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Show i The Sanpete County Messenger, Thursday, April 15, 1982 rrvmmmmm Ephraimite honored by Brigham Young University informal reception at Brigham Young University's Alumni House honored long-tim- e English faculty member Woodruff C. Thomson Monday, April 12. .The reception was held from 4 to 6 p.m. Friends were and invited to the fete, which well-wishe- precedes his planned retirement at the end of BYUs summer term. A member of the faculty since 1950, Dr. Thomson has been instrumental in development of the American literature program at he has BYU, where become known as more herded sheep. He excelled in academic than a teacher. He has served in various administrative capacities in both his department and the College of Humanities. A colleague calls him a valued counselor who teaches patience and perspective. Woodruff Thomson was born in Ephraim and grew up as a farm boy whose love of literature surfaced early. He read books while doing chores and kept magazines strategically stashed in areas where he worked as a training officer for the Veterans Administration to finance completion of his masters degree at the University of Utah in 1949. He received his doctoral degree from the U. in 1962. He addition to teaching In as partment chairmen, chairman of the college and department curriculum committees, and as a Starring DONOVAN SCOTT and introducing April 19 through April 24 has been proclaimed, BRIDGETTE ANDERSEN Utah White Cane Days, by Governor Scott Matheson, to raise $100,000 to assist the Utah Lions Eye Bank and their Mobile Clinical Testing Van. According to Past District Governor, Darwin Ashment, General Chairman of this project, these funds are needed to assist the Utah Lions Eye Bank in procuring the necessary instruments and medical Ved.-Sa- t. 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Moving out of State. 835-78- 61 035-635- 2 four-year-o- ld 4 Lcrga Enclosed Storcp Areas of Council Teachers of English, the Conference on Christianthe ity in Literature, (Approx. 1,CC0 sq. ft. each) Association for Early American Literature and and Utah Council of large enough to store mobile home or large boat Weather-tigh- t, LDS Church in s number of positions and is currently a member of the BYU 12th Stake High Council. Also aveikb, a 2,500 sq. ft. fenced storego crea be May rented singly or together.' 835-429- 1 035-129- 1 Grounds Keeper s Over 400 Straw Hats Start 6. completely the including Mens Short Sleeve Shirts Only Mens Long Sleeve ft ri U vil Shirts Only training that is necessary in the removal of the than the official encornea as well as the gineers estimate of S230,-98actual transplant itself. Plans call for placement There have been. 15 of up to l'i inches of additional technicians leveling course, or a trained to remove the fill in corneas, throughout the layer of pavement to the and level low spots state. To date the Lions road surface. existing Bank over has done Eye 170 cornea transplants. Later a 2 j inch layer of All these corneas have pavement will be placed been donated by in- over the entire roadway. The road will be dividuals who willed their eyes, upon their death, to someone who needed them. Mr. Ashment stated that since the Lions Mobile Van went into operation in 1978, there have been over 20,000 tests given to the public in the areas of glaucoma, diabetes, hearing, visual acuity, and high blood pressure. The Lions also serve the community in several community, projects and assist many needy individuals with eye glasses, seeing eye dogs and just last month they helped a little boy to hear again through the donation of dual hearing aids. A spokesman for the Lions stated the Lions members are raising S 100,000 from within their ranks and are challenging the public to match their contributions. Through these efforts the Lions hope to give sight to someone who has never seen a sun rise, a izations, National 23ch resurfacing resurface 2.9 miles of the Sevier County road which runs from Annabella to Richfield. Rodney Rasmussen Company of Salina turned in the low bid of apparent less which was $181,088 proclaimed in Utah MARK MILLER and Thomson is active in many professional organ- Prices as low as $39.95 Transportation opened bids today on a project to White Cane Days Pc? QonOILoaoo Boots The Utah Department of Woodruff C. Thomson OpaGO All Mens slated for 1 member of the colleges advisory council. Since 1978, he has been coordinator of the English Composition Program. at BYU for more than 30 yean, he has served as an Teachers of English. He has served the assistant to various de- Sevier road Dr. OGorago and extracurricular activi- as a scholar at the during World War D, ties in public schools, and University of Utah. He attaining the rank of received a bachelor's major. He retired from the degree there in 1938 and Army Reserve as a colonel was elected to three honor in 1977, societies. He continued to teach as a graduate student instructor for a time, then moved to Beaver High School to teach in early 1940. There he met home economics teacher Irene Giddings. Their courtship was shortened by the arrival of his draft notice at the end of the school year; they were married 10 days before his induction into the Army. 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