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Show Midvale and Mrs. Robert Weagel of Lark were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dewey Knudsen at the Copperton Cop-perton Ward dinner held Thursday. Thurs-day. Copperton Ward Relief Society held a delightful luncheon at which Bishop and Mrs. Dean Malan and children, Tracy, Dee and Margie, were honored. Th luncheon corresponded corres-ponded with the regular Relief Society So-ciety day, Tuesday. visited with their son and daughter in law, Dr. and Mrs. John E. Knudsen Knud-sen and daughters, Karen, Krista and Kathy. Cnroute home thry stopped in Chandler, Ariz., to see Mrs. Knudsn's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Chrlstcnf.cn and family and also visited relatives in Fairview, Utah. Joe Wins spending a few days in the hospital. Saturday night" guests at home of Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Barlow of Midvale were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hansen of West ' Jordan and Mr. and Mrs. J. Dewey Knudsen of Copperton. Cop-perton. Miss Margie Johnson, foster daughter dau-ghter of Bishop and Mrs. Dean Malan, Ma-lan, left Thursday (yesterday) to establish a new home in Murray. She will spend the remainder of the school year with Mr. and Mis. Steven L. Merrill. Following this she will return to Chinley, Ariz. Mrs. Minerva Smith of Salt Lake City, Mr, and Mrs, V. S. Barlow of By LYN CONNELLY BIG. handsome, rugged John Russell, who stars in ABC TV's "Lawman" as Marshall Troop, Is one actor who never has to worry about being "typed" for his film roles . . . His career to date has embraced virtually every kind of masculine role ever conceived by ingenious authors and screen writers . And the present is no exception to the well-established rule ... He has played a swashbuckling hero who conquers adversity in every sector sec-tor of the globe (in the TV series "Soldiers of Fortune"), an insidious in-sidious cotton planter who preys upon unfortunates (in the movie "Untamed Youth") and a rugged peace efflcer of the old west in his present, "Lawman." . A member of a pioneer California Califor-nia family, Russell was born in L. A. ... He distinguished himself him-self at Los Angeles high school as an athlete winning letters in football, foot-ball, basketball and gymnastics ... As a sideline he studied dramatics, dra-matics, but never once thought of acting as a career ... He was attending the University of California Cali-fornia at Los Angeles when war appeared Imminent ... He quit school and went to work in a defense de-fense plant . . . When war actually actual-ly broke out, he joined the marine corps, serving at Guadalcanal. He was offered an acting job on his discharge and accepted it ... A long succession of roles followed his debut In "A Bell for Adano" . . . Successively, the six foot four, 190 lb. Russell portrayed por-trayed villains and heroes with equal ease and co-starred opposite oppo-site most of the leading feminine stars In Hollywood . . . Among his most successful pictures were "Forever Amber," "Yellow Sky," "Man in the Saddle," "The Fighting Fight-ing Coast Guard," "Within These Walls," "The Gal Who Took the West" and "The Last Command." |