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Show (Each Serving Smithfield. Lewiston, Richmond, Trenton, Newton and Other North Cache Communities SMITHFIELD, UTAH, VOL. 3, NO. 27, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1 1 977 Entries in The Lewiston July 4th Parade THE IMPRESSIVE SKY VIEW BAND MARCHES DOWN THE STREETS OF LEWISTON. THE SMITHFIELD DAIRY PRINCESSES PROFILES FROM THE PAST News Clippings Tell Quite A Story By Theoda Downs, Chairnmu of the Historical Heritage Society of Smithfield For our profiles from the past this week we are taking information from newspaper clippings of the mid 1930's. Our attention was drawn to the headlines of a report of the fire which destroyed the Farmers Union Milling Company owned by Joseph Hodges. The loss was estimated at $23,000. Only about $15,000 of the loss was covered by insurance. TIIE FIRE, according jo the account, broke out sometime li o'clock and midnight and raged through the early morning hours. People have told me, through the years, that this fire was so large that it could be seen clearly from the far west part of town. The mill, for those who may not know, was located at the east side of the Mack Memorial Park just above where the lodge stands today. The article tells that...Kenneth Turner, the night operator of the mill had just been waiting on some customers when he heard an unusual noise upstairs in the mill. Rushing up the steps to ascertain the source of the noise, he was met by the flames on the second floor of the mill." . THE RICHMOND CITY FLOAT IN 1922 Mr. Hodges purchased half interest in the Smithfield mill and purchased the other half interest a year later. Hodges operated the mill himself until 1928 when he sold it to the Michaelis interests in Smithfield. 2 - - : t building locked for the night. The telephone operator described the voice as that of a man and that it was slow, deliberate and very definite in direction, The Smithfield Fire Department was aided by the Logan-Cach- e Department in fighting to save the historic old building with its valuable contents in Smithfield. We couldn't help but wonder how long the Cache Dept, was delayed by the false alarm in Logan. This couldnt have made much difference in the end result, however, because a combination of a wooden building and hundreds of bushels of grain is a hard combination to deal with when fire takes over. This was a tragic event long remembered by citizens of Smithfield and the farmers of our valley as a whole. Logan-Cach- Names of Utah State Uni- Charles E. Zurcher, humanversity students who achievities, arts and social scied the honon roll for spring ences; Cynthia Nielson, famquarter, 1977, have been ily life; Pamela S. Ballam, announced by Dr. Claude J. ' Leanne Tarbet, education. Burtenshaw, vice president for student affairs. TRENTON Ila May In order to be included on Litz, Rebecca Ann Wadshonor roll, a student must be worth, education. enrolled for 15 hours or more and have a grade point average of 3.5 or better (4.0 is straight A). Students on the honor roll Utah Idaho Central Railroad Station where Mr. White's office was located. Police hurried to the station as soon as the call was traced, but they found the the paper state. THERE IS another news item which was printed in the column next to the mill story which drew our attention. It reported that.... Logan City Police were tracing all clues Thursday in an effort to run down the person who entered a false alarm at the e Are department Wednesday night, approximately six minutes before On Honor Roll include: HYDE PARK .. -- In 1930 he again became the owner of the mill and two years later again sold it to the Michaelis interests, only to buy it back again in 1934, according to the newspaper account. Mr. Hodges also owned the Trenton flour mills. ....And so after more than 45 years, an old landmark of Smithfield became just a profile of the past. THE MILL PROPER, the flour storage house and the west wheat elevator were completely razed by the flames. The elevator contained 9,000 bushels of wheat. About-50bushels in the process of being made into flour were also destroyed. The east elevator containing about 18,000 bushels of wheat was only partly damaged. About 16,000 bushels of the wheat in the two elevators belonged to the farmers in the county so it meant a serious loss to more than Mr. Hodges, the owner of the mill. THE NEWTON CITY FLOAT the alarm for the big fire at the Farmers Union Mill in Smithfield was called in. The department, according to the article, was sent to 60 South Third West residence of R.A. White, agent of the Logan office of the Railway Express Agency. The White family was out of town on vacation. It was later found that the alarm was phoned in from the pay telephone at the This mill, one of two established early in Smithfield history, was originally built by a group of about 30 Smithfield farmers. They organized into a cooperative and built the building in 1889. They operated the mill until about 1921 when it was taken over by Herbert R. Weston who later owned the Central Mills in Logan. Ladies Golf Lists Officers For Year Summit ladies golf club named new officers last week. President 'is Margaret Griffin, Newton. She is married to Doug Griffin, a farmer, and they have four sons and one daughter, Stephen, 16. David 14, Robert 13, Claire 8 and Rose Lynn 5. She has played golf for more than six years and has been secretary and chairman of the tournament. She also helped with the cancer drive one year and she has been on several committees. She loves to play golf and has lots of fun. Helen Robinson is the new vice president. She and her husband Jed have two sons and one daughter. She is employed at Jeds Burger Bar in Richmond and Jed is a farmer with 120 apres. Last year Helen was hospitality chairman and has been in the club three years. Darlene Hill, secretary, is married to Robert Hill. Their children are Todd 14, and Kit 8. She has been playing golf for 10 years. She says the are playing in tournaments. She and her daughter plan to play golf at least once a members different week. She said that the members play in the International tournament Wednesday at Tremonton. There will be more tournaments at Soda' Springs, Montpelier, Preston, Brigham City and Logan. Carol Allan is treasurer of the Ladies golf club. She lives in Lewiston with her husband, Blaine and two children. Jenifer 8 and Brandon 4. She has played golf for three years. Last year she was on the cancer committee. She was on the opening social committee two years ago and plays golf each week. - Kirk H. Allred, agriculture; Alan Scott Allred, Lawrence Roy Stones, humanities, arts and social sciences; Randy Lynn James, science; Kyle Mer-ly- n Ashcroft, Debra Kay Thomas, education. LEWISTON Carol M. Gibbons, business; Evan Lee Bergeson, Randall R. Sorensen, science; Gary L. S packman, engineering; Kathy M. Rogers, family life. NEWTON -J- ulie Benson, family life; Stephanie Mau-ghaFloyd Grant Salisbury, education. RICHMOND Scott Paul t Tripp, agriculture; Jill Skidmore, humanities, arts and social sciences; Bruce F. Traveller, engineering, Carolyn C. Fredin, education. SMITHFIELD Madlyn Hansen, Debra Harris, business; Brian K. Peterson, agriculture; Jackie Mae Douglass, Scott Hancey Git-tin- s, Gene Michael Ilulsman, . - n, THE TRENTON (TTY FLOAT Newton Limits Square Use No motor or horses will be xi on the town square, ding to Mayor Lyle WTON in r Cooley also said here will lx a 10:30 p.m. curfew in Newton for cause of the hazard to the any disturbances such as young folks enjoying the motor bikes. playground equipment and The reason for the restrictthe damage that it does to ions are on the town square the city property. are many, the mayor said, He added that these rules Init the main one was be will be strictly enforced. - - SMITHFIELD WOMENS Golf Club new officers are (left to right) secretary Darlene Hill, president Margret Griffin, vice president Helen Robinson, treasurer Carol Allen. 4 V |