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Show 8 Special Supplementto the Lakeside Review, Tuesday, July 28, and the Standard-Examiner, Thursday, July 30 1992 Roy City Grand Marshall To symbolically honor all those who have supported the Roy community, the Roy Days Committee has chosen Kenneth Wayne Russell as the 1992 Roy Days Parade Grand Marshall. Ken is one of the truly “life long” residents of Roy, and his contributions have been instrumental in making Roythe high quality communityit is today. Ken was born in 1918 on the same property on which he is now living. When Ken was young, his father was struck with polio which left him crippled and later discovered that he had Parkinson’s disease. Because of his father’s increasing incapacities, Ken worked the farm at a very early age and continued even after his father’s death into his adult life. During the depression years in Roy, the Russell’s had a home- Kenneth Wayne Russell based band that furnished free music every Fridaynight at the Roy Ward dances, which was a great benefit to the community since entertainment was scare in those days. Ken married in 1944 and moved onto a piece of the Russell property. There he raised six children, three of which are now living with their own families on part of the original farm. Amonghis posterity, he counts 23 grandchildren, most of whom live adjacent to Ken. Along with his wife, Ken has served as a surrogate parent to all of his grandchildren, as their mothers and fathers worked. Ken’s home was the gathering place for all the grandchildren, especially at breakfast, and he would walk each little one to and from school each day. In October 1974, Ken’s wife, Lelia, fell victim to cancer. After four months of hospitalization, she returned home almosta total invalid. As the disease prog- ressed, she was unable to administer to her own physical needs. ‘Ken cooked, cleaned, nursed and moved Lelia physically until her death last year. Ken’s most contribution employment came when he became Roy’s first and only deputy under Police Chief Art Swenson, and then under Amasa Baker. He spent 28 years in the Roy Police Department, serving most of those years under Chief Julian Green. Ken retired as a captain in 1980. During Ken’s service in the police department and underChief Green’s leadership, the Roy Police Department was rated the best of all small community departments in the state of Utah. Thank you Ken for your contribution to the city of Roy and the community. 1992 Roy Days Heritage Queen Melba K. Arave was chosen to be the 1992 Heritage Queen of the Roy Days celebration. The designation of Heritage Queen for Roy Days is made each year by the board of the Roy Association of Senior Adults, and is an honor accorded to a Roy resident over 80 years of age who has made significant contributions to the senior citizens program. Melba was born in Oxford, Idaho on April 8, 1908, a daughter of Julius N. Kendall and Lenora Georgeson Kendall. She lived in Idaho until 1914 when she moved to Willard, Utah. Melba has lived in Layton and Ogden. On March 2, 1927, Mel- 4 ba married Orvel Arave and been a visiting teacher for 40 moved to Hooper. The couple years. In 1962 she served an moved to the city of Roy in LDS Mission to England. 1938. As a very active participant at Melba is the mother of three the Hillside Senior Center, Melchildren. Rex, Norene and ba has taken on the task ofvolBlaine. Rex died in 1978. Nounteer instructor for the crochet rene lives in Lyman, Wyoming class. Her class, working in coopand Blaine lives in Arizona. Her eration with Utah Power and husband, Orvel, passed awayin Light, has crocheted hundreds of 1959. hats, scarves and mittens for Melba worked in the school lunch program for 15 years, be- needy children in the area. Yarn ginning at the Roy Elementary was provided by UP&Land the labor donated by manyseniors School and then movedto the Lakeview Elementary when it under Melba’s tutelage. Melba K. Arave opened. Melba has held many LDS Church positions including Relief Society President and has OGDEN FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS year’s Heritage Queen. "START WITH US - YOU’LL STAY WITH US" FINANCIAL SERVICES INTEREST BEARING CHECKING - SAVINGS CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES - MORTGAGE LOANS Roy City and the Roy Days Committee join with RASA in saluting Melba Arave as this Main Office: 2425 Washington Bivd., Ogden - 621-0100 Country Hills Plaza: 4305 Harrison Bivd., Ogden - 479-8820 Brigham City: 101 So. Main - 734-9454 Roy: 1952 West 5600 South - 773-6911 Acme" h, ;.‘ t.;. * a "ee, bas a 7 FDIC INSURED Alternative Investment Opportunities offered through FirstServe Insurance and Investments a subsidiary of Ogden First Federal CQUAL MOUSING LENDER |
