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Show CA trrny County ho'j't'.s OAe Dali Utah Tuesday flovembw 7,2000 Emory County CENE r Berniece Winters A lifetime of friendship Berniece (Aunt Bea) Winters To her nieces and nephews, her Mutual girls, friends, people on the street, neighbors, people in the county, and even out of the county, she is affectionately called Aunt Bea". Berniece was born in Lawrence (or Rooster Poop", as it was sometimes called) Louritz to and Christina Hansen in 1913. She lived there until her to marriage Laren Elder after which she has lived in Castle Dale. She had six sisters and one brother. They were a very close family. For many years, she and her husband worked a sawmill in Reeder Canyon. She talks of the many fun times and experiences they had while in the mountain. Her first husband was killed in the Warns Coal Mine. She then married Pat Winters and they spent their years tending to their tows, farms, and their property on Cedar Mountain. They had lots of fun with their dear fnends in the Blue and Gold Riding Club, the Utah Cattlemen's Association and Cowbells, and the Elks Club. Aunt Bea worked in the MIA for many, many years. She was also a volunteer worker in the Red Cross for a long time. She has been a member of DUP for a number of years. She and some fnends started a 500" Club ov er 50 years ago and they were diligent in playing cards every two weeks up until the last couple of years, when there were only three of them left. Her hobbies have been crocheting. reading Lee Nelsons Storm Testaments", the Utah Jazz, riding horses, square dancing, attending horse races, and embroidering. Her house has always been spotless and her yard and garden very neat. Her corral, even now, is very neat and tidy. She has the talent of being able to visit with anyone and everyone. Her interests have been many and varied. She has always been a perfectionist in whatever project she undertook. She is loved dearly by her sisters and her nieces and nephews Remembering adventures in Mohrland fb SYLVIA NELSON arm le and photos on Mohr-lan- d a ftw vve ks age by Mark H. and it rry illiams. brought hack memories for a great many It stirred me to look up more on Mohrland. it is nice to nvall times went there as a young gul Is Kids" usually rode in the hut k of tin1 pu kup (no seat Lit law then no seat bits, no seals') Just a few quilts and our jai kets for cushion We had a wonderful afternoon bumping along, n using i ju h other, mukingup songs, and wooden ngwhut adventure aw aited us in Mohrland We would usually think the part aLiut basing a mouse or rabbit into its hide or i aii lung a water snake and playing toss with it was tin Lst. "Pine nut picking" up on the Mohrland road w as also a family favorite Lite r. many tunes were enjoyed with 1 he fine 1 Schvaneveldt Utah State professor receives honor el Nneon B Schvaneveldt was renth ltu'n red a the College of DiMmgnivhod Professor inOr-angcvil- ii y has served Utah State well Noreen. a wry graduate of l.mt n High Is the daughter of L'nurtj and IjiHoe Brown She re-- j cohitl a R S dognp in Medical li-- j M m 'Cn sin m nod ti tii f'nin Cni-vrrvi- 1 Cor''o:d O'! PAGE 6A sister. N.ni-- and her family looking for history there and Imping the kids (Lln'leoim Luk with any mxvor snakes. We d traipse all over the hills and valleys Imping to find treasure" or at least an unbrokt n antique Little. We wviuld take a pie me, in our family a day out L my wnrd IhovMirki'thx'sItedevvlojx'd a a your g woman growing up J BITS OF HISTORY not a li d I My without a picnic While wo i hose the spot to spri ad out a quilt or two wed wonder if someone from old V d rhi'id tow n hud t rjuyod a pa me on that very samesjxit Wc came to appreciate every old stone wall, old cement foundation. and wished all the old rusty coffee cans, old tvv istod horse shix-s- . and the purple pieces of broken glass could tell us their story The kids ahvav s managed to find treasure. xx kets full of pretty roc Ks! Research reminded me that my grandfather. Erin A Howard and his brother. W llliani. dr. were the first to dig into the siain of coal there (lLiii). They filed a claim, hut for some reason didn't prove up on it" and lost it to .ML-r- t Gardner and the Grange brothers, w ho mim'd some and sold it W illiam and sons filed on 40 acres nearby proved upon it. and sold it bv 1000 tod H Mayes andC S Fuel. Erin worked us the general fori man for the mine then named Castle aJley EuelCo in 90S (pages 2.T 402.47(1 - Emery County More reading reminded me that there was at least one early boarding house and that is where Erin met his third w ife. Eliza dane (di nny rnold. who was the cook for the Liard rs. earned a living to support her twe young children Both other Mrs Howards one then another - had dad with complications of child birth, leav ing Erin with sev en y oungv hildren to raise lhs sets ond w ifes family the Kirby x (and Kiliprn ks) were very heart broken to lose theiryoung daugl.li r. Katie, la ljed raise the tiny baby (IxTmce) she k ft. wlm h was a great fa lp to I nn No rm and Mint dt nny (ax his hil 1 lhSO-iOSO- 1 -- 1 ). dren called her for some reason) combined families and had two more sons. I dont know how long Erin helped mine and laixd with the construction of Mohrland Town, but in 1921 he was mining in Huntington Cun-vo- n. I ran on it a w ays and then dtcided that wouldnt do it mm h gixxl ilierewewvn. two ladies, ixitb in red bigli heels. Sunday dresses, with a two year old Brave, Ldd soul that am. I declared Don't worry. an i hange a tire." And proceeded h do so. faking it xocnthuxi- astieally and In t fully Jnxic.icady to kill me all the while, worrying over the possibility of walking m ilex in those red heels and nil a baby ill tuw I 1 My mother, Delta, said her early trips to Mohrland w ere w ith my grandfather. John W. Brown, who used to be a peddler He would collect Dour. eggs, potatoes, and vegetables and fruits in season, a freshly butchered mutton, pork, live poultry, and start early in the morning, make sales, deliveries. v isit a few friends, and huid up a w ngt of coal to bringbat k for customers in Huntington They rarely stayed over night they bad i bores to do - but it was a long one day trip in a wagon L'hind two horses over an unpaved, unimproved narrow road. My most memorable cjHriemt of Sunday trips to Mohrland hapXmd L cause I -- was trying to entertain and impress wonderful my Joxic. who had lx ard of Mi thrkuid. but had never b vn tlx re. So wc. in our Sunday clothes, und my granddaughter w cnl for a driv e I gave her the grand tour in my old green station wagon, sailing ov it (lrxd up stn ams, bump-ingovnx ks and brush andevi n tru'd to carve my own road, sort of. in one place "I hen rt ahisl I had a hissing tin No startix! dirwTi the road hopmgto moil smne-on- e Mi didnt Tin tirewi nt fiat really fast mother-in-la- er 1 1 j i vv seen it dune I knew bad todo it' did I in sun' it took me mui h longer than the average "guv. But lilingid my first and last me (I Iiojh) on a side hill in Mein land mi a nice sunny Sunday Breathing a sigh of rein f and sweating some, till, managed to lift the tire into the bai k and sum on down, more can fully and.wuuldn lyou know it, min- ing up the road to mivt us was a farmer li. id I Si 1 ; I 1 inhistiiguiUletiuik Tim late ,hsie w as g ad tu v i iliAitiuti, said ( j ( 1 thanks nisiiil voen I nd again a pa .is.i'.t fur tin mi it tievi r dareil drui but wi nevi rrvmi- I nm gin ssmg, it i j h rn nee fur lier i in nft u paved road . a- - ag'uii j i j j If, gun !hi la i g nisi squ.m Hail that d pn hi d up e mi I 'i i' ptuli.d'lv one of my v.i'u ' .S a id eu-!- y a'lliqm s u t And it s a tu i ,ei do any- t! n in V 'll my Mu ig 1 1 ! ) |