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Show r GjjD Opens Thursday fOur Town Sets Pfc Fonger ary, 1938, when the first flight dramatic critics of the New York newspaers gathered to witness the 0xning performance of Thornton Wilder's new play, Our Town, they did not know quite what to expect. THEY WERE aware that Mr. Wilder was a novelist of some reputation, having in fact won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928 for his liook, The Bridge of San Luis Rey. They may have known, or have been informed, that Mr. Wilder had written quite a few short plays, but never a one, and never one that had reached Broadway. And when they opened their Playbills for Henry Miller's Theatre, they discovered that the play they were aliout to witness would deal with three great adventures of living, sulicaptioned "Life, Love, and "Death. Broadway was a bit awed by Our Town. Although a majority of the reviews the next morning were frankly ecstatic, a few were modestly doubtful of the complete applicability of Mr. Wilders statement. One or two mildly questioned the effectiveness of the sceneryless stage, and of the story told in a unique combination of pantomime and Creek Chorus recital by a Narrator performing as a Stage Manager. One of the few who was accurately able to guage the profound effects of what he was seeing was Brooks Atkinson, critic for The New York Times. In his review the next morning, Mr. Atkinson wrote: Our Town' has escaped from the formal barrier of the modem theatre into the quintessence of acting, thought, and speculation. A hauntingly beautiful play. THE TRUTH was that Our Town was a for a whole new school of playwrights who were going to attempt for the first time at least in any concentrated and determined effort to circumvent the boundaries of the traditional stage setting. True, there had been other plays produced without scenery, and a number had been shown without the curtain that, in the tradition of the theatre, full-leng- th Last Hites Set for Lyndscy Fonger -- Last rites for Lvmlsey F. Fonger, Tooele counties first victim of the Vietnam War, will be held Monday. REQUIEM MASS will le held at the St. Marguerites Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Rosary will be at the Tate Mortuaiy on Sunday, March 6 at 8 p.m. Friends may call there from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday prior to funeral time. The body of Mr. Fonger arrival here via air, Tuesday evening accompanied by a military escort. PFC FONGER, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fonger, 324 Fairlane Drive, w'as killed in action at Vietnam last week. Burial will be in Tooele City Cemetery. Sheriff Travels To Extradite Two Tooele County Sheriff Fay Gillette left for California and Oregon early this week to pick up two prisoners wanted for crimes in Tooele. The Sheriff is in California at present making arrangements for the return of William E. Bennett. Bennett is wanted for passing $200 worth of bad checks in Tooele. From California Sheriff Gillette will travel to Baker, Oregon to pick up Lyndon J. Burr who is wanted on a burglary charge in Tooele. trail-blaz- er - THS Wrestlers End Successful Season lers to the state tournament, Danny Foulon, Lawrence Tafoya, Randy Reed, Keith Davis, Number Thirty Fight Tooele, Utah, Friday, March 4, 1966 Volume Seventy One Mel Workman, and Lauren Dow. Mel Workman and Lauren Dow were able to gamer second places but the others found it a little tougher sledding. Danny Foulon lost to Homick of Highland in the first by a pin. Lawrence Tafoya dropped his first match to Pulido of Ogden by a decision. Keith Davis also was defeated in the first by Hansen of Bear River by a pin. Randy Reed lost his j match to Elton of Lehi who later took second place. Elton went undefeated until the finals; therefore, Reed had a chance in the consolation bracket. Randy couldnt capitalize on Eltons advancement and lost his second match to Cook of Granger by a decision. Mel Workman won his first match by piftning Back of View-mon- t. Joe Ellison of Spanish Fork was Mels second victim by way of a decision. Dan Hone of Sky View tested Workman in the Hone was a for- third midable opponent and had Workman down 6 to 2 before being pinned in the waning seconds of the third period. Workman lost in the finals to King of Bear River by 4 to 0. LAUREN DOW pinned his first opponent, Rich of East. Dow then defeated Mike Bailey of Orem by 1 to 0. Terry Littledike of Sky View fell to Lauren in the semi-finaby the score of 1 to 0. Lauren Dow then met Arden Ash-firton of Granite. It was a close match with Ashton coming out on top by 2 to 0. Ashton had never permitted a point to be scored on him during the season and the state finals proved to be no exception. d. ls st interior, or the fourth boundary of such landscape as may lie revealed. But overall, attendance at "Our Town provided a genuinely new experience in playgoing. arch Storm Blankets Tooele With 15 Inches of New Snow The seasons wettest, heaviest and longest snowstorm hurried Tooele under a foot of snow and greatly hampered efforts to move aliout. Entering the theatre for one of its performances, the sectator's first view is of a completely I bare stage, exposed in Mf' Boundaries of the stage are remote and hazy, there is no at'..-I tempt at scenery, and the bare bones of the theatre, steam pipes, v ropes, and piles of flats" from old stage settings, may be visible. k Presently, without any fonnal notice that the play has liegun, the "Stage Manager, hat on and pipe in mouth, enters and begins placing a table and several chairs ' .nsTt'tk" around the stage. Then he saunSome do it the easy way . , , Dave Murray, an employe ters casually down to the footof Cillespies Enco Station, uses a jeep powered plow to lights, takes a comfortable pose, push snow off the walks. watches a (ew late arrivals slide their into seats, apologetically takes the pipe out of his mouth, and begins to speak. And just like that - the play is underway! AUDIENCE RESPONSE to that opening night back in 1938 was highly favorable. The theatregoers may not have known exactly what they were seeing, but they knew they liked it. That spring, Our Town was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the best play of American authorship, giving new impetus to the run, which finally reached the imposing total of 336 performances. Since then, the judgment of those first audiences has been resoundingly vindicated, not only in this country, but in nearly But most of us do it the hard way . . . Alan Sammons every other country in the ciuses his muscle power to clear away the results of Wedvilized world, where Our Town nesday nights big storm. lb's little brother, Richard, right, has received hundreds upon hunand mother, Mrs. Francis Sammons, look on. dreds of individual productions. Today the play holds a firm place as one of the great American plays of this and all times - an authentic American classic. A rare opportunity will be afforded local playgoers on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evecivilian job involved would be absorbed into Twenty-seve- n ning, March 3, 4 and 5, when the have been created at other positions here. Community Theatre Cuild offers openings Dugway offers some 'fringe its own presentation of Our Dugway as a result of the conTown at the Harris Elementary version plan announced last fall benefits for civilian job seekers. by Secretary of Defense Robert Since it is located some 80 miles School. CURTAIN TIME is 8 o'clock. S. McNamara to release more from Salt Lake City and 40 miles Tickets may be obtained at servicemen from support type ac- from Tooele, the personnel hired would be eligible for housing the Tooele Drug Store, Parkers tivities. five THE affects CHANGE on post comparable with their Music, or from members of the cast. They' will also be sold at officer and 22 enlisted personnel grade and family size. Employees the door, but limiting seating positions currently authorized at residing on post may utilize the hospital facilities (just recently makes it advisable to buy them the Proving Ground. The job openings available renovated at a cost of approxiin advance if possible. mately $500,000) the Post ExPrice of the tickets is $1 for should be filled by May 1. Nearly all the military posi- change and commissary as well adults and 50 cents for students. tions approved for conversion as other post facilities. Available housing on post inwere of an administrative or clerical nature and the civilian counterclude Wherry and Army conParent Conference part positions will be of the im- structed quarters which are all Week Set for mediate to lower pay positions. in excellent condition. THE MAJORITY of the DugFor further information contact 1 3 JJarcJj J. April way conversions were located in the Civilian Personnel Office at The third nine week period of the support type organizations Dugway Proving Ground. school will be completed Friday, on post. A breakdown of job openings March 25, 1966. The principals and teachers include 13 in the Personnel and are planning for another Parent-Teach- Administration Directorate; three in the Logistical Operations DiConference period Thursday, afternoon, March 31, and rectorate; three in the ComptrolFriday afternoon, April 1, in all ler and Programs Directorate; two in Test Design and Analysis; the schools of the County. No lunches will be served on three in Test Operations and three either of these days. Schools will in special staff elements. Jose A. Gonzoles, 72, Stockton, Officials have emphasized that died Wednesday around 12:30 dismiss all classes at 11:30 a.m. on both days. Buses will load at about 50 per cent of the positions p.m. after a short illness. 11:30 a.m. on both days to return scheduled for conversion are now Mr. Gonzoles had been sick children home. vacant; thus the hiring of civilians with influenza for the past four Each school will schedule should increase Dugway 's current days. the parents from 1:00 to 5:00 payroll by approximately $125,000 Friends found him in a chair Wednesday and he was rushed p.m. on Thursday, or Friday, so annually. IT WAS lso emphasized that ; to the Tooele Clinic where he they can meet and discuss each students standing with his or her many of the military jobs being was pronounced dead. converted would cause no reasMr. Gonzoles was a sheep-herdteachers. and had no near relatives. signment because the individuals frk-- L I - . i- , Dugway Announces 27 Job Openings For Civilians Jose Gonzales Dies at Home er er y THE STORM began Tuesday afternoon, blowing and drifting snow over federal and state highways in Tooele County creating almost blizzard like condi- -- w v ' tions. light snow fell Wednesday morning, but the snow showers had quit by Wednesday afternoon By 5 p.in. Wednesday the sun had peeped through the layer of clutuLs. Highways were ice covered Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, but the main arteries had thawed by Wednesday afternoon. THE UTAH Highway Patrol warned motorists of hazardous driving conditions and urged drivers to exercise great caution. Motorists were advised by the Highway Patrol not to use 3 west of Lehi as a route to the Tooele Army Depot and Dugway liecause of heavy drifting snow. Heaviest hit areas by the storm were those near the mountains. An estimated 25 inches of new snow fell on the South Willow area. In the city, Tooeleans measured from 10 to 15 inches of snow on their walks and driveways. BECAUSE OF its high water content the snow made a work for Tooele g homeowners. Citizens lifted several tons of snow from their walks and driveways. Scores of motorists got their cars stuck in the deep drifts throughout the city and tow trucks and rescue equipment were kept busy throughout Wednesday. The Tooele County Sheriff s Office investigated a rash of minor accidents Wednesday night and Thursday, particularly in Middle Canyon, but they said no injuries were reported. Burdette Bevan, Tooeles official weather recorder, measured 15 inches of new fallen snow brought by the storm at his station. The wet snow contained 1.21 inches of moisture. THE STORM brought the total snowfall for this year to 48 total inches of snow. Moisture content totaled 6.14 inches. Last year Tooele had 57 inches of snow by March 1 and 8.5 inches of moisture. The weather year starts official on Oct. 1. Last month a total of 11.5 inches of snow fell on Tooele containing .78 inches of moisture. THE HIGH temperature for February was 51 degrees on the 19th and the low was 8 degrees on the 16th. The weather forecast for Thursday and Friday is for variable clouds and cold Thursday and Thursday night with occasional light snow. Fridays weather should be fair with a warming trend beginning. High Thursday should be in the low 30s but the temperatures should near 40 degrees Friday. Low Thursday night will be from 10 to 15 degrees. Wednesdays high was 38 The recent snowstorm provided plenty of ammunition for these snow bailers. Children throughout the county made as much use of the snow as they possibly could. U-7- v back-breakin- degrees. Wrong Registration Tooele Police cited Roger C. Peterson, 17, 156 West Second North, Tuesday for displaying expired registration on his car. Standing like a white ghost, this automobile bean the weight of over a foot of snow. This is the way most Tooeleans found their cars Wednesday morning, except those lucky enough to own a garage. Sisters Capture TAD Show Two little sisters, Cheri Waterman, 9, and Debbie, 11, stole the show and the top $50 prize at the Tooele Army Depot Talent Show last Saturday night in the Tooele High School gymnasium with a marvelously agile performance ot acrobatic dancing.. A NEAR sell-ohouse witnessed the event which had the added attraction of Hollywood star Edward Nelson from 20th Century-Fo- x as master of Mrs. Eugene Lake City. Jelesnik of Salt In welcoming the audience. Col. George P. Holm, commanding officer of Tooele Army Depot, expressed his gratitude for the fine attendance and said that he had planned the show and the presentation of a Hollywood star to emcee it as a gesture of appreciation to the community for the friendly relationship between it and the installation. ceremonies. NELSON, WHO plays the Second place in the talent role of Dr. Rossi in the television contest went to a group of young version of Peyton Place, charmed the audience with his suave girls calling themselves the Desires, who sang Youre Doing Me patter and obious pleasure with words of which were the occasion. Wrong, Prior to the show, Nelson, written by Marcia Slade and the music by Gwen Connor, both with Mrs. Nelson and two of their members of the group. Other six children, were entertained by g members are Sara' Hesleph, Kaye a' tour of the depot, Salt Slade and Barbara Connor. The Lake City and spots of interest in thearea, including the Temple latter was accompanist. Grounds and Beehive House. The Junie Cay Hunt with a medley of Western country songs, a tour of the Salt Lake City area facile guitar and a tremendous was arranged by the LDS Church bit of yodeling captured third Information Serviee with Richard Keddington as guide. Joseph T. P ALTHOUGH NOT in the Adams, deputy director for administration of Tooele Army Demoney, two Pueblo Indian dancers, accompanied by an Indian pot, was host to the visitors chanter and drummer spellbound throughout the day. the audience. Even children, grown restive, sat upright and motionless, obviously fascinated into silence by the mystery and tempo of the Butterfly and the Buffalo dance routines. The dancers, wearing authentic tribal costumes, were Joe L. Gutierrez and Rosalie Gutierrez. Edwin Sequaptewa, a Hopi Indian, was drummer and chanter. ut day-lon- Talent judges were Mr. and Fish and Game Builds Water Holes for Birds and a water saucer. THE CONTRAPTION works this way. Snow and rain collect them. e water holes on the galvanized sheet roof and Eight have recently been constructed the resulting water is fed into in the dessert country of Tooele the water tank which is hurried underground to keep the water County for thirsty game birds. THE WATER holes are af- clear and cool. guzzelers fectionately called A valve on the tank allows by members of the Fish and only a trickle of water to flow Came Department who have out of the tank and into a water been working throughout the saucer from which the wildlife season constructing them. drink. Roy Garrard, Tooele Countys Thus game birds will have waconservation officer, said that the accessible to them throughout ter Fish and Game Department plans to build about 25 or 30 guzzelers the year, even during the hottest summer months. in strategic sites in the county. The guzzelers consist of a 16 THE AMAZING thing about by 16 foot apron of corrugated the guzzelers is that the snow colgalvanised steel sheeting, an lected on only a 16 x 16 foot army surplux water tank of eithapron can fill a 1,000 tank, and er 1,000 or 2,000 gallon capacity in some case a 2,000 gallon tank. Ever hear of a 1,000 gallon bird bath? Tooele County has man-mad- Roy Garrard, Tooeles conservation officer, stands by the apron of guzzeler that the Fish and Game Department has built in the dessert country of Tooele County. Although the guzzelers are built mainly for birds, some will be used by antelope found in the county. Guzzelers have been built in the Black Mountain Area near Timpie Springs, on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, and two guzzelers have been built in Tooele Countys west dessert for bird and antelope use. Mr. Garrard said that the department of Fish and Game plans to plant chukers in Tooele County to please sportsmen. OVER TWO hundred chukers will be planted in the Black Mountain Area this spring. He disclosed that now that water is available all year around the planted chukers should take very well. We also have quite a few migrating doves in the area and these water holes will be wonderful for them too, he said. TWO GOVERNMENT agen- cies are involved in building the guzzelers. The Bureau of Land Management furnishes the steel tanks and provides some of the ground on which the guzzelers are placed, while the Fish and Game Department furnishes the labor in building the guzzelers and also supplies the corrugated sheet steel apron. Were not putting any up on private ground, said Mr. Garrard. He explained that guzzelers can only be placed on state or federal land. When we go out to locate a spot we take an engineer along with us. It is his job to go to the land board and find out exactly where the site is on the iap. Debbie and Cheri Waterman re- ceive congratulations from Edward movie and Nelson, Hollywood television star for being judged top performers in the amateur production staged last Saturday night bv the Tooele Army Depot in the Tooele High School gym. And then there was the man who always called a spade a spade, until he tripped over one in the dark. |