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Show Btmtv (Enmity f&mitnr JUNE 26. 1997 A PAGE 2 Sesqnicentennial Tribute to Rachel & others who crossed the plains By Phyllis Truman: This is a special year in our great State of Utah as we celebrate 150 years since our forefathers came here. I have thought about my Grandmother Rachel Thrower Marshall and I would like to tell you about some of the highlights of her life. Rachel w as bom in Norw ide, England on February 13, 1854, the daughter of Thomas and Lvdia Pilch Thrower. Her father was President of the Norwide Conference and maintained a home for all the missionaries. At this time the church members in England were encouraged to migrate to America. So when Rachel was just eight years old she, with her parents and her sister Lydia, all left England and all the had w as the sake of the Gospel that they might be w ith the saints. They failed on the John J. Boyd sailing vessel on the 23rd of April, 1 862. They were six weeks on the water. They crossed the plains in the Howard Duncan Company. One wagon was provided for twelve people. Shortly after leaving Florence, Nebraska twin babies were born to a woman in their wagon. The other w omen and children in the w agon were placed in other wagons but the men had to sleep on the ground under a poorly constructed tent. That night a terrific storm arose. Rachel's father was floating in water the next morning, and not being a physically strong man, took pneumonia and died three days later. Not having a casket or material to make one, they wrapped him in a blanket and buried him on the slope of a hill 1 25 miles from Laramie, Wyoming. It was very hard for his wife and two little daughters to leave him there. One time while crossing the plains the two little girls, Rachel and Lydia, came up missing. The parents and whole wagon train looked everywhere but couldn't find them. A bad storm had come up and the little girls were tired of w alking so they climbed into two large kettles that were used for cooking, hanging from the rear of the wagon. It was a happy reunion when they found the girls curled up on the kettles sound pool party An Milford Theme: Home Town Spirit Parade Lineup at 9:30 A.M. Questions? Call Gina Mayer Parade 10:00 A.M. Games - Pavilion 1 1 :00 A.M. -- Daily Prescription Delivery Order by 3:00 P.M. Delivery at 5:00 P.M. -- (Dunking booth, too!) Kids races Live Entertainment- - Pavilion starting a 1 1:00 A.M. Fireworks at dusk Dance to Justice after the fireworks Theme: Weshvard, Ho! Parade - 10:00 A.M. 1 -l 1 :45 A.M. Minersville LDS Church 1 Program-Dinner at Noon (at the church) Afternoon of sports, visiting, & fun starting at 2:00 P.M. This Weekend Hershey Track Meet "Playday" Obituary Elsie Publisher: Kent Smith Editor: Alice Smith Ad Deadline 3:00 P.M.Tuesday 6:00 P.M. Subcriptiom $33. per year Phone:801-387.267- 801-387-21- 04 Fax:801-387-5521 6 1 450 N. 100 E. P.O. Box 224 Milford. Utah 84751 76 Handy i Showcase c tttilfcfd Properties Elsie Merle Martin Peaber Count? iflonttor -- Want to know what's happening in Beaver County? Try a Milford Monitor Subscription $35.00 per year brings all the news to you by mail. P. O. Box 224 - Milford UT 84751 Call for more information. -- Milford Drug Open 10:00 A.M. R. Sponsored by Beaver County June 28 at Beaver Arena at 10:00 A.M. Start 1 1:00 A.M. Sign-u- p Call Bruce Williams or Guyla Curtis for more. Merle June Martin, 84, passed away 21, 1997 at the Beaver Valley Hospital. She was born November 20, 1912 to Earnes & Irene Gale Shipp. She married Porter A. Martin Jury 14, 1934 in Beaver, Utah. Elsie had a great sense of humor and enjoyed making people laugh. She enjoyed growing flowers. She was a very devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Porter of Beaver. One son, Ernest & Jean Martin of Glendora, California. 4 Grandchildren and 2 Great Grandchildren. Brother, Calvin & Emily Shipp of St. George. Sisters, Bardclla Thorley of St. George, Frankie Swensen of Salt Lake City and Cinda Dean of Payson. She was preceded in death by a Grandson Michael Martin and 4 brothers and 3 sisters. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 24, 1 997 at the grave side in Mountain View Cemetery. Interment was in the Mountain View Cemetery under the direction of Olpin Mortuary. Da' Spacecraft Landing! 4. Milford High School June 28 - 9:00 A.M. Beaver: "Independence in Minersville Monday Saturday (cut off time 1 :30 Saturday) 464 S. Main St. J At about 1 1 :00 am MDT on Friday the 4th of July, while most Americans are celebrating independence Day, a tiny emissary from Earth, named Pathfinder, will land on Mars. AH Earthlings are invited to view this historic event at Hansen Planetarium, 15 South State Street The planetarium will be showing live video feed direct from NASA beginning at 10:00 a.m. The robot spacecraft is scheduled to land on Mars at approximately 1 1:00 a.m. Although we will not be able to see the landing as it happens, we will have constant update and reaction from the NASA scientists. Hansen Planetarium will also provide the public with live coverage of NASA's Pathfinder press conference on the evening of Jury 4th, and the much anticipated first images from the probe. The Pathfinder mission to Mars contains a robotic vehicle, the Sojourner, which will be able to travel away from the Pathfinder spacecraft and explore the Martian landscape. It has been more than 20 years since a spacecraft from Earth has landed on Mars. To help the public better understand the significance of this mission to the Red Planet, Hansen Planetarium will host eight "Pathfinder to Mars" public lectures. Four of these lectures will be offered as part of Hansen Planetarium's regularly scheduled The Sky Tonight programs on Saturday, July 5th at 1 1 :30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., and on Monday July 7th at 1 1:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Four additional live updates will be offered on Saturday July 5th and Monday July 7th at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. These four updates are free of charge and will be presented in the planetarium's newest multimedia program. Destination: Mars. For more information about these and other Hansen Planetarium For astronomical information and programs, call (801)538-210(801)532-STAcall updates, July 4th When they arrived in Salt Lake city the mother and her daughters camped on Emigration Square. After 2 days Elias Blackburn, who was returning from a mission in England, invited them to go to Provo. They found work there for a while. Later Jehu Blackburn, a brother of Elias cam to Provo from Minersville, with a load of cheese and butter in his wagon. He took Lydia and her two daughters to Minersville w ith him. Later the mother married Jehu in Polygamy. President Brigham Young had sent some men in that area to find a lead mine to make bullets so the settlers of the area could defend themselves against Indians and the lead was produced from the Lincoln Lead Mine, as it became known. Rachel helped day after day to mold - 111 Brooke Breinholt, with daughter Ashlie on her lap, read "Seven Silly Eaters" to the spellbound children. In all, 119 children have participated in the summer program. New books Julie Paston (left) and Chanda Hollingshead (right) were introduced by readers willing to donate about twenty in the Summer Reading Program. minutes per story. The program ends with a splash a giant participated asleep. this lead into bullets. Mr. Blackburn had a ranch called the Rocky Ford below the Minersville Reservoir. Rachel milked around 15 cows night and morning. The money she earned they used to help bring her sister leah's eldest son, Herbert S. Pyne, from England. The Indians were troublesome andjpany nights the family had to sleep out of doors to guard the livestock and sheep. Mr. Blackburn had told Rachel to be careful of the Indians and if she saw them coming, to go to the house. Rachel w as herding sheep at the Rocky Ford Ranch. She saw an Indian riding toward her on a horse. She started running tow ards the house but decided she couldn't get there. She found a hiding place in the willows by the creek, and hid among them with just her head out of the w ater. The Indian rode up and down the stream looking for her. Soon he left and went to the house. He told her family, ''Your papoose is drowned." He was a friendly Indian. When Rachel got home, her buckskin moccasins had shrunk so badly they had to be cut from hex feet. The Indian had come to the Blackburn Ranch to tell them that the Indians were coming to burn their home and take their provisions. Rachel married George Marshall in the Endowment house in Salt Lake City. When he was hauling supplies to Frisk, Rachel had another encounter w ith an Indian. It was summertime and evening was approaching.. ..an Indian came and asked for something to eat. She let him in, and then he told her he was going to sleep with her in her bed. She was very frightened and kept hoping George would come home. She w as afraid to cross the Indian. Finally, in desperation, she told the Indian she never let anyone in her bed without first washing his feet. Then she made a fire and fussed around getting water to heat. About that time George drove in and the Indian left in a hurry. George and Rachel had eleven children. He w as in the Bishopric for 2 1 years. Whenever the Presiding Authorities came, they stayed in their home. When her husband served a mission in England, she had sev en children under 13 years old. Times were hard for her w hile he w as gone, and when she had all of the flour in the bin, she didn't know where anymore would come from. She prayed that help would come. That evening a knock came on the door and there stood a man with the flour she needed. She was a very compassionate person...helping the poor, the sick and needy. She acted as a mid-wif- e and delivered many babies. She prepared and dressed for burial more than 1 00 people. They were called to do ordinance work in the St. George Temple. She was indeed a wonderful lady- and did much good in her life. As an after thought.. ..The DUP put markers on the graves of those who walked across the plains. In the Minersville cemetery there I am were 1 10 people who received those markers very grateful for all of them. (0) fe ' Land: 34 Lots in East R.R. 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