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Show JUNE 16, 1987 L, Kaysville students remember & By ERNIE Adversity can divide or conjoin depending on the character of the people involved. And almost 60 years ago, facing an adversary shaking America to its financial roots, a group of Kaysville elementary students banded together and formed friendships that still count half a century later. l" mini Of course we made good friends in those days, like any elementary student, said Carol Hyde Birkenfeld of Kaysville. However, wln the Great Depression hit, we didnt have much more than our families and the friendships we formed. I think that brought us together as a school like nothing else would have. History recalled of Dawson Hollow JANICE DAWSON President of By Kaysville-Layto- n le Bowery across trom the old school, now replaced by the new J. SHANNON Farmers Union. He served as suEarlier this month, several perintendent of the first Sunday dozen graduates of Kaysville school in east Layton and was a re5 from Elementary trustee of the local school board. what in those newed friendships The Dawson Hollow school was in built in 1 875 on land donated for the must be a rare event anywhere school an the elementary country, purpose by Alexander Dawson. In reunion. It was held at the Kaysvil addition to being a school, the brick building also served as church and social center for the area. Many evenings the desks were stacked aside as the early settlers, accompanied by a violin and a portable organ, enjoyed an evening of dancing. A victim of the consolidation What does a deliLAYTON movement, the Dawson Hollow cious dinner and storage facilities School was closed after the 9 1 7 in common? have a museum for school year. The children were In the case of the Layton Heritthen bused downtown to Layton age Museum, the proceeds from a Elementary. The building stood benefit dinner will be used to convacant until 1924 when it was torn needed storage space for down and the bricks sold. Today struct the material that has been of some the foundation, abutments and cecollected by the museum curator. ment steps are all that is left of the storage of artifacts is a Proper school building. museum that of a well-ru- n function In 1985 the Kaysville-Laytois probably more essential and imHistorical Society conducted an portant than the display of articles. archeological dig on the old school The storage methods used detersite. Pieces of school desks and mine how well historical items can slates were discovered along with be preserved. Up to this point the pink plaster from the walls and museum has had very limited storodds and ends such as bottles and Now the collecage capabilities. buttons. The configuration of the to a point where tion has grown building was also confirmed. can be rotated and items Alexander Dawsons home was displays in use must be properly cared not also abandoned and, during the Defor and stored. pression years, the timbers were The benefit dinner will be held defrom the home and stripped June 25 at 6:30 p.m. at Thursday, terioration set in. In the fifties Jack home the of Jack Whitesides in Whitesides built a home on the The price for a Hollow. Dawson same site , using much of the stone all you can eat of the original structure. The old cooked by Mr. silo still stands in Dawson Hollow meal, expertly will be $20 per person. Whitesides as a landmark and as a monument Fourteen dollars of the cost of each to the ambition and integrity of its dinner is a tax deductible contribunamesake, Alexander Dawson. tion to the Heritage Museum. All proceeds from this benefit dinner will be used to provide badly needed storage facilities for the museum collections. Included in the price of the ticket is an attractive brochure that gives a short history of the Alexander and Elizabeth Jane Fowle Dawson family and the settlement of Dawson Hollow. For those that dont know where Dawson Hollow and the Jack Whitesides home is located, the brochure includes a map. Tickets can be purchased at the Museum during regular hours, p.m. daily except Monday and 1927-193- Historical Society Dawson Hollow was named after Alexander Dawson, an early Layton pioneer. Dawson, born in Scotland in 1837, went to sea when he was 13. During a particular voyage he was taught about Mormonism and, after further investigation, he was baptized. While serving time in a South African jail for jumping ship, he met the jailers daughter, Elizabeth Jane Fowle, also a Mormon. They were married Feb. 22, 1860, and the following month set sail for America. The Dawsons arrived in Salt Lake City Oct. 5, 1860 and spent the first winter in a one room log house. The following spring they moved to Kaysville where Alexan- der worked for three years for Bishop Christopher Layton. During this time Alexander managed to save $350 and in 1864 he bought 160 acres and a one room log house in east Layton from William Lindsey. He later built a rock home on this property which was to become known as Dawson Hollow. When they moved to east Layton, the Dawsons had two children. Eight more children were later born to Elizabeth for a total of ten. Alexander became a farmer and stock man and also became one of the largest landowners in Davis County. He became a director of the First National Bank and the - 1 1 Oliver; 1982, Music Man; Oklahoma; 1984, Mary Poppins; 1985 The King and I; The Student Prince. Tickets can be purchased at the Kaysville Book Store at 1st North and Main or at the performance. Kaysville and Fruit Heights have 1986, enjoying teaching very much. I taught for nine years for around $84 a month, he said. At the beginning of my tenth year, the schools offered me $1400 a year. With a family to support, I just had to move on. Wilcox moved on to a long career with United Airlines in Salt Lake City and, later, Boise, Ida. Still, through all those years, the impressions of two years at Kaysville Elementary remained with him. Once I heard of this reunion, I knew I had to come. The old school is gone, Kaysville is dramatically changed and the people gathered at the picnic tables dont resemble very well the kids in the pictures. And thats as it should be. The adversity of the depression has given way to success and plenty for many of them; rewards for hard work over five decades. Yet, the bonds have endured and are stronger. Ewa Layton Newman moves from the memorial to a picture montage of kids posed in front of the old school. In one photo, barely out of high school, she stands with her youngsters. 4 I substitute taught from times and spent many good with these kids, she said. With her is Helen Petersen Sheffield, a e instructor during the mid 30s. It is no discredit to the students that Mrs. Sheffield of Kaysville, looks nearly as young as they. These were the Finest students, Mrs. Sheffield said. They made excellent marks and I think the adversity of times made them more stalwart. Older than the rest, yet one of the crowd, Hugh Wilcox banters with those he once lectured. I only taught here for two years of my teaching career, but 1930-193- fiiU-tim- n well-prepare- d, Layton Heritage Museum has already outgrown its space in the lew years its been open. Actually, storage room is needed for items donated and a benefit dinner, to be hosted by Jack Whitesides at his Dawson Hollow home, is planned June 25. Tuesday. People who are unable to attend the benefit dinner but who are interested in contributing money to the storage facilities are encouraged to make their donation at the museum anytime. Marion Warden White of Kaysville, a 1982 graduate of Davis High School, was among 53 students who received bachelors degrees in nursing recently from Brigham Young University. A total of 374 students are enrolled in the undergraduate and graduate nursing program, making it one of the largset in the Intermountain West. Students take classes and have laboratory-hospitexperience in both Salt Lake City and Provo. White, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David R. Warden Jr. of Kaysville, was in the National Honor Society and served in student government and on class committees while in high school. She received a second lieutenants commission through the Army ROTC program at BYU in 1984, graduated from Airborne School in 1983 and is in the Army National Guard unit in Salt Lake al stitution. A special cancellation stamp has been developed and will be used by the Kaysville Post Office during th 3 depicting week of June this years production of Paint Your Wagon. 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As part of the entertainment, a medley of songs from each of the previous eleven productions will be presented. These include: 1976, "Kaysville Valley of Promise; 1977, Tom Sawyer; 1978, Fiddler on the Roof, 1979, My Fair Lady; 1980 Sound of Music; 1981, "Newell Phillips has been working on this thing for two years, Mrs. Birkenfeld said. The credit for bringing us together like this goes to him. Phillips traveled the nation visiting with old classmates, recording their recollections of those years. He limited his effort to the class that began school in 1927 and finished the eighth grade in 1935. He also encouraged a reunion in Kaysville which bore fruit on a warm, sunny Saturday morning this month. We held a mini-reunithis past Christmas and we knew we just had to get the whole gang together this summer," Mrs. Birkenfeld said. As the sun rises, the handful of early arrivals grows to a throng. Off to one side, a memorial of sorts stands in recognition to those students now dead. The faces are young, healthy, full of life and with re- minisced. I was only 25, just married and Heritage Museum benefit set Sullivan chosen as Hollow pageant lead Norm Sullivan KAYSVILLE has been selected to play the lead in the annual Happy Hollow Pageant. Other actors are Cori Covington who plays Jennifer, his daughter; Marge Stenquist, the widow. Joe Everton plays the part of Jennifers boyfriend Crocker.- they were the best, today, theyre memories only, warm memories for their living structure. he much of life yet to live. However, Woods Cross, UT, 84087 liuno I |