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Show SJILP Announces Further Plans For Museum and Prison Site State Park Temporary Museum Will Open Soon To General Public, School Children Now that the temporary pioneer museum of the Sons of Utah Pioneers has been established, the second step in formulation of plans for the permanent museum- at the prison site state park will be taken Monday evening, Nov. 22, when a prominent historian his-torian will address the Sugar House S.U.P. chapter.The historian his-torian will aid the chapter in working out a novel method" of portraying the pioneer story through the use of relics now being gathered. Horace A. Sorensen, chapter president, announced. Best Museum Planned The temporary museum at 3000 Connor Street will be used as an experiment in up-to-date museum technique. The chapter will not only apply the best in current museum practice, but will do a little pioneering on its own, Mr. Sorensen said. The executive execu-tive board of the local chapter plans to have a museum as outstanding out-standing as the history it will portray, it, was announced. Plans for the next meeting to be held at Weasku Inn, 2203 E 21st South, were made by the board at its regular meeting, Monday, Nov. 8, at 2144 So. 11th East. Present, in addition to board members, were advisory board members, Sterling H. Nelson, Nel-son, Howard J. McKean, and Harold H. Jenson. Open House Nov. 28 An open house at the present museum will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28, for members of other S.U.P. chapters chap-ters and their wives, as well as heads of ' certain organizations. Invited guests will lie taken through the museum by trained guides unde the superviisoii of chapter historian, L. Clair Lines. The Sugar House chapter is now planning for visits to the museum mu-seum of school children, civic organizations and the general public. Schedules of visiting! hours will soon be released, Mr. Sorensen announced. State Park Planned, Mr. Sorensen brought the group up to date on other plans m collection with the establishment establish-ment of a "Pioneer Memorial State Park" at the prison site. He recounted the story of the passage of the state park bill through the last session of the legislature. "All of the prison site was made a state park," Mr. Sorensen said, "and we intend to make use of all of it for the good of the people of Utah, and tourists." Other buildings now being planned are: a scenic wonders won-ders building, an all-purpose auditorium, au-ditorium, and an amphitheater. Other items discussed at the board meeting were incorpcra- tion of the chapter and the 1919 S.U.P. encampment at Brighton. David S. King, judge advocate of the chapter will submit a report re-port on incorporation at the next meeting. The local chapter will be host of the 1919 Encampment, Encamp-ment, and is planning a three-day three-day affair for July 29 through 31. |