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Show J A forum for opinion ColM Wednesday May 20, 1987 view 4A: A Silent Place Here is a siWEST POINT lent place. A place so still the only noise is the quiet whir of breezes through evergreen trees or the distant barking of a dog. Here is a silent place. A place where the warm air is only occasionally cut by the dark, coarse screech of a crow. And even though the West Point Cemetery has a Bluff Road with a sign saying address cars and simply cemetery filled with farmers and pick-ulocal folks make no noise as they a silent place. pass here. Here Some of the silence can be explained because cars slow for the potholes, but most of it comes from respect and your mind drifting on the sea of purpose. For here, in this silent place, this still place, is where so many friends and relatives have their final rest. And the purpose is to come and be touched again by their lives. Here, in this still place, is where visitors come and do the mental arithmetic people always do in a cemetery. With the figuring comes the stunning realization that so many of the markers and graves are for children. Children who lived a few years or a few months. Or just a few with rose at the dawn. Here, in this still place, the markers are decorated with lambs and tricycles, fawns and tiny hands folded in prayer. There are also handfuls of Ds in the Old English style of Davis High. And here, cut in granite, is the chronicle of family sorrow. One couple, in the 1920s, buried four of their children who lived from eight months down to just one day. Here are flat stones lying above the soldiers and sailors who died during war. Always the last war to end all wars taking sons who had such promise in life. They are buried here, some singly, others in a family plot. Here are stones on which a Mormon temple is inscribed. And often, across a band at the top, is a list of the children of the union. The oldest marker belongs to William Paice, dated and his wife Charlotte, And here is a litany of local family names Thurgood, Parker, Davis and Fisher. ' cemeHere in this tery, the two acres developed and the newly acquired parcel, is a record of those who walked before us on this land. Those who toiled in the sun or cursed the deep frost of winter. And here in this silent place are both our this still place of the and foreshadowing history our future. ps 1836-191- 2, 1838-189- 2. well-ke- days. It seems a natural place for a parent to choose a burial site. High on the bluff with a clear view of both the great lake to the d west and the majesties to the east that are rimmed snow-covere- fc- - .. Shining in the evening sun are the gates to the West Point City Cemetery. pt Jr a- n 's V W. . $?2 . t t, .v, ' S.l$kv v ' ;? S&t'.iW j u "" i.,' , Story and Photos by Robert Regan i X' f ftby-- ; Deep welts are left in the soft ground by backhoe as it dug a still plywood-covere- d grave. X &t . V & r y 9 v 'I x y T ;t($ jf l (yty fj S.&Li istf , S'itjWKi 1, 'CZt y x Decorating a new grave (left), wreath is near marker of pioneer child Joseph Flinders who lived less than two months. Letters to the editor anyone who eyewitnessed this to as more information is needed. The accident occured around 5:45 p.m. at the corner of Fort Lane and Gentile. The lady in the left turn lanes report is in but we need the lady Witnesses to Layton call car accident sought Lakeside Review editor On Saturday, April 4, 1987 in Layton there was a very serious accident. We would appreciate 546-152- 2, going north on Fort Lane and the two persons heading east on Gentile. Anyone else would be greatly appreciated too. This was April 4 (Conference Weekend), 1987. Donald M. Dalton Layton Memorial Day SPECIALS! -- Wednesday, May 20th thru Saturday May 23rd - Save On All SOFT CONTACTS EYE GLASSES (New Patients) PWBmniiiwwwi hwmww iwqu w SILK TULIPS & MUMS ONLY FTTH) ofCContact o0B Largo IS3& TING-TINGS- ".. oIi ALL ITEMS JNTEDjSO 'nsr iaa(Kii 33Jre WITH PURCHASE OF CONTACT LENS EYE EXAM OFF 4000 & EYEGLASSES THE NAME SAYS IT ALL! Locations throughout Utah and the United States 18, 1987 MIDVALE 0REM-PR0V- 00 . 0 1353 South State St. 225-850- 0 CALL NOW FOR A NO OBLIGATION APPOINTMENT 't70F,Ei? 372o7Wli,o5V8- LHIFE 563 Coming May 26 West 7200 South Reg. Price GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES IN UTAH' AMERICAS BEST CONTACTS 561-13- OFF - 3LH3&B N. Main LAYTON SILK PLANTS and FLOWERS 544-111- 1 |