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Show w y j . v -' tf .!"--" . .'"'!'- vol. xn - . AMERICAN FORK, UTiU SAT '- .A ..''A' K.S NUMBER 51 Doy Scout ArnlvGrstiry .y. Next week, February I J4, will be observed m Boy Scout Anniversary ' Week throughout the nation, marking M it does the fifteenth asnlversary of the organiiatioa of the Boy Scoot movement The scoutmasters aid their assistants ot the JocaJ tout wards are making preparation 'for the wee, each day being designated for special observances as follows: Sunday, February 3 -Church Sun. day. Each Scout of the town will be required to attend church: during the entire day and the sacrament meet. 7 tags Sunday night will be under the direction of the Boy Scouts. Special speakers are being secured In each ot the wards. 1 - . Monday February 9 Scout ' work will receive' special consideration s 'at the Priesthood meetings in the four ' wards. - - . - , , Tuesday February 19 School Day Talks and demonstrations of scout work and activities will be stressed in the various classes at some time during- the day. , Wednesday--February 11 Mothers " and Fathers Day Eactf 'troop" of ; the city is to entertain their fathers and mothers in their respective wards by "giving a program and probably a banquet. Thursday February 12 Home Day The Scouts will observe this day by giving added assistance at home, Hot only in the house but with outside work as wen. Friday February 13 Civic Day on . this day the Boy Scout troops will be requtred to perform a cSrlo good turn. Saturday February 14 Home Com. tag Day. The observation of the an. nlversary will wind up on' this night with a Wg Scout Jamboree in the tabernacle which. wOl be for all pres. ent scouts of the cfty who will bare as their guests allA former scouts, 7 meaning that those' young- men who hate at one time been members of the present troops are, to Join with the Scouts in the Jomboree. . ' . All Scout officials, Scoutmasters and EogM Scouts are invited to be In Ojrden Friday. James E. West, .of Washington, D. C Chtef 8cout Exe. entire, and Charles N. Miller, Reglo. nal Commissioner of th 12th Region will speak on "Scout' work. To Address Meeting Tonight M". S. Winder, executive secretary of the State Farm Bureau, will be present at the meeting called for to. night in the city hall and will talk on taxation and ether farm 'problems. The meeting commences at 7:30 o'clock o'-clock and is open to ' everyone. The Commercial Club la cooperating with the Farm Bureau In sponsoring the meeting, and with the Bureau extends an invitation to aTl,. especially farm, ers, to b present o Round-up Postponed ' " ' For Week-Date Set Now For 17th and 18th The Farmerg and Kcusekeepor? Round.up, scheduled to be given' at the high school , next Tuesday and Wednesday, hss been - postponed -lor one week and instead 1U be beld on February 17 and 18th, Tuesday and Wednesday. , ' Some" of the best experts tn agrL culture, (poultry and dairy lines will b present Including several profes. sors from the Utah Agriculture" CoL lege who will talk to the men while for the women there1 will be classes on nutrition, clothing, millinery, hetalthetc. The roundjip is being given with the cooperation of the, Agrltulture and Home Economics departments ol the school. The program In detail of the clastKv will be given in our next Issue. Stores To Be Closed : - - - - - Next - Thursday The buHlnesa houses pf the city, wh the exception of drug stores, cafes, garages., etc ill be cIos fi) T0.?"-. day next, Lincoln's Birthday, Usually Usual-ly Washington's BIrthdaTW observed in this manner but becaune of the fact that the birthday of our first president - falls on Sunday this year, the birthday birth-day of the great emancipator will be celebrated. ; ' . . j First Ward Eeunion lit : : v Projrrm Outlined The various wmmittees chosen by the Becreataoa Committee ot the ward are at work la preparing for .the annual reunion of members of the First ward which will be held next Thursday, ijncoln's Birthday. ' la the new gymnasium in ths afternoon after-noon all the chldren of the ward un to 14 years of age will be entertained commencing at 1:30 o'clock by dancing,- games and refreshments. The adult members of . the ward will assemble at the tabernacle by ' 6 : 30 o'clock p, m, when they will be seated Jtct a hot supper. Mri. Myra" Gardner is chairman of the supper committee and has a, number of splendid assistants assis-tants well versed in the art of cookery. cook-ery. During the fsupper Dr. P. M. Kelly will preside as toastmaster and the following .toasts will he given: Toast to those who have left" the ward Reed H. Robinson Toast to tboee- who- ought -to foert the ward Dena Shatter t Toast on the reason why the First wu was namea urn waro rres. S. I Chlmaa , , Toast on when the radio does no radiate MarUn Nielsen t a Immediately after supper the reunion will be continued with a program In the auditorium upstairs. The grogran In part follows: r Community singing "Come Let Us Anewf ' - , . Invocation' ' Address of Welcome Bishop Jsmes T. Gardner. Response J. Bart Parker . ' Vocal solo Mrs." Minnie Chrlsten- sen'-v " .- - " - ' ' Ward paper Mrs. E. J. Seastrand ana Mrs. wllltnt PimIi . v 8olo Clarence Grant - Instrumental ; selection Howard and Eleanor Kelly . , , ? f Instrumental seleotJon 1 Mlltoa Brown and Mary Wild ' Dancing Fern Greenwood and Gwen McGrew Dancing will be Indulged in in the amusement hall until midnight The recreation committee reports that no written invitations' are being Issued. All residents of the ward are invited regardless of religious belief. Talk on Credit and Collection . To BusinessMen Tonight A , meeting for all business men of the city will be held tonight In the city halt commencing at 7 : 10 p. m. W. C. Smith of the National associa- fion of professional and business men of gait Lake CKy, will-be present and give a talk on credit and collection with the 'aim of. showing how to establish a local rating bureau with out the expense of an office or secre tary.'..., ..,.:.,,.....:r,,...:....;.. '. ' ' -o Eeturning To Go Into ' Millinery Business The readers of our paper and all the old friends of Miss Ida Chipman w'H be delighted to learn, of her inten Uons to return and again set up a millinery shop. ' ''""' Miss Chipman hag been a life long devotee of fine millinery, she -ha the splendid capability of knowing Just how to place the right "bonnet" above the brow of every , woman, rarely failing to make' that woman look her best Her taste is exclusive, becoming and artistic. Miss Chipman really needs no introduction, all her old acquaintances have a recollection of her geniality, keen business tact, and capabilities. Those who never knew her will, we feel, soon become acquainted. , Her health has so Ira-proved Ira-proved she seems to again be back to normal. She having, lived' and JLrav$ld through some of the larg cities' during tne past few years becoming be-coming acquainted with the social and business activities and conditions of hose communities occasionally entering into and becoming en active member with thm, her expertenc will no doubt bring her baPk much enriched, and in a fair condition to bestow upon our' communities, the results re-sults of her splendid experiences., (We welcome her. home again, phipmaa- Uercantila Ba- M dares Dividend FcMS21 Chipman Mercantile Company held their annual stockholders meeting Tnfeeday at which time they declared' aa eight percent dividend ;t ..' nil stockholders. The . same; directors were re-elected, vis, James Chipman, phen L Chipman,. WUllam Chip-nun, Chip-nun, Thomas : J, ' Barratt, Thomas ,Coddington, James T. Gardner; John R Illndley John Hunter, and John Wagstaff,. , ';--....',. -'v'-'i' Wltk the dlrectlnr care of;. suO men as the above there Is no wonder they, war able to hold up to the paying pay-ing of good dividend In :l24' which was one of the slowest and one of thf dryest years known' for some' tlmt back. . Short fruit crops, short 'alfalfa crops, short grain crops, short' beet crops and short tactoryrrun all miliUted against success and fet this wonderful . department - storpS has worked, economised, advertise and kept hammering away wtthpvhat might be called wonderful success. Mr. S. L, Chipman, v this , manager, tells us that much of his success has been brought about by using ( the columns of our paper In placing before be-fore the buying public the wares and mercandise. he had to offer.'; Taylor Garage Interior : " , w wBeing Eemoeled Vork' of remodeling the enterior of the Taylor garage is underwayr The changes "include the laying of an entirely en-tirely new cement floor - lav- the bulldin&v rearrangement of the garage gar-age to make a show , room :1b" the front and possible rellning of, the entire en-tire building with fire proof covering. Jared Kelter; cement contractor, had the work of removing the old floor and-putting-lnof the new one. The. other work has not been let as yet. , - ;, . McCleery-Crandall Naptials' Wednesday In the gaR Lake temple, Mlas tlftleA MoCleery, diuiWelUilrJ end Mrs. p. J. McCleery, was united in marriage to Dr.. Myron li Crandall of Sprlngville who Is practicing medL cine in Hanna, Wyoming. 1 ,, Mrs. Crandall was. a member of the teaching . corps ' of the Harrington school until a short time before her marriage. .' ,;. , i - She attended the University of Utah for two years and has also amended the B. Y. U. Dr. Crandall . graduated both from the University of Utah and University of Pennsylvania. ' , ' Wednesday flight, at the ome of the bride a, wedding reception was held. For the occasion,, the) 'rooms were beautifully decorated in carnal Uons and ferns. The guests were received by Mrs, ET J. McCleery and Mrs. Hasel Cave. . " Mrs. Crandall. was attlrett , in. . a bridal dress of whitti georgette . over satin trimmed with lace and ostrich trtmlng and Wore a full bridal veil, She carflett, a bride's bouqttet of Ophelia roses. Attending as maid of honor was Miss Leah Chipman1 whose gown was q brocaded pink satin, Her bouquet .was PJf deep rose; swept peas. There were three bride's maids, Miss Ruth Chipman of this, city, whose dress was Of blue satin and - who carried a bouquet of pink roses; Miss Ruth Goodman of Salt - Lake. City, attired in green georgette over apri. cot satin who carried orchid' sweet peas, and Miss Louise Crandall ... of SprfngviHe, sister of pr,- Crandall, whose gown was ot orchid georgette. Her bouquet was of pink sweet peas. Little MUse Claire Rowan of Spring, vllld; niece ot the groom, whoV was flower girl dalntly dressed in ' ptnk georgette. , Dr. Crandall and his bestv man, Elmo" Cauffman of Sprlngvill, were attired' in The conventional blajjk. During the evening a program .of music, ; dancing- and readings ' enter. tained the guests., Vocal seMction were rendered by'. Mr. Cauffman" and Mrs. Clifford 13. -Young, Miss'; Good. man danccdand Miss Chipman read. A string trio from Pleasant.: Grove plnyetj a number of selections; --.Tlffrshmpnts --.Tlffrshmpnts t were served to tbe dlnlnier room with' Misses May,WJlcox and Edith Thornton in charged - The younit-couple .leave ,ioday..ior Hnnna and they carry with them to Wyoming the .henrty, congratulations of a wide clrcte of friends who wish them.every Joy. ... " Vi ... - o ' Ymill like "A - Fulf, IloUrtr First v ard chapel, February 19. Fun from adv. start to finish. " . Fimage Back Frca . National Ccnrcntion At, Atlantic City ... - J. L. rmag owner of the J. C. Penney Co. store ot this ttty, and Mrs. Firmage returned Thursday afternoon i; from an ' extended trip dirough this) "east Mr? Firmage left the middle of January te, visit s number num-ber of his t store prepatory to the convention and on January 22nd Joined Join-ed bis. wife, who bad. : gone direct from here to Atlantic City, to attnnd the .: managers convention. The special train i carrying , the man agers from, the Pacific Coast district consisted -of-elght-cara. There- were altogether she , such trains that pulled Into Atlantic- City, from all parts of the country. There wpre 1000 man agers In attendance at the convention and they had the pleasure of listening to William Jennings .Bryan. Golden Rule" Kas-b, a numlber'pf noted college professors and several other men' of national repute. - , . : Returning- from Atlantic ."City., the managers went to Jiew . York City where they .were conducted through the Penney C x oflce,' wa'rebouss, etc. In Philadelphia they visited the old Fsniel Hall, kissed 1 the .JJberty Bell, as Is the custom of all who go to sfeo it and aw the Deciaratlon, of Independence. Inde-pendence. They visited . Harper's Ferry In New Jersey ' where John Brew. wa najyradThey aW-aart Gettysburg field, saw the church and saj in the pew, which George" Washington Wash-ington nttendtod and occupied. ; ' .v While in Washington- D C.,they called at the White, House and accompanied accom-panied by Senator Reed Smoot went, slghUeHng about the 'cfty. ; $.'p Mr. and, Mrs. Firmage during (4heir stay In New York City had the pleasure plea-sure of calling, upon f Mrs. i JHarvey Fletcher," and Mrs. .'-A. Ray X Olpin, daughters of President and Mr. 8. L. Chtptnanr, and 'their fanjllies., Tbej visited In Wisconsin with MrsrFlrm-age's MrsrFlrm-age's brothers and sisters, James and Yon. Chipman, Mrs. Russell Whitman and Miss Sadie Chipman.;- i 4?-; Mr. Firmage has been through the east a number of times1 but this, trip was the best Vtj ke States, including as It did a visit to a number of places made famous by history, i -i S Services Conducted 'For ? f ' i Joseph EoDerts Joseph 'Roberts ot 6gd6b, who died in Ely, Nevada, wig laid to rest Saturday, afternoon in the cemetery here following' services - beld la the Third ward chapel with Bishop Jesse M- Walker In charge. '; ; i 'A ladies quartet, consisting jl llesT dames Leona Anderson, Docla Wag, staff, Oma Mitchell and Nellie Wag. staff, furnished the musical selec. tlons. The service were opened with Ithe singing of "I Need Thee Every ' IT n .Mw .t.lv u I.. ..fn avu. .. mwiiiiuitu,.uMi,a iuiryvuuu was . offered . by E. 3, Seastrand. "Beautiful Isle" was then sung. The speakers were James 'Barratt, Pres. James H. Clarke and Pres. S. L. Chipman. i . t1'- The services wre cloed wtth the singing of "Sometime, Somewhere," and Bishop Walker pronounced the befnedfctlon, and also . dedicated the grave. - t . :.' r'-.' r'-.' There was a good attendance af the' services and a number of beautl. ful floral offerings. Services Held For " "Anderson Baby ' Funcral services for Velma, thlr. teen months old daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Joseph Anderson, wete held in the First 'ward chapel Sunday com. menclng at. 12 o'clock. Bishop James T. Gardner was in charge of the ser. vices. A quartette consisting ot Mrs.' Minnie Christensen, Miss Detta Mc. Bride, j. II. Davis and E. J: Seastrand sang", three selections " "Jesus My Savior, "My Father - Knows" and "Guide Me To Thee," and Mrs. R. Hallfday rendered a vocal solo, "Some Sweot Day." - . ' ' ' Z The sipeakers . were Clifford E. Young- an d' Bi shop - James T -Gardner. H, 8. Rasmusaen offered the lnvoca. tion and 3. P.. Aydelotte pron'ounced the benediction. v - - -is Interment was made in the-cents, tery hero, Thos. A. Greenwood dedl. cattng' the grave. : ' ' The infant bad not been well since birth .. and died Thursday... sight. January 30. She is survived by her parents, three sisters and one brother. liisicnsal Meli By her daughter, Eleanor Kelly Nicholas,'- J.t , k", The Daughters of the Pioneers held their regular monthly meeting Thursday Thurs-day afternoon. The procram as outlined out-lined In our last Issue was given,' Mrs. Eleanor K. NScholee gave the biographical biogra-phical sketch of the life pf her moth-' er, Mrs, Christ ena Kelly, a copy of which' follows: ... .''.''.:' It Is a, privilege to give .a ; bio-grapbical bio-grapbical sketch of jny..;oer;fj.l this 1 am Indebted to th Daughters ot the' Pioneers, v rf i U' Jathiyear1850j?hen the Gospel was first' preached in Denmark, that fir away "wooden shoe" land, by Erastus' Snow, my mother with her parents, brothers - and - sisters were living, them a ; very quiet, peaceful Kfei attending: the' Lutheran Church, but when they-heard the principles of Morm,onisnx expounded " Jhey : could not rest till they emigrated here' to Zlon, in JLmerica,v which they, after wards' ildnOW t time: ,.; -;.' Mymother, Christena . : (KlrsQsn Peterson was" iaia1rfiurs0n- mark, 'August 3rd, 1S37. ; She was the fourth child of i family ot five tthree glrla an4 two boys). Her parents were peter ' and ' Annfe Chrlstenseo Brudahl. They used to' attend conference con-ference of the L. D. 8. " Church ; "at AalBbrf.' . 'V - - - V-J f V '4 ' The whole family were sought put and persecuted because of their religl- Sfbellet At one time t the' mob ; came la , search of her father. He ran into his workshop and hid under, a work bench covered "with shavings. He was a wbteelwright by rade ;. Mother joined the Church of. Jesus Christ of Latter-day J faints at thia age"ot l2v When only 16 years of age she left ner. borne, father and mother to-eome to.21o(or-4he Gospel's sakeJ She with, otbjer . converts . started across the ocean In . Octoberj' 18&3, but' the ship became disabled and caught, on Ore, so It was Impossible for them to Journey 'on They had Ito return to shore for ; repairs, ( In all thtey were od the' ocean eleven weeks and did not arrive In Salt Lake City until September, 1854. Mother used to Jokingly say that she arrived here one. month before she left thin, old country. 'having left there in October and arrived In September the follows irig year. - . . . V'They stopped in St. , Louis.' Missouri, Mis-souri, for sit wesjfs waiting for; train of emigrants" to get ready, to cross, the plains; She walked most of the way, waded Green River, but said she was as happy as could be although al-though ebfc had left her parents, 'and relatives behind. She; sang the songs of Zlon and felt a. firm conviction that She was doing rjgbt .'X,:.''jX"' On arriving 'at Salt Iake 'City she was taken to tbo borne of William Kelly and wife with his little family of four. . Then -It ' was that sh. felt rather blue,' as the' brother and family with whom she " cams' left her. , 8h could not speak one word'' or the English language but she tooV lwirn-ed lwirn-ed a few words and was able to understand under-stand what they said. : They, jwiere tery kind to her and In a few years they all moved to American. Fork. . - She married ' William Kelly Febru ary 2, 1858, In the Endowment Housb.J Salt ..Late City. ,He having been a member of Ao V Mormon Battalion', marched the . entire .distancs , from Council Bluffs, Iowa, into California, where he' received his honorable discharge. dis-charge. ' Thfere'' be remained ' a few months; and. was "Instrumental with other 1nl discovering the first gold at Sutter's' Mill. T;. -' ; i tyf While Mother '.'"was' raising vber family, most ot her life was spent on the farm. She, with father, and the nest of his family, passed trough - a lot of . trying scenes : incld'cnt to pioneer life, . fighting grasshoppers and crickets, tending cows, ' making butter and helping iif tevery way to makrrllvlnr for' their children At one tlm,o while, milking a cowt her first born was playing around the yard " and" before iihe"lhew 'It jorio saucy -cow hooked the- little fellow leaving a scar across the top of his bead.:. ;'."; ''''rX': ' In those days women rna'd lye out ot- wood sshee, putting the ashes in a barrel, covering them with water, let settle theirdlp It out. Mother XX josed to sear th wool ok the sheep's hack, wash, It, card and vpla It into yarn, then color It wiu lo-fwood, wears It into clot hand make clothes for Uks'liu ones." i - In the year 1 1IC3 mother with .Mrs, Joshua Adams spent the summer oviar Jordannear .Pelican' Point ,1 . have often heard them both, trell about", being there with no. white men near other than one had hired to herd the m - uuia m muians t .-.u d riding up to their door oa horseback. holding aloft a whltemaa'sf scalp on a long stick,' demanding ?ood. . These poor women were nearly frightened to death but they remjembered that Brigham; Young, had advised the , SalnU to feed the Indians and avoid , troubleso they gave them every tit of . food and bread ' they had cooked and' hurried up and made pancakes for them.. Whan their stomach were filled the Indians left without harm-lng harm-lng anybody: '.'!,; ;;;fV; ,.. ' "' , Mother , had one . very1. dar friend. Sister Hannah Wild, who lived neat-'-her on a, farm south r of - American Fork . city, '' commonly called the "Bottoma!"Theee two were the only ' ' famiUiES within a mile or so ct each ottter. ? They knew what privations were and shared their Jo;'? tad sorrows sor-rows together, , They could t-t ti.'ord sugar or tea very often in thoJw'vs. . A quatrer's worth ot sugar did each of thKrm one month. They would send one of their children to gather leaves ! from the wild, rose buth .aad make some tea from them, They had no very bright liouse lights la . thoee i dayai . Ewb maba ber own candles or btfd a lamp made of a rag In a saucer ol grease, to see to sew by, end,were so tery saving with It they took turns going from OfJuufttvte-tiie other In the evtenlng to sew .after' patting their children to bed. .They often f":"t sew- lng till midnight :0jj bitt V, - bound together by the truest kind of . friendship.; Sister Vlld, died tfsveral yera before .mother. , On that oo casion mother said - she could not have ielt worse had one 'of her own family died.. , V In Urn year, 186$ mother's parents' left the old country to come. here. Her father died crossing the plains and wa burled In a ' lonely - grava. Her mother and en sister arrived -here., One brother, James, cnie as far as Wisconsin. - The other brother and slater died Wore that time. Grandmother lived in Pleasant Grove and later with1 u, here In American -Fork herr she died in 1883. ; Mother's - grandson, Joseph : Kelly i mrk ,in the: year 1911, lis gathered " ganealdgy of her people .to the. extent . of 600 names; Joseph E. and his wife, . opve Malben NIcholw., were baptised for .. 150 of them Ia the St Georgo temple In the. winter of 112." Her children and grandIldren are begin ning to do the Temple work" for her people. . i.,, ;;!''.-:4Ij.tv;-, ;.. , ther and mother moved into their home, near the First, ward meeting house. in 18P8 whens they, remained for the remainder of their lives. She . ftlmes compared ;herv electric Jlghts for brightness with the tallow candles of early days. Father died in 1899. ' - Mother bad ft.! very cheerful' dis- p'oeriti6n, although she suffered mapy of the 'trials of .pioneering. Yet she always looked, on the bright side of IlfO,' and was ".oyal'to her testimony of the Gospel and gave. thanks to our Father in: Heaven 'for. blessings here' with ten healthy children. '38 . grand- Childrtni. and six . . great-grandchljd- ren, She-died April 28,1914. -at the sge ot 77 ye'ars, ... '.J.v " 'J I ish and Game Association ; To Elect Officers t, The annual election Of officers of. the American, Fork Fish and ' Gam4 Protective Association ' Will be -next,Wednesday night ln lhe city hull commencing at 8 o'clock. The officer rldl'tB'eltroii'-rgs--nll 'membera to be present, to noTonly( select offl. cers" for the enaueing year but to take up other jnatters awaiting he, as." soct'ation'a ' eonsideratfcm. - i '5 : Courttowlf ' h-""".Except h-""".Except callliia )u lying old cat, I was -ill ways lu'llte l'i ynu. WOnmn . trhtr, InnJIudy ai Clerkenwell, I land. ' ' - f V" ... , ....r-.. v. , - x ..-.;; ... ..- :.crfi. |