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Show Heritage Day Friday in Panguitch School Things are bustling at Panguitch Elementary this week as everyone does his part to ready festivities for Friday's annual Heritage Day happening. The day long series of events will attempt to expose youngsters and community- members alike to those arts, and practices that have been passed' from generation to generation as part of our bslc pioneer heritage. Friday's efforts will be the culmination-of many people's efforts, mainly local PTA and elementary staff , but also a tremendous cooperative spirit of local townsfolk who are willing to. donate freely their time end talents. the morning, portion of the day Friday will be basically classes as usual for students with mini workshops dropping into classrooms periodically throughout the morning to give youngsters actual ijands on experience at special crafts and talents. In the afternoon, from 1-4 p.m. the entire school will' be opened to the public with almost evey inch of the facility taken up with special demonstrations and displays.- '.Students and public will be treated to Heritage activities including pioneer foods, Indian folklore, outdoor cooking and activities, pioneer cooking and crafts, and a variety of entertainment and displays. There will be something for every age group, officials said. Demonstrations in pioneer cooking will include homemade bread by Flora Howard and Crrol Orton; fry bread by Mary Nez; cheese making by Elaine Matthews; tortillas by Bea Ramos, and homemade ice cream, butter, separating of milk. Displays on woodworking by Norm Davis; old time washers by Leland Riggs, early pioneer medical supplies by Dr. Tom Marshall and practical clothing by Mary Seaman, will be featured. Outdoor activities will include log sawing by Verl Matthews; water witching by Jim Patterson; homemade honey candy by Mary Trease; sourdough cookery by John Yardley; sheepshearing by Howard Hatch; Dutch oven mutton by Carl Hatch and old-time farm tools by Jim Hatch. Demonstrations will be given in beef jerky making, molasses candy, dried fruit, root beer, milk and onions, parched corn and Dixie salad, all old pioneer cooking specialties. Pioneer crafts will be demonstrated K including the art of whittling by Nile Sawyer; quilting by community grandmothers; netting by LaVee Roundy; tatting by Faye Lynn; rock ."j cutting by Bill Niebel; weaving by Elaine Baldwin; soap making by Jean ) Hampton; pottery making by Jim Clarke and knitting and arrowhead ;-) chipping. Other instructions will include beekeeping by Faye and Verd Wor U then ; story telling by Reva Lowder and e," fortune telling by Roberta Irish. Entertainment will include square dancing, folk songs and accordian music. |