The Delta Arts-Literary Section of the Women’s Council of Provo will hold its annual Honor Night on Wednesday at the Women’s Cultural Center, 310 W. 500 N., Provo.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Honored will be N. LaVerl Christensen, former editor of “The Daily Herald,” (now Editor Emeritus), and Mrs. Ora Burrup, past president of the Provo Women’s Council, and a Provo artist.
In addition to these presentations, there will also be a musical selection, and refreshments will bc served.
The event is an open session to which all sections of the Women’s Council are invited, along with family members of those to be honored.
Mrs. Noal K (Lillian) Hatch is chairman of the event, with several others of the section who are helping with refreshments.
Irene Mitchell is serving as this year’s chairman of the Delta Arts-Literacy Section.
N. LaVerl Christensen was editor of “The Daily Herald” for 30 years, retiring in 1979. Since then, in the capacity of editor emeritus, he has served as a writer-columnist for the Herald and other Scripps League newspapers, part-time since 1983.
In his years as a writer and editor. “Chris” has been a strong booster of Provo and Utah Valley and their interests.
His public service has included leadership positions in church, civic, educational and patriotic organizations, including four years as a member of the governor-appointed Snow College institutional Council.
He authored a book on Provo’s Tabernacles, published in 1983 by East Provo Stake.
He has received a number of awards and recognitions including the National American Legion Fourth Estate Award and the Provo Freedom Award, sponsored by the Fourth of July Freedom Festival.
Ora Burrup is an active member of the Artist’s Section of the Provo Women’s Council.
She has served as chairman of the Artists Section and president of the Women’s Council, and is also a member of the Utah valley Art Guild.
After graduating from BYU, she was the librarian at Wasatch School in the Provo School District.
She has worked in all the ward and stake auxiliary organizations, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She and her late husband Percy E. Burrup served an LDS Mission in the Nauvoo, Ill. Mission, and worked in the Provo LDS Temple.