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Show Sons of Utah Pioneers Make Plans For "Know Your Utah" Week V ft f f ' : - .. ; : i KNOW YOUR UTAH Week officials are shown examining an early Utah pioneer spinning wheel in the Bureau of Information in Salt Lake City. Left to Right, they are: Fred E. Curtis. President, Sons of Utah Pioneers, sponsoring organization; Marion Duff Hanks, State Chairman; and Franklin Dunn Richards, Salt Lake Chairman, KNOW YOUR UTAH WEEK. I Governor J. Bracken Lee has officially of-ficially proclaimed the week of Jan. 1 to "7, 1950, as KNOW YOUR UTAH WEEK, it was announced today. In his proclamation the Governor noted that the Sons of Utah Pioneers have arranged a statewide program for the designated desig-nated week, and asked all Utahns to cooperate in achieving the objectives ob-jectives of the annual celebration. KNOW YOUR UTAH Week was inaugurated some years ago as a statewide project of the Sons of Utah Pioneers organization and because be-cause of its effectiveness in making mak-ing the citizens of the state Utah-conscious Utah-conscious has been made an annual affair. Fred E. Curtis, President of the Sons of Pioneers, has announced announc-ed that Marion Duff Hanks, Asst. Director of the Bureau of Information Informa-tion on Temple Square, will serve as state chairman of KNOW YOUR UTAH Week this year, assisted by Franklin D. Richards as Salt Lake Chairman and William L. Pulsipher as Publicity Director. Slogan for the event this year is "BOOST YOUR STATE BY KNOWING HER STORY." In a statement of the objectives of KNOW YOUR UTAH Week, Mr. Hanks listed as a major aim of the observance the encouragement of all citizens of Utah to learn the story of their state, its unique and inspiring history, its natural resources, re-sources, its progress and development, develop-ment, its future possibilities, and its important place among its sister states. "Every Utahn a participating participat-ing citizen is our goal," said Mr. Hanks. "The Sons of Utah Pioneers are seeking to make the teaching of the fundamental facts about Utah a part of our regular educa-cational educa-cational procedure." According to Mr. Pulsipher, State Director for KNOW YOUR UTAH Week, moving picture films for use by schools, clubs or other organizations or-ganizations mav be obtained for use during KNOW YOUR UTAH Week by writing to the Bureau of Information, Temple Square, Salt Lake City. A Speakers Bureau has also been established through which speakers may be obtained for programs pro-grams during the appointed week. Statewide newspaper and radio coverage is being sought to publicize publi-cize the purposes of the week, and local chairmen will be appointed in most Utah cities, according to Mr. Hanks. |