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Show Weber County Volume 3, Number 3 Roy, Utah Thttrtday, May 24, 1956 Progreive. Weekly Newpaper Roy . . . South Weber History to be Attendance Told in Weekly Series At Iris Show In 1853 the settlers in South Weber enlarged the water supply Brother Mark Hall writes, "On the first of Sept 1853 wcfwere all counseled to fort up against the Indians and agreeable to that counsel from church authorities, we soon after wards moved together and built our houses in a hollow square which we called a fort. In October 1853, Pres Brigham Young and party visited us, counseled us to choose a bishop, which we did Our fort was surveyed by Senry G Sherwood and was later called Kingston Fort. So also wa the surrounding farming land Agreeable to the counsel received by Pres Brigham Young, a special meeting was held in South Weber, Nov 11, 1853 on which occasion Thomas Kingston was chosen by the unanimous voice of the people as bishop of the settlement with Daniel Smith and Ebenzer Cherry as his counselors Robert Watts was chosen as clerk of the ward Reuben Woolsey was sustained as a priest, Mark Hall as a teacher, and James Health as a decon About the same time the people in South Weber were given a precinct orgsn'zation Robert Watts was elected the first justice of the peace and Mark Hall the firs tconstable in said precinct Soon after the organization of the ward the people commonced the erection of a log school house in the winter of 1852 53 It was built in the north line of the Fort but was not completed until the following year Fite in 1853 or early 1854 John Bright. Daniel Smith John Smith, Mirkael Health Hyram Woolsey. Joshua C Hall, Thomas French an;l John E Lane cast their lot with their respective families with the earlier settlers of South Weber In 1854, as soon as the log school house was ready for occupation, Cyrus Canfield was engeged to teach the first day of school in South Weber Sister Sarah Woodruff, wife of Pres Wilford Woodruff was the second school teachers who taught in that primitive log house Counselor Cherry moved away from South Weber and John Bright was chosen to take his place as second counselor to Bishop Bishop Kingston, about the year 1854 Soon afterwards, Daniel Smith resigned and Richard Woolsey succeeded him as first conn selor Elder Christian Larsen and wife and other Scandinavian emi grants had crossed the plains that year (1854) and settled in South Weber, Oct 12 1854 Apostle Wilford Woodruff visited the South Weber fort November 30. 1854 On his return to Salt Lake City he reported that 25 amilies were living in the South Weber fort that consisted of a hollow square 40 rods square The fort wall, however, had not been finished yet A good day school with 35 scholars taught by Sarah Woodruff, was in session at that time In 1855. the grasshoppers destroyed nearly all the crops of the South Weber settllement At the approach of Johnston's Army in the later part of 1857. the later part of 1857 the South Weber Wardr sent its quota of men into the mountains to assist in protecting the saints against their enemies At the time of the move in 1858. the people of South Weber vacated their homes and went south, they located temxirarily in different localities m t'tah County, but the majority of them re turned to their looms on the Weber river in July following In COM 1ST FD ON P(.K TWO j ROV Tl'I. MS Bv KLE ILVRROP "Do not grasp the stars, but do lifes plain common work as it ir A. Dawson voirs. and the Central Utah Proj eet, the Upper Colorado River leg islation also provides for the construction of another project im Hirtant to Utahs economy and growth This is the 9 8 million Finery County Project which will bring additional water to farms in the vicinity of Orangeville, Castle-dale- , Huntington and Cleveland, Finery County 'I he project will rapture and put to use 32 400 acre feet of water now running to waste in the Colo i ado River system This water will irrigate 3.630 new acres of land and benelu an additional 20,450 acres show s Frulav the display w ill be to 8 p m from Viimd.iv hours are 10 am to H T to rr i mi is no admission in "P n to v 1 farmland it l the women pictured above Freed) from the pages of classic English literature as far back al 419 gave a brief summary of some of the best material that ha-- - been written up until 1914 Thev are, front row, left to right: Mrs. Grace Spaulding. Mr. Jean Wright. Mrs. Barbara lllniks and .Mrs. Ixrulse Back row. Mrs Ruth lowers, Mickey. Second row, Mn. Afton Salisbury and Mrv Delia Grrcnwrll slake claw leader, Mrs. laverne Hess. Mr. I.ouellj Dustin and Mrs Jennie Felt, former stake lass Photo hv G Howes leader. As a climax to he- - lessons Fnglish literature taught over period of the past sfvin years dramatic review was presented at the stake house rerenllv by the Stake Relief ,ety The program was under the direction To Be Held Soon of Mrs Jennie Pett ami Mrs Ruth Mrs Hamblen slated that through hvhridization the iris is fast becoming one of the foremost flowers even though its possibilities ,,re m but the i ills stages of development Utah s ebniate is specially smil'd for the cultivation of Hi s perennial which blooms e.ulv in, ugh m t lie- spiring to lbormighlv apprec lated, she s.nd Ano'he r mre feature is that after blooming the foliage still provides an acceptable I'afdcii plant Jaycees Set Celebration piano rental will be given by Towers Class leaders of the .curds each Mary Atkinson in the Roy Fist r of the the ma: Ward at 7 pm Fndav May 25th costumed in period of literature the represen Students participating are Susie ted. entertained with classic ex Crocett. Steven Parker, Brenda cerpts of prose poetrv and song Thorsted. Nancy O'Brien, Sue Ann which were typical of their era '1 InThe announcement was made that Crouch, Bonnie Torsaks, Erryl Tor biggest i elchi ,0 urn that VhsIi saks. Linda Clark and Gail Clark beginning next fa" the subject to pumt lias is ihe annual Memorial It bia'ioll which ., The public is invited There is be studied bv the classts will be or Gala Davs ' Shajx-spearu Fvervday Life " M no admission charge sniisoieil bv 'to Jaycees ,md A a R ,v liWest Point Piano Recital prominent Mh h having inadequate y From thr diversion dam at Swa scy. water would he transported 17 miles through the Cottonwood Huntington Canal which will be built at a cost of nearly $4 million laterals from the terminal point near Huntington would carry the new water supply to thirsty farms hi the area The project will re quire the relocation of Utah High way 10 part of which will be flood cd out by Joes Valley reservoir e - c now create a reservoir about the nze of Fish Lake Tost of the dam is estimated at $55 million The proj id also contemplates construction of a $120 090 diversion dam eight miles downstream from Joes Val iris hvbridizer is lifelong resident of erd ile and Rov Iv i ! 1 comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweatest things of life." (Mrd Haughton) Such is the erred of the ordinary man who gives his best to everyday living Such a man is Roy Tullis who feels that his accom plishments, outside of earing a living and raising a fine family, have not been too important. However, in his work as a building contractor, Mr. Tullis has to Mr. Tullis has always been more his credit many of the finest homes uilt in the Ogden, Roy and Clear-id- or less a farmer at heart and when area, most of whcih have been the depression came and construcbuilt on an individual contract ba- tion work was at a standstill, he went back to farming which he did sis. Just recently Mr Tullis has start- By taking over the responsibility of ed the construction of 27 homes to his mother in law's farm But when be built in the new Tullis addition the building boom began again he which is located on his property went back into the business south of his home at 2427 W. 5600 Among the first in this area to South in Aoy. recognize the potential of the drive-i, theater. Mr Tullis built the Roy Tullis was born in Theater, the first of its kind Utah, a small farming community west of St George He was 'ii this area He later enlarged to the oldest boy of a family of six accommodate the new Cinnema-scopscreen He also built the girl and six boys born to James at Salt Lake and Ellen Leavitt Tullis. Highland Drive-IFrom his earliest youth, Mr. Tul- City and one in Montana and one lis loved horses and enjoyed riding in Pocatello. The Tullis' are particularly proud the range. When he was just 18 Theater years old he bought a horse in Cal- of the Riverdale Drive-ifornia and rode it all the way to because it has become a family his home in Gunlock. piojeet with the whole family, even About this time an older sister to Mrs. Tullis having a hand in the c n Encouraged display of some of the (honest iris in existence will be open to the public this Fri-daand Saturday at the Buick agency showroom. 2619 Wash mgton lllvd At that time the Rainbow Iris Society of Ogden will hold their second annual married and came to Ogden to make her home Young Roy soon followed and got his first real job for working as a carpenter-helpe- r Juries and Joscpih Harbcrtson Pelwecn Roy and his sister they persuade d ihe rest of the Tullis family to leave their iarm and to make thc.r home in Ogden It was while working for the llarhertson Bros building the home of Minnie Blown in Roy that met Mis he Browns daughter. Florence who was then attending high school 'Ihe two young people s.iaighl wav became interested in vich otlui and they were married shortly after Florence graduated Florence is Ihe daughter of Ju nuis H and Minnie Malconi Brown She was horn in Kvanston, Wyo When she was 13. her father died and her mother moved to Roy bringing her two children. Florence and Elmer with her For about two years after their Mr Tullis continued marriage, working for the Harbcrtson then he decided to go into the construction business for himself. His first endeavor on his own was the building of the comlortable and attractive brick home in Roy in which they arc still living Although most of his building lias been confined to homes, Mr. Tullis has also had a hand in the construction of the most prominent commercial buildings in Ogden, such as the First Security Bank Building and the Hotel Ben Gun-lock- By Kep. William a A Roy Entrant Takes Third in Community Portraits i DAWSON REPORTS In addition to Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon dams and reser- The National Park Service has the area and reports that surveyed sc boo! I. ,u hi ,t ' h the project will greatly increase .round'. its recreational value Noting that I tahns drive many miles to fish I ,o h ' i .'I a I lag r us ng is held at Fish Lake and Scofield Reser at 6 .1 in breakfast will be sirved voir, the service remarks that Joes loin n ;;u to 8 3u Hun is also to a1 bi a carnival for the children Yalcene Hunot of the Hooper Valley reservoir will be similar in program Im which Maurice Thur First Ward was elected stake presi- sic and selling The service that the area will become pop .mod is master of ore monies Dlent of the Junior Gleaner organ-Therwill he prizes given away iation of the Fake View Stake ular for summer homes and high he r is al 'O a queen contest to he MI T'icsdav night at the annual altitude summer vacations. b I ion undue led on Ihe 26th This con held at the I.ake View During the past few weeks, I lest will have 12 en'nes the win M ho louse tried to give you some of the have la r to appe at on KSL TV for the details of the overall $1 billion Each of the wards nine presented will Miss Utah contest Entrants Upper Colorado River project as in thrie classes beauty, av n in nee fur the position and a they affect Utah Certainly con k for reason the introducing abtv i and 'a i.' pi rsoi struct ion of this vast project the 'heir choic e largest single reclamation project Ihe program was arranged under ever approved by Congress is tin direction of Mrs Barbara Wi going to make great changes, not bams stake Jr leaders and was only m the j'rospects for the fu(inducted by Miss Carol Smith, ture of the state and its citizens, outgoing Junior Gleaner stake pres- but in the apjiearance of many of cient Refreshments were served our recrealional areas . i The City With a Future! management and maintenance of the place Helping is their son, Darrell and hs wile Nancy, their daughter Jacobs who is a young wi Jew wiih two small sons and Lai R.e Ann t hoi r youngest who helps mil between her studies at high school, her dancing lessons ami dancing instructions Mr Tullis is one of the charter mcmlw p. of the Weber County Posse which was organ Sheriff ied for emergency purposes at the oiim-of World War II Although foi several years the posse has been mostly a social organization, it has achieved considerable renown fo: its drill performances at ro dios and other special funcations in and out of the state Because of his great interest m horses and young people, Mr Tullis utganizrd the Roy Rhythm Rid crs. last February, under the super vision of the Weber County Recrea lion program The membership includes boys and girls between the ages of 8 16 At present the posse has 13 members with horses and several more who are hoping to acquire a horse Mr Tullis has fenced in the bark end of his lot to be used by the posse Drills are conducted weekly under his direction, in preparation for competing with the other 7 or 8 junior posses in Weber County He is a member of the Roy Kiwanis Club and has actively participated in the construction of the park bowerys and bleachers, a project sponsored by both the Kiwanis and the Aprendcr Guild of j i Roy Mrs Tullis, always a busy housewife and mother, has still found time to take part in school and i luirch functions She was president of the Hoy School ITA for two years and also vice president of the South Junior High School PTA She has served as counselor in the Relief Society of the Roy Third Ward, but at present she is the secretary of the board of Lake View Stake Relief Society and also the literary instructor in the ward organization She is also the secretary of the Aprender Guild. It is good that the City of Roy can count among the stalwarts of its townsfolk people like Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tullis and their family. State Contest Stake Gleaner President Chosen pre-diet- s - e State final', co held teenage road M.v 19 a' Provo of the Snturd.iv were termed verv successful Wendell J ll.TI Roy placed 'h rd in the finals A former Rnviii Duke Ashburn took first place now of Milford honors winning a trip to Washing ton D C to corn pete in the national conies' Dou.'l.i' Neeley of Span eh Fork won second place Javrees Robert Olsen and J 111, nne Bingham accompanied Wendell Hall lighten Wessel and I arr Mauro to the state finals 1 Perfect Record Awards Made i i i Sunset Man Received LDS Mission Call Kav will be Fldi r Delbert honored al .1 farewell testimon lal to be hi Id ill the Sunset Ward chapel Sunday evening, Mav 27, beginning at 7 pm lie will Ciller the mission home m Salt Fake t il on June 6 ptcpar.itory to serving in the enlral States Mission Norlh THE LIVING I A record of perfect attendance during the past 5. years of Prt mary vs as attained by Donctte Johnson of Riverdale upon her gra duation from thai organization re centlv She still has everyone of the five hooks which were awarded her each year and hopes to con linue attending until fall in order that she mav again earn a book for this year Another distinctive feature about Donettrs activities is the fact that each week of that entire time she has brought mnnry for the Primary Children Hospital fund Also attaining a remarkable at tendance record is Stephen Child l who likewise had a five year record plus the portion of this vear prior to Ins graduation last Elder Kay is Hie son of Mr and Mi- - l,oicn Kav of Sunset Uni bis gindualmn from Da vis High Si huol in 1953 he at-- t ndc d U cher ( ollcge Ile has liein ai live in the various ac-- I iv P ii s of his LDS Ward per-fee- March Chorus Invited To Sunset Memhers of the Elders Mission aiv Chorus are being notified of the' rehearsal at the home of Howard ard Bernice Fibs in Riverdale this mining Sunday afternoon at 4 30 pm reparations are to be made at that tune to fill an evening engagement al the Sunset Ward the following Sunday, June 3. All who have ever participated in this chorus are invited to join with the group which is directed by W. Dale Bingham A c PHILOSPH Ity R. F. COTTLE Copyw rite 1956 A SUCCESSFUL MANS PHILOSOPHY A GOOD WIFE IS A MANS GREATEST Dear ASSET Collie You askid f oi im philosophy In icviewing my past 70 years I seem to come op wiih thr s.ime answer each time I think about it have undeieslim.iied the grc.it part my wife has contributed In our 'laving Philosophies " If have been successful in my business and church activities il is largely because she has been the inspiration I read recently that (he right kind of a wife can he worth "a mol quaiter of g million dollars" to her husband. L.ir e cm p' r d mils these davs look over raiefullv a man's wife, lo i ih.ii.icter and otlici qualities before givmg her husband a important pos.ipm cairyi.ig gieal responsibility If she is flirtatious, overambilious, gossipy or too critical of her husband's office affiliations, her husband Ls never chosen senator friend told me the same thing is the rule on inanv government appointments, particularly in any foreign service, where the wife plays a diplomatic part, with social con-lielions. am suie impotlani church appointments would never been given lo me il il had not been for my wife's sterling qualities, her virtue and dote iininatim to live all ways the gospel principles she has She has been a shining inspiration in our home, an example to our children and friends, of beautiful living and moral stamina. Therefore my philosophy is: "That a man's wife is the ever hare. His most reliable counselor greatest asset he and can he his greatest inspiration for a successful and very happy life. A wonderful thing of life is an affectionate, united family who share confidences, activities and varied interests, from this sharing comes a great source of strength, safety, security, comfort, protection, peace and love. A united family contributes to beautiful living, lndi vidually and collectively. Mr s 1 Elder Delbert I.. Kay . . . accepts mission call |