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Show THURSDAY JUNE 5 1980 PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW, PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1980 Funeral Rites Held Last Saturday at 1 1 a.m. for Ivan B., Lucile Monson Funeral services were held last Saturday at 11 a.m. for Ivan and Lucile Monson, who were killed in a accident in front of their home in Manila on May 28, 1980. Speakers at the ser-vices were President Max A. Blackham, Patriarch Merrill N. Warnick and President Boyd L. Fugal. Bishop R. John Goodman, who conducted the ser-vices also spoke briefl-y- A life sketch of Lucile was given by Shalice Taylor and Gayle Ewell gave a life sketch of Ivan. Musical numbers were given by Tim Ekins and Robert Monson, accompanied by Floris Olsen, and Ivan Monson was born Mar. 4, 1899 in Salt Lake City to Swen and Hannah Swenson Monson. He married Ruth Warnick on June 4, 1924 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She died Nov. 16, 1937. He married Lucile Rees Smith on Feb. 20, 1962 in the Salt Lake Tem-ple. He was a high priest in the Manila Fourth Ward and served as a counselor and ward clerk of that ward. He attended schools in Pleasant Grove and Salt Lake City. He was a temple worker. He had worked as a farmer, in the Utah County Recorders Of-fice, Utah State Train-ing School, and as custodian of the Manila Chapel. Nelda Warnick played an organ solo. Nancy Ekins sang a vocal solo. Prayers were given by LaVard Rees, Jerry Pratt, and Russell Schow and the graves .in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery were dedicated by Elbert Rees. Pallbearers were Jay, Blake, Wade, Craig and Larry Smith, Todd and Rand Pratt, Denny and Scott Taylor, Todd Lindsey, Rob Urry, Greg Peay, David, Lynn, and Boyd Mat-thews, Jeff Ewell, Robert Burr Jr., and Thomas LaMar Mon-son. Survivors include two daughters, VerVene "Vickie" Monson, Gardenia, Calif.; Mrs. Earl (Han-nah Beth) Matthews, Pleasant Grove, 26 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, one sister, Hannah B. Monson, Orem. Lucile Monson was born Jan. 28, 1906 in Adamsville, Beaver County to Willard A. and Elizab eth Pearce Rees. She married William A. Smith on Dec. 31, 1926 and the marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died in 1961. She married Ivan B. Monson on Feb. 20, 1962 in the Salt bake Temple. She was active in the LDS Church. She was a temple worker. She attended schols in Adamsville, Cedar C-ity and Murdock Academy in Beaver. She was active in the DUP and was a member of the PBX Club. She had worked at the Utah State Train-ing School. Survivors include one son and two daughters, Earl J. Smith, Houston, Texas; Mrs. Gerald Z. (LaRae) Pratt, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Lavar (Karen) Taylor, Spanish Fork; 26 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, two brothers, Ebert P. Rees, Salt Lake City and LaVerd Rees, Orem. THE OLD BERRY PATCH Will Loader, one of the early strawberry planters stands in his huge berry patch in Pleasant Grove years ago. Pleasant Grove farmers were famous thruout the state for the quality and quantity of their strawberries. Now there not many left. Strawberry Days: It's Not Like the Old Days Now by Drucilla L. Smith Strawberry Days again. As I thought of this I wondered just what Strawberry Days means to the people of Pleasant Grove. Perhaps to the child of today it means a Parade, balloons, a merry go round, but to the child of the past, one who has watched Pleasant Grove grow and change it perhaps means just a little more. Have you ever thought why we have Strawberry Days, why has a celebration lasted over the years even though the reason for it is no longer with us. Strawberries, long rows of large red Strawberries, rows where you could have seen teen age girls, children, and even mothers with their lit-tle ones tagging along most of them in blue and white striped overalls crawling up the long rows picking this luscious fruit to be taken to the market. Did you know that time was when you could have found large patches of Strawber-ries, large red lush ber-ries growing in the south east part of Plea-sant Grove. Berries so large is took only 12 or so to fill a cup. George Tomlinson had the first patch, next came Will Loader, More Tomlinson brothers, Loader brothers, Fryers, and Bezzants. There were others, but the bigger growers were those mentioned. Edwin Olpin brought the first Model T. Fords coming to take a look at the out of town beauties whose stay would be brief. Then there were the Pleasant Grove Girls who came to our place to pick. Helen and Fern Weeks, Ella Halliday, Dot, Mary and Reva Jense, Helen and Ruby Freeman and many others. Perhaps Strawber-ries to some as to me meant cold, cold morn-ings as early as 5 a.m. waiting for the sun to come up as we crept up the long row and wat-ched over the valley as the shadow of the night disappeared and the sun finally came up. Then as the day progressed the hot, sun and perhaps the laborer wondered if just a little of the cool of the morning might not have been kept pull the floats. There were smiling girls wav-ing at the crowd, sometimes the queen was just a small girl riding on a miniature float pulled by young boys with proud parents running at the side. Many in our com-munity remember James D. Thorne as he announced to the crowd that there were free Strawberries for everyone, not just once did he give the call, for there were seconds to be had. The year that stands out most vivid-ly to me was the year I first tasted Strawberry Short Cake. Earl Loader, the last surviv-ing strawberry grower, Earl Beck, and Hyrum P. Jones were in charge of the Free Strawberries that year. Well I remember when to the child of the past as it is to those of the present. Much has changed, no longer do we see the farmers trucks parked along main street with cases of berries to be sold to visitors from out of town. Houses now cover much of the ground where the old berry sh-ed stood filled with case after case of the lush fruit ready for market. As the new comers to Pleasant Grove build there homes and plant there gardens little do they realize the work that has gone into the ground they now own. Sage brush and rocks once covered much of the South East section of Pleasant Grove. Backs were bent as the farmer of the past once planted the long long Marshall berries to town. He obtained these from Mill Creek, before that time the first berries grown were the Jesse and old Uconder varities. These were small and bitter in comparison to the Marshall. Have you ever thought that these first berries were taken to Salt Lake Market in Wagons, and cars with small hard tires over dirt roads. Cases sold for as low as 75 cents, a picker received from 10 to 25 cents for their labors. Memory takes me back to long trips to Ephraim, Vernal and Goshen to haul back girls who would stay for the Berry Season to help in the harvest of the fruit. Boys in the Bisquick Company delivered to our home pan after pan of Bis-quic- k Short Cake. Those in charge stayed up most of the night cleaning and getting the berries ready, large tubs held mashed beries sweetened with sugar. The local farmers donated the berries and farmers such as the Parks and Strattons from Orem also donated, There were 75 cases in all. Local Merchants donated the sugar and our old Peay Dairy donated 10 gallons of rich, thick cream. Long tables covered with white paper stood in the park and there Strawberry Short cake was served to all who came. The sounds of the merry go round and the bright lights of the carnival were exciting rows of berries on the fertile virgin soil. You may ask what happen-ed to the berries. Trees replaced them in time, trees many of which were bought from Sam Radmalls Nursery here in Pleasant Grove. Each fruit tree cost 25 cents. Yes, things have changed, no longer will you go to the Rodeo for 25 cents, the old Geneva resort where the Strawberry Day dance was held is gone. No longer is it quite so safe for the child of to-day to walk the streets after the carnival ends. Just as it was in days gone by, children look forward to the excite-ment of Strawberry Days and hopefully it will remain so for many, many years to come. This is what Strawberry Day means to me. back. To me it also means scrambled egg sand-wiches brought by a mother as the morning disappeared and one felt the pangs of hunger. Drudgery, you might think so, but not entirely so, many a friendship made or strengthened, life stories shared, secrets, dinner at noon with a table spread with the bounties of life. Then back to the long rows again, more sharing of experiences, again secrets, a few songs thrown in and the whistle of the farmer as he checked the rows to see if the pickers had picked them clean. As the afternoon sun made its way across the blue, finally clean clothes, supper, and off to band practice for after all it would soon be Strawberry Day and the parade must have a band. Memory takes me back to a long line of Strawberry Queens with their attendants, beautiful and charm-ing then as today. Decorated floats for many years pulled by beautiful proud work horses, driven by men such as Ed Hardman, and many others. Then came the automobile to Notice of Public Hearing The Alpine School District Board of Education will hold a hearing June 17, 1980 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Administration Office, 50 North Center Street, Amer-ican Fork, Utah, for the purpose of adop-ting the budget for the 1980-8- 1 school year and to make any ad-justments necessary for the budget for the current school year, 1979-80- . Kent J. Abel A98t. Superintendent Published in Pleasant Grove Review June 5, 12, 1980. Notice of Public Hearing The Pleasant Grove City Council will meet in special session on Tuesday, June 24, 1980 at 7:00 p.m. at the city hall to amend the 1979-8- 0 general fund budget. This budget amendment is required because of the decrease in revenues from those expected when the budget was prepared. All interested citizens are invited to attend this budget hearing and express their opinions. Mark Johnson City Recorder. Published in Pleasant Grove Review June 5, 12, 19, 1980. I LaGene Lyman and Lyn Osmond f APOLLO HALL SCHEDULE I 50 North Church Street - American Fork I Managers Lyn Osmond and LaGene Lyman I and a Staff of 1 1 Enrichment Schoolchildren 2'? I thru 12. 3 days a week or daily. 12 noon to 4 1 p.m. 4 hr. session plus lunch costs $3.00 a day. I Two children same family S5.00 per day. I Preschoolers learn number and letter skills, I storytime, singing, pom-po- dance, tumbling I and cut and color skills. Older children learn E reading, spelling, math, tumbling, singing, girls I baton, boys karate, Staff of 1 1 teachers, 3 cer- - f tified. Starts Monday, June 9th. S10 supply fee. Register first day. i Womens Aerobics S10 for 16 sessions, Meets I each Tues. & Thurs. Starts June 10th at 1 p.m. A I baby sitter is furnished at a cost of $1 .00 per family. I Teacher: Lyn Osmond. I Girls Parade and Baton Classes Si 5 for June, I July to early August. Starts June 9th on Mondays at I the Apollo. Age 4 through 1 1 . Tell your friends and I earn a baton or uniform for every 2 you get to enroll. 1 do pompom, march and tumbling at 1 I o'clock. Older girls come at 2 o'clock and are divided I into groups to do baton, cheerleading, pom-po- I acrobatics. Phone for PI. Grove location. Units will I march in PI. Grove, Lehi and American Fork parades. I Community Garage Sale On Saturdays 8 to 5 all I summer. Bring all your good items to sell. Everyone I Welcome. I Fall Closes: Fall and winter classes will begin the I first week in September in Aerobics, Childrens Dance I and Tumbling, and the Nursery School will operate 1 daily Mon. thru Fri. Reserve by calling 224-841- 5 or I 756-902- I 10,000 Deposits for 6 Month Period Earn the highest Possible Interest Rate 8.165 Week of June 5th to June 11th Early wrrhdrowds are subject to substantial interest penalty. OREM PLEASANT GROVE SANTAQUINLEHI STAIrS Auto Glass Professional Service Guaranteed i! ! Work at Your Convenience t After Hours by Appointment J Why go out of town when it can be done J at Home? i J Free Pickup and Delivery $ 160 South 200 East, PI. Grove. Phone 785-392- 2 I I WEEK'S Super Specials I I at SMITH'S I I Pierces Bacon Lb 89 I I Generic Catsup 32 Oz.. . . I Generic - 4 Roll I I Bathroom Tissue. . . 59 I I Generic - 8 Oz. I Tomato Sauce .... 7l I II Generic I Mac. & Cheese. . 5l I I Tree Top - 46 Oz. Can B I Apple Juice ...... 89 I Burntos 389' I Lynn Wilson. Paper Cups 100 Ct.. . 98 I Quality Custom Cutting-Froze- n Food Lockers Open Mon. Sat. 8 a.m. -- 9 p.m. Prices Eff. June 5,6,7 I I SMITH BROS. I I MARKET I I 93 S. Main - Ph. 785-231- 1 - Locally OwnedOpereted f MHHHcouponkhE WyOUR PAPERBACKSM m ARE VALUABLE E P Don't Throw Them Away Hf Trade Them At The 1 QWKtfotf 1 m ftJ ) Today !J rrj f t Also New ( Magazines! W f J Comics jig TV Guides If! 79 S. Main, PI. Grove - 785-560- 6 J 10 DISCOUNT WITH COUPON BSOH COUPON f TOISYEAR GET MOI f VACATION PER GALLON --f- -m EMM " TOUR 4 GHE1 SALT LAKE This week's tour encompasses BSKSS the Bonneville v a L- -m Salt Flats, the a'M"7jtf, remains of Sanson. y SOUtH WILLOW M wagon trains "--" more than a I century old, mm ghost towns and f j the pony express CaaA --,, route. Begin this salt desert tour in Tooele, take J one or two days and 1 tank of ,c -- Based on 16 miles per gallon B X 20 gallon tank 320 mile range per tank. Mileage is esti-mated tor tour only, so please ayac 1 Prescriptions ! good sport is that you have 5 I to lose to prove it. 9 0 Your PrtscnpTKm Center 1 inrant 5 76 So. Main! Handicapped Awareness Wants to Help If you or someone you know uses a wheelchair, walker, leg braces, crutches, cane, and do not have their own transportation for work, school, medical need therapy, shopp-ing, recreation: Please Make your transpor-tation needs known. Call Handicapped Awareness, Inc. 373-551- Ext 521 at 160 East Center Pro-v-or evening call 375-499- 0 ask for Lynn. If you do not reply by the 6th of June 1980 your city mayor will not become aware of your personal needs for a transit system within your city before the mayor's meeting during the week of June 9. 1980. Movie to Be Featured Saturday by Rec Dept. The movie "Wolf Man Meets Frankens-tein" will be featured Saturday, June 7, The location has been changed to the PG Recreation Center. The movie is for grade school children 5 and up, and the cost is just 50 cents. After this showing the movies will be shown every other week on Fridays. Be sure to come join the fun. Card of Thanks We take this oppo-rtunity to thank everyone who assisted us in any way or ex-pressed sorrow and sympathy at the re-cent accident and death of our beloved parents and grand-parents, Ivan B. and Lucile Monson. For the many kind-nesses offered and ex-tended, and especially for the help of the Relief Society sisters, we are extremely grateful. May God k bless you all. The Family of Ivan B. and Lucile Monson |
