Show CHOIR HAS interesting HISTORY 41 f 4 sf singing group active since january 1885 by VIRGINIA FIN I 1 the birth of the price ward choir dates back to january 1883 1885 the ward ard mat but three years old and consisted of aunie families a it roli of about three hundred and fifty and extended from front vi cri ington to castle gate about this time samuel cox with lift hi wife ife find and daughter sarah farah ar ried in price to make their home mr cox vis was short in statute ta turc a little sto ored dark and rather fusey fussy however ho he p hessed a tuning fork and a fair knowledge of music the bishopric had bad felt the need of n choir and mr cox was willing to sere at as leader bo so in the middle of january 1885 libat counselor erast Erat tiia ua IV mcintire organized hie the fint first choir as follow follows chorister samuel coi cox with ernest 8 hors ley assistant aei latant and the following pi member embers keziah J caro line kobb robb isabelle ia belle birch sally ball ann oleen olsen amily olsen barah M U cox barbara Ife Intire josephine cryner annie frandsen Frands cn ella branch alice tire arthur 17 hartley george bobb robb eugene IL branch peren olsen erastus oleen olsen alma barton henry 0 mahin mathis hear 0 brnca ner tl TI cy tang sang front the old hron hook book and took their pitch from the tuning fork the varl mari now bigan ar ringing entertainments to pui eLise an or gan and long song books the tle orgin wae was purchased and placed in the log meeting house but to protect it from the ile curiosity url olty of boys mr cox made truck and ad wheeled it back and forth from hit his home nil his daughter learned to play a few hymns and they managed thi this way until abbat 1890 when mary jane morrison arrived from spanish pork fork she could read music and play the organ and vas as always ready and willing mi cox moved to canada 1 la 1898 1698 and herman 11 II horsey and ernest 8 horsley were thoben clo clori stere with mith uto mr mormon morrison as organist serving three year years some of the pioneer children th ildren were now grown up an I 1 pearl ahry and edith face prince eliav having had a little instruction in music were ivere able to relieve UM mr rr so Af morrison orrison occasionally about the year 1901 enoch jor gensen came come as principal of lie the school ire 1 had a greater knowledge of music a it good oice loice and plied ai as 11 ile wa was chosen chorister pearl bryner sarah mathi edith with race prince ail and mr mrs morrison Morri ion acting as organists new and books ani ana a new organ vino purchased in september 1902 charles R johnson pi acx creedel ma jorgensen Jorge nien ai as principal of tho the school and alio also as a director of the price vard ward choir the membership of tte choir wai was increased aad and for three year years mr johnson gave much of his hi time to teaching ehIng anthems and improving thu the choir generally ills his nife wife n ife deseret Dc eret helped oat out on the agan in their respect lic i laces lae followed J ilex rel miller arnold burgner ashley irith with organists J rex millar arda could grace reec ree c roberts and althelyn bartlett Ila harmou at the present time the choir sings forth under the able diree tion of edgar X williams assisted ly 11 his wife if udella well K williams at I 1 the ile oan ogan at various times these choirs tire furnished many high class concerts cantatas and operas the bohemian girl priseilla priscilla and the christmas cantatas will long be remembered by the people of price ward they have also exchanged programs with other wards in carbon and emery stales stakes aside from those chosen as off ofil cial or regular choristers and or g banist anisis are many who ho have lave been teen minute men ready to serve john potter edith jones olsen LIM bryner brymer june bartlett D carlos woodward oliver T hat nion won ora 13 harding II ardin and numer oas o as others the principal event in the hn his 1 tor ory of the choir nis wis n tho install ing of the pipe organ in the taber nacle in 1920 much credit belongs to J eer rex miller who spent many baurs louts tuning and adjusting ahls we have in arched along with time from tae tuning fork to the pipe organ some of our outstanding members have passed on to mingle their voices in heavenly choirs mr morrison aluie a frandsen andsen rr and i many others of tin the old choir rachel mathis D carlos wood ward pearl bryner zina zinn madsen cora Bar bargher Burg guer ncr emerette M k and perhaps others that the writer doci does not liot recall at this time JAC A |