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Show , ~lidvale~ THE UTE SENTINEL PAGE EIGaT ' ROSS THURSTON, DEAF PRINTER, IS FINE WORKMAN, DRIVES' CAR, IS CHIEF OF THE UTAH DEAF I . Though his eyes are ~ot excepTALKS ON FINGERS t tl~mally strong, Ross beheves that F ASTER THAN MOST his senses of smell, taste and touch are rendered more acute by WRITE CAN TYPISTS the impairment of his auditory sense. He was married in 1931 to Helen A Utah boy who is making good as a citizen, husband, father , and Woods at Cedar City, Utah. Mrs. first class workman in spite of Thurston is deaf, but can speak to the handicap of having lost his some extent. Ross is able to artiehearing and the power of speech ulate many words, and is an exis Ross Thurston, a compositor and pert lip reader. In common use among those who typesetting machine op?rator in I use dactylology, or sign language, the shop of the Ute Sentm~I. Ross is 29 years old, havmg been for communication there are about born at Annabella, Utah, on O<:to- one thousand signs besides the alber 15, 1906. He has a charnung phabet, he estimates. wife , who is also deaf, and they have two lovely children, one an infant and the other large enough Reg~·ets Loss Of. to be proficient in the "language" Mustcal Entertamment . . of his parents, though both young· The greatest disadvantage of his 1 speech and hear-~ h impaired hearing, be says, is the ~ters ave norma capable and I fact that he cannot enjoy entert . mg. h . 1 Ross 1s ex reme1Y of the print- tamments such as stage s ows, . . . 11 r I vaudeville musical events , movies . mes . efficient In a • . ing industry. He drives h1s own 1 .:1nd the radiO. happy a h . car and otherwise as The chief compensation for the I wholesome existence. failure of his auditory sense, he says, is the fact that he is able to President Of Utah ~ concentrate more effectively on his Deaf Association work. This fact is amply borne He is president of the Utah As- out by the excellence of all the sociation of the Deaf, now serving work he does. Organizations of the deaf point his second term. He was previousout that deaf automobile drivers ly secretary of the organization. Early in 1935 he went as a Salt have a safetY' record that is hat·d Lake City delegate to the twelfth to surpass. that because of their quadrennial convention of the Na· infirmity they exercise special care tional Fraternal Society of the in driving, that thousands of motor clubs testify to the driving ability Deaf, held in Kansas City. Ross is one of a family of ten of the deaf, and that insurance sons, all his brothers being normal companies now view deaf appliin speech and hearing. He gradu- cants for liability insurance as ally became deaf when about two good risks. As a ·summary. of the situation of years old. He attended school in Annabella for several years, but the deaf in present day America, special teaching facilities were not Ross has this to say: available, and when he was 13, he went to a school for the deaf. at Deaf Now Much Ogden. He graduf!-ted from h1~h Better Understood school in 1927, valedictorian of his "Due to the efforts Qf our state class. His first job after leaving school and national associations, the deaf was at a Salt Lake City printing in general are being much better establishment. He bad learned understood by the hearing people printing at the scho?l for the deaf, today than! ever before, thanks to ::.>JD.d wishing to get lllto newspaper the willingness they have sho..,..,"ll to work, later obtained a job at the realize that we are just human. Murray Eagle.. He has been con- This favorable trend is certainly nected with the Ute Sentinel for very much in contrast to the attitude of normal people toward the nearly a year. deaf in years past." It is not the purpose of this Can "Talk" Faster to preach a sermon or draw story Than Typist 'Vrites a moral, but anyone familiar "~Kith The organized "speech" of the Ross Thurston's work and way of deaf consists of movements of the living cannot fail to be impressed hands. The most commonly used with his obvious cheerfulness in system consists of numerous signs the face of a handicap that would and the spelling out of words on fill most of us with despair. It is one hand. The older system of truly inspirational to see the genforming the letters of the alphabet uine zeal v1rith which he goes about with both hands has been Jargely the tasks of everyday living. discarded. A person proficient in this form of communication oan convey from 105 to 125 words a minute, which is faster 1than the average stenographer can typewrite. In making speeches before audiences Ross uses first one hand, then the other. By C. 0. GILL I • • a a S S a 6 0 a 0 0 a 4 • • • • • • t l INEZ BECKSTEAD l'\Iidvale 267 -J, or RAY HOGA.L: -, Midvale 72-J5 ~-------~----·········~ SUNDAY. MONDAY and TL'"ESDAY, MARCH 1 - 2- 3 DOUBLE FEATURE -to- EAT BEST SERVICE •• • ••• BETTER FOOD FISHER'S and BECKER'S BEST BEER ON DRAUGHT I cA ~w SHIPMENT of I I RAYON ACETATE ·CREPE · DRESSES IN SPRING'S NE\VEST COMBINATIONS and COLOR " Very Outstanding THE BEST PLACE AD Produced bv the VA N I E U R E N Corporatio" and --- "CHARUE CHAN'S SECRET" with WARNER OLAND ---Also--A COLOR CARTOON For Adventures Unsurpassed See this Doulble Program First Show Sunday, 3 p. m. from 3:00 till 7:00 Adults 15c Miss Laura Samuels is visiting with her father in Texas. 'Dress Cvent cAll Are LU CH Mrs. Arnold entertained at a dinner Sunday at her home on Holden street. A Feature Value • to the entrancing music of the METROPOLITANS The local musical organization which has had only one change in personnel..jn two successful years . . . Phone . . . Mr. and Mrs. Claud Powell of Bluff, Utah, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Powell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Larson. ' DANCE • Mrs. J. A. Pierson entertained at a luncheon Tuesday afternoon in honor of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Thompson of Pasadena, California. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Hilda Nelson, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Poulson of Sandy. A number of Midvale young folks attended the University of Utah Junior Prom last Friday evening. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. Hollis Aylett en- the Misses Willa Stokes and Geneal tertained at a dinner party at their Jorgensen and Dale Watus, Rex home last Saturday evening. Cov- Beckstead, Blaine Watts. ers were laid for 16 guests. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Readin ..... Mrs. K. H. Hunter was hostess announce the birth of a daughter to her contract club lasf Monday last Friday. at her home. Prizes were won by Mrs. Tyler Vincent, Mrs. Leo AnHundred of thousands of people derson and Mrs. Jack Crane. every day are breaking the federal cigarette law which says: "Every Mr. and Mrs. John A. Aylett and person is cautioned not to use Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Aylett enjoy- either this package for cigarettes ed a motor trip to Boulder Dam again, or the stamp thereon again, last week-end. TlJey returned via nor to remove the contents of this package without destroying said Zion's and Bryce's canyons. (stamp, under the penalties providit Mrs. Lawrence Jorgensen is vis· ed by law in such cases. • De Luxe MIDVALE At a recent bridge luncheon at a popular Salt Lake City cafe the following Midvale women were hostesses: Mrs. J. Hollis Aylet:t, Mrs. Ralph Duvall, Mrs. Fred Hopkinson, Mrs. J. F. Stewart, Mrs. J. and Mrs. George W. W. Johnson, • Cox. Prizes of the play were awarded to Mrs. Andrew Bloomquist, Mrs. Young Cutler, Mrs. Leo Anderson, Mrs. Calvin Hunter, Mrs. Lou Greenig of Salt Lake City, Mrs. J. 0. Jones, Mrs. Leon Rasmussen and Mrs. Carl Dice. CJ3rand • iting with relatives in Los Angeles, California. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Steele Wednesday morning. Mrs. R. R. Fenn entertained her Mother and child are reporte..t do- birthday club Wednesday. ing well. Phone or write The when you have NEWS 'FOR YOUR E.l. TERTAI TMENT' in-- ------..·-·-·. .------·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·--<A• ivertonians Honor Their Old Folks Four hundred and eighty members of the Riverton First and Second wards over twenty years of age were guests at a banquet of their espective wards at their annual reunion held Saturday. Mrs. Clara R. Mell, 86, was the oldest member present at the Riverton First ward and received the prize of a bouquet of flowers. Five others of the 38 honored guests received .Prizes. Apple blossoms were carried out in favors and decorations at the First ward. At the Second ward the national colors were carried out in favors and decorations, where 26 honored guests were present. The Riverton First ward participated in old-time dancing, with novelty nwnbers. At the Riverton Second ward the following program was rendered, under the direction of Ruby Broadbent: Welcome address, Bishop Lancelot Bills; reading, Clessie Furse of West Jordan; girls trio, Norma Nielsen, Ruth Freeman, and Beth Park; dance number, Oneta Day: a playlet, under the direction of Jean Madsen, "The Family Album"; whistling solo, Phyllis Butterfield, accompanied by Zelma Butterfield; a comic skit by the Nut Brothers: Chestnut, Cocoanut, Walnut and Doughnut, under direc"Old tion of Veloy Butterfield; Song We Love", Beth Gardner of West Jordan, and Claudis Dunyon of South Jordan; comic news, Dora Grace Calli cot; piano solo, Earl Redman of Midvale; piano and saw solo, A. T. Hawkins and daughter of Bluffdale; solo, Douglas Gardner of West Jordan, and piano solo, Beulah Madsen. After the honored guests their partners were served supper, they were then taken to the Riverton Junior high school, for the drama, "He and She'' under the direction of Mary Egbert. l'tllDVALE --Society-- . \. IRIS THEA RE, Midvale JACK'S I Utah, Friday, February 28, 1936 CUalues! .. • |