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Show A IT- " - i .... : - -j LIFETIME MEMBER O. Lee Swenson presents plaque and congratulates Ertmann Christensen on being named "Lifetime "Life-time Member at C of C banquet held last Friday night. Ertmann Christensen Named Lifetime Member by C of C Ertmann H. Christensen, church and civic leader and businessman was named Life Member of the Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce at the annual membership banquet Friday night at the Pleasant Grove High School. Chamber of Commerce Past President O. Lee Swenson gave a brief history of Mr. Christen-sen's Christen-sen's life and accomplishments and presented the official Life Member Placque. Mr. Christensen was born in Moroni, and educated in Moroni, Mor-oni, Lapoint, Vernal Schools and Brigham Young University Vocationally he was employed employ-ed as an accountant for the Timpanogos Marketing Association, Assoc-iation, Station Agent for the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad at Orem and Pleasant Grove and Cashier of the Bank of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. In a civic way he has been secretary of the Orem Chamber Cham-ber of commerce and member of the Orem Town Board, president presi-dent of the P. G. chamber of commerce and Plesaant Grove City Councilman. For the LDS Church he has been a Sunday School teacher, YMMIA Superintendent, Scoutmaster, Scout-master, Stake Clerk, Ward Bishop and is currently Second Counselor in the Timpanogos Stake Presidency. He married Lerene Vance and later, after her death, married mar-ried her sister, Bernice. He is the stepfather of one child and the father of five. All have graduated from high school; four have graduated from college and a fifth will compete college this fall. Four of his six children have completed full term missions for the LDS Church. |