Battleship Utah Silver Service Committee

Authorized March 30, 1910, by proclamation of Governor William Spry. The state followed the patriotic custom of providing the vessel named in its honor with a silver service. The committee solicited designs and fixed $10,000 as the cost of the service to be presented by Utah to the battleship. Contributions from school children were collected through subscriptions. Committee members included: Col. D.C. Jackling, chairman, A.C. Nelson, D.H. Christensen, A.R. Heywood, Elizabeth C. McCune, and Fay Loose. John K. Hardy, secretary to the governor, was appointed secretary/treasurer of the committee.