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Show I t WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, APRIL 22, 1982 Commission Approves Contract at the Farmington courthouse. THE PURPOSE of the contract, according to Com. Harry Gerlach, is to provide service for two computers housed inside the countys computer Davis FARMINGTON County Commissioners have contract approved a one-yewith the TRW Service Company, North Salt Lake, for computer maintenance service AFTERT27 ccmbd center. The center is located in the basement of the courthouse. The TRW contract will cost the county a total of $2050 per year, mdm newly-complet- OHB mimlb Stranger In His Own Land Kaysville's changed during Samuel Raymonds life, but By Nonna Preece have lived in kaysville all of my life and I am begincommented Samuel G. ning to feel like a stranger Raymond. With the communitys rapid growth, one soon feels like an outsider. Sam was bom and reared in Kaysville, which later became Fruit Heights, but as time slips by he has witnessed many changes and realizes there are many, many people he doesnt know. But at the same time, this area still has a soft place in his heart Sam is the only child of Grandison Raymond Jr. and Mary B. (Mae) Rushforth. When only one year, nine months old, his father died. Later, his mother remarried and Sam gained a and eight He was educated in the Davis County Schools and graduated from Davis High School. He was elected president of the 9th grade class in Jr. High. At that time the jr. high was in the old public school. I step-broth- er step-sister- s. During high school, he played football for three years. He was captain of the team as well as president of his senior class. He continued his education at USU in Logan and played football his freshman year when he met Mildred Anderson, from Gooding, Idaho. They married and from there, I continued my education in the University of Hard Knocks, he added. They moved to Kaysville where Sam took up fruit growing cherries, apricots and his specialty, peaches. His peaches have brought him some renown throughout the area. To supplement the family income, Sam worked at various jobs. He was employed at the Layton Sugar Factory, Ogden Arsenal, Clearfield Naval Supply Depot and other odd jobs. He said, I miss old Kaysville, like it used to be. But I think the best years of my life, as I look back, were while was serving as Bishop of the Kaysville 9th Ward. Sam was the first Bishop of the newly organized ward. Sam has spent his life in service to his church, serving an LDS mission to Nova Scotia for 26 months. He left in 1928, shortly after graduation from high school. He has served as High Priest Group Leader, Pres, of farmer, its still home. w 0) the Elders Quorum, and one of the seven presidents of the Seventys Quorum of the North Davis Stake as well as many other positions. He has done Temple work also. Civic positions have been a part of his life as well. HavDirector ing served as President of the Davis Farm Co-oof Haights Creek Irrigation Co., President of Fruit Heights Town Board for 19 years. Reflecting on those experhave been president more times iences, he chuckles, than Franklin D. Roosevelt GE p, TEEE 1 Sam was instrumental in establishing Fruit Heights as a town, along with Dill Abrams, E. Glenn Green, Elmer Ward and Alden Burton. These men weres the city fathers as well as the city crew. If a water line broke or a repair was needed in the city, they took care of it at no charge to the city. Sam is proud of his heritage. His grandfathers home, one of the first in the Fruit Heights area, still stands, (the rock home located near Mayor Dean Brands home at 122 South Mountain Rd, known to many as the old home). On one of the wooden window sills is inscribed, August 6, 1909, the date his father died. Its always been a mystery to Sam who carved the date. He loves to reminisce about his grandfather. "I was told, he was a thin man and wore whiskers because his face was so thin. Grandison Raymond Sr., and his wife, Celie Hall, were from liberty Falls, New York. They moved to Utah in 1852 and settled in Bountiful, later moving to Kaysville into the rock home. He was the first person in Fruit Heights to raise bees. 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All - Open: 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Closed Sunday SHDES JUlmns State The Raymonds have two sons, Floyd, and Gene in and one daughter, Mrs. Ted (Barbara) Spendlove, who also resides in Fruit Heights. They have nine grandchildren and last week their first was bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Raymond, who live in the old home. Fruit Heights Clearfield, Utah 139 South ld pDairqJ ANY SIZE DIR1MKand WITH THE PURCHASE OF CHICKEN DINNER DINNERS CHILDRENS SHOES INCLUDE: SALAD, FRIES, AND SCONE Good Thru April 24 HiWy (12 PRICE) |