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Show Pe 54 THE HERALD, Provo. Utah, Sunday, October 22, 1978 Utah Women Lillian Smith Sees Adventure in Creative Accomplishments By RENEE C NELSON She recalled how one of her Over the years she has been employed in many In addition to her interest in people, adventure was the architect for Trolley Square in Salt Lake in midwifery. Following her and education, she has bobbies, like needleWillard was a widower with three grown many City. marriage at 19 she got a job as post master while her point and doll making and collecting. (See feature daughters whea he married Lillian, and between husband completed his college education. He ul- page pictures). Wherever she goes she visits doll them they have 20 grandchildren. timately became principal ai the BYU Laboratory museums like the one in Rhode Island where she saw Though Lillian has had the tragedy of losing a husSchool. dolls made of hard rock maple. When she recently band and a son, and has suffered a heart attack Professional Position! visited her son, Eldon, of Pacific Palisades, Calif., he herself, she maintains her innate optimism. "I must She taught at all levels of elementary school except and his wife lined her up to visit an interesting live until lam 90," she said, "so I can do many more fourth grade, then ml uo to teach st Brigsara California woman who had a doll collection. "It gets things." Young University for 13 years, and at the University me to a lot of She has taken up bowling, but admits that her places," Lillian said, "and I meet peoof Utah for 13 L years. ple I would otherwise not meet" When she visited bones and muscles seem to all be in the wrong places In order to sustain her zest for adventure, she for example, she was able to now. She also does some golfing with her husband, decided one summer to take a tour through Canada, Copenhagen,a 16th Century doll in i museum there. It whom she says is a real buff. She confessed that be is photograph and tried to find some women friends who would join is all of her interest in history. part extremely tolerant of her mediocre ability in this her. When she couldn't fine anyone to go along with Besides her son in California who is a research sport. her, she climbed in her new Volkswagen bug and designer for a LilWhen asked how she views her place and her life, beaded off into the Canadian wilds alone, stopping off lian had one systems development corporation, other son, Ab Christensen, who, like her she said, in conclusion, "I have always felt that I to fish in the back country. She recalled one time first husband, died of a heart attack at aee 43. He lived in the hand of God." when "I came around a corner on a hunter's trail, and there was a moose right in front of me, I turned off the motor and didn't move an eyelash." she said. "He could have demolished the car." But as it happened the moose studied her vehicle for a time, then ambled off indifferently. During this trip she also traveled south through the U.S. to the Southern States before arriving back home. When asked how she dared venture on such a long trip all alone, she said, with a flash in her eyes, "I just dressed poorly and stayed in cheap places." From this, we can only draw our own conclusions as to why she felt safe. Adventurous Nature She calls herself a cautious adventurer. But caution wasn't really foremost in her mind when she went down the Green River, the Colorado and the Yampa River. "I went before it was fashionable," she said, smiling. This summer she was all set to go off to Africa wild lion hunting only with a camera. But her husband, Willard, talked her into going to Spain and Copenhagen with him instead. Since her ancestry is Danish, it wasn't too painful a trade-of- f. It is interesting that her husband would hesitate about her seeking adveeture on a Safari because it was a flying adventure that drew her to him in the IS years ago. first place She had been a widow for 13 years, and was working on her higher degree. This complicated her income tax to the point that she was being audited. She took her tax forms to Willard and said, "Someone told me you could help people who are in trouble with the IRS." When she went in for a follow-u- p appointAutumn wardrobe ment he called her into his office and asked her to go savings in our Fashion flying with him in his plane. So she ended up not only Piece Goods department receiving three years of overpayment from the IRS, but she acquired a "kind and sensitive" husband in the transaction. She, too, then learned to fly while in her 50's. Selected fabrics from our After they were married they went on an unregular stock. Your choice precedented hedgehopping trip through Europe. They have had to give up flying, however, because a couple of years ago they both had heart attacks and "we couldn't pass the physicals," she said. Lillian and Willard share many interests, including Reg. 4.50 yd. Sterlingwale cora strong sense of history and politics. She is currenton the of State Board the Women's duroy for soft blazers, slacks, ly Legislative Council, and she once served as assistant county asskirts and childrens clothing, sessor. She has also had many positions in education, 45" wide 3.50 including the presidency of the International Reading Association, and as State President of the Association of Supervisors and Curriculum Development. Reg. 4.50 yd. Denim for every- school classes grade ueraM Wemet'i Editor had been studying Utah history, and even though it From the time of her was planting tune, her father left the planting to the early childhood, Lillian hired hands while he took her and the rest of the Anderson Christensen family through the state to see and learn Utah Smith, Provo, has been history first hand. "The post office was a good place to go," she said. "Every night my father would ask Bided toward 5 and a love of people and the world around her. This curiosity and love of life has followed her into adulthood, which she now shares with her husband, Willard Smith, a certified public accountant She was the oldest of eight children in a ranching family which hometteaded near St. George. "Mother always said," Lillian observed, "that having eight was no problem; you just train the first and they train the rest. I grew up without many playmates just a horse, a gun and a dog. But I learned to read long before I got in school," she added, "and my playmates were the friends I knew in books." Helen: in questions about what areas, even training had learned that day from I people in the town." Lillian also had lessons in learning and adventure from her grandfather who had been a seafaring man, sent down by the LDS Church to the "Muddy Mission" to plant grape vineyards. "My grandfather brought a sextant and telescope with him," she said, "and we examined the heavens. He really could spin a tale." Though, after the age of 15, there was no more schooling available to her near her home, she continued her education. She earned enough money tending children to go to high school in Parowan, then ventured out alone to Bakersfield, Calif., and on to Cedar City where she got her teaching certificate. Educational Background The culmination of her education came with a Ph.D. in psychology from Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. "It was the only place that accepted me where I didn't know a soul," she said, "and to my astonishment they offered me a job on their faculty." She deliberately sought a university of an independent caliber in order to broaden her viewpoint. "I have always been fascinated," she said, "by people of differing opinions." She received both her master's dgrce and her Ph.D. following the death of her first husband, Herbert K. Christensen, who died at the age of 43 leaving her a widow with two sons. Some Poetic Musings... I B Y HELEN BOTTEL ;DKAR ALL: Today's Fall mail brought wr: " ; Dear Ms. Bottel: In recognition of your !this unexpected "he Fabric Sale significant contribution :to poetry, you are co- rdially invited to be registered in Who's Who : in Poetry, 1978." Amazing! You see My entire "significant ! contribution to poetry" ; totals two or three bits of ; mindless doggerel for the column, plus one I in Good Housekeeping ; magazine many years ago. Oh yes, when I was I 120ff i, our local weekly ; published (among other letters) my Christmas Iwish: "Dear Santa Claws, I want the Wiz-'zaof Oz." But my ! mother helped me on that lone. Since the current in- ; viution includes a ; rd for a 25 "-- LILLIAN SMITH takes on any task, big or small, with an attitude that it will bring enrichment to her life. And it invariably does whether it is a Ph.D., or learning to fly, or a chance at running the Yampa River rapids. i ; donation" to the Florida publisher, I tossed it in an ! appropriate place! ; ...Bat then I opened the next letter in my daily , stack. It read: "Dear Helen: I really enjoyed your latest limerick. Can we have a longer sample of your FAN" poetry? Maybe someone up ; there is trying to tell me something. Could I have missed my true calling? ; Well, Dear Fan, I do have one longer sample ' composed cobs ago, and still osold and unsung. Remember, yon asked far it (Aid die poem is at autobiographical entirely.) ; - . 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