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Show SUP Honors Sorensens Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Sorensen were signally honored this week when they had the title "Mr. and Mrs. Sons of Utah Pioneers of T953" conferred on them by the SUP organization. or-ganization. Long zealous boosters for the Pioneer Sons, the Sorensens only a fortnight ago deeded to the SUP title to three acres of land from their estate, together with buildings build-ings and fixtures which have been made up into the temporary home of the Pioneer Museum, which one day will be the cultural center of the great Mormon Pioneer Village in Sugar House Park on the old Utah penitentiary site. Mr. Sorensen is chairman of the committee in charge of founding the village and has spent tireless years in assembling relics, souvenirs, souve-nirs, curios, objects of art and cul- Contlnueu on Page 5 SUP Honors Sorensens and Calvin Sorensen for their efforts ef-forts in behalf of the museum. State Senator Elias L. Day made the motion for the citation which was unanimously passed at the SUP meeting Nov. 13. The Pioneer " Sons alsu voted to enlarge their program and broaden their constitution and by-laws to cover the ever widening scope of their activities. Continued from Page I ture of the pioneers for the museum. mu-seum. In accepting the title, Mr. Sorensen Sor-ensen credited his interest in Pioneer lore to his father, the late S. C. Sorensen, . who spent many years in research, study and collections col-lections of early day relics. He also passed much credit on to his brothers, S. Morgan, Gordon |