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Show The Magna Times, Thursday. February 20, 1992 and remember that first pastry and that laughing girl with the hair still somewhere inside and somehow she is suddenly there that hair sunny girl with the she glances briefly at that faded old shell on the chair, then runs away forgetting about pies and such. nut-brow- nut-brow- n AUNT MARGARET Aunt Margaret Featherstone Hardman was remembered for more than her pies. Evelyn Sadler Goble describes her as a gentle, calm, and loving person. About 56 in height, she was of medium build with brown eyes and honey brown hair. The Featherstones were not tall people, Evelyn adds. They were all of medium height. THE FEATHERSTONE FAMILY Gone a courtin. In order to properly court brown-eyebuggy from Coonville to Pleasant Green. d Margaret Ann Featherstone, young Jim Hardman drove his rubber-tire- d Coonville Revisited Genevieve Hardman Sudbury, a daughter of James and Margaret Hardman, provides other insights. The Featherstone family came from England, she explains, and first made their home in Coalville, Utah. Grandfather (William) was a coal miner in England. COMING Goodly Pies ... Mincemeat, Raisin, and Lemon Meringue And, Uncle John and Aunt Alice Al Hardman Thomas and family arrived in their bobsleighs, bounty in hand, to the eager greetings of those anxiously waiting for them. Who of those blessed to enjoy such singular moments can ever forget them? Companionship and cuisine that belied the humble circumstances of these special people ? by W. Kent Goble Magna Times Feature Writer PROLOGUE A A blanket of snow lay thick and crusted on the slopes of Cemetery Hill. It gave the appearance of glass as it reflected the rays of the morning sun. Higher up, broken clouds obscured Coons and Keslers peaks in a misty shroud. I It was New Year'Js i morning .arid i time for families to begin gatherings throughout Coonville and Pleasant Green. The holiday festivities lasted from Christmas until New Year's ... and festivities meant the sharing of food as well as the exchanging of gifts. In the Sadler home, at the base of Cemetery Hill, a large banquet table had been set. On it, Amelia Millie Hardman Sadler placed the roast ... or sometimes the turkey ... and her fabled mincemeat pie. Uncle Jim and Aunt Margaret i Featherstone Hardman brought Salads and her incomparable lemon meringue and raisin pies as well as delectable fruitcakes. Uncle Frank and Aunt Elizabeth Lizzie" Hardman Rushton and children came as well, adding special treats from their larder... apple pies with crumbling toasted brown crusts. Jn those days, recipes were far less , consistent in terms of measurement and tended to reflect the necessity of circumstances. For example, this old recipe brought by Joan W. Gobles Henniger from is excellent an example. Virginia Family tradition suggests that the recipe was originally brought over on the Mayflower. All spellings are as they have been handed down. Sprinkle two handfuls sugar on bottom of crust. Pile apple slices in pie dish. On top of apples, sprinkle two more handfuls of sugar, two pinches nutmeg, and one pinch cinnamon. If you have lemons, squeeze the juice of half a lemon over pie. Cut up in little bits a lump of butter the size of a hens egg, and put them all over the pie. Roll out top crust and cut a slit in the middle and put on top of pie. Put this in a slow oven and bake about two hour. Pie b done when crust is brown and apples .are tender.0 ,q ;urV,iW rii MAKING PIES IN PLEASANT GREEN Her gnarled knuckles push the knife against the shiny appleskin which flowed from the fruit like a ribbon. She slowly, stiffly pares the fruit, much slower than she shaved the skin from fruit a thousand pies ago, when she neatly peeled, then passed thin s slices to hungry little RECEIPT GOODLY PIE waiting for a snack. Crust receipt for one pie: Put two Pressing the wood-piagainst the rounded teacups flour in mixing bowl. pile of snowy dough, she labors to Add two lumps lard the size of hens make it thin and flaky, remembering having watched the eggs. Add two pinches salt. Cut in lard her first pie till like cornmeal. Sprinkle in enough old, gnarled grandmother-finger- s cold water or milk to make stiff dough form a golden miracle, as she flicktresses back over (about Vz hens eggshell full). Roll out ed her bottom crust to line earthen pie dish her shoulders ( now faded and knotted at the back of her neck). neatly. The slotted top crust now covering about and core Peel for Filling pie: 6 or 8 tart apples. Cut very thin slices. a plump filling, she sits down to rest Great-grandmoth- er bird-mouth- n nut-brow- n TO PLEASANT GREEN William and Janet later moved to Castle Gate where he found employment in the mines. However, after a deadly explosion there, he moved his family to Pleasant Green and purchased a farm with William and Esther Wilson on 2820 South. There were 11 children born to the couple; four died in infancy. Harry married Edith; Thomas and Joseph (a veteran of World War I) never married. Mary wed Ralph Doran ; Margaret Ann, the first child born in America, married James Hardman; Alf married Alice; and Kate wed Harry Hurt. THE FEATHERSTONE BAKERY In 1911, according to Genevieve Sudbury, the Featherstones built a bakery on their property at imately 7500 West and 2700 South. The foundation of the building can still be seen. FAMOUS favorites of Hunterites as well. Even after the bakery closed, the wagon was stored in the building. Genevieve remembers playing in it. n by Joan W. Goble . 7 PIE BAKERS Alf and Harry baked and operated the bakery. They were in business during World War I, Genevieve recalls. They baked all kinds of delicious bakery goods such as cream puffs, donuts, cookies, fruit cakes, and several kinds of pies. Also, several kinds of bread. They became famous locally for their excellent lemon pies and fruit cakes. THE BAKERY WAGON Ralph and Mary Featherstone Doran also delivered milk in their horse-draw- n milk wagon, while Kates brothers drove the bakery wagon, on deliveries to Garfield townsite, Ragtown, early Magna, Pleasant Green, and Coonville (later Bacchus) . No doubt their wares were THE WHITE LILY BAKERY After purchasing an apartment in Salt Lake City, the Featherstones closed the bakery. However, Harry continued to bake for the White Lily Bakery on Main Street in Magna for many years thereafter. Evelyn Sadler Goble remembers being employed at the bakery during that time. The Orem (train) depot was one block south of the bakery on the west side of the street, she recalls. Harry rode the Orem to and from Salt Lake to work. Genevieve states that he was working there when she married (1937) and some time afterward. The White Lily Bakery was on the east side of the street opposite the J.C. Penney store (now Standard Market). LATER YEARS William and Janet Featherstone and several of their children are buried in the Pleasant Green Cemetery. Both Alf and Harry died of emphysema, no doubt a result of their occupation. Alf and Alice lived in Rock Springs, Wyoming for many years. THE OLD FOUNDATION The old cement foundation still stands in the midst of an open field, its front steps clearly visible above the surrounding hedge of brush, June grass, and wild flowers. A barbed wire fence, strung on weathered cedar posts, frames its frontal exposure. On the cornerstone, the date 1911 has been etched. Otherwise, little remains of the once thriving bakery business. Little, that is, except for the recipes. But they are an ample reminder, when used, of the Featherstone pies and baked goods that once tantalized and tempted the taste buds of more than a few cf Magnas residents ... old and young alike. FOOTNOTE The old Featherstone home st;I! stands on 2820 South, east of the bakery site. James and Margaret Featherstone retired to the home and later died there. Uncle Jim once confided that he met his bride-to-b- e there during choir practice. He explained that the practices for the Pleasant Green Ward choir were often held there and he would come down from Coonville in his rubber-tire- d buggy to sing. His older sisters, Millie and Al, felt that their little brother was spoiled by their parents, who bought the buggy, thus enabling him to properly court Margaret Ann Featherstone. stakes wards, plan Young Magna Bill of Rights authority to New Beginnings programs Womens speak at U of U Feb. 21st The future of the Bill of Rights wiU lecture by one of the authorities on the foremost countrys subject, Friday, February 21, at the University of Utah. Dr. Geoffrey P. Stone, dean of the law school at the University of Chicago and former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice William H. Brennan, will present The Bill of Rights: The Next 200 Years at 7:30 p.m, in the Social and Behavioral be discussed in a Sciences Building auditorium. His talk is free and open to the public. Stone, who clerked for Justice Brennan during the writing of the Roe v. Wade decision, has published and lectured widely on constitutional law. He recently declared that the Bill of Rights is in remission. His appearance is sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the College of Law. Questar boards approve stock dividend payments to shareholders Questar Corporations board of directors declared a 25.5 quarterly common stock cents-per-sha- re divi-de- nt payable March 16, 1992, to shareholders of record on February 21, 1992. It is the 189th consecutive dividend a reduction for the integrated natural gas company and reflects a stock split in June. The without two-for-o- dividend is the same as the previous quarters and one higher than a year ago on a post-splcent-per-sha- re it basis. The board of directors of Questar affiliate Mountain Fuel Supply Co. approved payment of quarterly dividends on the 8 and $8,625 series of preferred stock. Payment date is April 1, 1992, to holders of record on March 6, 1992. by Sharon Linschoten Magna Times Staff Writer Young women of the LDS Church New Beginnings programs to explain their Young Womens goals to their are planning and presenting parents. Each ward and stake determines their goals and program. The young woman in the Lake Ridge 7th Ward chose the theme Put Your Heart in to Young Womens, while another wards theme was Enlarge Your Circle of Friendship. Magna South Stake Y.W. president Debbie Price stated that they will present their New Beginnings program Feb. 27, 7 p.m., at the Magna South Stake Center (7731 South 3500 South). Tlie theme will selected is Be an Example of the Believers. Parents and leaders are encouraged to attend as Young Women explain their program and values they will learn towards their own personal progress. The Magna Central Stake, 8181 West 3320 South, will hold its Young Womens program on March 11 at 7 p.m. A regional youth dance will be held at the Triple D Ranch in Herriman on Saturday, March 7, at 7 p.m. Youth age 14 and up are invited to attend, as well as their leaders. I I .? f 1 Salt Lake County receives A combination of good timing and a AAA triple bond rating will save Salt Lake County taxpayers more than a half million dollars. The AAA bond ratings were given by Fitch Investing Services of New York and Moodys. The good timing was the decision by the countys Debt Review Committee to market the bonds Tuesday, February 11. That decision got Salt Lake County an effective interest rate of five percent, compared to the old bond rate of seven percent. AAA Jim Bradley, County Commission chairman, says there were two major considerations in connection with refinancing the $18.6 million dollars worth of general obligation bonds on the County Government Center. One was to maximize our savings in order that we may be able to return to the public that savings, hopefully by lowering our proposed tax rate in June. The second issue was the volatility of the market. Considering the disarray of the bond market now, our decision to bond rating move when we did means taxpayers will get a gross savings of some $552,000, said Bradley. Without the AAA bond rating, Bradley said there would have been no reason to refinance the bonds since the county would not have received a lower interest rate. Fitch reported Salt Lake County got the highest rating available because of strong, conservative 'budgeting practices and high credit quality fundamentals. |