Show Ralph Blackham Ss Is New Neer Trustee ro Ralph Blackham prominent Moroni loroni business man and church worker has been named by Governor George Dewey Clyde to be a member of the Board cf of f Trustees of the Utah State Agricultural College of Logan soon to be known as the Utah University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences He probably will later be assigned to r represent represent present pre pre- sent Snow College a br branch mch of the Logan school on the board Announcement of Mr Ml Blackham's Blackham's Blackham's Black- Black hams ham's appointment along with that of a number of others was made madee Wednesday e Mr Blackham was born at Moroni Nov 15 1911 a son of Alma and md Anna Stephenson Blackham He graduated from Moroni High School and Snow College Colleg serving as student body president of each school He attended BYU for one quarter quart r rin in 1934 but had to leave school at the death of his father Later he started working for the Moroni Moroni Moroni Mor Mor- oni Feed Co which was organized organized organ organ- in 1937 and md became head rf the feed depart department nent when it was first started in 1938 He entered the at Logan in January 1939 and attended winter and spring quarters that year and again in in 1940 at the ame same time continuing to do bookkeeping and other work for forthe forthe forthe the Feed Co He graduated in HMO 1040 with a major in ill poultry husbandry and a minor in agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural economics That September he was granted grant grant- ed a nine months leave from the reed Peed Co and went back to Logan Logan Logan Lo Lo- gan where he served as extension exten exten- extension sion poultry specialist while Carl was in Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land completing work for his doctorate Mr Blackham then r 1 turned to Moroni and has been a time full-time employee of the cooperative since There is a manager over each department of the Moroni Feed Co f feeds eds hardware service station hatchery etc and Mr 11 Blackham has continued as manager manager man man- ager tiger of the fee feed department and for the past four years has been general manager also Six months ago he was appointed appointed ap appointed ap- ap pointed a member of the newly created stockholders advisory committee of the B Berkeley Bank I for lor Cooperatives He was appointed to the Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete County Commission in 1945 to complete 15 months of a s t r I RALPH HAM I term Lerm to which Elmo Irons was elected He was then elected to a year four-year term in 1946 and was WiS chairman the las two years Active in the Ch Church ch of or Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints he heis heis heis is now a member of the Moroni foroni Stake Slake High Council Prior to th that t he had been one of the presidents of the Seventies quorum quorum quorum quor quor- um there and had served two years years as superintendent cf of f th theM the M 1 Moroni o 0 r o 0 n i East Ward Yard Sunday School He had also worked in inthe inthe inthe the MIA HA and priesthood quor quor- He is married to th the former DeOra Anderson and they have hav three children Debra Ann 14 Ralph Stephen 10 and Carl Alma 5 I |