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Show Plans Discussed to Re-build Opera House by Legion Post 25 Years Ago 25 Years Ago . . . Plans to rebuild the old Springville Spring-ville Opera House with a view of converting it into an amusement hall were discussed at a meeting of the Legion Friday.. The LDS Church now owns what is left of the fire-razed building and it is proposed that the church turn the building over to the Legion together to-gether with a substantial insurance insur-ance check providing the Legion will stand the expense of rebuilding rebuild-ing the structure at an estimated cost of $15,000. The building as it stands has been reported dangerous danger-ous to children and an unsightly thing detracting from the appearance appear-ance of the area. The committee named to further investigate the proposition include H. T. Reynolds, Reyn-olds, Jr., George Barron, J. W. Grant, Bill Phillips and Grant Crandall. The Springville city council has voted to contribute $100 to help make the community Christmas cheer week, directed by the MIA, a success. Fred Alleman, local mail carrier, car-rier, is convalescing from scarlet fever and complications. Mrs. Gwen Cutler, the former Gwen Zabriskie, gave a party from friends at their home in Spanish Fork Monday evening. Present were Virginia Harker, Helen Bear-dall, Bear-dall, Vera Zabriskie, Carrie Tripp, Mildred Hoffman, Margaret Zabriskie, Za-briskie, Kate Payne, Lucy Zabriskie, Zabris-kie, Elsie Robertsdn, Pearl Smith. The unemployment situation was somewhat relieved here this week when eleven men and two teams were employed on road work between be-tween here and Provo. Approximately Approxi-mately $3000 is to be sent on the job. Men will be rotated every six days to give all without work a chance to earn a few dollars. Ralph Harmer has been elected president of the Kolob Stake M Men; Reed Averett is vice president presi-dent and Paul Haymond, secretary-treasurer. 20 Years Ago . . . Representing the high school as art queens this year will be: Erma jHolley, Twelfth grade; Emma Hol-ley, Hol-ley, Eleventh grade; Claire Rowland, Row-land, Tenth; Beth Hall, Ninth; RaNae Davis, Eighth and Dorus Wing, Seventh. Mrs. Melissa Messenger, 94, the oldest resident in Springville, has gone to spend the winter with Dr. and Mrs. Nephi Packard at Ogden. The last dance sponsored by the business and professional men of this city will be Friday night at the Memorial Hall. A $30 prize will be given away and if the person per-son winning is not present, $10 will be added to the amount and given away with the new Ford shortly before Christmas. Many other fine prizes are also offered. Majojr improvements are announced an-nounced by the Modern Style Shoppe operated by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Crandall, who have added a stairway to the basement and other modernization features including in-cluding new light fixtures and mirrors mir-rors to their store. Three one-act plays will be presented pre-sented in the wards of Springville and Mapleton Friday evening to replace the customary road shows. The, First ward will give, "Wild Hobby Horses," with Wm. Wain-right, Wain-right, Etta Fullmer, Kimball Sor-enson, Sor-enson, Mary Huntington, Verl Davis, Da-vis, Leslie Beardall and Lucille Thorpe taking part. The Second ward, "A Dispatch Goes Home," cast by W. R. Eddington, Mercedes Anderson, Eli Tippetts and Mr. Allred; Third ward, "The Bargain," Bar-gain," with Lawrence Clark, Sara Marie Binks, Yvonne Baker and Venice Whiting taking part; Fourth Four-th ward, "ThTe Pampered Darling," Dar-ling," 'in which Lorraine Allan, Bernice Palfreyman, Louise Patrick, Pat-rick, Ralph Reed, Jr., Sydonna Bradley, Clarice Cates and Scott Thorn will take part and the Mapleton Ma-pleton ward, "Smoke," presented by Harold Harmer, Bessie Whiting, Mrs. Ross Hall, Stewart Whiting, Lloyd Anderson, Harley Whiting, Lois Whiting and Dean Menden-hall. Menden-hall. Approximately 4500 pieces of mail were sent to almost every state in the union and at least ten foreign countries during the first day's postal service Monday at the new federal postoffice in Springville. Each piece sent out was stamped with a picture of the new building, the date of the first cancellation i and the words, "Springville, the Art Center." Funeral services were held Friday Fri-day for Walter F. Bird, 72, who died Sunday of a heart ailment at his home. Funeral services were conducted at the Mapleton ward for Mrs. Ethel Emaline Lee Milne, dauhg-ter dauhg-ter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lee, who died in Salt Lake Saturday. Mrs. Christine Mason, 79, wife of Fred Mason died Sunday night at the family residence and services ser-vices will be held Wednesday in the First ward. A son to Howard and Ruth Witney Sumsion, Oct. 30; a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Nielson, Nov. 13. - IA Thanksgiving service is announced an-nounced for Thanksgiving morning morn-ing at 9:30 a.m. at the Community Church. President Roosevelt's Thanksgiving message will be read and a talk will be given on Thanksgiving and Thanksliving. |