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Show 'Blue ladies9 provide service A special group of hostesses- known informally in-formally as "The Blue Ladies" at Southern Utah State College become a highly visible and useful service organization. Organized during the spring of 1979 to assist at inauguration activities for President Orville D. Carnahan and to serve at an appreciation tea for President Emeritus Royden C. Braithwaite, the group of blue-gowned hostesses'ha's found itself more and. more in demand. : All of the volunteers in this unique organization are members of the SUSC Faculty-Staff Associated Women. They were originally organized under the direction of Arta Brough, who was president of the women's group at that ' time. The idea for the "'hostess corps was recommended by Dennis Agle, former director of development at the college. After serving at the functions for which the group was organized, the ladies in blue were invited in-vited to greet students, parents, dignitaries, and guests at baccalaureate and . commencement exercises in, 1979. . This has now - become a regular assignment. The hostesses were able this year to hand out commencement programs pro-grams which color coordinated to their blue gowns as a special cooperative gesture from Jim Robinson of SUSC Information Services. |