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Show 1 HISTOBIGSt JOGIITT (Historical society treated to stories Brown's store, and he used to go there because she sometimes slipped him a piece of candy when Ben wasn't looking. Uncle Jeff was a fine carpenter and builder of homes. He had the same lovable type of personality as Nell. Next, Cal recalled his grandfather Henry Rampton's blacksmith shop on Centerville's Main Street, and how he liked to turn the bellows, and play with the flowing well by holding his hand over the pipe to build up pressure and then seeing how far the water would squirt This act was strictly prohibited because it caused the water to be full of sand for the next three or . four hours. -; ' . After Lou Rampton's death, Net, who had never worked, decided that she was going to make a living. Cal ' dropped out of school for two years to work before returning to law. school, but Net was the principal breadwinner of the family. She took on a line of cosmetics; and later sold ladies' corsets. .' ; When Cal and his brother Byron returned home from military service it was obvious to them that Uncle Jeff was very ill with cancer. He passed away that same year. So, here was Aunt Nell, left with no. means of livelihood. Since neither Lou Rampton or Jeff Haley had ever been able to accumulate wealth, the times were, indeed, difficult. The two families pooled what money they had, got Dr. Trowbridge to put up a piece of land he owned on Main Street, and together built the Servus Drug. Then they realized that they had spent all of their money on the building, and had nothing left with which to stock the store and dining facilities. - Fortunately, they found a man, Ted Christensen, a pharmacist and a good manager, who had lost his lease on a drug store in Evanston, Wyo. He was looking for a good opportunity, so he put in enough cash to buy the inventory. They opened the store on Labor Day, . 1949. Nell Haley spent the next 20 years running the kitchen. She became famous for her pies. She was the last of the sisters to die, some three years ago. Cal told of the wonderful memories they have of the Campbell Camp-bell girls. He thanked the Center-ville Center-ville Historical Society for providing pro-viding Richard, Ruby and himself the opportunity to relive these memories with the group. :. . I Richard then showed slides of the family. This was followed by a display of handiwork, glassware, pictures, clothing, and an antiqpsci doll which is to begiven to me Centerville Historical SocietyTwTiie1? a suitable place for artifacts is found. Terese Roberts Decker By VES HARRISON The concluding speaker was former Governor Calvin L. Rampton Ramp-ton who gave highlights of the lives j of his mother, Janet Campbell ( Rampton, and his aunt, Nell Camp- bell Haley. ' He first added a little touch to the history of the Campbell Clan in Scotland. On a visit to Scotland three or four years ago, he and Lucy Beth went to Inverness, and were surprised to learn that the Campbells Camp-bells were buried far out in the woods because they had fought on the side of the English. The bad feeling has persisted to this day, as Cal found out when he went into a pub nearby to get a glass of ale and the bartender refused to serve him. The reason for the refusal was that Cal was wearing a tie with the Campbell plaid. He and Lucy Beth are going back in two weeks, and he is going to leave the tie home. He noted that the old Chase home was recently torn down, but the old granary is still standing. It was moved to its present location from down in the field a number of years ago and refurbished. He said the granary is probably the home into which his great-grandfather, Thomas Schofield, moved when he first came to Centerville. Brigham Young called Thomas in and told him he wanted him to go " to the Richfield-Beaver area and establish es-tablish some woolen mills. Great-grandmother Great-grandmother Schofield resisted, but Brigham told Thomas that, because he had more than one wife, he would have a better chance of eluding the 'Feds' down there than he would if he remained in Centerville. Center-ville. So, it might be said that he went down south because of his belief-he believed the U.S. mar-shall mar-shall was after him. Three of Cal's greatgrandfathers, great-grandfathers, Schofield, Smith and Rampton were all confined in the same prison at the same time for unlawful cohabitation, and we have no way of knowing whether or not they knew each other. Calvin said the Campbell family was so close that it is difficult to talk about one without talking about all of them. Aunt Nell was the youngest. There were about two years between each of the sisters. Net, his mother, was about 14 when they moved to Centerville. Cal's father, Lou Rampton, lived about two and one-half blocks from the Campbells. He was six years older than Net, and was in school at the LDS ,t Business College. He graduated from there, and began courting Net about that time. They were married in 1907. Nell was still unmarried and living liv-ing at home, She was courted by Jeff Haley, who was 10 years younger to the day than Cal's dad. Nell and Jeff were married shortly short-ly before World War I. Jeff went off to war, and one of Cal's earliest , recollections (he was five years old) was - standing on the corner by - Maggie Brandon's house with Aunt Nell early in 1919, waiting for Jeff to come home. He arrived on the streetcar and got off by Ben Brown's Co-op Store. When Jeff started walking up the street, both Nell and Cal ran to meet him. Nell and Jeff lived next door to the Ramptons in Bountiful, and after Cal's father died, they became sort of surrogate parents. Cal's mother and father were married for six years when Cal was bom. His mother had her heart set on a girl, and so, when a boy was born she tried to compensate. First, she selected a name which could fit either a boy or a girl-Hollis. The story is that on the day when the baby was to receive a name in the Bountiful Tabernacle, the Roberts, Haleys, and all of the extended family were there for the occasion. When Lou got up, with the baby in his arms, to go up to the front of the chapel to christen him, Harold Roberts grabbed his arm and said, "You can't call that boy Hollis!" Lou said, "What'U I call him?" Harold had a hymn book on his lap, open to a hymn by John Calvin, and he said, "Call him Calvin." "This didn't really discourage mother," said Calvin, "because she dressed me in some of the most outlandish things you've ever seen. Little velvet pants, and a pongee shirt with ruffles, little knee-length socks and patent leather shoes." Needless to say, at school he had to defend himself against the hoots and taunts of the other boys, and he came home pretty well bloodied up. When his dad came home and saw Calvin, and learned the reason, he said, "Well, before your mother gets home let's do something about it." So he took Calvin over to the old J.C. Penney store on Main Street and First South and told the manager to fix Cal up with a denim shirt, levis with brass buckles on, and big shoes with studs. Cal was happy, but mother almost fainted. When Grandpa Campbell came to live with them, the Ramptons house was a bit larger, and they had room for him, but he ate his meals with Nell and Jeff. Cal told of the closeness of the families, and they had such good times together at Christmas and on other occasions that they were joined many times by members of the other sides of the families. In 1931 Cal's father died. It was during the dark days of the Depression, Depres-sion, and this made a great differ-. ehce in their lives. Nell and Jeff closed up their house and moved in with the Ramptons to conserve heat and share expenses, and during ; Cal's first year at the university they all lived together. . Aunt Nell compensated for the fact that she had no children of her own by mothering all of the children. She loved everyone, and was loved by all. Cal remembers t that i she once worked at Ben modeled a , kimono which her . mother made for her. The meeting was brought to a . ' close by the playing of a duet, "Ja the tJarden' by Harold and Floss f Roberts, f originally recorded on wire, and later transferred to audio tape,,.:; i.. : |