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Show I Th i i ' ! Herald-Journ- The Down Through Recreation iiy Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition al About 40 years ago, lire destroyed what was no doubt Logans finest business ot building, housing the Thatcher Brothers Bank, the first in Logan, and the Thatdier Opera House, pictured at right in flames There has been nothing since that time to fill the gap created by the loss of the opera house. There is a modern ban!: building, but no opera house. Younger people cannot, of course, realize what that fire destroyed. Only by th picture below will they ever know it stoot at the corner of Center and Mam. Man; were the operas, concerts, dramas and pro- !' Andrew King, 90, Is Eldest Swimming was a popular activity and the pool was open fiom J im) pm to 10 HO pm and had a daily aveiage attendance of J7J. classes were also Kmdei gai ten his 001 h biithdav Celebrating " 11, was Andiew King, oldest living lesident of Ninth Logan, lb- - was Inn n in Musselbrugh, Scotland, Mm 11th 161 to and Lha Lewis King Kr On his ltih birthday, he set sad for America. Andiew parents tiamed him well in teligious and civic ways On Katuidav night eveiy thing was made in readiness to go to church Sunday morning Th ugh five Rules to they traveled church, they were never late. taught Alt ei 19J1 theie wasnt much done until 19 Id, when the Kiuams dub put on a dance and count ly d stoic o i .'use money lot They raised equipment about $7m) 0J and bought some new equipment, and moved the old equmiiient from the tabernacle squace up to Ccnt.al Park! Lon Lindquist was chan man of h commit toe and the city cooperat- An-die- w " . is. I I irst I Ionic Poplar avenue late in 1940. Tile piogiam had giown to include the following special activities, Adult leneatioiial classes at the High school gvm a ladio over KYNY bicycle club that was veev active dui ing th" summer, band com cits base b, at the fair giounds mot veiy pio-gra- city badminton city -- wide pio-gra- j -- County Leadership workers, comprising elected officials and appointees. Brain center of the county government Is the boaid of commis- started 1 " developij'J V S(htHj! campus IMo w Muid serve the & "T-V0- 1 I' lion. It 15 planned baseball field ball field, the department lost all the upei vismn that had been the life blood of the piogiam Thiough the Youth Club committee of the Logan Y'outh Coun- - It fie d. is hoped thariLR' sf ll8hted was moved tothNC Park because of the the high school fieltfcS scf.h81!, . 1 not able to charge and the whole prognuJl anced thiough the tion department. The L program was about the M the pievious year. 1 Baseball Baseball was revised a, , scale at Central P&rk mi DIKKIOR OF Logan City kids teams Yoi htingto... pa: ticipaunj at khi is Glen 194H -- 1 he supervision was en ill a voulh ceub opened up away from Willow C at the ISAC. The Youth club the mont spent on th At lonmutteo was absoibcd by tie placed mt( a Recieation Council and the cuo j .tball had its most season with 63 teams supe msed by th ciniin d thiough fo, it ganlc'd softball. youth eomn'ittee A mi i eat ion In li43 the J mini 'handier of board, ea .is'er of five members was eiimineiee took ovci llie Kgg hunt And has continued it autnonntion of the city t, m subseque nt sion and I.ogan city sovaJl I in i ei r 1. ism's The be sc leplaced th, J hisses weie that had liccn organized Junioi Flee i stalled with boys and gills of . High school age and youngei par licipaling In 19!6 Soltball came back with a hang and theie weie Ucki Hli Hand'n cop The lest 13 teams in five leagu PRO IDLNCE, R of the piogiam was about the blind sine e he was g 5Mr!M same yeai-nlRaymond Gro, 19 17 The fust I tali Centennial event was held in Logan under diploma fiom H ipe High a the name of "Ice Cat nival". The He used Biaille books to gal event. was not under the sponsoi-shi- p distinction of being the f,re, of the Logan City Reel eat ion lv blind person ever Department, but the Recreation fiom a public school here V c. V' uni' -- i e A-i d I 1 When the family fust came to the States, they made their home in Piovo, The house had a dnt roof and rough lumber flour. When Andrew was a small boy, a bi other died of diptheria. Andiew also became ill and was not export id to live. In desperation, his mother gave him a teaspoon na Mae Puulserv. schools, Lyold M Theuiei; assistof t t pent me saying Well my Tieasurei - Lee Hancey, assist- ant supei intendeut, Glen R Winn; youie going anyway, I don't dei k of the boaid, Llliutt Thoin-leed by Buidette Harris and know whether this will kill or Knowles. primary giades supemsor, cuie you but I hape it does some Central Park. Assessor By ion Snow, deputy, Blanche Nelson; leceptiomst, good". It made him vety maliseat-ed- , American Legion baseball was Carole Maughan. Gladys Bingham. but with his vomiting he was staited with four teams, one from Shet iff Wesley G. Malmberg; Agiiiulluial agent. La Mont ciued of the dqithena. leach section of town. Two softdeputies, Thomas J Rowley, Alma Tueller; home denicmstiatmn Mail'll Jo, 1983, he man led P. Soiensen and Noiman King. agent, Amy R Kearsley, assistant Saiah Ann Jacobs in Logan ball leagues were also organized, . one of giade school buys with Attorney Zachary T. Champ-lin- counly agent, Reuben Hansen, temple. To them weie boin six four teams, and one of Junior Lnbell inspectors, childien Ptiscella Costle, Mont- high boys, with four teams. Hlanchnrd and Osmond Alv is. Suiveyor Kugene Sehaub. Jilin King, Pieston, Klia ana; Swimming classes were held at LewFust district comt judge Manager of Cache office, I'tah Wiser and LaVeie King, Lewis-- ! the Junior High school pool, with Lha-soJ. T. is Jones; court tepoitei, Geoige state tax commission ton, t'tah, Veinetta Gilgen and a daily attendance of liNI boys and Pai ker. Aletha Bntt, North Logan. He gu Is. Rav-steRoad officer-Hoi Juvenile probation Byron siqiervisor has .30 giandchildien and 27 gieat-gianTennis Courts ace C. Carlson. luldien. In 19.33 Mis. Myia Ross was Custodians Dan Andrews, furDnector of county welfare h n od to help Mi. Yanderhoff with nace and giounds; Kvan HumphNoble L. Chambeis. Always Active the piogiam. Two tennis comls and of building. Liddle, Maty Superintendent county reys Mi King has always been active weie built and one lighted, one in the I.DS church. Foi six yeais eouit at Central Park and one at lie lived in Bannock, Idaho vvheie the fne hall. Dancing, clay mold- The West's Oldest and Largest Retailers of Auto Supplies he homesteaded pioperty and lnK- hikes, woodwork and music seived as fust counselor in the weie added to the piogram. Willis Summit ward bishopuc. While Dial was hited by the school board to teach woudvvork, and Frank living in Logan Filth ward, he I acted as seeietaiy to the K'.deisl Baugh, to teach vocal music, In 1936 theie was another well quorum, counselor in the Sunday progiam under Ken School and woiked in the MIA mganized Yandi'ihoff with the same activiwith Apostle John A. Widtsoe. In Ninth Logan, he seived ties as in 1933. with the addition of another softball league many yeais as Sunday school and called the posed of six intendent. IN THE COURTHOUSE Cache county couilhouse liouses van efficient, couiteous coips of tourna- ailivities at the play grounds, city wide hikes and play day, coasting on temple lull checkeis and chess tuuiri.wmnts dancing in the plasgiound and other activities Softball was flu big spoil will) 43 adult teams plaving and S kids teams. In 1911 the same piogiam was earned out as in 1910. Interest in softball declined some because of the national defense program and a number of the !unS men left town. In Apnl cl ment, Council Named In 19,34 a Reel cation Council 'won icpiexentatives from various oigamations was organize N W. Meikley of the City Commission was made chairman of the committee. Kenneth Yandei- huff was named the director of ihe piogiam and handled th? complete piogiam alone with the exception of some stoty telling and diamatics which was conducted by Mis. andeihotf. The play activities weie conducted at the Adams Field, Crimson Field and Cential Park. Most of it was at in Provo if Wr, on at the old ice house ed. J Rr budg horse-sho- e Sw miming M of a sue cevs The Cits ars Handicrafts A ness plavgiound was opened at the highth wail park and the Right waid ehuich. The R.eaIn cuopeiatum non depaitm-n- ? held an with the IJerald-JouinRaster egg hunt at the tabunac le giounds on Apiil 1J. It was dofair. A handicraft center was cided to make it an annual senior league In North Logan and the partment spent hildreii It was made cleat that the plavgiound was for the childien and not the adults Theie was no over the plaground. supeivisoi The plnv ground continued to be used, and in 1919 Noiman Hamit ton became Keci cation Supervisor of the piogiam which was made possible Ihiough the cooperation of the school boaid and the cit. In 19JU a lepoit was made on the piogiam, which showed a budget of $7.90 from the city and SJ50 from the school board, plus the use of the high school gvninaxium and swimming pool Duimg the were j ear two baseball leagues and a organized, a junior league grams presented there. It was the cultural heart of Logan, but the great fire god is no respector of culture, it seems, and hot, high flames, visible miles away, burned away all reality, leaving only memories of wonderful entertainment. f ccmumMec in t tor Ye 'i Duutor was chairs aiea Adult iCflcd.lJll (.lasses weie started. ganizil Rpucatiun was Basketball Log,in in l'il4 It began modest The chill eh M Men leagues the in 1911 will) the fust jilavgiuund the High of lie Uigaii tabernacle Cornineiuul leagues, in bdi-School. Juiinii High School and on the east half oi the square Intiainuial progiams The pla.v ground apparatus in- College took care of the basstalled iniiuiid a huiizunlal bar, piettv well ketball inteiests in(.limbing poles, llexible ladeici, In 1910 Geoige B Bowen took clined poles, inclined ladder, guaid as Citv Cummisxiunei and over stride, rails, flmg nngs giant oi the Recreation chairman sand buses, and s nu, (hidien s.de UOtnillM.lON BY GLK.N TV Mai-gai- Quality Bakery Product SUPPLIED CACHE VALLEY FOR I tj, v; THIRTY-SEVE- YEARS N i sioners, consisting of H. R. Adams, Hyrurn, chairman; Merle G. Ityer, Lewiston, and R. Owen Yeales, Logan. office is The headed by Iver L. Larsen, recently appointed to succeed G. Frank IIis staff Includes Raymond Foster B. Allen, chief deputy; Mrs. Renee Parker, F.lnine Ashcroft and I .aura Lou Lamb. Lula R. Moitensen. Recorder with Kdna Davidson, Otma Thurston, Marilyn Hansen and Gwen- clerk-auditor- 's A Hearth Designed by Max Johnson n. -- Oven Sr, n. di FOR PROPER i BAKING DANISH AND OF PASTRIE SIMILAR - j corn-tea- , supe r - or 1 Citv League In 1937 thiough Hie efforts of O. A. Sonne and Superintendent B. A. Bateman, a plan was winked out to have one man to handle the new Logan gym program, the oity recieation piogiam, and the education High school physical piogiam. Mr II B Hunsakei slates handled thp the fust For JS yeais he worked with year, and the progiams plan woiked very law enfoiiement officers in Logan w ell. city and county. His fust job was Light Installed as night vvatc. liman in the business Possibly the biggest thing was of He section Logan. tramped the the movement staited to get the plank sidewalks, wot king with a soltball field lighted. The rect palone police ofticei, or a marshall ttern budget turned JJ00 00 over 'who went off duty when the tow aid the pioject. In 1938 with Glen Woithmgton lights weie turned off at 1 am. Fiom that hour until nicunmg the as supei visor a similar piogiam duty of piotecting the business was cai ried out Some changes dixtnct was his alone. weie made and some new activities added. Serve On Mission A new tennis couit was built at Adams school. Some new bleachers After being, employed thus for five yeais he was called to seive weie built at the softball field at the High school. A piogiam for his I.DS mission and when he was made a member of the cnppled children was staited through the W.P.A. and a leader police force. Theie weie two to visit the homes of to handle the J4 Iwur slutt assigned shut-in- s Reading and handicraft and theie weie four saloons open projects foimed the main pait of n When tre Juvenile unlit the piogiam. of the state came into A Gainpiogiam of being. Louis S Canton made him vvoik-- i for W P.A. ing ihiet piolmtion olfieer. At the ers was staited recieation bv the slate VV. same time he woiked for the city P. A id lice and hy supplemented in enfoi cement of the cut tew law the local lecreation depaitment. keeping childien off the streets New F.quipment alter 9 pm. He was also truant Some new was placol fioer for the city and county ed at Adams. equipment Bills, and Wilson by vv t k schools. Of his he made the Boaid of Education and the this statement "If it vveient foi P.T.A the leal human interest, the In 1939 a shelter was built at of putting a vvaywaid Cential pai k to be used for indoor youngstei on the light tiaik. this activities in the summer and a job vvotildn t be unth two cent'., place lor skateis to get warm ceitainiy the Milaiv has novel and change shoes in the winter. A sound system was rIso purpi oven a gold mine " chased to add inlet est to skating Helped Build Temple and softball. Through the effoits of the Mt. He with his bi other vv inked in Logan Ski club, the Chamber of out L.signn canyon logs ( getting to help build Logan tempie. They Commetee, Rotaiv club, Kivvanis. would stay in the canyon all vcek Logan City, Cache County and the lOllege a ski lift was " ivnung down on Finlay niguts at the Beaer mountain vvitli a load. On one of these snow oc-a slide nights, ( tragedy cut led at Temple Folk, killing BLAINE'S DRIVE INN one of hi bi'Uhc'is. William King I who lett a wile and foui months Senes ony deluious and well old son. cooked foods with courteous servJuly Jt 1$73 Mi. King saw ice and, we oriy use the finest Bngham Young at the bowery on the tabernacle quaie. His broth-- I and freshest of These are ers. Jim and Bill danced for the from Banelks. purchased on a large dry goods (president BLAINE'S DRIVE INN I Mr, Kings spends some time each yem with I. is iluldien. He Nnrlh Main Street attends ihuicli regulaily in Ncmth Logan, I tab leigan taking a ft mu seat in oidor to hear all of the xetvne. I- eight yeais he was a niem- ber stake old folks committee and he has filled several home misMonaiy assignments. He is a high pnest and has seived as piesident of the giuup. He has also fulfilled a mission foi the c huich to the Noi thvyeslei n of the Cache CAR VISOR "UNIVERSAL $14.95 ACCESSORIES VALUES Air Deflector Pair Ash Receiver 35c 24C Controls otf currants in cor. Cf plattic in assorted co ors. com-mi'Siu- aosily removed. , Coot Hanger is Vacuum cup attaches to dash of any car. Is rO- - UTILITY MAT 33c Guaranteed VARCON MUFFLER Clamp-o- 44c Rubber glos protector and tuction cup. Coal rattle or tilde. n Mirror 99c 15a18, u$e m your car or tn your Home. 4 VfroWe ond theft prod. pattern. non g ore mirror bail jo nt. Weother For safety, replace defective exhaust system with guaranteed Varcon muffler and tail pipe. TAIL PIPES low at 52.19 I "Dash Pack 45c Hoidi cigarettes, urn glosses, odd items. Rubber suction si Pack Holder 19c 29c Fits all cars, clips to sun visor. Holds sup ply of tissues in reach. cups. Aimrs All 'Handy Hank I. Cigarette pack holder in colorful plastic. 2 magnets in base. mm buys hand All Max Johnson, Senior, came to Logan in 1914 and established the Royal Bakery, He had been basicly trained in the bakery industry in Sweden, serving which his apprenticeship under the rigid, exacting and established methods for th Scandinavian Peninsula is noted. Max Johnson, Jr., owner of the bakery today, has kept abreast of progress by constantly adding new equipment. High standards of quality have always been foremost. Every loaf of bread, every cake or pie, and all bakery products must come up to the high standards of quality that has always been maintained. That's why "MARVEL MAID" products are so popular. 3 All stel vitor flti oil cars with roin guitars and dividad windshield tietpt 1949 51 Hudson. Ciartproof grits vndarnaath. Adds tramandously to driving as and comfort OTHERS TO PRODUCTS. eg. -- mN.rll,Moto 1 VkHckt KJ VciwJ Cv, ' wwv J k,XlfcJtil J hriullf , , "Marvel Maid" variety of breads including white, whole wheat, rais'i cracked wheat, Dutch and French breads, are all individually mixed usm? tested formulas. No large battery of mixers, wrappers and ovens are us to manufacture thesee products every and all lovs are "oven-fresh- " ear and French pastries are baked daily as well as coffee-cakedecorati claws, and a variety of these products. A specialty is made of cakes for all occasions. This is a local industry with quality products t 1 should be patronized. Th s, A friendly atmosphere is always found at the Royal Bakery. Booths and tables are maintained in the retail department to seat 24 guests who enjoy good coffee and a bakery "snack". The "Coffee Club", composed of Logan business and professional men gathers here every day at an appointed hour and exchange ideas and pass the time of day. Excellent products, finest possible service and a friendly atmosphere are the three keys to this wonderful business. RC.kL tAi.c.1 1.4 Ti-i- KcARr OF THE ROYAL BAKERY of LOGAN MAX 118 Nocth Main JOHNSON, OWNER Logan, Utah phoned s |
