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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 21, 1978 Offered Turning an everyday pastime into a work of art is a specialty of Jim Gemmill JIM, WHO will teach calligraphy fail quarter for the Dav is University of Utah, describes calligraphy just handwriting ev tv if ng ttom pens u papc ' and tu wntt- - any no u! ngraphv the wis Mit Gl MMH I hot! Iwt-uiij ' n o' j a'hc'ap1 t 't 0 ' I ' (but) an incredibly beautiful calligraphic form that anyone of any age can learn. He also states that the studentswill learn to make 'r U i! v v' lii tlS!l 'l Iht H iNt a' the k mis ot u-- h ,w V 'hiov hi ' i j. : r Ov Slu 1 J jl ilt U ru-T- r from the works of Japanese school, and will teaih Sum-- e w J inter quarter a ' s r I the unlikely feat of pushing the art of calligraphy to a new level of delight. Reminding one of the great Mark Tobey's white writing, Gemmills wotk ts quite different and establishes a new level of imaginative seeing Registration for calligraphy and oi her art classes may be ac comp!. shed at the Davis Complex, 197 East 500 South, B.unnftJ OP JIM Gt mmill's ability, J Llovd Reynolds Laureate of Calligraphy Oregon, recently said, Jim Gemmll has accomplished urrentK repreier.td at tne William Sawer Galieiv m s m hianustu, in an exhibit rntuled Images of the I and, featuro ? mi It p'e Oil contem- landocapes t h o l! 1 'll twenty-tw- porary landscape painters f or the exhibit Jim Gem-micombined oil painting and calligraphy to create what he cads calligraphic JIM GLMMILL has had mam evhbM,ons of his work thnn.thout the Salt Luke area and also m Marin tul.f and eriton State College He is Ufn r kdwn an t Id ccsmuyoys alusiucuh gutters LOWEST PRICE EVER This charming old gingerbread home at 1 East, 100 North, built by Mary Jane and Jimmy Proudfoot will be moved to a site east of the LeConte Stewart Gallery of Art building where it will become a museum to preserve relics of the past and foi everyone to enjoy. MARY JANE was in ls87 Jimmy insisted that petite net quite five feet tall Verv the baby be named after him fastidious, she urled her hair Mary Jane didn t like the with kid cutlers and then name James, so she had her fpzzed it She always wore christened Franklin baby make up, which was conJames Arnold Richardson sidered a bit wicked in those Wigglesworth Proudfoot days She powdered her face her Wigglesworth was with a little corn starch and maiden name made her cheeks rosy and lips SHE WAS big hearted and red with the dye from pink generous with those she liked and red crepe paper At Christmas time she'd Pert and tiny, her waist come with a large cloth cinched in with corsets, she basket overflowing with gifts wore lovely silk brocaded She frequently caught the dresses and never left the Bamberger tram to Salt Lake house without her white Citv and shopped for gifts the embroidered gloves and year around Two Kaysville paiasol. She was truly a livladies still remember the ing Grandma doll lovely little red purses she gave them A BARBER bv trade, Designed by William Allen, Jimmy patched up an old an architect who designed shed for a barber shop The many of the beautiful old structure had been built on homes in Kaysville, the stilts over Weiner Mill creek Proudfoot home was one of and was located just west of the best in town at that time his home and a saloon A hen Its feature attraction was two he cut hair, he brushed his windows at the front of bay out the door the into clippings the house creek The creek was full of watercress and hair clurg to MARY JANE had a fancy it Town folks passing by for pietty dishes In her large could frequently tell who had bay windows she displayed recently had a hair cut by the beautiful bone china, color of the hair on the wa figurines and colored glass of tereress all kinds. The greatest atIn part of the shop, Mary traction, however, was a Jane opeiated a candy weather forecaster- -a miniakitchen where she made and ture house with two doors A sold all sorts of candies little girl came out in good including left over bits and weather, if the forecast was Children in stopped pieces stormy weather, a little boy for a pennys worth of candy came out crumbs Children on their way home from school or with their THE SHOP soon became parents down town would go known as Jimmy's Saturday by the Proudfoot home to see Night Club as several men what the weather was going to would drop-i- n late Saturday be and admire the pretty afternoon for a shave and a things on display. She hair cut, Once there, they changed the objects from would stay until wee hours of time to time which made it the morning catching up on more interesting local gossip and telling shady anJimmy died in Kaysville at stories This, naturally the age of 68, March A 1925 noyed many of their wives Shortly thereafter, Frankie, who was always CHILDREN LOVED him good to his and he usually had a hack full patents, moved his mother to Salt Lake City, where of youngsters who were they lived until she died delighted to ride along with February him over the bumpy roads Jimmy had a habit of jerking on the reins which interferred with the gait of the horse which made the ride even more jerky and bumpy He was very generous with his horse and hack and hauled for needed who anyone something transported MARY JANE gave birth to two little babies before she had one who survived the first few months of life This was their son Frankie who arrived For Residential or Commercial Building Baked on Enamel Various Color Custom Made with Precision on Job TO OE MUSEUM By CLARA M. HIGGINS If only the walls of a l harming old pioneer home destined to become j museum- - could talk, what .nterestirg tales it would have -- to tell1 However, since wails dont tel! stones, we picked up echoes from the past by talking with residents of ivaysville, who, as children, knew the family who first l.ved in delightful old gingerbread house at 61 East t'-i- s UK) North FOLKS WHO have always m our town introduced us to the Proudfoots, James, Joed Mary Jane and their son i rankie Jimmy was born in Scotland May 3, 1857 and Mary Jane in England, April 22, 1868 although she claimed hi belong to the same Scottish clan as her husband The Proudfoots lived in Salt Lake where they were members of the Scottish Society before coming to City Kaysvtlle in about 18o5 SCOTTISH TO the hilt, Mary Jane and Jimmy had kilts and bag pipes. They marched in parades and on tertained at parties and church socials playing their wailing bag pipes and dancing the Highland Fling and Sailor's Horn Pipe Bag pipes, Jimmy claimed, make the sweetest music this side of heaven Tor All Your Insurance Needs AUTO LIFE HOME OWNERS TRUCKS 376-427- 9 197 NORTH MAIN -- LAYTON 1 he monthly meeting of the lav ton City Improvement As-si- x ldtion was held Sept 12 M ii S'- Si V MAAOR Shields reported I .av ton earned two majot that awaids at the Utah aid Mis i t ul- ilk' i V 1 -, ' s ' 1 ( munity Progress recognition banquet that was held Satur dav, Sept 4 m the Hotel Utah Grand Ballroom Layton was sponsored in the state wide competition by the Layton Citv Improvement Association They competed against 50 communities from across the state HF in n i fi i I ' II I C i 1 i, inuum J begin it J ly i Ihe activity will 7 50 lav tin a tend p rn IHL NEXT If will be held Oct iait - All voter-i- n au enmuiagid itllis.1 lUiJil to Don Pearson IT A h c Oi t t 5 ib j Com- 1 w Jin an ' . ( Mi- - i , iKi I I i t 1A office Members should enter from the east side of the uty offne building All representatives Dorn Layton service organizations and any private citizen who is interested in city improvement is invited to attend LC1A meetings dmg planning zoning f up m iv 6 i lion Mm Pi i, made plan- - wrh i'ii I tab 1 1 ague ol Women for a nn i r votn t andidate nigiu to he held Oct 19 at the I avion High School audi- i - Manager or 73-8566 394-658- 5 LAYTON, UTAH No Seams No Leaks Requires No Maintenance FALL SALE LAYTON'S awards tnclud ed the first place award in the division of Human Relations and the second place in the seven multi county area competition Both awards were presented to Mayor Shields Governor by DOTAL WATCHES Matheson at the age of 76 STOPWATCHES CALCULATORS CAR STEREO CONSTANT Under Dash 0 TRAGIC OR CASSETTE Members of the LC1A who attended the Past Presidents Recognition Banquet included Mr and Mrs Doyle Rose, Mr 21, 1934 15 FUNCTIONS READOUT HOURS MINJ7FS U. MONTH DATE DAY OP WEEK STOPWATCH FREEZE REPEAT MENS Hours Minutes Seconds Month timeout Date Their n $1088 Proudfoot plot FEATURES il AM-F- tion in-Da- sh $C088 Qu Check our Prices First then compare. Our Prices are Lower Fast & accurate Sine, Cosine Tangent Inverse functions . Stereo Committee for a pioneer museum However, the land is needed and the lovely old home must be moved to a lot just east of the LeConte Stewart Gallery of Art It will cost thousands of dollars for the moving and new founda- M k &up Leather Watch Bands Electronic Calculators 15 Irom 3.99 USE YOUR MASTER CHARGE There will be, in the near e fund rais future, a ing campaign by friends of the museum to collect funds to do the job Please be generous when someone calls at your door city-wid- tr - y Frank D. McKellar, carman, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jarl D. Ottesen, crew dispatcher, Provo, Utah, L. M. Ford, engine house foreman, 'V Salt Lake City, Utah, Eugene E. Bauer, carman, Ogden, Utah, Daniel E. 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Heljung you and your money ineiery nay THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Phone 376-424- 1 THE SECOND NATIONAL BANK Phone Layton, Utah 376-125- 1 Member of the Federal Deposit Iwuran. e Corporation time in FREEZE STOP ACTION END OF EVENT MEMORY RECALL 1 10 s OF SECONDS Backlight graves are in the Kaysville-LaytoCemetery in the HOD AND Clover Sanders bought the Proudfoot home in 19.58 and later deeded it to their son, Bob Bob recently gave it to Carol Collett, chairman of the Museum I Eli -- FREE ESTIMATES -7- met ng Iht city t 10 m t-- people |