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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1966 Page Eight Magna Memorial Dedication Ceremonies Scheduled Monday The Magna Memorial will be dedicated Monday, Memorial Day, in ceremonies at 8400 West .2700 South, beginning at 1 p.m. Program Chairman will be W. Howard Fife, commander of Post 7398, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Magna. Other organizations whose efforts contributed to the memorial were Chapter 11, Disabled American Veterans and Post 38, American Legion. Principal speaker at the dedication will be Salt Lake County Mountain Fuel Supply Company showed an increase in earnings for the first three months of 1966 as compared with the same period a year ago, according to its Interim Report to Shareholders which was released Friday. Earnings for the first three months of 1966 were $2,700,945, or $1.12 a share on 2,407,776 shares outstanding, compared with $2,566,465, or $1.07 a share on the same number of shares outstanding for the same period in 1965, the report said. For the 12 months ended March 31, 1966, earnings were $5,909,905, or $2.45 a share on 2,407,776 shares outstanding dur Dr. Edwin Brown Firmage, a legal counselor on the staff of Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey has been approved by the University of Utah Board of Regents for a position as assistant professor of law at the U. of U. The appointment is effective July 1. Dr. Firmage is presently on leave from the University of Missouri, serving as a White House Fellow on Vice President Humphrey's staff. A native of Provo, he took his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Brigham Young University. He then went to the University of Chicago where he took J.D., L.L.M. and S.J.D. degrees. The doctorate was completed in 1964. His professional teaching experience has included a position as visiting instructor in political science at BYU and assistant professor at law at the University of Missouri. Dr. Firmages publications COM. W. G. LARSON have been in the fields of interadministrative law, the first memorial to my knowl- national law, international organization edge to be constructed to com- and the United Nations. memorate the Armed Forces of America, who have kept our Famous Dancer Commissioner W. G. Larson. In a talk prepared for the rites Mr. Larson said, 'The joint efforts of the service organizations of Magna in creating this memorial is a tribute not only to all veterans of wars of the U.S. but to all citizens of Salt Lake County. As your county commissioner am I happy to call Magna home and to be with' you at this hour as part of the ceremony of dedication of this memorial, knowing the work and the time involved our service organizations have given in presenting to Utah nation free. Mt. Fuel Co. Reports Earnings Increase Humphrey Assistant Takes Law Post ing the period, compared with earnings of $5,720,725, or $2.43 a share on 2,357,402 average number of shares outstanding for the 12 months ended March 31, 1965, the report said. (The number of shares of capital stock outstanding was increased bn June 23, 1964, from 2,188,888 to 2,407,776 by a rights offering to shareholders, which accounts for the difference in shares of capital stock outstanding for the period.) Gas deliveries for the 12 months ended March 31, 1966, amounted to 120 billion cubic feet compared with 112 billion cubic feet for the same period a year ago, the report said. Residential and commercial gas sales were up 3 percent over the previous 12 months, and industrial 12-mon- th - of U. Coming to U.international- Alwin Nikolais, ly known dance choreographer, is returning for his fifth year to the University of Utah as guest lecturer for the upcoming summer modern dance workshop. Park City, known for its mining boom-tow- n flavor, will again be the location for the workshop. Mr. Nikolais' manipulation of electronic sound, sensuous imagery, and play on light has won praise from audiences and critics in Rome, London, Paris, New York, and Canada," said Joan Woodbury, workshop director. Shirley Ririe, assistant professor of dance at the University will assist Mrs. Woodbury with the flexible program of six possible courses for beginning, intermediate, or advanced students. Dance theory, composition, and production will be explored in class, and courses will be augmented by a student performance finale. One to three hours of college credit is available. The dance workshop is one of thirty-fiv- e being offered at the University this summer. For further information write or call Joan J. Woodbury, Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Utah 84112. turn-of-the-cent- ury sales were up 12 percent, the report said. Also included in the report was a summary of the company's annual meeting held on May 10 at which M. M. Fidlar, president, reported in detail on the operations of the company. PARENTS IS YOUR CHILD A POOR READER? .BLENDED,, scots whisky Scotch WhiitiH " SmUhi tail Diirrfl ft Americans buy more Cutty Sark than any other Scotch whisky. Why? The No. 1 reason is in the bottle. Try Cutty Sark...tonight! DMM mi B Wd SiilhoJ BlwiUd 86 FW Th. ByHuH1 BQ&MS N MftMHP M ftrfllW Ml My special phonics program . can positively teach any normal youngster or adult to be a good reader or speller for only $2.50 per week. For Free Demonstration in the privacy of your own home, write or call 2 278-091- THE READING CLINIC 4645 Holladay Blvd. Cwpantai. Ufortca Nw Yh MY. W. C. Hammond, Director Final Arrangements Completed For Antelope Island Hearings (Continued from page 1) since it holds the distinction of being the oldest, continually-use- d dwelling in Utah. A visitor center will be constructed by the Park Service, on the north end of the Island near the contemplated concession service -- sponsor of the Senate bill to establish Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, which includes Lake Powell and land surrounding the lake. Our Parks and Recreation Subcommittee must yet act on these bills, Sen. Moss said, so I want the committee members to see these growing recreation areas to better understand the potential that these lakes have on the future economic growth of remote areas in Utah." Lake Powell is even now beginning to grow into one of the most popular water-base- d recreation areas in the West, Sen. Moss said. By giving the Park Service full Congressional authorization to develop this new recreation area, full utilization by the most visitors can be expected in a relatively few area. Following the Salt Lake City hearings on the Great Salt Lake National Monument bill, Sen. Moss said that he hopes to take the Subcommittee to Flaming Gorge and Lake Powell if even of these for a quick fly-ovis coMoss Sen. scenic regions." sponsoring legislation to authorize the Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service to manage Flaming Gorge Reservoir and surrounding lands as a National Recreation Area. He is the chief years. er State Employees Credit Union Elects Hilmer L. Larsen President Hilmer L. Larson, accountant for the district offices of the Utah State Department of Highways, Salt Lake City, has been reelected President of the Utah State Employees Credit Union. y were A. Also Gale, Department of Highways, Vice President and Robert D. Kent, treasurer. Mr. Larson noted that the Utah State Employees Credit Union has increased its membership to 7,300 members with assets of over $6 million. The organization recently dedicated its new administrative headquarters building at 540 re-elect- Le-Ro- ed 0 This year there will be many Americans ringon bells July Fourth, who ing will grow up believing that this was always the custom. Actually it was, from the first Independence Day till about a century ago when the sounds of peace were drowned out by the noise of war, and the day became celebrated only with firecrackers and rockets. Writing a book called The Seasons of America Past a few years ago, the author unearthed the story about Ing, dependence Day and he mentioned that it seems with firecrackers disappearing we might well revive that early American custom." The idea quickly took hold and, supported by organizations and churches and newspapers, it reached millions of people. In 19G3 it was passed in Washington as Senate Concurrent Resolution 25, requesting that all American bells, public and private, church, school, ' fire, college and town bells ring simultaneously at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July Fourth. Some places now ring bells for two minutes, others for four minutes, along with many radio, TV programs, and even public loudspeakers in four-year-o- ld bell-ringin- East 5th South, Salt Lake City. Among the principal activities slated during the coming year is an accelerated, education program for information on family and personal finances. Other directors of the Utah State Employees Credit Union are Louis Domenko, Highway Bessie Anderson and Louisa Rodgers, Tax Commission; and Jay Sandberg, Highway Department. Mr. Larsen resides at 266 East 6790 South, Midvale. He has been associated with the Utah State Department of Highways since 1949. Patrol; parks, race-track- s, and on ships at ball games sea. For the past three years the Bells on Independence Day" project has been included in Governors' Fourth of July Proclamations, and this holiday which was losing much of its solemn significance, was rekindled into a day of bells ringing out America's birthday, just as it was in the beginning. It has been said that a thing must be done four times before it becomes a habit, so this fourth year, for the revival of the early American custom of. ringing bells on Independence Day, is a most important one. Perhaps there will be no great bellS' within reach of your hearing, perhaps you will seem to be the only one' ringing a small handbell; but you will know that all over the nation in every state, millions of bells will be ringing out the message of democracy and liberty. A safer and less noisy pastime for children, let them ring bells on this day, proclaiming it Americas Birthday. And wherever we are, let us remember this greatest of American days with joy and reverence. Bells on Independence Day Eric Sloane, Warren, Connecticut 06754 |