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Show I mitVi Rtftf AV1S NEWS JOURNAL JULY 3. 1S89 a 'vy; TT v ' rS V Sentenced For Joy Ride t v I. ??y ?., olJ luatti ir Hal jfr pitit4 fet 7 i) la rU-- e' tatuHtj m uj UUk CtNilMy N til-- 1 v (&( Itt: tBiJc6!.f4 fill m( fe,tf picJf j luvt t-- Jrirux (4fJt v Kent t y rU. tvlt .; A r. V)i;C ti $ X- - - ; Vt V,. IN FACT, they're the force behind many of the floats you'll see in your local parade, whether local is Bountiful. Murray. Kaysville or Pocaicl-k- ). Ida. Jake and Jewell "Julie" Pickering have been piecing together a variety of floats for parades from Independence Day through Christmas for 18 years and seem to be going stronger than ever. During the past year, they have supplied floats to as far away as Burley f, ' IJ a ihrttanjikv iSt4 Ml lil.-WI- . IN ffathmaa " CKH t4 lh( gut involved I he jui ft ! hj her MO -- : I'tah State L'niv. It' is common knowledge that Vitamin D is essential for building and maintaining healthy bones, but it is not well known that the level of Vitamin D in the elderly is determined almost entirely by exposure to the sun. AT LEAST this is what researchers reported in the 1979 British Medical Journal. Diet was found to be an almost negligible factor. According to the British study, the more time the older persons, whose ages ranged from 72 to 86. spent in the suh. the lower the risk of bone deterioration. The thought that keeps and Blackfool. Ida., in addi lion to cutes throughout central and nonhem Utah. h E DO floats clear up into November and Christmas and with colleges (homecoming parades). Were busy every Saturday in August." he says, noting that it all starred when their son Brent started building floais including an entry in the Rose Bowl Parade and in Hawaii. Today, he has started his own float firm in Springville and that Rose Bowl entry has e led to a job for the Val full-tim- Verda couple. ALTIIOIGII it takes months of effort to build the array of floats, the Pickering's say their costs are noting like those in the Rose Bowl, cost ing SJ0.OOO.S80.0d0. Mft. Pickering docs the designing. altering the floats each year, except for the frame. A firm or city may rent a float modifying it to carry their name while the float could be used a day or two later by someone else. That way. a float could appear in a parade or two in Davis County one week and maybe up in Brigham City lor Peach Days the next week. ALL BIT the frame we do from scratch." he said, with the floats stored in large, oversized garage adjoining their home. "We just build them, and they (parade entrants) pick out the one they want." Planning starts in February and March and actual construction in March or April, depending on the weather. It's a painstaking process, but hopefully one that's worth it in the form of glittering floats, some of which you may see on parade Friday, tb ByTOMBUSSELBERG Have FARMINGTON you heard the one about going through my head is that they may also have been more active in being exposed to the sun. but then you might expect that from a physical educator. At any rate, get out in the sun and be as active as you can. It will help the ol bones. IF YOU like to run in sand on beaches, be aware that there can be problems. The sand should be firm enough to show only a shallow footprint. Soft sand will permit the heel of the bare foot to sink deeper than when wearing a shoe with a thick heel elevation. This could lead to Achilles' tendon problems. Soft sand and potholes may also force hypertension of the toes, which stresses the fascia or connective tissue on the plantar surface (bottom) of the about the same degree of lung impairment as light smokers. WHAT WE have suspected for a long time has finally been documented. A large study of men and 2.100 middle-age- d women reported in a recent New England Journal of Medi-cin- e THE STUDY showed that the moderate and the heavy smokers had about the same degree of pulmonary dysfunction. which was significantly greater than that seen in and light smokers. As you can plainly see, you don't have to smoke to get significant deliterious smoking foot. Running barefoot in the sand may be fun. but take it in small doses. I speak from experience. indicated that non-smoke- rs of both sexes who exposed to tobacco smoke had signifiwere chronically cantly lower pulmonary tion test values that in a smoke-fre- e funcrs en- vironment. in In addition, a smoking environment had rs effects. Just be around smokers. THE DIFFICULTY Our politicians are perthe fectly familiar with all difquestions of the day. The ficulty is that they dont know the answers. Dublin Opinion. -- SUPPOSEDLY, he stood up, looked to the mountains and cursed the East wind and went on his was. That story, classified as folklore, is said to have taken place in 1864 and is one of many tidbits of Davis County history related by Glen M. Leonard, a Farmington re- sident and descendent of pioneer central Davis stock. An historian with the LDS Church Historical Dept., Mr. Leonard completed his ma- sters thesis on Farmington and based most of his remarks to a teachers seminar last week around the county seats history. THERE ARE a few factors why Davis County is the way it is today, he said, much of that due to events occuring since 1940. He started by Others told of abundant wildlife, green grass, etc. and one German traveler who camped at Kays Creek noticed rich soil, deep black sand and Mr. Leonard recalled that he wrote, The whole day long 1 felt like singing. Had there been a single white family I might have stayed. INDIANS FROM the FLcCT AQQIQTANT3 I Hll W hhkW Hwvlw : J9. NEW OFFICERS are Afton England, president; Joyce Shoshones, originating to the north, and the Utes from the south, lived in the area and many artifacts have been discovered from the Indian pre- New officers of the American Association of Medical 1 Assistants, Davis County Chapter, include, to r, Joyce vice Cervinski, ; president-electMary Dresher, Bernice Wilburn, LaRae treasurer; Seifer, president; secretary; Afton England, president. president-elect- ; Mary Cervinski, vice president; Bernice Wilburn, secretary; and LaRae Seifert, Dresher, Bountiful on Thursday, June PfiKi t a uKt:-t4i- pn$fm i ihrihMf e WaHMHrd edf Jn kniHea u M nd jivHe 0 iiv Muitihvh(oK!l jr sohjh SJiUle tlki J alt , M In l danugrd. f iUsd u(0 tiJ arm tf iki andievkW over iM 00 (vif HaH Se4 no ol Iifii4e A i t iru t4 ieens?4 fift sffreBUy o!e the uiii !& MU N AS lias, judg? wdrtf J, Ihf gut 10 pvfd w ih efeirui ho l ifhw i4 put a uJviy de? i4t i diig efcave- M - a VK'VA'rT'K'rVVN'-'AVAVT'A'- lo ioimJ filed, retcii iM then eeieieJ Koalei liMf entenced MiHrawvuJvrJuin:irtJ rARMISGTON vmtJ M hfflf o4 of Of I aiioo dnif iore, doitnc K.l eehi priwft nett uhe hoi4ge. leaieneed Uvl week 10 Mo J Iftfviol.! veniffKf M full Jaie hMoo. rtHefy and sggMted K4Im kirOM) ftvirkt JaJge J, Doily Calmer impoed ihe lenience 00 Kkhod I). Iho nui.oftv4ti I Ait City, oho ciir 10 pleaded rnl'V exh id eegiavateJ one cooni lW !h if were thviiuvved Hua( (aO Af4 I and hd m,IArt and d 0 V' aied ti Mlmu He e.- misie h.t Hmis 4eJ htijrr giii ttoe of Hui I ime Mer, it tl. f 4MI I AUhMI Sir,, Hai of Cce ni 4 live fei(VnJd nj imt atirr a oo( ( (.tre luffed a vVm aiom f-- to Ml lake ( HI. eoyO pleaded mnovenl 10 each oif araaied fMhheiy and argrmaicd Hidppin and n w hedoled 10 He Med in HeeonJ Dtonct Cowl. I aim ineiun. on Ae, It, La)hn pvdwe. ho inveot Havi4gy I he a lemmi H k and eioe Ho h, oj.ee, hah (Btftijftv, ari( IhU 1 1 Hoti Hel.ae heme ic 4ed w OHhiinttd aHfii ii fe.u vwfirnJfieJ M KMxd a re 1 aits r Owevl h di If nx ali.anei lom 4 f,- mt o (rule the venienee Jh.m4v e.Mvufiem in.ieJ of (v-!- if (.( olive leiiHv fih SMA-treasur- The installation ceremony was performed by immediate past state presiColdent, Utah State Society, leen Burr, CMA-C- . A gift of appreciation was presented to Manette Leish- sence in south Farmington near Davis Creek and on the man, CMA, for her effort as last years county president. It was also announced that Dewey G. MacKay, Jr., M.D. will act as county advisor. further learning to herself to better aid her physician and her patients. THE MEMBERS of this educational group serves county medical assistants are invited to attend. Please contact Nanette Leishman, CMA, Davis County as a medical assistant. Each one of our members is trying to bring The next meeting will be a All- summer 2 or at further information. 298-222- 292-42- for history in Davis County in years past. Thousands of Wasatch Front residents rode the train into Lagoon for a day of fun and relaxation. Some Davbt County school teachers were given insight on both Lagoon and the Bamberger along with many other facets of the county's history in a seminar held last week. DAVIS HISTORY could support good farms. Brattens Cove in f'rf Me, A!-s- The old Bamberger Railroad was definitely a part of ley and thought that with very little effort the area quet at I bt( Jynvdw Ini Id fcR ft I. - trying to erase some misperceptions about Davis County and Utah before arrival of the Mormon Pioneers in 1847. There are misconceptions about what it was like before the Mormons arrived. I was surprised to read diaries from 1843 and 1845, etc. where a lot wrote about what they saw and waht it was like." There were wagon trains and exploring parties passing through the area. An early explorer who was in the area in 1841 said he found a fertile val- Members of the American Association of Medical Assistants, Davis County Chapter, held their inauguration ban- t Had pci iff J iKj! Brigham Young riding through Davis County where the wind was so bad his carriage was blown over by the time he got to Farmington? By DR. DALE NELSON Jt tmif When you aee Jewell (Julie) and Jake Picketing theae days its probably working at a frantic pace to prepare their fleet of colorful floats for July 4 parades throughout Davis County and along the Wasatch Front. FLOAT MAKERS If ihcre' a VAL VCRDA parade, then the Pkkenng's of Val Verda can t be far away. -- Suits l rentm f(k. pa JJ f1 (barged MW H( mM a rrJcfti ta a n4 HI m W f4V wJrreJ lh fnr bJ Mtkt(4 ih pul to p4i Hrr Uore4 ifcCtkJiKUbW t I tm wKifaiKe pwiff ah-the Mg amuum out IM ' ! M oould ul tfnha JufjrJ uhV (KM I IT Vnitft ii re Alt ihffC CVmui inMitaB t4 Fvfrtlf Ul 4 Aviko id S! jri, 4 ptupniy, lW(e4 it di to 4 ib 4tit4 tHff(v, 4 Wi to 7 ty nlfna v4 mij M Lilt M MV XHiKuM ptffsm.. t ? . -- A 14" fAKMSQTGN J v tic 7 f$.;- -Jl) . W. .' r - . Haight Bench. It was an agriculturally rich area. The desert was to the west, where it still is, Mr. Leonard said, noting south Davis County proved attractive as a cattle grazing area the first year the Mormons arrived. It was the green that attracted the settlers first but because of the population growth the grass later was eaten up. The appearance changed as the land as grazed and the timber taken. AS THE pioneers looked back, they began to gradually develop the impression that it was desolate when they came as it was years later. And it has not been verified if there was only one tree in the Salt Lake Valley upon the Pioneers arrival, he said. Along the streams there were clusters of Cottonwood 20-3- 0 trees. The Mormons came from Illinois and Ohio. They had to clear the area there (to build homes). Here it was quite a change. You have to look at the valleys through their eyes. To them it was comparatively desolate." TRACING settlement in the county, he said it centered first around streams, with Daniel C. Davis settling what is now around Davis Creek, William Smith around Big Creek, now called Farmington Creek and Truman Leonard at what is now Shepard Creek, for instance. "When the first half dozen families came, they landed on the water supplies. This also tells why the northwest area of Davis County wasnt settled. The creeks arent there. Geoography greatly influenced settlement." THE PRESENT fairly dis- tinct boundaries between cities didnt exist in the beginning, Mr. Leonard notes, with Farmington extending south to Parrish Lane in Centerville, for instance, and Kaysville including everthing from there north. The answer to city development lies in "ecclesiastical establishment of (LDS) wards plus distance. The ecclesiastical influence was felt early. The Mormon preference was for a town and initially a group settled at each creek wasnt preferred, he says. BRIGHAM YOUNG suggested the creation of towns and in 1852 he sent out a sur- veyor who established lots, etc. and everyone was encouraged to move into town even if they had a farm. There was pressure by the Church to get people to move in so it could have an influence. In 1854, the first forts were set up due to Indian problems in Utah County (Provo), he relates. Especially here there was no real problem. The Indians were poor and sick and it was a very weak situation. The Indians often asked for help and there was no trouble except for beggers. WE DIDNT need them (forts) but responded to territorial dictum. Mud walls were to be built by all settlers prop ortionate to their holdings." he said, with mud walls built in areas including Farmington. Centerville, Bountiful and Kaysville. In Farmington, several gates were built but the wall was never Finished and (he gates weren't hung, Mr. Leonard noted. "It was a make work project for the unemployed and had the efTcct in 1854 and 1855 of everyone moving into town. SOME OF todays major thoroughfares, such as in Orchard Drive and 2nd West Bountiful, were built wider to accommodate the fort wall. By 1856 they were building outside mostly because there was no more room in the forts and the communites grew more haphazardly. Church bishops held the say over who got what land with each family generally given one lot in town along with farmland outside the city. lots were usually large In-to- enough for a house, barn, shed, small orchard and garden, Mr. Leonard said. as IT WAS was Nauvoo (illinois) and Far West (Missouri). The first settlers claimed more than they could use but that didnt last too long, with 20 and 40 acre rural-orient- farms common as a result. Since 40 acre farms seem small today the family farms are disappearing. The small farm is characteristic of Utah. the county Population-wise- , had a relatively small population until the last 30 years, he noted. It took 30 years (from about 1850) to reach the first 5.000 and 30 more to reach 10.000 and a town numbered 0-2,000 residents. "You can see how drastically things have changed since World War II. By 1900 there were 10,000 people and by 1940 the next 0 it went 5,000. From and was 60,000 .from by 1960. It was doubling. 1940-195- ANOTHER 50 percent growth was reported from and now population 0 is projected at nearly 140,000. Since 1940 the county has moved from a group of rural 1960-197- communities to a suburban area with a major change in outlook. We have become an urban county. Local influences diminished in their impact on county development from the time of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, to later impact from military development in the north and the spread of the Salt Lake metropolitan area in the south. IN A short slide presentation, sites were shown such as the old Davis County Academy in Farmington and the first Great Salt Lake resort at Lake Park west of Farming- ton. operated by John Young. a son of Brigham Young. It was discontinued after the lake receded. Some of those facilities were moved to the then fledgling La- goon, such as the old Lake Park Pavillion. Originally an amusement park in the 19th century tradition, it catered bprimarily to boating in the lagoon and featured garden-lik- e picnic areas meal tor strolls. They've attempted to retain some of that although they 1 . -- -: ' . r have moved larely to the amusement park (with rides). THE OLD Bamberger (rail- road) used to bring passengers from Ogden and Salt Lake and people would dress upp" to attend Lagoon. Battles from the Revolutionary War and Civil War were recreated for entertainment. Mr. Leonard said. Frogs were plentiful from I the lagoon and some were taken to Montana for sale as a delicacy to the miners there. "Lagoon had a little train and events they had Olympic-typ- e and bicycle races." : ' . ; DAVIS COUNTY was not inalways easily traversed by terstate highway with the first cement road in the area constructed in 1914 as a national road. Today, that road is designated Highway 106 that runs through south Davis County. Architecture and building construction has changed over s of the years with 0 those built in the first years out of adobe while stone came into vogue in the I860s two-third- 20-3- in Farmington and later throughout the region as stone construction became the topic even of preaching, Mr. Leonard said. EACH TOWN had several schools and school districts. ; Usually each ward formed a separate school district and ; teachers would serve part- time in that capacity, earning a living in some other occupa- . tion. The LDS bishop was the -- superintendent but ward : i schools went only through elementary grades. Sot the Protestants came and offered through secondary, he recalled, building the Liberal School in Farmington. The LDS Church sten started academies to offer high school-typ- e education. ' THE COUNTY has seen three courthouses, he recalled, the first standing in front of the present building. It was a adobe joint venture and included the first social hall on the upper level and a cage serving as jail in the basement. The second court- - : - ; : t I i : i 1 ! |