Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-04-20 | Page 24 | Hometown Hears Kathryn Witwer

Hometown Hea Hears s Kathryn Wit Witwer Steno Prima Donna Given Ovation by Packed House Housein in Gary Ind md GARY Ind Irid April 20 AP AP- AP Kathryn Witwer sang like a gol gal durn angst angel as her father proudly told her before a packed auditorium last night It Was the the- high spot of Kathryn Witwer Witwer- day set aside by mayoral proclamation to honor a daughter of Gary who has wO won a place in grand opera The mother of or the stenographer stenographer- prima donna sat oat in a box hoE but her father who used to be a steel steelworker steelworker steelworker worker here bore sat in the balcony with the tIle boys Tears Tears' streamed down the lines lIne of ot his face as he hugged hugg-ed his year old daughter daug after the audience had ch cheered ered her performance MIss Yer Vit winner of a a. national national na na- na- na contest for young oung young voices voices' made three appearances last season with far 1 fary Garden in lit the Chicago o I I civic opera presentation of Carmen Carmen Carmen Car Car men She has been paying paying- her herWay hervay herway way vay to a musical education b by by- actIng actIng acting act- act Ing Ing- Ingas as as typist With the taken in last night she will st study dY abroad