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Show THE it, LEADER-GARLAN- TIMES, April D 15, 1976, Page U Tremonton As I Recall It in Early Days In the Editor's Note; following article Mrs. Dollie rj dawned on me was that in 1913 Tremonton was only 10 Iverson of Bear River City recalls some of the early She days in Tremonton. presented the following material recently at Tremont on's Founder's Day celebration. I shall begin with my first encounter with the town of Tremonton. My parents moved from Bear River City to Elwood on February 7, 1913 and they sent me and my brother Alden to live with my grandparents, Sor-e- n and Annetta Thompson. We went to school in the old years old. The clerks that I remember which may be even later than 1913, were Violet Meldrum Burgess, Viola Newman Stander in two Corinne girls Audand Winnie BakMurphy rey er, also Gladys Hill Hunsak-er- , LaVerne Hill Homer, Glayds Thompson Ellenson and Olive Meister Dockstad-e- r at Fishburns. In Wald-ron- s there were Mrs. Wald-roJanet Hill and Hulda Meister. S.B. Watland owned a s, Gep-hart- post in front of his home and office and the local children would use it for their acrobatics. Years later Phyllis came from school at Logan, was in her fathers store when Tanaka came in. Uncle Charlie said "Tanaka do you know my daughter?" "Oh yes" Tanaka said "she is one who keel over." Later Dr. Pitts married and Tanaka went back to Japan, found a wife and came back here to farm. I remember when they lived in Elwood and also remember their little girls. Lillie Brenkman used to baby sit for them, Other Drs. were Whitlock who started the hospital located just south of Bow-cutReception Center and it was later used by Dr. Merrill, j Dr. Merrill was a very heavy mjan. In those days they called on sick people in their homes. In the winter of 1916 we had a very sick boy, Der. Finally they moved it east to where the Safeway Parking lot is and later managers were James Walton, Lee Dunn and Frank Dalton. When this move was made Cash Union came into exist-anc- e in the building vacated beand David Holmgren came manager. Mr. Holmgren built the Midland HoteJ and later still the Darrell building. Phyllis Pope, as a child, lived next door to Dr. Otto Pitt. The Wilson home was the small yellow house that is the nucleus of the present ts Linden Thompson with pneumonia. Merrill was making his rounds in a sleigh. We had had a big blizzard find as our road was what we balled a dug road, it had filled in completely with drifted snow until it was all hill. We kids were all lined up with pur noses pressed to the window panes waiting for the Dr. to arrive so we saw what happened. Instead of being on the up side of the sleigh be was on the down side and the steepness of the hill plus his weight, the box tipped off the sleigh runners and he rolled all the way to the bottom of the river hill. He was encased in a huge bear skin coat which I'm sure prevented him from stopping actually and probably propelled him along. iHe had a most difficult time getting back up on the road. lie . r 'ill' ' Dr. Merrill died in 1918 the flu. with . t tiffs Then there was Dr. King. I stayed with the Kings part of " fmHHtmSkim I my sophomore year at Bear .,,.., mm..m.A"- . River high and helped Mrs. band which of an members 1908 shows about AN EARLY BAND-Th- is early taken photo .. ...... I nI..nr i King after school as she had ftttta nil'DV . used to play above ine vvnson Lumner toinpairv. rutmni cui- j. lcmiu j 2 small boys. Jessfanin was George Gardner, Ace Dewey, Robert Gardner the Kings own son and James was a foster son. Later jthe McClures adopted Wallace Christensen home James and his brother DalMcKinley School for 2 farm down in what is now south of Hales Furniture.. las, 3rd Ward. When consolidat- months. And Dr. Pitts home and At that time grandfathers ed Wagon and Machine Co. The; first dentist I rememoffice was just north of it. ber had a fairly large barn and wanted to start a business in wps Dr. Lewis. He, his :orral where he kept a cow town they asked him to Dr. Pitts was a bachelor at wife and 2 children lived in or two and a horse. He sold manage it. He did this until this time and Mr. Tanaka, the front part of my grandBen's father, was his house mother's house after my milk to the neighboring famthey decided to move to Garland. He figured this was ilies. boy. The Dr. had a hitching grandfather died in 1916. In The adjoining propertj much too far for him to drive from Phyllis Pope house and by horse and buggy so he did not go along. He then started south for a considerable dishis own implement business tance, and from Tremont which he first called "Wat-landsStreet east to the river hill later he changed the was an alfalfa field. Farther name to Bear River Valley on down there were several small homes, one of which Implement Company. To begin with he had his new belonged to the Price famoffice across the street in the I too don't reemember ily. Stohl Furniture Store which many of the pupils except at first consisted of just a f my cousins, Sybil Wilson and Lael Thompson, and desk, later he built a tin Fsta Beck, Polly and Glenna building to house his office FYederiekson and Freda on his1 own property. "Con Wagon" closed their Baer. The stores were, as I store in Garland bringing it s back to Tremonton and remember' Gepharts, and Waldrons. What operated in the building now amazed me when it finally occupied by Anderson Lum- - wHBiiBKiHNHiniK my memory memory of - named, Dr. Vernon Keller came next then Dr. D.B. Green and we hope we are right. Hyrum G. Scott was the druggist I first remember. According to Adam Brenkman he was associated with R M. Thompson so until Scott bought Thompson out it was known as Thompson Scott Drug Co. The very first druggist was Frank Cook, then Virgil Smith, Henry Davis and rhompson-Scot- t, then Scott Followed by F.M. Christensen, Adam Brenkman and Ted Cochran. Scotts first drug store was in the second block west of Tremont Street. He moved to the corner of the Midland Hotel and later to the Waldron building. Which at this date is still used as a drug store. As the country was iccupied by many farmers it was necessary to have a blacksmith. C.C. Wilson :ame in the spring of 1903, and our first blacksmith was Frank Meldrumt who 1 Troy Bilt Tiller. - Satisfaction Guarantee 5 Phone - .K)I NDKR'S DAY Mrs. Sybil Luke (left), daughter of ('.('. Wilson Trenionton's first businessman, and Dollie Iverson, also a relative, were honored recently during Trenionton's Founder's Day. -- , 257-502- Students at the Garland Elementary school will get instruction in proper nutrition April 22 in a special , clinic sponsored by the Garland PTA. Two sessions will be held at the elementary school with students in kindergarten through third grade meeting at 10 a.m. and fourth through sixth grade students meeting at 1:30 p.m. Parents are urged to attend. Committee chairwomen for the clinic are Doris Shaw and Margaret Ann Udy. Smith. Landvatter had a meat market in the second block west of Tremont Street. Felix Zesiger was the barber. Keller had a Imthurn had a service station. Frank Meldrum was the first marshall followed by Pete Meister James shop. Adam Orrs Stay At Bear Continued Next Week J? HI 1 m ft Kathy Harper up EASTER I P ,N t FASHION TrW IIZQ jrigf s, . jj SI vQSl! ii jJS33I lgni VTT 1 ir 0Ht. Attend Richard Mrs. Girls State Packer a visit from her brother and his wife, Rulon Standing of Ogden. Guests of the Frank Mecham family Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nunley and son, David, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cooper and boys and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mecham all of Salt Lake City. They attended the wedding reception of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Harris. Prior to the Harris wedding Mr. and Mrs. Frank received Kathy Harper, a junior at Raft River high school at Malta, Idaho, was recently selected by the Womens Auxiliary of the American Legion at Burley, to represent her school at Girls State. A convention will be held in Boise for one week in July. There the girls will learn and practice in various phases of government, choosing a mayor to represent Idaho at the National Convention. Kathy is presently serving as vice president of the Mecham attended the wedding breakfast for her sister Kathy Andersen Friday evening at Chase' Charcoal House hosted by the groom's parents , Mr. and Mrs. Jule Harris. Future Homemakers of America and assistant Editor of the year book at her school. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Harper, former residents of East Traveling to Kimberly, Idaho this weekend will be the Paul Palmer family. They will be staying with Mr. and Mrs. Dudley T. Whittle. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Osten-so- n of Tremonton received as their weekend company Mr. and Mrs. John Hulet. They are the parents of Mrs. Ostenson. Staying Friday and Saturday the Hulets then traveled to their home in Cooley Dam, Washington. Garland. The Doubter by -The dress shirt Arrow that's a sports shirt! The Doubler is twice the shirt for fashion! Wear a tie and it's debonair. Wear it open for sporty flair. It goes from office to game with just a flick of the hand. Jumps in and out of the wash without losing that look. In the new paler, subtler colors. For dress, for sport, for every occasion. The Doubler by Arrow in solids or prints. $J2 Q0 best-dresse- d .nOrIuncIs. ARE YOU PREPARED j ATTEND THE "FAMILY PREPAREDNESS FAIR" 25 Demonstrations April 23rd 7:00 to 10:00 p.ra Buttons & Bolts MbitNth TmRMfM, wsm ! I THE NSW Mrs.-Le- BLOOM HERE! Thursday' CAT' IDH A V i tf Oyler was up Sunday evening to help celebrate her fathers birthday. on all floor display fabrics l ffij Li 5ER5GNI Leone Mrs. Hatch, daughter of Mr. and Kaihy Harper To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Orr of Garland spent the weekend at Bear Lake with Mr. and Mrs. Mark Covert. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Orwin of Tremonton are the proud grandparents of a baby girl. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Orwin of Logan. She was born March 16th and has been named Genevieve.' Garland 2nd Ward held their ward supper Saturday night. The food was prepared by the Relief Society and served by the Laurels, Mia Maids and Bee Hives. A lovely dinner was served followed by a program. : aW NOW AVAILABLE AT Lake With Friends Wk Major Breakthrough Horse Worming Effectively kills and removes 14 dilterent dangerous species of worms and bots . not just 5 or 6. Facts controls a higher Equivet-1prove percentage of parasites than any wormer and is other even more effective than "tube" wormers. Plus it's the most palatable wormer yet! Don't settle for less. .. buy Equivet-1today: It's a new standard in horse worming. fremonton-Garhn- d and a Mr. Gailey. They were all well respected by both old and young. 7i l In Equivet-1- 4 smithys were Chris Beck, Henry Rhode and Cam 1 RototilTmg For Garden. HORSEMEN: A arrived that fall. Other ' Fish-burn- &m&sz&i& Nutrution Clinic Set At Garland i- - . i Shaw (seated) and Margaret Ann Udy look over some of . .NUTRITION CLINIC-Do- ris the materials to be used in a nutrition clinic sponsored by the Garland PTA. T ", s and in' the the others in 1 . SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER TREMONTON, 8 m UTAH COME AND BE STIMULATED!!! 4fe a V |