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Show United Fund of Utah County tops goal drive of $214,000 opened in 1910 at Fresno, California. The 1968 campaign by United Fund of Utah County has topped top-ped its goal of $214,000 on a late surge of support by physicians, phy-sicians, architects and accountants. accoun-tants. And citizen-owners have elected Jack N. Gridley of Spanish Fork to head their United Fund in 1969. These were highlights of the annual meeting at Provo late Monday of United Fund of Utah County, a non-profit corporation, cor-poration, wholly owned and operated op-erated by the contributors of Utah Valley. At the session, Max A. Saf-tenberg; Saf-tenberg; General Cam paign Chairman, announced the current cur-rent drive has scored $214,143 with scattered solicitations still unfinished. He credited strong support this month by physicians physi-cians and others of the Professional Pro-fessional Division with carrying carry-ing the drive over the top. Mr. Sattenberg reported the following totals from the drive to finance local health, welfare and youth guidance services next year : Chapter Division, Chairman Richard DeJong, Pittsburg-Des-Moinea Steel $159,063, or 101 percent of the $156,000 goal. Advance Gifts Division, headed head-ed up by F. M. Haycock and Professional Division under R. S. Stone, Geneva Works, both scored 100 percent. In the Professional group, 82 percent of the physicians in Utah Valley contributed $3,128 or 120 percent of goal, and more than 70 percent of architects archi-tects and accountants rang up 131 percent of the goal for their professions. In addition to Mr. Gridley, other officers and directors of the local United Fund were elected Monday night by citizen-owners to serve in 1969. Elected vice president was Merrill Bushnell of Provo, Manager, Man-ager, Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Co. William Peterson of Pleasant Grove, Assistant Manager Man-ager Bank of Pleasant Grove, was named secretary-treasurer. The local board members serving on the United Fund oi Utah County in 1969 include W. W. Clyde and Mayor Calvin Cal-vin Packard of this city. The first public junior college col-lege in the United States was |