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Show I " " s ' v- s ' J , F f J 4 . - 1 i, . - I ; J a - ., I-4'"S VIEW WORKS OF ART Dr. Avard Fairbanks, noted Utjih sculptor, shows photos of some of his work to H. A. Sorensen at Chamber luncheon meeting Tuesday. Cut courtesy S. L. Tribune Noted Artist Urges Cultural Growth in Chamber Address er golden age." The world - famous sculptor, now resident artist at the LTni-versity LTni-versity of Michigan at Ann Ar-, Ar-, bor, recalled his boyhood in Utah .and told of the accomplishments ! of many young Utahns who had made their character and influence influ-ence felt throughout the nation. He himself exhibited in the National Na-tional Academy of Design at the . ,a?e of 14, in the Paris Salon at 16, and at the age of 23 was a university professor in Oregon. Throughout the war he was in public relations at the Ford bomber plant at Willow Run. By way of illustrating the practical value of culture, Dr. Fairbanks noted that the city of Florence, Italy, is still "cashing in" on the genius oT Michelangelo, Michelan-gelo, DaVinci and the other great artists of the renaissance. , "Lip to the outbreak of the war We are on the threshold of a new epoch of history and it remains re-mains for strong men of faith and vision and ideals to make it a golden age of enlightenment and culture, or see civilization crumble under the influence of eastern isms and decadence, Dr. Avard Fairbanks told members of the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce at their regular August Au-gust membership meeting Tuesday Tues-day at Weasku Inn. "Now is the time for a great renaissance, and the west the home of men of tradition and character should be the focal point for this great reawakening," reawaken-ing," he said. "New frontiers still lie before us and by exercise exer-cise of the very same strength of purpose and resolution which characterized the founders of the west we can seize this golden opportunity and usher in anoth- Florence took a yearly revenue of 50 million dollars from the rest of the world as the center of renaissance culture," he said, "while Paris estimated its annual an-nual income as a result of its art treasures as 80 million dollars." dol-lars." Mr. Fairbanks showed photographs photo-graphs of some of his most famous fa-mous works, including the new Winter Quarters monument to the pioneers in Nebraska, and displayed a newly made clay model of a Pony Express monument monu-ment he is designing for placing on the Utah state capitol grounds. Chamber President Horace A. Sorensen presided at the meeting meet-ing at which several new members mem-bers and guests were introduced. Due to the fact that a quorum was not present it was impossible impos-sible to act on the proposed revision re-vision of the chamber's constitution. consti-tution. New members introduced at Tuesday's meeting included Paul Blackett of Weasku Inn: Perron McKenna of Safeway Stores, 3270 Highland Dr.; Willis Peterson, Peter-son, Pete's Sport Shop, 211)5 Highland Dr.; Paul Nelson, Nelson's Nel-son's Washing Machine Service, 201 D McClelland; Joseph Jacob-sen, Jacob-sen, Jacobscn's Fine Foods, 2115 E. 21s:t. S.:.Glen Riiltenbur, Foto Art Co., 1115 K. 21 si S.; Robert Kriekson, Eriekson's Pharmacy, 1059 E. 21st S.; James Green-sides, Green-sides, Bryan Pharmacy, 1702 S. 11th E.anrl Frank Norton, Tex-'aco Tex-'aco Service, 1971 S. 11th K. |
