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Show Page Four - The Springville Herald - November 27, 2003 From tlio PUP Museum i St mi ' 3 is 1 v if A 9 mm by Mary Murray LeBeau I had to read the label on the small spinning wheel at the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Pio-neers Museum to realize it was made for spinning flax fibers into linen yarns. I realized that it was much smaller than most of the other wheels that I knew were used for wool or cotton. cot-ton. When I looked in the encyclopedia I did not find the answer and I am a complete com-plete klutz with a computer so I had to move on. I knew that from about 1600 until today the finest linens came from Brussels with the other prime place being Ireland. I found that France also produces high quality fabric. Sarah Lovell Mendenhall was born in Yorkshire, England Eng-land in 1818. .This was her spinning wheel, but that is not a place where it seems this flax wheel would have come from. Sarah married William Mendenhall in Delaware at the age of 21. Most girls of that time and place started spinning at an age of 9 or 10, and so Sarah would have had time to develop into a skilled spinner of flax. She could have brought the wheel with her into her new home. Flax was frequently grown in our New England states. Sarah and William had a daughter, Mary Francis, in 1839 and a son, Thomas Lovell, in 1841, born in Delaware. Linen was a common com-mon fabric for christening gowns and other baby clothes. Linen is one of the longest wearing fabrics and many related children of the time would wear the same dress for this important day. It is easy to believe the flax wheel came from Delaware. Then I realized that the next two children, boys named Abraham and Richard Lovell, were born in Nau-voo, Nau-voo, and I discovered that many women of that frontier community planted flax and washed it in the- Mississippi River. I read that the fabric made there was of unusually fine quality for American made cloth. Sarah may not have acquired the wheel until she was in Illinois. Somehow I still feel Delaware is more likely its place of origin. John in 1847 and Elizabeth Eliza-beth in 1850 were born in Iowa, and I am unaware of any flax that was grown in that state by the migrating Mormon community or anyone else. There was some flax grown in Springville, but it was not a major crop. From seedling to harvest was difficult diffi-cult because it is not really suited to this climate and water availability. From harvest to finished dress or shirt is very labor intensive. I feel sure Sarah had the wheel before she came to Springville where he last three children were born: Sarah in 1853, William Amassa in 1856 and Hannah Matilda in 1858. With this precious wheel I am sure al of her children went to 1 ; I Mountain View Hospital MountainStar Healthcare '&kee.Cdl Jo Burt 4657 1 10 1 , "v . 4 iwi'u 1 u This old spinning wheel is smaller than most and was used1 for spinning flax fibers that were made into linen in pioneer times. This wheel belonged to Sarah Lovel Mendenhall and came to the DUP Museum from her daughter Hannah Johnson. It and other pioneer artifacts may be seen at the museum in Springville. church in linen garments that she made from planting the flax seed in early spring to taking the strands of flax to this wheel where it became linen thread. Finally sewing on the last button more than Pear Kr. Lillian Dear Dr. Lillian: Question: I am fifteen years old and have the worst time organizing my backpack and homework. It's just a nightmare. Paper and me, we don't get along. I love, computers. I'm not kidding you, if I say that I '. - 'could just screak when" !' -look in my backpack and " see that mess. You'll believe me, too, if I say, that my mom feels the same way. Answer: All of us have to learn to do thing in life that are opposite to our preferred way of being and our learn-. ing style. Yes, you sound wonderfully right-brained, and I would imagine you are wonderful with art and other forms of visual or mental creativity. You just don't find paper creative and wonderful! So, let us start there. The next time you look into your backpack, imagine you are on a Lord of the Rings quest to find the secret paper that holds the codes to break into Mordor (never mind that we're talking about math). Or, you can get together with a cool friend who enjoys the same ' computer or card games and treat yourself to an "organize the backpack party'' and then play magic cards together as a reward. But, you'll promise yourself, your-self, won't you, that you'll ' ASRNs CuM? off your Looks and eay a BSN Calling all RNs: Join Weber State University College of Health Professions and Mountain View Hospital for an infonnaUve meeting about earning a BSN. Course to begin August 2004 Date: December 5, 2003 Time: 10:00 a.m. Place: Mountain View Hospital Boardroom 1000 E. 100 N. Payson, UT a year later. This beautiful artifact came to the DUP Museum from her daughter, Hannah Johnson, who married Willis Kelsey Johnson. start today to set your new way of transferring your creativity to all parts of your life, with no aspect left out. It's time to commit. Dear Reader: You are welcome to e-mail questions to , , lzarndtuniversity-for-childreji.org ; or . voice mail 489-0673. - Questions' ; are answered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Dear Dr. Lillian: Question: I am a medical medi-cal professional with a huge workload and responsibility for a full staff and the financial solidity of this enterprise. My issue is that I am fine during the day while I am busy, but at night I cannot sleep because my thoughts just keep racing rac-ing and I cannot turn them off. Needless to say, this is exhausting. Answer: Regardless what these thoughts are about, regardless how overpowering they may feel, you are still the one in control. The emotional mind of the human is so interesting. Thoughts in and of themselves them-selves are just like clouds passing through the sky, no more, no less. But when we see a thought and then latch onto it or try to suppress it, then we have given our identification to this thought. We are now no longer observing ob-serving the thought as a , H3 w - Q'. ' .... j:Mi !! II '"ft Students at Grant School made gingerbread ginger-bread houses and donated them to the Gingerbread House Festival now going on at Thanksgiving Point. Some 200 houses witness, we have now said: This thought is who I am. The reason why we latch onto one thought over another anoth-er is because the self-image we have built over time as a feedback loop only allows information to enter that agrees with the self-image that we hold of ourselves. You can see, how this can become an ever-tighter circle that does not allow the human hu-man to rise, but on the contrary, con-trary, constricts joy and expansiveness. There are three ways you can help yourself, not because be-cause you need improvement or are not already a wonderful wonder-ful human being as you are, but because you want to allow yourself a more expansive expan-sive self-image, one that is a better "friend" to you. First, know that feeling anxious and overwhelmed is simply a sign that it is time for you to recommit to who you are. Remember, you are here to discover yourself, not just to heal and be responsible responsi-ble for your patients' healing needs and your staff's professional profes-sional and economic needs. If we achieve everything but do not come right with ourselves, our-selves, the life doesn't work. Second, I would suggest that you nurture yourself with activities that you do not usually allow yourself. Get real creative. As talented and successful as you are at work, surely you can use those talents to delegate some of the workload so you can explore yourself in new ways. . The tightness of your thoughts has to do with the one-sided life you are forcing yourself to lead; you're helping and healing everyone except yourself. It may help you to remember how active you were as a child, what you loved to explore and be, and to position yourself from a more creative, child-like perspective, instead of exclusively exclu-sively from a serious, responsible re-sponsible adult perspective. Then you can merge these two viewpoints and come up with a more creative and fulfilling path to follow in life: your path. Third, I would suggest breathing, relaxation and visualization exercises. Each time as you relax and breathe in and out, get a sense of who you are. Your person, both who you are physically and emotionally, mentally and spiritually, extends much further than you think. Your self is not the constricted, small person you fear yourself your-self to be right now; that is an illusion. Your self is way beyond that. 717 North Main, Springville 489-3698 Make Your List and Check It Twice. . .... Then Come to The DBookmairk For Everything Nice And Everything On Sale Too! Annual Early Bird Sale November 28 and 29 LDS Books, CD's and Gift Items 6 a.m. - 7 a.m. 25 off Everything' 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. 20 off Everything 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. 15 off Everything Authors will be here to sign that special book too! 5 off scriptures and items already on sale! can be seen there through Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are available at the door. The event is being sponsored by the Utah PTA. You wonder: "Why do I -Z feel so out of control inside, 1 when I'm the one in control all day long on the outside?" o Well, you are suffering from , t your own perceptions. And yes, you. can change them, J, but this requires the work of.,; letting them go. - I When you need a tire change, you go to the ga- rage. When you need a , degree, you go to college. , When you need to rearrange your perceptions, you don't ask confused thoughts to bring you clarity or self-definition; self-definition; you speak to the real inner you, the one who is guiding your inner journey from the very core of your being. You would want to begin to talk to your inner self much, much more. The real self is not the same as the thoughts you are having. The inner self is the real you, the one that is already complete beyond personality or aspects that can change. Your real self is love, intelligence, beauty and harmony. A friend like no other. You have been of such service to others-now serve yourself.; You deserve this. ' Most-people have one J foot the is larger than the other. ; m 5 |