Capt Hunters Hunter's early boyhood fascination for these treasur treasur- treasures es was awakened and he be- be became became came an avid collector Mr explained to The Vernal Express Tuesday Through purchase and per finds Capt Hunter ac- ac acquired acquired one of the finest min min- mineral eral collections owned by any private individual in Amen Amer lea ica with special emphasis on fluorescent minerals His wife who had always displayed an Interest In dine dino- dinosaurs saurs earlier had written to th the National Museum in Wash Wash- Washington ington D C and asked where she might get a spec men of dinosaur bone She was referred to Vernal field field- fieldhouse house The museum along with other things sent her a anice anice nice specimen of bone and In in- in invited her to come out to the theland theland land of the dinosaurs and see sea seethe the country for herself which she and her husband did in 1950 with reaching far reo re- results suits for this community IN 1960 MRS Hunter died Because of her great Interest in dinosaurs Capt Hunter proposed a memorial featurIng lag Ing these prehistoric creatures es Cs Near the dinosaurs will be bea n a plaque inscribed In mem- mem memory memory ory of the lady who loved dinosaurs to the young people of America Mr comment commented ed What better place for such a development than in Dinosaur Land Mr explained that utah Field House of Na- Na Natural Na tural history has long had as one of its hoped for projects the creation ot of and Continued on page 8 0 1 1 Continued from page 1 lifelike groups of the dino saurs recovered from the quarry at Dinosaur National Monument but funds for such sucha a project were never avail avaU able NOW HOWEVER Mr Un pointed out that these groups will grace the museum grounds and will conS con the If Dot Hunter Din Garden This will transform Vernal State Park Into a national attraction and make It an outstanding unit of Utah State Park System I Mr and Mrs I whose friendliness with the Hunters precipitated this Ut lit orally gigantic endowment to the fieldhouse and the com com- community I report that Capt Hunter has purchased proper ty In Ashley Valley and will make his permanent home here The Dulany Hunter Found Found- Foundation which administers his gifts to the museum will have its headquarters In Vernal also Mr disclosed ed |