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Show ) Barbara Mayer . , Boy! Thats something to win just what you want.That's what happened to my son Arlan last Friday when he won the T.V. Then coming down the road just at the right time was Holly Bettridge, Bett-ridge, her name was called and here she came in her fuel truck, not knowing she had won. We all hollered and screamed trying to tell her to stop that she had won a $25.00 Gift Certificate Certifi-cate from Sam's Furniture, and Ruth Smith she was still shaking when we left her, Lucky People! In furthering my research on the homesteads here in the valley, my father's farm (the man E. Walker) now owned by his son Ronald T. Walker. Has been in the family for three generations. M y dad bought the farm from his father Ezra Walker In 1946. Grandpa Walker bought the farm around (1919 from George H. Halterman). Mr. Halter man bought it at a Sheriff's sale for $150.00. The next owner back was Walter E. Johnson, he bought it from Frederick W. Gil-11ns Gil-11ns who purchased it from The United States of America Amer-ica recorded May 17, 1902. Dated: July 26, 1899 signed by the President William McKinley. Issued pursuant to the Act of Congress Approved Ap-proved May 20, 1862. "To secure Homesteads to actual settlers on the Public Dom ain." Isn't that something? There's a lot of history in your "abstract of Title". 3addy said he could remem-oer remem-oer it was in the 7th grade ivhen he moved here. He said when they would dig fence post holes they would fill up with water. They lived in a tent home when they first moved here. That summer sum-mer they had a garden, and a long horned steer from the range (which was close at that time) got into the garden, gar-den, and grandma Emma Walker told Aunt Freta to chase it out.Well It took after her, and pinned her to the ground between its two long horns. Grandma grabbed a pitch fork and stuck it in the steer and away went the steer and the pitchfork pitch-fork bouncing back and forth. Neither one was ever seen again. Daddy said one time his mother gathered the eggs and a hail storm came up and she sat the basket of eggs down to hurry and get her clothes off the line and when she got the eggs they were broken from the hail. Aunt Hilda (Walker) Nolan says she remembers a brick pile there where they evidently evi-dently made bricks. And that it was so hard to clear the ground because of all the tough salt grass. The first home that was built there, part of it came from greatgrand father Hir-aln Hir-aln Alonzo Walker's home situated in the Miners ville fields, owned now by Faye and Jeff Marshall. The other part of the house came from the old T-Bone ranch.Thls home burnt down in 1955 and a new one was built. Ted and Pat Rimpau spent Thanksgiving at Newport Beach, Calif. Where they, were joined by their son and wife Jim and Sydney from Reno, Nevada. They visited Ted's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rimpau, and also Ted's brother. Florence Barnes enjoyed a visit Thanksgiving from her daughter and family Jo-Ann Jo-Ann and Jay Perez from Riverside, California. Jim and Marge Sherwood's daughters and family spent Thanksgiving . with them. Laura and David Alleman, and three daughters, and Linda and John Conway and two children. Marge accom -panied then! back and spent some time with Linda In Tooele and Laura in Sandy. Jim went up later and brought her home. Larry and Dwight Van Hee's from Kuva, Idaho have been guests in our home while finishing up Arlan and Kristen's new home. The annual Christmas Community Club party for the children will be held Dec. 14th, Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. Jerry and Janice Mayer took a load of Christmas trees to Las Vegas. Lee Schiedeman accompanied them. He left from Las Vegas and flew to Redlands, Ca. ' where his mother is very ill. |