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Show HOBBY PROGRAM " "1NTBESTS MANY "Riding Your Own Hobby" furnished an interesting two hours entertainment for forty-two forty-two Women's Civic club members mem-bers and guests, welcomed by Mrs. Harley N. English, president, presi-dent, Wednesday evening at the M. E. Community church. Vocal duets, "On The Mississippi" and "Bells of St. Marys" by Shirley Parkin and Beverly Nix, with accompaniment by Mrs. Louis Parkin, opened the program. Acting as mistress of ceremonies, cere-monies, Mrs. Paul F. Erz then introduced six local residents who explained their hobbies with demonstrations or by showing exhibits. ex-hibits. Willis Garrett gave an idea of the scope and possibilities of stamp collecting by showing his albums. Interesting information relating to philately was interspersed inter-spersed in his comments on stamps, stamped envelopes and cachets. D. F. Johanson, an amateur photographer who has made his hobby pay dividends, showed some choice pictures, exhibited his collection of cameras and set up equipment to permit development de-velopment of negatives, illustrating illustrat-ing the possibilities of improvement improve-ment of prints by treatment of negatives. Mrs. Johanson helped in the demonstration. Fifty-five years of crocheting have brought much pleasure, Mrs. E. G- Ball told, and she showed some of the beautiful work which she has made to give members of her family. Her hobby has been a solace and, at the same time, the products compare com-pare so favorably with the exquisite ex-quisite handiwork of others that she has been awarded prizes in eastern competitions. A collection of 500 prize elephants ele-phants is a "fun hobby", not a serious work, Mrs. Joseph Kemp said. Some of her miniatures are novelties, many from abroad, a few expensive, the majority gifts from friends. Mrs- H- R. Gust began her collection col-lection of dogs after the loss of a pet and with acquisition of a toy which reminded her of the dead animal. Most of the dogs she possesses have added significance signifi-cance since they were gifts. A member of the Bingham high school faculty, Reed H. Beck-stead, Beck-stead, exhibited colored slides taken on the Nile and in Egypt-He Egypt-He wore an Arab sheik's costume and showed a number of souvenirs souven-irs he had gathered on his travels: trav-els: prayer rugs, tapestry, a fan made from a plant grown in Zanzibar, an ostrich egg, novelties novel-ties made of ivory, hippopotamus tusk and wood. His wife, who was Miss Melissa Farr until last June, assisted him- The hostesses were Mrs S. T-Nerdin, T-Nerdin, Mrs. Carl Curtis and Mrs. Clarence Stringham. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Alverson of Copperfield announce the birth of a daughter November 26 at the Bingham Canyon hos-pitaL hos-pitaL ' |