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Show ! European Health Spa in Orem j Has Grand Opening Ceremony Utah residents were treated to a touch of the past and a look at the future last Wed- j nesday afternoon at the open ing ceremony of the new European Euro-pean Health Spa, 703 South State in Orem. i First a runner arrived, car rying a torch from the Orem City Buildnig. The torch was ? handed to Mayor Verl Dixon of Provo and Mayor Winston Crawford of Orem, who took the torch and lighted a decora- : tive gas brazier. Then Milton R. Weilenmann and Elder Milton Mil-ton R. Hunter, cut a ribbon officially of-ficially opening Utah's newest new-est European Health Spa. Utah County's new Spa is number 93 in a nationwide ! chain that had its origins in j Salt Lake City some 20 years ! ago. Since then a lot has hap- pened in the field of health and I .exercise emporiums. A far cry ! from its predecessor, a barren, sneaker-scented exercise gym, : catering to boxers and wrestl ers, the new Spa has deep pur- '- pie carpeting, candelbra-style chandeliers, ionic colucns, classic clas-sic nude sculptures and a hot i whirlpool which is said to pro duce a complete body massage in five minutes. Participants in the whirlpool sit neck-deep in bubbling water i kept in motion by air corpress- I ors. ' A few steps away is the Dan ish cold plunge with an inconspicuous incon-spicuous chute through which cubes from an off-stage ice maker drop into the water to keep its temperature at a chilling chill-ing 48 degrees. Exhilarating, you bet! The cold plunge is reputed to have a tremendous attraction, how-evtr how-evtr brief, for people fresh from the hot whirlpool. It also provides a 132 degree change of pace for anyone stepping out of the 180-degree Finnish rock sauna or the Turkish steam room nearby. "Inertia is the disease of modern men and women," says Byron Smith, manager of the new European Health Spa. "Our program takes people from a sit-down, stand-still society so-ciety and puts them into systematic sys-tematic activities designed to stimulate muscles, nerves and vital organs." An exercise room with a sparkling array of chrome apparatus ap-paratus provides "mild progressive-resistance conditioning condition-ing euipment such as joggers, and weight-lifting devices as well as vibrator belts, hip rollers rol-lers and so on." Other features are an inhalation inhal-ation room with eucalyptus oil scent, individual sun booths, a snack bar which will serve blender-mixed health drinks, and a Swedish massage department. depart-ment. The adults-only health club will have separate sessions for ladies and men on alternate days. |
