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Show Seminary Church Classes Visit Pioneer Museum Last Week During the week Church History His-tory classes of Timpanogos Stake Seminary and their teachers, John Fugal and Gary Anderson, spent interesting hours at the Pleasant Grove Daughters . of Utah Pioneers Pion-eers Log Cabin, where they were shown glimpses of days in the lives of early settlers of our community com-munity illustrating how they became be-came a self-sustaining people. A cozy fire in the fireplace not only added pioneer atmosphere but brought to the attention of the group the contrast between means of home heating in early days as compared with modern methods. Though the fire had - been lit hours .earlier by Harold Walker, the big room was still not comfortable at a little distance. dis-tance. Lucille H. Walker, DUP Museum Mu-seum chairman, recalled how early ear-ly settlers lived by telling of one of the towns first seven families about whom little has been known, the Widow Marler. Harriet Heath Marler lost her husband and three children early in the trek westward, but came on bravely with heir five remaining remain-ing children, arriving in Salt Lake Sept. 2, 1850. When President Brigham Young called for volunteers volun-teers to help colonize in this valley, she responded. Although she lived here only -a few years, she made a noteworthy contribution contribu-tion to the pioneer community for she brought from the . Marler plantation in Mississippi five pure bred milk cows, beef cattle and riding horses so much needed in making the town self-sustaining. Mrs. Walker illustrated with relics how the first cabins were built, how furniture was made, how food was procured and cooked," cook-ed," butter churned, soap and candles made. A most educational feature of the visit was a demonstration given giv-en by C. A. Fugal, 84 years old, who was responsible two years ago for repairing the old spinning wheel in the cabin and with the aid of Mrs. Jesse Thome, set up the pioneer weaving loom. Operating Oper-ating these relics, he showed how wool was carded, spun and woven into clothing. |