Show grantsville GRANTS VILLE by elsie green the annual christmas operetta entitled the kidnapping of santa claus was presented by the ele school on december is 18 in the high school gym the play was under the direction of mr leo caldwell school music teacher with jackie sutton as pianist in the play the grouchy gob hns lins kidnap santa claus and little mary miller in the hope that an end to christmas and all the joys that go with it can be had socrates the modest 9 cat with the help of and the christ mas fairy the elves and the Es kimos rescue santa and mary in time for the whole world to have a merry christmas socrates was played by jimmy cooley with other characters as fol lows santa claus rex sutton grouch charles johnson growl eddie watson grumble john lawrence dark clark mary miller ir ma brown barbara jet jef fenes feries christmas fairy shirley van noy most of the children of the el emen tary school had small parts and all were dressed in ap ate costumes the singing was very well done by all of the children the solo parts by barbara jeffer ies jimmy cooley and shirley van noy were particularly outstanding mg between acts the grade school section of the band rendered A and B selections Cro crombine maine by metcalf and christmas festival by delaeter Del amter charles johnson played waves of the danube as a trumpet solo A trumpet quartette also played a number before the band selections both churches are adorned with lights in the brightest of colors and some lovely christmas trees they add to the festive costume which the city has donned for the yule tide season the holiday season is well und er way with all the schools closing for a sixteen day holiday those still going to school are certain ly y go going ing to e enjoy that the col leges have also declared a sixteen day holiday so all of the folks who have been going to schools outside of the city are spend ng their holi holl days with otheir parents it sure seems good to have them back home for a while I 1 jean williams was honored at a farewell testimonial in the first ward chapel on sunday evening there were over people pres ent and it did the hearts of the members of the grantsville Grants ville first ward good to see all seats filled jan aari enters the mission home on january 5 and will leave about the for the new england states mission sterling anderson sr and dark clark jefferes Jef fenes attended the basketball game which the U of U freshmen played against weber college last friday evening the university won by a score of 38 30 bill ray jef fenes feries and don ed sandberg are playing on the freshman squad rae nee and mar lene brown daughters of mr and mrs john C brown sang recently at a lions club banquet and floor show at the newhouse hotel in salt lake city mrs john C brown was the host ess at a birthday party for her daughter mar lene on the occa sion of her tenth birthday sixteen guests enjoyed games and music and the delicious refreshments that were served by the hostess little miss brown received some lovely presents from her friends and rela tives eva sandberg entertained her club at a christmas party last week the members played games during the evening and prizes were given to margaret flinders for the highest score and mae castagno for the low score those present were daphne orr amelia palmer Mae castagno myrtis smith alice sample eva brown bladys rat cliffe cliff e margaret flinders and the hostess well that long awaited time of the year has arrived ye yes christ mas is again upon us and I 1 won der it if we all take it for what it s worth |