Show By BERT BOYAC K I R Rh h I Fi r tiR r rr r y yi H i S a sr f THIS WEEK Mrs Gladys Hesser Burnham president of the Fine Arts Guild of Bountiful ful ful tul AUGUST Gladys Hesser Burnham The tag end of summer Is flamboyant flamboyant flam flam- boyant and gay With bright gypsy trappings in colorful array Red dangling apples like beads on a string Peaches and pears rosy-gold rosy a wild fling Of tomatoes and cucumbers eggplants and corn A rainbow of colors to greet gree t the cool morn The days hot for growing but at atthe atthe atthe the last week The nights are fast cooling summers summer's strength past her peak Published In The Utah Farmer Mrs Burnham has been interested Int interested in- in t rested In writing poetry since e the eighth grade at the Saint Marys Mary's A Academy c cad a d e m my y now St St. St Marys Mary's of the Wasatch in Salt Sal t Lake City SHE CURRENTLY Is president president president dent of the Fine Arts Guild in Bountiful Since Joining the Bountiful Poetry Group In 1953 she has published over poems an anone and andone andone d one story THE FOUR Church magazines magazines mag mag- Improvement Era The Th e Childrens Children's Friend The Relief Retie f Society Magazine and The In Instructor Instructor Instructor In- In have published he her r poems She has also had he her r work published by The Salt Sal t Lake Tribune The Denver Post Young Catholic Messenger The Th C Christian h r I s an Home Horn e. e Upward Teens Utah Farmer Our Little Friend Primary Treasure an and d Ideals Gladys Burnham has a wide wid e background for writing Sh Shwas She e was associate editor of the th e Rigby High lUgh Idaho Yearbook k when she was a senior a re reporter reporter reporter re- re porter on Student Life at th thAC the e AC as well as serving as Associated W Worn Women o men e n Students' Students secretary and as secretary for several clubs on campus SHE HAS continued in inhered inhered- her ed educational educational ed- ed background by taking courses offered at the universities universities universities ties or other organizations She has especially enjoyed taking two short story courses from the Brigham Young Educational Center and another by corre corre- She desires and hopes to write more salable stories HER STORIES and poems have won two first two seconds and three third places In the Utah State Federation of Women's Women's Women's Wom Wom- ens en's Club Contests First honorable honorable honorable hon hon- mention for poetry was awarded her by the Utah Fine Arts Poetry contest That was one of my biggest thrills she admitted I CJ I HA HAVE VE always wanted to travel and write about my ex ex- ex I have had the pleasure pleasure pleas pleas- ure to visit Canada twice and Mexico twice as well going to Hawaii However I will never be satisfied until I have the op op- to go around the After she was graduated from In Logan Gladys taught school for two years She assisted as assisted assisted as- as In the first grade at the Emerson School In Salt Lake City had the girls' girls gym and seventh grade reading In the Junior high as well as serving as librarian A LONG time Bountiful resident resident resident resi resi- dent Gladys Hesser married L L. L Earl Burnham They had three children Don Earl Burnham a navy pilot stationed stationed stationed sta sta- at Corpus Tex He married Hilda Ford of Centerville Centerville Centerville Center- Center ville and they have three sons Claudia Burnham deceased de deceased de- de ceased the mother of two girls And Craig Hesser Burnham who married Dorothy MacKnight MacKnight MacKnight Mac- Mac Knight Wanner They have two girls and a boy Craig Is a apro- apro pro produce duce manager for Albertsons Albertson working in this capacity in several several sev sev- eral stores In Salt Lake He recel received ved his training at Albertsons Albertson's Albertsons Albertson's Albertson's Albertsons Albert Albert- sons son's at Five Points He has been at the Centerville Albertsons Albertson's Albertson's Albertsons Albertsons Albertson's Albert Albert- sons son's since Its opening but has recently been transferred to Loveland Colo AS A MOTHER and grandmother grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother she says Although I know how much I will miss this sweet family I should find the area Inspirational scenery for writing poetry Mrs Burnham is the arts chairman for the American As Association Association As- As of University Women South Davis Branch She Is corresponding secretary of the National Association of American Ameri Ameri- can for the Salt Lake Branch Immediate past treasurer treasurer treasurer treas treas- of the Utah State Poetry Society and Is at present serving serving ing as recording secretary She is a member of the League of Utah Writers ACTIVE IN ill community affairs af affairs affairs af- af fairs Mrs Burnham has helped with Com Community t y Concerts served as the first secretary and second president of the local American Association of University University University Uni Uni- Women SHE HAS been president o of f Flora Dell Flower Club the oldest flower club In the state as well as serving as president t of the Bountiful Women's Republican Re Republican Re- Re publican Club participating as vice president and secretary fo for r PT PTA A and helping on various charitable drives Last year Mrs Burnham was delighted to help a Quest group grow P from Bountiful l High School write stories and poetry Sh She e has been a Judge for speech h contests for a number of years MRS BURNHAM resides at E E. E N N. N Bountiful Her home is filled with books and she Is an avid reader In conclusion Mrs Burnham voiced this opinion We all need more beauty In our lives The love of ai words in poetry an anthe and d the pictures they symbolize c can an enrich us if we will read more |