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Cur,is' Jtird Over Eighty (Editors C 86, Tells of Pasf in Group Article W. note: Harmon resident of informa- supplied the third in a series Over Vip wel1' Were tion (or ington)- - W was 86, Curtis, Si who emigrated in tmm Pennsylvania to ltan.h u.- - Mormon pioneers. 11850 !i'! with the first n t come They because immigrants of cornpatues called Curtis was Simmons to re-- a Brigham Young ; preside11! number for Nebraska for ain build hand carts across walked that the Curtis carned on com-tr- a . itheff' wheelwright inblack-1 John Carter, S the, were responsibleof thousands building of for the which were used W blames ,i Se band carts early and Emaline arrived in Utah i fettled In Springville to be I Shis brother, Ezra Curtis, who 1 ? ! bishop in Provo for many sons Wo of their small , crossing the plains, the" rest of their children of whom Har-fo- n e born in Utah, now the only is Curtis At one time 1 Jiving member. owned 160 acres of ground Jht on the quarter section I postoffice where the Springville en.jnajiy jit it R IS Ucat . . . Cas-tel- lo Comfort There Is An Aberdeen Dealer IN now stands, also the section where the old cemetery is, and a pasture on the site of Ironton, the earliest steel plant near Springville. Harmon Curtis recollected an interesting experience from his early childhood. He said, My little sister and I had taken our cows to the pasture and when we were returning home, imagine our surprise when we saw a circus. This was the big Dan circus, and the likes of it neither of us had ever imagined before. Of course we didnt have any money and so we were wandering around, gaping at everything we could see for free when we ran into old Uncle Steve Goosbeck, who had just struck it rich in the mines. When we replied to his questions that we had no money, he stuck his hand into his pocket and brought out a five dollar gold piece which he gave to us. He said, Now you kids go right on into the circus. Ill tell your mother where you are. See everything there is to see and if this isnt enough money, you just come back to me for more. Mr. chuckled Curtis reminiscently and added, It was enough money all right. We even had some left to take home. And that was the golderndest biggest time I ever had in my young life. When he was very young Mr. Curtis also recalled seeing a traveling show of pictures depicting incidents in early L D S church history, which were shown by Philo Dibble in Springville. The pictures had been given to Mr. Dibble by the church leaders, as well as some plaster of paris busts of Joseph and Hyrum Smith which he would display on tables. As part of the show he would project the large illustrations onto a, canvas screen for the entertainment of his . audience. The subjects of these slides included such things as the mar YOUR COMMUNITY 0 INDEPENDENT life-siz- Coal & Coke Co. Producers tyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum1 Smith, scenes in early church towns, activities of the Saints crossing the plains, and picture; or the Mormon Battalion on San Pedro in California. Mr. Curtis said that there was very little money in circulation in those days and admission for the youngsters and their parents as well would take such things as squash, corn or cabbage. Mr. Curtis said he also remembered hearing his mother tell many times about the people who lost their lives in the Mountain Meadow Massacre, which took place just southwest of Saint She saw them pass George. through Springville and heard the unkind things they said to and about the Mormons. After the massacre her husband was accused of having taken part in it, but was later exonerated of any participation. Mr. Curtis said that he himself remembered seeing John D. Lee, one of the men who was finally convicted of and shot for complicity and leadership in this crime. Said he, I saw him out at old Fort Cameron, just three or four miles east of Beaver. He was seated in a big chair at the foot of the flag pole. Thats where they kept him after his arrest, awaiting trial. I remember it well. When Harmon Curtis was ten years of age his parents separated, and his mother moved with her smaller children to Fountain Green, Sanpete county, to be near her eldest daughter who had married William Miles and was living there. Young Harmon continued his schooling at Fountain Green, completing the Thursday, March 24, 1949 SUN-ADVOCA- Crossing, or what is now called Woodside, where he was foreman of the railroad crew as well as postmaster for a number of years. In 1923 he married Estner Fitt Macbeth, a widow with five children, and came to Wellington to live. Esther Curtis was postmaster in Wellington at that time, and remained so until her death in a collision in the spring of 1936. Mr. Curtis was then appointed ' postmaster at Wellington, a position which he held for the next ten years. Mr. Curtis was also town clerk for the Wellington town board at the time when money was secured from the government to help defray the expenses of installing the present water pipe line from Price to Wellington. Asa L. Draper was president of the town board at that time. On April 21, 1938, Mr. Curtis was married to Lalue Jernigan Lewis, a widow with two children, and they became the parents of three children, John, Alice and Dorothy. Today at the age of 86, Mr. grades provided. In the year 1879 he came to Castle Valley, and has spent most of the years since then in Emery and Carbon counties. He did, however, go to Salt Lake a couple of years later to work for a time on the Salt Lake-LAngeles railroad, surveying with John D. H. McAllister. He helped run the instruments for about two years, but returned to Castle Valley after the death of Mr. McAllister. In Emery county Mr. Curtis taught school for a number of years in Willsonville, a little town just below Castle Dale. He then moved to Ferron where he was postmaster for 21 years. On April 4, 1886, he married Martha the Willson, and they became parents of six children, four of whom are still living: Guy Curtis of Ogden, Lee Curtis of Pueblo, Colorado, Ted Curtis who lives in California, and Mrs. Ida Ealy of North Carolina. After the death of his wife and when his children were all grown, Mr. Curtis moved to the Lower car-tra- in Price Youth Chosen As Affiliate To Tau Kappa Alpha William J. Roberts of Price, a junior at Richmond College of the University of Richmond, has been chosen as a member of Tau Kappa Alpha, national honorary forensics fraternity. To be eligible for Tau Aappa Alpha a student must actively Curtis is in fairly good health and his mind is alert and keen. He talked freely of the past, quoting names, dates and places with alacrity and dispatch. 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