Show DISTRICT Chosen to represent the Uintah Basin at tho April ceremony in Salt Lako when tho Utah Mother of tho Year will bo chosen Is Elva Altamont postmaster and the mother of ten Elva Snyder is I Basin District mother Named Uintah Basin District Mother of Year was Elva Hill Altamont who was sponsored by the Altonah American Legion Auxiliary Unit Marguerite Colton of Vernal was chosen as alternate and was sponsored by the Federated Women's Clubs of SNYDER will represent the district at Uie Utah Mother of the Year program to be held in Salt Lake City in Judging took place last reported G. District chairman is Ronald The Altonah Auxiliary last year also sponsored Uie winning school teacher tat FOLLOWING IS a resume of life's activities for both Snyder and Elva Hill Snyder was born at Utah to Newton and Lucy Henson When she was very young she a great desire to learn to play piano but finances were not available for her to do In her prayers she promised God that If he help her to learn to play she would always use this talent and never re fuse to be of Her prayers were answered when her sent her enough money for six lessons at a SNYDER became Primary organist in her ward at Uie age of Later on she was organist in Sunday ward Stake When she was 12 she played in a dance orchestra-She was married In 1910 to Robert William Snyder in the Temple at Salt Lake City In 1914 Uie family moved to Altonah and were among Uie first settlers in Their first home was a cabin with a dirt The nearest drinking water was 2 miles away and the only transportation was a team and TEN were bomi to Uie Snyders 8 boys and 2 See BASIN page 4 Basin Mother from page They are all living and she now lias 32 grandchildren and 2 great Snyder also helped raise a who came to live with them at the age of In 1934 Snyder was called on a second mission leaving Snyder and the young boys to take care of the WHEN WORLD War II broke out five sons were called Into the service at the same The youngest served during the Korean In Snyder suffered a stroke and lie died in During his life he was active in his being dent of the Sunday school for two years and president of for two and secretary of the high priest quorum for a number of He was also Justice of Peace for 12 IX 1913 at the time of her husband's Snyder took the examination for Post Master at Utah and has held this position ever Snyder was counselor in Relief Society in 1941 and became Society president in She joined the American Legion Auxiliary in She has also served for several years as registration agent HER GREAT love has been In 1950 she organized and conducted a ladies chorus at Altonah that is still in great demand in this She has made many table and THE CHILDREN LLOYD Is nn electrician in Civil Service at Hill Air Force He served a two year WILLARD Is a foreman In Secret Service defense plant at China LUCY Snyder Lives at Has been a counselor in the Primary for seven also a counselor in Relief Society and Mutual and is now Secretary of the Daughters of Utah She has been organist in the ward for several ALBERT Served 1 years during World War II in the rating He is now an electrician at Genera CLARENCE Served four years during World War II in the Air rating staff He is now an foreman at j He won a competition in school giving its Served three years in the Military Police during World War II and went He is now a machine operator at Geneva Served three in the Navy during World War rating Sm He served He is now a carpenter and contractor at During school he was active in athletics and went to the state tournament as a member of the basketball He is now superintendent of the Sunday school at KEITH Served three years in the Marines during World IVar rating He served He is now a foreman on Steel construction at Salt Lake While in school he also attended the state tournament as a member of the basketball ARLENE SNYDER Potts lives at She has been very active in church and for the last 6 years has been a teacher of Boy Scouts in TED Served In the Korean War two He is now In Civil Service at He received a scholarship to Carbon College but unable to attend because of his father's WE HAVE eliminated much of the true stories of wonderful mother's life to shorten the length of this but would like you to read just one from her memories in her own mother can never realize the heartache she can have when one of her sons is called into the until she has had that then when they take her second then the then the then the fifth and finally the and there is nothing I that she can do but pray that they will make good and serve their country and return My prayers were answered and they all came home with A lady had only one son in the service said to me know you don't feel six times as bad as I and I I just feel bad six MARGUERITE Colton was born on April 1902 at Her William H. Maughan and Margaret Baxter were of early Utah Colton graduated from the Brigham Young College at Utah and attended the University of She married Hugh W. Colton in 1925 and immediately moved to D.C. where Colton completed his graduation from George Washington University Law They then moved to Utan where Colton practices law and is a They have four children boys and one and six COLTON lias served as president of the Primary and in her ward anu also in the Stake She is presently the Sunday school coordinator Ashley She served the Parent-Teacher as an officer of the Elementary School and as president of the High School She has been a Regional Director for this organization and served six years on the State Board of the Utah Congress of Parent Teacher in this capacity when she was awarded a life COLTON organized the Uintah Servicemen's during World War with ten other interested for eight years published a monthly newsletter for the boys and girls in She has been active in the Beaux Arts and in 1951 was designated as Uintah County Woman of the SHE IS ACTIVE having served as precinct and county vice-chairman of the Republican Party and as Regional Director and State Vice President of the Federated Republican Women of Colton has served as Vice president of the Utah State Barrister's Wives organization and has served local and state offices in the State Cow-Belle HER CHILDREN STERLING Don Colton A graduate of the University of Utah Leland Stanford University Law School He served three years in the Army with the rank of He is now President of his Elder's and practicing law in Salt Lake NANCY Carol Colton Bradley was chosen Governor of Girls State while still in school and was Utah's representative to Girls Nation in Washington D. C. She is an honor graduate of the University of Utah and is living in New HUGH Maughan Colton served as an officer In the military service and graduated from the University of Utah with While in he earned his letter for wrestling on the He has been active in church and became a JOHN Earned his letter In Football while in High school and was on the All-State football He attended the University of Utah for 2 years and men served a mission in He lias now returned to the U. where he is enrolled as a Junior In the School of He 13 a member of the National Guard and will receive his commission in August of this |