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Show Volume XVI Issue X The Ogden Valley news Page 9 August 1, 2009 Century Echoes – Part XVI By Miriam Renstrom Whitesides Note: This is the sixteenth in a series of articles by the same author that will appear in following issues of “The Ogden Valley news.” The history was submitted by Jane Renstrom, wife of the late Darrell Renstrom who is the son of Arnold Renstrom and grandson of Andrew P. Renstrom. Also note, the following information has been condensed from the original transcript of “Century Echoes,” a history that combines world, U.S., Utah, LDS, and Ogden Valley history. I started in June working with Dr. Barnes in Public Health. The most satisfying work accomplished the following years was the Polio serum tests followed by mass inoculations. The serum was discovered and developed by Dr. Jonas Salk. That summer Emil, Marilyn, Stephen, and I had an informative, historical-filled trip east. We picked up a Plymouth at Detroit, then traveled to Niagara Falls via the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River, Montreal and on to Boston where Emil attended an NEA convention. In Vermont, we stayed overnight in a missionary home built on the site of the Prophet Joseph Smith’s birthplace, and saw the monument there, the largest one-piece granite monument in the world. Saw the granite quarries where it was mined. It is 38½ feet high, a foot for each year of his life. Saw all of the many landmarks there: Lexington where the first Revolutionary war shots were fired; Louisa Mae Alcott’s home; Hawthorne’s’ home; Bunker Hill; Old North Church where Marilyn played on the original organ located in a loft over the entrance; Old Ironsides; then to Salem where we swam in the Atlantic Ocean and saw the House of Seven Gables that was immortalized by Hawthorne; then to Plymouth, the town, rock, and cemetery. Then on to New York City and environs—Statue of Liberty; “Street Car Called Desire” with Marlon Brando—a crowded two-day visit. To Washington D.C. inside and out, Mt. Vernon; Yorktown, Virginia where the war ended. Started home via Jefferson’s home in Monticello, into the Blue Ridge Mts., Pittsburgh. Church history—Kirtland, Ohio and the temple. In Nauvoo, Illinois, visited the Sacred Grove and the Hill Cumorah. Saw Mark Twain’s home in Hannibal, Missouri, the locale of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Winter Quarters at Omaha, Nebraska and the beautiful, touching monument to the Pioneers built by Avard Fairbanks at Independence, Missouri, and President Truman’s home there too. On to Denver and Ogden. That spring at the high school, Stephen was graduated, the first class to wear caps and gowns. Enoch and Caroline had been living in Preston, Idaho the year of 1949-1950 where Enoch was teaching school and waiting to enter Duke Medical School in Durham, North Carolina the fall of 1950. Their first baby Mark Enoch Ludlow, a healthy fine-looking boy was born April 7. Due to a prolonged, difficult delivery causing a lack of oxygen for the baby and ending in a Caesarian Section, he died April 8 and is buried in Spanish Fork. It was a sorrowful death leaving all of us mourning and Caroline on a sad journey back to health. On April 17, Aunt Matilda Petersen died in a Los Angeles hospital. Death resulted from scalding burns in a tub and although they healed, she just seemed to give up and quite peacefully passed away. Her funeral was held at Larkin’s Mortuary in Ogden. Moiselle accompanied her body home to Utah. A song written especially for her by Moiselle was sung by Bryan Petersen (Adam Lind Petersen’s son). The speakers were Dr. George Thomas, Dr. Leroy Cowles, and Dr. John A. Widtsoe, one of the apostles. All three were former Presidents of the University of Utah. She is buried in Huntsville by her mother and other relatives. My Aunt Tillie was very kind, treating us to restaurant dinners, theatres, and sometimes clothes. Her life was devoted to teaching, then as a Primary Supervisor. In 1921 she became the first State Supervisor of Primary Education, and served until 1933. She was an early visitor to Yellowstone Park traveling in a horse-drawn coach. Toured Europe visiting relatives in Denmark. While living in Los Angeles, she visited Hawaii via steam ship. She left a small legacy to every living niece and nephew. Requested Emil to be the administrator and gave Moiselle, Ruth, and me each one thousand dollars. In June, Marilyn who had been teaching school in Ogden, Moiselle, and I left for Detroit via Chicago, by train and bus, where Marilyn picked up a Plymouth. Then we drove to Niagara Falls, crisscrossed to New York, passing through Sleepy Hollow and other interesting places before George arrived from Africa. After a few days there, we drove on to Washington D.C. and Mt. Vernon where we parted, they driving their car home, Moiselle and I by train. George enrolled at U. of U. while Marilyn taught the third grade at Farmington. Stephen was at the U. That fall, Enoch and Caroline left for Durham, North Carolina and Duke Medical College. 1951 Enoch and Caroline came home for summer vacation. She worked at St. Mark’s hospital in the laboratory. Marilyn was at Henager’s business college as a student and teacher. I was at Public Health; Emil at High School; and Stephen, Enoch, and George at Hill Field. In July, Emil and I drove to a convention in San Francisco. Then we traveled north through the Big Trees and on to Portland and a visit with Catherine and children. To Seattle and by boat to Victoria, British Columbia. Came home over the Cascade Mountains, saw Grand Coulee Dam, then Lewiston, Idaho, Boise, and Utah. That fall, Emil began his duties at North Davis Jr. High School in Clearfield as principal. 1952 Enoch Andrus Ludlow, Jr. “Andy” was born March 13 at Duke Hospital. In the summer Emil, Stephen, and I drove to Durham via Mesa Verda, Andrew Jackson’s home in Tennessee and through the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina. It was a good visit and we were happy about his normal delivery. He was a dear little baby and good, surviving a Pyloric Stenosis operation. Highway 30. From there we drove and walked to Harper’s Corner overlooking Echo Park, the Yampa and Green Rivers, then visited Dinosaur Park. September 25, Katherine “Kathy” Ludlow was born at the Dee Hospital in Ogden and quickly grew into a beautiful baby with big brown eyes. On December 28, Renee Robertson and Stephen were married in the Salt Lake Temple. Mrs. Robertson, in November at the Lion House, had an announcement luncheon for Renee, friends, relative, Moiselle, and me, and it was a lovely afternoon. The Sunday before their marriage the Robertsons held an Open House at their place. Following their marriage, a wedding breakfast, hosted by us, was held in the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City. 1955 They left then for California where Renee was teaching school. After a month’s vacation, he would go on active Air Force duty at Cheyenne, Wyoming. At Easter time, Renee left her teaching and came to Salt Lake where Stephen met her and together they returned to Wyoming. A blizzard raged around them from the Rocky Mt. Divide into Cheyenne. It was a frightening, hazardous journey where peril threatened them all the way, one they will never forget. On September 15, Miriam Kaye Whitesides was born in Cheyenne at the Air Force Hospital. Because Mrs. Robertson had a severely broken ankle, I stayed with them a week. Kaye was a premature baby, weighing 5 lbs. and she looked like a little doll, so small it seemed dangerous to bathe her. She grew fast into a darling, lively baby. Enoch was drafted into the Army and he and Caroline and three children. Drove to Camp Gordon (later For Gordon), Georgia. 1956 On June 8, Scott Alma Ludlow as born in August, Georgia at the Ft. Gordon Army Hospital. He was a handsome, healthy baby. Marilyn and George had come from Puerto Rico to Augusta shortly before I arrived. They visited a few days then went on to New York, flew to Europe, and then came to New York again where George continued on in the Navy for a year longer. Marilyn attended a clinic famous for helping women become pregnant. In the summer Moiselle had been staying with Ruby and Arnold in Huntsville. She came back to Salt Lake because Ruby was leaving for Ogden to help Gaile with another baby. She had been losing weight all summer and didn’t feel well but was working on music for the General Sunday School Board members. On Saturday 22nd I was called from her apartment that she was seriously ill. We hastened in and found her in a coma, called her doctor and an ambulance, and she was taken to Holy Cross Hospital. On Friday, September 28, she passed away in the early morning about 2:00 a.m. Ruth Petersen, my cousin, and Emil were with me there. Dear Ruth was a help and comfort to me during the long, sorrowful week. The services were held the next Tuesday in Salt Lake. Keith was in charge, LeMar at the organ, small children sang some of her songs directed by Faye. Lorin Wheelwright was the speaker. He called her a modern Hans Christian Andersen. She is buried in Huntsville on the family lot. We met at Arnold’s after the services. Erma and Gladys stayed for a few days to help me with her personal belongings. The ever-bearing raspberries were ripe and they ate liberally of them and of Jonathan apples. The next year, the raspberry bushes died and the apple tree never again had good apples. It was somehow weird. My Sister Moiselle After the sad summer of 1907, Moiselle kept the home fires burning during those years and was an inspiration to all of us until her death. After WWI, and some years of teaching, she moved to Salt Lake where she studied piano and vocal. Alfred Best, a popular musician, had what he named “The Best Trio” with Moiselle the soprano. They sang around town often and on Sundays at Salt Air with the Sweeten Band. Note: This concludes the sixteen-part historical series named “Century Echoes.” The Ogden Valley News is looking for Ogden Valley and Ogden Canyon historical biographies, stories, and photos to use in its publication. Please mail, email, or call Shanna at 745-2688 or Jeannie at 745-2879 if you have material you would like to share. Historical Photo 1953 George graduated from the U. of U., his major Business as a C.P.A.. He was inducted in an Officers training course in the Navy, and was stationed in Connecticut, then at Athens, Georgia where Marilyn joined him. In June, they left for Puerto Rico where they would be stationed for two years. On May 12, David Emil Ludlow was born in Durham. I arrived shortly before his birth and we watched him literally stretch into a handsome baby. He too had a Pyloric Stenosis operation, quite unusual as it rarely strikes twice in a family. At Christmas time Enoch graduated from Duke Medical School and they came to Utah where he interned at the Dee Hospital in Ogden and lived with us. 1954 In February Emil was appointed Principal of Davis High School. In June Stephen graduated from the U. of U. in Business Management; he also received an ROTC U.S. Air Force commission as 2nd Lt. That summer Emil and I traveled to Moab, Dead Horse Point, Arches monument, and up the Colorado River to Circa 1923. If you can identify any of these people, please call Shanna at 801-7452688 or Jeannie at 801-745-2879. Photo courtesy of Blaine A. Gardner. 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