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Show - I . mm WWW' iipliiu mm ,um.m nwMW m m V .mmw iPWfl i. hiiim l ..i.i. Milium ' W- - L i If i SPECIAL GUESTS. Four special guests at the SUSC Special Senior Citizens Day at the library reception were left to right: Joseph William Heaton (96), Henry C. Esplin (97), Edward Thomas Lamb (95), and Mary E. Chamberlain (95). All four were born into the LDS United Order at Orderville. t::?toy ,r :N;X 'I, (JUL . V r ) w Nl t& SPECIAL SENIOR CITIZENS DAY. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Matheson, left, ring Cedar City's first bell; A special "Thank You" for the Matheson's great contributions to the current SUSC library exhibit is extended from Ramona Chamberlain, circulation librarian, (not pictured) Senior Citizens recall old Memories at Special SUSC Early Pioneer Exhibit A special library exhibit at Southern Utah State College featuring early pioneer communities, com-munities, merited special scrutinizing when over 70 senior citizens were honored there recently. . ,, , ., , Memories were refreshed and stories rekindled by the honored guests who carefully looked over community exhibits collected under the direction of Ramona Chamberlain, SUSC circulation librarian. The pioneer exhibit, which will continue through the end of the month, features histories, artifacts, ar-tifacts, models, pictures and other .memorabilia entered by residents of Fillmore, Beaver, Parowan, Cedar City, Hurricane, Toquerville, Manti, Orderville, Washington, St. George, Santa Clara and Escalante. Refreshments were served by members of SUSC gerontology classes who were available to park cars, operate the library elevator and do whatever "leg-work" "leg-work" was necessary. "The reception was a wonderful won-derful success," Mrs. Chamberlain Cham-berlain indicates, "we are so very pleased to honor the people who grew up in our early communities." She extends a special invitation in-vitation to everyone to visit the pioneer exhibit. "There are so many wonderful things to see that one is afraid to start naming them all, for fear that some will be excluded," she notes. "It took years of hard labor, exasperation, discouragement, daily doing the impossible, faith and prayers and more hard work to accomplish the establishment of communities you will see represented in this exhibit," Mrs. Chamberlain concludes. Honored as special guests at the reception were four southern Utah residents born into the LDS United Order. All four, including a brother and sister, lived in .v near Orderville, the only LDS community originally settled under the Order. These "Special guests" included in-cluded Joseph William Heaton, 96, Hurricane; Edward Thomas Lamb, 95, Mt. Carmel and brother and sister Henry C. Esplin, 97, Cedar City and Mary E. Chamberlain, 95, Orderville and Cedar City. SUSC president Royden C. Braithwaite and vice president of academic affairs Conrad V. Hatch were on hand to welcome the reception guests. Head librarian Thomas A. Challis and his wife Ruth acted as reception host and hostess. |