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Show In Our Town.,. WM. A. WIGHTMAN Before you jump at conclusions, be sure you have one to jump at. I know that a lot of people will say, "How come?" when they see Bill Wightman's name here. But, on the other hand, how many Springville boys have left here at the age of fourteen and have come back twenty years later with a wife, five children and a flourishing flourish-ing insurance business? I doubt very much if he could have equaled equal-ed that record if he had stayed at home. Bill left here in 1924. for California Cali-fornia where he studied pharmacy at Pasadena Junior College. He must have applied himself diligently dili-gently there because the next slide shows him in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here he managed a large drug store for nearly five years and here he winked at, wooed and wedded the present Mrs. Wight- man. After this interlude he returned to Utah, no doubt to seek strength from his native mountains. At any rate he continued as a druggist in Payson for another eight or nine years until the wanderlust caught up with him again and away he goes to the coast. This time as pharmaceutical representative of the Upjohn Co. This time, however, his advancing advanc-ing years (he is 34) and the cold grey fog were too much for him so he regretfully signed off with Upjohn and returned to Utah, emerging this time as district representative rep-resentative of Northern Life Insurance In-surance Co., with headquarters In Springville, and the cycle is complete. com-plete. All personalities aside, we feel that it is always an occasion to kick up our heels when any home town boy comes home to stay. THE CATALYST. |