Show i iI I If t. t f t. t Open House S Sunday To Mark Birthday of Alonzo J. J Marchant PEOA pEOA- 1 Alonzo J 1 J. J Marchant M a r c h a n t. t well known U Utah h cattleman and longi long longtime i time re resident ot Peoa will observe F hits bis ROth birthday Sunday Sept I 23 Friend and relatives II are arc In I to call at his h hoV Sunday Sept 23 22 from 2 to 5 Pi Mr Marchant was bor bOTha a Peoa Sept Sepe 23 IS 1882 2 a eon ton ot or Albert Alber G. G H. H and nd Harriet r Marchant I Livestock Business I He Ue has long bee i been associated with the tho livestock business and remembers the ot days daye open or free range lie He has trailed cattle to many part partis ot of Utah including Roosevelt Tremonton and Salt Lake City I I He Ue IA ki stilt active work on his ranch every day his lila saddle horse and tends his livestock A year ago a horse tell fell and broke Mr Marchant's leg With an emergency emergency em ent splint on his leg he be rode several miles out of ot the moon and was wM taken to the boa theOe- theOe I pita Several months lat tie be e waa WM riding horses with hla hIts hi leg legIn 1 In th a cast The leg healed and he heIs heIs heLs Is Ls still 1 working Mr Marchant Merchant married Minerva Jean Casper Charleston Utah Sept 17 1913 She died in 1945 19 Mr Marchant ha has hM ten children I all living sons Moroni Moron Jay and Glen all o of Peoa Peon daughters Mrs Fred Jean Olsen Malibu Calif Mrs Glen Erma Van Tassell Orem Orein Mrs Grant Crant Hazel Thomson Thom Thom- son eon j. j B Bountiful 0 un tit 1 Mrs Cecil Nancy Laird Roy oy Mrs Carl Elda My Myton ton Ducheane Duch- Duch eane ne County Mrs Ken Xen Grace Cooley Sandy Mrs Verl VerI Lulu Allman Provo He also has two sisters Mrs Mary Pearson Oakley Oakley Oak- Oak ley icy and Mrs Harriet Nielsen I j S Hyrum I He has 41 grandchildren and three thre I great I I Church Worker hIl Marchant J is la an active activeS church S church hurch worker past superintend ent of Peoa Sunday School has hasteen been teen a a member of ot the Peoa Bishopric Bis Bla- aid Stake missionary He has filled tilled a mission to the S British Isles 1903 to 1906 and another mission to the Western States 1952 to 1954 He was a member of t the e South Summit School Board for tor 16 year years I j He lie has long been a supporter and believer in education As there were no high schools in sum Summit lt i Co County ty h he attended d school in Salt Jake ak encouraged and fake W j S I I I 1 ALONZO MARCHANT l B ranged for tor each of h his ten children chit chil dren to attend a college or uni uni- He was one of ot the original members of ot the Fish Lake Reservoir Reset Reser voir Volt Company and actively participated parti part in securing rights and constructing Fish Lake Seymour Lake Cliff Lake Lavina Abe Abcs Lake Anchor Lake and Sand Lake Peoa and Oakley will long benefit from tram these early projects projects pro pro- J in the field of at water stor stor- age i I j I Stage Suge Line S At one time Ume he be ran a stage line and carried the US U.S. mall with horses from tram Peoa via Kamas to Park City and return A team made the trip each day This r re required required re- re I S 8 to 10 head of homes He He drove this route many times Umes As a young man he lie hauled hay grain meat timber a and d other products to Park City He also freighted hay and grain to Salt Lake City with horses He was the first president of I the Peoa Pipe Line and helped with the original construction orthe ot or the line Una in 1914 He says times have changed from rom the days of ox teams and I cow ponies to the jet age He recently flew to Vo England and enjoyed a vacation He remembers leaving Peoa to attend a cattle roundup at Upton n Summit County or Wallsburg Wasatch County In those days the house hous h he i came to in Chalk Creek would invite him in o. o st t d horse i e en can n remember r r When ther the the S r Dad seas seasonal seasonal nai migrations J I through the valley He vividly remembers remembers remembers re re- members going to Wolf Walt Creek Pass to search for tor a man Mr Wilkins who was killed d by a snow slide elide Modern Modem Thinker Mr Marchant was the first to plant crested wheat grass in the Kamas Kama Valley to improve the range He remembers traveling with a I team and sl sleigh t to the old Rigby Ranch when he was about 12 I years old to obtain a purebred I bull One of ot the first in the valley val vat ley He and Oscar Jenson Jensen helped purchase the first threshing machine ma me chine in Peoa Mr Marchant loves lovee the outdoors out out- doors good horses and cattle Of course his bis family and church have always come first He has made It a point of pride to take each grandchild both boys j I girls on horseback trips in the I i h mountains after cattle attle Mr Marchant reads a lot still sun studies and keeps up on current world affairs He had television llon installed a few w years ago and enjoys enJoys en en- joys that although he wishes he could talk back to some of ot the silly announcers lie He is welt well loved and enjoyed by his large family |