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Show E. M. Snow . of Mapleton; Mrs. Mary L. Metcalf, president of the Service Star Legion; Mrs. Rebecca Reynolds, vice president. construction of the base. Bids on' construction work came in from Salt Lake City and as far east as Kansas City, and Omaha, the lowest low-est being $2000 and the highest going over the $4000 mark. "It seemed that a real problem ! Interesting History Surrounds Seven Norway Maples; Memorial Trees SStar Legion, $50; Mother's Study, club, $16; First ward Relief Society, Soc-iety, $10; Springville Kiwanis club, $100. and J. M. Westwood, Springville Spring-ville veteran of the G. A. R. $5.00. "A popularity contest being car-l car-l ried on between the Springville and Mapleton wards under the direction dir-ection of the M. I. A. will, it is anticipated, make the fund ample to cover the expenses. "The members of the memorial committee at present are Mayor George R. Maycock, Wayne Johnson, John-son, John S. Boyer, Jr., Wm. H Kearns, Julia A. Packard, Drucilla Clark, Hila M. Groesbeck, Viola Roylance, W. Elmo Coffman, Wm. N. Grooms, Myron E. Crandall, Jr., Thorn C. Miner, Lewis J. Whitney, r - Ti':-': soldier's Memorial monument monu-ment on the northeast section of the City Park is on most occasions taken for granted by the present generation many of whom have no idea when, how or why it was placed there. And the history of the circle of Norway Maple trees surrounding the monument is also al-so dim in the memory of many had been met. However a conference confer-ence was held with Springville's architect, Lewis J. Whitney in regard re-gard to the matter and Mr. Whitney Whit-ney volunteered to construct this wonderful piece of work as a contribution, con-tribution, providing the committee would raise sufficient money to pay for the materials and extra labor. "At once every organization in the city was given the privilege of making contributions in the name of the organization and a ready response came back with the fol- older citizens. But to those still living, who conceived the idea of planting the seven maples in memory mem-ory of the five Springville men and two Mapleton men who lost their lives in World War I and of later erecting a monument to these heroes, every detail of the history is still vivid in their minds. This week, Mrs. Mary L. Metcalf, Met-calf, one of Springville's beloved and older citizens, sent in a newspaper news-paper clipping which tells the .tn nf hnw and when erection lowing contributions: Springville central committee of the Mutual Improvement Association, $100; Springville city council. $100; Washington school with C. H. Childs, principal, $27.59; Springville Spring-ville First Ward Primary, $5; Mapleton Ma-pleton Y. L. M. I. A., $5; Springville Spring-ville Third ward Relief Society, $25; Alpha Beta Club, $12; American Am-erican Legion, $9.55; Sons and Daughters of the Indian War Veterans Vet-erans and Pioneers, $50; the S. T. club, $15; Daughters of the Pioneers, Pion-eers, $38; Home Culture club, $25; Kiwanis club of Ogden, $13.33; Third ward Primary, $5; Service, of the war memorial took place. A review of the article will bring anew to the minds of citizens a most important event in the history his-tory of Springville, nearly 25 years ago. The article follows: "Soldiers' Memorial, By Cyrus E. Dallin. The history of the soldiers' monument, mon-ument, unveiled today in the Springville City Park, dates back to May, 1920, when the War Mothers Moth-ers of Springville and Mapleton, who later took the name of the Service Star Legion, planted seven Norway maple trees in a circle on the north side of the City park, in memory of the five Springville and two Mapleton boys who paid the supreme sacrifice in the great world war. "The trees which were contributed contribu-ted by Springville city while Dr. Fred Dunn was mayor were held by the mother or the nearest relative rela-tive of the boy in whose memory mem-ory it was planted, while all the members of the War mothers aided aid-ed in the planting. "After the trees were planted, the idea of a monument in the center was conceived in the minds of these War Mothers. But an idea that meant thousands of dollars, in expense, seemed almost out of the question, hence all that was done was to think about it and talk about it for a period of nearly two years. "In the early part of 1922, Mrs. Julia A. Packard, who was president presi-dent of the Service Star Legion (War Mothers) at the time of the tree planting together with Mrs. Drucilla Clark, president of the Service Star Legion at that time, with the first vice president, Mrs. Viola Roylance, were appointed a committee to see if the Springville Kiwanis club would help to materialize mat-erialize the monument idea. J. F. Smith, president of the Kiwanis club at that time, sent two of their members, Mayor John S. Boyer Jr. and W. H. Kearns, to aid the mothers in working out their plan. At the same time Wayne Way-ne Johnson, teacher of art in the high school, was called in and this committee of six wrote a letter to Cyrus E. Dallin of Boston in regard to the proposed idea, with the thought that Mr. Dallin might be interested in doing something for his home town in this regard. . "Mr. Dallin immediately became interested, encouraged the move and continued to keep up a correspondence corre-spondence with the committee for nearly a year before anything definite defi-nite was reached. "During the time of correspond-, ence the committee was enlarged by taking in the following additional addi-tional members: Elmo Coffman of the M. I. A., Wm N. Grooms of the American Legion, Mrs. Hilda M. Groesbeck, M. E. Crandall, Jr.. and Thorn C. Miner, and through the efforts of the Service Star Legion a fund had grown to over $300. "It was not until in the fall of 1923 that a blue print of the monument was sent by Mr. Dallin with a definite proposition. A part of the proposition was that the committee would have to erect the base for the monument, so immediately immed-iately a number of letters were writen to contractors throughout the western states, for bids on the |