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Show Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday September 19. 2002 1 B Carbon man maintains historical garden By RICHARD SHAW Focus pages editor The swing goes that a man is measured by his works on this earth. For most that probably means a persons spiritual works, but what about if the spirit (s mixed with the material? Bill Callor, a Helper resident, considers himself a common man; one with only a little story to tell. But his friends know differently. Just ask A1 Rojas, another Helperite. One day he and Callor were walking through the latters extensive gardens and Callor looked up into the sky and then down at die ground. Al, do you think my parents are proud of me? An interesting question from a man in his 70s, whose father and mother passed away many years ago. It all began when Callers father came to the United States in 1890 and his mother emigrated in 1903. In the early yean the family resided in Kenilworth, as . the senior Callor worked in the mines there. During that time they lived in two houses; one burned down and they had to move to another. With 11 ldds to feed it was a tough time, just as it was for many depression era families. Kenilworth afforded little chance for a garden of any kind; the soil wasnt great and there wasnt much water. Then in 1945, with a number of children still at home, the family moved to Helper and the gardening began in earnest. "This house was a god send, says Callor. Kenilworth was a great (dace to live, but this house and its area for a garden was heaven. And garden they did. The senior Callor took real pride in his garden and loved rock work too. He even began building another house at the bade of the properly made entirely of rock. It sriu stands as a monument to his work today. My father was a perfectionist, says Callor. I used to come home from work and begin working in the garden. He always made sure it was date right. Hed tell me if it wasnt Right meant straight rows, proper planting and meticulous weeding. It also meant a plentiful harvest in the late summer : laborer for the Rio Grande Railroad in 1948, he was drafted and spent three years in Japan on a tour of duty. That is also where he met his first wife of 29 years. They had two sons and lived a great life in Helper after he returned from the military. He worked for a few more years and then went on to become a road master on the Utah Railway for 15 years before he retired. But during his time on the Utah Railway his wife returned to Japan for a visit to relatives. But before she could return, he was summoned to the island country. She was so sick she could not come back and not long after he arrived she passed away. All this time his heritage, the home and the garden his father had passed on to him was well taken care of, but not the way he wanted it to be. After remarrying in the late 1980s and retiring from the railroad in 1991, his. passion, making that historical garden perfect, took over almost frill time. He built a greenhouse on the back of a garage on the property. There he began to start and keep plants. Tbday, Callor and his wife Gloria, spend the time making sure every inch of the property that isnt paved is yielding something good to eat or beautiful to Bill Callor Here, taste some of these A kitchen downstairs is used only for canning and putting up the goodies they grow. What is he the proudest of? Its tell, although one could get the impression his grapevines, anchored on one end by an old manual railroad signal are close to his favorite. in the spring. Probably the largest yield, grapes," he said as he took some of the deep puiple fruit from the vines. Another favorite is cantaloupe or his version of them. These are kind of a cross between a honey dew and a cantaloupe, he says as he cuts a piece of the pale orange fruit and puts it on the table. They just kind of ended up this way. I threw some seed out and they grew. lookaL however, comes from the tomato plants that grow in exact straight rows. We make a lot of tomato paste, says Gloria. Both my wives have made a lot of tomato paste, says Callor. All this begs the question: Arc his parents proud of his garden and what he has done with it? It's hard to imagine they wouldnt be. 3&W . , stands in his greenhouse where he starts plants early and fall. The garden included just about every vegetable and fruit that could be grown in this desert - Grapevines dominate one garden spot anchored by an old railroad signal pole. region. But for Callor it wasnt always easy for him to keep the garden the way he wanted it and up to his dads expectations. Like everyone who tries to maintain a hobby or passion, life gets in the way sometimes. 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