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Show 1 WEBER DAUGHTERS PERPETUATING If MEMORY jFJTAH'8 PIONEERS 1 Collecting Now Relics of Early Days and Historical Facts to j I Keep Alive Spirit of First White Settlers Object of Or- j I ganization Outlined Chronologically by Members Work- I I ing to Advance Its Interests. 1 I Organized for the purpose of perpetuating per-petuating the memory of the pioneers, no other institution In Weber county coun-ty is contributing more toward keeping keep-ing alive tho spirit of th3 early days when Utah was a part of that vast unsettled un-settled territory of the intermountaln west than the Daughters o the Utah Pioneers of Weber county. This is being accomplished through the collection, col-lection, of relics and all historical matter. The organization Is composed com-posed of Utah's loading women, prominent in social and club life. There are seventeen camps In the Weber county organization, which is described in the following story, compiled by members: Purpose of Organization. . "The objects of this society shall be to perpetuate the names and the achievements of the men and women who were the pioneers in founding this commonwealth, by preserving old landmarks, collecting relics, establishing estab-lishing a library of pioneer historical matter, securing unprinted manuscripts, manu-scripts, photographs, and all such data, as shall aid in perfecting a record rec-ord of the strong character, pure life and heroic deeds of the pioneers; by seeking to promote and carry out tho objects and purposes which the pj pioneers had in view wnen tnoy sacri- k flced all that they possessed dnd turned their faces to the West to I seek homes in these mountains. I "By commemorating tho advent of H the pioneers Into the barren wastes II of Utah, and such other days and H events as are important in the hls-H hls-H tory of early days. w "By reviewing the lives of pioneers, H teaching their decendants and tho citizens oE our country the lesson 9 faith, courage and patriotism, and a "By creating a spirit of union and 1 fellowship among the posterity of the pioneers." The Weber County Daughters were a organized February 26, 191G, by the state president, Elizabeth S. Wright, Q assisted by Elizabeth P. Hayward I and Flora B. Horne, of the state or- I ganization. I The officers chosen for the Weber county branch were: President, I Josephine R. West; first vice presl- 1 dent, Wealthy R. Ensign; second vice 0 president. Rose B. Ballantvne: secre- I tary, Eliza Wright Childs; corresponding corres-ponding secretary, Rachel Middleton; assistant corresponding secretary, Sadie G. West; historian, Evelyn Pratt Woods; treasurer, Elnora Farr Wotherspoon, chaplain, Martha G. Crltchlow; finance committee, chairman, chair-man, Elizabeth G. McCune; aids, Rintha P. Douglass and Dora Holth-er. Holth-er. There were seventeen members at the first meeting. There are sixty-one sixty-one in all counted charter members. In two years' time the organization had grown to 21 S members,- and at the end of four years there were 379 members. By the end of the next two years we hope to be, at least, 500 strong. February 26, 1914, the second election elec-tion of officers took place and were as follows: President, Mary D. Richards; first vice president, Almira C. Rich; second sec-ond vice president, Lenora Farr Par-doe; Par-doe; recording secretary, Dora H. Holther; corresponding secretary, Rachel Middleton; press agent, Sadie G. West; historian and chaplain, Evelyn Pratt Woods . treasurer, Rintha Pratt Douglass. Both sets of the above named officers of-ficers have worked energetically and nave carried out me policy of tne organization, or-ganization, completing the study of the history of Weber count'. The first character ball was given November 16, 1912, and the Relic Hall was formally opened at the Carnegie Free Library February 23, 1914, Rev. Carver, as chairman of the Library, granting the room for relics. Big Collection of Relics. There are 185 relics now in the Relic Hall, all carefully listed. There are 56 typewritten biographies, well bound, making Vol. I. of Pioneer sketches. There Is also one large book containing over 700 sketches and photos of pioneers who have passed away. The Daughters have purchased considerable literature and A. I. Stone has donated the Salt Lake Herald complete for many years. Anton Wm. Lund gave the first History of Utah to our library, and Merlin J. Stone gave a -book on biographies, all valuable additions to the library. The Daughters have successfully presented a play. "The Daughter of a Pioneer," thought out by Amelia H. Flygare, a daughter of a'ploneer, and vvuiym.u m unund iurm oy jane West Herrick, a grand-daughter of a pioneer, and staged and promoted by T. Earl Pardoe, grandson of a pioneer. pio-neer. Tlfe annual ball given January 26 1916, at the Berthana hall, was attended at-tended by more than 1,100 people. There are at present seventeen camps In Weber county, with the fol-lowing fol-lowing as captains: A Kate Soebel. B Marlnda L. Moyes. C Belle Newman. " D Jane F. White. E Clara C. Snedaker. F Mercy R. Stevens. v G Roxana F. Pidcock. H 'Margaret P. Bingham..' M ' I Mary Vance. J Mary J. Browning. K Cordelia Reeder. 1 ,; L Mario K. Stephens. " M Kate Toponce. 'V N Ellen E. Greenwell. 2 J-Bertha H. Harris. P Martha L. Ritter. Q Laura M. Jenkins. .tteureci Uiptalns Mary - parkpr Martha Cooley, Mary Malone Fli Martha Cooley, Lottie Stahr February 26, 1916, and are as fol- President, Bertha J. Eccleq- trt vice president, Amelia H. Flygare' second vice president, Jeannette M Morrell; secretary, y. Pearl Burton-assistant Burton-assistant secretary, Sadie G West-treasurer, West-treasurer, Rintha P. Douglass- mJ Evelyn Pratt wSods? 'assist-' ant historian, Edna W. Ellis. SSI irar, Elnora F. Wotherspoon- assist ant registrar, Rachel Middleton' chaplain, Ruth Blair Evans, and as I board of members, Almira C. Rich, u Rose B. Ballantyne, Cynthia S. Pin- M gree, Sarah S. Orth, Mary E. H. Cor- m tez and Ida P. Treseder. H |
