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Show Lindon Senior Citizens recall days gone by ,.;,;, v i ...., , . !a m -4' 'iV - i . i "A & v. i-S 1 : i i 1 Talking over old times in Lindon are Mary Swenson, Louie Gillman and Ralph Wigginton. j I I 1 1 I By KALYN SECRETAN "School Days, Good old Golden ; Rule Days!" Many memories were renewed at the Lindon School as the second grade students made a l repeat performance of the "Linden Tree," for the Senior Citizens last ! i week. j The guests all agreed school has ' sure changed since they attended. The present Lindon School was built in 1966 and is quite a contrast to the "South School" many attended, where the stairs just seemed to go f Up and up". The school in Pleasant I Grove was the Central School with the "North School" in Manila. The Lindon Schools were pictured in a slide during the presentation and the students agreed they are lucky to have such a fine school I today. Velma Gillman and Vera Cullimore enjoyed the presentation and said it brought back lots of memories. Mary Swenson said, "It was just great." Grant C. Harris, 70, said school has sure changed. As a lifelong 5- Lindon resident, he said there used i ; to be sagebrush on the school grounds and many a time he got wet fv playing down in the "holler." He remembered a teacher, Mrs. 1: Hansen, and how she gave him two handkerchiefs for never being late for school. He lived in the White Motel area and his mother saw to it y he was never late. M Much of the script was taken ;'; from the Lindon history book, "Our ': Town." The book was compiled by I Louie Gillman and Barbara Walker who enjoyed the "Stringtown" presentation. One of the visitors told Mrs. Viehweg, a second grade teacher t who wrote the script, she just lived i every bit of the program, it was like j living history. I I Cards were attached to the wall ' J with the names of all the pioneers who were impersonated by the children. They included; James Cobbley, Benjamin Walker, !' Leonard Fryer, Albert Anderson, K Joseph William Ash, Suzzanah Wooley, James Cullimore, Clara Fowlke Cullimore, James Henry ir Gillman, Elizabeth Cullimore Ash, t Blind Pete, Curly and Stan Keetch. & Looking over the school children e list it was discovered 17 last names e; are the same as the earliest settlers of "String Town." The names were read just before the program and the children all had a chance to ( I ) v ?.Ji I. I if ! ' (! - "'4 f : - I Velma Gillman, left, and Vera Cullimore chuckle over memories of Lindon in days gone by. Grant Harris stand. The students interest in Lindon history has heightened and they all walked to the park and the Phipps home which was one of the very first schools in Stringtown. They appreciate their heritage and following the last performance i I they scurried over to the young man who impersonated Stan Keetch, the I ball player, and lined up for his J autograph. j |