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Show s Page 10 Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday, October 21, 1992 Events and Accomplishments of local citizens. ocic Ned Nicol to An 80th birthday celebration for Ned Nicol of Orem is planned on October 24, 1 992. An open house will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the home of Ed and Charlotte Hills, 1762 So. Main, Orem. All friends and relatives rela-tives are invited. Ned was born in Heber City, Utah on October 27, 1912. He married Doris Burgner Wilfred Biggs to be Wilfred A. (Bill) Biees is celebrating his 80th birthday on October 23, 1992. His family will be hosting a birthday celebration from 3 to 7 p.m. at Rock Villa, 635 S. 900 East, Orem, for all his friends and family. Wilfred Biggs was born October Oc-tober 23, 1912, in Varteg, South Wales. At age 14 he started working work-ing in the coal mines of South Wales and was a member of the Federation of Great Britain Union. He and his family had joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and at 16 he immigrated with his family to the United States. When they arrived in Utah, they settled first in Provo for one fall where he attended at-tended Provo High School. He later lived with the Bradford family in Spanish Fork and worked in the Spanish Fork pea factory. Bill and his family then moved to Carbon County. His father worked in the Columbia Mine, and he attended high school in Sunnyside. In 1930, after graduating from high school, he went to work in the Columbia Mine for U.S. Steel. Later he started working in the Black Diamond Mine. In 1936, he became active in the United Mine Workers of America local union in Carbon County. He started as a pit committeeman com-mitteeman and continued for several years. Later he was elected to be a checkweighman at the Spring Canyon Coal Com- Utah Valley Choral Society will 1 Jit 'wM. i'ji Iril inn r-m rnr-r i-nni I im i mm ill --n-n -rnntnlr I I i i.nnunT -y n -" Family History Center offers classes Oct. 25 The Utah Valley Regional Family History Center will offer a variety of classes on genealogy and family history topics on Sunday Sun-day (Oct. 25). The center, located on the fourth floor of Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library, is open every second and fourth Sunday of the month from 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m., as well as daily from 8 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Computer courses available Oct. 25 include Basic DOS, 4:30 p.m.; IBM PAF (Personal Ancestry An-cestry File): Add Records, Pedigree Search, 1 p.m.; IBM PAF: Modify, Delete, and Print, 9:30 a.m.: IBM PAF Advanced, BENNER BROTHERS GLASS CLEANING 226-0695 Free Estimates LICENSED GUARANTEED 240 EAST 800 SOUTH, OREM, UTAH 84Go8 We also do Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning celebrate 80th birthday f "ft. .V C V WILFRED A. (BILL) BIGGS pany. He worked in Spring Canyon for about 10 years. When construction began on the Geneva Steel Plant, Bill left the mines in Carbon County and came to work on the construction. He went back to the coal mines in Carbon County for a short time and then came back to Geneva Steel and worked until the plant closed in 1945. A year later Geneva Steel was bought out by U.S. Steel, and he returned to work there until his retirementin 1977. Bill was also very active in Local Union 2701 at the Geneva Steel Plant. In 1948, he became a be presenting "Elijah" October 9:45 a.m. '(Print Option 6); PAF Accessories, 3 p.m.; Automated Archives, 1 p.m.; Macintosh Advanced Ad-vanced PAF Workshop, 11 a.m.; and Spanish PAF Workshop, 3 p.m. Regular courses at the center are Basic Research, 3:00 p.m.; Intermediate In-termediate Research, 9:30 a.m.; Temple Name Submission, 11 a.m.; U.S. Census, 5 p.m.; and StakeWard Consultant Training, Train-ing, 3 p.m. A special class entitled Asian Genealogy Research will also be offered on Oct. 25 at 5 p.m. For more information on classes, clas-ses, tours and instruction, contact the Family History Center at 378-6200. 378-6200. INSURED B( JNDED August 12, 1935 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They are parents of four children and they have 15 living grandchildren and 37 greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Their children are: Mrs. Ed (Charlotte) Hills, Larry Nicol, Mrs. Reed (Julie) Penrod, and Harold Nicol. honored orievance committeeman for the structure mill, a position he held for 28 years until his retirement. He also has the distinction of being elected seven times and serving for 19 years as President of Local Union 2701, a feat that is still unchallenged. There were many accomplishments brought about under his presidency including in-cluding establishing a blood bank for Geneva Steel workers at Utah Valley Hospital, building the local union hall (which bears his name), providing television programs in the hospitals to the sick, providing welfare administration ad-ministration to needy members, and providing the food supply to strikers in the 1959 steel strike. He married Sylvia Marie Peterson on March 25, 1935, in Price, Utah, and they made their first home in Carbon County. In 1940, he moved his family to his farm in Orem, Utah, where he still resides. He has produced a wide variety of crops on his farm over the years including raspberries, raspber-ries, strawberries, sweet cherries, cher-ries, sour cherries, and peaches. Bill and his wife were married for 50 years, before she passed away in 1985. They are the parents of two children, Mary Jean Steineckert of Orem, and W. Niel Biggs of Pleasant Grove. They also have seven grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Through the years he has been an avid horseman, hunter, traveler, sportsman, and he still enjoys a very active lifestyle. 29 in the Provo Tabernacle. Walking Club meeting slated Gadabout Walking Club will hold its opening meeting Wednesday, Wednes-day, October 21 at Eldred Center at 7:30 p.m. Come learn about this fun family and fitness Volkswalking. For more information call Joyce at 225-7007 or Shirley at 768-9375. Open Friday & Saturday Only Sneaker Robert Redford PG13 Showtimes: 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. iv i J NED NICOL Babies born to Orem parents Utah Valley Regional Medical Center October 7, 1992 Boy to Alan and Mary Bentley Boy to Martin and Elizabeth Clark Boy to Shaun and Susan Micken Girl to Gregory and Mary Wilde Boy to Leo and Kristina Clapp Girl to Reginald and Sharon Peterson Boy to Kerry and Carrie Brook Girl to Christopher and Natalie Pratt Girl to Jeffrey and Michelle Ranck October 8, 1992 Girl to Vern and Donna Cotterell Girl to Rodney and Josephine Fudge Girl to Todd and Rebecca Berbert Boy to John and Anetta Harding October 9, 1992 Girl to Darrin and Catherin Garrett October 10, 1992 Boy to Lynn and Diane Madsen Boy to Robert and Stephanie Ivie October 11, 1992 Boy to Johnathan and Courtney Johnson October 12, 1992 Girl to Scott and Tamara McClellan Girl to Atonio and Evedia Bravo Girl to Bradley and Denise Fullmer Boy to David and Desree Swank Girl to Dane and Marianne McNiel Boy to Clint and Shannon Wyckoff Orem Community Hospital October 8, 1992 Boy to Michael and Janet McCaffrey October 11, 1992 Boy to David M. and Roberta Webb Boy to Robert and Lori Ann Kanzee Choral society to perform "Elijah" The Utah Valley Choral Society, under the direction of Eric Jones, will present Mendelssohn's Elijah on Thursday, October 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Provo Tabernacle. Felix Mendelssohn is considered con-sidered the greatest composer of oratorios of the 19th century. Elijah has been called his greatest work. The oratorio is based on the scriptural account in 1 Kings 17-19, 17-19, which portrays the religious dissention is Israel and Judea over the divinities Jehovah and Baal. Although Elijah is not performed per-formed frequently, listeners will undoubtedly recognize such familiar songs as "Lift Thine Eyes," "Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord," "He Watching Over Israel," Is-rael," and the beloved aria, "If With All Your Hearts." The choir will be joined by an orchestra and an outstanding roup of guest soloists: Claudia Krone, Mary Wescott, Thomas Pike, Joseph Onstot, and Tannin Fuja. Tickets for the concert will be available from Choral Society members or at the door. General Admission is $2.00. (Students andjjenior citizens $1). Please do not bring children under 8. OPEN 7:00 PM START 7:30 PM ADULTS $3.50 KIDS UNDER 12 FREE Sister Act Whoopi Goldberg &Wfp PICTURES presents Sat. Matinees: 1:00 & 3:00 Svrrmhonv Halloween concert stirs up monsters, mirth, music The Utah Symphony's Halloween Hal-loween Concert extravaganza conjures up images of witches and goblins and, of course, music. On Monday, October 26, Symphony Sym-phony Hall will become a congregating con-gregating place for all types of creatures and things. At 7:30 p.m., under the direction direc-tion of Associate Conductor Robert Henderson, the Orchestra opens its Family Series with a concert of classical music with Halloweenish themes. The concert will open with the Overture to Wagner's Flying Dutchman, which tells the story of a ghost ship and ghost captain. The program also includes such macabre favorites as Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, Berlioz's Witches Safe- Pianict to nerform one of Tchaikovsky's When a work becomes as well- known and well-loved as Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, it needs no introduction. From the first grandiose chords in the piano, following by the sweeping, romantic melody from the orchestra, the audience is carried to a higher realm of existence. This is sure to happen at Symphony Sym-phony Hall on October 30 and 31 when pianist Seung-Un Ha joins the Utah Symphony in what is considered by many to be Tchaikovsky's magnum opus. The concert, conducted by Maestro Joseph Silverstein, also includes Brahms' Symphony No. 3 and Dvorak's Othello Overture. Seung-Un Ha is not new to the Symphony No. 3 and Dvorak's Othello Overture. Seung-Un Ha is not new to the Symphony Hall stage. In March Orem High Jazz Band to perform tonight By Wendy Farley and Aimee Johnson Orem's Jazz Band will be performing per-forming on October 21 in the auditorium. The concert will start at 7:30 p.m. and admi ssion i s free. Also performing will be the Vocal Jazz Choir. The following night at 7:30 p.m. the SCERAis sponsoring the Heartland of America concert by the Air Force Band who is on tour. The band is touring out of Nebraska. The concert will be held in Orem High's auditorium and admission is also free with tickets from SCERA Showhouse. ELECTRONIC Changeable printwheels Snap-in correcting Full line correct Word Eraser Auto relocate Auto center Auto return Bold print Dual pitch 324 West Center i m ail All Makes Same or Next Day Service 1. fix i nr. 'Y - ! 1 ill Jill itoc e 11; I Ml ,'l KntU frnm Svmnhnnie fantasti- que, and Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette. In addition, there will be a contest con-test with prizes for the best Costumes Cos-tumes both from the audience and in the Orchestra. Registration for the contest begins at 6:30 p.m., if you can get past some of the surprises that await you at Symphony Sym-phony Hall. Some of the prizes will be courtesy of Deer Valley and the Epicurious Group, which represents repre-sents E.I.B.O.S., Ferantelli's, Red's Frozen Yogurt and Ice Cream, American Grill, Casa del Sol, and Spaghetti Eddies. Tickets are $84 for a season pass for the entire immediate family and are available at the Symphony Hall Box Office and all Smith's Tix outlets. greatest works 1991. she came as a last minute replacement, performing Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 to great acclaim. A native of Seoul, Korea, Seung-Un Ha is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory and the Juilliard School of Music as well as the recipient of many prestigious pres-tigious awards. Before each concert, Maestro Silverstein will give a pre-concert lecture at 7:15 p.m. The works on the program will be discussed to give concert patrons better insight in-sight into the music, in order to enhance the evening's performance. perfor-mance. The concerts will begin at 8 p.m. in Symphony Hall. Tickets are $10 to $30 at the Utah Symphony Sym-phony Box Office, 533-NOTE, or at all Smith's Tix locations. If available, students with a current ID may purchase tickets for $5. Grandma Winnie's Dolls 7S5 West 400 North Orem 224-0669 Opeoi 10-5 MlWlbf 10-3 Sat a SMITH CORONPC TOMORROWS TECHNOLOGY AT YOUR TOUCH? TYPEWRITER $1 Provo (801)374-0725 mm oo p & We Mend Everything Under the Moon. tiii? lnmnrr ourn iiir.miiiiviT niii'.i; VW V ew Ct fWm )1trotw 8 86888898SS8888!ffiS3!888SS3S!S!! |