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Show THE GREEN SHEET 2B Thursday, January 15, 1987 M30esfm)es It's Not Only Don Blair's Loss It's Our Loss, Too. . . . the new ran often he more pleasant and convenient than the old. True. The Don Blair family wasn't the only loser when their Photography Studio exploded and horned last Saturday night. . . that's only half the story. It's and it's your loss, because pictures cannot he replaced. Pictures capture one second of eternity and once that second is gone, it cannot return. It as much of the past as if it had happened a thousand y ears ago. e erthcless . my loss V And filed away, somewhere in the Blair's Studio were the pictures of our pasts. They not only had your pictures, and my pictures, but they also had a priceless and irreplaceable collection ol this area 's past . . . old buildings, civic groups, swearing-ins- , ceremonies, the long gone. And they are gone. dedications, scenes ol Orson Rupert Sherman Notes His 85th Birthday all If you wanted to duplicate your favorite picture. or a copy of a different pose, Donna Blair could deli e deep into some part of their studio . y on would have what anil you needed. . You are a loser and so am I. Eiery school in the valley, the communities and ci ic groups are on the loser's list, and what we lost is a isual record of our pasts. .1 record that cannot he replaced. The family of Orson Rupert Sherman is honoring their father on the occasion of his 85th birthday. They are inviting family and friends to call or visit at the Capital . It i as possible . . , and so reassuring ... to be able to call them, tell them of your need of some old. building or a picture of some person ol the past lor present) and within a day or long-gon- Villa Clubhouse, . Pictures, you see. are special. Think of all the precious celebrations of your life. Weddings, reunions. citations, ceremonies and such. The food . . good as it h;is . . . is Paten and gone. The so very loiely . . . are taken down decorations and discarded. The clothes are soon dated, stored or torgotten. But what lasts forever? And gets more i aluahle h ith each passing year? . Their studio looks like a war zone anil eiery surrounding shop h as caught in the dc astation. Shattered glass coined the ground like heavy hail and lion Edge, who was running the Breen Sheet's press when the explosion hit. said it was so sex ere that he thought the entire W asatch Eault had slipped and a major earthquake had hit. The horror of the accident hit national TV immediately. My sister Amber Hotline called from 1 uha city, ( 1 anti the mother ol the tireen Sheet proxy. Peter Bernhard, called from Washington DC. Yes. sadly. Murray and Don Blairs were national new s. heart goes out to the Blair lamily. forty ol hue. dedication and work disappeared in one moment and cannot he replaced. My years Oh. can he yes, the furniture can be replaced. Walls equipment can he purchased and t, . . . e In the pictures, of course. See, there is gone for many a year. There is Aunt (irandpa Jane as a bride. There is Susie as a little girl and there is Boh when he graduated and left for his mission. Yes. pictures bring the past, the long ago past, right up into the present and nothing else can work that magic. 11 . . 235 West 600 No., Salt Lake, between 12 noon and 4 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 17, 1987. Rupert was born on Jan. 17, 1902 in Huntington, Utah to Joel Elmer and Martha Mariah Robins Sherman. He was the oldest of nine children, all of whom were born in the small town of Huntington. He married Grayce DeLene Nay on Feb. 19, 1934 in Richfield. They were married for twenty-fivyears and had five children, four of whom are living. They are Iris DeLene Brundage, Lewellyn J. (Connie) Sherman, and Dorothy ReNee (Mrs. Sylvan L.) Crofts all of West Valley City and Paul Orson (Joy) Sherman of Kearns. He has twenty-twgrandchildren and six The honored man is a high priest in the LDS church and has held many positions where he has given selfless effort to fill his area of responsibility. He loves to visit with people and enjoys having friends and loved ones drop by to spend time with him. As a young boy Rupert worked for, or with, his father and grandfather, and being a healthy, active young boy he had numerous accidents e so. it would he ready " . o Did that's what was lost when Don Blair's Studio exploded and burned. My memories and xotir memories. The city 's memories, school memories and on and on. Our hearts bleed for the Blairs and their loss. I hope it's some comfort to them to know that hp recognize it is our loss as well. They were, in so great a measure, the keepers of our past And it is gone. which have caused problems later in his life. When he was nine years old he dislocated three vertebra in his spine; a few years later, while herding a public herd of cows he was run over by several cows during a stampede and was lucky to walk away with only a broken arm. He has worked with geological surveyors, oil well companies, and farmers. At the age of thirteen he went into the mining camp at Hiawatha, Utah where he worked for many years on the tipple. He was in charge of pulling pins to let go of the cars so they could go into the dump and later, he was in charge of coupling cars to send them back into the mine. He has also worked in garages, service stations, machine shops, carpenter shops, blacksmith shops, material houses, stores, dairies, supervised canning centers, trained and served as sparring partner for boxers, trained race horses, and ran motor on the Silica line at the Garfield Smelter. He also ran motor on the blast furnace charge floor at the Tooele Smelter and drove one of the longest busses in the United States. Other occupations during his busy lifetime have been trucking, bronco He riding, roping, and worked on the railroad, was on the semi-passeng- bridge and builders department, was a powderman, drove wedges to keep ties from working loose, helped build a bridge across the San Raphael River, plus worked on an 1100 foot dugway down the side of the moutnain at the east end of the Black Dragon. He has done a lot of assessment work on Uranium claims and helped build the highway through Huntington Canyon. Rupert has worked in mining camps such as Standardville, Kennelsworth, and Horse Canyon, where he received another serious spinal injury in 1947 when he got caught and pinned between a truck and a load of mine props. One of the greatest blessings of his life was while working day shift in the mine at Standardville. The day shift had just come out of the mine, the afternoon shift gone in, when only a short two hours later there was a great explosion. The mine had blown up and killed over one hundred men. For the last forty years, Rupert has had to find activities that were less strenuous because of the seriousness of his two back injuries. He has worked as a salesman and other types of jobs that were of an easier nature. He has always enjoyed raising and taking care of animals such as horses, cows, goats, rabbits, geese and dogs. Sun-nysid- Missionaries Julie Ann Bryan Julie Ann Bryan has received a call to serve an LDS mission in the Spanish speaking area of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She will enter the training center on Jan. 21. Jan. His farewell meeting will be held tain Green and Hoilean Bryan and the late Arthur Bryan of Tooele. She is a graduate of Brigham Young Unviersity with a BA degree in accounting. Her farewell meeting will be held in the Jordan North 12th ward, 3900 West 4100 South, at 10:40 a.m. on Their farewell meeting will be held Jan. 18th at 2:20 p.m. in the Kearns 14th ward, 4232 W. 5015 18. in the Jordan North W. Harmon Drive Jan. 18th. South. Third ward, 4634 at 2:30 p.m. on Brent will enter the training center on Wed., Jan. 21st while Kent later on Wed., will enter two Feb. 4th. The future missionaries are the grandsons of Sterling and Reva Bodily and of James Abplanalp and the late Winona Abplanalp. David is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Myles L. Yeager and an open house will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. that same day at their home, 3699 So. 4265 West. The future missionary, a graduate Granger high, is an Eagle Scout and has been active in the Civil Air of The future missionary is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Bryan and an open house will be held at their home, 3696 El Glen Ave., from 12 to 3 p.m. on Jan. 18. F i i i Patrol. His grandparents are Dorothy E. Tw'ede and Mr. and Mrs. Myles A. Yeager. Julie Ann is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Cook of Foun Kent and Brent Bodily Brent and Kent Bodily, twin sons of Vance and Shirley Bodily, have received calls to serve LDS missions in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brent will serve in the northern area and Kent will work in the southern area of Buenos Aires. They are 1986 graduates of Kearns high where they both served on the LDS seminary council as missionary representatives. i i i i COUPON" CLEAN SERVICE -- andREPAIR All Makes VACUUMS SEWING MACHINES & SHARPEN SCISSORS 3 VACUUM BELTS For The Price Of 2 With this coupon Vacuum Enterprises j 4081 W. 5415 Sc. COUPON 66-141- KEARNS 6 David III. Yeager Yeager will soon leave to LDS mission in Louisville, serve an Kentucky and will enter the training center on Jan. 21, 1987. David M. FREE INSTALLATION T Blinds Off INSTALLED FREE With This Ad BLIND CO. MID-WES- T 965-060- 8 CALL FOR FREF IN HOME FSTIMATES L BRIDAL SALE JAN. 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