Show Emmons Becomes Basin's Beauty Spot By Waller Cooperation and work have accomplished miracles at Emmons and the great improvements made at church and homes during the past year are truly As we survey the year's we are proud of the willingness and spirit of the people of this ward and prouder still of our beautiful little community in the everlasting The project to beautify the chapel and grounds was begun just a year ago when ward members were called to pour square feet of cement The walks were carefully laid out for greatest use and convenience and a road was made for systematic parking of automobiles in front of the Previously cars had been parked around the building in any old During the winter months the project continued Dea cons were given points and credits for every load of dirt and manure hauled on the grounds and for every post hole Reward for highest points was a free fish ing trip sponsored by the ward last Over fifty loads oi manure were placed on the grounds and countless loads of dirt were hauled Two hundred and thirty loads of gravel were placed on the newly made This work was done by the priesthood quorums of the System Installed In the early spring fence posts were obtained and prepared with One day in early a large number of men assembled to erect posts and an attractive lumber and wire fence around the chapel Teams and wagons assisted by tractors from McLea and Nicholson's store in Roosevelt and the state grader leveled and plowed the The next step in the project was the digging of a well north of the the erection of a pump house and the installation of an automatic pump after which a sprinkling system for the lawns and garden was All realized the project would fail without and although securing an adequate water supply meant endless days of work and it has been well worth tho We were now ready for shrubs lawns and The church office drew up landscape plans and sent out and other Rosebushes were planted and over pounds of lawn seed were sown to change an acre of once weed-covered ground into a fairy garden The lawn came up like a smooth green velvet carpet splashed with occasional color by round plots oT bright red cannas and Relief society ladies were called on to plant flowers and over annual flowering grown in the ward were transplanted to the Evening after one could see the ladies on their knees in the church grounds planting The sprinkling system did the trick and as the summer rolled Mount Emmons ward chapel and a group of ward members ready to begin work on beautification project which changed building and grounds into one of the Basin's beauty the garden grew and became not only an inspiration for all Emmons but for people the Basin over who visited tho city and stopped at the church grounds to marvel at the Men at Work there were as many as men and boys at work on Lie On work days the Relief society sisters provided lunch and enjoyable days were spent in the accomplishment of the Building lent Ion The next step was the beautification of tho building The exterior and roof were Nearly gallons of paint were used on the inside and still more is Class room were added and a kitchen with running water and a sink were Night after night women and children worked into the late scrubbing carpentering and preparing lunches for To complete the building for conference was our big The Thursday before we were convinced that the newly hall would have to be scraped and done Inch by inch the finish was removed by men and boys who worked with razor blades nearly all Everyone in the ward We had practically given up the idea of holding Sunday conference in the hall but when Saturday all painting and were curtains and drapes were hung and the stage curtain How it was we still We are proud of our It cost nearly but the value we have thus received far exceeds this |