Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
Clubs. No organizations in school have done more toward pepping up school spirit than have the clubs. As individual organizations each of the clubs have given entertainments which were foremost among those given this year. The dance given by the...
animals. Their, dress was rabbit skins with the fur on the outside.
There is no record of any tribal gatherings, but it is believed that the first Indians of Beaver County at certain times traveled to other parts of the State to engage in what was...
which is now owned by Harry Green. The second school-house was built east of the county road above Albert Green's present home, in the year 1897. Sadie Hutchings, Winnifred Smith and Della Jones were teachers. A third schoolhouse was built in 1900....
PIONEER DRAMATIC TALENT OF BEAVER
Rol Tanner
J. Frank Tolton
Robert, Charles and Gus Stoney
Dan Martin
Al Fennemore
Lyman Shepherd
Rienhard Maeser
Mrs. S. C. Maeser
Sarah Ann Stoney
Elizabeth Fotheringham
Sadie and Renth Huntington
May...
weariness as with partners they beheld the steaming hot vegetables, meats, pies, cakes and jellies. There were never any especially planned programs. After the blessing on the food had been asked by some member of the Church, the time was turned...
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...
tunes was "General Hancock's Grand March," which had been arranged by Lorenzo Schofield, one of the band members.
The instruments, with the exception of about three which were privately owned, had been bought by, public subscriptions, costing over...
A FAVORITE DANCE BAND
One of Beaver's favorite Dance Bands was under the direction of John Grimshaw. Much of their playing was done in the Opera House, when the "Two-step" was the popular dance and the town supported a dance every Friday night....
THE FIRST DANCE ORCHESTRA IN BEAVER
Horace A. Skinner told of the first dance orchestra in Beaver, with William McGarry as first violinist, Alma Crosby, second violin, and Mrs. William McGarry, acccordion. They were hired by the year and paid by...
Gun Committee, Joseph Bettensen, Robert Thimbleby and William Moyes Jr.
Finance Committee, Josiah Rogerson, William Ashworth, David McDonough, James Fennemore and Charles F. Shipp.
Floor Managers, William Ashworth, Albert Minnerly and Josiah...
sides. A driveway went all around it. On the north were two buildings. The smaller one, which had been the soldiers' commissary,.was made into a book store. To the east of this was a large, two-story structure with upper and lower verandas on all...
known as the "Institute." This was one of the most noted buildings of the town, around which cling the fondest memories of its early students. The first teacher in this school was George W. Crouch. He built the two-room brick home across the...
the surrounding towns in attendance. There was usually a speaker from the B. Y. U. or one of the Church authorities present. The afternoon was spent in athletic contests between classes, then the day's festivities ended with a dance in the evening....
lished a missionary fund and gathered grain for time of need. Board released in 1913.
Frances L. Jones, president ; Mary Farnsworth and Susan J. Murdock, counselors ; Jennie Tanner, secretary ; Jean Hales, treasurer. This board completed the...
property and in 1890 she and her husband, W. H. Bakes, added a two-story brick building on the north of the present building and started in the hotel business. For fifty years she cooked for boarders in that house. For many years it was the home...
by out-of-town people, who came to hear the choir and other vocal and musical selections rendered, and they were never disappointed. They also had a dramatic club, and during winter months would put on many fine plays, sometimes taking them to...
adjoining the main structure is 32x29 feet. This addition was built for the purpose of vaults, and adjoining this is the county jail, built of pink sandstone. The original cost of the old Territorial Court House was approximately $10,960. This...
purchased and grandstand built on city park. Fire hose purchased. Edith C. Woolsey, recorder.
1924-25-Clyde L. Messinger, mayor; Henry K. Boy-ter, J. Frank Smith, George Cockett, Thomas W. Gunn and T. L. Griffith, councilmen; Edith C. Woolsey,...