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Show Colleen Gardiner selected as captain of Battle Creek DUf Members of the Battle Creek Camp of the DUP met in the Garden Room at the city recreation building on 'March 14 for their monthly meeting. They were greeted by co-captain Donna Burgess. The theme song, "Daughters of Utah Pioneers," was sung, led by chorister Gloria Seeley and accompanied by Joann Liddle. Chaplain Thelma Yorgansen gave the opening prayer and secretary Mildred Sutch read the minutes. Gloria Seeley led the daughters in some good, old-time songs that will be sung at a DUP convention that will be held in May in American Fork. As the library will soon be moving to its new building, a petition was presented to the members requesting their support in keeping and preserving the old library building. Donna Erickson from the nominating commitee announced the names of the new officers: Captain Colleen Gardiner; first vice captain, Lucille Faddis; second vice captain, Ruth Bezzant. A lesson was given on camps in other states, in which the settlement of Rexburg, Idaho was featured. On Feb. 11, 1882, Thomas E. Ricks and other men were sent into southeast Idaho to establish a settlement there. Andrew Smith Anderson laid out the townsite and by 1883 several hundred settlers had arrived and 90 homes and a large tithing barn had been built. Money was scarce so one-tenth of their crops and produce were given such as grain, hay, eggs, livestock, poultry, etc. One of the most unique industries of the pioneers was located in Evanston, Wyoming, where they produced ice for use on the transcontinental trans-continental railroad. Shortly after completion of the Union Pacific Railroad, perishable foodstuffs grown in the Star Valley were a desirable item for those living in the eastern cities, so protection and preservation was necessary. Thus began the manufacturing of giant ice bunker "reefer" cars, and a natural ice harvesting and storage network was developed. the ice ponds were in, each. Icecutters and ml? wagons and teams werPk and haul the huge warehouses. One car a ri up to the reapers afc bunker car with ice, which ft : available across the cou p 1: train traveled from ship consumer. w This industry flourished Unn when better refrigerated" into use. However, ice k continued for some time t " ice for ice boxes jn , homes. . Hostesses Mildred Sutch n. Burgess, Dora Christian Myrle Tomlinson served ,J ments. |