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Show r t Damaged page.' jiii))iijiiiijjjjii;uiiuiijihiii)))i;.ii, .mmMmwW'wmm. i.n mi n imi,,; Volume Kighty-Nine SPRINGVILLE, UTAH mm - January 4, Y.M VrUvW NunihcrOne off fop The Norman Rockwell Boy Scout Art collection will be displayed at the Springville Museum of Art from Jan. 7 to March 3. The 31 piece exhibit is on loan from the Boy Scouts of America. It's present home is the Kimball Center in Fori Worth, Texas. A special Gala, viewing, and dinner has been scheduled for Jan. 6. Governor Matheson will open the event. Over 400 people have been invited to it. Entrance is by invitation in-vitation only and will cost participants par-ticipants $25 a plate. Special hours have been set up for public viewing: It will be shown in the Grand Gallery on the second floor of the Museum on Mondays from 5 to 9 p.m.; Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and on Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. A one dollar fee for adults and a fifty cent fee for children will be charged for entrance into the exhibit. The money earned, after all expenses are paid, will go to the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America to help maintain their local campgrounds. Museum Director, Vern Swanson said that Springville is the exhibit's fifth and last stop before it will be taken to it's new and permanent location in Kentucky. KPenney store slates party According to manager Wilbur "Bish" Snelson, the Springville J. C. Penney Store will close their doors for the last time Saturday, January 7 at 6 p.m. The store has been in continuous operation in Springville for over 70 years. A party of sorts will be held in the store during that day to thank the many patrons and customers for the long standing support of the business operation. Punch and cookies will be served. After over 38 years with the company Snelson will retire effective ef-fective January 31. He has served as the Springville store manager for over 28 of those years. Snelson said that the store is being closed because of its small size and not because the store has been losing money. All of her sister stores closed long ago in the surrounding cities of Spanish Fork, Payson, American Fork and Heber, but the Springville store has remained open because of her favorable profit picture. Snelson thanks the citizens of Springville for their loyal support of his operation at the store. Rockwell was born in Kentucky and started his career with the Boy Scouts of America in 1912 as a staff artist for Boys Life Magazine. He later did covers for the Saturday Evening Post. In 1923 he began painting calenders calen-ders for the boy scouts. He stopped painting them in 1974. He died in 1978 at the age of 84 in Stockbridge Mass. Swanson said Rockwell has been classified as an American realist and narrative painter. Swanson said, "I feel Norman Rockwell is an extremely fine artist, who happens to also be a fine illustrator. He is one of 3 or 4 major American painters of this century." He added that this event is the most famous Art event the museum has ever had since he has been the director. It has been insured for $1,995,000. The exhibit will cost approximately ap-proximately $12,000 to bring to the city. Swanson said the money is being raised mostly through the efforts of the Norman Rockwell committee chairmans Ken and Shirley Creer, with added help from Eric Child. He said that another instrumental person, Mamie Hjorth, helped design a program of slides on the life and work of Rockwell. Even though the Art Museum is not making any money from the event, they will benefit from it in that they are getting a new lighting system for the Grand Gallery and ten display modules. The cities electrical department is installing new quartz halogen low voltage lights. Swanson said the lights are state of the art museum lights, and will cost the city $3,600. The lights filter out 99 percent of the ultra violet and infra red light which can damage paintings. He said the lights are also cheaper to use as they use less power. Word processing class slated Nebo School District is presently offering English as a second language classes for foreign-speaking foreign-speaking adults who need to learn English or improve their English. A driver education class is also offered, beginning Jan. 10, 1984. These classes are being held at Springville High School, 1205 East 900 South, in Springville, Monday through Wednesday, from 6 until 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 224-4227. Ed Murdock will build 10 display modules 8 feet high, 4 feet wide, and two feet thick for $1,130. The museum will pay half of the cost for them and the Boy Scouts of America will pay the other half. Garn to speak The Springville Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the January luncheon will feature Senator Jake Garn as speaker. This luncheon will be held Thurs. Jan. 19, 1984 at the Museum, at 12:30 p.m. VA change to help veterans Expressing his "strong commitment com-mitment to the welfare of America's veterans," President Reagan has signed legislation expanding the health care benefits available to the nation's veterans. The new "VA Health Program Amendments of 1983," extends the store-front Vet Center program, authorizes the provision of preventive health services for certain veterans and calls for the establishment of an Advisory Committee on Women Veterans. Low-income food distribution set The Mountainland Community Action Agency will be distributing free USDA surplus commodities to low-income families for Springville, Payson, Mapleton, Salem, Goshen, Spring Lake, Santaquin, Genola, Elberta, and Spanish Fork, only, on January 9 and 10 at the County Fairgrounds Tennis Court building, 475 South Main, from 11 to 3 p.m. Eligible persons may only pick up their allotments at distribution sights designated for their area of residency. They ask that people bring their social security number and a form of identification which shows name and current address. The agency said the distribution points are not for persons over 59 years of age. r 1 r 'T ft ? ' k I the , ' i- , f t' J " i on t t f , I T Artl ' x V' W'i. V V' C; V v ? , - - ' f of i 1 f lis This Norman Rockwell painting is entitled "A scout is loyal." The Rockwell collection will be on display at the Springv ille Museum of Art from Jan. 7 to March 3. According to Vern Swanson, director of the museum", it is the most famous exhibit to be displayed at the museum since he h 6eet the director. There will be Si oil paintings on loan from the Buy Scouts of America. The monej&etirried from the exhibit will be given to the local scouts to help maintain their campgrounds. Thieves strike Sfocker Club; cause over $1000 in damage The Stacker Club, 551 North Main Street, reported that their facility was broken into during the night of Dec. 29. Apparently the intruders broke into a vent on the roof to gain access in to the building. Taken was $698 in cash. Damage to locks, doors, and drawers was approximately $1,000. Carol Brittain of Springville xCs ' Jr reported that a VCR, TV, and a CB radio valued together at $750 was taken from her home while she was attending a new Years Eve Party. A gold watch was taken from the home of Terry Jacklin on Df-c. 31. The Wildlife Department reported that a $400 portable electric generator was taken on Jan. 2, 1984 from a storage area on their complex. com-plex. Accidents The vehicle of Larry McNeese, 35, of Springville collided with the vehicle of Marvin Warren, 33, of Springville on 900 South and 800 East on Dec. 31, 1983. Virginia Crane reported that her vehicle was backed into while it was parked at 700 East and 145 North on Dec. 28. On Dec. 30 the vehicles of Cynthia Allen, 19, and Lillian Chidester, 37, collided on US 89 and 800 South. The Great Wall of China, stretches for 1500 miles, a distance equal to that from New York City to Omaha. The vehjcie of Michael Clark, 16, of Springville collided with the vehicle of Lee Meason; 16, of Springville on Dec. 29., Forest Ward, 25, of Provo hit a deer on Jan. 1 on Highway 89. ' EMT course to begin Springville Ambulance Association is pleased to announce that an Emergency Medical Technician Course, hosted by the Utah Technical College will be conducted from Jan. 28 to March 17, 1984. Classes will be held on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 10 p.m. For more information contact Mike Johnson at the UTC 226-5000 ext. 163. Record number of cors use new rood Jan. I After being under water for nearly eight months the Thistle Bridge which spans the Spanish Fork River appears unscathed and travel resumed across the structure last week. Most of US Highway 89 suffered minimal damage and as soon as the water had completely receeded travel was allowed. Officially travelers were able to cross the bridge and also use the new Highway t across Billie's Mountain on Friday night. An estimated record number of travelers and sightsers used the road UDOT officials reported. Following the opening of US-89 and 6 through Spanish Fork Canyon last week, 5,200 vehicles have used the new road according to Tim St. Clair, Utah Department of Transportation Tran-sportation Information Representative. Represen-tative. The total was for a 24-hour period on Sunday, Jan. 1, the UDOT official reported. St. Clair said that prior to the Thistle slide an average day in January showed that 3,800 vehicles would have used the road. St. Clair attributed the increased traffic to a lot of tourists and sightseers and the fact that it was a holiday weekend and more people were traveling. Traffic on Highway 89 was 1,385 on Jan. 1 compared to a previous average of 1,431. St. Clair noted that this was a little below normal and had no explanation for the lesser number of cars this year. |