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Show The Old Family Home into being. We use those same words even today to describe something that is utterly worthless. Out Our Window foj . BWJaii flte Edith Atkinson Spends 88 Years On Land Her Grandfather First 'Settled' Up until 1862, anyone, any bank, or any store, could . and did make their own money, and such denominations as $7 00 and $3 00 and other values were common . . . . . . When gold and silver coins were first minted people often "clipped" the edges from the precious metal and so the mints finally getting smart began milling the edges and clipping came to a quick stop . . . . two-bloc- k of the very few Moving from home to home, city to city, state to state and even country to country is almost commonplace with todays most mobile society, and the old family home almost a relic of the past. Yet . . . here in our valley there are still such loved places and it is with misgivings and sadness that families relinquish those final ties with their ancestors. then people began tearing $1 .00's or $5.00's in half to make Postage change. stamps have been used up until quite recently but they have been unsatisfactory because they get messy and stick together. Well, in foionial days those nails were used as money. Legal as anything. And in those days if something cost 10 cents you could pay for it with 10 of that size nail and the same for those nails. radius of there. In fact, one times she has even been elsewhere was a vacation she took to northern California with one of her daughters. When the young Edith Rynearson met and married John Atkinson in 1916, her father gave the newlyweds land on which to build their new house. And in that same home Edith has lived, raised her family and known both happy and sad times. John immigrated from England m 1911 and when they were married . . . the odd as the laws then were young bride, although born in the U.S., had to apply for citizenship along with her new husband John was a strong young man, and exercised and worked with weights to keep his body in good condition Edith recalls how the youngsters of the neighborhood would come to watch him tie strings around his biceps and then break that string by flexing his muscles. He was employed by the old Murray smelter and the young pair were the owners of the first Model-Ford in the area, and one of their delights was a long Sunday drive throughout the valley. Mrs. Atkinson (Edith) never learned to drive but helped maintain the car by carefully mending the snap-ocurtains used for winter driving. The family also had one of the first radios and neighbors would crowd in the home to listen to the fights and to such scarey shows as Lights Out, she recalls. But the good times in the old family home did not last, for tragedy struck in 1933 when John died, leaving the young mother . . right in the heart of . with her three the depression . children and one niece to raise all by herself. The niece, Elva Rynearson Meiler, who was a child of a sister-in-ladied at childbirth and whose father was killed, just two months later, in a train accident. Edith accepted the new-borinfant as her own and Elva became one of the family. These were busy, years for this gracious lady and, in her innate pride, she never once asked for or accepted any kind of welfare from church, state or organization although it was a time when many first sought such aid She worked in the kitchen of Lincoln elementary during the winter months and at the Murray Canning factory during the summer to support her family. As her children began to get a little older, each of them also found jobs to help make ends meet and everyone pitched in to help with the household chores. And, while inwardly the busy woman grieved over her husband and the way of life that ended wit h his death, she had no time for outward mourning and . . . one way or another the proud woman supported her children and helped them grow up. The love of sports held over even with the death of the father, and almost every day the boys of the area could be found at the Atkinson home, basketplaying on their home-buil- t ball court and other facilities for high jumping and pole vaulting. The childhood training of his equipfather, and the home-mad- e ment in the back yard helped their son, Melvin, become a member of the state championship basketball teams from Granite high in both 1936 and by Lee Davidson Most of that ended when the mints took over in 1862 but If you go to a hardware store and ask for some "10 penny" or "8 penny" nails, both you and the clerk know exactly what you mean but, really, do you? 8 penny? 10 penny? As common as the terms are, exactly what do they really mean? rJ . . . ... ' ! common "two-bit,"six-bit,- " "four-bitand nick names for 25, 50' and 75, were the logical names for pieces of silver dollars which were cut into different sized "bits" so that change could be made. The names, again, have held although the habit of cutting our silver coins into "bits" is past. Our Or something like that. Anyway, they were money and now, over 200 years later, the names are still valid for the nails, though their original use is forgotten. " " Today, also, we refer to a dollar as a "buck" because deer skins (or buck skins) were also common Colonial currency. Before the Revolution we really had no official money and in addition to nails, skins, and bar ter, our ancestors used Spanish Dubloons, English Shillings, French louis as well as other foreign coins more All of which is perhaps history of your money than you it all really wanted to know, but shows that our unpopular $2 00 bills and the horrid Eisenhower and Anthony dollars are only the latest in the odd history of our money Paper money came during the War of Independence and hundreds of thousands of dollars were printed without any gold or silver behind them (sound familiar?). They were called continentals, and their value was so low that the phrase, "Not worth a continental," came And . . . with all the chanI still betcha that in ges the 21st century someone will still caution another to be careful and not take any "wooden nickels," not dreaming that wooden mckles were once not only plentiful, but legal as well. ... SECTION 17, 1980 Edith Atkinson ... Such memories are being felt by the family of matriarch Edith Atkinson as she leaves her home at 533 E. 3900 South after nearly 88 years of living there. And yet she is just one link in the long line of that family who have lived on that property. Andrew Her Jackson Rynearson, came to this valley as a Mormon pioneer in 1850 and was sent "to settle the area then known as Millcreek. At that time his family owned all the land between 500 and 700 East and from ( about ) 3900 to 4200 South. It was Rynearson land which was shortly purchased by the LDS church to build the historic Millcreek ward chapel which still stands on 3900 South and about 600 East. Edith, the present day head of the family, was born in a small house at about 4100 South and 500 East and her entire life has been lived within the Valley View News n hard-workin- g Performing best man duties were Rod Waters and Mike Abbott while ushers were David Siebert, Weston Coulam, Scott and Curtis Anderson and Mike and Ron Manwaring. parties were hosted by Pam Benson, Carolyn Clark, Michelle Worthen, Marilyn Manwaring, Karen Coulam, Lois Anderson, Ida Coulam and their friends in the 12th ward. The new Mr. and Mrs. Madsen took a honeymoon to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and will make their home in Salt Lake when they return. Pre-nupti- & cooking fresh fruits and vegetables, remember the three basic rules of nutrient conservation: reduce the amount of water used, reduce the cooking time and reduce the surface area by limWhen FREE CORSAGES First 50 customers with CARNATIONS min. $5.00 purchase. DAISIES $2.79 doz. $1.79 bunch .. $9.55 doz. LONG STEM ROSES. 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BARST00L the, FURNITURE 135W Seot Height: 30" Seat Site: 15V4" deep i 16" wide - 467-313- 1 MASTER CHARGE wm j t . . . . . . . . . for much of the fine furniture she and her loved John bought years ago, still stands in that family home and is almost as new looking as when it iirst came into her home But now the long tenure of family is broken and Edith no longer lies on that parcel of land which has know n no other owners but her and her fami ly, and she is now in a nursing home in Salt Lake. But . those long years from 1850 to 1980 it was family property And though family will no longer live there, and strangers will walk those familiar pathways, no member of her family the three children. 11 grandchildren and 11 more greatgrandchildren . will ever pass that way w ithout knowing in their hearts, that.. Here is where it all began Edith Atkinson might now be living out her final years in Salt Lake but her heart has never left the old family home on 3900 South. . ... ... . . 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Highland Drive USE BANK AMERICARD 9 Cowing Don't FACTORY played. Her children are Melvin Atkinson, Salt Lake, Naomi (Mrs Roy) Cameron of Bountiful. Jennie (Mrs. Howard) Davidson, and Elva Rynearson Meiler. The love of sports came naturally to this Pioneer family, however, because one of Ediths brothers. Art Rynearson, was an early Granite high sport star and was the one who chose the schools colors. The well red and known ... far recognized blue of the Farmers. But family finally grew up and made their own way in life and Edith after working also at the Murray Laundry and Paragon Printing finally retired and lived mainly from her Social Security check which she could accept with pride and assurance because she had paid for it all the way. The pride she took in her now quiet home on 3900 South is well evident. 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