Basements; Big bands; Candy; Community; Dance floors; Dances; Demolition; Grand Opera House; High school students; Ice cream, ices, etc.; Legacies; Marriage; Movie tickets; Motion pictures; Parents; Plays; Remodeling (Architecture); Sisters; Smoking; Social life and customs; Stairs; Theater curtains; Theaters--Utah; Ushers; Wendover (Utah); Grantsville High School; Grantsville (Utah)
Description
Oral history interview by Ellen N. Yates with Leah G. Jones. Topics include: Growing up in Grantsville, Moving to Wendover (Utah) after her marriage, Returning to Grantsville and living there for 74 years, The Grantsville community, Her parents attending Old Folks sociables, Working with her sister as an usher for the movies, Being paid in movie tickets for her family, Attending all the dances in the basement with a wonderful dance floor, Talking about which big band would play at the next dance, School plays, Participating in the High School Senior Jinx program, Boys sneaking behind the Opera House to smoke, The Opera House being a meeting place for the community, Living in Wendover when the Opera House was demolished, The Bluebird Store Candy and Ice Cream store next to the Opera House, and participating in the school plays.
Collection Number and Name
Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012
Type
Image/MovingImage
Genre
oral histories (literary works)
Format
video/mp4
Extent
11:59
Language
eng
Rights
Source
Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012
