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î B ro o k in g s -H a rb o r FEW AT CONCERT O n e of th e f i n e s t of e v e n i n g ’ s e n t e r t a i n m e n t h e r e , im p o rte d or d o m e s tic , w as a t- t e n d e d by t o o f e w , l a s t T h u r s d a y e v e n in g , th e S p r in g C o n c e r t by t h i s y e a r ’ s h ig h s c h o o l m u s ic p u p ils . F r o m th e s t a r t , w ith " T h e S t a r S p a n g le d B a n n e r , " t o th e band a n d c h o ir f in a le , " E r a of P e a c e , " th e c o n c e r t w a s s u c h to b r i n g a c c la m a tio n fro m a m o st d is c r im in â t o r y a u d ie n c e . F o r ty y o u n g m e n and w o m e n p la y e d in th e band. T h e r e w e re e i g h t e e n g i r l s , w ith t h e i r a c c o m p a n is t, S i l l y S w a n s o n , in th e c h o r u s . O v e r tw e n ty - f i v e of t h e s t u d e n t s h a v e q u a l i f i e d fo r m e m b e r s h i p in th e M o d e rn M is ic N /fe.sters. P IL O T T h e s t u d e n ts a n d th e ir le a d e r , M r. C la r - e n c e D i a l, g a v e a v e r y p r a c tic a l d e m o n s tra tio n of th e v a lu e of m u s i c in e d u c a t i o n a n d it is p r o b a b l e t h a t m a n y of th e y o u n g f o lk h e h a s s t a r t e d w i l l go m u c h f u r t h e r in th e f i e l d of m u s ic . S M O \W E R H E L D ’ M r s , R u th B a t h ia n y w i l l e n te rta in at a b rid g e p a r ty W e d n e s d a y , h o n o rin g M rs . L e e R o n n i g e r , w ith a h a n d k e rc h ie f s h o w e r The R o n n ig e rs a re m o v in g t o S a lt L a k e C i t y n e x t w e e k t o m ak e th e ir hom e. T h e w o m e n of th e C h e t c o G ran g e a re p r e p a r i n g th e S c h o o l F a c u lty d in n e r T h u r s a t 6 :3 0 a t th e G r a n g e H a ll. SEE M E N N IN G OLDSMOBILE - G M C TRUCKS I **** B ro o k in g s , O re . For What It's Worth By C liffo rd P. 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B u t w ith a l l of o u r c a re f u l p la n n in g , th e r e w a s one th in g we d id n ’t t a k e i n t o a c c o u n t . A lth o u g h a l l o w i n g f o r a d e c r e a s e in h u m a n in h a b ita n ts , we fa ile d e n t i r e l y t o t a k e i n to c o n s i d e r a t i o n th e a l l - i m p o r t a n t fe a th e re d frie n d s w ho had f o r m e r l y r e s i d e d in th e a r e a . F o r h a v in g liv e d n ig h o n to a y e a r in o u r n e w h o m e , w e f in d o u r s e l v e s w o n d e r i n g a t t i m e s if t h e G E T T H A T “B IR D : ...then ¿et yourself some fine bourbon... M ay 2 3 , 1957 h o u s e is a c t u a l l y o u r s . T o t e l l th e t r u t h , w e a r e j u s t about co n v i n c e d i t ’ s f o r th e b ird s . F i r s t o ff, a p a i r of w o o d p e c k e r s t o o k a lik i n g t o th e c e d a r s i d in g a n d p r o c e e d e d to b eat out a m e r r y r e v e ille ab o v e o u r b e d - r o o m w in d o w e v e r y m o r n i n g a t e x a c tly 5 :1 5 s h a r p . S in c e t h e y n e v e r b o t h e r e d u s th e r e s t o f th e d a y , I c o u l d o n ly c o n c lu d e th a t th is a c t w as e ith e r a p o r t i o n of t h e i r e a r l y m o r n in g c a lis th e n ic s o r m e r e ly a d i s p la y o f d i s g u s t on t h e i r p a r t o v e r th e f a c t t h a t we w e re s till a s le e p . T he next m ove w as m a d e by a p r o s p e c t i v e m o th e r ro b in w ho d e c i d e d th a t th e b e a m on t h e p o r c h d i r e c t l y above our fro n t door w a s th e p l a c e f o r h e r t o s e t up h o u s e k e e p in g . 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