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Show .4 : -5 , . a.-., .! it iirv A I ' I In Nf. LI Nyv . L . -ill mm in 4- ' 'V 5 , r fin J - J 1 . - it . XJ if- VUW sV vV; r if kSLSlisl ft Ja-i F. ALLAN BREWER of Vernal and his sister, tion as writers of cowboy poetry started by their Frances Brewer Steiner, carry on a family tradi- father, the late Frank A. Brewer. Poetry of locals is published SHEILA BELCHER, Ashley Stake Relief Society conference to be held Sept. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to president and her counselors, ReNae Labrum 2:30 p.m. at the Ashley Stake Center, and Debbie Clark, make plans for the women's Women's conference is Sept. 7 Three members of a Vernal area family are featured authors in a new collection of a cowboy poetry publication of the Utah Folklife' Center. The late Frank A. Brewer of Dragon and Jensen and his children, F. Allan Brewer of Vernal and Frances Brewer Steiner, now a resident resi-dent of Sandy, Oregon, are featured in the edition titled, "Cowboy Poetry from Utah- An Anthology". Included in the book are forty poems written by working cowboys and ranchers about their experiences on the ranch and the range. The 144-page book also features biographies and photographs of the poets and original drawings bv western artist Franklin Euray Anderson of West Valley City, Utah. In 1905, Frank Brewer settled on Bitter Creek at the Balanced Rock Ranch, near Eastern Utah's Book Cliffs. He taught his children about reading, writing and music and inspired in-spired them to appreciate western entertainments and produce them for themselves. Frank and his two children, Allan, a retired cattleman and Frances, have made the writing of poetry a family tradition. According to Carol Edison and Dave Stanley of the Utah Arts Council, the Brewers are instilled instill-ed with a strong sense of the beauty and wonder of life in the West and their poems reveal a love for the landscape land-scape and for ranching. Although Frank passed away in 1973, Frances and Allan continue the tradition he began. The poems in the anthology include ballads of ranching disasters, tales of old-time cowboys, expressions of appreciation ap-preciation for the beauty of the open range, and nostalgic descriptions of bygone days. ' The 20 poets range from a nineteenth-century Danish immigrant, Hans Peter Iverson of Washington County, to 34-year-old Scott McKendrick of Logan, and include in-clude residents of all parts of the state. The poetry is supplemented by four essays on cattle ranching in Utah and Utah's cowboy poetry tradition written writ-ten by the anthology's compiler, Carol A., Edison, Folk Arts Coordinator Coor-dinator for the Utah Arts Council. Topics covered in the essays include in-clude the historical importance of cattle ranching in the state, the Kiwanis Club adds a member origins and definition of cowboy poetry as an occupational tradition, the process by which the poetry is written and passed along, and the recitation tradition in which cowboys recite well-known poems around the campfire. Also considered are the backgrounds and influences that make the cowboy poetry tradition a rich and lively form of folk artistic expression. As an example, an excerpt from one of Frank's poems, "The Legion of the Lost", reads; "On women all .men should have pity, for theirs is the heaviest load; And one may be tried on judgment day for each hobo on the road." Allan says in his poem, "Modern Cowboy", "I've lived a wild life and I've earned what I've spent. I've paid all I've borrowed and lost all I've lent." And Frances shares this bit of history in her poem "Roundup Time on the Mountain"; "Dad sent a squirt of 'baccer juice a-fly betwixt his teeth, Then swung to earth a -reachin' for his gun. He quickly pull a 30-30 from the saddle sheath, And cast a sharp eye at the settin' sun." Local girls have -pageant invitation "Seek for the highest that is in you" is the theme for the Vernal Area Women's Conference planned for Saturday, Sept. 7. Three prominent women will be speaking; Debbie Hamilton, author and musician; Leisel McBride, family fami-ly counselor and lecturer and Wylene Fotheringham, teacher and member of the General Relief Society Board. The conference will be held at the Ashley Stake Center at 850 West 100 North from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Hostesses for the event are the Vernal Utah Ashley Stake Relief Society, under the direction of Sheila Belcher, president, and counselors ReNae Labrum and Debbie Clark. Chairman of the event is Janet Wallis. Other committee members are: tickets RoJean Bassett and Zola Hanberg; programs Mary Lou Burgon; decorations Millie Williams, chairman, chair-man, Debbie Clark, Sherry Pilcher, Patti Hardinger, Cleone Merkley, Leta Sullivan, Holly Judd and Janis Bieglow; music LaRae Caldwell and ReNae Labrum; publicity Janet Wallis and Pat Campbell; luncheon-Sheila luncheon-Sheila Belcher and arangements, Marland Stagg. A luncheon will be served. Tickets are available in each LDS ward from the Relief Society secretary or at Christensen's Department Store and Adam's House of Diamonds. At the regular meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Vernal, Clay Johnson became its newest member. Johnson is the operations manager of KVEL radio and came to Vernal from Craig, Colo. He has resided in Vernal for the past year and is a familiar voice on early morning radio. He will assume the chairmanship of the publicity committee of the club. Johnson's induction as the newest member occured at a meeting where three charter members of the group were present: N. J. Meagher, Jr., Claudis A. Banks and Don Showalter. A business meeting of the club involved in-volved the maintenance of the Boy Scout Lodge and Scout Park and the upcoming installation of club officers for the coming year. The next meeting is scheduled at the Scout Park where re-roofing of the pavilion will be completed. fa Area Women's Conference rmwm. Ashley Stake Center Saturday, Sept. 7, 19S5 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Luncheon will be served $5 Donation M Ml. Tkkct ilbk ftaffl Relief SKidy mm uie ot if Adam't CtifHtftiK'fl'i tVpaftmctil mm Come and Hear: Wylene Fotheringham Member General Hoard Relief Society Leisel McBride family Counselor and BYU Lcciufcr Debbie Hamilton Author and Musician All Women Welcome v. (fflAu Sponsored by Vernal Utah Ashley Stak e LDS Relief Society Several local youngsters will be included in-cluded in the 1985 Sweetheart Pageant that will take place Saturday, Satur-day, Sept. 28 in Salt Lake City. According to the pageant directors, Becky Shepherd and Kris Peterson of Productions Royale, preliminary pageants were held throughout Utah including one in Vernal. Some of the local winners were: Tracy Kennick, Sami Farlaino, Jeena Malnar, Nicki Brough, Tiffany Gunsorek, Sherri Allen and Melanie Firth. The Utah State Sweetheart Pageant is open not only to the preliminary contestants, but to all girls between the ages of one and 20 who reside in Utah. The State winners from five categories will receive a five and one-half one-half foot trophy, color tv. tiara, banner, ban-ner, flowers, official color portrait and more. Attendants and other contestants con-testants also are given gifts and awards. 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