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Show Page 5 Thursday, November 15, 1990 e, Messenger-Enterpris- Manti City's 141st birthday to be observed A birthday party in ' observance of the arrival of the first settlers in Sanpete County will be sponsored by the DUP camps. All residents and former residents of Manti and Sanpete County, along with the general public, are invited. The party will begin with a ymVf " , I Manti-Sterlin- g i V 4J The birthday part of 1909 brings memories as researched by Ruth D. Scow from copies of Manti Messengers beginning August through November, - 1909 meeting at the Pioneer Monument near US 89 at the foot of the Manti Temple. There a prayer of thanksgiving will be given, a bugle call sounded and a tribute given to honor Charles Shumway, an original pioneer. An tvergreen wreath will be placed on the monument in his As Manti approaches its 141st birthday, which will be celebrated on Saturday, Nov. 17, 1990, our thoughts turn backward to the November days of 1849. DeVar Shumway, at headstone of Charles Shumway in Manti City Cemetery. honor. A j i tour to locate pioneer It was general conference yinjn time for the LDS in Salt Lake ' J City, and in the afternoon i ; , '1 ll of men a made was list t f it meeting ' 4 r fT; 11 and families to go south to the j ' i i j. lj 4. .(A Central Utah territory and make W it a settlement. October was late L? 4; in the year but with faith in their calling and in the wisdom CftiTii ":i-- - :Tr of their leaders, a wagon train was organized. The biography of Jezreel in Manti. A.O. Anderson went to the Shomaker tells us that he and A.O. Anderson Furniture Store, about 1900, at 153 S. Main 1 898 when the came home with and was in rush Klondike on, enough money to build his home gold his wife and family left Bountiful the last of October and after and store. three weeks arrived at the present site of Manti. His family consisted of 11 members, and a including the hired man. Arriving at the end of their journey, they lived in a tent on City Creek at the northern part of where the city now stands. During the winter of 1849-5they underwent much suffering. They endured the loss of a son, Theophilis. His death occurred on Dec. 18, 1849, his death being the second one to r" (Nov. 19-21849). This program will be under the leadership of 2, Janice Shumway Cluff, a descendant of Charles Shumway. Special talks will be given located at 300 South Main Street for a hot soup luncheon and by DeVar Shumway of Blanding, commence and Larry Shumway, principal of North Sevier High School, Salina. Also there will be singing of special songs, music and attention which will honor all visiting. pioneers who came with the first company of settlers to this area, this 141st birthday of Manti. bake sale. Here a program will at 1 p.m. with special Everyone is invited to attend Christmas trees for sale on Sanpete Ranger District ; ' n graves in the Manti City Cemetery will be directed by Sexton, Ray Johnson. At noon the group will move to the Manti Stake Center, b T - Xvz. son-in-la- . . f w 0 following designated areas: End of paved road, Ephraim Canyon, 200 tags. The Sanpete Ranger District plans to sell 1400 Christmas tree tags for personal use. Sale of individual tags will be handled the same as previous years. Tags will be sold one per family to a representative of the family. A Forest Service officer will be at the designated areas between 9 a.m. and noon on Saturday, November 24, to sell tags at $5.00 each on a first-com- Canyon - stock corral 12-Mi- le east of Mayfield, 300 tags Tom Shore Ranger e, basis. If all the for not sold on an area are tags November 24, they will be sold at the District Office in Ephraim Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. When the number of tags are sold for each location, the sale will be discontinued. The Forest Officer selling tags will issue each purchaser cutting instructions. first-serv- Below Forest boundary, Manti Canyon, 200 tags Junction of and Manti Dump Road, 200 tags e , encourages everyone to please observe all state and federal laws. He says that the reason. for limiting the number of tags in each designated area is to prevent over harvest of the available trees. If everyone will follow the rules to be given at the time of tag purchase, the harvesting of personal Christmas trees can and will continue. Unfortunately, every year people are caught and prosecuted Vehicle access, except for snow machines, must be confined to established roads. Ifyou have purchased a valid Christmas tree tag, trees may be cut in the designated areas on the weekends of November 24, 25 and December 1,2 8 and 9. Cutting trees in any other areas or at any other times will be in Situations jeopardize violation, appreciated. unless written permission from the Sanpete Ranger District has been secured. Sale of tags will be at the for cutting trees without purchasing a tag or not following the other established rules. like this everyones opportunity to continue enjoying the experiences of cutting a family Christmas tree, he said. Your cooperation will be questions, If you have please contact the Sanpete Ranger District, 150 South Main, Ephraim, Utah 84627 or call 283-415- scores are higher than national average Manti High School ACT BY BRUCE JENNINGS Manti High School 1990 graduating seniors higher on the ACT scores than both the national and state scores. A national administered test, the ACT rates seniors in four categories: English, math, social sciences and the natural sciences. In Utah, 15,045 seniors took the ACT; at Manti High, 38 seniors. The Manti High students scored 19.81 in English, 20.58 in math; 22.26 in social science and 22.10 in the natural sciences. Their composite score was 21.4. The Utah comparable figures were 18.18 in English; 16.6 in math; 17.8 in social studies and 22 in the natural sciences. The Utah composite was 18.9. The national figures were 18.5 in English; 17.2 in math; 17.4 in social studies and 21.4 in the natural grade. e The trend of scoring is evident in the Manti ACT: girls scored higher in English; boys in math. And the scores show, according to Supt Lewis Mullins, that students who take the more rigorous college programs scored male-femal- markedly higher than the students who took the less difficult programs. The ACT is commonly used by the states colleges and universities in considering applications for admission and counselling students on their programs. SMB sciences. The composite was 18.9. are not The scores percentages, but are based on the number of questions answered correctly. A score of 20, for instance, would roughly k correspond with a 76 percent f American Heart Association occur in Manti. The entire family, with the exception of the father, the son and the hired man, had contracted the measles from the Indians. The snows came in deep that winter. The Indians said this was the deepest snow in their memory and the pioneers did much shoveling. Their cattle were taken to the Warm Springs Crystal Springs south of their encampment. Their cattle horns were sharpened which enabled them to dig somewhat under the snow, but the men went each day to shovel and windrow the snow to uncover the sparse dry grasses. Many of the men became snowblind and their children had to lead them to the springs each day so they could keep the snow shoveled for more grasses. During this winter, many cattle died and by spring the Shomakers team of horses was the only team which had strength to pull a plow. This team had been driven by Nancy Shomaker from Illinois to Salt Lake in 1847, then from Bountiful to Manti in 1849, being the first team driven through Salt Creek Canyon. Later the Indians stole, killed and ate the team. Jezreel was the second mayor of .Manti and served for three terms and also as councilman in the first City Council. During the settlement of Moroni, Fairview and Ephraim, he furnished a large share of seed grain to the poor farmers. In 1853 during the Walker War he lost most of his livestock. He also took an active part in both Indian wars and gave help in early building efforts anc. all public works. In 1909 Manti was 60 years old and the totfn fathers decided that they would organize committees of town folks and celebration have a three-dathe honoring surviving pioneers. y According to the Manti Messenger of August of that year, they began to make preparations in organization for the week of November 22, 23 and 24th, followed the next day by Thanksgiving Day. This was to be called "Homecoming Week, a week of jollification, with a banquet of good things for mind and body." Thus, each week thereafter the Manti Messenger carried a column telling about the planned festivities, the problems they were having, etc. One citizen was quoted as saying, What we are doing is more bother than it is worth, but plans went on enthusiastically with all former residents being notified with a special invitation booklet inviting them to come home once again. Individual houses were cleaned and decorated with red and white bunting for the occasion. The following words are quoted from the Manti Messenger Dec. 1909. To our womenkind it will mean much hard work and to others, perhaps more or less sacrifice of the usual rounds of personal comfort, but to all it will mean a grand opportunity for the outflow of human kindness, love and patience towards those who erstwhile toiled and suffered that we might enjoy the comforts and bl essi ngs of today. Should it not open hearts with thankfulness and gratitude toward the sturdy old heroes and heroines of yesterday? Let us lay aside the petty cares and worries of life for a few days, add and pull together in the single aim to greet and entertain our guests in such a hearty and wholesouled manner as to fully sustain and if possible, add to Mantis laurels and reputation for genuine hospitality. The welcome and good cheer Manti gave to the Black Hawk veterans upon the occasion of their reunion here some years ago will ever remain a bright spot in their memories. We are now older stronger and better prepared and more abundantly able to bestow the same kind of welcome to those, who in the name of the people of Manti, have asked to join in our memorable celebration. Let us each and everyone see to it that our 60th birthday (1909) is celebrated in such a way that it shall ever live in the memory of the youngest child present as one of the most happy and pleasant times in its history. Hail to Manti, our beautiful city, on her 60th birthday! The celebration committee was asked to hold open house during the three day celebration appointing facilities that could kept at headquarters where all were required to register, giving present residence, age and time of residence in the city, either past or present. An interesting incident be used as restrooms for guests and visitors. Daily newspapers, periodicals, stationery, comfortable chairs, etc. were to be at the service of invited guests of the city. The committee of transportation succeeded in securing from the railroads (D&G and Sanpete Valley) a special rate consisting of a single fare for the round trip to Manti, from all points for this homecoming week. occurred Monday. A pioneer lady came forward and registered as Mrs. Almeda Washburn Winget of Monroe, Utah, age 60 years. She made a note on the page, born in Manti, Nov. 22, 1849 - 60 years ago today. This was the day the pioneers first struck camp in Manti. -- In 1909 the Manti Homecoming Week began Monday, Nov. 22nd. with the committee members meeting all trains and escorting the guests to lunch, where badges were presented and lodging assigned. In the evening a meeting was held and a general program of music, speeches, etc. was rendered. Tuesday, Nov. 23rd was designated as Pioneer Day. A meeting was held at 10:30 a.m. in the Tabernacle. The program for this meeting included an address by the Mayor with responses from the pioneers. At 2:00 p.m. a banquet was held and another program was delivered in the evening. The Pioneer Ball held in the Opera House Wednesday night ended the public functions and all was over but the Thanksgiving visiting which rounded out one of the neatest pages of sacred history that will ever be recorded by the City of Manti. Some of the 1909 members were: Professor Robison, Manti High School, Edgar T. Reid, Manti public schools, Alfred Alder, Mayor and City Council members, J.H. Horning, W. W. Crawford, Ernest Frank J. Tuttle, P. O. Madsen, Ann Dyreng, Parry, Quince Crawford, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1909 was Governors Day with Utah Governor Spry in attendance. The program was furnished by the school and included a speech by Gov. Spry. O. Anderson, Ann Mickelsen, Homer Stringham, A. Mary Christenson, L. R. Anderson, Ray Dyreng, Luther Tuttle, C. W. Bird, Ed Braithwaite, H. R. Clark, Alex Tennant. An excellent feature of the week was the pioneer Committee Homecoming register ? & I i - ' - : y ' i 2 feMr tw S" . t:a FT r iT'& " ' m-- I j J JI ?i 01 ii j ri L:l E.L. Parry and Sons, Masons and Monuments, Stone Cutters, 1910, located at 102 N. Main in Manti. |