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Show IP duodDodod Page 2 Times Newspaper Wednesday, May 24, 2000 Editorial The Times encourage you to be cautious this Manorial Day weekend. More than one hundred lives could be saved nationally if all motor vehicle occupants were properly buckled up this Memorial Memo-rial Day weekend, according to estimates from the National Safety Council. Locally, approxi-' mately 17 Utahns have died over the past five years during this busy holiday weekend due to motor vehicle crashes. The Utah Safety Council estimates that 3 Utahns may be fatality injured in crashes this Memo rial Day weekend. In Utah, unbelted occupants are 10 times more likely to sustain a fatal injury than belted occupants. Singer and Songwriter Julie de Azevedo to Open SCERA Shell Season The SCERA Shell season opens with a bang as five-time Pearl Award winner Julie de Azevedo comes in concert May 30 at 8 p.m. at the Shell. Tickets are available for $8 general gen-eral admission with reserved section sec-tion seating available for $12 and $14. They may be purchased in advance from 10-5 weekdays at SCERA main office (745 S. State St., Orem) or by calling (801) 225-2569 225-2569 or 225-ARTS. Described by Billboard Magazine Maga-zine as an original who sings her poems without treading the well-worn well-worn waters of imitation will open the SCERA Shell Outdoor, de Azevedo unique style of adult contemporary con-temporary music will fill the beautiful beau-tiful outdoor setting with music to tug at your heart. This concert is the first of many Earn ronayl E 0t W I ktHK0itW mu Liuyuii rmm Earn Seven Peeks Passes Great Part Time Job! Job Requirements: Desire to work and ability to talk to people. Housewives, Students or second income. Very flexible hours. Cell 225-1 Ask for Brent The Orem-Geneva Times EOE (USPS 411-700) Published Weekly by Utah Valley Publishing Company 801-225-1340 Fax 801-225-1341 538 South State Street, Orem, UT 84058 PirteSal Pcsts Psa in Crtsi BT 54128 Pestsssts' ts ssssa if sssa sstfea te TH Created Ttzsx 3 Isst Stall Stmt Ursa, m Subscription in advance per year $1 6.00 Out of State Subscription per year $35.00 Per Copy $.50 fa f u tin A simple decision to wear a safety belt could save your life. We urge all motorists to wear safety belts and properly buckle children in child safety seats The Utah Safety Council offers of-fers motorists the following safe driving and traveling tips for this busy weekend. Buckle Up! Safety belt and child Safety seat use is the easiest easi-est and most effective way to protect yourself while on the roadways. When taking longer trips, allow plenty of travel time so that you can take frequent breaks. Drowsiness can reduce reaction time almost as much as drinking. Never drink and drive. top events that will bring smiles to the faces of arts lovers all over Utah Valley. Among the other special guests coming this year are country music mu-sic super star Glen Campbell (July 18), Sergio Mendes and Brasil 2000 (Sept. 12), Michael Ballam (June 5) and The Smothers Brothers Aug. 2). Top notch, locally produced plays such as "Brigadoon" (June 15-26), "Annie Get Your Gun" (July 15-26) 15-26) and "Man of LaMancha" (July 28-Aug 19) will also grace the Shell stage this summer. de Azevedo says that as long as she can remember, she has used song writing and performing to express herself As someone who is trying to pursue a promising musical mu-sical career and at the same time be a wife, mother and so- 340 Today Em U Keep a safe following dig-tance; dig-tance; uee taa "three second" following fol-lowing rule. . .v Slow down! Give yourself plenty of tuna to get where you re going. Speed continues to be the number me contributing factor fac-tor in fatal crashes. Drive friendly and be courteous. cour-teous. ' The Times encourages everyone every-one to buckle up and buckle up their kids. Over half of all children chil-dren killed in crashes are completely com-pletely unrestrained. Never place a child safety seat in front of a passenger side air bag and always properly restrain all children chil-dren twelve and under in the back seat. IT is by far the safest place. Julie de Azevedo cial worker, her music reflects the busy lifestyles that characterize so many people's lives. Among her themes are finding time, peace, love and struggling to keep ones' head above water. Additionally, some of her music emerges from her work as a social work professional profes-sional who counsels at-risk families. fami-lies. "I write about how I feel and who I am" she explains, adding, that her songs are "more about the journey than the destination" Over the years, de Azevedo has performed for many projects, including in-cluding albums, movies, television and radio. As an example, well-known well-known entertainer Gladys Knight recorded de Azevedo's "Mercy's Arms" on the Grammy nominated album, "Many Different Roads" As an artist contracted with Highway Records, she recently produced pro-duced her third major release with them, "Dive Deep" In 1998, her "Pray for Rain" album received five awards from the Faith Centered Music Association, including songwriter of the year, w . 9 V t,.. -,. u.i ....r. ii . ,..,. i, i,-, Otto Julius and Emma Johnson Poulson Orem staffing climate cools The summer months hold solid promise for Orem area job seekers based on results of Manpower's Third Quarter Employment Em-ployment Outlook Survey. The report indicates 33 of firms interviewed expect their payrolls to increase during the July-September period, 7 say fewer workers will be needed and 60 intend to stay at current levels. "In the survey of three months ago," said Robert Katz of Manpower, Man-power, "employers were bullish when 57 anticipated staffing up and 3 foresaw reductions. A year ago, the outlook was also dynamic as 54 planned workforce additions, while none predicted cutbacks. The third quarter can be one of te most active hiring periods of the year, and with the robust economy, quite challenging in recruiting and retaining workers." New job openings are expected this summer in durable goods manufacturing, wholesaleretail trade, education and services. Public administrators plan to cut back. On a national basis, companies compa-nies in record numbers will be competing for new employees in most geographic regions, as 35 plan staff additions, 5 expect reductions, 55 anticipate no change and 5 are undecided. Successful Good cjewo Dear Editor, The Utah Valley Regional Food Bank, which is operated by Com-munity Com-munity Action Services in Provo, would like all those who participated in this year's annual an-nual Scouting for Food Drive held on March 25 to know that you did an outstanding job. The grand total of food collected in Utah County was 265,154 pounds. This food will feed 5,303 families (average of four persons per family) with seven days of food. With the current number of people being served at the Utah Valley Regional Food Bank, this amount of food will last 5-6 months. In many instances, families will visit the Food Bank once or twice per month. Depending De-pending on the circumstances and crisis the family is experiencing, experi-encing, food may be needed once each week for a short period of time. Over 400 volunteers gave of their time and energy to assist this year at the Food Bank as they helped unload the Army trucks. Thank you to hundreds of Boy Scouts and their leaders, the scout office, BYU students, community volunteers and the Army National Guard for making mak-ing this event a great success. Sincerely, Gwen 1 Vance Assistant Director Community Action, Provo "V. f 1 , i I , f -1 If If The Orem Heritage Museum, in cooperation with the Times, invites descendants descen-dants of early Orem homesteaders to submit a biographical sketch and photo of their ancestor and spouse for publication in the newspaper and preservation in the Orem Heritage Museum. Ancestors need to have lived on their land, farmed, and raised their family sometime during 1870-1910, either on top of the Provo Bench, on the lower Geneva Road, or on Carterville Road. For further information, call Mollis Scott, 374-6063, or Ion Bowen, 226-0555. Otto Julius and Emma Johnson Poulson Otto Julius Poulson, son of Niels and Maria Wahlstrom Poulson, was born in Helsingborg, Sweden, on April 30, 1872. Otto's autobiography read: "In my early childhood, I was looked after by my sister Josephine, who did all she could to make me happy. I being a boy of a roaming nature, it was quite a task for ber to do, for I often went and played on the seashore, gathering shells and building houses with them. "At the age of six, I was sent to the Central School Here I had a lady teacher; the boys and girls went together in the same class. I learned very rapidly and at seven I entered the class of the First Reader. Here we had a gentleman teacher, and the boys were no longer in the same room as the girls. When I left the class of First Reader, I had to go to another school, where I remained about a year. "At this time, my parents joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints July 11, 1881, and soon after decided to move to Utah... "On the morning of the 14th of June, 1882, 1 with my parents, brothers, and sister found myself on board a ship to start for America, leaving all our relatives and friends behind us, who had gathered on the shore to bid us goodbye.. .In a few days we landed in Hull, England, and from there we went by rail to Liverpool, where we boarded the steamer Nevada, which carried us across the great Atlantic Atlan-tic Ocean in 11 days... "We landed at New York, and from there we came on trains to Utah, arriving at Pleasant Grove, Utah, on the 12th of July, 1882. Now we were without home, friends, or money, and my education was cut short for I had to work to eam a livelihood. It appeared mighty hard for me to be taken from home and sent to work instead of school, for I had not done any work, not even fed a horse or a cow an armful of hay, before I came to Utah. Instead of a nice large city that I had been raised in, I was placed in the lonely mountains to snake wood and logs. Since I came here, it has always been my good luck to work." In the fall of 1890, Otto went with his mother to the Johnson farm in Lindon to help harvest potatoes, and there he met Emma, the second daughter of Andrew An-drew G. and Charlotta Anderson Johnson, and on November 21, 1894, they were married in the Salt Lake Temple. After Otto and Emma were married, they began buying a farm on Provo Bench (Orem), but for five years he worked on the railroad most of the time. Then in 1899, they moved onto their farm. Eight sons and a daughter were bom to this couple, but only one son, Leo, and the daughter, Amy, lived to maturity. Amy was born May 3, 1902, and on May 22, Otto was called to go on a mission to Sweden, where he had a number of interesting experiences. . "j" " ' ' .' ' . .. Leo was born February 17, 1910, and when he was four years old, his parents built a new brick home near the old one, making it one of the first modern homes on the Bench. While Otto and Emma could only raise two of their own children, their home was home to many others for months at a time. Otto was a faithful worker both in the church and community he was a builder of better conditions for the group. He bought several farms, unproved them, and sold them. He was secretary of the Provo Bench Canal Company for many years, and worked to get a high school built in the community and to make the place a town so a water system could be obtained. He worked as a county crop and pest inspector from 1908. He took great pride in helping people raise better crops and in controlling insects and pests. Otto had charge of the Utah County exhibits at the state fair and enjoyed collecting, grading, and exhibiting the best of everything the county had to offer. He attended the International Exposition at San Francisco with his brother Charles in 1915. He won many prizes for the county and for himself at the state fairs. In fulfillment of a blessing he had received from a missionary, Elder Charles Warnick, while still in Sweden, Otto was made bishop of the Timpanogos Ward on November 25, 1917, and held that position until the time of his death. On November 21, 1919, he and Emma celebrated their silver wedding anniversary anni-versary by having a lovely party for their friends and relatives. This turned out to be a farewell party of sorts, for the following January he went to Logan to study at the Agricultural College and contracted the flu. The illness turned to pneumonia and he died February 3, 1920. He was buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery on February 5. Emma Christina Johnson was born October 10, 1874, in Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah. Her parents had only recently immigrated from Sweden after joining the LDS Church. The family moved to Pleasant Grove, then to a farm three miles south of Pleasant Grove in 1879. There were seven in one room, and six more children were eventually added. It became necessary to build on, remodel, re-model, and fix over the house. Emma had no chance to get lonely, and little time for play or for school. Life was hard with so many conditions to overcome and so many mouths to feed, so everyone worked long days and late into the year. Tuition of $1 to $1.50 per term had to be paid for schooling. One winter, Emma did janitorial work to pay her tuition. This meant going early so the fires were warm when the other children arrived, and staying late to clean up. She then walked more than a mile to her home. When she was 15, she was needed at home too much to permit her to go to school even in the winter, although she did study dressmaking one winter later on. Emma was baptized August 26, 1883, in the millrace at Pleasant Grove. She was chosen assistant secretary of the YL. M.I A when she was 16 years old, and two years later, she became a counselor in the same organization. At this time, her father was called on a mission back to his native land. Her oldest sister was married and her youngest sister was only a few weeks old, so a great deal of responsibility for keeping the family going was on her shoulders. She worked in the fields as well as in the house, helping her mother weave carpet. Emma and Otto were married in the Salt Lake Temple by John R. Winder. While Otto was onhis mission, Emma lived with her parents or helped in her oldest sister's home, which was dose by. After his return, they went back to their own home to live. Like Otto, Emma worked diligently in the ward. She was a counselor in Relief Society for 23 years, a block teacher for many years, and a social service leader. When her husband was made bishop of the Timpanogos Ward, she often went with him to visit the sick or those in need. It was almost more than Emma could endure to have Otto join their seven sons in death, but she was needed to help her daughter, a student at BYU, who was also very ill with the flu at the time. The following September, Emma took her two children to Provo and they all attended BYU She was accepted by the students in her classes, and after the first few weeks of adjustment, enjoyed herself very much and made many young friends. Emma went back to her home the next spring to farm and provide means for her children to go on to school. Her brother-in-law, Ludwig Poulson, helped her for a number of years, and she took in teachers as boarders. Daughter Amy was married to Elmer Taylor on August 16, 1922. Leo was called on a mission to Sweden, and in order to support him, F.mm obtained work in homes in Salt Lake. She worked for her sister Mary an instructor at the University of Utah. When Leo returned, they came back to their home, which had been rented to the A.Y Watkins family. Leo later married Virginia Booth. Emma and Otto had sold part of their farm in 1818 for the erection of a high school In 1931, Emma gave part of the land where the seminary stood. The SCERA Theater and recreation area, tha street north of it, and many lovely homes were all built on land that originally was part of the Poulson farm. Emma died January 24, 1950, and was buried in the Pleasant Grove Cem etery POOR |