Oral history interview with John R. Nelson by Ellen N. Yates [Transcript and Audio]

Oral history interview by Ellen N. Yates with John R. Nelson. Topics include: Growing up in Grantsville, What Grantsville was like when he was young, Having a brother in one of the plays at the Opera House, Attending farewells, sociables, dances, plays and movies at the Opera House, The really nice dance floor, Pot -bellied stove use to heat the building, Attending the Gold and Green Balls, How the Opera house was built in a similar style to the Salt Lake Theater, Opera House staff, That teenagers would always sit in the balcony, His graduation in was in the Opera House, How the Opera House was the center of all community activities, The building construction and appearance, Being involved in in city sports, Being disappointed when the Opera House was torn down because they lost they means of entertainment, Visiting the Bluebird next door to get a soda after a show, and being remembered at a good citizen, and nice guy who loved his family and served those around him.