Show Pace 4 Millard County Chronicle Presrss August 29 1991 Leamarado Day 1991 This picture of Clint and Thelma was taken when they celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on April 7 1984 Although it doesn't seem possible a year has gone by since our last Leamarado Day Celebration and plans for this years activities are well underway This year 1991 will be the forty seventh year Leamington people have sponsored this celebration As many Millard County residents already know this whole thing started August 15 1945 when news was ceived of Japan's surrender in World War II The news that our men in the armed services would soon be returning home brought such joy and relief to the local people that many inarched through town beating on pans and shouting and singing Later in the day everybody gathered in the town park for a pot hick dinner Those who had someone in the service at that time will never forget the feelings that came with the announcement that peace had been declared For a few years after the initial celeconsisted bration those attending mostly of townspeople The local farmers brought in their cattle and horses for the rodeo the women cooked everything for the dinners and everyone helped with ume and talents The Leamington Veterans themselves took over the responsibility for the Labor Day celebration for about twenty years md Ihc increased attendance greatly Leamington A'ard also sponsored the days events for quite a few years and Leanow the town is in charge Our marado Day Celebration is still going strong and we invite everyone to come and enjoy the day with us on September 2 1991 The program starts at 10:30 a m the barbecue dinner at 2:30 p m children’s sports at 2:30 p m and the big amateur rodeo at 3:30 p m Our honored guests this year are Clinton Nielson and Thelma Adams Nielson Clint ami Thelma now live m Delta but Clint was bom and raised in Leamington and their children grew up here Clint was bom February 27 1907 the son of Louis Nielson and Mary Josephine Tcxtorius His grandparents on his father's side joined the Church in Denmark and immigrated to Utah His grandfather Lars Nielson walked all the way across die plains The family lost one child while crossing the ocean and another after they arrived in Salt Lake Lars Nielson was one of the first settlers in Leamington and after he had been here about six months he was set apart to preside over the branch of the church Several years later a ward was organized and he was sustained as bishop The first house the Louis Nielson family lived in here in town was a small brick building located just north of the home where De Wayne (Bill) Nielson lives now They lived in this house for about two years Louis then obtained trick from the old smelter east of Leamington and a new home was erected for die family Clint was the seventh of twelve children bom over a period of years The third child a boy died from scarlet fever when four months old Gint now has two sisters and one brother liv mg in this area and a brother in Salt Lake Clint’s mother Mary Josephine Textorius was bom in Alta in 1874 Her fattier got a job in Leamington as the first section foreman on the railroad and the family moved here when Mary was about eight years old She attended school in Leamington and then wear to Fillmore for three years She then taught school here for year Some of her students were Fred and Weds Nielson Alma Harder Lyman Oversea and Hyrum Sorenson Ov er the years theTown of Learning-tohas had a total of five buildings where school was held The first was a lumber house located south and eaii of town just below the Flat Hill on the north side of the present Leamington Canal This is where Clint's father attended school The second was a log budding located on the north sde of the tracks and about half a block east of the town hall The third was a one room bnck building that stood directly east of the town hall It later doubled in size to two rooms and this is probab y where Clint's mother taught school The fourth was a bnck structure that must have seemed quite spacious compared to the previous ones B P Textonus Clint's grandfather donated the ground on which this school house was built Due to lack of funds this building took several yean to complete It was destroyed by fire in 1936 and classes were held m the Leamington Ward Church until a new building was completed in 1937 May 27 1965 was the last day school was held in Leamington Since that lime the children have been bused to Della and this last school house has been tom down Clint missed his first year of school because he had typhoid fever However he can remember the names of most of his grade school teachers and said that some were strict and some were real good Those he mentioned were Agnes Smith Ethel Strange Franccll Williams (who later became Mrs Fred Nielson) Wallace Wood De Velio Whatcott and a Mr BemenL It is very interesting to talk to someone ho remembers so well the early days in our town Clint told us about the mines that were in this area who owned them and the minerals that were there He told about the things his faiher and uncles worked at to make a living They had a blacksmith shop built roads furnished the lies for the first railroad track that went through town built stores and did many other things He told about the first car that came into Leamington It was in 1912 and was owned by his Uncle August In 1918 Clint’s father bought a Ford for $520 When Wallace the oldest son in the family took the kids for a ride in the new car he made a short turn and hit a post and damaged a fender Clint's sister Beatrice drove the car out to the Flat where she was cooking for the threshers and she too hit a post For quite a while after that Gint didn’t have much desire to ride in a car Clint was called to serve a mission in Fort Worth Texas In those days the missionaries did their trading on foot One day he and his companion had traveled quite a distance in the morning and then in the afternoon they walked more miles Quit's leg w hich had been injured previously when s horse fell on him gave out He was taken to a hospital in Fort Worth and they told him that the bones in his kg had grown together He was sent to the 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9999999999999999999999999999909 i 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 LDS Hospital in Salt Lake but die doctors thought it best not to operate because of risks involved They also advised him not to go back and finish his mission Clint wishes he had gone back and perhaps he could have worked m the office Clint and Thelma met when he went to Salt Lake to see Floyd Strange a friend of his who worked at Kennecou Floyd and his wife Eved in the basement of Thelma’s mother's home but Clint only knew the address He knocked on the main floor apartment and Thelma answered She told him his friend lived down slairx and they got to talking Quit was wearing a blue serge suit and one of the buttons had come off the coat Thelma told him that if he had the button she could sew it on for him which she did That night Gint and his friends downstairs wanted to play cards but there were only three of them Floyd Strange's wife said she would go get Thelma The tour of them played cards together and then decided to go see a “Frankenstein” movie that started at midnight When they got out of the movie there were no street can running so they had a nice long walk home Clint and Thelma started going together in 1931 and were married April 9 1934 in the Salt Lake Temple Their good friends Don Watts and Vera Ashby who lived in Leamington went with them and both couples were married the same day Their reception was held in Leamington with an orchestra from LynndyL Gint remembers that a man named Wood played in the orchestra Thelma Adams Nielson was bom in Rigby Idaho in March 1913 the oldest of three children When she was thirteen years old her brother eight and her baby sister four months her father deserted the family and her mother was left to care for the children alone Thelma said that during her second grade she tended five different schools in four different states When she was m the fifth grade the family moved to Salt Lake where they made their permanent home She attended Salt Lake schools and graduated from high school in 1930 After their marriage Gint and Thelma lived in several different homes All were small and m Leamington convenient compared with todays standards For a while they lived in town in the winter and moved out to Fool Creek flat in the summer to do the farm work After that they moved into the house where Gars Bradfield now lives which only had two rooms at that time They were living in the Bradfield home when their first child was born The little girl died soon after birth which was very hard to accept Clint and Thelma bought a home in the west part of town and lived there until 1954 Here they had four more children: Janice bom on April 9 1937 Davis on October 18 1940 Steven on December 20 1945 and Allen on September 9 948 The last home the Nielsons owned in Leamington was the Emil Anderson place on main street which they purchased in 954 and lived in until 1974 and then moved to Delta Both Gint and Thelma have been very active in the church About the time of their wedding Clint was put in the bishopric with Nathanial Ashby and A1 Harder He also served in the Sunday School Superin tendency and many other positions He was the town mayor from 1946 to 1953 Clint said that he lost by one vote being elected to another term of office Thelma said that was because she didn't vote for him Clint grew up on a farm where he learned the meaning of hard work He also assisted his father in many jobs off the farm His early training no doubt helped him in the many other jobs he held later Clint drove the school bus for a number of years worked at a plant in Jericho worked on the McIntyre Ranch from 1953 to 1960 for George Chaffin at the quarry east of town for about six years drove a truck for the County Road for five years and was a guard at Brush Wellman for fourteen years Thelma started taking music lessons when she was nine years old and her talents at playing the piano and organ have blessed many people While living in Leamington she played the piano in both Primary and Sunday School and she is presently the organist in her Delta This is the first house that Clint's father built for his family here in The house stood Leamington The brick was burned out to Fool Creek in directly north of the new red brick heme that the family grew up This is the house where Clint and his brothers and sisters grew up It was made from red brick from out of the old smelter that was built east of town Clint's brother DeWayne (Bill) lives in this home now £ 3 O tt cr o f - $ This little tie house was Thelma It stood close to & the first home in Leamington for Clint and where Wefby Lovell lives now Ward Relief Society She also served in the Relief Society Presidency here in Leamington When Clint was driving the school bus he got another job and couldn’t manage both of them Thelma took over the bus driving and held the job for twenty years It takes a lot of patience and kindness to get along with a bus load of children for one day let alone twenty years After they moved to Delta Thelma managed the Deltan Motel for five years and worked in a convenience store for eight years She still works occasionally in the motel office Thelma has had hip replacement operations three times which slowed her down for a period of time but now she seems to be doing fine and is just as ambitious as ever Last April Gint and Thelma had been married r years and Clint is now years We congratulate them on their many achievements Clint and Thelma’s children grew up here in Leamington and had married and left home before their parents moved to Delta Their daughter Janice and her family moved to Nevada where she held a very responsible position with the Nevada State Industrial Commission Ill health made it necessary for her to resign Her condition got worse and she passed away about six years ago d for the family Gint This was very and Thelma's outer three children David Steven and Alien don’t live too far away They have eighteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren are very proud of each one of them We are happy to have Gint and Thelma as our honored guests this y ear and invite everyone to come and take part in our Leamarado Day celebration old EPA developing mailing list 47th Annual Leamarado Day September 2 1991 at Leamington Town Park 10:30AM Talent Program Barbecue Dinner 12:30 PM £ Kids Sports 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Rodeo Rodeo Sign Up until August 29th Spence Butler 857-257- 8 Residents of Utah Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota end Montana can become much more involved in decisions about hazardous waste incineration thanks to new procedures announced today by the US Environmental Protection Agency The agency is developing a mailing list that will be used to: inform residents of any incineration plans in their area invite public participation in the decision making when companies apply for permits to incinerate hazardous waste send information on new incineration technology Residents interested in being on Uiis mailing list should complete the form which accompanies an ad in this newspaper and return it to the EPA Plans are also being made to place technical materials regarding incineration of hazardous waste in the Delta Gry Library 75 North 200 West Delta Utah This material will be available to the public by September 1991 Questions concerning this matter should be directed to Hook) Dunning US EPA 999 18th Street Suite 500 Denver Colorado 80202 Phone (303) |