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Show iwrayarigMEiQOnDKlDPPPflPnZ The View From Here Ruth Roth By With vices all of the modern dewe now have, I wonder if we have anything to quite compare with the old player piano? Late in the 1920s my grandmother purchased one, and it was a delightful expeience to go down and play it. Of course, we had to be very careful that we did everything just so, because it represented most of the money grandmother and Aunt Marie had earned cooking at a mine for a whole summer and a bit more besides. Grandma wouldnt allow anyone to play it on Sunday, or on the day of a funeral if the deceased lived withing a couple of blocks of her house. Of course we couldnt play it while Grandpa or Uncle Will or anyone else wanted to sleep or was even thinking of it. We couldnt play it when company was there, except sometimes when thecom-pan- y were people who were fond of music and didnt own a piano. But there were lots of times when we could play it and perhaps because it wasnt always available to us we thought it was the greatest tl n since the Gramophone. Our family was jubilant when our parents bought us a piano just like grandmas the following year. It seemed the most possession we had ever owned. Of course it wasnt long until each family member had favorite rolls they enjoyed especially well. I remember my brother- had a fondness for The American Patrol. My cousin Dan thought The Old Grey Mare iwas just it Grandma liked Listen To The Mocking Bird and Grandpa liked After The Ball. My parents had some family friends who loved to come and visit so that the father could show off his voice. His favorite pastime during the evening of visiting was to put on the roll for My Wild Irish Rose and have one of us children pump it while he sang the song over and over. None of the family would admit it, but I think someone gave the piano roll away or else the visitor stole it because we never did find it after a particularly long session of his singing. I cant name my own favorite tune now, it seems to me that each one of them had is own special charm. I know that The American Patrol, The Star Spangled Banner and such melodies filled me with pride and patriotism. The love songs made me long to be grown up so that Id know first hand what they were referring to. Some of them didnt have words but were just plain or fancy piano selections and we used to pretend that we were great pianists as we played these, and great soloists as we sang wonderful AUTO Co. SAVED $1 00.00's on NEW FORD CARS & TRUCKS "Your Ford Dealer" Phone and facilities. The Golden Eagle is a ticket to almost unlimited recreation; the permits are honored at more than 7,000 Federal recreation areas through out the United States. Specific information regarding use of the permits can be obtained at the Bureau of Reclamation Office. the modern gadgets like TV and Sterio because we participated. Someone had to put the roll on, and someone hadtopumpor no music, that is unless you knew how to play, and that was participating too. There were some people who did like music especially well and if there had been no plaver pianos probably more of them would have taken up the studv of the piano The place where 1,000 have areas Oh the fun we used to have! I think it was more exciting than CAR or TRUCK forless at SMITH 50-5- - Spanish 798-355- 3 Fork and know the joy of accomplishment. But many of us had the degree of satisfaction which was enough for us and I for one think the old player piano fulfilled its destiny very well by developing a love for music in the child who was not gifted musically or who like myself was just plain lazy. Modern children missed out on some real good things didnt they? See Delos Argyle Merrill Clark Keith Bradford Best of tuck SRflD S Graduate to a new flameless Electric Range Electric Cooking Is His Favorite Too! Happiness is better steaks, apple pies and baked potatoes appetites. You get them and much more with a modern flameless electric range. for See he-ma- n your electric dealers bright new models now! Because its electric, its better! Utah Power & Light Co. a call to Pei. 'deton, Oregon and he wound up in Montana, so he tried again and found himself Somewhere in Old Wyoming." Finally the operator said: Is there a Pendleton, Oregon?" Our understanding local boy said: Never mind sweetheart Dreams. operator 'Couldnt, find the rate charge to a certain city so he told the customer Sweet Another Dear Reader: The telephone strike is over.. Just thought youd like to know. With the dial system one may have gone through the days of the strike without knowing that men were handling your complaints and long distance calls, but it seemed that during those days, I just hapened to have an abundance of long distance calls and I want to tell those fellers now that I appreciate the travail they expended on completing my calls. I didnt lose a one; it took a little more time than usual; I arrived at the wrong number a time or two, but those them out boys straightened sooner or later, mostly later, in and the meantime we had some good friendly chats... You know I dont mind chatting with a feller when I have the time. You know time after time I walked away from a telephone ex)crience with the feeding one may get after an Old Home week. One day I rang 113 and asked for a Murray number. Thebare-ton- e operator said: Why who calling from a pay to deposite the right was station amount please. Yes sir, this is a great country.. We put the telephone strike away and now this week we have all those poor people moving into Washington D.C. and setup housekeeping ting right smack-da- b between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument . I swear I'm kept in a continual dither; I worry about who's tending the store back home while all those people go trapesin off to the Capitol and whose gonna feed em while they bum around there all summer. (Congress hasnt 'moved very fast before, why should the be so different now?) And that poor PatomacRiver.. Its so pointed now with sewage that George Washington wouldnt know it. Well, good bye all, Well be back next week that is unless the editors decide to go to Washington and set up camp on the White House lawn. dont dial operator?. Hell help Ill do that, says I. you. So I dialed ojjerator. That time 1 got a tenor. I gave him the name of niv party at Murray and he said: Why dont vou dial 113?" He told me to dial you, says I. he did did he," said Oh, uu just hang on Well lie. Chum and Ill fix. you up." You know after Id completed some of my calls, I had a feeling Id accomplished something. With the gals, y ou sit back and let it happen, but with the men, you fought for everything you the 1967. 798-682- got and you had a feeling fessional Nurses which has accorded them respect and confidence of the public, I, Calvin L. Rampton, Governor of the State of Utah, do hereby declare the week of May 19, through May 25, 1968 as Utah Nurse Week in our community. I salute the Professional Nurses t upon the contribtuion they make to over-a- ll community health."; 1 19 Acre Orchard in Santaquin with House Excellent Potential for Future Housing Development Must Sell Due To Health Phone 754-322- w 3 See At 350 South 3rd West, Santaquin SAVE AT IFA 9. Everything you need for home or farm Swfa& fix-u- clean-u- p, this spring p atddM&a&et.. Famed DECORAMIC PAINT, as low as $4.80 per gal. . 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My wife had the responsibility of placing a call to the Salt Lake Tribune pertaing to a fatal highway accident and she happened to give the operator the gist of her call, hoping he would hurry and you know that nice guy stoppedeverything and, asked about the details and he also expressed his sorrow about the victims kin folk etc. etc. etc. Now what girl operator would be that kind hearted? She may listen in later to get details but this guy felt really bad right now, but Gina had to put a to the converstaion stop as press time was pressing. He was a real nice feller. One of our local boys placed 4 - at Butler Building. IRRIGATION up." thought, now what fresti female operator do I know who has harmone trouble? Then it came to me, Why Red old thats Johnson, gee whiz, this strike must be serious if they put him on the board." Did you hear about the sharp boy who was doing his best to complete a call for an angry patron and because of the time envolved, ttie patron took ttie Lords name in vain'. The operator came back immediately Would you like to call with: him jierson to person or will his residence do?" Yip, I'll bet a book will be written in the near future titlI Was ed something like this: a Male Strike-Tim- e Telephone If such a book is Operator written, Ill beamongthe first to it. I also heard of one of the boys who said: Im late every day getting to ttie board because I have such a hard time getting this head set on without messing up my hair, "and on the last day of his operating he said: Its a good thing its over, I was getting in the habit of going to the Little Girls Room. I think it was this same joker who stood up to relax a minute and the chief operator said: Is there something No", he answered, wrong?" I was merely adjusting my girdle." , On another occasion, a customer roared with laughter when he heard the deep bass voice say: May I help you? Listen Bud, said the operator, when I foul up your call this wont be so funny. And a lady said: Tlease Sir, get off the line, Im useing it. Oh, I beg you pardon, Are you. really the operator? Yes man. he restored, Im 19-2- 5 IF!? The Retired Steel Workers will have another pd luckdinner Wednesday May 2Hth , at 1:00 p.m. at the Union Hall in Provo. At the last business meeting, ttie speaker promised to come back and show two good reels of films, so all plan to come out and enjoy them. For father information, call you GOICLASSIFIED Since professionl nurses adhere to The Code for Pro- - Steel Workers Slate Dinner for May 28th Malawi, Thursday, May 23, 1968 in Utah. Winners of the competition were announced today (May 13) by the National Safety Council in Chicago. U.P. was tops in its class of railroads whose employees worked 40 million man hours or more. The companys employees registered a casualty rating of 6.40 per million man hours worked during 1967 in winning the honors. In the 45 years of such comUnion Pacific has petition, earned top honors 24 times. 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