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Show itndei the! r ? JByjCAROLEMON family but there will always be a place for some good hard work." As -Thurman says Irma's a great cook. "I've never been one to stick exactly to the recipe and always add a bit of this or that," she said, "Here's a recipe for a family favorite." favor-ite." CINNAMON ROLLS 4 C flour 1 square melted butter 1 C sugar 1 C scalded milk 1 C water 1 pkg. yeast 2 eggs Mix. Let raise. Shape into rolls, filling with brown sugarcinnamon or favorite filling. Roll up. Cut. Let raise. Bake till golden. Glaze with icing. : 4i " ;'H I V ! : . . . V ' S "My grandfather was an t eariy settler of Miners -ville, said Thurman Eyre. Ml, fact, he (James Rollins) was the first Bishop of jllnersville Ward. His father and family beg311 aie longtrip from England to Utah, but his mother died and was buried at sea. His father j died along the trail through ERMA AND THURMAN EYRE them as they participated in sports, etc. I was a 4-H leader for many years. We've always loved horses. I guess it's in the family blood. We love the races and have our own race horses. We've just always enjoyed raising livestock and shown our cattle at livestock shows each year. Our Woods and Eyre Cattle Co. was chosen State Ranchers of the year in 1969. We felt that was really an honor." , Thurman has served on the Town Council for eight years, and the County Commission Com-mission six years. "I also served on the M inersville SCS District on the Flood Control project." Active in his church, Thurman has served in Sunday School, Seventies, six years in the Ward Bishopric, High Priest Group Leader and has served on the High Council for four years. A few weeks ago Thurman and Irma went to Salt Lake to attend the National Convention Con-vention of Elected County Officials. He was suddenly taken ill and spent most of the time in the hospital. ' While recuperating and wondering what the outcome would be, I had time to think about my life and my goals. Well, I may retire someday but I enjoy what I'm doing working as hard as ever. I would like to spend a little more time traveling, fishing, and enjoying our rode our first elevator. We had quite a time. I was team captain and chosen' to be on the All-StateTeam that year. We also had a good track team . I ran the 220, was on the relay team and shot put." Thurman also played M Men Basketball for many years. "Quite a bunch of us M inersville boys sheared sheep each spring. My brother, Ob Meyer's, and I sheared as partners for six cents a head! We didn't get rich on that. We'd start about the 15th of April here, then go to Wyoming, Colorado and Montana. In fact, that's how I got my wedding stake. I made $250 that season. Irma and I were married in 1934. We're parents of four sons and rnifl Hanptiffr T hova Wyoming, leaving James and his brother to finish the journey alone. James was originally sent here by Brigham Young to locate and work the Lincoln Lead Mine." "We worked hard as children, chil-dren, but then, I've always liked to wrk. I milked six cows before going to school each day. There were some really good swimming holes along the river then. In the winter we'd skate and go sleigh riding. We'd gather up a bunch and have the best time singing as we flew up and down the streets." "We had to make our own fun," said Irma. "We'd have ice cream parties, bonfires, and always a Saturday night dance at Hanging Rock. We girls would plan Oyster Soup suppers sup-pers tho I always took my tomato soup I didn't like oysters. We'd pop corn and make candy play lots of games. Mother said she'd rather have us home having fun than anything else. Families did more visiting in those days. We'd think nothing of packingupalunch, taking all the children and going over to an aunts or neighbors to spend the day. The women would visit, sew, can; or quilt, we children would play and sometimes go swimming the girls in their dresses and boys in their overalls. We'd always have a good time." During his school years Thurman was on the basketball basket-ball and track teams. "We didn't have football in high school then," he said. "We went to Salt Lake for the basketball playoffs. There were no regions then all teams in the state participated. partici-pated. We played Ogden the first night and doubled the score on them. Then played Murray and lost by 1 point. We had eight men on our team. I remember a photographer photo-grapher from the Tribune took a picture of us as we we-re parents oi lour sons and one daughter, I have seventeen grandchildren and one great grandchild." Thurman took the exam for brakeman for the railroad, but after thinking it over, decided he'd rather be his own boss and stick with the cattle business. "I guess you could say I've always been a rancher and cattlemen. cattle-men. My son, Dale, and I have a dairy now, plus our range operation." "We enjoy our family so m uch. We had to laugh at a little grandson who, each time he came to visit, rolled down the car windows and said, "just smell that wonderful Minersville air!" He even stomped through the cattle yard so that his shoes would be well coated with that great smelling stuff so he could take some of it back home to Nevada." "As our family was growing grow-ing up we always went with |
