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Show SUP Plaques Pioneers of Salt Lake County may be among Utahns memorialized memorial-ized in Pioneer Memorial Theater on the University of Utah campus. We understood this will not be a replica of the ld Salt Lake Theater, but a memorial. Individuals or family associations have been invited to contribute $200 for a seat plaque ' honoring any person who arrived in Utah prior to May 10, 1869 (when the railroad was completed at Promontory). One plaque may honor both husband and wife, if they arrived in the state together. The campaign to obtain plaques for the 1,000 seats in Pioneer Memorial Theater has been given the Sons of Utah Pioneers. D. Crawford Houston, local drive chairman, said the campaign is ex- pected to be completed by Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Day. Each plaque will be about four by six inches in size and will list the ancestor's name, date of arrival in Utah and some of the more prominent achievements of his life. Accompanying each $200 contribution should be information which includes the name of the pioneer pio-neer ancestor to be memorialized, the arrival date, method of travel (such as covered wagon or hand cart), company to which the ancestor an-cestor was attached, if known, and the occupation or trade of the ancestor. Contributions may be made through the National Association of the Sons of Utah Pioneers or to the Alumni-University of Utah Development Fund, earmarked for the Pioneer Memorial Theater. For construction of the building, the state of Utah has appropriated ap-propriated $500,000. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has donated $250,000, plus architect's fees valued at $75,000. Another $250, 000 has been contributed contri-buted by Kennecott Copper Corp. A theater reserve fund has provided pro-vided $25,00. This leaves $400, 000 still to be raised to meet construction estimates of$l, 500 000. Of that amount, $200,000 is expected to come from the seat plaque campaign, Mr. Houston said. |