POEMS APPEAL TO OGDEN MEN Ben Lomond Club Enjoys Listening to toV Words V olds or 01 Poet Artist If 11 anybody had the delusion that Ogden's Ogden business bIL and professional men nen were cre not interested In th poetry po try they shed that delusion suddenly d Thurs Thurs- Thursday r et lono row day night n In tn l the Hotel when they th observed the unfeigned enjoy enJoy- enjoyment enJoyment ment with which the members of the Ben Lomond club listened to An An- Anthony Anthony Anthony thony Eu cr Anthony Euwer Euver Is a poet M and an artIst and he combines the two t Ues ties In producing combination art and rhyme pages for a California Sunday newspaper TELLS To the Ben Lomond club members Mr Euwer read a score of representative tive tIre poems from his books ot OX verse and described in an Interesting man- man manner manner ner npr the circumstances which Inspired their composition His first was vas v. v as an eloquent tribute to to the Hood River valley of Oregon In which he act t forth the glowing Im Impression tm received upon his first visit there thre where his brother had carved out a smiling smiting orchard from what had been wilderness Then he demonstrated his skill as a word carpenter by reading a rollick rollick- rollicking rollickIng ing set ret of verses on the sin of gos gos- gos- gos sip alp In this work he quotes an old timer who had Just heard DIlly Billy Sun Sun- Sunday day ay the evangelist This old settler decides that DIlly Billy was wrong strong In say say- saying saying ing the section was going to the dogs lS through Indulgence In strong drink The old timer argues with reason that gossip Is La what wrecks a ft happy community JUVENILE LE IDEAS Then ormo cemo mo a whImsIcal bit The Runt ln m In which a farmer boy de describes de- de describes describes scribes the tragic life and death of An undersized pig born bom to the family sow From pigs Mr Euwer switched to dairy cattle catOe and averred In more whimsical rhyme that about the most meat tragic event he knows about Is to to 10 have haTe a dry In strawberry time timeA A boys boy's graphic account of the death of a goldfish was vas the theme of another set of verses Then came an enlightening essay on cats In which the statement Is made by another small boy toy that If cats had tad five fl legs they wouldn't be quad quad- quadrupeds quadrupeds and If they had three legs they would be tot tripod cats Growing serious the poet read a dramatic prayer which he called The Want Ad of My Soul SouLS Mr Euwer next revealed a cross see see- section tion lion of or human nature In which he h de described de- de scribed how kind and considerate a family was as of John who had the con but made macic Bill the goat In the fam- fam family lly ily differences The family thought John didn't have hae long to live so they never neer said or did anything to hurt his feelings or disturb his comfort Bill was big and hearty heart though and he received the family buffets It turns out however that Bill up and gets the flu fiu and is dead The family Is aghast The verses erses conclude with the state state- statement statement ment that Bill got the hell and John got well well TO fO WAR WAIt THEMES Mr Euwer's limericks on anatomy he said were Inspired by an attack of the mumps and the treatment he re re- re His Tale of a Cootie and Kiddies of France were the result of his work war-work observations In France as were his dramatic verses describing descrIbIng ing In a soldiers soldier's Impression on how It felt to Kill humans in combat His closing number was as entitled Hobnobbing With the Firmament a vivid fast moving description of a aride aride aride ride with a war pilot who desired to show off to a young woman he ad admired ad- ad admired mired and also give his passenger pa enser plenty of thrills Frank president of the presided He Introduced A M. M Mer Mer- Merrill Merrill rill nil principal of the Ogden High school as toastmaster and Mr Mer- Mer nil Introduced the poet artist W. W Rice Kimball chairman of the program committee made macle announce Announce- announcements Announcements announcements ments of future attractions for Ben BenLomond BenLomond BenLomond Lomond club members