LESTER THORLEY.
"I dare do all that may become a
man·
Who dare do more is none!"
VERDA LYMAN.
"Silence is the perfect herald of
joy."
Verda possesses the herald sometimes,
other times she talks.
RASS JONES.
He has done his school good...
Seniors' Farewell
"WHEN we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we
discover that our life is embosomed in beauty."
Experiences left behind us assume an even more
pleasing form than we had anticipated, and as the timle approaches
when the...
Our Motto: "Wotk and Win"
CLASS POEM
Who defended that flag pole,
Against the Juniors bold?
The Sophs.
Who kept their colors waving high
While they struggled valiantly by?
The Sophs.
Who stood by and cheered them
Against those who fought them?
The...
Jokes
1\1r. Homer (In Physiology): If I should stand on my
head, where would the blood of my body go?
Student: To your head.
Mr. Homer: All right, but why doesn't the blood go
to my feet now?
Student: Because there is something in your feet.
Bunk:...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
Home Economics. In October, 1913, a group of girls met under the leadership of Miss Hettie White, to organize the Home Economics Club, which later became known as the "H'e" club. At this meeting Laura Gurr was chosen president and Miss Ethel Bay,...
North Creek, May 21, 1899
Members of the North Creek Sunday School met at the usual time and place, Elder Green presiding. Opening song, on page 8, "Did You Think To Pray?" Prayer Elder Green. Singing, "Haste To The Sunday School." Roll Call....
CHAPTER FIVE
SOCIAL LIFE IN PIONEER DAYS
HOME DRAMATICS IN BEAVER
One of the first dramatic companies in Beaver was managed and sponsored by Robert Stoney and Henry Blackner. Jenny Harris and Sarah Ann Stoney, both talented and lovely young women,...
tion had to be keen in order to get the idea of what was represented. The Spirit was always on the look-out to destroy the Indians, and in one scene, comes down over some waterfalls. This is where your imagination is required. If it looked like...
little whim could not be satisfied, they manifested a joy in living and when they prayed they felt God's watchful care.
From the earliest days of Pioneer life, the people provided amusement for themselves. The dance played the most conspicuous...
Then the floor was cleared for a step dance and a stump speech. Once in a while a waltz was indulged in to the melodies of Ileena Lanna, My Irish Rose, or Home Sweet Home. However the round dance was generally discouraged by Church...
bers of the said choir together with all those who have so ably assisted them in catering to the comforts of their aged guests, and that said Beaver Choir become a standing committee to continue in the future the good work they have begun by...
WOMEN WHO HAVE PLAYED IMPORTANT PARTS AS DOCTORS IN MINERSVILLE Mary Blackburn was the first white woman to come to Minersville. She delivered the first white child, a girl, Rosena Roberts Rollins, to Mrs. George Roberts. She also delivered...
was brought into town in tanks by the railroad and delivered to the families at 5c per bucket, and placed in barrels in the home, by Henry Osborne, water man. When a storm was brewing one could hear the clang of tubs and buckets being put under the...
vegetables. A gift of fine vegetables came from the president of the Minersville Ward Relief Society. Beaver merchants were generous. At the end of 30 days, the total amount paid for food purchased was less than $60. There were no losses in food...
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT THE L. D. S. CHURCH IN MILFORD The first services for the Latter-day Saints to be held in Milford were in the Ebenezer Tanner Sr. home on Main Street. Later, services were conducted in the old Palmer building, the school...
the ward and the good townspeople which was equal, in its way, to Utah's earliest pioneer building efforts. For a long time the ward had realized a need for a larger building. Rudolph Nielsen says that the movement for the new church building...
About 1912 the I. 0. 0. F. Lodge sold the building to the Masonic Lodge. Dances continued to be held on the first floor until the Arion Hall was built. EARLY CARS IN MILFORD The first car that was ever in Milford was called a Smith. The owner of...