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Show YULE FESTIVAL HELD FOR BLIND m - It was as light-hearted a party as any in Salt Lake City this festive week the 16th annual Christmas fntertainment at the state workshop work-shop for the blind Tuesday. It waa an entertainment for and by the blind for sightless musicians musi-cians and readers of Brajlle con- Iributed the greater part of th. " program, and it was an affair made heery and gay through its sponsors, spon-sors, the board of directors of the -. lublie-libraryreading room. The affair was held in the auditorium audi-torium of the workshop building at 13a Second East street, and more than 200 persons were present . members of the board, the sightless, their guides, and frienda who contributed con-tributed tha gay Chriatmaa basket of dclicaciea for the adults and the hags of candy and toya for the chil- dren who are benefited by tha institution. in-stitution. Oscar Maya, 1371 West Fourth South street, played the guitar; charming little Lois Maxwell, 2195 East Thirty-fifth street, who is totally to-tally blind at t, gave piano selections; selec-tions; Jliff Jeffery, S10 Eaat First South street, played the musical .saw; there were numbers by a blind string ensemble consisting of Carl Lind, directory Edward Henderson. r.Iner Magdief Leo Jonea, George Woodruff and Jamea Crouch ; songs by Oscar Kirkman, accompanied by Alvin Beesley; a cello solo by Jack , Bradley; musical numbers by Francea McMiminy; carols by a troupe of Girl Scouts; readings by Misa Virginia Weilen, and aelec-, aelec-, tions on various Instruments by Eugene Eu-gene Devey, Melvin Wilson, Eve- lyn Shelton and Bonnie Ramirez. A humorous talk waa given by Parley Baer, radio performer. Committee chairmen In charge of the program were Mrs. Howard P. t Kirtley, chairman of tha board of directors of tha reading room; Mrs. Owen H. Gray, Mrs. Charles J. Al- Ien, Mra. Walker Kennedy, Mrs. J. B. Burnham, Mra H. H. Roa and Misa Francea Wilson. |