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Show THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE LEHI FREE PRESS 2, 1937 Impressive funeral services were Leld for X. C. wha home his at Monday, passed away August 23, in the Lehi Fourth Ward Chapel, Thursday afterno.1 with Bishop Joseph E. Smith conducting. lYie opening song, a trio "My Mrs. Clyde Dorton, Mrs. Task" Yrgil Peterson and Mrs. George I. Bone, accompanied by Mrs. Melba Chrtien. 'Felt. I. Goodwin, Invocation Bisop biographial sketch was read by TF. Kirkham. Sol r "Absent" Mrs. T. F Kirkham. Remarks Carl Gunther. Duet "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine' Mrs. Ladocia Wagstaff and Mrs- Clara Rhodes, accompanied1 by Miss Alice Parker, all of Ameri can Fork. Remarks A. B. Anderson. Duet "A Perfect Day" Mrs. Clyde Dorton and Mrs. Virgil H. Petersen . Remarks Bishop Joseph E. Smith. Solo ''The Christians Goodnight" S-- - - SPRINKLING SYSTEM INSTALLED AT HELD SUNDAY FOR SEMINARY MRS. GEO. PETERSON morrow" Booth Sorenson, panied by LaPriel Goodwin. W. A. Knight. Remarks Solo ''In the Garden" Mrs. Clifford Young, accompanied by Miss Edith Young of American Fork. Benediction J. J. Skinner. The grave in the Lehi Cemetery was dedicated by Joseph Coulam. Autobiography., of.. Neils.. Christian A sprinkling system has been installed on the Seminary grounds during the past week, preparatory to Christensen The as he dictated planting lawns and shrubs. it to his daughterni trench for the system was dug by the Elders Quorum of Lehi, Thursday law, Mrs. Meldon Ohristensen, shortto his last illness. evening and the Seventies Quorum in- ly previous Neils Christian I, Christensen, the stalled the pipes, during the week. third child of Christian and Marie Neilson Christensen, was born . In Ugilt, Sogn, Denmark, Jan. 26, 1853. NOTICE TO ALL As I sit and ponder over my life, WAR VETERHS my thoughts carry me back to thq memory of my first (home and infancy I can see again that long brick house, A meeting will be held in the Legion which consisted of five rooms in a Hall, Memorial Building, Lehi, Utah, row; first kitchen, dining and living Tuesday evening at 8:30 p. m., Sept. room, feed room, thresfhing room, and 7th, for the purpose of electing the barn. Then just outside was our Post Commander or the coming year. brick baking oven, where mother did You are all invited to attend. The the baking for her little family. My father was a farmer and as a meeting is set late for your convenismall bov I assisted my father with ence. little chores. My parents also raised WM. SHEPHERD, bees for the honey for our own use Commander Post 19. Well do I remember the first swarm of bees I ever saw (tihis was 75 years ago.). My mother started to run CHILD ESCAPES INJURY after the bees, untying her apron all the while, for she lhad heard if she could throw her apron over the IN 15 FOOT FALL warm, they would settle . Impressive funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. George S. Peterson, who passed away at her1 home Wednesday, in the Lehi Second Ward Chapel, with Bishop S. I. Goodwin conducting. Trio "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" Goodwin sisters. Prayer A. J. Evans. Remarks J. W. Wing. Solo "In the Garden of To- accom- - Margaret Kirkham, accompanied by LaPriel Goodwin. Remarks Bishop S. I. Goodwin. Closing Song Trio, ''Lead Kindly Light" Booth Sorenson, Armond Webb and Joseph Coulam, accompanied by La Priel Goodwin. The Grave in the Lehii Cemetry was dedicated by Joseph H. Kirkham. The Second Ward Chapel was filled to its capacity and a larfce number of lovely floral offerings were sent by empathlring friends. Raisiner honev in those davs was much different than today. The bees son of were kept in round hives made of MUTUAL OPENING Bilhe Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Powell escaped PLANNED possible death or serious injury,, Thursday when, he fell about 15 feet All Stake M. I. A. officers and onto a concrete floor at the local ward executives with the ward bishop- cannery. The child had accompanied ric M. I. A. representatives will his mother to the cannery and was meet at the iSenvinary Building, left in care of an older child while Thursday evening, (tonight) at 7 p. the mother went up stairs. The baby m. sharp, ready for an Indian Pow- - was taken upstairs by the older child wow, the theme of the party. Partici-- j and he strayed fom her sight falling pants are asked to bring their cars through an opening in the floor. He find flashlights with them, for a merry fell into an iron basket that is used time is planned. to put the cans into the cooker, that There will be a joint Stake Board had been left under the floor opening, meeting for all stake M. I. A. The baby landed in the basket sitting officers at the Seminary Building, on down. He was bruised and shaken 'and had minor cuts on theh head, but Monday, September 13 at 8 p. m. All Lehi iStake wards will hold their no bones were broken an no1 internal opening M. I. A. socials in their injuries were found upon examination ward chapels on Tuesday, September1 at the Lehi Hospital. 14th. All ward members of the M. I. A. age are invited to be present. 4-1two-year-o- ld straw. In the fall of the year, father would bto out and lift the hives. In the heaviest ones he would kill the bees bv placine sulphur in a small trough, ignite the sulphur, place the trough in the hives, close the hive tight and leave until the bees were dead. Then we would remove the . honev. At nine years of age I was hired out to another man. This at times was rather a hardship for a bom so young for I loved my lhame dearly and many a time I would think of my dear par ents and I would say to myself. ''What would I do if miv father and mother should die?," then 1 would cry bitterly, My first job after I was hired out was watching sheep, and this gave me lots of time to tink of my loved ones, Many hours I spent with my pocket knie carving animals out of wood. j j 1 - j LEHI, UTAH FUNERAL SERVICES . GHRISTENSEH Power's Shoe Store ftlAIN STREET Miss harlyn CnatheJd was a Provo Mrs. Bosh and her friend, my hands on the opposite wall to keep from falling. This narrow passage visitor on Monday. both of Levan h Jackman, way was close to the kitchen and al- visiting the past week with jj! thouii the cooks had chained the Mrs. Merlyn Wadley visited in Lehi Mrs. Lo Hansen. Mr. and kettks to the stove, the ship was rocking so that the food uvuld spill Monday with Mr. and Mrs- Clarence Hansen accompaied theni to out of the kettles and soon 1 found! Ball and Mrs. Lloyd Gray. home in Levan, Tuesday evj! myself standing in the foud. Most of the seven days I spent on' Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Butts are the water 1 stayed on deck. The tnp CARD OF THANKS was a new adventure to me and I felt the proud parents of a fine son, born much better in the fresh air as there Monday. was so much sickness below and 1 A mai could not stand that. There was noWe desire to express our Mrs. Ira Taylor of Toppenish, one on board I could talk to, so it was to all those who with 1 a rather lonely trip for me. Washington, is a guest of Lehi and appreciation much so with I New York con was in arrival sympathy, Upon my Spanish Fork relatives, this week. no1 and kind deeds during our be, very hungry and I remember buying a pie. Tnat was the only real pie I Miss Melva Weeks retuned to her ment in the passing of our k have ever had. This was the first i n home 1 ever America. in Rexburg, Idaho, Friday, husband and son. We want bought tning those who took part in the I was very anxious to go on to the after spending the past two weeks in west so my stay in .New lork was Lehi visiting at the home of Mr. and services. VOLUM very bnet, being three days. I tok Mrs. Carlton Wilson as a Mrs. Martell guest of the train in New York and traveled Mrs. Alice Hutchings. throat; to Salt Lake City. This was Betty Wilson. Che railroad time short a after only had been laid into Salt Lake. This in. j inn aijjuii.ni ji i.,.,.,- -. trip required eight days. When I arrived in Salt Lake, I went at once to the Old Tithing Yard, there I spread out my blanket on the ground and slept that night where .he Hotel Utah now stands. It was there that I met a man who treated me kindly and when I told him 1 was going to Ephraim to my folks, he told me I could ride with him as far as Pleasant Grove. I was The very thankful to him. I stayed with him for two days and then I met some complel people who were going to North Bend rnitttee: I asked if I with store supplies. rating might go that far with them and they Exhibil told me yes. Upon my arrival in North Bend they asked me to stay jeountle iBininii a m In i mil immm with them, but I could not for I longfair in ed to see my parents and sisters. j LEHI The From North Bend I walked to in m. I town the entered WING as and GLENN WING A. H. and Ephraim I went Irom one dugout to another in I At 2 UTAH LEHI. MAIN STREET search of my folks I They were extest w pecting me for they knew the emino eon grant train was in. As I hurried of ent: from one place to another my father and mother were watching me. When At 4 at last they knew it was their son, it be hel was a glorious meeting. .Mother ahed plenty tears of joy, when she saw me. I was who indeed happy to be with them. The 1 had was Utah the think against only mountains and when I looked at them event . I felt they were too cLse and that I Of thi r; could not see far enough. can My father at this time was not very H M here i was not small but he farm a had well, able to run it (himself, so he had help 9 a sac and we wove baskets as it was much f l the w U easier on him. V At During my first four years in m r t will Ephraim that Black Hawk, the Chief 0 have of the Indians, gave us so much trou-- j ble. The Indians would enter the city I (are e: and scalp people. A large stone wall M ture i was built around the church for pro- - J ijishe: M tower witfh in a teotion against attack every one corner- It was in this tower that TRIED' I was called to stand guard. This1!! every during the Black Hawk War. My U At Juty was to watch for Indians then! toriu: S signal. will It was 'here I met and married y light! on Alienist 19 Jm Merle Marie 1873. 'Shortly ajfter (our marriage grarr ,ve moved to Richfield, where we stay- - ..5 dress ed until the fall f 1874. Then we M & VEGETABLES". proj moved to Lehi, Utah. if SEASONABLE Ther We landed in Lehi without fivej i I took small our cents and only baby. A FULL ; fortj Duri up one hundred and sixty acres ofi land to homestead- The land was alljl Will U.? EVERYTHING YOU NEED sage brutth. People from town would - Vi ome up and they would kick the dirt U t ui will starve your-i and say, "Boyi, you U cash self to death on this place." be t began at once to clear tne lana nad make ready for my crop the fol- seco lowing year. Then it was necessary One to cet water to my land so I took my 17 spade and dug a ditch fr a mile lor', MAIN STREET LEHI, UTAH run? tonowea Denina ind my Fen out. with a shovel and helped clean it Ir nnrirnr the winter months it was ladi and I out should that get necessary rind work, so I went to the mines. into In. the summer I cared for my place ,Mer ind mac e adobes. At that time 1 was p. r laid $5.00 per thousand. I would work miu each day until about there o clock or seec "itil 1 "had completed 500 adobes, then I would return home and work on the &0&r-V- 4 iw nlacp the remaincer of the timec; I remember well the first crop of Kn My wheat I raised on miv placefather-in-lawas so pleased over it Tal that he asked if he might bless it and Lin I said, "ves", for it was indeed a eve bessine to me. Ba! I was the first man in Lehi to raise de( trees, and for forty years we have been the only family to grow nursery 50 stock, and I will say this, that in those Fr I'orty ears I have never sold anything Jel best. but the I hnve also been in the honey busi ? ness for the same lencrth of time. I Fl emembrr buvirr; my first swarm off N as Vcs from old Brother Goates. He at j HELD FOR H. G. School Clothing and Shoes Girls Dresses New Dresses for the Ladies New Fall Clothing Finest line of Men's and Boys' Shoes and Oxfords we have ever carried. My woman- mother was veTy industrious She wove her own cloth from the wool my father raised. First she would wash the wool, then when it was dry, card it, then spin, and weave it into cloth. I was taught by my mother to do each of these tasks, also to knit stockings and to be able to I remember well that darn tlhem. When 1 was hired out, mother gave me yarn and needles and told me to keep my siockings mended-Fo.years before we came to America, our home was open to tne Mormon Elders and many a delightful time was spent with them. My father and motner were very religious people and we children were taught to go to our meetings and many the time I would go with mv parents to conference and walk as far as eighteen miles. We would start at four o'clock in them morning in order to CLUB NOTES UNION MEETING SUNDAY j 4-- H r 4-- H ii i HARDWARE - f Canning Supplies ' Full Stock Always On ; e Hand l - l: Jore-ense- j I FRESH TENDER CUTS OF MEATS FRUITS GROCERY STOCK - LAM! BMODS. PHONE sister-in-ia- w PRODUCTS of Distinction 1 - - w II 4-- H ,n te .. 2 n--- Ik Women know... w crisp fe be are better. . and healthier "mi fl There's in the soil in iho sunny days ana coo! nights of the Rockies' Thnt's "know their onions" demand the crispy lettuce and cabbage, sweet tender peas beans' ana onions grown in COLORADO and UTAH. They're more luscious, nchor flavor-magi- I SI high-altitud- e VEGETABLES Ihi A ill pf in The Thrifty 'Stitchers Club met at the home of their leader, Mrs. The first M. I. A. Union Meeting Melba Chestnut, Tuesday afternoon. will be held in the Lehi Fifth Ward Sewing on their projects were conTlhe club business was disChapel on Sunday,, September 19, at tinued. 2 p. m. All M. I. A. workers are cussed. Members present were Lucille requested to be present in order that Carter, Zetella Price, Featrice Wardle 'hat time livei' in lower Lehi. Myi father-in-lathey might get the instruction neces-sa- y and Mell Wardle. helped me cirr;v the swarm to my place, carrying them for the succcessful carrying on of This has at us on sticks. their ward mutuals this winter. The Star Stitchers Club met Mmes be"n rather discouraging as we at the home if Ida Milne, Thursday. have haH many losses, but each time The sewed on their dresses and planwe would buv again anr start over. POWERS SHOE STORE For vpqr I was known as "Strawned a club party. Dainty refreshget there in time for the afternoon berry Chris" since for man,v years I ments were served. meetings. BEING REMODELED was the onlv man who grew strawIn the year 1861 at the age of eight berries in One year I entered 1 was a taken short distance awa,v nTy berries in the State Fair in the The Club lead by Mrs. Bert to from home a small pond of fall, this was the second crop, that Workmen are busily at work this Hutchings entertained their mothers water my and there they broke the ice vear and they were bigger and finer at home the Mrs. of week enlarging the Powers Shoe Hutchings. Wed- and I was baptied a member of the berries than those grown in the Store. They are building the build- nesday afternoon. A display of their church of Jsus Christ of Latter-da- y snritT. I was awnrded a diploma Saints ( More, commonly known as for the best strawberries grown in ing twenty feet longer which will give summer's work was a feature of the Mormons). , Utah. A few esrs later I entered six a lot more space to the store. Thomas party. The missionaries at that time were nntatppp m the fair and was paid I Powers informs us the inside of the very scarce and the people were very three dollars for them. Mrs. Roger Price and children bitter. Well do I recall how the child whole building will be remodeled and To us was born eight children, three ren made fun of me and called me the girls and five Wednesday afternoon in Mormon bvs, six having prerepainted. The additional space tx spent and often I became frighten- ceded me in death. the store will be given for the mir- - Alpine, visiting with her parents. Mr. ed of what and do to I ws ordained 0 H;irh Priest, in the they might say Mrs ooert Hunter and with me pose of a larger assortment of ladies Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Mr. Mrs. and Six years after I was baptized into Paints and children's supplies . Mr. Powers Lyman Moyle. Brother Ahel John Evans. the church, in 1867. mv two older Julv 17.by 1932, in the 'Second Ward has confidence in Lehi. and is A dinner party was given in honor asters sailed for America. One year meeting house. I am now in mv R3rd and progressive. and otlher sister left my ratner and the last of my father's Tr T I of Miss TheJma Jones and Miss May later was inaeea a on my fa ily. inis Mrs. Ida Darkdull of Farmington Louise Mitchell. Monday evening at motner, rut with hernaraship was left the Mv tootimonv fi v children and .1. .1 sne mat would soon join is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. rne nome of Mrs. James Preston in wiougm il anHrhiFren is that I know this iwm, American Fork. The even! no- - v . nrtmis sne aid did the next year. f?vo h s true, thPt Joseph Smith is Joseph Caltoni this week., in ieo. Prophet of God. that Brighsm in social chat and playing of spent Then I was left alone to wait mv Ya"v was a great man in the sight The following patients h"d their loveiy games. Those who enjoyed the turn and after what seemed to me of endless fun T months, the time arrived when were: Mrs. George Larsen of tonsils removed at the Lehi Hospital, know thre is a life after death 1 was t leave my native land to ioin th that I shall see and know mv this week: Man-lo-t Child Buddy Salt Lake City; Mrs. Cassille Willis, my parents so in the vear 1870 witiS loved ones who fuve gne before me. snd Mrs. Mrs James Preston, Miss Huitau my violin and a few Sorenson, son of Mr. earthly possssions Neils Christian Christensen. Frank Olsen. daughter of Mr. and Allied, aH . the guest of honor Miss I started for America. T While crossine the ocean, which Mrs. Norman Ray. Craig Dorton and jonos and Miss Mitchell. The girls .took cava. severe storm arse and, Mrs. Lucille Hunsen of Pleasant and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean lowered their friends with many I remmeber standing in a narrow Grove, was in Lehi. Monday, visiting Powell. lovely gifts. passage way and branny myself with with Mrs. Neldon Evans. -- . 2, Do FUNERAL SERVICES We are prepared to take care of the Boys for their THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ".vI:k-; es m vitamins. The Rio Grande has every facility for shipping vegetables so thev ronrh the market fresh and firm . . . with that duaousiust-pickeflavor. - refrigerated cars. Ample trackage, packing sheds, loading platforms. Every operation carelully timed to speed perishables to their destination, wnetner it s Oi miles or 2000 miles. Almost 4000 cars ol Colorado and Utah vegetables were shipped Rio Grand last season proof of efficiency and 6e-- lioDuiry. When you shop Insist on Colorado and Utah vegetables . . . shipped Rto Grande ne V inter. r" They're better and Mportattoti iotaSesi W. A. FORD. Amt PHONE 16 |