Show h T M tM h r r hI Ii I f L I tK t c y I 1 tr f 1 Ir 1 Ti J I 1 01 p 1 tj t Tea I BILL AND DIANE DICK and family on Harpers Harper's Trail Utah in September 1975 The Dicks own B D Stone Yard Plans for an office building at the yard are in the preliminary stages s l s t 1 4 rd t r v j S1 Ms 55 b r s M jt t I r 5 54 4 r t dt 5 t f 88 LL BILL DICK stone mason and owner co-owner of B D Stone Yard Yard thinks about his work the same way an artist does as this fireplace in Mr and Mrs Roy Hords Hord's new home on So Vernal Avenue shows From the Doug Chew quarry on Blue Mountain this fireplace is built of lichen stone Stone Masons Mason's heritage goes back to Scotland In 1898 1893 William Dick I came from Scotland where he was vas a stone mason by trade to settle the Niagara Falls country of or Ontario Canada There he was hired by the Canadian government as s supervisor of stonework for the area and he and his son William the II were responsible for all the rock rockwork rockwork rockwork work on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls among which was the fence that now runs the length of Niagara Gorge So it is a proud heritage that the B Band and D Stone Yard brings to Vernal Located at 1068 East 1500 South William Bill Dick III and his wife Diane came to Vernal four years ago from Wyoming Looking revealed Diane for our little Garden of Eden Weve We've found it I guess we love Vernal THE DICKS obtained the distributorship from several quarries around the United States Stales and last April purchased property on which to begin their business We didn't get started until July II recalls Bill It took us four months to get an industrial zoning We held a family conference conference con con- f ference rence and our son Ronald came up with the name B D Stone Yard The Dicks have one daughter and five sons Rhonda is 14 Ronald Honald 12 Larry 11 Billy 8 Charlie 7 and Robert 5 In 1940 19 hills bills father migrated to 10 New York which was where Hill Bill and Diane mot mft ThEY were married in 1962 Hill Bill and his father laid the war and bronze memorials in New Nw York and Bill was working on the Sam Rayburn Hayburn Senate Office building in Washington DC D.C. when President John F. F Kennedy came to lay the cornerstone cor cor- The yo-yo yo it is depicted on ancient Greek vase paintings paintings paintings paint paint- ings dating back as at far as at atthe the eighth century BC Bill began using hand cutting tools at 16 and spent four yea years apprenticeship under his father learning pattern work all tall rock rockwork rockwork rockwork work should have a pattern the cutting of arches radius cuts rock facing end jointing and the setting of natural stone All types of stone are available from among the 80 tons at the the yard including rubble split face Ashlar flagstone landscaping stone hearthstones and pads for Ben Franklin type fireplaces SOME OF OUR oun most popular stone disclosed Diane comes from the Douglas Chew Quarry on Blue Mountain There are two kinds one the lichen stone such as was used in the Hord fiord fireplaces and a colored buff-colored and pink sandstone Dick also does brick work block and stuccoing and can pour and finish swimming pools Commercial and in industrial industrial in in- tools are available at atthe atthe atthe the stone yard as are handyman handyman handyman han dyman tools for the man around the house Bills Bill's father and two brothers Kenny and Clyde are also in Utah and at present are doing the restoration work on the Cathedral of the Madelaine in Salt Lake City Bill thinks about his stone stonework stonework stonework work the same way an artist does says Diane and Bill enjoined Id rather do stone stonework stonework stonework work than anything its it's a family tradition and I 1 take a lot lotof lotof lotof of pride in it Reen Goodrich daughter of Mr and Mrs Lynn C C. C Goodrich received first place in the National Jr Honor Society She is the only grader to 19 ever win this trus award She competed with students Her lIer grade I average is 39 The certificate was da dated ted Dec Dee 2 2 Clyde Hatch returned re recently from Salt Lake City where he underwent surgery He Ue is reported to be feeling much better |