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Show fund raiser-$1 ,000 was given for quilt at recent auction to help American Amer-ican Family Monument fund. Mr. and Mrs. DeLynn Heaps post with Jeaneal Morrey, of Orem, who designed it. The Heaps' purchased it. Quilt Brings $1,000 for Fund One quilt has brought S1.000 into the American Family Monument fund and will assist in erection of that monument in Prove The quilt was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. DeLynn Heaps of Orem, and was designed by Mrs. Jeaneal Morrey of Orem. Quilting for the auction was done by women in Spanish Fork, Mapleton, Lakeshore, Benjamin, Springville, Salem, Payson and other communities in the south end of Utah County, Dr. Virginia F. Cutler, monument committee chairman announced. an-nounced. Fund raising projects are continually con-tinually going on in the county and the state to help raise the $50,000 needed for the American Family Monument to be placed in the city center grounds at Provo. The monument is the work of Dr. Avard Fairbanks and is now being cast in bronze in Italy, he said. Next major event in the fund-raising fund-raising campaign will be a giant garage sale to be held on Saturday, Feb. 24. The sale will be held in the vacant Kress Bldg., on 100 West and Center in Provo. "We've named it the gold mine garage sale and are inviting everyone in the county to bring something to the event," Dr. Cutler announced this week. Money earned in the day-long sale and two-hour auction which will be held at the end of the day, will greatly assist in paying for the work of art. The sale will be conducted during the entire day and an auction will be held in the afternoon to dispose of all items not sold by then, Dr. Cutler explained. ex-plained. The American Family Monument is the outgrowth of family week which was declared a national week last year by President Carter. Utah has done much to promote the American Family and family unity and this monument will call attention to its significance, Dr. Cutler said. |