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Show Serving Aboard USS Portland Navy Seaman Apprentice Kevin D. Yoat hum, son of Beverly Suphus of 35 Lynn Wood Drive, Clearfield. I currently serving a crewmember aboard the dink landing ship USS Portland, homeported in Norfolk, Va. THE SHIP in currently operating ofT the coast of Beirut, Lebanon as part of the U.S. Sixth licet Amphibious Force which is supporting the multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon. The Portland it 553 feet long, carries a crew of 397 and can accommodate 376 combat equipped troops. Adams Gets Re-appoint- ed Alden S. Adams of Kaysville has been appointed for term as a another three-yea- r member of the Davis County Career Council, by the Davis PIONEER HOME County Commissioners. MRS. ADAMS is a member y International Association and he was First in the state to receive a of the LEARNING TO WRITE By DONETA GATHERUM - LAYTON It is school as usual for about 30 elementary age students at Lincoln Elementary in Layton. For them, this extra summer quarter of education started early in June and will continue until the end of July. THE LINCOLN Elementary Summer school program is a special educational curriculum financed by the federal govern- -' ment to educate the children of migrant workers. At one time, there were about 75 children in the program, says teacher John Casey. The parents would follow a regular farming work cycle. They would start in Texas when it was time to pick cotton. Next, they would move to Davis County for the sugar and onion field work. Finally, the migrant families traveled to the Sugar City area of Idaho for additional beet field work. THINGS have changed now. The sugar factories have closed. Flooding in Idaho have altered the farming practices there. Little farm work remains. Occasionally, these migrant Veronica Cruz learns writing skills from Mary Mata during migrant education program. families will contract out to a farmer to weed onions. The children help along with the parents. MOST OF the families have now settled out and found permanent jobs in the area. They still qualify for the migrant school if they do any field work during the year. Teacher Mary Mata says the original purpose of the migrant school program was to mainstream the children into a regular classroom situation. This goal has now been largely achieved Mrs. Mata states. IN THE past, the govern- ment has paid to have a teaching aid work with the certified teacher. This year, the aid has been replaced by younger CETA workers. Melissa Elloit, Eleanor Martinez and Samlane Doungdara. Samlane is assigned to help with Laotians who have a language problem. Since the students are all enrolled in regular school classes, language is not much of a problem. They pick up English fast. Sometimes we have complaints that they are forgetting their native language, Mr. Casey states. Syracuse Chuck Johnson, of 574 S. 3000 W., attended the annual Million Dollar Roundtable Convention held in Dallas, Tex. on June Mr. Johnson is connected with New York Life Insurance in this area. This week has been an exciting one in the home of Bishop and Mrs. Boyd Beazer. After having a family of all boys, the Beazer grandparents have two granddaughters bom to their sons, their first grandchildren. 26-3- 0. To Michael and Sheryl Beazer of Syracuse, a daughter arrived at the Humana Hospital Davis North on Friday, July 2. She arrived weighing 7 lb. 6 oz. She will be named Heather Ann. Other grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor of Ogden. To Bryce and Deniece Beazer of Clearfield and formerly of Syracuse, their first child arHosrived at the McKay-De- e pital in Ogden on Wednesday, July 6. This little one weighed 7 lb. 9 oz. and will be named Christina Deniece. Other grandparents also for the first time are Mr. and Mrs. David L. Thurgood, of Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Thurgood are the of this last Beazer newcomer. ts They also traveled to the Hawaiian Islands for two weeks. Mrs. LeOra T. Riggs is much improved after receiving treatment at the Humana Hospital Davis North for several days. ' Mrs. Arvella Mahoney of California is a visitor at the home of her brother-in-l- a w and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Holt, and other relatives in the area. There were 25 members of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hansen that recently vacationed together in California. Accompanying their parents and grandparents were Bishop and Mrs. Craig Hansen and three children of Kaysville; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hansen and four children of Fruit Heights; and from Syracuse were Mr. and Mrs. J. Kelly Hansen and three of their children; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Han- - Summer Fun Theme For Childrens Parade - KAYSVILLE "Summer Fun" will provide the theme for the annual Kaysville Childrens Parade sponsored by the Kaysville JCKs to be held Tuesday, July 19 beginning at 7 p.m. ASSEMBLY and registration begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Kaysville Elementary School grounds. At 5:30 p.m. Toes the Clown will be on hand to paint faces. professional rating. Mr. Adams' profession is appraisal BOTH MR. Casey and Mrs. Mata speak Spanish. The children enrolled in migrant school came from the North Davis communities. They are provided with bus service to school. MR. CASEY says each school district in the state has a migrant program. Nebo District has the largest number of students enrolled in this special educational class. The curriculum is built around teaching basic skills. THERE ARE two sections. Mr. Casey teaches grades Mrs. Mata instructs the younger children in kindergarten through the third grade. Mrs. Mata says there are 4-- 8. some language deficiencies in the younger children. She works to develop good language skills. These skills are Heights Royalty, JUDGES will be Miss Kaysville-Frui- t Julie Teeslink, queen and her attendants Chris Freeman and Trish Hattzell. np f of property and has been employed with the State Department until his retirement. He served as of the Utah Farmers Appraisal Association, np Church Sets Gospel Meet The Kaysville church of Christ, located at 137 S. Flint, Kaysville, will be having a gos2 with pel meeting July David Harkrider, evangelist, as guest speaker each evening. 17-2- SUNDAY services will be held at 10 and 1 1 a.m., and at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday the services will begin at 7:30 p.m. The purpose of this gospel meeting is not to raise money (no solicitations will be made), but rather to promote interest in Bible with a view tothen applied to reading and ward study, Gods blesobtaining other academic subjects. sings as one lives in harmony with His word. The preaching MRS. MATA also does the will be Bible centered, and recruiting. Referrals to the everyone is encouraged to program are made by school bring their Bible with them and personnel. When Mrs. Mata join in the studies to be concontacts a migrant family abducted by Mr. Harkrider. out enrolling their child in the summer program, she asks if IF YOU are unfamiliar with they know of other families the Church of Christ, make that might qualify, dmg your plans to be present at these nightly meetings, because there will be a question and answer period following each night's lesson, and your participation in such will be sen, and two children; and Mr. and Mrs. Robbi Hansen, and their one child. This group included all but two of the smallest clan of the Hansens. They went to Disneyland, San Diego Beach, Sea World, Knotts Berry Farm and the Dodgers ball game. Bishop and Mrs. Clayton J. Holt have as their guests, Mrs. Holts mother, Mrs. Ella Gerald of Ridgeway, South Carolina, and her brother and sister-in-la- Mr. and Mrs. David Gerald and their son and daughter, Todd and Merideth, all of Columbia, South Carolina. This past week the Holts took their company and spent the time in Yellowstone National Park. Mrs. Shamra B. Jones entertained at her home on Friday with a luncheon for members of the Syracuse Elementary School PTA officers that will serve this coming year. It was a baby daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Brian Adams. She arrived at the Humana Hospital Davis North on Tuesday, June 2 1 . This is their third child and she weighed 8 lb. 4V oz. She will be named Angelia. The new mother is the former Barbara Thurgood. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Stan Adams of West Point and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Thurgood of Syracuse. appreciated. To find the meeting house, take the Kaysville exit off and go west one block, then turn left onto Flint. If transportation to and from the gospel meeting is needed, call All are welor come and invited to attend. 544-502- 4, 546-621- 6. Completes Training Marine Corps Private John Anthony Totaro, son of Ralph B. and Sherry Totaro of Layton, has completed 11 weeks of recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, DURING recruit training John Totaro received extensive training in military history and customs, marksmenship, combat tactics, physical fitness, first aid, water survival and leadership. John is a former student of Layton High School. BENNETT'S-PIONE- D. Ward Honored LAYTON - Darreld Ward, water foreman in the public works department, was honored last Thursday evening in the Layton City Council meeting as the employee for the month of July. DARRELD Ward has been an employee of Layton City for 21 years. He was initially hired on the Water Department as a maintenance worker and today he serves on the de- partment as the water fore- man, a position he has held for the past 10 years. Darreld has received the certificate of appreciation from the mayor for the excellent manner in which the culinary water system has been managed and maintained. MR. WARD has received achievement from various ter seminars and schools ware- system. Darreld served in the United States Army for two years, in the Hundred and First Air Borne Division in Germany. DARRELD has been actively involved in Layton Youth Recreation for the past 15 years, where he has coached young boys in both baseball and football. Mr. Ward is the type of employee who is always aware and conscientious of what is going on around the city, related to his department. Darreld spends many hours after work to make sure that the delivery of water is there when the citizens of the community put a demand on the water system. dmg The John and Ellen Ellison Bennetts are responsible for many of the faces populating north county, these days. This family portrait includes: front, Alice Ann Whitesides Flint, left, oldest child; John and William Bennett and Jane Elizabeth Watson; back, Lucy Isabella Morgan, left, George Henry, and John James Bennett; Lettie May Adams, Charles Thomas and Mary Ellen Whitesides. By DONETA GATHERUM ly of eight children ranging in age from 18 to a few months If your surname is Bennett and you grew up in North Davis County then you are probably a descendant of James and Ellen Pincock Bennett, converts to the LDS Snow Company and arrived in Utah on Oct. 10, 1852. That same year, they settled in Kaysville. Church, Davis County pioneers and parents of 14 children. JAMES BENNETT was bom Oct. 16, 1808 in Leyland Lancashire, England. His the same English town. She was bom May 14, 1816. The couple was married June 30, 1833 in Chorley, Lancashire, England. EUXTON, Lancashire, England was the Bennetts home for the first eight years of their married life. Five children were bom to the couple while they lived in Euxton. The first child, Ann Bennett, died at the age of one month. John, Mary and Thomas Bennett, the next three children in the Bennett family, grew to maturity. The fifth child, Hannah Bennett was bom Jan. 10, 1841 in England. She died at the age of 6 after the family migrated to America. When the Bennett family joined the LDS Church, they migrated to American and set- tled in Illinois. Their sixth child, George Bennett was bom March 14, 1843 in Agusta, Hancock county, Illinois. THE FAMILY lived in numerous certificates of ER FAMILY wife, Ellen Pincock came from lated to the operation and maintenance of culinary water San Diego. THE COLORFUL parade will parade from the elemenMain Street and up tary school down Center Street, along ' 1st North street to the school grounds. best best for float, group and best ribbons be will There individual. Right-A-Wa- KTews Mr. and Mrs. Phyll A. Hansen and two of their daughters, Crysta and Shannon, are back home after a vacation trip to California, where they were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hansen, and family. The James Bennett and Ellen Pincock home is shown as it appeared many years ago. sev- eral towns in Illinois and Iowa before moving west with the first companies of Mormon pioneers. Their 7th child, Ellen, was bom July 21, 1845 in Nauvoo, 111. James Bennett worked on the Nauyoo Temple building project for three years. AFTER THE death. of Joseph Smith, the Bennett family left Nauvoo and moved to Iowa. James Bennett made wagons for the Kingade and Livingston company, the first merchandising wagons that transported goods to Utah. Three children were bom to James and Ellen Bennett while the family were living in Iowa. Alice was born May 5, 1848 in Carterville, Potmie, Iowa. James Parker Bennett was born Feb. 10, 1850 and Elizabeth Bennett was bom April 15, 1852. VERY SOON after the birth of Elizabeth, the Bennett fami left Iowa with the Warren James Bennetts name appears in the 1852 Kaysville Bishops census. EVENTUALLY, the Bennett family became fairly prosperous. They built a spacious brick home that was on the Main Street about half way between what is now the two-sto- ry main business districts of Kaysville and Layton. James Bennett was a fanner and a merchant by occupation. ELLEN Pincock was one of the first midwives in Kays ville. The couple had four children bom to them after they settled in Kaysville. Only Charlotte Isabelle died in infancy. The remaining three children, William Henry, Martha Jane, Sarah Ann, grew to maturity, married and remained in the Kaysville area. IN 1856, James Bennett accompanied the other male residents of Kaysville to the mountains of Wyoming to assist the Martin and Willie handcart companies that were stranded in Wyoming. He served as the president of the KCMI(Kaysville InCooperative Merchantile stitution) from 1876 to his death in 1888. JAMES Bennett was a member of the Kaysville City Council from 1874 until 1876. Ellen Pincock Bennett passed away on April 20, 1886. She is buried in the Kaysville Cemetery. JAMES Bennett died Dec. 14, 1888. He also is buried in Kaysville. The eleven Bennett children that grew up.in Kaysville during pioneer times all contri- buted to the settlement of North Davis County. In a true sense, these children of pioneers were also pioneers. Next week we will tell the story of John Bennett, the oldest son of James and Ellen, dmg Time To Save Aluminum KAYSVILLE -- - The Kaysville American Legion Post 82 is asking everyone to save their newspapers and scrap aluminum for their monthly fund raising drive. THE LEGIONAIRES canvass the communities of Kaysville and Fruit Heights each third Saturday of the month. This is a way of the Legionaires raising funds for the upkeep of the American Legion Building and to pay utilities as well as to support their various projects such as Boys State, help with donations at the Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City, etc. Their next drive will be conducted on Saturday, June 18 and they ask that the papers and scrap aluminum be placed on the curb in front of your home. For easy pickup they ask that the newspapers be bundled, or boxed for them to load. THEY HAVE been pleased with the excellent support they have received in the past from the citizens of both communities, and express their appreciation. For information contact Woodrow Pi4 of Kaysville or Wallace lcher, 7 Abrams of Fruit Heights, np 544-273- 544-405- Art Exhibit Aug, 15 The art exhibit at the Silver Age Center, 34 E. 100 N., has been changed from July 18 to Aug. 15 due to prior commitments of some of the artists. Please be sure and set aside Aug. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and stop by and enjoy the talents of our elderly citizens. The public is welcome. THE DAVIS County Fair is coming up soon, Aug. 18, 19, 20. All exhibits must be at the Silver Age by Friday, Aug. 12. Exhibits may consist of arts, crafts, or hobbies. There is a limit of six articles for exhibition and two articles per category. The senior citizen lunch will be Friday, Aug. 19, nooon at the Gaslight Pavilion. Price is $1.50. The monthly birthday party will be held July 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the Silver Age. Everyone with birthdays in July are cordially invited. Please call the Friday before, July 15, for reservations. MENUS FOR the week of July 18 Monday, July 18, turkey casserole with dressing, steamed carrots parsley, tomatoes and cucumber on lettuce, hot orange rolls, stewed prunes, milk. TUESDAY, July 19, beef and cheese enchiladas, baked beans, tossed salad, hot rolls fresh fruit, chocolate pudmilk. ding Wednesday, July 20, Salisbury steak whipped potatoes, broccoli cuts, cottage cheese and pear salad on lettuce, hot rolls cherry shortcake milk. THURSDAY, July 21 , weiner boats, buttered green beans, pickled beet garnish, hard rolls watermelon wedge, gingersnaps, milk. Friday, July 22, stuffed zucchini, spring salad and sour dressing, wheat rolls cantaloupe slice, boiled raisin cookies and milk. PLEASE call the Center, the day before for reservations. 546-220- 1, |