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Show or WEEKLY REFLEX ( I I DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MAY 6, 1982 i .fcO W v : w A, r O 0 W U V :L V V Vf V..0 V V W ' , . This is one of the first school buses used in Davis County.. The body was made in 1930 and th chassis was built in 1935. Shirley Heywood probably built the body. The bus was used by Robert Green. ORE OF FIRST was a modified sheep Congratulations goes to five year old Heidi Kuck of Syra- wagon. MR. AND MRS. V. T. SIMMONS 50th Anniversary Tuesday, May 1 1 will mark the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. V. T. (Ted) Simmons of 960 S. 1150 W., Clearfield. The couple formerly resided in Kaysville. terested in genealogy work and has done much in that field. Mrs. Simmons has been a Relief Society secretary, spiritual living and social relations leader, and also a visiting teacher. Together they served Their many friends and an LDS mission to North family members are invited to an open house that evening at their home, between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m. They were married May 11, 1932 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Mr. Simmons is retired from Hill Air Force Base, where he was employed for over, 30 years. Carolina. She was the former Ethel Smart of Union, Utah. The couple have six children; two sons and four daughters; V. Donald Simmons, Layton; Elmer L. Simmons, Kaysville; Mrs. Jon (Marian) Wanner, Carolyn Martin and Mrs. Gordon (Debra) Larsen, all of Layton, and Mrs. Jay (Ei- leen) Taylor, of Peterson, The couple are active mem- Utah. They also have 21 grand- bers of the Syracuse Fifth children and seven great- High Priest and a home teacher. He is also very in grandchildren. The family request that gifts be ommited. vsb Ward where Mr. Simmons is a nished his own wagon, he own team and animal feed out of his salary. Suzanne Law became the bride of Ross Ed Phillips on April 23 at a ceremony performed at the Jordan River Temple. Ray Curtis performed the marriagfc ceremony. The bride is a daughter of Newell J. and Noreene Law of 11 South Mountain Road, Fruit Heights. The groom is the son of Dr. Ross M. and JoAnn Phillips of 370 S. Mountain Road, Fruit Heights. A wedding breakfast to honor the couple was held at the Marriot Hotel in Salt Lake City. The couple was further honored at a reception at the Phillips Home in Fruit gasoline-powere- length sleeves, wide ruffle on skirt all edged in lace. The bodice, collar and sleeves were hand smocked. Her corsage was made of an orchid and roses, j . The mothers of the couple voile . were dressed in white blouses trimmed with lace and pearl buttons. Their skirts were of peach colored voile and they wore an orchid corsage. three-quart- th Prenuptial parties were given by Shauna Law, Melinda Green, Susie Phillips and Laura Talbot. ' Heights. The bride wore a gown of white batiste, old fashioned style with poplum bouffant Davis Homemakers Will Meet The Davis Homemakers The guest book was attended by Shauna Law and Susie Phillips. The bride is a Davis High graduate and graduated from Ricks College as a registered nurse. The groom graduated from Davis High and is attending BYU. Ross Ed filled a mission to Mexico and Suzanne filled an LDS mission to Colombia. They will make their home in Provo. Bible Verse group will hold their regular Return, ye backsliding chil- at 4 p.m., at the Horticultural Farm in Farmington. dren, and I will heal your backsliding. INFORMATION WILL be given on landscaping and gardening. LuAnn Roberts is president of the organization and Mrs. Janett Call if public- reproof. 2. To whom was it directed? 3. By what nickname was this prophet known? Answers to Bible Verse meeting May 13 ity chairperson. Additional information may be obtained by calling Mrs.. Roberts. Call. 544-331- 4, or Mrs. 546-148- 1. Who uttered the above 1. God, through Jeremiah the prophet. 2. Israel. 3. The Weeping Prophet. Miss National Drill Miss in the kindergarten division. She was selected from a field of 15 finalists and state winners from the intermountain states. THE COMPETITION was held in Bountiful and the girls competed in areas of speech, modeling, dance and drill routines. Heidi was previously named Jr. Miss Utah and represented Utah in the national pageant. Heidi is a member of the Blue Jazz Jr. Drill Team of Layton directed b Tammy Allan Casey. She is a kinder- BETWEEN 20 and 40 West Layton school children would be picked up each morning by Mr. Green and delivered to the Layton Elementary School at 319 W. Gentiie. Mr. Green would stay most of the day in downtown Layton where he would work with his father, John H. Green, on the family farm. In the afternoon, Mr. IT WAS about 1925 when Couple United cuse, recently crowned Jr. MR. GREEN put benches along both sides of the wagons interior. An additional bench ran down the middle of the wagon. There were stairs at the back and a rope handrail. The bus driver could pull on a rope and the back of the wagon would close up, Mr. Green recalls. A coal burning stove was left id the converted sheep wagon so the children could keep. warm. Green would return to the school to pick up his passengers for the trip home. Bus drivers wages were $60 per month. Mr. Green fur- d school buses first came into use in Davis County. The common practice in the early years was for the bus driver to buy his own vehicle and keep it in repair. Money for gasoline came out of the bus drivers small monthly salary. Early buses were custom made by local mechanics and - carpenters. Mr. Green says his first gasoline-drive- n bus was an old Chev truck motor and chassis. Sidney Stems from Ogden made the school bus body to fit on the chassis. HAZEN Adams of East Layton started driving the , school bus in 1927. His vehicle was a one ton Chev truck chassis with a custom made body mounted on it. In 1935 Robert Green, another school bus driver and four additional Layton people traveled to Detroit to buy two Dodge truck chassis that could be used for school buses. While the travelers were in Detroit, Frank Whitesides and Frank Morgan bought new cars to drive home. SHIRLEY Heywood, a Layton carpenter built the cabs and seating areas onto the new chassis. After a few years, the Davis School District bought all the busses. This was because the school district could receive some tax benefits from owning the buses that individuals were not entitled to receive. ROBERT Green and Hazen Adams had bus routes on the opposite ends of Layton. Mr. Green picked up mostly West Layton children while Mr. Adams traveled through East Layton and South Weber to the mouth of Weber Canyon Heidi Kuck of Syracuse has been crowned as "Junior Miss National Drill Miss in the kindergarten division. GHAMPIOIl When Robert E. Green of West Layton started driving a school bus in 1922-2the vehicle he used really wasnt a bus--- it garten student at Syracuse Elem. and the daughter of Mr. with his team of horses. ONE WINTERY morning, Hazen Adams called the school district to inform them the snow was drifting rapidly. A SCHOOL BUS? A covered wagon like this one was used for a school bus by Robert Green. There was a row of seats up each side and a long bench up the center. The children got in the rear by climbing some steps. A rope attached to the steps lead up to the driver. He pulled the rope to lift the steps and shut the door when the children were all loaded, where he picked up the Stanway crosses Gentile Street) en ton family and the George route to deliver the mountain Strong family who really lived road and South Weber chilin Weber County. dren home when he stopped. Robert Green, Charlie Wheres the little Poll boy, Draper, Will (Bill) Schofield he shouted to Elda Cornia. and probably others delivered Hes not here, came the all ages of school children to reply. LaytonEJemeotary., Hazen rtf Adams brought his load from MR. ADAMS returned to the Mountain Road and EastLayton Elementary where he j ern parts of Layton down to found the youngster playing on the school grounds with some Layton Elementary also. Mr. Adams then picked up the high other kids. It was the child's school students from the other first day at school and he was busses and delivered them to enjoying every minute of it. Davis High in Kaysville. When North Davis Junior High School was built, Mr. Adams took two loads of students from Layton to Clearfield in one hours time; MR. ADAMS can recall the names of many of these early bus passengers. Some have gained prominance in busi- ness, government and church affairs. He says, that Virginia Simmons (Bennett) was one of my favorites. My she was mischievous. I guess she still is today. The most interesting part of school transportation history is the stories Robert Green and Hazen Adams tell about driving children to school. THERE WAS nothing for the kids to do but fight all the way to school," Robert Green says. When the youngsters seemed more quiet than usual one morning, he became suspi- cious. They were playing cards and would have been passing money around pretty soon so I had to cut that out, he said with a smile. Hazen Adams had reached the Bamberger depot in Layton (near where the free- - Once Hazen Adams and Joe Adams took a school choral group under the direction of Mr. Staley to a special festival in Logan. The high school students stayed overnight and so the two bus drivers had to return the next day to pick up their load. When the two men tried to find the high school students, they discovered the young people were spread out all over Logan. The men called Hubert Burton, superintendent of Davis County Schools, to find out what he wanted them to do. Mr. Burton said, Bring the ones home that you can find and leave the rest. WINTER WAS the worst for us and a shovel was stanMr. Green dard equipment, says, "I must have dug my bus out of snowdrifts more than a hundred times. The roads in northeast Layton were especially poor. Parents living in this area insisted the buses run close to their homes so children didnt have to walk very far. One winter, Mr. Green got hopelessly stuck in the vicinity of Fort Lane and Love Lane. Glen Evans, who lived on Fort Lane, had to pull the bus out. He suggested schools be closed because the roads would soon be impassible. The district officials said the schools must remain open. to Redondo Beach. Calif, where Heidi will enter another and Mrs. Robert W. Kuck of Syracuse. THE KUCK family left on Thursday morning with Heidi and an older daughter to travel contest. This one is the Miss Drill Team U.S A. Pageant in southern California, vsb Sy racuse The bled. Mrs. Lloyd Cook has been in the Davis North Medical Center this past week for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jensen arrived back home last Wednesday. following a trip that took them to Switzerland for ten Club mem- Syra-Lit- a bers will gather at the Lion Social Center in Syracuse on Monday evening. May 10 for the closing social of the season. The club members will be inviting as special guests that evening, their daughters to accompany them to the days. gathering. Alean Stuart of Layton, and Buelah Cook of Syracuse are both going to display and talk about their doll collections. Mrs. Shirley Wilson, club Mrs. Helen W. Barber president, invites all club members to plan to be in attendance. There were 35 members of the Syracuse Third LDS Ward who gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Braden Mann on Friday evening, following a session at the Ogden Temple. k A supper party was enjoyed by those who assem pot-luc- At 10 a.m. Ted Simpson called down to the school district to tell the school officials that the roads in East Layton were totally drifted in by snow driven by the northwest wind. Mr. Adams was instructed to pick up the children from Layton Elementary and meet Bill Abrams and the county snow removal equipment at Frank Whitesides corner at 4 p.m. The snow plow moved ire front of the school bus all through East Layton and over to South Weber. It was 9 p.m. before the South Weber chi- ldren arrived home from en- joyed a number of luncheons and socials at different days during the past week. The occasion was her birthday anniversary. Mrs. Mike Thurgood is recovering at her home here, after suffering a badly fractured leg is a snowmobile accident. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Child. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Child, and Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. West, returned home late on Friday, from a two week trip to Holland. Fuegls Red Ox Restaurant 220 So. North Featuring Light Dinners Hifhwav SO Salt Lakr 8 oz. Prime Rib $g75 Let us help make your birthday or nnivr raary aperial school. MR. ADAMS got as far as Irwin Polls home in South Weber after he delivered the school children when he was met by a neighbor who was riding a horse. He left the school bus and rode home with his friend on the horse. After 15 years of driving a school bus, Hazen Adams decided the occupation was too dangerous. Alden Burton was aBfiv ftlOD 40 So. Main, Bountiful - Phone 292-441-4 10-Mon.-Fr- i. Sat. 10 to 6 8, the driver assigned to take over Mr. Adams bus. When Mr. Burton came to pick up the bus that was parked in the Adams yard, he met Edna Adams, Hazens daughter. This chance meeting was the beginning of a courtship that led to marriage. JAY SIMMONS, the of Robert Green, also drove school busses. 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