Days of '47 Inc. honored six Utahns working to enhance the lives of individuals and the community with the Utah's Quiet Pioneers awards during the Stadium of Fire on July 4.
The recipients of the 1992 awards are:
Margaret Buck, who teaches in the Montezuma Creek Elementary School where 98 percent of her students are American Indians. She serves as a member of the Board of Regents for the College of Eastern Utah's San Juan Campus, is a volunteer emergency medical technician and is the secretary of the Mexican Water Chapter.
Grethe Peterson, a community activist, educator, newspaper editor and former first lady of the University of Utah. Peterson helped launch a program to cut the institutional trauma faced by children in Utah's court system.
Arch and Peggy Madsen. Arch Madsen has been the major force behind KSL Television and Radio, Bonneville International and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for the past 30 years, and Peggy Madsen has been the driving force behind Arch.
Maxine Grimm, who has enhanced the community wherever she has lived. She has served in the Red Cross, was the driving force behind the restoration of the Benson Grist Mill and heads the Utah Centennial Committee Celebration, which will take place in 1996.
Dick Hammer, who came to Utah almost 60 years ago with some friends - Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward and John Wayne. Hammer appeared as a stunt man in films like Stagecoach and Home on the Range and has used his contacts to bring dozens of film contracts to Utah. Dick's Cafe and the memorabilia on its walls have been a St. George institution for 57 years.