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Show Thursday, September 4, 2008 SPRINGVILLE HERALD SNIPPITS of Springville History Helen Beardall ' The date of 2008 is significant sig-nificant in so many respects - the Olympics being held in China, election year, the oddest of pre-election circumstances cir-cumstances in history; those born in 2008 - the 08-0&08, and some even on the 8th hour, weighing 8 ounds, 8 ounces; and from a recent celebration at the State Capital Cap-ital held in honor of those folks who were born 100 years ago or more, 2008 is very significant. A paper researched by one of Governor Huntsman's Hunts-man's staff in the Office of the Utah State Division of Aging and Adult Services was given to each honoree at the above celebration. I want to present this to you to read an ponder. It is history, his-tory, and maybe it will tweak your efforts in remembering re-membering your past. The Springville Historical Society Soci-ety encourages you to get your history written AND SHARE IT! One Hundred Years Ago. What a Difference a Century Cen-tury Makes The average life expectancy expec-tancy was 47 years. Only 14 percent of homes had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of homes had a telephone. There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit lim-it in most cities was 10 mph. The average wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour. The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year. New exhibits Continued from page 1 interests of the Russian people and the land during ' the Soviet era and wilTbe featured in "Terpsikhorov: Master Artist of Mother ' Russia." Terpsikhorov's artistic mastery is based upon his reflections of a lifetime of observation. His subject matter encompasses revolutionary, revo-lutionary, historic, ethnographic ethno-graphic and working class genre paintings. His portraits por-traits and an abundance of landscapes mark him as visual historian of Russia and its far flung empire. Terpsikhorov's love of people, life and truth in art assisted his creative works. His artistic reputation reputa-tion as a Socialist Realist painter is now being positively posi-tively reevaluated by this exhibition. "The Art of J. Kirk Rich- ards" is another show open- ing next week. An up and coming artist, Kichards was born near Brigham Young University, the fourth of eight musical children. chil-dren. He attributes much of his love for the arts to an early emphasis on. musical mu-sical training in the home. As a teen, his interests turned from music to visual visu-al arts. He took private art lessons from artist Clayton Williams to supplement his public school studies: Upon graduation, Richards was accepted into the BYU art program. Serving a mission in Italy he was greatly influenced by the Italian masterpieces he was able to visit. They influenced his palette toward to-ward the subdued browns and rusts. Taking a break from his university studies he apprenticed with Swiss born artist Patrick Devo-nas Devo-nas in Princeton, New Jersey. Jer-sey. There he learned the classical realist skills he employs in his paintings. Kirk's artwork has been featured in various shows and publications in recent years. "The State Street Project: Proj-ect: A Portrait of Utah," The tallest "structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower! . 1 -A dentist made $2,500 per year. ; A veterinarian made between be-tween $ 1,500 and $4,000 per year. A mechanical engineer made about $5,000 per year. . More, than 95 percent of all births took place at home. Ninety percent of all doctors doc-tors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! ED-UCATION! Sugar cost four cents a pound. Most women only, washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country foranyreasoa Five leading causes of death were: 1. Pneumonia and flu 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart Disease 5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. The population of Las Vegas Ve-gas was only 30! Crossword puzzles, canned beer and ice tea hadn't been invented yet. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. Two out of every 10 adults couldn't write. Only six percent of all Americans had graduated from high school . There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE EN-TIRE USA! an exhibition of photogra- phy brings together eight artists, "450 miles, and one very influential Utah road. The artists include Namon Bills, Steven Stradley, Justin Wheatley, Shawn Stradley, Liz Wilson, Steph Johnsen, Steve Hardman and Sarah Bigelow. The final exhibit to open next week will be the "Utah Watercolor Society Soci-ety Signature Show." This juried show will feature some of the best works by signature members of the society.' The goals of the society are to further activity and interest in water media, to reaffirm the permanence and importance of water-color water-color as a medium in its own right, promote artistic artis-tic growth continuously as individuals and as a group, and to maintain exhibits of the highest professional quality. The Utah Watercolor Society So-ciety is a member society of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies. Citizens are invited to come enjoy these fall exhibitions ex-hibitions at Utah's first art J-J W W V J SERVICE NOW ! AVAILABLE! SERVICE HOURS: i 8-6 Mon - Friday 9-1 Saturday i SMARTPRICE GUARANTEE: If you can find a smarter advertised price on any vehicle that is comparably equipped and has passed an equally rigorous inspection, inspec-tion, SmartPrice will beat it and give you a free home DVD player. What has taken place in Springville over the past 100 years. It boggles your mind - overpasses for railroad crossing, freeways, Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart, flora adorning the middle of the road in town, cars galore, and not a horse and buggy insight, Paved roads, sidewalks, lights at intersections, crossing cross-ing guards helping children cross streets safely, electrical electri-cal street lights, the construction con-struction of the third city office building, farms being be-ing turned into housing districts, dis-tricts, the family milk cow disappeared, destructive drugs and alcohol entering into our schools, no time for over the fence visiting of neighbors, Soccer, basketball and football, a great library with books for all ages, no gardens for kids to vent their frustrations out on when weeding, no shed out back where a nice willow was used on occasion for the misbehavior of a child, no family dinners at night, the invention of TV and computers, and the skies above harboring the latest technology - space shuttles and satellites - e-mail and FAX, large grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants and fast food places! There are tons of wonderful wonder-ful people in our town who make the City of Springville such a great place to live, who care, serve and love. Come and join the Springville Spring-ville Historical Society; we need new officers and researchers, re-searchers, new folks to continue con-tinue the process of collect- nies and services used by infrastructure managers in 14 product categories. W.W. Clyde & Co. has been constructing inter-museum, inter-museum, the Springville state highways, bridges, Museum of Art, on display dams, airports, mines, golf from September 13 to Oc- courses, environmental rec-tober rec-tober 16.- ' lamation projects, site prep- The museum is open aration and other types of' Tuesday through Satur- large construction projects day, 10-5; Wednesday, in the Intermountain West 10-9; and Sunday, 3-6. The since 1926. museum is free and open W.W. Clyde & Co. has to the public. Please visit built more miles of inter-smofa.org inter-smofa.org or call 489-2727 state highway in Utah than for additional information, any other contractor. df' I ' f I jr . U Keeptel Cfali Housewives Gappy Since 1093 D" LiuuiicJ Any ing history. We need names of those who Will be willing to serve. Elections are com- ing up. HELP US! Please submit your name. The Springville Historical Histori-cal Society Library is open on Mondays from 1 to 4 p.m. and other times are available upon request. Call Glenn Alleman, 489-3969. w.w. lyde Continued from page 1 forward to completing another successful year. Some of its key projects include in-clude Segment 3 of Legacy Parkway in Farmington, Utah, which will open this September; Helper Interchange Inter-change on Highway 6 in Helper, Utah; and the Jor-danelle Jor-danelle Dam Hydroelectric Hydroelec-tric Plant near Heber City, Utah, among many other projects. 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