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Show 3B Open House For "Story Lady" Viola Strange Celebrates Her Birthday by Connie Sample The family of Mrs. Viola L. Strange is honoring their mother on her 80th birthday with an open house to be held Sunday afternoon, May 31st. The event will be held at the home of the Thomas McNairs, 367 East Brahma Drive from 2:00-5:0- 0 p.m. Friends, relatives and neighbors are being invited to attend and no gifts are requested. Mrs. Strange was born in Crescent, Utah, a daughter of Thomas and Effie Ann Brown Lloyd. She was the oldest child in a family of sisters and twin brothers. Viola Strange, with and her hus- d one-year-ol- daughter, in 1929. The family lived a little over three miles from school and they all walked to and from the sturdy red brick school every day. However, there were two school wagons in cold weather. One came from the south and west and the other came from the most northwestern part of town. The building boasted of four square rooms with a wide hall and two grades were held in each of the Vows Spoken High. The rooms. STEAM - RESIDENTIAL BRIGHTENERS room. It was a huge success and enough money was earned to start a library Elementary school was fun as was high school at Jordan, notes Mrs. Strange. However, it was all so very different. With school behind her, Mrs. Strange went to Salt Lake to work. ! Sherri Lynnette Gar-beof Sacramento became Mrs. Thomas Kay Heywood in a ceremony performed May 9 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. A wedding breakfast followed the ceremony and was held at the Granger West Stake Center. The reception that evening was also held at the Stake Center. Sherri is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Garbett of Sacramento and formerly of Payson. She has graduated from La Serra high and is currently attending Ricks tt MONEY BACK GUARANTEE 100 Viola Strange, the Story Lady of Murray Library system is celebrating her 80th birthday. She is shown glancing over a book on even more 'stories' to tell to the third generation of Murray youngsters. On December 22, 1922, she was spending a few days with her cle and aunt before ungo-in- g home for Christmas. She returned one particular night, opened the door and saw two very tall, handsome, young men. They stood up and her aunt introduced them as her two brothers, Tom and Bill Strange from Murray. Both had dark hair and eyes and very nice manners, recalls Mrs. Strange. She admits she was impressed and a bit shaky in the knees! The children in the family had been promised a bedtime story and they invited Uncle Tom to go along too, which he did. When the visitors (much departed the young Viola Violas posterity daughters, twelve grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildre- in Mur- They became the parents of three daughters. They are Phyllis Hope who is now Mrs. Milton T. . ville; JoyeS. Hawkins, Tucson, Arizona, and Colleen S. Schelin, who lives with her husband and family in Grand ference (sp. in Heywood will attend the guest book. Best man duties will be performed by Kevin Heywood and True Ott, while those ushering Attending Sherri will be Klint Heywood were Kassi Heywood, and Scott Garbett The newlyweds will Carol Bodily and Shari Christensen. honeymoon in the Her maid of honor for Sierra, Tahoe region the reception in Utah and will then make was Vicki Garbett, her their home in Ogden where Thomas will continue his studies at Weber College. Entertaining at both receptions was the brides brother. Brent Garbett, who is a professional entertainer. MISSIONARY PANT n2. SUITS 130 A I $160 REG. Ideal for the missionary and traveling man. Swedish knit and poly-gafabrics. Sizes 35 to 44, shorts, regulars and longs, in brown and navy blue. Appropriate accessories for the missionA ary. mis- 10 sionary discount on these wardrobes with lissionary card. VISA MASTER Wf CHARGE THE AMERICAN CARD WELCOME EXPRESS CARD MEN'S STORE VALLEY FAIR MALL FASHION staying young or getting old Helene and Tucker Thomas will enter Weber State College this fall where he will play basketball for the next two years. He has also filled an LDS mission to east London. Mary Alice Allie Nay Lefevre will be honored with an open house the afternoon of May 30th to mark her 75th birthday. Year after year, The event will be held almost twenty years of at the home of Jack and on until May 26, Mary Winn, 3704 West it, 1966, when she was Roulouse Street, (4550 retired, So. 3650 West), West officially she has been attaining City. her goal at the Valley Allie was born May in libraries Murray. 29, 1906 to John Thomas Of course, she still Nay, Senior and Mary tells stories, anytime, Ann Thomas Nay. She anyplace, anywhere! married Clarence R. She laughs and com- Lefevre in Dec. 1922. ments, It is the dif- Taylors- DEODORIZER COMMERCIAL one Viola first applied to work as an assistant at Murray library on a part time basis and eventually was asked to stay until they found a new childrens librarian. She did, with her goal ever in sight, that of "the right book for the right child. She had many new ideas to use in meeting that goal. ray. Jennings, Family Honors Mary Alice Lefevre On Birthday n and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kay Heywood Thomas is the son of sister. The couple will also Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred honored with a be Valof West Heywood ley and is a graduate of reception in CarCalifornia on Granger high and michael, At 16. that recepMay Ricks College. tion Sherris maid of honor will be Lynn now consists of their later), had a date for a dance and a special show on Christmas Eve. It was March 28, 1923, that she and Tom Strange were married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and set up housekeeping College. function, Colorado. Her husband died on March 22, 1974. ONE DAY SERVICE FURNITURE MOVING 1981 Heywood principal. The principal taught seventh and eighth grades and he managed the school perfectly. He was a young man, new to the profession and a man of many talents and ambitions. Years later, he became the principal of Jordan ! band Thursday, May 28, Garbett- - The students, according to Mrs. Strange, lucked out when it came to teachers. There were three teachers on the staff and the third and fourth grade teacher was an older woman, recalls Mrs. Strange. She wasnt too good with the three Rs but she knew music, was an artist and she wanted to teach, notes Mrs. Strange. As a result, at one of the teachers meetings, a new schedule was planned. Mrs. H taught music and art almost exclusively while the others exchanged classes with her and taught reading, writing, spelling and arithmetic. Every student knew his times tables and he could read! notes Mrs. Strange. The school had a chorus that was the talk of the town The big boys and two of the older girls sang alto and everyone else sang soprano. Even the second and third grades could sing in two parts! If one of the younger children drew and painted a rose, there was no need to label it, Mrs. Strange You could almost remembers. smell it; it was so real! The children all played baseball and there was a fine team each year. But when practice and play time was over, the students knew that their arithmetic held the high priority and acted accordingly. Many books were needed, fun books, books that children could enjoy reading. But there was no money to purchase such books. So the youngsters put on a play and a concert, practicing at noon each day. The program was produced in the church and a stage was constructed in the back of the WIST VALLEY VIEW PLACE MALL Youll get results! ! ANY 2 ROOMS NO SIZE LIMIT OVER W OFFER EXPIRES JUNE 13, 1981 40,000 SATISFIED CUSTOMERS! 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