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Show 6 Emery County Progress Castle Ddle, Utdh Tuesday November 28. 2000 Emery County V Elda Oveson To Know Her Is To Love Hit. How adequately the phrase fits the lady! Elda is truly lmed by all who know her. Horn Sept, fi, 1 !) K, to David James Mills and Bertha IVarl Wells Mills, Elda was destined to have a challenging, but rewarding long life ahead. Being the eldest survivingdaughter, and the fifth child in a family of 10, Elda experienced early in life the demands and challenges of being raised in a desolate and remote area of Central 1 Utah. Photos by Patsy Stoddard Elda's childhood days were cut short when at the age of eight, her own mother died in childbirth and Elda become the mother figure" to the younger children in the family. Living in the densely populated community of Desert Lake, and due to limited ways and means of travel. Eldas schooling was prematurely cut short. Weve often heard mom say, I'm just not as good a cook as or I just dont have the schooling, college education, or the talents to do as well as Well, Elda has proved that it does not take a high school diploma, or a college education to accomplish or talents. develop n as an exemElda is plary mother, housewife, homemaker", cook", seamstress" and, as all will agree, a unique daughter God-give- n Preschool holds annual Thanksgiving celebration as youngsters become tribe of Many Running Children The Sunny Day Preschool held their annual Thanksgiving Celebration on Wednesday. The tribe of Many Running Children" danced around their teepee. The large crowd of onlookers were suitably impressed with the tribe. The dance completed a unit of study on Pilgrims and Indians which included consuming Thanksgiving Stew and completing many Indian crafts. Man in search of keys to local history By ELDON MILLER well-know- of God. Eldas ideals as a mother and housewife stem from an inherited heart full of love. She has spent all g her married life in the of needs. care family taking Daughter Johannah (Jensen) and home-settin- daughters-in-la- The two pictures below were among many other older pictures in my mother in law, Ardeth Miller Crawfords, treasures. Ardeth was raised in Castle Dale. Her mother was Mattie Wilburg. Mattie married Joseph LeRoy (Roy) Miller. Pictures are treasures that will last several lifetimes and help to bring those in the picture closer to their loved ones. Unfortunately, too many of us will develop our pictures, look at them several times throughout our life, even share them with family and friends, but one day they will be put away in a box and too soon forgotten. Inevitably, the day will come when, perhaps one, two, or more generations later someone will own them and have no idea who those in the photo are. They then, become excess baggage and are disposed of. This is not an exception, it seems to be the rule. I urge everyone who reads this article to take the time to identify their pictures. And now, to get down off my soapbox and ask if there is anyone who' might be able to identify any of these school kids or their teacher? If so, please contact me at 819 Casde Gate Circle, Helper, UT 84526 (435) 1 will gladly furnish copies of the to anyone who can help. pictures Think about it. Too often, irreplaceable historical treasures are thoughtlessly discarded. The Pioneer Museums archives in Castle Dale is the proper place to store such treasures for the use of researchers, historians, and others interested in them. Please share this information with others. 472-825- Beulah, Margaret, and Brenda, and 13 granddaughters will forever cherish the homemade doilies, rugs, afghans, pot holders, and dish clothes created by the hands of Elda. When the children were growing, few items of clothingwere store-bought- ". In 1943 L'lda was left alone to raise her family of three - one daughter and two sons (the 4th child to lc lairn several years later) when the demands and duties of WorldWarll calk'd Iain away from home. But with great determination and continued endurance, Elda kept the home fires burning until Lon was released with an honorable discharge two years later. In 1971, Lon lost his right arm in a coal mining accident, lkicat was not allowed to enter in for either Lon or Elda. Determination prevailed. Lon and Elda began buildings new home as Boon as Lon was released from the hospital. Lon, being readily accepted the challenge, and Elda, with two very capable hands, soon became Ion's right urinhand In addition to becoming his apprentice carpenter. When Elda lost her lifes best friend, and eternal companion in August of 1997, she was determined, and has proven to all, that she could live alone, She has many elose-b- y caretakers, however, who are daily checking on her. Johannah lives a couple of blocks away and is readily available for doctor runs, food runs, and whatever else Mom's needs might be. Don lives in luntlngton and without fail calls her on a sclu'cluk'd basis - morning and night (sometimes more often) to mukc sure she Is OK. Lee (of Telonla, Idaho), and Merrill (of Layton. Utah) also keep In touch by phone, and as often as possible make a visit bach home" to visit Mom. The grandchildren that live dose by huve designated "check on Grandma" days and they readily and faithfully use their designated day as a special visit day with Grandma. 1 Neighbors and close friends also check on Elda almost dally Elda says some days her phone does not quit ringing - certain evidence that To Know I .Ida In 1 o Imp Elda". BITS OF HISTORY History is where you find it By SYLVIA NELSON Some histories of men are loaded only with their accomplishments, one after another. Histories of women are very lew compared to what people wrote of men or men wrote themselves. So the few early histories of women also tell of their accomplishments in Uie community, church or organization. So reuding an excerpt from an oral history, a personal history', or a diary Is so refreshing. Men tell of wimt was happening around them. Women w ho wrote told aland what was happening to their husbands and their children more than about themselves. as their families were their circle, their lives. Wlille Hither hitched up the team and went to town, saw pimple, got the news, pieki'd up supplies and got the mail, Mother w as home w ith the rrylngbabies, feeding and lagging the orphan calf to live, earing for the house and garden, and talking only to the children and the chickens all day 1 lowever, while the men w ere out exploring the world, finding new pirn vs to live, digging In the coal seams, find- ing new water sources, and in- teracting and other men usually on a daily busis making history! it waK the women who were actually making the home in the community, burningthc wood", bucketing in the water, and educutingthc children, les, home schooling Is really an old concept, not a new one. Think of the conditions of w orking with living miles from town, from a school if there was one. and limited resources, and winter! Children were kept at home for safety sake mostly, and so learned what parents could teach them. Some histories tell of Hubers reading the Bible to the family. Ironically. Mother, who probably was less educated than father, was the one who taught the most; not only the practical things like sewing and cooking, cleaning and earing for. but if she could read and wTite, her children wvre more apt to lie able to. also. Some mothers not only taught their own children, but lots of times 'those of other mothers in their areu. All part of a days wwk. I try not to lie partial, but I find myself to rend what women huve WTitton. wanting They give the lietter details nliout even day life, furnishings of the homes and buildings, s, wlmt jamplo were outing and doing for enjoyment. When I wunt to know when the North Diteh decorations ul events and partii was dug, or it broke, I look to the facts written usually by a man. But when wunt to know how the wutcr was strained through an old dish towel even after settling in a cistern for days, or utaiut boiling the water drinking it to got rid of swimmie" things in it, or about wading in it to recover possessions after a flood, or about trying to save a newly planted garden when the neigh-lai- r turned too much water down the 1 e diteh; 1 find these fuels mostly in the stories written or remembered by the women. I fool so fortunate, so blessed. I ran read anything! want and haw access to it all! 1 can wTilo, my own letters, my journal, and history - and it is fun! And right now, I can go to the tap and hnve a big drink of spurring dean water and all I had to do w as gel thirsty The good old days" ure wonderful to read ubout, but like milking history rigid now! 1 3. |