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Show A half century of service Veva Berg Hart still young in spirit at 89, but ready to retire (Special to the Orem-Geneva Times with permission per-mission of N. La Verl Christensen and the Dai- ly Herald.) When I interviewed Veva Peters Berg Hart with this column in mind she had just returned as a receptionist reception-ist at Berg Mortuary after recovering from a fractured hip. Here was this well-known lady looking much younger than her 89 years still on the job after more , than a half century at the mortuary and saying: "What a blessing it is to keep busy and to serve the public!" But now the column takes a slightly slight-ly different twist. Veva recently has retired, reluctantly yielding to health problems. I'd say she richly deserves the rest ... and plaudits for her long, efficient service. With her career at the mortuary combined with her civic leadership, is it any wonder that just six years ago Mrs. Hart was voted Provo's "outstanding woman" by the Freedom Free-dom Festival awards committee! Early this month the Ladies Literary Liter-ary Club paid tribute to her as a member for more than 50 years. I recall that at one time she served on the Utah Valley Hospital board of directors and was president of the Pink Ladies. In times past she has served in many capacities at Berg's in addition to being part-time receptionist. During Dur-ing one period she was vice president. presi-dent. Even when she was past 80 it wasn't unusual to see her driving a limousine in a funeral cortege or assisting with other mortuary business. busi-ness. During all these years she endeared en-deared herself to countless people through her friendly smile, warm handclasp, and understanding ways. My family will never forget her special kindness many years ago when we lost our 3-year-old son to a sudden illness. His curly hair already was a source of family pride, but or X I s Veva Berg Hart when we arrived for the viewing Veva personally had dressed and prepared it beautifully, enhancing the angelic image of him which we will always remember. She served the mortuary during three of the four generations it has operated. The business was established estab-lished in 1870 by Ole H. Berg. His son 0. Wyman took over when he died in 1919. Wyman's first wife Josephine Thomas Berg passed away in 1927. It was about two years later that Wyman Wy-man and Veva Peters were married. She was a well-known seamstress and businesswoman at the time. Veva assisted Wyman in operating the mortuary until his death in 1955. N. LaVerl Christensen She continued to serve under the leadership of Max W. Berg, Wyman's son who became company president, and in recent years under Max's son Carl D., now president. Veva told me the following experience experi-ence which illustrates the dedication of a mortician to the public's needs: Just after she and Wyman were married in 1929, they went to California Califor-nia on a 10-day vacation. Shortly after reaching their destination they were attending a dinner as guests when a long-distance phone call came. Back home a prominent Provoan, Col. C. E. Loose, had died. Loose had specified that he wanted Wyman personally per-sonally to handle his funeral arrangements. arrange-ments. The couple headed back to Provo at 5:30 the next morning. Berg's purchased the Jesse Knight mansion on East Center in 1935 and converted it into a mortuary. The building has been vastly expanded since. Veva married Charles J. "Chick" Hart, Brigham Young University professor, pro-fessor, in 1962. He died in December 1971. The march of time has a way of silvering the hair and slowing the pace, but Mrs. Hart still remains young in spirit and heart. In fact, thinking of her and her long service as a receptionist reminds me of this anonymous quote: "There is in this world no function more important than that of being charming ... to cast light upon dark days ... and to be the very spirit of grace and harmony." UremGeneva Times - Wednesday June 8. I98yPage3S Schools awarded $75,000 for artist residencies Nearly $75,000 in matching funds for artist residencies in 80 Utah . schools and communities has been awarded by the Utah Arts Council Board of Directors, including $800 to two Orem elementary schools. The Council approved $400 in matching funds each for 10-day residencies at Northridge and Sharon elementary schools. Northridge will sponsor a music artist in residence and Sharon elementary will provide a dramatic arts residency for its students. A total of 86 schools and nonprofit organizations applied for artist residencies, and 80 were approved, including in-cluding 23 applicants that had never before received funding. First-time funds were awarded for residencies in Salt Lake, Box Elder, Utah, Weber. Tooele, Davis and Uintah counties. Of the $74,770 approved by the Board, $1,550 was awarded to Ririe-' Ririe-' Woodbury Dance Company as matching mat-ching funds in the Council's new Arts in Education (AIE) Project Grant category. Seven other AIE Project Grant applications were not funded. The AIE Project Grant was created to support projects that advance ad-vance the goal of the arts becoming a basic part of education. Ririe-Woodbury's project is to develop a field-tested teaching guide to accompany an already completed instructional videotape. This project grant will continue work sponsored, under two National Endowment for the Arts Project Grants which enabled enabl-ed the creation of two tapes on teaching beginning and advanced dance improvisation. Near drowning Four year old Sarah Benards is recovering nicely from a near drown-ing drown-ing incident which occurred in an apartment complex swimming pool last weekend. According to Orem police Sarah was pulled unconscious from the pool and given mouth to mouth rescitation by Jason Huntington. When para--medics arrived the girl already was breathing. She was taken to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center where she was treated and later released. Huntington is credited with saving her life. The AIE Program is an outreact program of the Utah Arts Council thai shares with the schools the costs ol bringing professional artists into the classroom to enrich and support quality arts education. The AIE Pro-. gram pays 40 percent of the artists', fees, plus mileage and per diem, if necessary. ' Eligible to receive AIE residency residen-cy or project grant funds are non profit tax-exempt organizations, civic groups, schools, school districts and local government agencies. ,'. 1TJLY 9IUUCU19 left off graduation list One page inadvertantly was omitted omit-ted from the Mountain View High School list of potential graduates are: Robert L. Reynolds, Robert Tobias Richards, Adam Christopher Richardson, Richard-son, Bret Wells Richmond, Jayna Riley, Jason Dean Roberts, Jon Snoden Roberts, Douglas James Robinett, Kevin Wade Rogers, Rachell L. Rohbock, Julie Ann Roper, Brett Steven Rose, Rachele Rowbotham, Heidi Rowley, Val Chad Rowley, Susan Russell, Michael Troy Sanders, Cynthia Ann Sandoval, Shelley Schrader, Bren-da Bren-da Jean Schroeder, Sheri Anna Shat-tuck, Shat-tuck, Patricia Lynne Shepherd, Debra Ann Sheppherd, Julie Ann Shumway, Caroleen Simpson, Wendy Kuuipo Sing, David H. Sink, Heidi Skinner, Jered Bentley Skousen, Lawrence David Skousen, Christina G. Smith, Cory D. Smith, Gregory James Smith, Kim Snarr, Jodi Lyn Sorensen, David A. South, Vanee Kay Spangler, Krista June Sproul, Randy St. John, Vesper Laura Starr, Merrill David Steel, Diana Steele, Julie Anne Steinkopf, LaDean Stephens, Mark Evan Stewart, Michael Evan Stewart, Steve S. S tin son, DeAnn Stokes, Teri Lynn Strother, Brian A. Stutz, Robert T. Sumpter, Laurie Kim Sunday, Robert T. Swindlehurst, Angela Mae Tanner. Direct Mail to Over 41,000 Homes Orem-Provo-BYU Phono 225-1340 For AckEtond InformstSon County criminal ;? soon to be captured Your boss, spouse, friend or "enemy" is wanted for arrest on June 23, 1988 for the March of Dimes Jail and Bail fund raising event. Each jailbird will do a stretch of one hour in the "slammer" to help in the fight against birth defects. "The event is structured so requests re-quests for "jailings" can be phoned in by anyone. Requests can be placed plac-ed with the March of Dimes until June 20," said John Roake, 1988 Jail and Bail chairman and director oi marketing at Charter Canyon Hospital. , A phony warrant is prepared and an arresting officer picks up the accused ac-cused for delivery to a mock jail at the Orem K-Mart. There, a judge sets bail and the prisoner is fingerprinted and photographed. The next hour is spent in the jail calling friends to raise bail in the form of pledged contributions contribu-tions to the March of Dimes. Roake said a $10,000 goal is set for this year's Jail and Bail to help fund such Utah County programs as the Perinatal Outreach program and the Parent to Parent Support Group at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. "Last year's crimes included such things as indecent exposure from the neck up, impersonating a boss, and being too happy in the morning," mor-ning," said Roake. Volunteers who were booked in last year's Jail and Bail included people from more than 30 local businesses. Over 100 community com-munity residents are expected to participate par-ticipate in this year's Jail and Bail, according to Roake. Proceedings of the days events will be monitored by K96KFMY to keep the public abreast of all criminal activities. The "arrestee" who manages to bring in the most bail will be paroled at the SL George Hilton Inn along with a partner, for a three-day weekend. Skywest Airlines will provide round trip transportation for this temporary "get away." Bullock & Losee Jewelers along with the Orem Albertson's Albert-son's will also sponsor this year's Jail and Bail. "Jail and Bail is popular with communities around the country because it encourages a high level of fun and promotes community involvement," involve-ment," said Roake. "People cheerfully cheerful-ly participate and contribute in order to share in the fun." To get involved with this year's Jail and Bail and be part of die fun stop by the March of Dimes office at 227 N. University or call 373-4199. Search for descendants of early Ohio families The search is on for all descen dants of thirty-one families that lived liv-ed in northeast Ohio during the period 1830-1838. The surnames of these families currently being sought are: Angel, Barlow, Barnes, Booth, Bosworth, Carpenter, Carter, Cowdery, Dixon, Gee, Granger, Hancock, Han-cock, Harris, Keeler, Kirlins, Lamoreaux, Lyman, Mitchell, Morley, Morton, Palmer, Pratt, Rigdon, Snow, Stephens, Stow, Warner, Whitmer, . Whitney, Woodruff, Van Dyke, Tanner. Anyone with this surname or descendant from one of these surnames sur-names should call the Kirtland Visitors Center at 2564805 or write to Kirtland Roots, co June Simmons, 1920 Bremerton Dr., Lyndhurst, Ohio 44124. : Plans are underway to hold a Family History seminar on Saturday July 23, 1988 in Kirtland, Ohio. Ali descendants identified in this search will be invited to learn more about their ancestors The history and genealogy of these early Ohio settlers, who played an important role in the history and development of nor-' theastern Ohio, will be presented in a series of special family presenta tions. Tours of the Kirtland historical sites, special exhibits, speakers and visual presentations will cover topics like "Researching Early Ohio Records," "Kirtland in the 1830's," "How to use a Genealogy Library," "The Civil War," "Indian Lore," and "Early Music and Transportation.", An original musical play entitled, "Kirtland" will conclude the festivities on Saturday evening. The Seminar is free. All pre-registrants pre-registrants will be asked to donate $5 per person to cover the cost of lunch , and family information packets that will be provided to everyone. Rallnta rnada of broken Dotterv were used by the citizens of Ancient Athens to get rid of unpopular politicians. pol-iticians. 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