L.D.S. Seminary Annual Commencement Program

L.D.S. Seminary Annual Commencement Program
Theme
“Youth and Religion”
Vernal Seminary Building
Uintah Stake Tabernacle
Sunday, April 28, 1946, 8 p.m.

Stake Board of Education
Archie Johnson, President
Bryon Goodrich
H. Grant Vest
A. Noble Kimball
C. Laurence Fox

Seminary Faculty
A. Noble Kimball
Richards Durham

Student Body Officers
Marie Bingham, President
Paul Brown, Vice President
Kathyleen Merkley, Secretary

Student Committee In Charge of Graduation
Sterling Colton
Ernest Weeks
Kenneth Perry
Robert Swain
Val Larie Preece

1946 Seminary Graduates
Maxwell D. Adams
Helen Allen
Evylene E. Atwood
Rayma Deon Atwood
Vivian Atwood
Garth Batty
Miles M. Batty
Marie Bingham
Harold R. Bodily
Mary Lina Brimhall
Paul Lloyd Brown
Delores Caldwell
Keith B. Caldwell
Bert Lloyd Carroll
Wendell Collier
Sterling Don Colton
Clayton Curtis
DeMar Duvall
LaVoir Duvall
Melvin Freestone
Ardith Harrison
Irvin Haws
John K. Haws
Burtron Johnson
Joelle Johnshon
Audrey Jones
Clarene Larson
Reuben Bryce Mackay
Valda D. Massey
Sybil Massey
Joye McKeachnie
Lela Rae McConkie
Kathyleen Merkley
Karl Rae Merkley
Orvil Merrell
Erma Nickell
Kenneth L. Perry
Nila Perry
Donald Warren Porter
Dona Ruth Pope
Val Larie Preece
Afton P. Price
Lessa Rae Rasmussen
Eva Reynolds
Howard H. Richardson
Jean Harrison Rogers
Marvel D. Roper
Janet Lee Ruppe
Doral Leslie Thacker
Elva LaRene Timothy
William R. Siddoway
Pauline Siddoway
Glade M. Sowards
Robert Swain
Ernest Weeks
Nola Mae Weeks
Norine White
Marita Williams
Dan J. Workman
James M. Workman

Gradution Program
“Youth and Religion”
Program Prelude… Kenneth Perry
March of the Graduates
Introduction… Glade Sowards
Invocation… Sterling Don Colton
Song – “True To The Faith”… Graduates
Student Address –
“The Return To Religion”… Kathyleen Merkley
Seminary Quartet – “Deep In My Heart Dear”
Bert Carroll, Burton Johnson, Glade Sowards, Ted Thacker,
Accompanied by Kenneth Perry
Student Address –
“At The Cross Roads”… William Siddoway
Seminary Sextet –
“to A Wild”… Dorothy Anne Whitbeck, Rachel Calder, Delores Caldwell, Audrey Jones, Marie Bingham and Kathyleen Merkley, Accompanied by Mrs. Lucille H. Calder
Presentation of Graduates… Principal A. Noble Kimball
Awarding of Diplomas… President Archie Johnson
Seminary Quartet – “Upon A Mighty Organ”
Address To Graduates… Elder Joseph F. Merrill
(Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles)
Song- “Choose The Right”… Graduates
Benediction… Dan Workman
Audience please remain seated until after Graduates march out

Sponsors
The Following Firms and Individuals
Extend Their Congratulations to the Graduates
Allred’s Texaco Service
Ashley Valley Market
A&W Sheet Metal
Ashley Meat Products
Ashton Bros. Company
Ashton Service
Basin Chevrolet
Bradshaw Auto Parts
Bowden’s Barber Shop
Brook’s Custom Tailors
Bank of Vernal
Barket Jewelery
Bishopric of First Ward
Calder Bros. Co.
Caldwell Timber Co.
Collier Furniture
C. E. Searle & Co.
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Commercial Hotel
City Bakery
Dinosaur Motor Lodge
Dr. F. G. Eskelson
Dr. J. W. Stevens
Dr. O. M. Thurman
Farm Exchange
Fred & Frank Tire Shop
Farmers Market
Grill Cafe
Gibson Hotel
Hacking’s Furniture
H. S. Sowards
Harrison’s Store
J. C. Penney
Jim’s Cafe
Main Theatre
Miles Market
Mountain States Telephone Co.
Naples Store & Service
Newton Bros.
National Geophysical Co.
Neo-Lectrice Co.
Peterson Bros.
Robert’s Style Shop
Sather Jewelry
Sports Shop
Searle Saving Center
Swain Funeral Home
Showalter Motor
Sinclair Service
Staley Coal Co.
Thorne Studio
Texaco Service
Timothy Hardware
Uintah State Bank
United Stores
Uintah Drug
Utah Motor
Utah Oil Service
Utah Oil Distributor
Utah Power & Light
Vernal Real Estate Co.
Vernal Express
Vernal Cafe
Vernal Drug
Verdin R. Johson Store
Vernal Theatre
Vogue Theatre
Wasatch Service
Weeks Corner Store

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