In August 1935, with the encouragement my relative, Helen Hall Marriott, I applied and was hired as a telephone operator by the Mountain States Telephone Company working as a switchboard and long distance operator. Frederic Dixon In August 1936, my Aunt Ida Ferrin, realizing my talent, urged me to study with Frederic Dixon, a very fine concert pianist from New York. Mr. Dixon's musical linage dated back to the technique of Beethoven, dementi, Czerny, Listz, Tausig and Joseffy. Due to an eye injury, he chose to retire. He moved to Utah and taught in the Ogden-Salt Lake area. I soon learned what a "master's touch" could do for my piano technique. I couldn't work hard enough to please myself. Working full time at the telephone company, I spent as much music time in piano study as possible. The thrill of accomplishment was truly astounding and within a year-and-a-half I was playing very complicated, beautiful masterpieces for various musical functions and recitals. This was a great socializing experiences as I was included in many dinners and social events with other outstanding musicians and Frederic Dixon's friends. I was featured in several recitals in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Ben Lomond in Ogden. A "You are Cordially Invited" printed announcement told of one of these special recitalsFrederic Dixon, Concert Pianist, presents, Ida Marriott, Crystal Ball Room, Hotel Ben Lomond, Thursday, evening June 16th, 8:15 o'clock ProgramGavotte, Gluck-Brahms; Impromptu, Opus 36 No. 2, Chopin; Valse, Opus 34, No. 1, Chopin; Sonata Eroica, MacDowell Slow, with Nobility, Elf-Like, Light and Swift, Tenderly, yet with Passion, Fiercely, Very Fast;) Valse Romantique, Debussy; The White Peacock, Griffes; Etude, Opus 8, No, 12, Scriabine. Another recital was at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah. Jeannett Morrill, Elmer Aaron and myself each performed that on that occasion. Mr. Dixon became a family friend and was often a dinner guest. My association with him, and his with my family, was one of the happiest times of my life. I will always feel indebted to Frederic Dixon for giving me confidence and prestige and social opportunities. He was a friend of the famous American painter, Norman Rockwell. Mr. Rockwell once did an eighteen by twenty-four inch pencil sketch of Frederic. Some of my favorite composers and compositions areChopin, Tchaikovsky, Edvard Grieg and his Concerto in A; Debussy and his Clair de Lune; Gershwin and his Rhapsody in Blue, and I do not enjoy Stravinsky. Weber College In 1940 I stopped working and entered Weber College on a music scholarship from Professor Parry. I accompanied his choir in class and in various musical performances. An article in the Ogden Standard-Examiner newspaper reported a past performance"The Weber College octet directed by Roland Parry and composed of Phyllis