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Show It was people looking at people as several former classes at Springville High School got together and rode in the Art City Days Parade Saturday. One could hear comments about the age of those riding by, but the Class of '73 and members of the other classes in the parade didn't care, they were having fun. They would even pick up stray classmates, who didn't dare ride in the parade and reveal their age, as they went along. ' Ki 3UU D Volume Ninety-Seven SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 - June 1992 Price 50 Number Twenty-Five ohnson Family By RaNell S. Howlett A 147-year old family bible was presented to the Daughter of Utah Pioneers Springville Museum Muse-um by family representatives on Monday. The bible, originally owned by Springville founder Aaron Johnson, John-son, Sr. and Mary Ann Johnson, one of his 12 wives, will be on display later this summer at the museum, located in the old Carnegie Car-negie Library. Presenters included Johnson family president Dr. Richard K. Miner, Jessie Dalton, Mrs. D. Larell Johnson and Coralee Johnson, John-son, secretary-treasurer of the Johnson family. The bible, a record of Aaron and his family, includes detailed records of births, deaths and the 12 marriages performed by LDS Church officials: Hiram Smith, Heber. C, Kimball, Brigham Young, George A. Smith and D. H. Wells. Nine of the wives produced 56 children, 47 of whom lived to adulthood. It is estimated that Aaron has more 10,000 descendants, many of them in the Springville area. The bible, missing for many years, has an interesting history in finding its way back home to Springville. A number of years ago, an antique shop owner from California Califor-nia came through Springville. She contacted D. Larell Johnson and told him about the bible and asked if he would be interested in having it. The woman was a friend of Tess Hines Garrison, a member of the Neptune Society. Upon her death, Garrison left the society many of her belongings. After they took what they wanted, the antique shop lady was given the rest for cleaning up the apartment. apart-ment. One of the items was the old Johnson family bible. The woman found Larell 's name in the bible. The antique lady said she would send the bible to him, to keep in the family for as long as he wanted, but hoped to eventually eventual-ly see it placed in a local museum. muse-um. They corresponded, but the bible wasn't sent and Larell thought she had changed her mind. Then, Jesse Dalton went on a trip to Los Angles and while there, visited the shop. The woman took Jesse's location in L. A. and promised to deliver the bible, which was in Santa Monica at the time, but didn't show up. Later, they found out a fire in the mountains had prevented her from coming. Two years passed and suddenly, sudden-ly, in 1978, the bible was delivered deliv-ered to Jesse Dalton. The bible was in fairly good shape, but needed to be rebound. It was taken to Stevenson's in Provo after the genealogy was carefully photocopied. It was in the possession of continued on page 3 f ?f """"" ""I W 'myKfm: I ir- iJj fftSI t - f";-. re? tS" , 'm,i -'f'- f' " ' iff ' PMl ' : ' ' : tit : i 'fai k--i--i- A I 1 Members of the Aaron Johnson family present- through a few generations and was eventually ed the old Johnson Family bible to the Spring- lost somewhere in California before the family ville Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum got it back. It will be on display at the DUP Monday. Aaron Johnson was sent to this area Museum for visitors to see. in 1850 to make a settlement. The bible passed Hosts needed for Folkfest participants Magg'e's Bend comP,ete By Spencer Bedard Folkfest planners are still looking for a few good homes to house dancers that will be coming from the seven countries coming to this year's festival. The countries who plan to participate this year are Poland, China, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and the U.S. Tahiti recently re-cently had to drop out due to an ill performer. Participants in the housing program have had good things to say about their experiences with the folkdancers. "I have seen the world without having to leave Springville," said Beverly Cluff of Springville. She has housed dancers from Turkey, Greece and the Soviet Union over the years the festival has been running. Cluff said she hasn't found the experience to be too expensive and added, "The Folkfest supplies some of the meals." "They like what we fix and usually prefer our regular meals," she said. "They loved our ham s'! burgers and pizza." Last year Cluff had some dancers from Moldavia, a former republic of the Soviet Union. "They didn't have any money to spend here so we bought a few items of clothes for them at D.I.," Cluff said. She added that she didn't have to make the added expense but wanted to since they were short on clothes. "A lot of people are scared to have people in their homes but I have found they are not much different than we are," Cluff said. Martha Burrows of Springville hasn't had a bad experience with housing dancers either. "We wish we could adopt them," Burrows said adding that she is involved with the program so her children can meet people from other countries. "People who haven't done this should," she said, "My kids beg me each year to get people in our home, the hardest part is saying goodbye." Spanish Fork resident, Angie Allred, housed three girls from Turkey and two from India two separate years. "One night the Indians made a curry with peas and potatoes," Allred said. Allred said they talked about many different subjects. "They liked the U.S. in some ways and didn't like it in others," she said adding they had some political differences. Kelly Johnson has had dancers from Columbia, Japan, Greece, Norway, Mexico and the U.S.S.R. "We have enjoyed every group we have had. It was good to have people from the U.S.S.R. because we have traditionally been afraid of them and they helped dispel a lot of myths," Johnson said. One interesting experience Johnson had was with the group of Moldavians she had. "They spoke no English and we didn't speak Moldavian," Johnson said. Her husband knew Spanish and one of the Moldavians knew Spanish. To communicate she would tell something to her husband hus-band who would translate it into L. r r fcj-i 1 . - r- ' pi Miss Springville Malisalee Bird and her attendants, atten-dants, Michelle Miller, Jenny Oman and Chery Winget, rode on this beautiful float in the 1992 Art City Days Parade Saturday. The weather was cool and sunny, perfect for a parade. The weeklong celebration ended with a fireworks display at the Arts Park that evening. Citizens can still attend the musical, "Li'l Abner," that was produced for Art City Days. It will play Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20, at the Arts Park outdoor stage. Tickets are available at the door. Spanish to the one Moldavian who would in turn translate into Moldavian for the rest of the group. "We also communicated a lot using hand signals," she said. The Moldavians particularly enjoyed playing miniature golf Johnson said. She added that sometimes there was tension in the home and that it isn't always easy. Johnson said she slept for a day after the dancers danc-ers left because she was so tired. This year Johnson is the chair of the housing committee in charge of finding homes for the dancers. She can be reached by calling 489-8882. People who already know which country they would like to house people from may call the following country chairpeople: Kay Barney, 465-3721, Poland; Teresa Roberts, 489-7638, China; Carol Day, 489-5168, France; Angie Allred, 798-8892, Italy; or Sherry Scott, 489-8149, Mexico. All of the Irish dancers have homes already. Information on cemetery Following a number of misunderstandings misun-derstandings concerning the removal re-moval of flowers from Springville City Municipal Cemeteries, the following guidelines should clear up any questions. Anytime flowers are removed from the cemeteries without authorization, the matter should be reported to the Springville Police Department. Flowers that become unsightly will, however, be removed without with-out notice. Lot owners who wish to keep any floral arrangements must remove them from graves before they become unattractive. Holiday decorations are removed re-moved seven days after a holiday. If you have any questions, please contact Springville City Cemeteries at 489-2770. Two years of cooperative efforts between Utah County, Spanish Fork City, and the Utah Department of Transportation have culminated in the resolution of a serious highway safety problem. prob-lem. The stretch of highway near Spanish Fork City limits known historically as "Maggie's Bend" had been the sight of a number of accidents over the years. Due to the design of State Road 156 and its "Y" intersection with Child's Road, the serious safety factors involved became apparent to the Utah Department of Transportation who moved to correct them . Working with Utah County and Spanish Fork City, and following a number of public hearings, decisions were made regarding new alignments and who would be responsible for specific aspects of the construction construc-tion and future maintenance. Now, following those months of planning and working together, a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at the newly constructed intersection of SR 156 and Maggie's Bend on Wednesday, June 24, at 11:15 a.m. to make the end to a safety problem. Officials from the Utah Department Depart-ment of Transportation, Utah County and Spanish Fork City will be on hand. The public is invited. ,WWBWW .,iiiiiwm..whw.wp''"ii'ii'iiiii'iiiwjiip mi 1 nm ii i ii i in r. i ll!- J1 4 V ' ' ,. m V ;;n h ' iimNii r i ntf ivtmrnutmrnu nnin Joy Montoya, Miss Springville 1991-92, will compete in the Miss Utah Pageant this week in Orem witjh final competition Sat., June 20. She will be judged on interview, talent, evening gown and swimsuit. For her community service project, Joy participated participat-ed with the Utah County Division of Family Support working with abused and neglected children. She is the daughter of Joe and Loree Montoya and is attending Utah State University majoring in Human Resource Management. |