J p Forty ort families will III Dole SIte Ille of the from the he ed td 10 be Many are r o old fj ce o t fei pIat d t there 3 30 tO n 40 I hO about roO W wn flow No d r tY In feel v sr who iho i 11 s i j. j and flut V hat he the n moe mo e mean to E they th pt Io L STEFFAN STEFFIN ANDREWS ii j lot of heartache A A terrible bide hide behind a womans woman's can of ofha Consider the case ra sn Emms Many will remember re- re rtha ha her as Patty Emms member 4 Sixty years ago Patty was beautiful Her life had been as unbroken as the sunny sunny girlhood of her English home Sh She was married and she was young YO In those days 60 years ago Patty knew no want Her two children were growing up Her husband was industrious suc suc- I She had money se se- so- so and and she had a home Today bent and gray lonesome lonesome lone lone- some old woman of 80 she sits I I A r ri iL J 1 0 Z- Z r f d. d fr yo t N Widow Must Leave Lave 40 Year 40 Y ear Home il tf on on Arms Plant PInt Site patiently in her rocking chair chair- waiting for the day Uncle Sam will ej eject her from the low ramshackle e r b e eat a t e n house that has been her home for 40 years Once it had been an attractive home Now like the 40 other homes in the valley vaHey west vest of Redwood road 1700 West Wes street th the two-story two house ouse must be razed to make room ifor for the war departments department's de de- de ammunition plant To the complicated ex plana- plana of friends and army officers officers officers cers that the government must condemn her land to make guns and bullets for soldiers Mrs Emms nods her head vaguely and says she understands I know she says softly they want my land for national national na national na- na defense Ill I'll give them the land I dont don't want the land But Thit couldn't f they they they-c c o 0 u 1 d nt th they y do something about my home Couldn't they save my home Sitting there rocking gently she explained Thursday a little hesitantly why she wants Uncle Sam to save her home Married In England At 19 she said in Weymouth England she met her husband Walter Emms was married to him they him they h had hd d two children a girl and a a boy They moved to Boston in 1898 or 1899 or r was it in 1900 Mrs Emms is is' not sure At the age of two their boy Alfred died Then the family came west They bought a one-acre one ploton plot ploton on what was to become 1300 South and West streets and built a room six home Mr Emms bought tools from some eastern concerns concerns and set setup setup setup up his veterinary business in an adjoining to lean-to in the rear rear of the house Within 10 years he had a flourishing business doctoring the horses of the fire department department depart depart- ment moot police department several several several sev- sev sev sev- eral laundries and Salt Lake City department stores Improved Homo Home They put their money back Into improvements on the house purchased shingles for forthe forthe forthe the roof catalpa and poplar tree seedlings for the back yard and new flower seeds for the gar gar- den Then one day their daughter Lily suffered a stroke became a chronic invalid Her husband husband husband hus hus- band weakened by rheumatism fretting over the daughters daughter's illness ill illness ill ill- ness died in 1935 Two years later the daughter died Patty Emms was left alone I 1 thought I wanted to die too she recalled l. l I had no no- body I didn't want to live I wanted to go with them But gradually the feeling wore off She decided she must live She had to live she reasoned reasoned rea rca zoned for her pets pets pets-Jiggs Jiggs the faithful old black and white shepherd dog the seven cats Robber Nellie Brown Smutty I Mother Pretty Sinner and Tory Shell and the six old chickens chickens chickens chick chick- ens which still lay three eggs daily Cant Can't Leave e Them When I looked at them I knew I co could ld never leave them she said I cant can't part part with them now I c cant can't nt kill them they ar are aref too old And I have to live to take care of them Id I'd rather starve myself first than I to let them go unfed Many years ago she said she kept cows and horses Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times as many as four to five at a time But when the de depression depression depression de- de came she sold them Now she has only her house pets and the chickens She has no kin Just Patty her cats her chickens I That is rhy she is is going to ask the government to save her home and move it to a one-acre one plot in B Buena en Vista Wants Old Home She thinks Uncle Sam will understand She hopes she isn't asking too much Just the old home where she's lived for 40 years and the pets that is all she wants she hasn't picked out the lot lotin lotin lotin in Buena Vista yet Vista yet but she ex expects expects ex- ex to soon And when that thatis is done Patty Emms wants to to move her old home to the new ground with her memories and nd her pets Martha Emms doesn't talk of her misfortune but it lurks behind behind behind be be- hind every smile And Uncle Sam Sam Sam-he he will understand she believes v i j r tit I 7 i i p s i 4 THEY COULDN'T ThEY COULDN'T THEY TilEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT MOVING MY HOME IE Martha E Emms n and nd one one of her pets U. U S. S needs her land for arms plant construction