Pioneer: 1982 Vol.29, No.1

50th Anniversary
One Year Away,
Reminds Historian
by E. Kay Kirkham
National Historian
Our 50th Anniversary , our Year
o* Jubilee, will arrive on Tuesday,
the 29th of March 1983 - all too
soon to commemorate this important
date in the history of our organiza¬
tion*
We quote from the 41 Brief His¬
tory of the National Society of the
Sons of Utah Pioneers” by Gustive
O* Larson (July 1963) -
'Tapers left by the late
Lawrence T* Epperson tell of
an organization meeting held
in the office of Heber Jex with
Epperson presiding* In this and
subsequent meetings a consti¬
tution and by-laws were for¬
mulated and on March 29,
1933, the Sons of LItah
Pioneers were incorporated as
a state society* ***J
It is proposed that this date be a
significant milestone in the history
of our enduring organization. To be
free of all indebtedness* To reach a
goal of perhaps 10,000 names in
our continuing pioneer memorial
Elaque program and that our history
e brought up to date in a printed
history to be available to all
members present and future.
These three goals are not un¬
reasonable and they can be ac¬
complished with the cooperation of
all of our present members and those
who will join with us in the months
to come. A program has already
been arranged for our complete
freedom from debt. With 6,000
pioneers memorialized out of an ap¬
proximate 80,000 in all, there is no
excuse here for not accepting such a
challenge. An up-dated history can
be written from the annals of our
past.
We invite each of our present
chapters to call upon their historians
to briefly summarize their chapter
history, to provide a date of organi¬
zation with initial chapter officers
and add to this the main and impor¬
tant events within their chapter
Mark Richards, at right, indicates the name of his great-great-grandfather,
Franklin D* Richards, on a plaque in the Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial
Gallery. Looking on are, left to right, Bryan Richards, another brother; Elder
LeGrand Richards of the Council of the Twelve, their grandfather; and Alden
Richards, their father.
Rules to Elect Vice Presidents
The SUP National Board approv¬
ed new procedures Dec. 8 to elect
area vice presidents during the 1982
elections. The rules implement
changes of the Articles of Incorpora¬
tion approved by delegates at the
1981 Encampment.
Delegates at the Mesa Encamp¬
ment in October will vote for the
vice presidential candidates only for
their own area* The elections will
take place during area meetings at
the annual meeting*
Orson D* Wright, national socie¬
ty election committee chairman, and
two other past national presidents
comprise the national society elec¬
tion committee, who explained the
new process*
Nominations for area vice presi¬
dents will first be sought by the na¬
tional election committee in writing
from each chapter prior to June 1,
history. Send this with other chapter
information to the Historian at the
national headquarters office.
WE HAVE A NOBLE HERI¬
TAGE, LET'S ACCEPT THE
CHALLENGE OF OUR GOLDEN
ANNIVERSARY*
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to be returned by July I.
Next, the combined list of
nominees for each area will be for¬
warded to currently serving area vice
presidents by July 15th* Chapters
which have not responded will be
contacted, and names may be sugested
by the current area vice presient,
with additions accepted until
August 1st*
Chapters favoring a candidate are
then free to announce their choice
and his qualifications*
The current area vice presidents
are responsible for verifying the final
ballot and scheduling and conducting
the area election meeting > to be held
before the general business meeting
of the Encampment. Nominations
from the floor may he added
Tellers will be appointed to report
results of each area's balloting to the
national president, to be announced
at the general business session.
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