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Show Spanish Fork A6 • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008 Covering what matters most Atwood serves DUP for over 18 yeafs Marilyn Nielson STAFF WRITER Spanish Fork resident Christy Atwood has worked at the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum in Spanish Fork for over eighteen years. Atwood can talk about every item in the museum, and, like the displays themselves, is a fascinating resource for anyone interested in the history of Spanish Fork. ,A Atwood grew up in Sevier County and later moved to Mapleton. After she met her husband, George D. Atwood, the two of them moved to Ft. Lewis, Wash., where her husband was stationed. When he got out of the military, they built a house in Spanish Fork, and stayed there to raise their family. The Atwoods were married for 62 years before George died two years ago. In Spanish Fork, Atwood began working as a cook at a series of cafe's and restaurants. "Growing up in a big family,"—she has nine brothers and two .sisters—"you learn to cook for a crowd," Atwood says. "Then, I learned more about cooking as I practiced doing Christy Atwood it at my jobs." Atwood worked at various local cafe's such as Chapel's Cafe\ The Coffee Cup, The Ninety-One Cafe*, Jack's Cafe\ and Trail's End. "I made a lot of pies," says Atwood. After her children were grown, Atwood became more involved in the local company of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers (DUP). She began helping sort and catalog pictures when the museum was in the basement of the Spanish Fork City Building. Then, in 1990, she was called to be the Company President, during which time she presided over 17 Camps of the BEFORE SSS DIESEL PERFORMANCE wave machine, with wires DUP. "While I was President, I and clamps and rollers for would come and help open curling hair. "I can remember getting and close the museum, things like that. We went my first perm on a machine up to Salt Lake and bought like that," Atwood recalls. a bunch of old mannequins "They rolled your hair up from JC Penney to display in these rollers and then the clothes on. And after I they had to keep spraying was President, I just stayed you down with water so it on and kept helping, and wouldn't burn your head as I've been here ever since," it set your hair." Another display Atwood says Atwood. The museum is packed likes to show is some clothto the brim with pieces of ing and a little bag owned local history, most donat- by Christina Archibald, one ed by descendants of the of the first lady doctors in original owners. Atwood Spanish Fork. "She was a midwife, goes from piece to piece, describing how each was and this is the bag she used made or where it came to take around when she from. It is clear that she has helped the women have a deep interest in every- their babies," says Atwood. thing in the museum. First, With its focus on the piAtwood shows me the pio- oneer era, the Daughters of neer-era clothing, much of the Utah Pioneers Museum it arranged on mannequins, also has many items related crocheting and other fancy- to LDS Church History. work, and quilts. There is a The Wilford Woodruff famwedding dress from Iceland ily, who lived in the Spanthat is over £00 years old, ish Fork area back in the and another fancy beaded early days, donated a colwedding dress with one tiny lection that takes up another blue bead sewn in among display case, and contains the white —"for luck, to many interesting items such be the 'something blue' for as a boot jack belonging to the wedding," Atwood ex- Joseph Smith, Senior. plains. After passing by many There is also a menac- other displays, encompassing-looking permanent ing pioneer blacksmith AFTER SSS DIESEL PERFORMANCE WHY £11II9 6 at the pump when you can secretly Ql?It) at the pump? DIESEL 475 • More MPG (Miles per gallon) ^g"n.? • Less EPT tools, kitchen supplies, silkworms and silk production, household tools, wheelchairs, baby cradles, bedrooms sets, and more, • Atwood shows me another room in the museum. • "They call this 'Christy's Room,'" she says, "because most of the things in here were things I donated." The room has a military theme, and includes uniforms that Atwood's father and brother wore in World Wars I and II. The room also holds German Army Uniforms, a small cannon made from a wagon wheel, a tiny baby coffin, and other historical displays relating to the military. The museum is so full of objects, it is often hard to even walk around. "We just need more space," says Atwood. "There are a lot of things that aren't even out on display because we don't have room for them. There's a beautiful handmade bedroom set that I'd love to put out, but there's nowhere to put it." In addition to all the displays, the pUP Museum houses over 1,500 Histories, in book form and on CDs. There are over 500 •JL historical pictures as well. "People can come in and look at the histories if one of the museum docents is with them, or they can order pictures and histories from us," Atwood says. "It's easy now, because you can come in and put the files on your thumb drive and print them out yourself, rather than having to pay for a huge pile of copies from the copy machine." Atwood is in charge of coordinating the docents for the museum, who come from all 18 local DUP camps. "We're open every Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment at other times," she says. "We get lots of Cub Scouts and school groups coming through, and I always tell the kids to bring their parents back to see the museum," says Atwood. "When they do come back, the kids are the ones showing their parents around, pointing out all their favorite things. But you know, they say this museum is Spanish Fork's best-kept secret. There's so much to see, we just encourage people to come visit us — there's something of interest for everyone here." Salem annexes land Mai lory Byrnes STAFF WRITER required power buy out on also explained to concerned the land will split between citizens that UDOT's prothe commercial zones and posed roads, which cut directly through the land and Salem annexed a large residential zones. piece of land at approxiBaker explained that the fields and Salem, are "tentamately 8000 South and land can still be used agri- tive" and are still being nefrom 460 West to the free- culturally, as long as it is gotiated. Those plans also way interchange and zoned continued use. An owner would not begin for many it as retail and commercial can't take animals off' the years. after a public hearing in the land for a few years to de- ,, This annexation include council meeting on Wednes- velop it and then put them ed-the Mark. Wright;land day^ June 18. back on. at 8000 South 1200 West Attorney Junior Baker "You have the right to which had organized a peproposed approval of the continue the agricultural tition for annexation. The zoning as it had been out- use," Baker said, "If you council gave authorization lined, including over half maintain your operation of a connector's agreeas a C-3 residential/com- you'll be just fine." merical zone. The rest of Baker also said that the ment with SESD to Wright the land was split between zone changes weren't final, pending a negotiated price. three zones, C-l for general just general plan guidelines Wright had been billed commercial including of- necessary when annexed. $110,000 from SESD and fices and retail, R-5 for resi- He said, "A property owner is going to appeal it, after dential town homes, and R- can come in and petition a which the city agreed to re1 for single family 10,000 change." See SALEM • A8 square foot lots. 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