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Show Thursday, March 6, 2008 SPRINGVILLE HERALD 17 SNIPP Helen Beardall The Springville Historical Histori-cal Society has housed within its wall a wonderful wonder-ful collection of personal histories. Today's article is written by Elma Patrick Pat-rick Evans, and it is such a choice account of her childhood memories of the City Pasture. Thank you Elma. "The year was 1935, we were eleven years old, school was out for the summer, and it was out turn to take the cows to the City Pasture, my sister sis-ter and myself. Our older brothers and sisters had their turns and they had moved onto bigger and better things. We lived at 200 North and 300 East in Springville. The City Pasture was quite a ways down the road and over the railroad tracks from our barnyard. Our parents were happy hap-py to stop feeding the cows for the summer as they had had to do it all winter. With a family of ten, two cows were needed need-ed to supply all the milk for drinking and cooking and cream from the milk for butter. We would let the milk set then skim the cream from the top and then churn our own butter. but-ter. Suddenly we felt pretty pret-ty big and responsible, imagine taking charge of two cows, two of our most prized possessions, and getting them to the pasture each morning and Th i t y )UL3 Johnson Tire 4894621 610 N. Main - Springville We accept all competitors i 1 WE DO: I NOW 1 .Alignments -Mufflers ! OPEN SATURDAYS I i I Advertise in the Springville Herald Service Directory for only $12 per WEEK! CALL 489-5651 FOR INFORMATION! 224 South Main Street Springville, UT 84663 M-F 9 to 7 Sat. 9 to 5 801.491.9744 store4759theupsstore.com www.theupsstore.com "Full Service Copies at Self Service Prices!" r .j Wealth Management il JLl Brian E. 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When we reach Main Street on 400 North, there was never a problem getting get-ting the cows across the street as there weren't many cars then. After getting the cows safely across the train tracks, it was our time to explore. There weren't any houses down in the fields then and each field was teaming small animals ani-mals and birds. How we loved hearing the Meadow Mead-ow Larks sing their beautiful beau-tiful song, that always sounded like, 'Springville 'Spring-ville Is A Pretty Little Town.' (I wonder where the Meadow Larks have gone?) coupons on service work! I 'Brakes 'Emissions Tune-Ups 'Inspections Starters 'Custom Wheels Radiators 'Alternators IE pringville What excitement when we found Fool's Gold along the tracks. and then we would explore the large ditch between 300 West and 400 West on 400 North. Always in the water were what we called Ice Skaters, they glided swiftly over the water and often we would try to catch them. But it wasn't fun holding them in our hands while they squirmed around. We loved to pick a bouquet bou-quet of golden buttercups that grew along the ditch banks and a handful of Water Cress was perfect to take home to eat with homemade bread and butter but-ter with a sprinkle of salt on top. . Walking back home we often stopped at some of the many flowing wells on 400 North to get a cold drink and to wash the dust from our bare feet. None of the homeowners seemed to mind us stopping stop-ping for a few minutes to rst at their wells. Of course in the afternoons after-noons the same process had to be repeated in reverse. re-verse. We could not be late in getting to the train tracks or our cows might go in the wrong direction and end up in the stray pen. It was on 200 North and 500 West by Hobble Hob-ble Creek. As the cows came over the railroad tracks they often were in a hiirry and bunched up together, which meant TheLaw Office CHRISTOPHER K. 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We were sitting pretty close to the tracks and those trains were awfully big and noisy as they went swiftly by. We would always al-ways wave to the engineer engi-neer and the man in the caboose. Some days when we had a few pennies to spend, we would stop at a small service ser-vice station on 400 North and Main Street. Here we would buy candy and gum. This little station came by its name rightfully right-fully as there were some large shade trees on the west of it which kept it pretty shaded in the summer. sum-mer. It was called 'Shady Corner.' There was one joy my sister and I were never asked to do and that was milk the cows. I remember remem-ber asking once if I could d3 (Be8 Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Saturdays by Appointment Springville 489.5111 374 Ea 400 South Prov377.33 1355 N. University Ave. mbi tfOM. i.., ihctvveMghum .'IttHVlJiKCare.VSWA 262 E. 400 S. Springville NOW OPEN! OMEA, VSP BCS, ALISOS S OTHERS ' & SUBS - 9484 NOW DELIVERING TO SPANISH FORK! CHICKEN SUB pOQ Vf 'r W History try but found out getting milk from a cow is a pretty pret-ty technical job. As hard as I tried, no milk ever went down into the milk pail, so that ended my milking days. Our mother did a lot of the milking as our dad was away at the ranch a good share of the time. In 1930 there was no refrigeration and no pasteurization either, so we drank warm, unpasteurized unpas-teurized milk, some times right from the cows. It's too bad children are only eleven for just one year. Life at that age is fun and uncomplicated. When we turned twelve and thirteen we moved on to bigger and better things, like picking cherries cher-ries and strawberries, bean and raspberries and, one fall I even tried picking pick-ing peaches. They were pretty itchy and a bag full of peaches was just too heavy for me to carry around, so that ended my peach picking days. Before we knew it our younger brother, Morris, had turned eleven and now it was his turn to take the cows to the pasture. Not many years after that, the barnyards with their smelly animals were appreciated by neighbors who didn't have barns and animals, so all had to go. Our dad sold his barn and cows, took his horses and pigs to the ranch and then sold the land where the barnyard had stood 4Phy$ica! h Sports Therapy Services r Brian B. Lambert Greg R. Thorpe KirkWNewfaold BROOKSIDE CROSSING 380 E. 400 S. Springville, UT 84663 (801)489-5669 TIHPAKOGOS MEDICAL The Springville Herald OFFERS A DAILY MTC DELIVERY SERVICE! Drop packages off by 4:00 p.n. far sasie cay service! $1.50 per package. 269 E. 400 S. or call 489-5651 for INFO HETj YOUR IMAGE IS OUR BUSINESS! Let Us Take The Worry and Stress Out Of Your Next Copy job With Our GUARNANTEED Service! Full Color Copies High Speed & Self-Serve Copies Bindery Services Laminating Family Histories Manuals -Office Supplies 717 N. MAIN - SPRINGVILLE (801) 489-3456 I QHgEESSGS 1 Subscribe to the pringbftteieralti CALL489-5651TODAYAMDGET30oOFF Also included is eoch weeks edition of the SHS NEWS WRITTEN BY SHS STUDENTS for so many years. Soon two very nice new homes were built where the barn stood. Of course the privy had to go to. Springville now has a bustling Industrial Park where the City Pasture once stood. Instead of cows walking to the pasture, pas-ture, we drive our cars over the train tracks, on the very same road the cows traveled to, any number of businesses in the Industrial Park. Or we continue on through the fields onto the freeway. What change from 1930 10 2000.? Thank you Elma for this delightful memory. Visit the Historical Society, Soci-ety, or better yet, COME AND JOIN THE HISTORICAL HIS-TORICAL SOCIETY; WE NEED YOU. Write your recollections and histories and share them. 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