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Show HORACE A. SORENSEN Pioneers Acclaim Sorensen By thunderous acclamation, Horace Hor-ace A. Sorensen this week was reelected re-elected president of the National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers. Pio-neers. The Sugar House businessman and executive has achieved one of the outstanding records of the Pioneer Sons organization with his strong leadership and his marked generosity to the acquiring and preservation of Mormon Pioneer lore. Meeting at Brighton, the pioneer descendants also named their 1055 official slate, honored their outstanding out-standing leaders for their achievements achieve-ments this past year. Dr. Joel E. Ricks, Logan, was re-elected by acclamation as first vice president; Prof. Jay B. Hunt, Provo, second vice; Dr. Carl J. Christensen, Salt Lake, third vice; A. L. Smith, Ogden, fourth, and William R. Palmer, Cedar City, fifth vice president. Richard A. Lambert was named financial committee chairman. At the gay president's banquet ban-quet held Sunday evening, many leaders were honored by being presented with a thin and polished pol-ished slice of steel taken from the original rail at the golden spike ceremony. They were Dr. Ricks, Frank Munnis, Garland; Karl B. Hale, East Mill Creek; Merlin A. Shaw, South Cotton-Continued Cotton-Continued on Page 3 Pioneers Acclaim Sorensen Continued from Page One. wood; Dr. Christensen, Deseret (U of U) Faculty chapter; Prof. Hunt, BYU Faculty chapter, and R. A. Lambert, Summit chapter. Will Brooks, St. George, the Dixie Mission chapter, and dual honors went to Lyle Larsen and M. Bennett of the Utah Rangers who make up the Pony Express chapter. A golden diamond pin was awarded to Adolph M. Reeder, Box Elder, for recruiting the most new members, and his chapter was awarded the President's cup. A special citation was made to Pioneer Pio-neer chapter with Joseph Henriod, president. The 1956 meeting will be late in the year in Logan to correspond with the centennial celebration of Cache Valley. In his report to the group Sorensen Sor-ensen said the SUP Museum had more than doubled in size during the past year. Represented at the encampment were 23 chapters of the SUP with a registration of more than 400. Ralph Barnes was general chairman chair-man and the three day events included a program of square dancing, story telling, special ladies la-dies program, sight seeing fides on the ski lifts and a tour through the SUP Museum at 3000 Connor street Sunday evening. Marion D. Hanks, of the First Council of Seventy, represented the general authorities-of the LDS church as guest speaker Sunday. -It marked the 23rd annual encampment en-campment for the organization. |