Comments on: You Have Been Listening to a Relief Society Broadcast: “Memories” (1933)

By: kevinf

kevinf — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:47:37 +0000

The dialogue is a little stilted, but the sentiment is nice. Sounds very much like how the real radio dramas of the day were done.

As I read about the saints in years past, so much more emphasis seemed to be given to music and dramatic arts than we currently see. Yesterday’s post about my Grandfather’s homecoming was filled with musical numbers. When Plain City was first founded, they held an outdoors dance within the first few weeks, and later organized musical groups, dramatic companies, and literary societies. All of this in what up until the last 20 or 30 years was a very small community, and now is only a small semirural suburb.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:19:21 +0000

Well, I did what you said and skimmed it. Very nice. This is what I can find out about the authors with a quick look: Nellie Oliver Parker (1885-1973): member of the Relief Society General Board. Involved in starting Mormon Handicraft. Emmaretta Gabbott Brown (1880-1961). ? Irma Felt Bitner (1888-1965): Member of the Primary General Board (?). Often involved in dramatic productions including a major production, "The Message of the Ages" for the one hundredth anniversary of the church. Louie B. Felt, the first Primary General President, was her father's first wife. Irma had quite a career for that time in radio and government, and all with five children. Good for her.