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Show i 16 SNIPPITS of SpringviUe Helen Beardall Do you ever recall, as Maud Hatch Benedict did when she wrote her memories memo-ries in the Springville Herald Her-ald in the 1940's? If you do, please share your thoughts with the Springville Historical Histori-cal Society. "Do you remember when the stretch between the Springville sugar factory fac-tory and Spanish Fork was called the 'Straight line?' (For the newcomers in town, the sugar factory is the large yellow brick building located on the west side of the road going out of Springville and toward Spanish Fork.) "And do you remember how cold it was to drive there (Spanish Fork) to a dance in the winter? When all the young people who were brave enough to take the cold trip, loved to dance in Spanish Fork at Hales Hall, where they had a spring floor? The happy hours we spent there, dancing danc-ing to the 'Dream Heaven Waltz,' the two step and 'Rage Quadrille'? "Some of the more Some Restrictions Apply Expires 103108 n n I I QualifiesforUtility! j fOCTXj PTSJ Rebates l )LS i i ... i i u A i f no interest 1 lManuary2009 n 0)V) rasa, iase, iron, Stair Puts, Shelving, Much lore! thoughtful beaus had foot-warmers foot-warmers in their 'rigs.' Large stones that had been heated in mother's cook stove oven, wrapped in a blanket and in such cases we would arrive warm and comfortable. "But while the ball went on, the stones cooled, so the trip back to Springville was so cold as to be almost torture. tor-ture. "The young gallants brought along lap robes to tuck about our feet, too, but we'd be so cold on reaching home that we couldn't unbutton un-button our shoes and often had to call mother to help us undress. I say 'we,' speaking speak-ing of the girls, but I bet the boys were equally frozen and they had to unharness their horse, feed and blanket blan-ket it before they could go inside. "Quite a difference picture pic-ture now, when son dashes up in his car, rolls back the garage door, runs the car inside, clicks off the ignition and be snugly in bed in a heated bedroom, before you could say 'Jack Robinson!' "He'd never have a mo- Lifetime Guarantee Energy Efficient I Quality Installation Wasatch Vinyl Products i High Quality...LOW Price!! 877-922-7283 or 733-5633 r "v SPRINGVILLE HERALD ment's chill wind creep down his spine. "In the days of which I write, everyone wore enough clothes for an arctic arc-tic expedition, yet the bleak winds howled round, penetrating pen-etrating the toughest fabric. Winters were much more severe then, and I do not recall re-call one Christmas that the ground was bare of snow. "To this day the writer abhors snow and cold weather. Too many bobsled rides, ice skating parties on clear moonlight nights in zero weather and snowball fights at school, ever to like winter. Perhaps that is a sign of age creeping on but that feeling has persisted since childhood. "Remember when the children chil-dren wore long ribbed cotton cot-ton stockings, that despite round elastic garters they always slid down forming a two-inch 'lap' over the shoe tops? This partly because of ' long 'union suit' underclothing undercloth-ing that made all stockings appear as if the wearer had carbuncles. "When boys up to 16 wore knee pants? Only in retrospection do we see the humorous side of many things that were taken as matter of course in days ago. Whatever is customary custom-ary is, and always has been acceptable. "Remember when the young ladies wore flat bows on the hair, pressed down to resemble a three or four-leaf four-leaf clover? "When hair was worn brushed up the back of the head (as is now fashionable) but minus the curls on top: worn rather twisted into a tight bob on the top of the head? I do remember though, some very beautiful 'figure 8' bobs the young ladies la-dies wore. "When it was usual to see a gringe of straggly hair, called 'scolding locks' falling fall-ing down over the collar? The short ends not long enough to be included in the History bob? That, too, was so common com-mon to be scarcely noticed. "Do you remember the lovely long braids that Lena and Hanna Condie wore? Far below the waist and tied with a huge black or red ribbon bow - the envy of all girls. "When no 'bobbed' hair was seen except on those poor boys whose mothers did the family barbering-and barbering-and many a fancy job you would see. "When the 'Buster Brown' haircut became popular, and home-made barbers tried to imitate the style? The result often looked like a bowl had been placed inverted over the 'Victim's Head' and all hair remaining visible lopped off? "Many 'Buster Brown' haircuts in those days resembled re-sembled nothing so much as the roof of a Hottentot Hut. Oh, boy" These remembrances will continue into next week's teachers who are current-article, current-article, ly housed in their build-Try build-Try and write down your ing. The students there memories, happenings and are studying the stages of activities and share them the writing process and a with family and friends and few of the arts specialists the historical society. were able to come to their The writings of Benedict classrooms October 21-23 gives each of us a great to provide enrichmentre-insight enrichmentre-insight as to daily happen- teaching lessons, ings long ago in Springville. The students and the How fun. teachers learned some. Please call Glenn Alleman, 489-3969; Roger Nielson, 489-5251; or Helen Beardall, 489-6989; if you have stories to relate, articles to share or if any of you have a sug- gested person that would make a great speak or inter- ideas during the first few est for the up and coming stages of the writing pro-lecture pro-lecture series. Please let one cess. She provided some of us know. interesting and thought Our lecture series will start in January on the 4th Wednesday, ine meetings will be held at the art museum mu-seum for the coming year. There will be plenty of parking park-ing there, as well as room. Our office in the Carnegie Library Building is till under going renovation. We are excited. 2 1 IK 800 N. Spring Creek Place Springville Across the street from the Pepsi Plant 'ggSfi I J - d 1 1 1 1 Cherry Creek 3rd graders learning dance movements that will later be revised and performed for their peers. Cherry Creek Elementary Elemen-tary in Springville is very lucky to have the support of Nebo School District art specialists so close to home! Third-grade teachers teach-ers recently took advan- tage of the seasoned arts wondfirful things about how the writing process applies to the arts! Jeri Crosby visited the third grade and discussed dis-cussed ways that we can use music to inspire our provoking music to get the students using their imaginations and visual- izing the details in their stories. Nolan Goodwin worked with the students to show how movement in dance follows a process of experimenting ex-perimenting and revision. The students even got a "'1 3 Thursday, October 30, 2008 chance to "publish" - or perform - their revised and edited movements for each other! Tom Wood showed the students how artists go through the entire process from drawing "thumbnails" (prewriting) to completing a final copy (publishing). The students were able to go through the entire process as they brainstormed, drafted, conferenced, revised, edited and published an advertisement for a new kind of candy bar called the "Yum Bar." This was a great opportunity oppor-tunity for the third-grade teachers at Cherry Creek to integrate the arts into their curriculum while providing re-teaching of the writing process to some and enrichment to all! If any teachers are interested in the services our arts specialists have to offer please contact Ju- lie Christofferson at julie christoffersonnebo.edu. When one door of happiness happi-ness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller 1 |