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Show 199C Thursday, January 19, Southern Utah News & Kane. Count y Standard rACt 3 Paintings, Drawings, and Sketches of Maynard Local IIqvs Items Dixon on Display at College of Southern Utah Karl Jameson returned home chance of a lifetime opportunity in art circles has been made possible at College of Southern Utah. On Sunday. January 15th, Maynard Dixon's collection of paintings, drawings, and sketches went on exhibition under the direction of Gaell I indstrom, chairman of the art department at CSU. Mr. Lindstrom announced that Mrs. Edith Dale Hamblin, wife of the deceased artist, has sent the collection from her home in San Francisco to enter them in the Southern Utah show. This is another of a series of exhibits held at, the college. Mr. Lindstrom also announced that the work is for sale. For more than half a century Maynard Dixon has painted the life and landscape of the American West. In easel paintings and mural decorations, in drawings and illustrations, he has captured the beauty and graudeur of the colorful and vast west. His hfework constitutes - the first successful attempt to interpret the West pictorially entirely in terms of the region itself. Bom in the West and Dixons life has been a continuous effort to understand and praise the region which has been both his "university and this week after spending five days at Phoenix, Arizona, where he has been making arrangements to enter his horse in races A ,v y & Ss i Vl4 s v ' ArXv, ,VV. vVy. !ii! Vv, -' v v- v" V"M .. - "4 x-. yi , & , V - . A y. ,'V v ''w?- , "j j ''A $- . T. V" - ' M W. t v X ;r"t , .l L-t- SJS V ::1:V .' ' si" T r v - f s fc Reminiscent of the sport coupe which Chevrolet introduced with excelled visibility. The hardtop sedan will be available In the Bel series of two of three success in 1950, a sport sedan makes its debut ir (above) and Two-Tealong with the companys other new modcW. Elimination of the cars offered by Chevrolet for 56. Engine choices include two tnore V8 develops 205 center pillar in the window area adds smartness as well as un-- 1 powerful VSs and one 6. The Super Turbo-Fir- e such sensational price-graduat- h-- The children of Mrs. Black were placed briefly in a foster home after their parents first balked at signing an antipolygamy affidavit. A district court freode them a few weeks later order, taking the children and and they remained in their placing them in a foster home. Short Creek home until the Utah Mrs. Black brought her fam- Supreme Court upheld the origj , ily to the hospital at 12:30 pm. inal action. It was the same fosW(th her were Orson, 19; Lil- ter home to which the children lian, 11; Spencer, 12; Elsie, 11; returned Thursday. The Suspreme Court, in its Emily, 9; Wilford, 7, and Ivan, 5. Vaughn, 4, remained ill in the opinion at that time, said the Blacks had not only failed to family home at Short Creek. The children were served teach their children that polyglunch in the hospital dining amy and unlawful cohabitation room while their mother was are against the law and morals, in the meeting, then were taken but they have positively taught to a room adjoining the meeting their children that the law of to await the outcome. plural marriage was right and At 2.30 p.m. Mrs. Black came they have encouraged their chilslowly from the meeting room, dren to teach, preach and pracvisibly shaken, to meet in the tices it. The court opinion further hallway with the children. Welfare officers told her she might stated that the Blacks admitted have an hour to talk with the they had not advised their chilchildren. They met in a car out- dren that polygamous marriages side the hospital and held sev- constitute a criminal offense. The U S. Supreme Court in eral brief conferences with the effect upheld the Utah high welfare officials. The cluldren finally entered court action when it refused to Seven Children Seized From Mother In Sorth Creek Cult Dispute PROVO -- Seven children of Leonard and Vera Johnson. Black were attain settled In aX foster home in Provo last week because their mother refused to sign an affidavit promising to stop teaching polygamy. An eighth child of the Blacks presumably will join his brothers and sisters in the home when he recovers from whooping cough. The Utah State Welfare Department took the children into custody Thursday afternoon, last week, following a two-hou- r meet- ing at the Utah State Hospital of welfare officials, with Mrs. Black, her father and friends of the Blacks Leonard Black, father of the children, was not present. H. C. Shoemaker, chairman of the welfare commission, said following the meeting: We presented Mrs. Black with an amended affidavit which we hoped would be acceptable to her. Mrs. Black promised verbally that she would uphold the law through her personal conduct and would not teach her children polygamy. But she would not sign the affidavit. car 'and were driven another away together. The Black case began two years bgo as a test to determine whether parents arrested in a 1953 raid on Short Creek would agree to give up polygamy. Leo-nor- d Black was among those This was a great disappointment to all of us. We are now, arrested, then placed on through law and with a court dren contained no reference to polygamy or its practicing and teaching, It required thaf she promise to and agree at all times comply with the laws of the State of Utah it all times refrain from conseling, encouraging and advising the children to violate the laws of the state, and . . counsel and advise the children to obey the laws of ... ... Utah. . According to Mr. Shoemaker, Vera Johnson Black is the second wife of Leonard Black. The marriage took place about 1934 or 1935, in a Iceremony for which no marriage license was obtained. Mr. Shoemaker Therefore, said, the children are issue of an unlawful polygamous marriage between Leonard Black and Vera Johnson. Black married his legal wife, Verna, in St. George sometime between 1925 and 1923. Twelve children were born to her, 11 of whom are livihg. This family lved in Short Creek, Ariz., as did the third hear an appeal. wife, Lorna Johnson Black (a A Provo father with a family sister of Vera) And her seven of his own took the Black chil- children. Vera Black lived on dren to his home, where they on the Utah side pf Short Creek, will remain until further de- which was only about one mile according to the from the others. velopments, welfare officials. On July 21, 1953, Short Creek Three main stipulations of the was raided by Arizona law enaffidavit Mrs. Black was asked forcement officers. The families to sign in order to keep her chil- - on the Arizona side were taken into custody and removed from Short Creek. The fathers arrested in Arizona were prosecuted, then placed on probation, Black being one of them. The Utah case began with an Rhylhzndle Marching there. Dancing Unit To Perform At Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pierce and children of Provo spent the week end in Kanab. They brought her mother, Mrs. Emma Pratt home, she has been visiting in Provo since Thanksgiving. Mrs. Charlotte Heaton is visiting in Provo with her sons, Alma and LeRoy Heaton and their families. CSU Arrangements are complete at College of Southern Utah with the famous Rhythmette unit from Las Vegas High School to perform January 21 in the Memorial fieldhouse. The group of twenty girls have performed previously in Mrs. Maxine Dolliver is visitCedar City, and are again being ing in Kanab with her mother Bacea the sponsored by Club, and father. Mr. and Mrs. Merle elementary education' organization march-ing-danrin- g Findlay. to Royce Chamberlain. president from Glendale, Kane County, the Rhythmettes, a popular unit demanded by many for their precision drills, will entertain at the first league home basketball game for CSU when the Broncos play Dixie. The group made a tour of the According Mr. and Mrs Lester Little are enjoying a vacation In Hawaii. Drop us a card on any news items you may have! enance of good grades, perfect sence of rhythm and timing, en- East where they performed for thusiasm and creativeness. various groups and eventually Bacea The Club is fortunate were featured on Ed Sullivan's in being able to secure the television show in "New York. to perform at our The highly select group is Rhythmettes first Mr. Chamber-laihome game, chosen from Las Vegas High said. School with a slogan "Perfection Other officers include Calvert in Performance Reflects PerfecVirgintion in Living." Candidates are Johnson, ia Reay, Sec.; Keith Hicks and "professor. judged on such qualifications as He and his wife spent much moral and behavior standards of Don Haycock, advertising; and Janice Olsen, activities. Miss time in Mt. Carmel. - Jean malntthe character, highest Pugmlre is faculty adviser. On Sunday, January 15th the exhibit was viewed from 2 until 6 p.m. During the evenings on week days the library lounge will be open to the public. The show continues through February 15th, Mr. Lindstrom said. EIHNHOWtR'S Special requests to view the work d22S32 will be recognized If a group is s 'ffKO not able to visit during regular J0SltWT EISENHOWER, THEN OENERALOFTHCAMOC hours by contacting the directWARMUT PAUSED THE Southof NATIONAL GUIWP IN THESE ors office at the College WORPSi "...ITS SERVICE tS OS ern Utah. mounting importance self-taugh- t, n a 'fen? toijd.fea TO OUR SECURITY ANPTO national leadership i low ou tiur IS Your children may not folyour advice, but they will follow yon" cougar in Pine Valley Mountain Sunday. Here is a correction on last weeks news. The farewell dance for Bruce Hoyt will be held Saturday, January 21 instead of January 28th. order from the Sixth District Allen Cox attended a welfare Juvenile Court for the state to held in Kanab Monday. meeting of Vera Blacks take custody children. The children were takRollan Hoyt left Monday for en and placed in the foster home the Heaton Brothers sheepherd. at Provo, then released to their parents when the Fourth District Court reversed the juvenile court action. v v SeSS , r;inr t.ii 1 c, t) 0 Alton Nows Events Bill Cox from Orderville stayed over the weekend with Gene Roundy. Rolayne Leach and Margaret Cox stayed over the weekend with friends in Glendale. M A-U.1' jo YOU Can Point The Kanab Stake Presidency were visitors here Sunday evening for sacrament meeting. Terah and Bryce Billings and Mr. and Mrs. Milo Palmer were visitors in town Saturday. Stan Glover and Vane Campbell were visitors in Panguitch M Monday. was on business. Ray Palmer Monday in Kanab Jim Worthen killed a large . f With Pride at Your sj z f Printing, If it the Label of ' Out of Kentucky, the great bourbon country, comes the greatest of them all, mellow, warmhearted, aged to perfection six full years... Ancient Age. 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