Show THE TUF int FIRST akol PASSENGER TRAIN FOR FILLMORE I 1 january 1923 sald bald the tf eacher acher of the eth grade la in the ful fill aare ore district school in the year 1940 who will tell me what great event in the he history of fillmore Fill moro took ireace ace on that date 7 all hands bands are raised a and enthusiasm beams upon every f face mary is permitted to tell the story t as sho she obtained it from her i father ather now one of the boys at the millard county high school it follows fellows why as soon as tho the people heard that the first train would pull into the station at fillmore at 9 A M on january 1611 1923 everybody began to make preparations to see it the word was passed out the evening of the folks had just begun to get acclimated to the wild excitement of the escapade when some cue ne said lets go the first passenger er train to fillmore arrives at 9 A jm M in the morning and so wild was the that a large number of our hv liveliest eliest metal went all the way to delta just to say that they rode on the first passenger train to fillmore well on the morning of the e everybody very body seemed to be filled with t the he proper spirit and they fairly ambled over each other in the mad ush to the station site I 1 shall nev r forget the thrill I 1 got when the b band and started to play and young voices began to swell with songs ot of praise and thanksgiving but the thing th that at pleased me most of all was to see the expressions of gladness and joy that lighted the tees ices of theold pioneers who have been permitted to see the actual fulfillment ant of their dreams and nd the prophesies of stalwart pio peers aers long since passed to the other side well when the train emitted her great black clouds of smoke and began to herald her arrival with a loud clear whistle we all just stood electrified tor for the moment and then there was a wild rush ot of men women and children and in two jlmes all coaches were jammed with add d bo bi passengers bound tor for av athera hera it was a great time of rejoicing people began right then ancl ana there to make plans for the future it was there that your daddy made up hla his mind to throw off the old pessimistic view that fillmore and the ing towns would never about to any thing I 1 decided I 1 would join that crowd of bo and see it if my mern mem barship would make any difference well it I 1 d do say it myself it made a heap of difference and how thank tul ful I 1 am that I 1 am able to be number ed among those who have worked to make east dullard what she 13 to day one ot of the most industry indus Indu trl ous erous and forward looking lookin g valleys of the rocky mountain region and so it Is friends and fellow citizens P prosperity and happiness a ire re wa waiting iti ng J just round the corner jur appo are here and are la for attention and re meinte ier this the man who never does more nan han he be is paid tor for lever fever gets paid tor for more work than e does |