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Show I t. 17. p. VOL XXV LEHI, UTAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER! '7939 NUMBER 20 t A , High Tribute Paid Beloved Pioneer Citizen Church Worker and Citizen At Services Monday Mrs. Elizabeth Rockwell Called By Death ' Elizabeth Cook Rockwell, 75 vears of age, passed away Monday morning at her home here, follow- M an illness of pneumonia. Mrs Rockwell was bom February 19 1864 in. Salt Lake City and as , 'drl she moved to Rush Valley The high esteem, love and respect in which Abel John Evans and his family are held in this community, in tne county and in the state were evident at the impressive funeral services held Monday atl o'clock p. m. in the Second ward chapeL Patriarch Evans, 87 years of age, a beloved citizen, stalwart church and civic leader and statesman, passed away at his home here Fri day evening, following an extended illness, The services, which were attended by numerous relatives and friends from various parts of the state, state and county dignitaries and hisrh VaTTinn. ri e jjjoved to Jjeni ana suiub uim Fuiu uui i time had made her home nere shP tssessed a sunny disposi- $ to and was loved by everyone who L y.m her. f Her husband, David P. Rockwell, t' died 33 years ago and Mrs. Rockwell left with a family or smau cnw rm to rear by herself. tj She was the mother of nine chil- ton, the following of whom survive her: David Rockwell of American Pork; Mrs. Letitia McKenney of San l Francisco, California; Adam C. Rockwell and Edson Rockwell, Lehi; Mrs. Ina Cameron of Willes, California; Cali-fornia; also one sister and three brothers, Jennie Rydalch of Tooele, nntwrt Cook of Grantsville, David Cook of Cache Valley and John Cook of Cold Hill, Nevada, and a number of grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at the A. H. Wing mortuary, under the direction of Bishop Evans L. Anderson. Interment will be made in the Lehi City cemetery. j Cold Storage 1 Lockers Being Installed Here Within the near future 400 cold storage lockers will be installed at the old Turkey Dressing Plant at the Lehi Cereal Company for use by local citizens. . Additional equipment is 'being in stalled, remodeling work is being and a number of improvements are being made and according to the management they expect to be wly to serve local citizens by the ira of the year. Ibis new business is established toe by L. O. Peterson and J. Earl mto. It is recommended that people put off killing of animals curai the lockers are ready for use jsnd then citizens will be able to their meat in cold storage for Preserving. r ocke" will be rented to anyone i?ao desires at a reasonable price, fM people will be able to save ft jeat aeal on their meat, f He local cold storage plant will great advantage to our com-; com-; and will mean much to local titans. Lwe cmmend Mr. Peterson and Smith to Patriarch Evans. The Second ward chapel was filled to overflowing overflow-ing and the floral offerings were many and exceedingly beautiful. Bishop Ernest N. Webb was in charge and as the opening number Booth Sorenson and Armond Webb sang a duet, "Hold Thou My Hand." Miss LaPriel Goodwin was the piano accompanist all during the services. Bishop R. J. Whipple offered the opening prayer, after which Bishop S. I. Goodwin read the biographical sketch and made remarks J. Rulon Morgan, secretary of the Utah County Bar Association, read resolutions of respect from this organization. Other speakers who paid sincere tribute to the life and character of Patriarch Evans and offered consoling con-soling words to the bereaved family were President Clifford E. Young of Alpine stake, President Virgil H. Peterson, President Royal J. Mur-dock Mur-dock of Provo, President Stephen L. Chipman of the Salt Lake tem ple, and President Heber J. Grant. Bishop Webb read a telegram from Governor Henry H. Blood to the family. Governor Blood was also in attendance at the services. Other musical numbers given dur ing the services included a vocal so lo, "Happy Days" by Mrs. Margaret Kirkham, a duet by Booth Soren son ana Armona weoo, uie woras being original to the tune of "O My Father"; a vocal solo, "Make New Friends But Keep the Old" by Mrs. Clifford E. Young of American Fork and the closing number, a vocal solo "Just "Wearin' For You" by Russell Stewart of Salt Lake City Bishop Webb gave closing remarks and the closing prayer was offered by Mark Austin of Salt Lake City Interment was made in the city cemetery, where Dr. Robert J. Ev ans of Logan, a son, dedicated the grave. Answers Final Call on their new undertaking urau mucn success. jTax Commission Mes Over Exams For Car Drivers ' XTw Ws' were taken over NK? commlssin from l:ihft patro1 Monday, Smi 1939- Hereafter U t.teroadde- ' WU1 e conrhir-tori been T ramea men. who :tr?Cgthe itoewith . e mvement ifc 8 .ducted tb.rmi.rW crnr Bpt,, . -ea Dy "c7 H. Blood t.. i cotr t rT w conucted at 'O Mbz orcung to p. m. to 5 p a. m. to 4 p. HwjrtTr o M.. 044 been kn m. p.m. Biographical Sketch of Abel John Evans Abel John Evans, son of Abel and Mary Jones Evans, was born at Lehi, Utah, December 20, 1852. His father died in Wales while filling a mission there, leaving Abel John, the eldest of nine children, at the age of 15. He worked hard to support his mother and her little ones, and received re-ceived very little schooling because of his many other responsibilities. During his few leisure hours he studied diligently, and through his determination and desire to become a lawyer, he succeeded in passing the. Utah State Bar examinations! with high honors in 1901. He was married in 1874 to Louisa Emmeline Zimmerman in the Salt Lake Endowment House. They strug gled along hand in hand through hardships and were blessed with 11 children. Five of the 11 children were taken from them, and through their heartaches and sorrow they became more devoted to each other with every passing year. While thev vet had six small children, Brother Evans filled mission and left his wife behind to care for the children and help with :the farm work, in order that ne might remain there and finish that which was his to do. He served as a Utah stake high councilman from 1893 to 1901, at which time he became a member of the stake presidency of the Alpine stake, and served there for 27 years. When the Lehi stake was organized he was given the honor of becorning patriarch, a position he held at the time of his death. He served four terms in the Utah State Senate, having the honor of being made president his last term He was also a member of the first Constitutional Convention. He was a member of the Lehi City Council and Mayor from 1881 to 1893, and City Attorney for about 20 years. He was also a member of the Utah (Continued on page Seven) Mrs. Mary Ann A$hton Thomas, 93, one of Lehi's few remaining pioneer pi-oneer citizens, passed away at her home here Monday afternoon following follow-ing a several days illness of causes incident to her advanced age. J-uneral services for Mrs. Thomas are being held today (Thursday) at l o clock p. m. in the Lehi First ward chapel, under the direction of Bishop Evans L. Anderson. Inter ment will be in the city cemetery, Biographical Sketch Mary Ann Ash ton Thomas, . the daughter of Thomas Ashton and Mary Howard Ashton was born in a covered wagon, October 7, 1846 at the west fork of the Grand river, Fottawatoma County, Iowa. She was the fourth child, having on brother, Joseph, and two sisters, Catherine and Margaret, who died in infancy. Her mother and a baby sister died when Mary was about two and one half years old. Her father being left with two small children and having to be away from home a great deal of his time married Sarah E. Mills. She died the followin year, leaving a baby boy. Her father then married Arminta A. Lawrence who reared and cared for her and her brother Joseph as though they were her own children. " Mary grew up to love this woman as her own mother. , In the spring of 1851 (Mary being about four years of age) the family crossed the plains in the company of Captain Morris Phelps, coming to the Salt Lake Valley, and in Oc-! tober of the same year, moved to Lehi, settling in a little village called Evansville, later named Lehi. Here she grew to womanhood and was in strumental in the growth and de velopment of the community. On New Year's Day, 1866 at her father's home she was married to Daniel Wight Thomas, a farmer and stock raiser, and in the fall of that year, October 8, they went to the Endowment House in Salt Lake City and were sealed for time and eternity. She assisted her husband in homesteading land and tending and herding cattle. About this time her husband was called to serve in the Black Hawk Indian War for two years. She carried on at home and gave birth to a son, Daniel, dur ing his absence. Being of a retiring nature she never took a very active part In pub lie life. She was a visiting teacher of the Relief society for a number of years and also attended the L. D. S. temple at every opportunity. She was an ardent and unselfish worker in the Red Cross during the World War, knitting socks and sweaters, and making surgical band ages and dressings to be sent to the soldiers. She was the mother of ten chil-i dren, six of them having past on Christmas Lighting Contest j Drawing Interest A number of local citizens have been commenting with great interest inter-est on the holiday lighting contest, which is being sponsored In our community by the Lehi Lions club for the purpose of increasing the attractiveness of Lehi during the holiday season. The club have announced that three cash prizes will be given for we displays, that, in the opinion of the Judges, are best. Club officers report that the purpose pur-pose of the contest is not the winning win-ning of the money, but a desire to carry on the beautificatlon campaign cam-paign begun so well last summer. It is hoped that this program will result in making our community more colorfuL r j Junius Banks, Mrs. Margaret Potter Pot-ter and T. F. Kirkham will act as Judges of the contest. The sponsors wish it definitely understood that they do not expect expensive displays. People are asked simply to use to best advantage such fixtures as they have or can get. The rules of the contest, as given last week are: . 1. Display must be in place by December 23 and remain up during the holiday season. , 2. Displays must be lighted from p. m. to 11 p. m. 3. It must be built around a Christmas theme. t' 4. The contestant may work out his own method of conveying his message. 5. The display must be fully observable ob-servable from the street. 6. Three cash prizes will be awarded; $5.00 for first place winner; win-ner; $3.00 for second place winner; $1.00 for third place winner. 7. Applications for entering the contest must be made to the contest con-test committee prior to December 23. .'. ' 8. The Judges decisions will, be final. Plans Progress For Xmas Tree Entertainment Plans are going forward in a splendid manner for the annual Community Christmas tree enter-tainment enter-tainment for Lehi's children and the affair will be a very outstanding one according to reports given by committee com-mittee members early in the week. The Community Christmas tree entertainment will be held on Saturday, Sat-urday, December 23, at 2 o'clock p. m. in the high school auditorium. All children of the community up to and including the sixth grade are invited to attend. This also Includes all pre-school children, and a merry time is in store for every child. An interesting program has been arranged, a beautiful Christmas tree will be on hand and Santa Claus will make his yearly visit at the fete, leaving a gift for every child. The Lions club are sponsors of this feature. The committee in charge of the program includes Ray Durnell, chairman; chair-man; Cecil L. Ash and E. C. Jor-gensen. Jor-gensen. Other committees include: Purchasing G. S. Peterson, Edward J. Larsen, Armond Webb and Warren War-ren Goates; Transportation and DistributionJohn Dis-tributionJohn Zimmerman, Cecil Ash, Basil Dorton, Joseph Robison Milton H. Knudsen; Sacking Dr and Mrs. W, L. Worlton, co-chalr men, with all other Lions and Lionesses Lion-esses as committee members. The program in detail will be announced an-nounced next week. Xmas Decorations Adorn Business District NOTICE The meeting of the Bluebell camp, Daughters of Pioneers, which was to have been held today (Thursday) at the home of Mrs. E. N. Webb, has been postponed because of the funeral of Mrs. Mary Thomas, a pioneer citizen. Beautifully colored lights, Christmas Christ-mas trees and other holiday decorations decor-ations now adorn our business districts dis-tricts and will remain intact during dur-ing the holiday season. The decorations decor-ations were nut im lust awir-onrt by city officials and add greatly to the appearance of our business districts dis-tricts and aid in creating the spirit of the Christmas season. Many local merchants and business busi-ness men have also bedecked their places of business with lovely holiday holi-day decorations in keephvg with the season and all others are urged to follow suit. Christmas trees have been placed in front of practically every business busi-ness concern in the city. cpeciai mention is given to the waucins Ice Cream Company for the beautiful Christmas display in their window. At night it piesente a very attractive appearance and Mr. Watklns deserves credit for his clever work in arranging the display The Utah Power and Light company com-pany are furnishing the power free of charge for the holiday lighting on State street and Lehi City is furnishing the power for the Main street holiday lighting decorations. Christmas Music Festival Will Be Presented Sunday Deer Creek Progress Told By Engineer Baby Rattles 2iiUU IS. C. Babies' rattles found In Kish have been trnrert fo 2B()fl R V EARL BANKS RECEIVES RELEASE FROM MISSION with their father, who died March 3, 1907. One year ago, on January 21, . . . . . , J Mr. ana Mrs. Junius Banks retaking re-taking care of her) passed'away. She Lnlj ,,,, ,.t . is survived by four children? one SIJlJ? Kfi eirl. Mrs. John Movie. Ami mh F"1 BfxL hasrecelved his release girl, Mrs. John Moyle, Alpine, Utah, and three sons, Apollos Thomas, Og-den, Og-den, John Howard Thomas, Heber, and . Henry Thomas, Sacramento, California. Surviving also are two half-sisters, Mrs. Esther A. Powell and Emma Ashton, Lehi; and one brother,' Orin Ashton, American Fork; also 30 grandchildren, 68 great grandchildren and ten great-greatgrandchildren. She departed this life Monday, December 11, 1939, at 3:50 p. m. at the age of 93 years 2 months and 4 days with a strong faith in the Latter-day Saint gospel and a belief in meeting her loved from the New England States mis sion, and is expected home for Christmas. Elder Banks is driving home in an automobile bringing a number of missionaries with bim. He drove to Portland, Maine, to get some of the missionaries and Friday night they arrived in New York. He writes that if present plans mature he will be home by December 24. ones on the other side and a glorious glor-ious resurrection. She has been the oldest living pioneer of Lehi for a number of years and the second oldest old-est living woman in Lehi. The Story of the Bible Told in Pictures $$pt4i mftMivY? iTtr 'f'-"'-.M-t!t r -I- 1 . . . .. -. Lot'i Flight; Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. I'he Lord revealed to Abraham that He was angered by the wickedness of Sodom, and Abraham pleaded with Him for the righteous few in the city. And God promised Abraham that if ten righteous souls should be found in Sodom He would spare the city. Two angels then visited Lot in the city of Sodom. The angels commanded Lot and his family to flee from the city, enjoining them not to look back upon the city. "But hi wif looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt" Gen. 19: 26. Her figure may be seen at the left of the accompanying picture in which Matthew Merian portrayed the destruction of Sodom e.r,d Oomorrah. "And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; fcr hp feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt' in a eave, ht anj his two daughters." Gen. 19: 30. Vrom tn tr-tntvirtr made by Merian in the Seventeenth century. A 90-foot concrete wall from hH. rocK to stream bed has been com- pieiea as the latest tU) toward construction of the Deer Creek dam m novo canyon, E. O, Larson, con- Buuiuon engineer for the Provo River Reclamation project, told the ooara or directors of the Metroit tan water district of Salt Lake City rnoay alter noon, ; With this cut-off wall finished a r . . . mi. parson saw he predicted the aam would be completed in 1941 Tills wall was necessary to prevent seepage under the 150-foot dirt-filled dam, he explained. Two million cubic yards of material must be moved in the canyon to finish the $7,600,000 dam project, he said. When completed, the dam will have a capacity of 150,000 acre feet. Giving a report on the progress of the Deer Creek project, Mr. Larson said the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks which ran on the canyon floor have been virtually vir-tually completely relocated on the west (sometimes the north) wall. The state highway which also used the canyon floor has been relocated on the wall opposite the railroad. This work also is near completion, he said. Work on the $5,550,000 aqueduct tli at will carry water 44 miles from Deer Creek dam to Salt Lake City is progressing at a satisfactory pace, the engineer reported. "Work is being pushed on two units,M he said. "The Alpine-Draper tunnel at Point of the Mountain is about halfway through. The Olm-stead Olm-stead tunnel from the mouth of Provo Pro-vo canyon to Olmstead is completed. "The placing of seven and a half, miles of concrete pipe in the second unit is progressing rapidly." This5 section is between American Forkj and the mouth of the Olmstead tunnel. tun-nel. We are working on plans and, specifications for the next unit," The board asked for further investigation in-vestigation of a proposal to bring Irrigation water around Point of the Mountain by a small pipeline. Firemen Called Out To Blaze . Sunday Night The local fire department answered a call Sunday evening about 9:30 to a fire that was burning along the Denver and Rio Grande Western West-ern tracks, west and north of the George Barnes residence, and were successful in combating the blaze and keeping the fire from destroying destroy-ing property. A grass fire broke out earlier in the evening and spread along the right of way near the tracks. Later it started on the Denver and Rio Grande signal system and on the telephone pole. Five poles were on fire and within a short time the railroad signal system would have oeen out oi order and damage to the poles would have been extensive. The Parent-Teachers Association of this city are presenting the Chan tan te chorus and a selected male chorus in an annual Christmas Christ-mas Music Festival next Sunday evening, December 17, at 8 p. m. in the high school auditorium. All wards of the stake will meet together for the festival program, and all Sacrament meetings are being dismissed for the evening to all wards. Rehearsals have been going forward for-ward for some time by the mixed choruses, who promise the people of Lehi an unusual Christmas music treat. The program will be made up of a variety of Christmas carols .and music with some solo numbers and special features. During the songs, tableaus will be presented, which will assist In creating the Christmas spirit. The affair will be a very outstanding production and everyone is invited to attend. There will be no charge of admission admis-sion for the presentation. Mrs. June Jorgensen is directing the afalr. Singers who will take pnrt in the presentation Include : Ladies Thel-ma Thel-ma Goodwin, Ada Phillips, Mrs. Isabel Isa-bel Brown, Mrs. Mirl Garrett, Mrs. Hazel Allred, Miss Arleen Goodwin, Mrs, Emily Johnson, Mrs. Rula Dor-ton. Dor-ton. Mrs. Owen Dorton, Mrs, Alta Ash, Mrs. Josephine Robison, Mrs. Jennie Nostrom, Miss Norine Fox. Merlene Tew. Men Armond Webb, Morris Anderson, Keith Erlckson, M. S. Lott, Stanley Clark, J. F. Royle, Hershel Manning, Leo Hanson, Le-Roy Le-Roy Davis, Herman C. Goates, E. B. Garrett. E. O. Jorgensen, Dr. J. G. Jones, Raymond H. Stewart, Gilbert Gil-bert Y. Simmons, Clell Jackson, G. S. Peterson, Jean Phillips, Bruce Nostrom and J. Nile Washburn. Miss LaPriel Goodwin is the piano accompanist. ac-companist. . . , In charge of the stage setting and tableaus are Mrs. J. O. Jones, Mrs. Stanley Taylor, Mrs. Margaret Potter, Pot-ter, Miss Merlene Tew and Mrs. Clell Jackson. Miss Tew is in charge of the programs. pro-grams. Assisting in Uie affair are Mrs. Lula Anderson and Mrs. Lillian Knudsen. A candle-lighting ceremony which will open the presentation, will be an outstanding feature of the festival festi-val program. DUIlcultiee It li the nature of a brave and resolute mind not to be disquieted in difficult matters, Cicero. INFLUENZA BECOMING SERIOUS Several other communities have been forced to close their schools and public gatherings on account of the extensiveness of Flue infections. in-fections. While we are not having hav-ing much of the dreaded Flu-Pneumonia Flu-Pneumonia which we have had in some of the epidemics, yet this might hapjwn if the infection is permitted to persist long enough. At any rate the disability and loss of time from work and school and the danger of complications from these flu colds Is sufficient reason for us to use all precautions precau-tions to prevent their spread. This precaution must necessarily necessar-ily take place primarily in the home where the cold is first manifest as a general rule. For that reason reas-on we are asking that everything possible be done at home to prevent pre-vent these colds from running through the family and from being be-ing spread from Uie family to others. Just as soon as a member mem-ber shows the least sign of not feeling well, no matter how trivial it may seem, he should be isolated iso-lated as well as possible and go to bed. Simple measures for colds should be instituted and very often this will stop what otherwise might be a severe cold Please do not permit a child to go to school or any public gathering gath-ering if he is at all unwell. And of course this applies to adults as well. All unnecessary meetings meet-ings and gatherings should be abandoned for the time. Fifty per cent of our school children are out of school now and if this continues it will be necessary to close the schools. This can be avoided if we will all be careful and thinv other fellow. City Health Board. |
