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Show J- - Hit u i ! - HeraM-Jount- al Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition I Ullllll Lucy S. Cardon, Logan Pioneer, Approaches Her 1 00th Birthday , V , ? ' . - v i a n.08 s 'I1 I,1 (Hi V W.. - il o B. T. Bnd O. Guy Cardon, and and would have gladly done Lucy Smith Cardon, who will more had she been physically able Crehta Rechow, Logan; Ariel F. be 100 years old on her next to do so." Cardon, Palo Alto; P. V. Cardon, Caring for her are a birthday, is superbly symbolic of D. C.; Edna Langton, the fine things that come to mind and daughter, Ted and Crehta Washington, II Salt Lake City, and Claire SulliRechow. when one thinks "ploneeis. Los Angeles. van, With BedIs a In She veritably pioneer. Born Januaty 5, 1852, il Besides those, her immediate her parents, she came acioss the fordshire, England, Mis. Caidon is family includes 24 giandchildren, Atlantic ocean as a small child, X. Smith 34 and at aboard a sailboat. She learned to a daughter of Thomas walk during the voyage. She cros- and Margaret Smith. The family least one Adaptable sed the plains in a wagon, and a "went south from Sail While she is, In reality, a piobrother was born during that City to Farmington, before finalneer, Mrs. Cardon Is not of one trip. Her early home was a log ly coming to Logan. As a young girl, Mis. Cardon generation only. Her amazing ,K room, with no floors. She endured saw the soldiers as they lined the adaptability makes her a part of . .. pioneer hardships. Ti-a has She and of ages. Saints all groups 3 a. Living at 109 East Fiist North, roads while the group tolerHer of humor. keen sense Mis. Cardon is In fairly good were returning fiom "the south ance of the shortcomings of health. Her hearing and eyesight to Salt Lake. v; others, her happiness in the sucIxig Cabins aren't so good as they once were, A-,- conthe of her make cess was home Smith others, In the a beautiful i Logan, but she has retained of many. VT V graciousness, a gentility and an made of logs, and had no wooden fidante . this Her pays " r- of those fust daughter, Claire, . alertness which reflect a truly floor. It was typical W been has life w hich were built tribute: "Mother's humble dwellings great personality. full. She has lived through years f following the town's settlement. Faith and Courage "Few families weie heie when of war and peace, love and deep A daughter, Claire, wrote about I E. L. Romney, O. Guy Cardon, Russell Berntson, ceremonies ON HIM) FOR ground-breakinLundstrom, Fred Lundberg, H. J. Hatch, B. G we first came, Mrs. Caidon re- soi row, to attain in a century of Mrs. Cardon: A1 Stockton, Bart Bardon, Waldo Hatch, C. A. for the I.ogan Golf and Country Club back in Thatcher, P. V. Cardon, Asa Bullen, W. c! "Mothers faith and courage called during an interview. "We expcrieme the mien and bearing March of l31 were left to right, John (Spick) Carlisle, and Frank Scofield, I.undahl, John Moser, M. O. Haidy, M R. never falter. ,Her dally life is a had to woik hard, and often foot) of a queenly woman. A. G. has been a life of constant "It not Melvin were John Chailes and to Hovey, plentiful." those Jenkins, Harris, Judge Chnstianscn, Major clothing positive Inspiration On November 13, 1871, she was service, devoted not only to her around her. , , . Though she has been forced to give up the daily married to Thomas It. Cardon In loved ones, but to all those about household tasks which she had al- the Salt I.ake endowment house. her. . . . "Mother has attained the sumways performed without com- He became a pioneer Logan phomit of greatness, for it Is only in plaint, she has kept her fingers tographer and Jeweler. Mr. Caidon died Feb. 15. 1898. the forgetfulness of self that life busy, and has crocheted afghans completely for all her children, and for some The couple had 11 sons and is truly and richlyin andGod The were Pres. B. G. Thatcher, vice, At ty Asa Bullen, W. J. Carlisle Caidon, H J. Hatch. W Golf as a spoit didn't ratih the some suit of public paik is unfaith grandchildren. When Woi id War daughteis. seven of whom are lived. Her and of the Amencan public until plans called tur a golf course. Un- - presidents J. Hendrickson and H. and Fiank Scofield. eye Crockett, John H. Moser still Red everlasting. for swerving the living: II came, she knitted after World War I, but since that foitunately they never materializ-tim- e J. Hatch and Sec. M R. Hovey of The couise was put in use in M. R. Men ill, Dr. C. C. pj, time the Amencan pheno- cd, but inteiest in the game was the Chamber of Commerce; John 19,13 finally and more impiove- - T. S Curftis, C A Lir mena of smaiking a while pellet stimulated nontheless. Christiansen, Chailes Jenkins, merits added each year. The final Rulon Gainner H R with any one of between 12 or 20 A gllf engineer from Salt Lake Coach E. L. Romney, O. Guy dieam of seeming a club house Chi is Munson, Yal VV Palm club, and then .hasing .1 down E. L. Hanson, Hovvaid Baugh e a for the Caidon. R E Berntsen, A F. became a reality in 1948. sites a a fairway, has berome vntual' Past presidents of the club who Ralph Barlow, Glen Wortko Stockson, B. T. Cardon, Waldo 1919 and fuither created in couise craze. Hatch, John H Moser, C. E Me- - have added to its development as and Mai v in rif. Dans, far Logans golf and country club inteiHst. The fad of mimatuie golf Clelian, Lee Jones, Fred Lundbeig, a sporting center include P. V. president was founded in 1931, with much swept the country duiing the of the giound woik for the couise twenties and Logan maintained having been laid as far ba k as two of them. But it wasn't until late in the 1918. Today the nine hole couise constitutes one of the best small twenties that various committees WILL layouts in the Intermountain west, of citizens and Chamber of units finally got so far as and thousands of golfers will attest to its trick natuie and excel- to pnk an actual site, and begin to actually plan for a golf couise. lent playing conditions. Farmer interested About 1918 a representative of Logan city became for a time but Mayor A. G. Lundthe national playground and L. C. Kearl and Sons, Ralston Purina dealers in came to Logan with the strom told enthusiasts that the Logan, will be glad to assist in planili) view of introducing the game of city was in no position financially a feeding program for livestock or poultry producers that will pay dividends at low golf. Since it would cost so much to back a golf course and it did to build the national representa- not have enough irrigation water costs. tive advocated a dry couise with- rights to properly care for the out grass. He reasoned that such fan ways and greens. would be better than no a lay-oCollege Aid It was pioposed that the USAC course at all and after people learned to play, golf would create take the marginal city land at the its own demand for a modem base of the mountain east of Locourse. gan off the citys hands and then 1 L.tcl Balance turn it over on to the golf club The Logan city Council of De- when they incorporated. This they fense had a balance of several did, and ground was broken in thousand dollais after World War March of 1931 with President P. 1, and it was decided to build a V. Cardon and Mayor A. G. Lundwar memorial in the foim of strom officiating. Others piesent BY BAY NELSON Ci oss, O h II f i if r ?tl pn fttnt his tie I?11 it0 V t Jfi TJi - siA h: s '!' S Fr - ' But tl Jf in r1 (rtttld fcJ t ere ft pubti to ' doten ar'bus lph g Hend-iiikso- : ( in n, Golf Has Become Favored Sport Com-mei- A PLANNED FEEDING PROGRAM Make More Profits for the Cache Valley lec-reati- Buy Vr5P tr At d.' F At rd jr I Cr.H rd i he Invest Ju' of tonal Edgar rng nation Bor 3, IS Iks the h The public Lojan Young tender ichool follow nussio 1820 share t bach ut :! 5 S made their home at Cove. To them weie boin eight childien six boys and two guts. One of the girls died when 10 months old and two sons have died in lecent yeais Four of her sons fulfilled missions for the LDS. chutgh and one son seived in Woild War I. Ttie youngest son, Ivan S. Allen, is now bishop of the Cove ward. One of her hi otheis lived at her home for imny yeais and she come, so we walked back toraised one grandson Horn the gether. me on one side of the time he was eight years old until ditch and him on the other. We he was married. attended the same school, vvheie In Old Horne we got better acquainted. The fust time he took me home veas Since I lie death of her husfrom a paity at I tide Chailes A1911. sire has con llen's house Since thev had the band, April 14, to live in the old home tinued largest house in Cove at that time, a we usually had our patties there. She enjoys good health and has in her family "Andrew went to woik on the keen, active interest All her railroad in the spring of 1877 and and the ward activities. we cot lesponded that summer. life she has been active in chuich Relief That fall I went to the B Y to work. She has served in the execusix months, is tecognized as the area's oldest woman. She is an early pioneer of this 'city. school at Logan and Andiew Society organization as an came to see me once and I went tive officer or visiting teacher for over 60 yeais. She has also held home for Chnstmas Some difference how we courted than and the office in Pumary and Sbnday School, and Daughters of Pioneer way the young folks do now. Camp. She has lived to enjoy the pro-g- i Dance Firxt ess of travel, having rode by "We weie married Januaiy 6th ox cart, horse drawn carnage, 18S1 at the Salt Lake Endowment automobile, bus, tram and airHouse The tiain to Salt Lake plane. City left Franklin at 2 00 a. m. Aunt Susie is much appreciated so we decided to attend a dance for her ability, willingness to BY FLORENCE ALLEN then catch the train but it was serve, for her friendly manner, "Aunt Susie as she is lovingly two hours late so we had to go for her faith and sincerity. called by all who know her, is sleigh-rulinwhile we were wait87 yeais old and lives at her ing It took us most of the next More than 25 per cent of the faint home in Cove. She is Coves day to get to Salt Lake and we total foods consumed annually by oldest living resident and still were mariied the following dav American consists of the Susanna and Andrew B. Allen milkavetage active in church woik. She is aland milk products. ways busy and enjoys visiting with her family and many friends. Born In Franklin She was boin at Fianklin, Idaho, October 10, 1863. Her parents were Mark Pieece and Ellen from the Cornish, who came Eiitish Isles to Ameiica in 1832. She was the eldest of a family of five children. Three days after the hirth of the fifth child, her mother died and although Susanna was only 8 years old she and her father assumed the tesponsi-bilit- y of the house and family. Soon after the death of her mother the family moved from Fianklin to the South fields or what is now Cove. In her own FEATURE words she says "The first house I remember was an old log one about 12' by 14. Father built a bin across it behind the door and LINES filled it full of wheat and we made our beds upon the wheat. He built a hnch for us to sit on. There was a loft overhead and a cellar under the hoii'e." Intelligent I)ng "My father kept oxen, horses, at Logan. An-die- Coves Oldest Resident Is Admired By All Acquaintances g Quality Foods Our Specialty! WE NATIONALLY KNOWN OF GROCERY PRODUCTS CO ES OLDEST Mrs. Susanna Pie"ce Alien, oldest resident of Cove, second from right, as she posed with otheis in costume. cows, sheep and goats. We had a dog named Fanny, who was so intelligent she could pick our cows out of the herd and bring them in. Father used to hire Fanny out to herdeis you know in those days, we had to held the stock so the Indians and wild animals wouldn t steal them She attended sehool at Flank-lm- , Cove, and at the B. Y. College THE HOME OF PURINA FEEDS IN LOGAN The Kearl partnership, consisting of L, C. Kearl and his sons, R. W. Kearl and Leonard C. Kearl, was established in Logan in February, 1946. All are active in the operation of the business with Leonard C. Kearl as manager and R. W. Kearl as assistant manager. The firm supplies the Ralston Purina Checker-boar- d chows all of which are d on the largest testing farm actually in the nation. pre-teste- ACTUAL FEEDING TESTS MADE IN THE LOGAN STORE PROVE THE VALUE OF PURINA CHOWS IN FEEDING HOGS feeder pigs were placed in the store June 8, this 47 year. One weighed pounds and one w eighed 39 pounds. The pig that was fed gained straight grain weight from 47 pounds to 66 in six weeks. The pig that was fed grain mixed with Purina supplements gained weight, over the same period of time, from 39 poihds to 82 pounds. Two FARMERS ARE ADVISED TO GROW THEIR OWN GRAIN AND USE THE PURINA SUPPLEMENTS PROFIT FOR I- N- POULTRY DAIRYING LIVESTOCK CATTLE - SHEEP - HOGS and A member of this firm will actually come to your farm, grind your grain mix it with Purina supplements and demonstrate the feeding program. We invite you, Mr. Farmer, to bring your feeding problems to us for the proper proven solution to This service is rendered without obligation buy. We have the facilities for grinding and mixing feeds. L. C. KEARL YOUR Lewiston ind T fount foodi Ha edE tit),) ol cm Ii Sun kff jot rqrti Economically Priced We Appreciate Your Patronage toshil ichool o! Susanna was mauied to B. Allen in the Salt Lake Endowment House Jan. 6th, 1881 About her com (ship and marriage she says. "The fust time I saw Andiew to leally know who he was, was when my father sent me over to the Widow Allens to see if she would let one of her boys come and help with the harvest. She said Andiew could PIONEER MOTHER OF Cache Valley. Lucy Smith Cardon, whose lifetime spans 99 years and He Euentl & SONS PURINA DEALER 965 NORTH MAIN TELEPHONE LOGAN, UTAH 627-- J |