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Show 2 THE CITIZEN THURSDAY, APRIL IS, 197E Profiles From The Past OBITUARIES - William Myers Funeral services for Wi- LeRoy Myers were conducted Tuesday in the Hyrum Sixth Ward chapel. Lieut. Comdr. (ret.) William LeRoy Myers, 46, lived at 568 East 3rd South, Hyrum. He died Wednesday at the Hill Air Force Base hospital of cancer. He was born Dec. 14, 1929, in Wellsville, to William Jones and Sylvia Alice Jensen Myers. He married,. Mona Loa Benton, and served in the U. S. Navy 22 years, in the electronics and special weapons division. He was a member of the LDS Church. Surviving are his widow of lliam Hyrum; three sons and two daughters, William Robert, Logan; Warren Scott, Richmond; Jeff Myers and Mrs. Dennis (Deborah) Johnson, Hyrum; Mrs. Vem (Alice) Lewis, Puntagorda, Fla.; three grandchildren; his stepmother, Mrs. Larene Myers, Wellsville; a brother, Thornton arrival of a son, born April 2 at the Logan hospital. The. Cressalls live at 277 North 0. of Mendon, and a sister, Mrs. Larry (Mary) Draper, Richmond. Interment was in the Wellsville City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers it was asked of those who wished to make a contribution to the American Cancer Society or Boy Scouts of America. 3rd West, Smithfield. He weighed seven pounds 12 ounces and was 21 inches long. He has two sisters, Pamela, 5, and Rita Kaye, 3. Grandparents are Ramona and Rulon Bingham, Amal-gand Betty and Calvin . Mil-bra- She was born Sept. 27, 1903, in Lewiston, a daughter of William and Maryette Telford. She married Roswald causes. He was born Nov. 25, 1890, in Richmond, a son of Mathew Thomas and Mary Sophia Johnson Bell. He married Lola Farrell, June 11, 1919, in the Logan Temple. He resided in Richmond and was a fieldman for Del Monte in Franklin. He is survived by his wife, sons, daughters,' J. Farrell Bell, Salt Lake (Sty; Mrs. Warren A. (Glenna) Mat- 4, 1921; they later were divorced. She then married Preston Hurt on April 3, 1943. Surviving are her husband; one brother, Brigham Telford, Lewiston; two sisters, Mrs. Kenneth (Helen) Baer, Logan, and Mrs. Bert (Mary) Sandberg, Walnut Creek, Calif., and three grandchildren. son, Tooele, and Nddon J. Bell, Ogden. He was a High Priest in the LDS church, served as a counselor in the bishopric of the Richmond South ward, Benson Stake High Priest quorum president; president of the MIA, counselor in the Sunday School, and as a home teacher for 60 years. He was a fieldman for 23 years and worked for the city of Richmond for seven years. Funeral is set for Friday at 1 p.m. at the Richmond hews, Pocatello; Charles. Stake Center with Bishop Connell Bell, Roosevelt, Dean Andrus officiating. Viewing will be tonight Utah; Mrs. LaVar H. (Kafo-rufrom p.m. at Webb Mort- Sunset, Spackman, in Preston and at 11 uary 19 13 Utah; grandchildren, sister, a.m. until time of the funeral the chapel. Burial will be brother, Erma Jane Thomp at in the Richmond Cemetery. . n) 7-- 9 Pair Attends 4JU.- j ': . 4 M ' Battalion Meet Major D. Wesley Reese, Second Lt. Earl Gordon and First Lt. Roland Mortensen drove to Salt Lake City Sunday to attend a State Mormon Battalion meeting Grove; Mrs. Annie Peterson, . . , Logan. . Great-- , A Cora and George Cressall, Logan and Freda and August Luthy, Logan. The new baby will be named Cameron Craig'Cres- sail and his father is a forman at ' Schriebers Great-grandparen- ts Robertson, Ogden; Mrs. Evanston, Mary 'Graham, ' Wyo. He will be named Travis Ronald Weeks. His father is employed with Baugh Real ' circles. They Logan hospital. Their home is at 35 East Third North in Smithfield. weighed eight pounds 10 ounces and wad 21 inches i long. He is foe first grandchild for Francine and Glen H. Oliverson, Smithfield, and new home in Williamsburg. Beside the coach rode the bridegroom, with an escort of officers and friends They lived ,in 'Williamsburg in their home known as "Six Chimneys1 for several . months while , foe. house of Burgesses,' of which Washington was a member, was in session. Washington inherited from his Lawrence, his Mount Vernon home and estate. The estate had been named for Admiral Vernon under whom. Lawrence' had served. ' ' Washington had no children of his own but loved Martha's two children and lavished foe affection of his generous nature upon them, 'Renna and'Adios.Gubler, Smithfield. " Great-grandparen- are Mell and Keith Meikle Smithfield, and Pear and Harold Qliverson, Preston, Idaho.. . He' will be known as Ryan Kim Oliverson. His father is a student at USU majoring in business and is working for his masters degree'. He is also at Schriebers employed Cheese. half-broth- er Chief Executive. During his two terms,. Washington engaged a steward to preside over the household under continued to build over foe Marthas directum. In foe years. In September 1774, summer of 1790 the new Washington rode off to the capital was moved to Phil, delphia and Martha enjoyed meeting of foe General Congress at Philadelphia. The her stay here more than she had in New York. battle of Lexington and ConAfter the exciting life of cord opened foe Revolutionary War on April 19, 1775... New York and Philadelphia then came foe Declaration pf . Marfoa and the General Independence' arid Washingenjoyed two tranquil years tons appointment as Com-- . at. Mount Vernon, but early mander in Chief, of ' the in December 1799 after a two Continental Army. day illness he passed away. Martha made many visits Martha died three and a to the Generals different half years later on May 22, In all she 1802. When she realised her headquarters. spent eight winters with her own end was near she found husband, 'wherever he hap-- and destroyed as many to be. She lost her son ters of her husband as she Col. John Parke Custis. who could., .to foe sorrow of his-wstricken with Camp , . torians . But many docu-Fevand died November 5; ments were preserved and 1781. General Washington .have found their place in formally adopted his two history.' . children and made a "home It is interesting to know for then!, 'and tovedfoem as that when Martha knew the his owh: , rad. was near, she sent for Itwas'Christmas Eve, 1783 her clergyman to take the that Washington returned to last communion of the faith his home. But the congenial . of. her girlhood...then, laying life of Mount Vernon soon, .out her funeral dress, she had to be put afcide in fop. . calmly waited for the end. interest of the' new' nation As me visits Mount Verwhen' he was elected Presinon, the. burial place of dent of foe United States. George and Martha are And then an . interesting found on foe grounds of the mark in' history was made. lovely estate where they Washingtoh went on ahead Bpet the most peaceful and left' Martha to make the years of their lives. These domestic arrangements two, who had so much wealth necessary and then to follow in life, and such high posi-i- n the family coach. There tion, were buried humbly were so many stopovers where they wanted to be at along the route that she did their beloved Mount Vernon, not arrive in New York (the where vines grow over the nations capital) until after . vault,' and rustle gently in her husband had been inau-- the breeze. gurated as foe first PresiOther presidents, whose dent of the U.S. The First lives were of more humble Lady did not arrive in time . circumstances have been for the first inauguration. buried with- - lavish' monuMartha acted, however, as ments, with gold and platia gracious . and . dignified num around them. Heritage Society of . Smithfield . . But the real test of their romance is found in a life companionship of forty years at home in Virginia, in Military Posts, in travel over dusty roads, and in New York and Philadelphia. When we see the beautiful ' Mouht Vernon today, we can ' were married 'at Martha's home on January and 6, 1759 and friends neighbors came from' miles' On April 8, Nancy and Kim around for 'the festivities.' Oliverson were happy with Then a coach and six hones,' foe ' arrival of their .' first guided by liveried postilions, child, a son, born at foe carried foe little bride'to her' Cheese. Angela, 2Wi, and parents, Louise and Ronald Weeks, 185 E. 3rd South, Smithfield are happy with the arrival of a brother and son on April 2 at the Logan hospital. He weighed nine pounds four ounces and was 21 inches long. He is the 14th grandchild for Alice and George Weeks, Smithfield, and the seventh for Esther and Everett' Robinson, Nibley. include: Mrs. Lillian Roy Hansen lives in Logan. He will be named Jeffery Matthew Titus, His father' is ? a banker. First Lady as wife of the By Theoda Downs,' Chairman of the Historical ' George Washington and Martha. Her children admired the colonel from the very first, and both were independently wealthy and moved in foe same social Athan Reese, Smithfield; Mrs. Edith Pace, Pleasant grandparents are Francis Bingham, Logan; Leora and LaVerie King, Lewiston;. JametB.Bell James Blaine Bell. 85. Richmond, died at his home Tuesday of natural Great-grandparen-ts a, Sarah Hurt Swinyard May . , .Cressall, Logan. Sarah Telford Swinyard Hurt, 72, former Cache resie, dent, died Thursday in Calif. Funeral services were conducted Monday in California where burial also took place. welcomed a boy, April 8 at the Logan hospital. He weighed eight pounds nine ounces and was 22 inches long. His grandparents are Sharon and Lloyd Peterson, Layton; Marie and William Dean Titus, Taylor. are Geri and Nancy and Craig Cressell are proud to announce the As we reflect on the profiles from history in this Bicentennial year, one of the great ones would have to bp the Washingtons. It was in 1757 that young Col. Daniel Parkes Custis died, leaving his young and very attractive widow with two children and vast estates. After a period of mourning, many suitors called upon the young widow Custis. But... Martha quietly went her own way, managing her household and her estates, until a tall young soldier of Virginia, by the name of Col. George Washington rode into her life. It was love at first site for , visualise some of foe activities that must have gone on there.' We can imagine foe number of people it took to carry on those activities. A book written by Jane and Burt McConnell tells us that Martha brought 150 slaves to Mount 'Vernon. These with the slaves on the estate, came under her particular card.' The new mistress supervised and directed all but those who were field hands. She fought them to spin and weave, to knit and sew; and to cook and serve. At one time she had 16 spinning wheels in operation at once. Much, of the raw 'materials were produced on fori plantation. With 14 house servants, things ran smoothly, we are told, but-th- e cooking was qarried on under her direc-,tion- .Stoves, were unknown sod .everything had to be done in the huge fireplace. . . .There . was a special kitchen away from the mansion where the cooking was done, another building where the spinning took place. As one walks around the plantation today, one can imagine how it must have been when' Martha was supervising- - all this, and Mount Vernon becomes very special to the visitor. We recall that with foe Stamp. Act agitation in 1765 flames of war began. '.Which'. . - let-pen- as er . . . Estate as a salesman. 'f Cham Drive A baby boy' arrived safe and sound at ' the Logan Tillers... hospital April 6 for Carolyn and DelRay Hobbs, R.F.D. Smithfield. He weighed seven pounds four ounces and was 20 inches long. He has a brother, Jeremy, MODEL 12-51- 00 3Yi h.p.Briggs - 1 . year. He is the ninth grandchild for Beth and Glen Hobbs; Benson and the second for Jolene and Kay Gilgen, North LogatrrGreat-grand-parent-s are Mrs. Nora Cooper, Wellsville; Vanetta and Joseph Gilgen, North Logan, and Bertha and Burt Bying-to- 0 5 Hone Briggs SI ration Modal No. With power reverse 8 outomotk lhut-o- whenrelosed-- r Stronger chain drive proved trouble-fre- e actual use. e 1 6" bolo line. 1 4 diameter e Dopth stick adjusts up and down with lodi. No pinsto e pull-u- p recoil .starter, Inch choke, blade, .8" steel whdels with tiros and sleeve bearings,; 6 position, quick change cutting Heights. - . .a I Strain, angina,21 automaticsami-pnoumat- in Rag. 124.50; quick-releas- n, 1(6$OT Ririe, Idaho. He will be known as Josh- at the home of Marvin Smith. Colonel Fred Reese, and other Mormon Bat- ua Hobbs. His father farms with his father. talion members also president of the ladies auxiliary, Mary Goodwin and several Brother Keith, 2, and Geri and Jon Titus of 325 N. 1st East, Smithfield, Ka-na- b, her members were also present. lc par-.ent- s, 10-22-00 .of Smithfield Thursday, April 9, George and Alice Williams, Lewiston; Aldean and Dean Smith, Richmond, and Dell and Gwyneth Stanger, Preston, joined Henry and Carina Cornish at their home in Cove to celebrate Carmas birthday. They had supper and visited. The evening was spent in discussing the trek from Omaha, Neb., to San Diego, Calif., in August of all Mormon Battalion groups and plans were made. They will travel by bus with a time of 17 days. THE NEW REALISM ROTARY MOWER President ' Ford recently described what he called a new realism. 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