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Show it . j j -. ! - , t i - i f ; " - i - . --. I i - '. . ... ... . . . " s j " " 1 A '' I i Mr. and Mrs. William "Morry" Cu.-hing look more like IIITW - Mr. and Mrs. Claus, especially this time of the year, and Hill A All U CYinS. GLAUS !'ta lot of attention from young and old alike.' especially especial-ly when the duo gets to dancing. " Hi TOM BL'SSKI.BF.RG vl.T LAKH C IT Y .hrtlw it's at Temple Square (,( nV.t City or on the .ts of Jerusalem, a Salt couple brings to mind mil Mrs. Santa Claus. I SK'II A couple exists. jikI Mrs. William "Mor- lushing of Salt Lake City .' it, especially when the two' 1 dheir costumes for parties. ' cicn during the summer ;n thoughts of Christmas mi. illy far removed, and 'sg largely non-Christians. 4 f Israel, the couple receive ;miion as resembling the ci pair. lli dishing, w ho operated" j hi shop on Main Street in ' i nihil for 35 years, says 1 "he initially grew his near-' near-' Vwlute beard he had no 'it would turn out the was ,1 if Ml S TART HI) when a - vImoI student suggested 1 a heard because he 1 l resemble Old St. Nick and it has stayed ever since. "I can grow it in three weeks," he says. "In the summer time they watch us instead of the show," he said, referring to any time they attend a public function. And Mrs. Cushing looks the part of Santa's wife, as well, with her constant pleasant more like iolly personality. IN FACT she says, "You've got to he happy. We can't all be sad. We've been around youth all over the world and we're told that we're ambassadors (for good) around the world." And in Israel people would ask if Mr. Cushing was Jewish and typified some biblical character. He's played roles such as Noah and played a part with his wife in the movie. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." THE COITI.E talks fondly of their trip to Israel and note that they shook hands with some of the troops and met with former defense minister Moshe Dvan. "He was in a large dining room sitting all aione" and so the couple approached him and they helped cheer him up. Besides just looking the part, the two are fast on their feet, spending three months at the famed Trinity Church in New York City located on the corner of Broadway and Wall. They were commissioned as dancers there, the couple notes. THAT SAME summer they won a prize for their "traditional" "tradi-tional" dancing at Jones Beach in the New York City area. Mr. Cushing is potentially well-known in California for commercials done for a sporting sport-ing goods outlet and supermarket supermar-ket chain. And he's play ed the role of Noah, as well. IF Til VT isn't enough, the pair oversee a building that can be used for mov ic backdrops at 179 Highway 91 in North Salt Lake. And of course "Morry and wife Madeline are buss during the Christmas season visiting families, churches and other groups performing the role they've learned over the x ears BOTH K ADM I K a rvsiiue attitude about life as Mr. Cushing says. "We tr to travel and spread good will We like to communicate through dance and talk I don't know why more people don't do it. "T here's no generation gap. A lot of people aie afraid to taik and visa versa Co slran-gcrsl." slran-gcrsl." But. the coupie is able to make people smile just because be-cause of who thev resemble. THE TWO met in high school but have on! been married mar-ried several years, this being a second marriage lor boih. Combined they have seven childicn. 2"! grandshildien and scscn great grandchildren Sonic of the children Inc in I 'avis Counlv. including John K.. in Bounlilul. Roger. C en-terville: en-terville: K.ilon. I'.ounnlul. I'r 1 am iUon and wile rlenc Ine in I .ist I ,iton |