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Show PROVO (UTAH)- SUNDAY HERALD; "SUNDAY FEBRUARY' 22, 1942 FORlM With What, Not in Hollywood? - PAGE POUR Loca K MM: 9n Agin 'Emx Writers ; Each week this eolnmn feature the activities win achievements of the Prove League of Writers. - Robert P. Tristram Coffin, one of America's - beat . known poets supplies The Reader's Digest with its Most Unforgettable Character column this month. In reading it one .would think he is writing of one .of our own Utah pioneers. It la a rugged article of a rugged man. . , .. my father had learned most of what he knew by working at many trades outdoors. Fishing, farming, carpentering, boat-building it didn't matter what it was, so long as he could carve out his own way with ' his two gnarled hands. - He was a"pioneer, taming the wild, making it blossom,' .filling .fill-ing it-with .children.' When neighbors neigh-bors moved too dose he found a new promised land, cleared out the trees" and built his house all over again. His idea of a. good home was pne that took a lot of pains to get to." .1, . X X :X X The. Provo chapter, made a good showing in the League of Utah Writers' .letter-essay contest, on how best the league can function to serve its members. There were . more letters from the Provo chapter chap-ter than from any other chapter - in the state, and three of those letters won honorable mention : and were close scores with the final choices . of the judges. It shows : that the members are awake. and. versatile, on anything . they -tackle. .The judging was a tough assignment, as the points ; suggested by the writers were - of ten duplicated in other, letters. The bulletine, for example, was mentioned by almost every-one of ' the : participants. Without exception excep-tion they asked for a continuation of the market tips, chapter in- ' formation, sales reports and gen eral advice and information that have become a series of bulletins ' from the state officers to the members of the league. While all three winners, Olive W. Burt, C . W. . McCullough -and June Metcalfe,' Met-calfe,' are members of the Salt Lake chapter, they represent dif ferent areas. Mr. McCullough is a resident of Park City, x x Dr. Carlton Calmsee was com missioned to write much of the .script for the centennial pageant the Relief society was preparing for the big celebration on March 17th,,. which has recently, been postponed because of the war. One of his songs had already been set to music by B. Cecil Gates. It will be used in the centennial song book. Benjamin News " A . party, was. given in Ogden Thursday night in honor of Mr.' and .Mrs, Thello Tippetts, she was formerly Miss -Guinevere Ellis of Ogden. Mr. and Mrs. Orlan Tippetts Tip-petts parents of the bridegroom attended. The Benjamin M. I. A. presented present-ed the three-act play entitled, "It Shall Keep Thee," written by Nathan and Ruth Hales of Granger," Grang-er," on Tuesday night. The players play-ers were: Eva Cornaby, Mrs. Melba Hone, Donna and Alice Mae Hone Vanola Cook, Mrs. Ruth Richardson, Mrs. Iris Lindstrom, Norma Johnson, Donald Wride, Kenneth Peay, Reid Reynolds, Archie Huff, Max and Rex Wride, Ray Thbmpsen, Dean Hansen, Earlene Ludlow and Valoy Clow-ard. Clow-ard. ... Mr. and Mrs. Heber Hand of Salt Lake City and Mr. and Mrs. extra ;mtoi konbret ti ii ; '. - - V ,,'". i' 1 - H ' - hi, . - Some folks will probably wonder why curvaceous Natalia Wermuch, above, hasn't received Hollywood movie offers before now. Anyhow, the sister: v of Captain Arthur Wermuth, the "One Man Army- of the Philippines, has now received screen test offers since her. brother gained fame by killing , 116 Japs in the Pacific fighting. She's from Chicago. Once News, Now Hbtory Twenty-five Years . Ago Today . From the Files of THE PROVO HERAJLD Feb. 22, 1917 Brigham if oung university was host to 125 members of tlie Utah legislature who came here on a special train to attend a Washington's Wash-ington's birthday program presented pre-sented by the student body. The legislators were met. at the train by the "Y" band , directed by Robert Sauer. Largest hog ever raised in Pro- M I 11 IVO BO ihx aa recurua were available avail-able .was slaughtered by the Utah County Wholesale Meat company and sold to the Provo Meat and Packing company. The porker weighed 680 pounds live weight and 566 dressed. It was two years Laid and was raised by William D. Roberts of Roberts Hotel. ' Of course every hog can't board - at a. first class hotel," the story added. Fire, believed to have been, of incendiary origin, destroyed a barn at American Fork, the property prop-erty of Reuben Chipman. U. S. Attorney William W. Ray was taking steps to acquire land at Spanish Fork for erection of a federal post office. Provo's leading chicken fancier, Henry Wood, sold a fine Black Langshan cockerel to B. L. Black-ham Black-ham of Ogden for $10. A cockerel was sold by Mr. Wood the previous week to an Idaho man for a like sum. "This speaks well for the fine stock of chickens grown in this valley," the story said. Elwood Bramble of Ogden were guests of Mrs. Pearl Hand over the week. Mr. and Mrs. Orlan Tippetts entertained en-tertained for the family at a party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Thello Tippetts. There were forty present. Games were played and refreshments served. . . a vou enjoy : b for W." -1401 .n.MM " Br.. J it . . y ' - . t :- ' A ? - 1 - t. r " t? wiiii ip 1 ---iv f.. ' -1 v ' L1 usic Students Await Festival Sixty band 'Students, forty-five orchestra students, and two hun-ded hun-ded twenty-five vocal students of Provo nigh school will participate in the annual Region Three music festival to be held May 1 and 2 in Orem. Lincoln high school will ast as host, according to K. E. Weight, principal. Plans for the festival were sched uled at a recent meeting of prin cipals, music directors, and super lntendents of Alpine, Provo, Tin tic and Juab districts. The Nebo school district will not enter the fesival this year. H. B. Terry, music director at Lincoln high school, was appoint ed chairman of the scheduling and arrangement committee. Princi pal A. P. Warnick of Lincoln high school was elected general chair irian for, 1942. Other member of the committee are: Lorin Bates, Payson: Irvrn Jensen. Pleasant Grove; Frank Wanlass, Juab; David Oswald, Tintic; and K. E. Weight, Provo. : The Provo high school band, under un-der the direction of Wesley Pearce, will play the following selections: "Finale from the New World Symphony," Sym-phony," by Dvorak; "Emperor Waltz," by Strauss; and "Colonel Bogey," by Alford. The orchestra will play "Egmont Overture," by Beethoven; and "Somerset Rhapsody,", Rhap-sody,", by Hoist. Ernest Paxman, vocal instructor, has not announced announc-ed the vocal selections to be rendered. rend-ered. Goobers Grown for Defense GAINESVILLE, Fla. HE -H. G. Clayton,' Florida USDA Defense Board Chairman, said that 75,000 tons of peanut seed have been reserved to Increase production in the "food for freedom" program of 1942. Florida farmers have indicated that they can produce 141,544 acres of peanuts this year. . Denies Complacency of "We the People'!, Editor Herald:, in -several aurereni newspaper articles, "We the people," have been accused of . complacency, in difference, and a not take-the-war serious-enough-attitude. And now comes the report: that complacen cy . lost Singapore.- Are we the people' guilty of complacency t If we - are will the accusers . tell us J where and how. I say. we are not, for haven't we given our sons, the supreme gift, without complaint 7j We- are buying bonds and . stamps." (One bank clerk saia ms Dante couldn't get- bonds- fast enough, for the demand). We recently stepped up and paid $2.09 use tax on our cars and are getting . ready . to double that in July. ; We'vev paid other taxes and are doing without things needed for defense. . All ' Without complaint. While Germany.' has been riding on synthetic rubber for two years, we are 'getting ready to put away our - cars . be cause ' our government heads in Washington- dllly dallied along changing daytime and voting themselves pensions when-they ought to have been developing synthetic - rubber. We re charged with complacency and at the same time, we are told we will never be able to estimate the loss in production caused by the Presi dent's failure to appoint a produc tion Boss two years ago. We are charged with complacency while industry loses, millions or man hours through the government's lack of a definite labor policy, We are charged with complacency while we eo . without sugar, a shortage caused by the . govern' ment's curtailment of production and medling with the price , of sugar beets. And if there has been a time when the people have fail ed to grant the President the staggering , billions he has asked for I haven't heard of it yet. Tho billions have been carelessly wasted, by governmental, boondoggling boon-doggling and Inefficiency. We are charged with indifference while the government makes plans to register all under 64 years for war work and if need be taken out of our present mcne and put where we are needed most We have organized a home guard to take care of local trouble trou-ble if and when it comes. Our young women population are 11 v ing up to do their , bit if necessary neces-sary and we'll do more if more is needed. But If there is com piacency and indifference I claim you wil haye,4fejlurt,,000 miles rartner east, vo, una n. JOSEPH H. TAYLOR . Orem News Mrs. V. Emil Hansen was host- . ess at a lovely party given for Orem Literary club members at her home Thursday afternoon. Daffodils were used as decora tions throughout the entertaining rooms. Mrs. Thomas A. Jacobs, president, presided. Mrs. George Ballif - of Provo, read a modem three-act play. Rosa Mae and Afton Finch sang two numbers. Mrs. J. -George Stratton sang a solo. The ladies knit for "Bundles for .America" during the program. Mrs. Ballif, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Mitchell of Provo were guests and members in attendance , were Mrs. Thomas A. Jacobs, Mrs. Thomas Cordner, Mrs. J. Erval Chrlstensen, Mrs. Elvis B. Terry, Mrs. R. D. Wells, Mrs. E. H. Calder, Mrs. Earl Malone, Mrs. Verde Washburn, Mrs. Dean Park, Mrs. J. George Stratton, Mrs. Hansen. The outstanding social evenl of the week was the annual banquet ban-quet given by the Eagle Scout Mothers' origanization for the scouts at the Sharon ward church Thursday evening. An attractive patriotic theme was carried out in the table decorations. W. ' M. Vernon acted as master of ceremonies; cere-monies; Leo Vernon played a trumpet solo' and . Curtis . Gordon and his daughter, Elizabeth sang twa patriotic songs. Toasts and responses were given. Each of the new committeemen gave short talks.; Clifford Burningham read a letter . from Kent Fielding, an Eagle scout who is on a mission. Eagle scoots in attendance were Clifford Fielding, Earl W. Mech- am, Leo Vernon, ' Jack Holt, - Lee Bishop, Wlllard Bradshaw, Max Fielding, . Lynn Bellows, Herbert and Vern Stratton, Jex Ford and Richard McDonald. Special guests were the ward bishopric and their wives Bishop and Mrs. J. C. Watts, Mr. and Mrs. John Caley;.Mr. and Mrs. - Sam Kitchen,' r Mayor and Mrsr B. M. ' Jolley, Stake Committeeman Commit-teeman : and Mrs. 'Arnold) Burn ingham.t new" committeemen; :Mr. and Mrs, Glade Linebaugh, "Mr. and, Mrs. Maston Wentz Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Fielding. Mothers of the boys were hostesses and the fathers fath-ers guests. There were, fifty ut attendance.-,; . Mr. and Mrs: Arthur Harris (Mildred Burge) have returned from an extended vacation trip which took them to Old Mexico, California and Arizona. They elso visited 'relatives at Ray, Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. Harris were married recently. ' v c -. MrsJ Hugh ' Jacobs of Heber, who was the house guest of her son, Thomas A. Jacobs, has gone to Pleasant Grove where she , will visit with another son, H.' W. Jacobs, before . returning ' home.' ill. "Y t . 1 1 ii ....- i h c 1W rl(5?"C - . . i -I I I I m mm I i ar mm ..itwsi . ii 1 ZJl V'i?" ,311 l "i V' l-VV iST-l - f . 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