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Show Park Record Thursday, November 13, 1986 Page All dm0 Chit Chat Ferocious ciuiuub bnowsiorm senas rarK nside to enjoy skating and plays y BETTINA MOENCH DOOLEY ' ' ecord Contributing Writer w-i nrtm a rm i by BETTINA MOENCH DOOLEY uecora LoniriDuting writer 100 Years Ago The week began with what The Park Record described as a "phenomenal" storm, and it seemed to set the stage for an exciting time in the Park. According to the newspaper, black clouds rolled over the mountaintops, bringing with them a ferocious snowstorm that was accompanied by an unusual display of thunder and lightning that "played around in a boisterous manner." man-ner." In its wake, the storm left a bone-chilling cold snap, which encouraged en-couraged Parkites to stay indoors and enjoy warmer pasttimes. Among those pasttimes was skating at the rink in the basement of Society Hall. The newspaper carried car-ried an ad for the season opening of the rink, which noted that admission was just 50 cents, including skates, but the invitation to enjoy the amusement was closed to "objectionable "objec-tionable characters." Other social events included the run of the Stuttz Dramatic Combination Combina-tion at Society Hall. The travelling actor's troupe of 20 was in the Park for a full week of performances, including in-cluding an Irish comedy, Rip Van Winkle, and Victor Hugo's Lucretia Borgia. All of the plays were well attended at-tended and went off without mishap, with the exception of the last evening's even-ing's performance, when the curtain Lanningham was loving and positive by Carroll Horton Carroll Horton was a longtime friend of Jim Lanningham. The following is the tribute Horton wrote and then recited at Lanningham's funeral. God, before he sent his children to earth, gave each of them a very carefully selected package of problems. pro-blems. "These", he promised smilingly, "are yours alone, No one else may have the blessings these problems will bring you." "And only you, have the special talents and abilities that will be needed to make these problems your servants," "Now, go down to your Birth and your forgetfulness, know that I love you beyond measure. These problems that I give you, are a symbol of that love. "The Monument that you make of your life with the help of your problems, pro-blems, will be a symbol of your love for me, your father." If this is true then, Jim Lanningham Lann-ingham built an enormous monument monu-ment to his God. He turned every negative that he possibly could, into a positive, for himself and for others. He gave himself to everyone in large quantities and he had a tremendous talent for getting outside out-side of himself. I met Jim for the first time, seven years ago. We became friends quickly. quick-ly. His warmth and charm and his special gentleness made it easy to know and like him. I could speak for a long time about Jim's wonderful tales of life with his buddies before M.S. and even after. He was so proud and grateful to have those times. His hunting expeditions with Aaron and Frank and Dan and their kids were so special to him. Jim loved life and lived it with great gusto in those early years. For me, to even begin to recount those days, would be unthinkable. Those memories are sacred ones to others with us here today. For those of us who only knew him in those later years it was the way he spoke of the past that blew you away. He retold the stories over and over joyfully, with never a trace of bitterness or self pity that that part of his life was 1 . rTnr-nnnr'ri n7n 13 16 Brad Makoff Gordon Lowe Randy Millecam Erin Clames Shelly Chipman Kathy Kize Juanita Putman 17 Bill Tatomer 14 Dan Christians Casey Condon Bob DiTullio Lizzie Erickson 15 Colby Scott-Whitton Sprack Richard Newmark Anne Moench snowstorm From Time suddenly dropped in the middle of the third act. A cast of surprised actors ac-tors and the equally surprised audience au-dience babbled their discontent, only to learn that an alert stagehand discovered an oil lamp on stage that was about to explode. The Park Record praised the speedy efforts that surely prevented a horrible conflagration. con-flagration. As for the performances, The Record commented that "it is a good recommendation to any theatrical troupe to have it said that they did a profitable week's business in Park City, as this is one of the most capricious and hard-to-please towns in the west." 25 Years Ago Mayor William Sullivan, who was successful in his bid for re-election, was rejoicing the overwhelming victory vic-tory at the polls for the improvement bond issue, which passed 474-41. The planned improvements included resurfacing Main Street and Park Avenue from one block below Eley's Service Station to the entrance of Empire Canyon, plus new sidewalks. The voters had approved the sale of general obligation bonds in the amount of $45,000, with the State Highway Department kicking in an additional $130,000. Said The Park Record, "a brand new Main over. His acceptance of his condition allowed us to see all of Jim, and was an inspiration to all who knew him. I know Jim was a human being with faults because he told me so! And I realize that my relationship with him began in his "saintly years". Jim told me that being a victim of M.S. had given him another chance to improve upon being a parent. We became closer as we helped each other be better single parents. He took the role of Dad more than once with my kids. Sally reminded us last night about the time he came with us to meet her plane on his "amigo." He took her for a ride thru the airport and the whole drill team home in the van. All of our kids remember the fun Christmas in Jim's tiny apartment. There were only 14 of us. Jim was a very special parent. He loved his children deeply and spent many hours trying to guide them gently but firmly on their way to maturity and young adulthood. Unlike me he seemed to have a real handle on when to "let go and let God," yet at the same time, be there for them when they stumbled on that road. He had balance. He believed in the importance of their spiritual growth. He lived in a basement apartment with legs and crutches that barely worked anymore, he would make that superhuman effort to go to church with them without the slightest hint of righteousness or martyrdom. That was just the way you started out Sunday with your kids, according to Jim. Four years ago, Jim and Dan decided to make a dream of theirs come true. To go into business together. The early organization and operation opera-tion of Miners Automotive were pro-bably pro-bably the most rewarding, frustrating and bonding experiences of their lives. Jim had his J.C. degree in business managment and he was determined to try it out, so, of course he was the business manager! They had staff meetings every 48 hours, as if they were Mobile Corporation. And then we had Dan who was General Manager who was trying to get enough time in between all these "business meetings" to get the cars 19 Dennis Peterson George Glauser Lila Jolley . Preston Taylor Connie Bates Eric Sidwell Geoff Williams Robert Goodro Jennifer Klason 3HI III Mim Hughes Nathan Barham Jennifer Wagner Bonnie Peretti Shirley Smith Bill Plummer Brian Morris Teri Maloney Spencer Goodro Geri Kidman 18 Todd Roberts Wagner Starlight Bird sends Parkites to Time Street is bound to provide a tremendous tremen-dous lift in morale for Park City, and should mark the first step in the complete rejuvenation of the city." Though a week past the election, the results of the city council race between John Henrion and Les Of-fret Of-fret was still undecided. In an unprecedented un-precedented result, the candidates tied at the polls. Now election officials of-ficials were canvassing the votes, and if the tie still remained, the winner win-ner would be chosen by a simple flip of the coin. Parkites were mourning the death of nine-year-old Taunya Polychronis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Polychronis. The young girl had been battling a heart ailment, ail-ment, and the town rallied to support her with a blood drive. The city grieved to learn that she had failed to survive open-heart surgery. 10 Years Ago The front page of The Newspaper that week showed a grinning Jim Doilney pushing a pie into the face of Kimball Art Center Director Alan Crooks at the Chamber of Commerce's Com-merce's annual winter kick-off celebration. All in good fun, you understand, and Crooks seemed to take it in stride. After all, he was feeling high spirited, because in one fixed!!! Laughter, tears, fun, frustration and love were the bricks of the foundation foun-dation of that business that both men were so dedicated to. Three years ago, Joyce Hansen walked into Jim's life and not only did she bring a warm loving vibrant personality and everlasting devotion to Jim, she brought some real organizational qualities, too! Joy, Jim and Dan managed against all odds to turn a struggling young business in the throes of collapse, col-lapse, around, slowly but surely. All three of them worked round the clock to make that happen, but I'm sure that Joy and Dan would agree that Jim's tenacity, perseverance, and his tremendous drive to fight arrivals Chuck & Sarah Klingenstein are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl Laura Cooper born Oct. 17, 1986 at St. Mark's Hospital weighing 8 lbs. 21 inches long Open Daily Lunch 11:30 a.m. Dinner 5:30 p.m. week he would be enjoying his own celebration when the Kimball Art Center was formally dedicated, following its transformation from service station to the town's new center of the arts. The Newspaper's "How About It?" question of the week asked residents to offer their opinion about whether they would be using the new outdoor ice skating rink planned for Prospector Square. All the respondents including Dorothy Payne, Michele Simonin, and Melanie Louis just about had their laces tied in anticipation. So sure was everyone that the rink was a foregone conclusion, that Sheila Jones magnanimously offered to buy her pal Trout some skates so he could enjoy it, too. Locals were looking for any excuse ex-cuse to avoid the nerve-wracking discussion about the lack of snow. For the third year in a row, things looked bleak for the traditional Thanksgiving Day opening of the ski resorts. The Newspaper's editor Steve Dering pointed out that all the fluffy brochures written about the lown gushed that the town normally was "wrapped in a velvet white blanket" by November. However, he said, "Mother Nature is now risking indecent exposure charges." Life must go on, however, and the Silver King Club advertised that it would be opening full time, and that "The Fearless Sparky Needleman Defies Mother Nature, and Starts the Season Without Her." against all odds, to make a success out of Jim and Dan's dream are what inspired all of them to hang in there and fight to win. Jim endured to the end. He gave us the gift of an extra month of his life at great cost. We are grateful to God and to Jim for that. I pray that God will help all of us to incorporate some of Jim's beautiful attributes into our own lives and that as people we will be a little better for knowing him. Because you see, as his brother pointed out to me, Jim wasn't handicapped han-dicapped he just couldn't walk. May he have eternal peace. Donations to the Jim Lanningham Memorial Fund can be made by calling call-ing 649-4841 Joan Abele & Clark Newhall are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl Sarah Cook Newhali born Oct. 22, 1986 at Cottonwood Hospital weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz. 20 inches long 3 " v COUPON ffiSSS F R 1 Any menu item, Nov. 13 Doctor John will be greatly missed Dr. John Howard Cook, born May 2, 1928, died Oct. 31, 1986, at 58 years old. Doctor John as we knew him came to Park City 26 years ago when we were a depressed area. And no doctor doc-tor came to stay, for they felt there was no future for a young up-and-coming doctor, but not our Dr. Cook. He came and he stayed, in fact he attended at-tended his patients at his office on that Friday morning. Emma Lemon was one of his first patients 26 years ago, and was his last that morning. He told her he was feeling better than he had in a long time and had also laid his cane aside as the surgery on his foot was much better, he himself had been having health problems as we all do at one time or another, never thinking he would go at such a young age. Dr. Cook did not just serve the Salt Lake City area, his care covered much more as he also had his office here in Park City and patients came from the surrounding towns such as Heber, Kamas, Oakley, Peoa, Coalville and even up into some parts of Wyoming and many more. He was a kind compassionate doctor, doc-tor, and had delivered three generations genera-tions of babies here of my family, and was loved by all. We not only lost our doctor we lost a very dear friend. Dr. Cook earned his degree in 1956 from the University of Utah School of Medicine. He was a fellow in the American Academy of Family Phyi- Scarlett's Letter Friday night fever by SCARLET RABALAIS Record Contributing Writer "Saturday Night Fever" turned into "Friday night in Park City." JOHN TRAVOLTA, piloting his own plane with four guests flew in from Santa Barbara, Bar-bara, Calif., last Friday to look at rental properties for the holiday season. After viewing numerous homes with Park City Lodging, they dined at Adolphs Restaurant, where John ordered a rare filet mignon and iced tea to drink. Afterwards, he met with Sally and Jim White for a tour of Little Belle Condominiums and Stein Ericksen Lodge. Travolta says he has sold his ranch in Santa Barbara, therefore hopes to spend more time on the slopes this winter. He will spend his Christmas in Ireland, but you can rest assured he will be back to Park City because he fell in love with our mountains. He returned to Los Angeles later Friday evening for a party with ELTON JOHN. WAYNE ROGERS, from the TV movie MA'SH, dined at Philippe's last week with his family. Trying out the evening special, Rogers was quite pleased pleas-ed with his meal. Having built the Trail Side Condominiums in Deer Valley he is a familiar face to all of us around town. Every Tuesday night the Baja Cantina has fresh lobster flown in from the east coast. At a price of $13 it is the best deal around if you like lobster. Last week I saw Adolph himself there for lobster, not to mention Utah's own SEN. JAKE GARN. It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Superman!. If you see CHRISTOPHER REEVES flying past you on the slopes, don't be surprised because he's headed our way. Being an avid skier, Reeves plans to make a few turns in January at Deer Valley. I'll keep you posted. Obituaries B. Douglas Glad Summit Park resident and Park City LDS Stake President B. Douglas Glad died Nov. 6. Glad. 50, was born to Bruce and Edna Hardman Glad February 11, 1936. He married Sharon Callahan November 24, 1958 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was branch president and stake president of the Park City stake at the time of his death, but had served as bishop's counselor, stake young men's president, and stake executive secretary for the church. He and his wife owned a Salt Lake company called Ceramic and Marble Sales. Glad is survived by his wife; children Cammi, Kelly, Kristi Marci, and Julie; a grandson, father and brothers Dwayne and Melvin. Funeral services were held Monday at 11:00 a.m. in the Mountain View Ward in Summit Park. Ristorante OWlilR excluding specials - Nov. 20 by Ilea Kummer cians and served as president and treasurer of the Utah chapter. He served as chairman of the LDS Hospital staff, he was a delegate to the IHC Physicians Corp., a member of the Utah Medical Assn. House of Delegates Ethics Committee of Political Action and Dangerous Drug Committee. He served on the staff of the Primary Childrens Medical Center and was medical director of Wasatch Medical Management Corp. He also sat on the board of the Utah Driver's License Medical Advisory Council. For many years he did the mine examinations, also the well baby clinic, was the doctor of our athletics and much more. He was the only doctor in Park City. He was much more than he was given credit for. If it had been up to him only we would still have our hospital here. He also maintained an office in Salt Lake where he attended to many Parkites who had moved to the valley. He did many things and belonged to many organizations, he was an Eagle Scout as were his sons. He was a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for 26 years and was their physician in their travels. He was many things to many people and he will be missed, not only by his family but many more. He was a great man, doctor and friend. He is survived by his wife Barbara and two sons and four daughters all of Salt Lake City. Gone but never forgotten. 1 11 ll t I l l M ! i ! ll ! i i til 306 Main St. 649-5044 .I,,lll.lll..i1llt ,1 .ll.nt.ll" I !! |