Show SALT LAKE SKETCHES I Recalls Mere Village Career of Morgan Alfred Davies Goes Back to Pioneer D Days ys Far back into the early pioneer d days s 's of Salt Lake City spans pans the career of Morgan lorgan Alfred Allred Davies les Third avenue as a master plasterer and builder Beginning as an apprentice at the theae age ae of ot 14 H Mr Davies worked with and saw sw this city emerge from a village village vil vil- vil lage of a few score to its present status One of ot his first jobs was on the L. L D. D S. S temple where he his father ather Morgan forJan Davies an uncle William Davies Davics and two brothers Edward M. M and Thomas J. J Davies were the original plasterers He also did much work on the tabernacle Forced to Turn Elsewhere The depre depression slon has forced many master plasterers into other occupations occupations occupations he said There simply hasn't been enough work to keep us us all employed and It was mandatory that some look to something else for a liv liv- Ing However conditions are im Ira- proving Many lar large e and spacious office oHice buildings will rise in Salt Lake City within a few years We mus must 1 be tic e patient Mr Davies lamented the destruction destruction destruction tion of ot such buildings as the thc old Socia Social So So- cial cia Hall theater formerly located on the square at Motor and State street and the world famed tamed Salt Lake theater The broad and calloused hands o othis or of orthis this veteran mechanic have pushed into place plaster molds that now form fonn some of the most artistic edi- edi ices In the west vest He worked at the capitol where many weeks were spent in iii slowly ly forming the beautiful beautiful beautiful ful arches arches' and arid designs there Worked on Theaters Other buildings upon which he worked include the Pantages theater in Los Angeles the Pantages theater in Salt Lake City now the Orpheum theater the Mesa L. L D. D S. S temple Mesa Ariz a theater in irs Kansas City and the Masonic 1 temple on East South Temple street streel The elder Morgan Morsan Davies was a V. V 0 v I. I 4 Morgan Alfred Davies member of an early pioneer handcart handcar party He settled in the vicinity of Ninth East and Fourth South streets formerly known as the Tenth ward Three sons followed his vocation and andare andare andare are still in business Morgan Alfred Allred Davies is a n charter member o of the Operative International International Plasterers' Plasterers association of which he was the first secretary He served In that capacity more for-more than 35 years |