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Show Page 12 American Fork Citizen Thursday, February 1, 1979 liblefci-seriesWinslionor I XI -''II - i- I ! Mi a .'H "J i- " J " fi . I 1 I For the second consecutive con-secutive year, a program produced by Charles E. Sellier, Jr., for- Sunn Classic Pictures has received top honors from the National Federation for Decency (NFD) for the most constructive contribution to the fall television schedule. "Greatest Heroes of the Bible," Sunn's eight-and-a-half hour mini-series mini-series which aired on NBC four consecutive nights during National Bible Week in November, received the highest rating of any program shown on prime-time television this fall from over 200 NFD monitors throughout the country. Sellier's "Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" series, also on NBC, received the same honor last year during the 1977 fall season. The final tabulation for the period gave "Greatest Heroes of the Bible" a rating of 9.582 , out of a perfect score of 10, well ahead of the second and third highest rated programs, "Little House on the Prairie" (9.296) and "60 Minutes" (8.862). The top 10 programs this fall, according to the JFD rating, also included "The Waltons" (8.849), the World Series (8.665), "Wonderful World of Disney" (8.409), "Lifeline" (8.277), "Donny and Marie" (8.188), "Centennial" (7.988) and "Monday Night Football" (7.902). Sunn Classic Pictures, based in Salt Lake City, is one of America's fastest growing film companies and is now the largest single producer of "family hour" prime-time prime-time television entertainment. en-tertainment. In addition to "Greatest Heroes of the Bible" and "Grizzly Adams," Sunn has produced "Mark Twain's America," and continues to film a series of 14 two-hour two-hour special "Classics Illustrated" movies, also for NBC. Movies in this series that have already aired this season include "Donner Pass," "The Time Machine" and "The Deerslayer." NBC has also ordered another "Stories from the Bible" series, as a mid-season mid-season replacement. Beehive D.U.P. Sets Meeting Special Interest Fireside Sunday A meeting of the Beehive Camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers will be held Thursday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. at the home of Ellen Tracy, 178 West 200 North. An interesting program has been planned by hostesses Thelma Green and Ellen Tracy. It will include a lesson on "Pioneer Homes and Buildings," which will be given by Carroll Wirthlin. Another outstanding feature will be "The Story of the Construction and Use of the Tithing Office in American Fork," which will be presented by Ellen Tracy. An invitation to attend the meeting is extended to all members and' anyone else interested. Auto Co. LEASES Pontiac, Buick GMC Trucks HOLLEY AUTO CO. Call 756-3533 American Foik Tocco To Perform With BYU Orchestra PROCLAMATION Mayors Donald R. LeBaron of Highland; Malcolm H. Beck of American Fork; and Don Christiansen of Alpine, seated left to right, sign proclamations designating February 5-11 as Scouting Anniversary Week in their com- Literary League Hears Highlites Of Nation's Presidents munities. Approving the action are, standing back row, Melvin Bowman, Carl Ingersoll, Ron Nyman and Stephen L. Adamson of the Alpine Scouting District. Ticket Requests Flood Symphony Twenty-one members and guests of the Literary League heard a very interesting account of highlights of a few of the presidents of the United States presented by Betty Fowler of Lehi in a meeting held on Monday, Jan. 22, at the home of Mrs. Marie Robinson. In the past 200 years, only 38 men have served as president of the United. States. Their terms of office have ranged from 31 days to 12 years, according to Mrs. Fowler. George Washington, a tall man of 6 ft. 3 in., was very shy. He had auburn hair which turned white during his term of office as president. He was a sickly man with a pockmarked pock-marked face, who hat great self-control and remained aloof. He died at age 67. Thomas Jefferson was a most talented man who played the violin, poke five languages and had a large self-taught medical knowledge. He invented many mechanical gadgets during his lifetime. He was over six feet tall, was a strawberry blonde, had lots of freckles and was a very poor speaker. Andrew Jackson was a very liberal man who brought a new image to the president's mansion. At his first party following his inauguration, the rowdy revelers almost destroyed the mansion. He had red hair, freckles and a pock-marked face. He drooled when he talked, easily lost his temper, was quarrelsome and always ready to fight. At age 13 he joined the militia and enjoyed soldiering all his life. Abraham Lincoln had black hair, sad eyes and a very expressive face. He always considered himself to be very ugly, but had a great wit which he used to relate jokes to temper the attitudes of those about him. He said, "My father taught me to work, but he never taught me to love it." He was over 6 feet tall and was a very sensitive man. Mrs. Fowler made a few comments about other presidents, including in-cluding Theodore Roosevelt and Gerald Ford. League President Lillie "Walker conducted the meeting "and ' welcomed two guests, Muzzel Davis and Lucille Richards. Marie Robinson gave an appropriate Thought for the Day and Idonna May introduced the speaker. Co-hostesses, Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. May served delicious light refreshments. The rapid ticket sales for the special Utah Symphony concerts with Julie Andrews on June 20 and 22 in the Salt Lake Tabernacle have even surprised Herold L. Gregory, executive director of the orchestra. In a progress report issued by the Utah Symphony this week, Gregory observed that the initial demand for Mountain West Chimney Sweeps Everytime you use your fireplace, combustible deposits of soot & creosote form in your flue. Be safe, have that dangerous flue cleaned by us. We're fast, efficient and clean ' 768-3102 After 5 and Weekends. tickets following the first announcement of the concert last month "exceeded our expectations," ex-pectations," and added that ticket orders continue con-tinue to come in every dayu Dazzling pianist James Tocco will appear as guest soloist with the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra at BYU Saturday, Feb. 10. The concert, part of the Lyceum Series sponsored by the music department, will begin at 8 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center. Tocco and the 91-member 91-member orchestra, directed by Dr. Ralph G. Laycock, will perform Samuel Barber's "Piano Concerto, Op. 38." 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