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Show Christmas Party The League of Utah Writers held their annual Christmas party Friday night at the home of Mrs. Lela Morris, 124 So. 6th East. A very unusual pot luck dinner was held, with guests bringing their, own "Specialty" dish. Featured at , the unusual dinner were sweet and sour pork, Spanish rice with mushrooms, assorted roast meats, earn bread, carraway bread, jellies, kosher pickled home made red cabbage, french apple pie, boysenberry pies, and strawberry pies, along with the tradiaional fruit cake, cookies, candy, nuts, coffee and a specially contrived fruit punch. The dinnerware was all of a delightful bright red. Small gifts were brought for exchange and placed under a huge Christmas tree to await Santa's appearance!. The two little granddaughters of Mrs. Morris acted as Santa's helpers, distributing the small gifts. The new officers were introduced intro-duced by the outgoing president, C. Cameron Johns. Alice Morrey Bailey is the new president, vice president is Dorothy Handley, secretary-treasurer is Berta Christensen. The chairman of the Christmas program, presented after the dinner was Mabeli Harmer.who announced the program. Rosalie Lloyd composed and read an original long ballad concerning Christmas 1960, at which time, the earth having been blown up, the League writers were all established on cloud no. 3. Olive Burt, longing to bring back the early atmosphere atmos-phere of Christmas donned a shawl, and read a narration about a little orphan girl in the snow. Lending a few serious moments to the - festivities, Dr. Carl Christensen of the University Silent Night, We Three Kings, and O Come All Ye Faithful, with the group joining in on the choruses. To put a truly delightful ending to the party, Genevieve Groen read Christmas gift suggestions which are practically guaranteed not to appear on anyones tree ...suggestions taken from Rolf Peterson's new book, The Worst of Rolfe Peterson. |