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Show May 1 03.qxd 12/7/2021 Volume VIII Issue II 3:59 PM Page 9 THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 9 May 1, 2003 Memories of Grace Wilbur Henderson Note: The following is a portion of a transcript of an audio taped personal interview between Earl Wilbur and Grace Wilbur Henderson, formerly of Eden. Today I’m at the home of Grace Wilbur Henderson at 1161 Capital. The date is December 5, 1979. I’m going to ask Grace a few questions regarding her early life, and a few questions about her family. Where were you born? I was born in Eden in August 18, 1889. I lived there until I was about 8 or 10 years old. Mother died, and they put me in the Sacred Heart Academy. If you were born in 1889, that makes you a little past 90 years old, right? I”ll soon be 91. I went to the doctor today, and he told me there was nothing wrong with me, and that I was 100% O.K. My heart was good, my kidneys were good, my lungs were good, my blood pressure was good, so I’m alright. Where did you go to school? Well, I went to the Sacred Heart Academy, then I went to the Smith’s Business College, and got my education in shorthand and typing and then I got a job . . . for 13 ½ years, then I got married. When you were a little girl, you fell? That was when I was a baby. Our house was next door to the store then, and mother left me on the couch with a bottle. In those days we used to use a whiskey bottle for a nursing bottle, and it had a nipple on it. I rolled off the couch onto that bottle, and broke it and cut my face. Then mother thought old man Fuller was a doctor then and thought we should get him, but “Aunt Teen” Thompson, came over and she said, “No, we’re not going to sew that.” He wanted to stitch it across here, and “Aunt Teen” Thompson said “No, we’re not going to do that, we’re going to stick it with sticking plaster.” And she took little pieces of sticking plaster, about a ¼ inch wide, and it went all the way down that scar, and stuck it. I’ve been thankful that I didn’t have a worse scar than I did, because if Fuller had fixed it, you see, I’d have had those stitches. You had one sister and five brothers? It’s kind of hard to live with five boys isn’t it? Well, they babied me. They carried me around on a pillow, that was something. Jess was the oldest, then Orly, then Ray, then Roy, then Grant, then Pearl, then me. Grant died when he was 19. He went to Idaho Falls and he had appendicitis and they didn’t want to have him operated on up there, . . . he didn’t think the doctors were good, so they sent him down here, and by the time he got here the appendix broke, and he died. How old was he? Nineteen, and he was going to college at that time in Logan. Did you ever go to school in Eden? Yes, I went to school in Eden. When you were young, you use to go down to the farm? Father had given each of the boys a farm. They went down to get the hay off that farm, and we had a horse, so Pearl and I rode the horse down to the pasture and wait for them, and when they got through, they’d come down to the lower part of the farm. And father had built us a swing down there. There was a spring. We used to play on the clay bank, and make houses. The boys would go swimming. There was a pond down there, and we’d get in the pond and go swimming, and that’s how I learned to swim. He’d say, “either sink or swim.” And I swam! Did your dad ever have an automobile? I don’t think so. Talk about the reputation of the Wilburs. Well, I don’t thing father ever cheated a person in the world, but they cheated him. He was a good man, and they had lots of friends. When they built the store in Eden, was there a dance hall above that? The dance hall was above the store. They used to have dances up there. The entrance was over on the east side. It was originally over on the west side, but they changed it and had it on the east side and we went up on the porch to the store then went upstairs. Jessie played the violin, and used to play for the dances. When did Jessie build the blacksmith shop? He built it shortly after mother died. Then he had a blacksmith shop north of the store. And he wanted a new shop so father bought him this other place and told him to build the shop there, and so he did. The main things in life [we used to do] are just ordinary. We used to go skating on the creek out in front, and skate clear up to Liberty and back. We had a lot of snow and ice. Did you go picnicking? We used to go up Southfork on a picnic, and we used to go up Southfork and drive over the mountains and go to visit the boys in Logan, and that was quite a treat. We’d go over to Paradise and visit, and then go on to Logan. They threw you in the pond? Yes, and I’d swim. Your dad ran the store in Eden? He ran the store in Eden. Oh, he must have been there 30 or 40 years. It was long before I was born and long after I was born. The store was originally in our house, then they built the big store, then they built the big brick house. When I was a little kid, the Indians used to come down and they wanted firewater, and father would say, “No firewater today.” And they’d say “Yes, firewater.” And father would take his gun out and shoot up through the ceiling, and then they’d beat it. And they wouldn’t stay if he got his gun out. But I was scared to death. Father used to ask them if they would want a little girl. And I would hide out. I’m telling you, there was no reason why I should stayed there. I got out until the Indians were gone. I was scared, and I am today. I don’t like Indians. Mother used to make a loaf of bread every week for them. Tell about the road in the canyon, it was different then? The road in the canyon, it was a lot different than it is now. We used to come down where the dam is now. We’d go down the hill there by the river and down the canyon that way. I can remember when I was a little bit of a kid. I wasn’t over three or four years old, I guess. I’d hear the boys coming with the cows, and I’d take my cup and go up to the corral, and the boys would milk the milk into my tin cup, and I’d drink it right there. Oh, it was good. I still like milk. Can you remember the first automobile you saw up there? Yes, and it was a little red one, and we’d run a mile to see and hear that little old automobile. I remember that. Historical Photo “Aunt Teen”, Eden home nurse. Photos courtesy of Karen Wilbur Hansen of Eden. The Liberty Days Committee is hard at work planning this year's Fourth of July celebration. If you have any suggestions, comments, or if you would like to volunteer, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Mike Rhees at 745-1328. Pamper Mom on Mother’s Day Shaunette Lewis 745-3302 745-2561 Launa Lewis 745-2210 Brittney Lewis 745-2487 Sheila Lewis 745-2487 Casa Woolsey 745-1714 Brandy Malan 745-3036 Joleen Bilanzich 698-3949 Marie Summers 745-3918 Dalanie Vancamp 745-1330 Hildy Young 791-4285 Lorie Malan 388-7769 Katie Anderson 745-3603 I’ve Moved! Come see me at my new location! Grace (left) and Pearl Wilbur, youngest children of Elisha and Ellen Wilbur. 801-745-4000 2555 WOLF CREEK DR. EDEN STORE HOURS: MON. - SAT. 7 AM - 10 PM SUNDAY 7 AM - 9 PM Western Family Apple Juice or Cider Gallon $1.99 with coupon Limit 2 per coupon Western Family Expires 5/15/03 Bathroom Tissue 24 pack $3.59 with coupon Limit 3 per coupon Expires 5/15/03 Western Family Yogurt 4 for $1.00 Limit 12 per coupon Wendy Anderson Cell# 430-7064 Thank you for your business and referrals! with coupon Expires 5/15/03 Ice Cream 5 qt. Bucket $2.99 with coupon Western Family Limit 1 per coupon Expires 5/15/03 |
