Show linkletter I Et t M AID B re ek k It ft I They wont won't hold the ground groundbreaking groundbreaking groundbreaking breaking for the new theater in North Salt Lake Too wet ALL THIS rain soft dirt in inthe inthe inthe the former orchard cut up bythe by bythe bythe the bulldozers yanking out the trees Nah no ground breaking Too m muddy BUT Bur THERE was Last Saturday morning Oct 31 the ground breaking went off as scheduled FILL DIRT hauled in made a armid road road way to the west portion of the property near the freeway free free- way Here a large area was also filled A stand kept the special guests off the ground and there were many chairs ready for early arrivers Hundreds more came than were expected They stood some in slightly muddy areas AND THEY enjoyed it Gray skies did nothing to dampen the event Everything was ready for the 11 am a.m. date everything date everything but bu some som of the most honored guests guests coming coming from Hollywood Holly Holly- wood I s THE BAND played And again The drill team got ready eady The chorus was vas set Art Linkletter and company will be bs a few minutes late it was vas announced Just ten min min- utes Still not arrived announced announced an an- 15 minutes later INTRODUCTIONS of other guests began At about 20 minutes of 12 Mr Linkletter arrived Sliding out of the car he shot his famous famous famous fam fam- ous smile at the crowd BOB CUMMINGS and his wife joined him Well hello Arturo he greeted Crowds I moved in for a closer look but f the guests moved quickly to the stand A Art t Linkletter Linkletter i immediately media ely took over Plane had some- some SEE PA PAGES 4 AND 5 FOR PICTURES thing called failure he announced AMID JOKES and laughter he told the purpose of the new theater Americans want to get into things not just be spectators This new intimate theater in the round is sweeping sweeping sweeping sweep sweep- ing the country It will soon See THEATER TER on page 2 r tt 1 ft K J r i j r r. r J t J. J 2 l L t t. t I ii J. J 1 IH j ja I H Hg M 1 g f t a G 1 ti V r Y J f p t F r. r J ART LINKLETTER Continued from front page cover the nation he predicted You are arp fortunate to get gets s started now You have a much better choice of personalities to help you than will be left later he said IN THIS TYPE of production production tion the players mingle with the audience Also there will willbe willbe willbe be a local stock company ofer of- of er ering ng residents the opportunity to act sing along with the professionals I might even come here and go through some ladys lady's purse he joked Or send my son Jack here for a real hootenanny PRES NATHAN Elden Tanner Tanner Tan Tan- ner of the first presidency Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ter-day ter Saints told the background background background back back- ground of theater in the Salt Lake Valley He said he hc hopes that productions will be of a high type After introducing producers and others Art finally introduced introduced intro intro- Bob Cummings He is the star of the tv program Living Living living Liv liv- ing Doll but he isn't the living doll Bobs Bob's wife stood up on the stand and said Yes he is BOB CUMMINGS put the reason for this type of theater in a short snappy phrase- phrase Doers instead of viewers Shinny gold shovels had been prepared for the ground breaking break break- ing Mr Linkletter quipped that they would dig a hole in front of the stand and then i move it later to where the I theater would be built WE HAVE the wrong type of shovels shO he noted How can you dig for a theater in the ground with square shovels i But dig they did as flash flashbulbs flashbulbs flashbulbs bulbs popped THEN AS they celebrities tried to move to their cars the crowd surged in Thrusting pencils and papers into his hands hundreds sought auto auto- graphs I I cant can't even see what I am doing he told the crowd The throngs buffeted Art about until until until un un- til some help came to get him to the car Another meeting I awaited the group in Salt Lake City AS THE TIlE car meandered back to the freeway still more papers were trust into the car Bob Cummings signed several several several sev sev- eral while his wife waved at everyone from the other side of the car Work is expected to begin soon with completion next spring |