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Show I The Payson Chronicle, Payson, Utah THURSDAY, JUNE 30, I 1C66 July 4th Celebration JOHN By General Manager, Insisting that if a person advertised that he would creep into a quart bottle, he would procure an audience, the Duke of Montague was challenged and a wager was the result. He advertised in all the London newspapers announcing that a certain bottle conjurer would appear at the New Theatre in the Haymarket. Of the result, we quote the following account from the journals of the times (1749): Last night (viz. Monday the 16th), the much expected drama of "The Bottle Conjurer, at the New Theatre in the Haymarket, ended in the manner following. Curiosity had drawn together prodigious numbers. About seven, the Theatre being lighted up, without so much as a fiddle to keep the audience in good humour, many grew impatient. Immediately followed a chorus of catcalls, heightened by loud vociferations, and beating with sticks; when a fellow came from behind the curtain, and bowing, said, that if the performer did not appear, the money should be returned; at the same time a wag crying out from the pit, that if the ladies and gentle men would give double prices the conjurer would get into a pint bottle. Presently a young gentleman in one of the boxes seized a lighted candle and tragi-comic- BAUER Valley Music Hall threw it on the stage. This served as the charge for sounding to battle. Upon this the greater part of the audience made the best of their way out of the Theatre; some losing a cloak, others a hat, others a wig, and swords also. One party, however, staid in the house, in order to demolish the inside, when the mob breaking in they tore up the benches, broke to pieces the scenes, pulled down the boxes; in short, dismantled the Theatre entirely, carrying away the particulars above mentioned into the street, where they made a mighty bonfire; the curtain being hoisted on a pole by way of a flag. A large party of guards were sent for, but came time enough only to warm themselves around the fire. We hear of no other disaster than a young noblemans chin being hurt, occasioned by his fall into the pit with part of one of the boxes, which he had forced out with his foot Tis thought the conjurer vanished away with the bank. Many enemies to a late celebrated book, concerning the ceasing of miracles, are greatly disappointed by the conjurers in the bottle; they imagining that his jumping into it have been the most convincing proof possible, that miracles are not yet ceased. would BIKE TRAILS Responding to Americas growing army of cyclists, the J Federal government plans nearly 200,000 miles of bike trails in the next ten years, according to the Bicycle 2 rPHAll-- , DeLynn Heaps is named Bishop in ON OU3STAOI IN PiRSONI Orem 31st Ward Anwrica't Royal Family of Toloviuon C. DeLynn Heaps, formerly of Payson, has been sustained as bishop of the Orem 31st ward. Mr. Heaps, a business man with wide interests, is one three of moting TIIE KIKG SISTERS July 1 1th to 16th Special Sat. Matin at 8:15 - 2:1 5 men who are the shopping pro- mall in Orem. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Pherron Heaps of Pay-so- n. Mr. Heaps is married to the former Melva Prestwich of Orem and they have six children. For ticket information, coll 7 or writ Vallay Music Hall, P. O. Sox 222, North Suit loka, Utah. The number of square people and not the number of square miles, makes a country great. WEDDING GIFTS AT FRANKS PHARMACY OR CALL US AND HAVE YOUR NAME PLACED ON A WEDDING GIFT LIST REAR PARKING Call 465-25- 51 IHTBA MILK for the HUlKUfJi sura thay gat thair Ba Vitality Quota avary day . . . AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION OF UTAH , fywuomtfy Utahs Dairy Farmers Mr. and Mrs. Avard Wilson and three children of Seattle, Wash., have visited in Payson with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wilson and other relatives and friends. Mrs. Wilson, a member of the YWMIA presidency in the Seattle 11th Ward, attended LDS conference inSalt Lake City during their Utah vacation. Mr. Wilson, like his father, the late Howard Wilson of Payson, is a Sixth Grade teacher in the public schools at Seattle. Provo to hold Gala Utah County residents will have an opportunity to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday in style this year as the Independence Day weekend celebration in Provo wiU feature attractions aimed at pleasing young and old alike. Residents of Payson have been issued a special invitation to participate in the four-da- y festivities by members of the Freedom Festival Committee, directors of the celebration. Under the sponsorship of the six stakes of the LDS Church in the Provo area, the celebration will be held July 1, 2, 3 and 4. The Spirit of Freedom Speech Contest and the Miss Liberty Belle Pageant however, have been scheduled for June 29 and 30 respectively. The celebration will feature presentation on three nights of the Broadway musical, The Music Man, a gala carnival, bazaar, two gigantic parades, fireworks and a special boat regatta. First activity on the agenda, according to Dayle Jeffs, celebration chairman, will be the Spirit of Free om Speech Contest. It wil 1 be Wednesday, June 29, at 7:30 p.m. The speeches will be given from the bandstand at the east lawn of ty the Building. The next evening will feature the Miss Liberty Belle Pageant at 7:30 p.m, at the Provo High School auditorium. That same day, June 30, will signal the start of the carnival attractions. The Lou Melendez Carnival of Pleasant Grove will be set up on Center Street between University Avenue and First East. The Carnival will operate daily through July 4, with the exception of Sunday, July 3, from 12 noon to 11:30 p.m. City-Coun- The Music Man, sponsored jointly by the Freedom Festival Committee and Utah Valley Opera Association, will begin Friday night. The production will be presented Friday, Saturday and Monday nights at 8:00 p.m, in the BYU Field-hous- e. a s the production and gigantic fireworks displays will be featured at the BYU practice football field immediately following the presentation each night. Tickets for The Music Man are available through LDS wards throughout the area. Utah Valley Opera Assocation season tickets will also be honored. Tickets may also be purchased at the door for 75 cents for those 15 years of age and younger, $1.50 for 16 years and over and $2.00 for reserved seats. The gigantic Relief Society Bazaar will open on Friday, Buildty July 1 on the ing grounds. Homemade food, clothing, piece work and many miscellaneous items will be featured, with fresh merchandise being brought in daily. City-Coun- Saturday, July 2, is kids day, with the childrens parade beginning at 9:30 a.m. All kids of the county are invited to enter the parade, which will form at Memorial Park at Eighth East and Center Street and will then travel down Center to First East. Sundays only activity will be the patriotic service at the BYU Fieldhouse. Speaker for the 7 p.m. meeting will be Marion D. Hanks, a member of the First Council of Seventy of the LDS Church. Independence Day itself will climax the entire celebration. Beginning at dawn with cannon salutes, the day will include a big parade featuring dozens of floats, novelty entries and bands. The 9:30 a.m. parade will be themed Salute To which is also the America, general theme of the celebration. The parade will begin at 11th North on University Avenue and proceed south to Center Street and then east to Eigth East. Float entries will be competing for five $100 first prizes. Judging will be for theme, beauty, humor, originality and sweep-stake- s. Four continuous hours of boat racing and water show activities will be feature Monday afternoon at the Provo Boat Harbor. The action will be cosponsored by the Provo Boat Club and Freedom Festival Committee. The races will be sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association and will be a regional championship event for speed boats. Cost for the entire afternoon will be $2 per car and pic-nici- ng, sunning and racing will be featured. Racing will begin at 1 p.m. Rigby and children, Rebecca,of Rachel, Spring Roberta and Scott, a Glen, Carbon County, spent her parwith few days recently Man-wi- ll, ents, Mr. and Mrs. Glee and FOR THE BEST IH SHOE REPAIR t Brigham Young slept here. This is the house where Brigham Young made his headquarters while on official business in Payson for some 14 while John B. years, 1861-7- 5, Fairbanks, owner of the house, was LDS bishop here. It Is likely that it was constructed in 1855, since an old history of Payson states under that date that Some good adobe houses are beginning to show the enterprise of individuals. Shingles are beginning to get ascendancy over dirt roofs. Today the house, located at 110 North Main, is the target Beta Coitus Club holds closing social The Beta Cultus Club held their closing social at the home of Mrs. Ruth Walton. The pledge to the flag was led by Mrs. Edra Peterson. Dinner was served to 11 members and one guest. Hostesses were club members. President Grace Wightman conducted matters of business and gave thanks to officers who had helped her during the year. Books were presented to new officers. Forest Areas closed to Fires or Smoking Hazardous fire conditions on the Cache, Wasatch, and Uinta National Forests have made it necessary to declare a limited closure on National Forests in the area, Regional Forester Floyd Iverson, Intermountain Region, Forest Service said today. The hazardous fire conditions are attributed to subnormal spring precipitation and the early curing of cheat grass or June grass as it is sometimes called. As a protection against this increasing fire danger, Regional Forester Floyd Iverson announced the following restrictions on National Forest lands in Utah effective 12:01 a.m. June 25. The closing order prohibits smoking except in buildings, motor vehicles, and improved areas including oiled roai s, campgrounds, picnic and resort facilities or similar places of habitation. The order also Umits setting of any fires except in improved campgrounds on places of habitation. Regional Forester Iverson said the closing order applies to National Forest land along the Wasatch Front from the Utah border north of Richmond, south to Salt Creek below Nephi. A similar closure affecting lands within jurisdiction of the Utah State Department of Forestry and Fire Control will also be announced by the State Forester. Violations of the closure order will be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to prosecution. FINANCIAL FACTS Despite the nations booming economy, more than one third of American families have no savings, investments, or reserve funds, according to a recent report issued hv the University of Michigan Survey Research (enter an improvement program started Saturday by members of the Fairbanks Family who plan to reOrganization, store it to its original stature. The family also owns the oldest house in the United States, located in Massachusetts and built in the year 1636. The architecture of the Pay-so- n residence is one of the last of a type once common to the Utah scene, but which is now almost deleted through modernization and (or) comof plete removal. The name John B. Fairbanks is noted frequently in the history mentioned above. He was ordained second counselor to B. Hancock Bishop Charles Mar. 5, 1854 and shortly after became first counselor. He was ordained bishop to follow F. W. Young in November 1861. On other pages he is found to have been elected president of the Teachers Quorum at its organization in 1859 and was also elected president of the Reading Club when it was organized in 1860. On July 22, 1860, the history states that a Prayer Circle was formed and held a meeting in the upper room of John B. Fairbanks home. also with her husbands parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Walter Rigby, in Payson. Fairbanks Home In Payson undergoing remodeling job Harold I. Hansen of the BYU drama department will direct Kenneth Mrs. SPENCS PayioD. Utah 160 engagement to Michael Branagan Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Spencer of Payson would like to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Marty to Mr. Michael C. Branagan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Branagan of Spanish Fork. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wright have been informed of the birth of their first grandchild, a son, born June 23 to their son, Thomas D. Wright, and his wife, Rae Lynne, at Downey, Calif. The boy is to be named Thomas Wright. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Moody of Salt Lake City. Michael South third tn The couple will be married July 14. An openhouse reception is being arranged at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Spencer of Salem the same evening. Mrs. Della Chatwin is at home in Payson again after DePauw University attending graduation exercises in Indiana, where her granddaughter, Lynda Mitchum, received a degree with a major in art. Lyndas parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mitchum, and their younger daughter, Martha, accompanied Mrs. Chatwin back to Payson and visited here for several days. Craw-fordsvil- le, j Tithing House, located north of his house on the same block, begun in 1857, was completed during his tenure as bishop. A hall or kind of theater with stage was built on the corner south of his home and paid for by $25 shares,, to which he doubtlessly subscribed. Mrs. May Fairbanks Brown was the last of the children of A B. and Sarah Van Waggoner Fairbanks to live in the home. After her death as an elderly woman in the early 1930s, the home became the property of the F airbanks Fam- John ily Organization. Their plans to renew the residence did not materialize. Windows were knocked out and children played in the empty rooms after a caretaker left. Weeds grew in the garden and seedling trees challenged growth of lilac bushes on the lawn. Now, certain family members have banded together with a determination that the old home shall be preserved. It might be said that the work is being promoted by a woman, at whose home the committee met, but the actual work is being done by a sculptor, an interior decorator, a business man, a BYU professor, an LDS stake president and others. (Note John B. Fairbanks of above history is father of John B. Fairbanks, pioneer artist; and grandfather of Avard Fair- banks, famous sculptor.) Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Caskey visited recently in Payson with Mrs. Caskeys parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Staheli, before departing for Reno, Nev., where both plan to teach in the public schools. The couple spent the past year in Hoonah, Alaska, as teachers in the public schools. 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