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Show 4 The Review - Thursday, November 12, 1931 . p f IPQBSluh Marcella Walker It is amazing what you can learn sitting in this office. Walt Reimschussel, principal of Grovecrest School, brought in in-formation on an ls program. A brief paragraph or two on the history of the opera along with a definition of terms was given. This is designed to help children gain an appreciation of opera. I think all of us could use a little training in appreciation of this art. Art and ballet seem to not appeal to a great majority of people. Like broccoli, a love of it can be learned by having small and regular doses of it. The problem around here is that we don't receive the small and regular doses. Oftimes the first chance we have to hear opera is a four-hou- r marathon, all in Italian, with little understanding of what is transpiring. BYU has nice operas and various groups in Salt Lake City sponsor them. But what a nice thing this ls program really is. Remember a few years ago when Pleasant Grove High School had the program in which talented and experienced dancers taught students the rudiments of dance. This program was climaxed by a performance by repertory dance company of Salt Lake doing a magnificent performance. The reason I say it was magnificent is because it had to be for my husband to sit through the whole thing. This program has resulted in the formation of the Orchesis Dance Program at Pleasant Grove High School which is a real asset to the school and their annual program is lovely. Musicals presented at the high school the past few years, although not operas, have given talented young voices an opportunity to prform in a culture medium which is very popular in the United States, There has been no musical this year. I hesitate to ask why, but certainly something of this caliber is of great benefit to the performers as well as the community as a whole. The young people who played the powerful lead roles in "The Music Man" last year did a marvelous job. Everyone raved over the per-formance. Regardless of "reasons," serious contemplation should be given to musicals being continued at the high school. The students need this type of experience, and heaven only knows, the community does. Called the Alpine Chamber Or-chestra, this fine group of musicians under the direction of Leon Honey, can really be claimed by Pleasant Grove. The beloved, Owen Bingham of Pleasant Grove directed this or-chestra for a long time. When he died last spring it continued under the baton of Mr. Honey. Every resident of this city with a love of fine music or desiring to gain a love of fine music should attend the per formances ot this group which are frequently held in the Pleasant Grove High School. I heard that the Orem Library was giving the orchestra the opportunity to perform there. How nice. But let's not let Orem take this group away from us because of lack of attendance here. Mark Bezzant made the comment before the elections recently that everyone should get out and vote so that apathy doesn't win. Apathy won. Only 37 percent of the registered voters in Pleasant Grove voted. Lindon had 56 percent out. Apathy in politics or in cultural events is a sad commentary on this city. Sports stir people up. So should some of the other lovely things in our culture. Here's a thought: Optimism is the certain knowledge that no matter how small you are or how large the world, there is only one of each. Utah Mink Show Announced The Utah Mink show will be November 16-1- 8 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, according to Junior and Lyn Degelbeck, Highland, chairmen of the show. The show begins November 16, with entry acceptance and continues through Wednesday. It is free to the public with doors open each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mrs. Degelbeck said there are entries expected from Utah's 275 mink ranchers as. well as from ran chers in Colorado There are 25 individual colors to be judged, Cl, of given to first place wfn Hk ribbons to the first ten class. A large wKmth to the mink ranX? culminates the most over the show, and trophies will viP01nU the first four high point in! glVenl Mink is Utah's secof8-dustry- , Mrs. plays a large part in the the state. ecotlny of JFrmn the Front Council Continued from Front Page Election returns were canvassed by the council as the new election law provides for this canvas to be held within 10 days of the election. There were no changes from the original count when the canvas was completed. The request of ASK Vacuum sales to obtain a business license to go door to door was approved subject to withdrawal should valid complaints be received about the salesman. Councilman and Mayor-elec- t David R. Holdaway reported that a meeting on the Grovecreek Well has held last week. Construction should begin within two weeks. Because of the small well site the storage of materials on Grovecreek Drive has been approved by the city. Holdaway asked the policy on allowing reduced garbage fees when the resident has moved for a period of time. It was that if a resident who will be gone from town for a period of a month or more will notify the city office before they leave they can have their garbage charges allowed. No allowance will be given if the city offices are not notified prior to the resident leaving. The council approved the ap-pointment of Ken Adamson to serve on the Tri-Cit- y Golf Course Com-mittee representing Pleasant Grove. Councilman Peterson reported that police officers working with the production company which is making a movie in town are doing so on their own time. Councilman Glenn Smith indicated that at the next planning commission meeting Ken Millard will have proposed ordinances on the accessory uses in the city prepared. Youth Council to Meet I With PG City Officials The newly elected Youth City Council will meet for the first time with the regular city council of Pleasant Grove on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. The regular council meeting will begin at 7 p.m. The officers of the youth council will be sworn in during the meeting. The agenda for the regular council meeting will include the city engineers report at 7:15 p.m. on storm drainage plans on Locust Ave., progress report on the Grovecreek Well and the status on a list of items to be completed on the 600 West sewer project. At 8 p.m. the planning commission recommendations from the meeting held Nov. 5 will be reviewed. These include proposed ordinances on conditional uses and accessory uses, plats to be approved and a home occupation request for Elaine Reay. Each council member will present departmental business for the council's consideration. A city employees Christmas party will be held Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the remodeled J.C. building. At 7:30 p.m., Mrs. Kraig Higginson and Terry Reid will meet with the council to review accepting con-tractor performance bonds in lieu of developer completion bonds, and a discussion of possible city par-ticipation in piping the ditch on 1300 West. At 8:30 the council will review and consider adoption of an ordinance regulating construction in city-owne- d streets and rights-of-wa- Offers From $2.55 24 W. Main - Lehi - 768-834- 8 I ' ''- - V-;- ' - ' " ' ' I " ' I 1 ' I " " " " , tt . r ' - t i - - V . . vl t" , I - , . f. - -- w V $- - 1 ill , jl . tw v 1 - y j 4 " " ',$ f . rm, ' . ' 7 f. j a I AZ A I - i" - T'-- y-- I f (V - IO 0 if- - , i i t - '1 . , ' .. v, , . I r , ' v vnpt mi v , 1 1.. 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I iiihiwhiiii n. .11 .m mmtn wmmc1 IT ..a!.... laimn. fcm r TIIMMIW lillliMil IIM f if HI BSrOlVStng By Tom Griffiths Who Wears the Family Pants? One of life's mysteries is why a man of small stature marries a woman who is much bigger than he. Could it be the man figures he is getting more of his money's worth by marrying a big woman? This came to my attention when I was a small boy. Our neighbors were the Burtons. Sam Burton was a small man, he wouldn't weigh over a hundred forty pounds, ringing wet. He was a nice fellow, quit and unassuming, and a very good neighbor. Then there was his wife. After a scolding by her, our son once said "if I hav to marry a woman I will never get married." This was my boyhood thought about Clara Burton. She was huge in every way. To make things worse she was unkempt in her personal appearance and habits. When she shouted at her children it sounded like thunder rolling off a high mountain. There is sadness about a woman who loses her feminity and Clara had lost hers with a vengeance. Fresh in my memory is pig killing time at the Burtons. This was an annual affair and to me it was a bit exciting. Sam would bring home a small pig and put it in the sty. This abode of the pig did not glorify the landscape. Once a strong wind blew it down and the pig was free for a while. While Sam went in search of the pig, Clara put things back together with hammer and nails. Old pig had a varied diet. MosUy scraps from the Burton's table. My mother who loved everybody and everything, prepared a treat for the pig every She would save the potato peelings, cabbage leaves and other edibles from Dad's garden and boil them in a pot. I always wondered why she added a little salt and pepper to this congolomeration, but that was Mother. She wanted the pig to be treated like a human. When the contents of the pot were about done she would take it to pig. His squeals and grunts told of his enjoyment, was still steaming, mother would take it to pig. His squeals and grunts told of his enjoyment. I know it is daft to say that friend-ship existed between pig and Mother but when she approached his pen, with or without his treat he would greet her in pig language, his kinky tail moving back and forth. There was a bit of humanity in Sam Burton. Once a year the gypsies would come past our home. They were a colorful lot with their horses all decorated and the caravans clean and inviting. When this happened Sam would call for his children to come and see. Then he would go to the sty and pick up old pig to come and see the gypsies. I knew very little about the gypsies except that I heard my father say, "we had better lock up everything, the gypsies are coming to town." Autumn came and it was but-chering time for pig. I knew it was a sad time for mother. When pig squealed she put her hands over her ears to shut out the sound. Believe it or not it was Clara who did most of the butchering. She or-dered poor old Sam around while she wielded a vicious looking knife. Well, another spring and another piglet, then we moved away to another village and we missed the Burtons and old pig. |