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Show Free Press - Wednesday, February 22, 1995 - Page Tax help 6 Carter's Orchestra musician recalls history of Lehi By CATHY ALLRED I am sitting across from the oldest man in Lehi. He will be turning 9 7 on Feb. 28, but he looks more like a very young 70 year old. Darrall Carter raps on his cane, looks me in the eye, smiles, and then inquires, "Did you get all that? Read it back to me, let's make sure you have it right.' The historian Richard VanWagoner had suggested asking Carter about the origin of Bull River's name. The Lehi native knew that and more. "They named it Bull River because they plowed the ditch with oxen. I don't remember who told me that, it has just been passed down that way, it was before my time," said Carter. "They brought the water down its seven mile length, it was originally six feet wide, you know." Lee Smith, past president of North Bench Irrigation, explained, "previous ditches like the Smith ditch had been dug with horses, a long 2x4 board, and a spirit level. But Bull River was just a nickname, it was always registered as the North Bench Ditch." A discovery by Carter's son an Kenny backs up the story antique oxen shoe found in the bottom of Bull River, "...how it stayed preserved, I don't know." He takes the pocked black slab of metal and turns it in the light, it e is a about four inches long, about 2 12 inches at its widest end and tapering off to a point. "They had split hooves, so they would have to shoe both the hooves that were on the same foot. They don't make these anymore." Most people don't even realize that oxen were just specially bred semi-curv- steers. Carter was born about 20 years after the Bull River was dug. He is a valuable legacy that is just as rare as an oxen shoe is today. Stories on his honesty and fairness are abun- dant. "Daddy bought a tractor from a Cancer screenings offered The Cancer Screening and Prevention Program will conduct a screening clinic for women in the Lehi area on Tuesday, March 7, from 8:30 a.mm. until 3:30 p.m. at the Lehi lst6th16th Ward, 120 W. 200 South. Appointments are necessary and may be made by calling A fee ranging from $0 to $27 will be charged and will be based on annual family income and family size. Anyone with a disability requiring special accommodations 8houldmake arrangements at least 10 days in advance by calling the above listed number. The clinic will include a Pap and breast test, pelvic examinations, blood pressure check, hemocult kits to test for colorectal cancer, medical referrals and health education information on the risk factors, signs and symptoms ofcancer. Mammograms are not provided. All women 18 years of age or older, or who are sexually active, who have not had a Pap test during the past year are encouraged to attend. All examinations are given nurses. by specially-traine- lady who told him to pay her what he thought it was worth, that she trusted him," his daughter JoAnne Muse of Or em recalls in his family history (as penned by her sister, Carmona Hampton of Lehi,) "he gaveherthe money butwhenhe got it home, he decided it was worth more than he had given her, so he went back with more money." After driving the tractor for three months, he again decided that it was a better tractor than he thought and he went back a second time with more money. Carter grew up on hard work and honesty. "Honesty seems to have gone out of style for people," writes Carter in his family autobiography. "People get all they can get, as long as it is within the law." As a 12 year old in 1910, he Orchestra."His instrument was the large base fiddle, "sometimes he would get so tired (at dances) that he would fall off his chair while playing," writes Hampton. He eventually expanded his talents to include the piccolo, drums, trumpet, saxophone, xylophones and bells. "We all remember Daddv humming a tune while he worked," adds Hampton. And work he did. At 16, one of his many jobs was to load a wagon drawn by a double team of horses (four horses) with 2500 pounds of coal and drive them to where ever a threshing job was. The wagon would have to be greased on its axles in order to take the heavy load to the harvest field. "They use to have these Case tractors. ..akind ofsteam engine on wheels. They would hook this big tractor up to a thresher," explained Carter. A thresher was used at harvest time to separate the chaff or weeds from the crop in the field. It was used on wheat, beans, alfal all-nig- ht Canon & The American Fork Arts Council will be presenting Agathia Christie's "The Mousetrap'for their annual dinner theater at the Alpine Country Club, 4890 Country Club Road in Highland. This "Classic ofClassics" will be featured Feb. 23,24,25 and March 2,3,and 4, with dinner starting at 7p.m. and The Mousetrap" at 8 p.m. Tickets, at $15 per person, must be reserved by calling Lori England at "The Mouse trap'is the classic of classics, since it is the longest running play in the history of the theater," states Director Kim I. Brewster.Nowyouhavethechance to try to create the same magic in American Fork that has happened in literally thousands and thousands of performances in London since 1952. Besides, it is the epitome of mystery dramas. It is the perfect whodunit." The director will be assisted by his wife Carol. The play features Audra Moss (Mrs. Boyle), Lon Keith (Major Metcalf), Tia Brewster (Miss Case well), Christian Adams (ChriTony stopher Wren), Dean Whittaker(Paravicini), Cranney (Detective Sergeant Trotter), Gaylene Omary (Mollie Ralston) and Marc Haddock (Giles Ralston). 763-308- 1. f rlOfl'ImT'ilirHr San 33 to 50 bi Recycling Sams K!s!i Quality Prims 8 Toa Get Tour Cartridge Back , 768-716- It .Sllili ' V : Wednesday, March Darrell Carter's son, Kenny, shows the oxen shoe found at the bottom of Bull River. er and asks, "I don't know, how many do we have?" "Oh, I can't say, 24 grandchil- dren." They just had a great, great grandchild and also have 15 great Kim I.Brewster's most recent collaboration with the American Fork Arts Council was fall of 1994 when he directed and was featured as Sir Joseph Porter in "H.M.S. Pinafore." He completed his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Drama at BYU. SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT cookie. theater fl 7ft Si I by - Mont-pelie- r, ": f W - mms& (Pmmm mmiB m Benjamin Franklin Academy February 24th & 25th 7:30 pm Utah State Developmental Center Auditorium (Training School) American Fork 45 Day Trial Period fligcJicaid Accepted Free Hearing ScreeningConsultation 2-2- HOMEOWNERS CORNER t'W Gayliene Omary, originally from Highland, has studied theater in Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco and Cedar City. ' v. : I Her theater credits include: "Imof portance Being Ernest," "Stage Door," "Barnum," "Dining Room," "Oklahoma and others. ; She is thrilled to be performing in her hometown and that she can share it with her daughter. Marc Haddock is managing editor of the American Fork Citizen, the Pleasant Grove Review and the Lehi Free Press. A native of A I M t V: m Idaho, he has lived and I worked in American Fork for 12 ryears. He has been active in local comChristopher Wren (played by Christian Adams) snoops over munity theater for the past five the shoulder of Miss Casewell (Tia Brewster) in this scene years and most recently appeared from Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap." as Luther Billis in Lehi Arts Council "South Pacific." He writes a weekly column in the American Fork Citizen. 327 East 100 North (Next Clinic Thursday, Feb. 23: BBQ hamburger on abun.cauliflower, potato salad and cupcake. Friday, Feb. 24: Boneless breast of chicken, rice pilaf, California mixed vegetables, lettuce and tomato with French, whole wheat roll and bread pudding. Monday, Feb. 27: Country casserole, sliced carrots, vitamin salad with French, whole wheat roll and apple pie. Tuesday, Feb. 28: Breaded cod with tartar sauce, parslied new potatoes, mixed vegetables, jellied salad, white roll and raisin-fille- d BARRETT'S EZZ3 $2.50 per person - $14.00 Family 7) 0 Call for information Tickets can be purchased at the door. (In The Lehi Wholistic Clinic Office) 756-146- for Appointment Call grandchildren.Thatkeepsmebusy at Christmas-time,- " jokes Fern. Carter leans towards me and squints his eyes. "Thought you wanted to know about Bull River." CCC-- A Diagnostic tearing Testing fearing Aid Fitting & Service Accessories & Batteries 1. Menus for the coming week: State Licensed Nationally Certified Liszr S:??! if LtSlsct 1287 A few openings are still available for the March outing to hear the Utah Valley Skyline Chorus and other barbershop quartets at their concert on Saturday, March 4. The cost for the outing is $7 and includes transportation and admission; the bus will leave the center at about 6:30 p.m. Reservations must be made by Clinical Audiologist M.C.H. 5. CiSizsn C. DQEMT FOII 0 More i Free tax help ia available at the Senior Center each Wednesday until April 12. No appointment is necessary from 9:30 a.m. until 12 noon; additional times must be scheduled with the volunteer. Appointments are now being taken for the first of two monthly Wellness Clinics, which will be held on Friday, March 3. For more information, call the center, Am. Fork to stage 'Mousetrap1 in dinner d Eswletl Packard & Epson Series fa, whatever they were growing. When they were done unloading the coal for the steam threshing machines, they would load his wagon with their grain and he would take it into the town for them, usually not gettinghome until after dark. "It was the custom then to feed the threshers three meals a day, I believe that I had eaten at least one meal in most of the homes in Lehi at that time; they were very good meals," writes Carter. "AtFairfield, most of our eating was done at the Carson Hotel." Hard work was always lightened by humor. "We slept in their barn back of the hotel at night, that was fine, except there were chickens in there too. There was an old rooster that would start to crow before daybreak and one morning, Wilma Johnson grabbed a shoe and knocked him off his perch but he was back the next morning as loud as ever." Belonging to a different era, Carter gathered fast donations on a buckboard or sleigh and collected flour, butter, eggs. "Most anything tohelp the needy but very little money was given. Our sacrament was different too. We had a glass tumbler that was passed around from person to person until it was empty then refilled from a pitcher that we carried for that purpose." He was a dairy farmer for many years and his son Kenny can recall quiet moments interspersed between work, "I would go up, meet him at the milking barn and we would walk back the 12 mile and he would show me the stars." His father and mother, Fern Hansen Carter, had five children also, including Carol Knapp ofOrem and Jerry Carter of Stockton, Utah. 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