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Show Museum Pieces Displayed At Snow College Library Probably not many of the residents of Sanpete County realize that we have in our area a pioneer museum, which has been declared to be the best such museum south of the Wasatch Front. Golden Sanderson, of Fairview, where the museum is located, was one of the early originators, and affirms that the great challenge to those who work with the museum is to make the public aware of how unusual it is for a museum of this magnitude to be situated in a small community such as Fairview. Mr. Sanderson has brought to the Snow College library a sampling of the variety of items on display in Fairview. Included is a wooden leg which had been smoothed and fashioned from an aspen limb; some cut glass and ceramics, historical dishes, Indian Artifacts etc. When the old sandstone school was no longer to be used, some residents were in favor of razing the building, others believed that a museum of some sort could be put to better use. Avard Fairbanks, a sculptor of national reknown, used the building for a summer, then Fairview City purchased the building for $1.00. Subsequently Golden Sanderson, a local merchant, pro-, t posed that the building -be used for-a museum. of local history and art. He and London Graham made a bid on the building, and as they were the only bidders, their bids were accepted. Other members of the original corporation Included Mildred Nielson, Reed Lasson, Beth Carlston, Harris Cheney, Lee Mower, Keith Hansen, and A.J. Anderson. Since that time a great many items have been added to the Museum. The library display will be open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., on Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 pm., and on Saturday from the general public Mr. Sanderson Invites all of you to visit the Library display and the Museum itself, in Fairview. traveling public and local people. Financial support for the upkeep and maintenance, as well as contributions of items, comes solely from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. until the end of May. The Museum is maintained entirely on the contributions of the |
