Woolsey, in August, 1945. His counselors are (July, 1947) Gilbert Gale and Chase H. Murdock.
HISTORY OF EAST WARD RELIEF SOCIETY
Today the Relief Societies are reaping rich harvest from the efforts of the past. From heights of success we look back...
Y. L. M. I. A. Nora Morgan, president, with Amelia Dean and Ida Grimshaw as assistants; Catherine Muir, secretary.
JULY, 1947 (CENTENNIAL YEAR) Y. M. M. I. A.-Beaver Stake, Milo Baker, superintendent; assistants, Arch Hoopes, Melvin White, Orville...
David Miller, July 26, 1880-1886. William Edwards, June 23, 1886-1887. Post office discontinued. Re-established April 24, 1888, with William Edwards again acting. Jess Barton, October 19, 1920. Following Mr. Barton were: Mrs. Hazle Barton,...
women who took up such work were Mrs. Ruth Reese, "Aunt Jane" Richards, and "Grandma" Jenkins. It is believed that Mrs. Jenkins was the first to practice in Greenville. When Mrs. Reese would meet one of "her boys," she would say, "I was the first...
great-grandson of C. D. White, Sr. At this time the enrollment of children was 100 per cent. HONOR ROLL Honor for the most outstanding records in the history of Beaver Stake Primary goes to Mary F. Goodwin and Catherine Muir, of the Beaver West...
West Ward Superintendent, Edwin Smith; Ronald Bradshaw and James Morgan, assistants; Joan Baker, secretary.
"WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT"
To the hundreds of sincere and faithful workers of the various organizations of the Beaver Stake...
Judge Jacob S. Boreman, and a jury composed of twelve men, eight of whom were members of the Mormon Church. He was indicted for murder by a grand jury, September 24, 1874, nineteen years after the massacre. William Stokes deputized Thomas Winn,...
WORLD WAR II Joseph Clyde Murdock, Alma Wayne Barton,* Norman Gerald Murdock, James Byron Blackner*, Elmer Murdock, West Barton, Ferrell Morris Scott, Ralph J. Walbeck,* Ralph Clifford Fordham, Morris Blackner, Joseph King Morris, ...
CHAPTER FOURTEEN POLITICAL HISTORY OF BEAVER COUNTY THE SECOND JUDICIAL COURT The Second Judicial Court for the Territory was established in Beaver under the following procedure: On November 8, 1869, by proclamation of Charles Durkee, Governor...
Spanish-American War Veterans Indian troubles were over, and the Beaver citizens were a happy, patriotic group. Their first real call to defend their country (since the Mormon Battalion) came in 1898 in the "Spanish-American War." John Frank...
SMITH, MILTON GEORGE-Died in a German Prison camp as result of wounds received in combat prior to being taken prisoner. He died January 19, 1945. Son of Thomas and Alice Bradshaw Smith.
THOMPSON, DouoLAs-Killed in a weapons carrier ac-cident on...
HISTORY OF BEAVER POST NO. 32,
OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
On December 2, 1924, the first meeting was called of all ex-service men for the purpose of organizing a Beav-er Post of the American Legion. Twenty men subscribed for membership at the meeting,...
pointed to fill the position when Hardy resigned), T. V. Rollins, Jack Kelsey and Clarence Gillins.
The first electric lights were installed in 1913-1914. Moroni Myers was president of the Town Board at that
time.
When Josiah Osborne was president,...
Thurs. April 7 Commenced breaking the road through the sagebrush: reached Cane Springs-ten miles. Friday, April 8 Traveled about five miles, camped without water. Sat., April 9, 1859 Reached the cottonwoods on the Beaver late after traveling about...
WAH WAH SPRINGS Wah Wah Springs was settled in July, 1870, by Edwin S. Squires and Lydia Abbott Squires. They were on their way to California to locate. They had a herd of cattle and when they got to Nevada they were asked to pay a tax on the...
Crews of men were sent to Beaver to work on the job and were kept there until the task was completed. The Relief Society enlisted their members and they, too, were sent over and kept on the job until it was done. They set up a kitchen and dining...
Chaper twenty-nine OTHER CHURCHES, LODGES AND ORGANIZATIONS THE METHODIST CHURCH The first Sunday School Union meeting was organized July 7, 1905, and was first held in a home. There were nine children and five adults present. They carried on...
Davis, Diane McCulley, Tannis Trofeld Buckley, Irene Rainey, Ruth Zabriskie, Mrs. J. A. Perkins, Georgia Stonehocker, Iretta Albrecht, Mrs. Vernon, Norma Grimshaw, Mrs. Jack Lester, and LaDawne Muncey Frazier. MUSICAL HISTORY About 1897, T. J....
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...