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Show ( ; by Bea Kummer DUP officers attend seminar seventeen year old. Just for the record, for those who often question the statement that Pearle Snyder, daughter of George and Rhoda Snyder, was the first child born and the first to be buried in Park City: not quite so. George and Rhoda Snyder arrived in Park City in May, 1972 with their three children. On April 4, 1873, Sherman Snyder was born to them, the first child and first boy born here. Rose Cun-nington Cun-nington was the first girl born here, on April 13, 1875. Pearle Snyder was born July 14, 1877, and was the first child buried here on February 22, 1879, at the age of one year, 7 months and 8 days. Seven officers of the county coun-ty Daughters of Utah Pioneers attended the sixth seminar June 9 at Little America in Salt Lake City. The theme, Make Your Mark in '84, was very well attended at-tended from all over Utah as well as California and Idaho. Some very nice workshops covering each officer and what her job requires proved very informative. Luncheon was in the ballroom and during lunch we were introduced in-troduced to the Days of '47 queen and attendants. Musical numbers by the Gilmer Park County chorus, all in costume singing "This is Utah" and "Long ago in, Grandma's Day," were enjoyed en-joyed as was as slide show by Bruce Elm, "From Nauvoo to the Great Salt Lake," which was very well presented. A very enjoyable day indeed. The records also state that George Snyder built the first home at the mouth of Empire Em-pire canyon, the present bottom bot-tom of Main Street, in the area of the Kimball Art Center. Cen-ter. Before roads and the build-up of the town some say it was different. Imagine all the trees and brush, much like a forest. The mouth of the canyon very well could have been there, and George homesteaded the ground below, which we see today on property deeds as the Snyder edition. Sometimes to put things in the right perspective perspec-tive one has to imagine what it was like when people settled here. Nothing or no place is as it was and one has to really take a closer look at descriptions of areas as they were in the 1860s. Viola McArthur died in Salt Lake City on June 8 at age 84. Wes and Viola McArthur lived in Park City many years ago. They lived on Park Ave. just below the Washington School. Their son Don graduated from Park High in 1939, and their daughter Elaine graduated in 1942. They moved to Salt Lake in the late 40s or early 50s. My brother Stanley and his wife Beverly drove up on Sunday in their newly-acquired newly-acquired 1953 Chevrolet. Beverly lost her mother this spring and the car had been up on blocks for many years. The car was left to Beverly, who drove it home from Wisconsin with no problems of any kind. She said it was like having a brand new car, as it was in mint condition. Of course we had to go for a ride to check it out, stopping off to visit the museum, with which all were very pleased. Kelli Ann Polychronis, daughter of Roger Polychronis, is leaving June 21, for Istanbul, Turkey. Kelli will be a junior next year at East High and is one of several International Exchange Ex-change students. She will be there all summer. Kelli's grandparents are Mr. Charles Polychronis and his wife Beverly Butler, who are both well known here, as is her greut-grandinothr Irene Butler. We all wish her the very best and hope to hear all about her trip. It is quite an experience for a |