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Show . v v r ' " -.). ., ' '."TV ' V f v, - ' I 1 . -viiC - I I- : . . ,? - - 1 i VA . ; , 1 " f 1 .... i , l . r . '. 1 -:' i 'v.,v-T - i : , a " "4 ; '! Dr. Carl J. Christensen Horace A, Sorensen Dr. Carl J. Christensen Named President of National Society of Sons of Utah Pioneers Dr. Carl J. Christensen, University Univer-sity of Utah professor of chemistry, chem-istry, was named president of the National Society Sons of Utah Pioneers for the coming year. He succeeds Horace A. Sorensen, who finished his third term as head of the organization. An East Mill Creek man was elected first vice president of the National Society, Sons of Utah Pioneers, putting him in line for the presidency next year. Karl B. Hale, well known south-cast south-cast businessman, was named to the office at the SUP annual encampment en-campment last weekend in Provo, after serving for several years in other official capacities. Also elected were Richard D. Poll, Provo; E. Lamar Buckner, Ogden; Earl A. Hansen, Logan; Marlon S. Bateman, Sandy; all vice presidents. Adolph N. Reeder, chaplain last year, is a new five-year five-year member of the Life Membership Member-ship Committee. Last year Dr. Christensen was first vice president of the national group, and in 1955 he served as chapter president of the SUP Luncheon Club in Salt Lake. Horace A. Sorensen is thought to be the only man elected for three successive terms as presid- ent of the 33 year old National Society. He now holds the position of lifetime managing director of the SUP Pioneer Village in East Mill Creek. He and Mrs. Sorensen deeded the Village property to SUP prior to his presidential tenure. In three years as president, Mr. Sorensen has more than trebled the membership in the National Society and more than doubled the number of active chapters. He has traveled by car and plane to organize and charter chapters from Logan on the north to Escalante on the south and Los Angeles on the west. Mr. Sorensen established a monthly magazine of news and historical articles and has exapnded Pioneer Village to include many more buildings and exhibits than less farsighted men dreamed of. He has supervised the construction, construct-ion, reconstruction, and refurnishing refurnish-ing of more than a dozen separate buildings at the Village in three years. He has established an annual live television program of the Village, titled Heritage. Thousands of dollars of his personal funds have been poured into the hopper of Village finances, and only recently bas there been any permanent outside means of providing monies to keep the Village going. The new policy of charging admission is bringing in cash to help pay salaries of the Village staff. |