June 1978 . oe " Comment RRR 1 WAS Rg ah oN hee ie ede home on TV, he said. ‘Families are getting away from home for their entertainment. Movies are doing better than they (continued on page 7) . i be in | ee Pip} = ae errno eS TAag oe Sak, pe areata peng Leonard T. Rowley, managing director of WSC theatre arts. ‘There is a move away from the Bi —- unhealthy portion of the mind. We were living in a world that was ‘‘disjointed.”’ ‘‘Now we are living in a society that is striving for social and purpose and a message,” said Dr. = ic cas bizarre, wierd, and ‘‘exceptional’’ such as Edward Albee’s plays which had a preoccupation with the economic health and we aren’t as concerned with the adjustment of the individual with a ‘‘disjointed”’ world. Dr. Rowley sees a movement away from TV. People are becoming much more conscious of what TV can bring and are more critical about it. We need to give them something they can’t get at “It seems to me there is a swing back to grass-roots, familyoriented, up-lifting theatre with a wept mA ~ < eT a ‘‘Grass-roots’’ theatre popular ‘USE OF THE Val A. Browning Center for Performing Arts has increased 500% in the past 10 years. Dr. K. Earl Ericksen, music coordinator, Dr. Herbert Cecil, director of the Center, and Lou Johnson, assistant director, check lighting facilities. Building fully utilized From a phantom in the attic to dramatic and musical productions, concerts, lectures, dance, films, and programs on the stage, the _ Fine Arts Center, recently named the Val A. Browning Center for Performing Arts, has had a bustling history since its dedication in 1965. _ An indicator of increasing interest in the performing arts is the use of the facility. ‘Recently the Browning Center was scheduled 70 consecutive days, except Sunday, night. Use without of the an Center open has in- creased 500 per cent in the past 10 years,’ said Lou Johnson, assistant director for the center, in charge of scheduling, handling of facilities, renting, and lighting. During 1976 the Center ac- commodated over 750 events with the attendance totaling nearly 140,000 people as compared with less than 75 events in the first years. Mr. Even the attic has “‘utilized!”’ been fully ‘‘Two winters ago a ‘“‘phantom’’, so named because of his elusive qualities, lived in the attic for two or three months. Custodians coming in at 5 a.m. could hear him thumping about. Coffee, magazines and my old Ronson shaver vanished,’’ said Dr. Cecil. He vanished, leaving only stories, which have become more amusing with time, and a Center mem- The Center has also been ‘home’ to the Utah Symphony Ogden Series, Ballet West performances, Opera series, lecture series, film series and many nationally known figures, as well as the Performing Arts of the college. ‘‘All of this use, of course, has created some needs,” said Dr. Cecil. The Center needs a new sound system and stage curtains.” 15 part-time building theatres. The employees. houses main three auditorium seats 1800, the Little Theatre, 332, and the Cellar Theatre, 200. A choral classroom also doubles as a small recital hall seating 75. Two dozen classrooms are used primarily by the Communications, Theatre and Music departments,”’ Defense Depot Ogden. LEO JOHNSON, 62, Ogden, died April 4. He was a retired inspector for Defense Depot Ogden. superintendent of buildings and grounds. four stage crew ‘The Office and Nothing valuable ever came up missing - except - eventually the phantom himself, who went the way of all phantoms. legend. bers and Security PARLEY stage has In Memoriam RULON HANS KOFOED, 64, Ogden died April 9. He was an accountant analyst for the Internal Revenue Service and had previously worked for Utah Employment The phantom knew his way in and out of the structure and was ‘nearly caught several times but managed to elude all, even police and police dogs.”’ a Johnson _manager, said Dr. Herbert Cecil, director of the Browning Center and chairman of the Theatre Arts and Music department. T. RASMUSSEN, 47, Brigham City died March 30. He was employed by Internal Revenue Service as an accountant. DAVID M. SHUPE, 78, North March 24. He worked School District 43 Ogden, for Weber years, died County retiring as LEWIS L. HAINS JR., 76, Ogden, died April 13. He had worked for the Ogden Motor Car Co., Globe Mills, Browning Radio and had been an instructor at Weber College GENE ANN HUBAND ELLSWORTH, 69, died April 17. She was a meinber of the first Weber High School graduating class in 1927 and attended Weber College. She was active in genealogy work and was a member of DUP Camp Lomond Peak. ANDREW PARLEY BATES, 79, R. BERT STONEY, 29, died April 24. He had been a laborer in construction ployed at Amcor, Inc. work em- ORA April 30. E. WHITMEYER, 86, died She lived all her life in Ogden and North Ogden and attended Weber Academy. MINA M. BERLIN, 87, Ogden, died May 4. She taught school in Weber County and Ogden City Schools 35 years and was a graduate of Weber Academy. JAMES W. JAMIESON, 51, died March 27. He was a scheduler at Hill Air Force Base and served in the Air Force in WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War. J. REX BACHMAN, 86, Ogden, died April 14. He was a civic and sugar industry of- Di of the Amalagamated Sugar Co. He graduated from Weber Academy and the ot University of Utah Extension Division. He served as guest lecturer in accounting at Utah State University. LLOYD E. SHAW, 57, North Ogden, died May 1. He had been a budget analyst at Hill Air Force Base. He had served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves 30 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. North EARL A. RANDALL, County School District, died April 19. He had been an educator for 47 years and a principal at several elementary, and junior high schools. He was principal of Weber High April 20. He was a farmer in North Ogden and president and manager of North Ogden State College for nine years. He was superintendent of the Weber County School Sc ficial, retiring in 1962 as secretary-treasurer Ogden, retired superintendent of the Weber School and teacher at Weber Se St District for 14 years. 82, North Ogden, died Canning Co., president of the Utah Canners Assoc., and the Bank of Ben Lomond, director National Canners Assoc. and at the time of his death he was vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank of Utah. — x fa ¥ r LPs y