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Show Extension Service To Celebrate 25th Year i "Tentative plans for a celebration celebra-tion commemorating the creating of the Extension Service are rap- Cidly taking shape," W. W. Owens, assistant director of agriculture at toe Utah State Agricultural college, r announces. Tie Extension Service, which was created by the Smith-Lever Act, May 8, 1914, .will be celebrated tnrcugi-.out Utah counties on or m riesr May 8 and at the Utah State Agricultural college in connection iL it'1 conunencement exercises, Mr. wens said. A co.r.mittee made up of Mr. yens as chairman. Dr. N. A. Petersen, Pe-tersen, Professor Milton Merrill, Dr. George Meyer, Miss Myrtle . Davidson, w. D. Porter, Mrs. E. S. p Barrows and Professor J. C. Hog-JV Hog-JV enson will direct the programs at the College and throughout Utah. The Extension Service in Utah h-ad four directors since its funding 25 years ago. Dr. E. G. person, now president of the loiiege, was the first director, then 11 t D T- Calr,e in and Dr. R. J. )" Evans. William Petersen is the .resent director. ,yl Extension- Service has grown Utah until there are now sixty-Jt sixty-Jt part and full-time workers. fi nr.tVer' the impcrtarnrt thing is JC Z - the number of workers in the 7 tn w' but hat 11 has been doing r?J?f f Ue Afferent p iases U -al hfe m Utah," Mr. Owens said. i |