Show 1 2A Standard-Examin- Monday April 5 1982 er Glen's sunshine attitude evidence of fulfilling life By LOU GLADWELL Standard-Examine- Staff r For nearly four decades stories that carried the byline “Sol” were a regular fixture in the pages of the Ogden Examiner The man behind the byline and the unusual nickname is Glen W Perrins a retired news editor whose continual cheerfulness friendliness and wit made Standard-- him well-know- in Ogden n Way back in his long newspaper career which spanned more than 40 years Perrins started a daily column called “Sunshine and Shadows” He the feature “Sol” and the name quickly stuck Almost immediately Perrins became “Sol” or “Old Sol”to Standard-Examine- r readers Perrins who was born April 6 1902 in Evanston Wyo a son of Thomas D and Cora Warner Perrins will turn 80 years old Tuesday He will celebrate the day at his home 1030 Darling He married Lucile Friest May 12 1927 and their vows were later solemnized in by-lin- the Logan LDS Temple ed They have a son and a daughter Dr George F Perrins and Barbara Brown and eight grandchildren Those who know him well may have a difficult time accepting an 80-year-- version Sol He has always been an energetic man endowed with a sort of perpetual youthfulness Sol was a graduate of the University of Utah with a major in engineering But his love for writing — he wrote for the university’s student paper and other publications - soon led him to a newspaper career that began as a copyreader for the Deseret News He switched to the in Standard-Examine- r 1928 With his “Sunshine and Shadows” col- umn Sol became the paper’s weatherman sort of like those appearing daily on the TV tubes of this generation And although the column was ostensibly about the weather Sol would usually slip in comments about the local scene widely-know- n and people When anybody in the new s room made a particularly good comment about the weather it was almost bound to appear in Sol’s column that afternoon The column came out with witticisms and zany jingles Sol could twist almost any circumstance into a joke One winter day for instance his col umn observed: First it snew And then it blew And then by heck it frez And one spring day it read: Spring has spring The grass is riz I wonder where The birdies is? Sol was usually surrounded by smiles and laughter anywhere Those of us who worked with him day after day got the idea that Sol simply rejoiced over the sheer joy of living And his attitude was infectious He spent most of his career in newsrooms of The Standard-Examine- r in the old Kiesel Building at Kiesel and 24th And regardless of the setting or the mood of the hour Sol was cheerful and somewhat noisy He liked to yodel making the newsroom noiser than usual news On the side Sol sent free-lanc- e and feature articles jokes tidpictures to bits publications from coast to coast They appeared in newspapers in Los Angeles Denver Chicago New' York and papers in smaller towns Harold L Welch at the time an Ogden City commissioner recalls that Sol submitted his articles under several nom de plumes “I remember the National Magazine Contest in which he submitted three different jokes under different names He won first second and third place” Welch related Many in the writing business are aware Sol has a cache of hundreds of photographs dating back to the 19th century In addition to writing Perrins taught evening journalism classes at Weber State College He also prepared a series of stories he used to tell children and published them in a book entitled “Sunshine Animal talent agencies “I started pursuing Bob wrhen he wras in ‘Barefoot in the Park’ on Broadway” she says “I had enormous confidence he w'ould be the biggest star in the world and I chased him for five years before I signed him as a client I finally said ‘Give me one shot: I’ll put you in ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”’ So he did and she did and Redford who had had several agents before her stayed with Ms Phillips for eight years until she quit agenting “When I resigned after 17 years I was head of ICM’s motion picture department a senior vice president and a partner in a small way I think my associates thought I was crazy” She had after all helped assemble “The Sting” “Cabaret” “All the—President’s Men” “I’m a big bossy She had money and power person and God knows I enjoy telling people what they can and can’t do” she says grinning But she also had two divorces behind her two children with her and enough of the workload “Agenting is 24 hours a day and believe me you earn the 10 percent Sometimes it takes months years to work out what your clients want You have to fight which to me means hanging in the longest and getting the bankers the attorneys the influential people behind the scenes to champion your cause “But you’re not doing any of this for yourself and therein for me lies terrific irony If you’re going to work all that hard you might as well do it for yourself” So Stevie Phillips trim dark a handsome woman decided to become a producer Just like that “It confounds me that so many people are fearful of making decisions” she says “I never hesitated and still weathero” correspondence” She hardly knew what an agent did when she started but within three or four months she was an “And when Freddie Fields left MCA to form his own company (ICM) I went with him” she says “Freddie gave me the best training an agent could have For two years I was on the road with Judy Garland as her booker dresser etc after which I felt I could handle anything And Freddie allowed me to audit all kinds of deals and to work in every single area of the agency” Finally in 1975 she walked away to produce and to feed her desire to “put talented people together to make creative material work” And Universal Pictures hired her to do just that True they scoffed when she wanted to take a self-possess- ed don’t” in New York for instance when she wanted to learn to play the piano “I called a club where Teddy Wilson whom I admired w’as playing and asked him to give me lessons He taught me for a year” Ironically though after she graduated from Columbia University in 1957 with a degree in invertebrate zoology as w'ell as in comparative literature (in case she decided to become a doctor after all) she “attacked” the entertainment business purely by chance “I was eager As a teen-age- r agent-in-trainin- g slim showcase production she’d seen at The Actors Studio to and then Hollywood But ultimately she propelled “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” all the way for Universal and the Tony Award the musical won on Broadway in 1978-7- 9 hangs in her office opposite a patchwork blanket embroidered for her by all the members of the cast as a Christmas gift Currently she’s an independent producer with one film set for production and a Shel Silverstein comedy and a drama scheduled for Broadway But the home life she sacrificec years ago “to run on a faster track” now takes Stevie Phillips was head of the motion picture department a senior vice president and a partner when she resigned from ICM one of the world's largest talent agencies "I think my associates thought I was crazy" she says (Courtesy of llene Jones Photography) ay precedence over them all Married for the past two years to Hollywooc composer Dave Grusin she says “I’ve been given another chance and made an incredible marriage I’m thrilled about I arrange my production schedule around David’s and my daily schedule around my children’s — Jenny 12 and Terry 11 I love my personal life more than my work” Still the fast track will always brighten her eyes Providence seemed to dictate as much 45 years ago Says Ms Phillips “When my mother was delivering me in Polyclinic Hospital in New York a famous comedian was having a heart attack next door” to work” she says “and my first husband a lawyer loved the theater He said ‘Why don’t you work in it?”’ Receptionist file clerk temporary secretary she was in and out of 40 theatrical jobs in six months trying to determine which area of the industry to focus on Ultimately television appealed “There were some wonderful creative playhouses on the air and with my background in literature it was the place to go” She did go from production assistant on Johnny Carson’s “Who Do You Trust?” to associate producer on a quiz show and would have gone further but the quiz show scandals swept the genre and her out of television Ever pragmatic she took a job as a floating secretary at MCA a giant talent agency because she says “My husband’s law office was across the street He had no secretary and I NEW YORK (NEA) — Many more women are traveling for business and they’re looking for soft bags to hold all the functional accessories they need They like a tote such as Ventura’s lightweight black nylon on a should strap Lewds Purses’ black-pipe- d burgundy bag has a matching inside clutch as a bonus e Into such a bag can go a item like Buxton’s new It looks like multi-purpos- Cal-O-Trave- ler Glen Perrins at 80 successfully showed gue and sold their work at shows arranged by volunteers in the Jefferson City area He says most of the money he made at the shows went for more paints brushes and the velour material he paints on “Velour is cheaper than canvas” Coleman says “And less A murder second-degre- e convic- messy” After serving the first eight gas-statio- sentence at the years of his was moved Coleman penitentiary to the innovative Missouri Eastern Correctional Center near Pacific in 40-yc- November His days at the $25 million facilikansas ty are spent tutoring inmates who At the penitentiary inmates conare preparing to take GED vinced Coleman that he had talent equivalency tests But his “I used to think of myself just as his own when he returns are someone who could doodle” the nights room to paint to his jailhouse artist says “But “When I’m painting time passes the others told me it was good Now real fast” says Coleman “I find I would paint even if nobody saw is usually too short” time that it” Coleman will be up for review by Coleman has been doing more the board at the end of this than just time in prison While at yearparole He says he’s not sure he can the penitentiary he earned an as- make a living as a painter when he sociate arts degree from Lincoln leaves University in Jefferson City and “I’ll try to make it on painting was an active member of the Art and then on a job” he says “Whichever I earn more money at Education League at the facility Coleman says he and other lea that’s what I’ll do” r (TEXT'S (T'ViffsT-S- ) high-scho- love is ' ' V v skin-dee- p si? — si- - Hoping he's happy and smiling 3 v 3 3 I Specials I April $100 Greers Leaf Bcnet oils moisturize and B protect hair during processing Piiance Tressa can The best your money buy conditions os ii $5E00 Ji? curls Reg 3500 Pat Off —all rights reserved 1982 Lee Angates Times Syndicate TO Rag US Read The Classified ol Don't let the on coming showers find you crying Come in for April Specials: 1 394-36- 1 Cuts Cl Styles included with ail permanent waves m round-the-wTor- v fk V 'J it SET Sargent's a Peel the easy way Hate peeling potatoes? Let The Potato Peeler a new electric appliance do the job for you The device is designed to peel a quantity of at one time in a matter of potates minutes Accented in almond all parts except the motor base can be safely washed in the dishwasher ar soft-spoke- Herbs and documents currency credit cards travel tickets and even a slim calculator that can convert currency However since it won’t wake you up tuck in clock with Primo’s quartz time chart That won’t give you a so add Braun’s Travelair dryer quick hair-drwith plug adapter for foreign voltages m ' n attention for killing a in a southern dant during holdup Missouri brought Coleman to the state penitentiary eight years ago “We thought he was going for a gun and shot him in the confusion” n man from Arsays the a handsome leather wallet but holds passport mini-alar- i PACIFIC Mo (AP) — vivid colors that contrast with his drab prison jump suit a convicted murderer turns out paintings of a world he can only remember “Most of the work I’ve done is wildlife” says Charles Coleman “I like animals especially cats” Tote bags are functional accessories By FLORENCE DESANTIS r-- void in prison Painting fills members Using could run over at lunch time and type his Off-Broadw- 4 At age 80 age has slowed down Sol’s sprightly step but his smile is still there Iff And you get the idea that Sol is going to head for his typewriter any minute ready to begin a new day with a typical lead on his weather column “High ho XV XVs J Stevie Phillips develops her own talent NEW YORK (NEA) — She wrote she called she offered her car her shoulder the workings of her sharp mind and finally in 1967 Stevie Phillips caught Robert Redford She was then a motion picture agent with International Creative Management one of the world’s largest ' Ss Stories” Big bossy person By ELLIE GROSSMAN s s C J r -pj ' Diiift p'Jvyi '£ 'Vfi itrfi ‘ V' ME! 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