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Show Wednesday, February 12, 1997 tElfe Wimea8tfos Page 3 Nephi, Utah Owr TNliW CDs Y .tt woo o V 1 ' c OUMlte finite u o o BD ffD nrof pffssso o 1 FAREWELL Elder David Paystrup has accepted a call to serve an LDS mission to the Texas Houston Spanish Speaking Mission. He will speak in the HOMECOMING FAREWELL Sister Melanie Hall has been called to serve in the Philippines Cabanatuan LDS Mission. She will enter the MTC on February 26th. She is the daughter ofSteve and Lynne a Hall, formerly of Nephi. Her grandfather is George C. Hall of NephL She will be speaking in New the Brigham City LDS 23rd Ward, 620 North 300 East, at 1 p.m. February 16th. Bishop Beehive Clothing located at Wendell Droubay invites friends 280 North 200 East in Nephi has and relatives to attend. extended its hours. They are scendants live in Salt Lake Wednesday, from 2:00 p.m. to County today. 6:30 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, According to 1996 Utah Defrom 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. partment of Employment Secu- rity figures, today more than call 14,000 tSlUe UOld Utah home. While only consti- tuting close to 0.7 percent of the states population, their history has enriched Utahs past, and their present contributions con- ' tinue to enhance our state, says Elder An- drew Chet Steele has returned from serving an LDS mission in the Peru Thijillo Mission. He will report Sunday, February 16th, at Levan Ward on Sunday, Febru- 10:50 a.m. in the Nephi LDS 4th ary 16th, at 10:50 a.m. He will Ward. His parents are Bob and enter the MTC February 19th. Christy Steele. David is the son ofAlan Paystrup hours for and Julie Paystrup. Beehive Clothing 5th Ward homemaldng meeting tonight The Nephi LDS 5th Ward Relief Society Homemaking meeting will be held February 12th (tonight) at 7:00 p.m. in the Re-lief Society room, Nancy Willis, from the Women and Childrens Crisis Center, will be featured as the guest speaker. New clothing or food items may be brought to donate to the Center. , The Heart of Relief Society is in Your Hands. . African-America- r - r ns .If: banquet r 1 Utah Pioneer Sesquicen-tennial Celebration Coordinating Council is encouraging cultural awareness during this year . V of celebration by promoting ethnic and cultural events on the g master events calendar and Pioneer Green' Flake hon-corin- J thecontributionsnf Utahs : more infor-w1- ? ' matted about howto get involved or for a calendar of sesquicen ten-i- n 1897. When Flake died on Oc- - nial events, call As we celebrate February as 3 or see Black History Month, we honor tober 20, 1903, his body was re-- our at Internet site n one ofUtahs first turned to Utah for burial in the www.ce.state.ut.ushistoryses-Unio- n cemetery. Some of his de- - qui. settlers, Green Flake, says J. Elliot Cameron, chair of the Utah Pioneer Sesquicentennial many-dukuresF- V J c (, 533-351- African-America- Celebration Coordinating Counis a clear example of why this years celebration of The Spirit of Pioneering is so impor- tant It honors those who worked to build our great state. Green Flake was one of three who were members of the vanguard party of Mormon Pioneers which entered the Salt Lake Valley in July of 1847. He was bom in January 1828 in North Carolina, and was a slave ofJordan Flake. In 1843 Jordan Flakes son James, along with his family, joined the Mormon church. They later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, to avoid persecution. Green was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Saints in the Christ of Latter-daMississippi River. As the Mormon pioneers made cil. "He African-America- ns v0, . preparations for the journey - West in 1847, James Flake sent Green with enough supplies to assist Brigham Youngs V 7t van- . . if , guard party He was also instructed to send the outfit back (except far May). with those who would be return- FIVE GENERATIONS All female, all first-borMay Fausett of Nephi with ing and remain to build a house Seated, left is for the family upon their arriv- Mrianna May Skorcx of Green River, Wyoming. Standing, from left: Darlene Major Steele of Pleasant Grove, Grandal. and MotherXevalin Skorcz, both of Green mother Robinson, arSherry When James Flakes party J' 'i rived in the Salt Lake Valley the River, Wyoming. following October, they were thankful that Green had built a v log house in Union, the first town settled in Utah outside of Salt Lake City. Green also worked alonide the pioneers by planting crops and building houses. Later, he and others traveled back East to aid other pioneers . who were headed West It is speculated that Flake was given his 023-42- 04 freedom between 132 and 1839 when Mrs. James Hake move to California' after the death of her 11 a.m. w husband. to3 Soon afterward. Green Flake ' weekdays was employed by Brigham Young. Through his hard work ; -, and honest dealings. Flake acquired property in union, Utah, in 1SC3. On his farm he continued to work hard providing for his xl-- i Martha, and children, Fcrr.IIy , , Every Abraham. Lucinda and l42iIi-7iPiesaC4,C-p In 1SC3, after Marthas death, continued he c ved to Idaho but n er Great-grandmoth- er SecscqDc -- & Trisa .. V . 1200 North r.!dn l!m cheice. Ihe FOVER, the ; . ebg c:!i a jrcct rcte, First Security's CDs give ycu mere tot i cL--e i t-- to Utah. 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