Show Fannie Todd chosen Mother of year Four other women enter Basin contest Winner is mother of 11 Now enters state finals In competition for Utah's mother FANNIE GAGON TODD of was named Uintah Basin District Mother of the Year by judges from throughout the Basin last Friday She was sponsored by the Roosevelt Culture Todd was one of five candidates nominated by various clubs for the district Other nominees included Luella Powell of sponsored by the Duchesne Mothers' Marion Sagers by Lecta Miller sponsored by the Roosevelt Business and Professional Women's and Elfreda Augusta Davis sponsored by the Progressive Arts Club All candidates will be honored at a special program in Salt Lake City some time in April Qualifications Listed Qualifications on which the state and national Mother of the Year ars chosen include the She is a successful as evidenced by the character and achievements of her individual 2 She is an active member of her She embodies those traits highly regarded in mothers understand ing and a homemaking ability 4 She exemplifies in her life and conduct the precepts of the Golden Rule She has a sense of responsibility in civic affairs and is active in service for public benefit All Basin nominees were well qualified in the above requirements and well deserved the high honor accorded them in being nominated by their respective clubs for district Mother of the Mother of 11 Children Mis age is the mother of eleven children six five deceased She has seventeen She was born January In a of William Highland Gagon and Mary Augusta Goodrich When just a child her family moved to where her father worked in the metal mines About three years later they returned to the Uintah settling in In the Gagon family moved to a about four miles south of where they resided in a one-room a family of One daughter had remained in Fannie attended a log school and was one of the first students in Roosevelt to graduate from the the She married W. Russel Todd in the Salt Lake Temple October and has resided in the Roosevelt area ever After the Todds had been married 8 Todd was called on a mission for the church to receiving his call on a Sunday and leaving the following Todd remained at home to care for and provide for her three Three In Their three Max and have all served and at present Keith and Howard are both serving as bishops of their and Max is a counselor in the Ballard ward Keith is manager of Sprouse-Reitz Stoic in Max is a rancher and farmer in and Howard is teaching school at Norma Todd Johnson resides in Ogden and is a mother of 5 She is active in church work and is married to Wendel who served an mission and at present is a seminary instructor at the Industrial School in Nedra Todd mother of 1 lives in where her is principal of the Adelaide public is active in the church Joanne Todd McKenna is residing in Pleasant where her is a Seminary instructor They have two and both are active workers in the All children have had college educations and were married in the 25 Months in Indian Mission Todd served with her husband 25 months in the Indian moving to Rand-lett during this service to labor among the Indian She has supported Todd in his civic and school He served in the Roosevelt Stake presidency 18 was a member of the Uintah School Board 20 and the Union High School See back Fannie Todd is chosen Mother Of the Year from Basin Nominees from Page Board 10 years The Todd a few yean was named after W. Russel At present load is captain of the Daughters of Utah and has held responsible positions in the MIA and Relief Society She a pin for 15 years of service in the Her hobby is making having helped with all the quilts the ward and her friends have made for the past 15 In Basin Since 1917 MRS POWELL of Duchesne came to the Uintah Basin in 1917 with her LaFayette and Elsie Hicks and resided in Al-tonah until she was 16 years old Later moved to Duchesne where she clerked in the Golden Rule two years prior to her employment as an assistant in the post office She married C. Dean Powell in 1921 in the marriage later being solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on June She is the mother of four three sons and one the latter dying in Her sons are Dean Powell Sergeant in the Utah Highway Calvin J. a teacher in the junior high school at Lake La-Canada and Richard W. a student at the Brigham Young Stricken Five Years After her last child was Mrs Powell was stricken with and for more than five years was unable to manage for herself and She refused to accept defeat because of this affliction and has overcome this crippling handicap to accept duties and pleasures as grandmother and a church and civic She has served in many positions in the Duchesne Her work in civic organizations included second counselor in the for four Relief Society secretary four Relief Society magazine representative for six and member of the ward genealogical committee for one She is now serving as a Relief Society visiting and is secretary of the ward From 1955 to 1957 she was Duchesne Stake Sunday School She has participated in fund drives for American Red March of Dimes and is a charter member of the Duchesne Mothers' She is also an officer of the Theodore Camp of the DUP at She-is affiliated with the Utah and National Star Route Mail Carriers Drove Sheep Wagon MARION S. was born in Tooele where she completed her elementary school She migrated with her hus- Marvin Gillespie In 1915 to the Indian Reservation In the Uintah Shields drove a wagon most of the taking two weeks to make They settled in what is now known as Shields spent all her aside from raising a fam helping Uie Indians and Whites in time of sickness many times helping to lay out the dead and make burial clothes She started teaching Sunday School at the age of and has held the following positions in church and civic Chairman of Red three years during World War I. president of both in the stake and secretary of Arcadia Relief worked in Primary 35 worked in MIA 43 taught Sunday School 35 secretary of genealogical society 25 ward clerk for Arcadia ward bishopric 25 captain of Arcadia DUP 8 received the honorary Golden Gleaner award for outstanding service in now is secretary of Roosevelt Second Ward Relief served as news correspondent for My ton Free Press and all papers in Duchesne and Myton from to lias Five Children Shields is the mother of five two bows and three Marvin Is a cattle rancher and active in the having served on the high Harriet Gladys a has raised a large family and at present is president of the Myton Elsie Shields a resides in Soap and is a member of the Primary Stake Wallace Ralph a college is a member of the Roosevelt Junior High School faculty and has served as a bishop of the Second Ward and at present is a member of the Roosevelt City Leora Shields attended college and is very active in her serving at present as coordinator of the Junior Sunday School All her children help in civic exemplifying many of their mother's fine Attended College MRS- LECTA M. of Neola was born in American She graduated from Pleasant Grove High School and attended the University of Utah and BYU at is the mother of five all of whom have been married in the Temple and are now active in church work As a young Lecta was organist in the Sunday School at the her father was She has served in all the church a chorister and ward president of the a organist and teacher-trainer in Sunday chorister and class leader In Relief president of Neola counselor a teacher and At present she is serving as Roosevelt Stake Primary president and is a Sunday School Principal of School She came to the Basin as a school teacher in teaching in where she met her Theron She taught school during the teacher in addition to raising her five children When the Neola Lee was called into the Horrocks finished out the school term as principal and in this position for two She has taught school IS years and at present is teaching kindergarten in She served as news correspondent for the Roosevelt Standard for several Three of her Jay and were all elected student body presidents in their respective years at Roosevelt High School They are active in the church all holding responsible positions Max is a foreman of the Salt Lake Flour Jay and Don are employed by Beneficial Life Insurance Jay residing in- Salt Lake City and Don in Another L. is in partnership with his father in the livestock and dairy business Deane Horrocks Jennings resides in Roosevelt and has three She and her Mill are members of the stake MIA board and active in their church and civic clubs Teacher In Vernal AUGUSTA DAY IS la a native of where she has NOT lived most of her life She attended the BYU and University of Utah and has taught school in the Vernal area most of the eight years before her She is the mother of 4 Ralph Howard Bryson served an mission and is employed by the U. S. Government in the Department of At the BYU he was captain of the traveling extensively with the ROTC He resides in Indiana with his wife and 2 Robert Bryson and his wife were recently chosen dorm parents at the where he is finishing his senior Her only is a graduate of the BYU and taught two years in the Jordan She has been called to the University stake MIA board at Provo Her is a senior at BYU school of A third is a sophomore student at BYU and holds the rank of an Eagle Active In Church Bryson has been extremely active in the serving as organist and chorister in all She was president at the age of 23 and also served in the Uintah Stake presidency She has been Relief Society president of two different wards and was Primary president of Uintah Stake for years She was woman's chairman of World War II salvage a position she held until the end of the A medal was awarded her by the governor for her She has been asked to speak to many service and Church and appears frequently on She has been asked many times to discuss the art of homemaking and Bryson seems to understand people and radiates joy to everyone with whom she comes in |