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Show Volume I, Issue VII Page 1 April 1999 Your Community Newspaper The Ogden Valley News The BULK RATE POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 April 1999 Ogden Valley News Spring/Summer Fashion Show Benefit - May 13th! Inside This Issue: by Sabrina Peart EDEN PIONEER CABIN TO FIND NEW HOME PAGE 1 Three successful business women, Gaye Hogge, Sylvia Hohosh, (who both reside in the Valley) and Sheila Jones (a North Ogden resident) are sponsoring a Spring/Summer Fashion Show at the Historic Radisson Hotel on May 13. This is not just any fashion show though, it is a combined effort to benefit the YCC Women’s Shelter. SPRING/SUMMER FASHION SHOW BENEFIT PAGE 1 WHEREFORE ART THOU SIR WINSTON POOCHELOT? PAGE 2 WATERFALL MIST FREEZES, CAUSES ACCIDENT PAGE 2 THE OGDEN CANYON WATERFALL PAGE 2 FIRST SECURITY BANK GRAND OPENING PAGE 3 DEVELOPING A COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN PAGE 4 MOTHER’S DAY PAGE 5 “MUFFINS FOR MOM” MOTHER’S DAY CONTEST PAGE 5 PICTURE OF THE MONTH PAGE 5 NEWS FROM THE LIBERTYNORDIC PLANNING COMMITTEE PAGE 6 LEGAL SERVICE PLANS PAGE 7 A NEW LOOK FOR VALLEY ELEMENTARY PAGE 7 SIMPLE STEPS TO PREVENT SPRING TIME INJURIES PAGE 8 CALENDER OF EVENTS PAGE 9 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS PAGE 10 VALLEY ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT UPDATE PAGE 11 VALLEY ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEERS PAGE 11 WEBER COUNTY AREA OPEN BURNING SCHEDULE PAGE 12 WEBER COUNTY COMPOST FACILITY PAGE 12 “ISN’T THAT JUST PAMPERING?” PAGE 13 ANNOUNCEMENTS PAGE 14 VALLEY TOURNAMENT PAGE 15 HI OGDEN VALLEY NEIGHBORS! PAGE 15 POSTAL PATRON EDEN - LIBERTY- 84310 HUNTSVILLE - 84317 OGDEN CANYON - 84401 HCR 843AO Red brick home built in 1902 by William VanDawson Burnett, currently owned by the Clyde Sauers family is located on Wolf Creek Road. Eden Pioneer Cabin to Find New Home by Shanna Francis In April of 1846 a baby of Scottish ancestry, whose parents had traveled to Bulong France to escape the Scottish War of Confusion, was delivered into the world by a French doctor who donated his services to the foreign family. The baby was quickly named after the generous Dr. VanDawson, christened William VanDawson Burnett. When 14 years of age, the young man emigrated to America with his parents, and traveled across the plains with the Mormon pioneers heading for Utah. He married at the age of 20. From his journal we read, “I lived with my father when I got married. I never had a 5-cent piece. I got some slabs, made a bedstead and used straw for a mattress. I obtained a wagon cover to put over us. We had no pillows and I cried because my wife didn’t have a pillow.” William later built a small log cabin in Liberty to live near while acquiring enough logs to build another home out in Farr West. “In spite of all the poverty we were happy in our log cabin. . . Liberty was then wild country. Indians would camp by my house. Bears prowled around and rattle snakes and mountain rats would scare my wife. In the Fall I moved into Eden. I had eight bushel of potatoes to start on. . .That was a hard winter for me and my family. There was no work to do that winter so we lived on four bushels of small potatoes, a sack of flour and a peck of peas. Dave Eccle’s mother would bring a bone of meat into us occasionally. . .We lived on 10 or 15 cents a day. When spring came, I never owed any man a dollar.” Later, sometime around 1876, William moved the original cabin he had built near Liberty, over to Eden where he placed it on a farm he had bought. It was located behind the Clyde Sowers’ home off of Wolf Creek Road. Here he lived for about nine years with his wife and five of his first children. The children recount how at times they would take a bag and collect grasshoppers for their mother. They would then pull off the insects’ legs so she could use them in soups to add protein to the meal. It was noted that the soup was similar in taste to chicken soup. In the winter, the family would sleep in all of the clothes they owned to keep warm. William had to leave the farm to earn money. He worked for a time in the mines in Cotton Wood Canyon. “I finally got work at three dollars a day and sent all my money home. My wife had to get her own sage brush to burn while I was gone. My son David fell down the well head first and lit between two rocks so I came home to see how things were. . .The pigs and chickens had frozen to death. I was so discouraged but then I would start all over again and things would take a turn for the better.” In his journal, William also relates the hardships caused by grasshoppers. “I was hard up and had to borrow my seed to put in a crop but I had a fine crop of oats, but the grasshoppers came and destroyed it. I borrowed for seed again. At that time I had accumulated 320 acres but had to pay the Railroad company for it as they owned sections of the land in the Valley. This was a struggle as I was earning nothing except hauling a load of wood once a week. In 1880 I put in my crop again and had a fine crop. The grasshoppers came Continued on page 3 Gaye Hogge is the owner of Bahama Bronze. Bahama Bronze is known as the Nordstrom’s of Tanning Salons. I know, you’re thinking Nordstroms . . . umm . . . tanning salon? If you’ve never been there, it may be difficult to imagine. Their tanning beds are outstanding, with special care given to the lights to keep them in top condition. They carry a diverse collection of unique clothing as well as gift items, purses, sterling silver jewelry, belts, watches, candles and more. Bahama Bronze also carries swim wear from such great lines as Pilpel of Brazil. They cater to a more professional, career type clientele. Gaye Hogge Just visiting the shop is a real treat. The proprietor and her staff are experts in finding the look that is just right for you. Sylvia Hohosh and her husband own R. Goldworks Fine Jewelry, located at 103 Historic 25th Street. Sylvia is a long time friend of Gaye’s and also lives in the Valley. Her shop specializes in original custom jewelry and their designs are delightful. Their gems are handpicked from Brazil. The shop carries pieces of art such as fossil tables and amethyst geodes. Sheila Jones has a hair and beauty salon named Jones and Company Salon, located on Historic Continued on page 2 |