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Show Volume XII THE Issue XI OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 9 September 15, 2005 Wintertime Note: The following history is part of a series The OGDEN VALLEY NEws has been printing. It was written by Scott D. Allen, who was born in He was the second son and the second of a cron of Abner Allen and Elmina Peerson of Hun . Scott died in 1996 at the age of 68. His wifee Bet eee inSLC In1984 Scott spent some whhis spare time in Huntsville we had good skating until mid winter when the snow finally buried the ice. Other times, we skated on a pond the skate blade, and | attempting to warm mittens et Id. at tim were wet an but never stopped. As the di ion b 14, the fir e into his own space. In those moments however brief Ithink we als. i a asmall town, tk TI Pine View Reservoir). lowever, most of our skating was done on a pond at what was known as the Shreeve pl! ie Shreeve h has b years. I think it bumed down. ile rich portrait of liife i in the ley within the memory raf the paper to reprint, as a part ofthis sseries, a small collection of his poetry pertaining to the Valley. A copy of Scotts book can be found in the Ogden Valley Library. WINTERTIME the American Legion bar. The pond normally froze over around Thanksgiving if we had cold weather early. In those years, we could skate and play our homespun verSkating that started in the aftemoon would fre- erated in i skating kept us warm. J nee I was3s really great wh the years. My memory of huried } ab Fence posts i snow in those years 1s Fal, giving children freedom of as soon as the snow crusted in late winter. Running £ he hard Be 1 invited th i loration of back yard and field. In the years when horsepower had not completely surrendered to the ‘widespread use of cars and trucks, I ing the “V” shaped snowplow being pulled along the street by horses. In those years the snow seemed incredibly deep. Now the banks of snow piled along the roads never get more than waist high. De I get taller, or has the snowfall in recent years declin« Driveways and pathways ory to be shoveled by hand. Clearing a pathway through the snow bank pile on either side of the path. We took full advantage of the opportunity to make slides down these piles and spent hours climbing up and sliding down. At that age, our overshoes were our skis and the sliding activities 1 Iq in “Kin of the Hill.” As kids, and covered with snow. Snowball fi‘ih e taught us how ie eee we just speed a haat ourselves. When I Ieamed to Jump in in the air, tum around fed the to the fields on onaam oe bobs ere never Was,much speed the a slow thythmic pace, spraying a ee of snow as each Many urs on the bobs, driving d tO OF fi Id in a circular trail so all of the cattle had a chance to eat, pelling. Aa Another J ice. which has disappeared except for a few commercial rope. D cattle hay that was a with a hay rack on WINTERTIME cont. on page 12 Historical Photo one starts noticing girls and I took advantage of every chance to show off. promptly after school on evenings when eee at Shreeve’s pond was plann ur cousin Bud Johansen Id per off dead he left Bill and me at our oe to change and get our sates. In no time at all we loves, coats, and sl and began the mile ak " the pond. Along the way, Bid would be iting on the comer by his house. Monroe McKay, Kay Fuller, and others would sometimes join us as we walked a determined pace up the road. Often, they would already be at the pond as we moved up the final stretch of gravel road taking great care to kick as many " eyeqesncdyencgaent cieetcocenen ide. The hated wine tence alanett 4 hetac|, gaining access to the pond, and since the house was a ‘much of the time, the pond was ours. P PP ice, ey style skates. (With mittens back on, we pushed off in ngth ofthe pond runningand only partof my winters, SI way came later. Childhood skiing was done on wooden skis with one leather toe strap in the center of the ski which loosely held the toe of our rubber chore overshoes. Ice skating was a sport we en; ith some regularity. I liked to skate, and most significantly, I had a Pai of skates. Four ice ponds were favorites for us. near. Once, Uncle ak or Orvis, and perhaps oth sprayed an area o the town park at night forseverl nights in very cold weather. After afew nights, agood base of ice formed and we had an winter. After each snow, we shoveled most of the snow was maintained for several years. Another yyear, most of the water was drained out of Pineview Reservoit. The i f water is unsafe, but it was drained, there were many small hallow pod left behind. In that year we hada cold, ear early win- ice popped as it settled and found support on the ier below. 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