Man of Many Hobbies
CHAPTER SIX
The work of keeping up a hobby is not so much as it seems.. .It is difficult to tell where an activity leaves off being a hobby and becomes an avocation, or even a vocation. John 5. Boyden Deseret News
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PAUL CHRISTENSEN . . .
outstanding high school senior . .
tall and dark . . . when he smiles,
he smiles . . . president of Pho-tography
Club . . . candid cam
era man . . . center on basketball
team . . . scholar and is modest
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Coalville Roots play. On the night of the performance, his mother was surprised and furious to discover Maxine standing in the chorus in an old sack while her costume was worn by the leading lady. To think the director would have the nerve to...
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23.__I like to setup little 'what if" experiments (fur example ·What lNOuld happen if I put a
grasshopper in a jar with a spider?").
24. I enjoy dong jigsaw...
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care of there too, but these could be a relief from the routine stresses and strains that never let up at the office. The Indians John's interest in Indians began with his boyhood days when he found...
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and a flagstone hearth. A large buffalo robe is stretched before it and the remainder of the floor is covered with beautiful Navajo rugs. One of these is a woven replica of a sacred Indian sand painting. A real sand...
GEORGE W. MIDDLETON Biography 1866 - 1938 George W . Middleton was born December 10, 1866, in Hamilton Fort. Utah, the son of John and Jane Withers Middleton. After spending his youth in Southern Utah and leaving to finish his education in...
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in Indians, gave him a piece of black Indian pottery. He was extremely proud of his Indian pot, and it marked the beginning of his lifelong hobby of collecting Indian artifacts (now housed in the Chase Fine...
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happy and agreeable." Naturally, one of the favorite family activities was when John and Orpha would take the children for ice cream cones. John would always get a lick at each of the cones to keep it from...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Antiques; Swasey, Royal; Milk Barn Museum
It is no secret that the Swaseys made and bottled moonshine. Here are shown a couple of capping devices when bottling. Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Milk Barn Museum; Antiques; Swasey, Royal
Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures. He opened a little museum in what had been his Milk Barn and many school classes toured his museum and...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Milk Barn Museum; Swasey, Royal; Antiques
Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures. He opened a little museum in what had been his Milk Barn and many school classes toured his museum and...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Antiques; Milk Barn Museum; Swasey, Royal
Royal Swasey fought in World War II. The Nazi flag is likely a souvenir from that war. Royal began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures out of wood, antlers,...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Swasey, Royal; Milk Barn Museum; Horse Tack; Antiques
Inside Royal Swaseys Museum, looking at his tack collection. Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures. He opened a little museum in what had been...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Milk Barn Museum; Antiques; Swasey, Royal
Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures. He opened a little museum in what had been his Milk Barn and many school classes toured his museum and...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Swasey, Royal; Milk Barn Museum; Antiques
Old bottles and an old stove in Royal Swasey's museum. Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures. He opened a little museum in what had been his...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Swasey, Royal; Milk Barn Museum; Swasey, Eva
Eva and Royal Swasey are standing in their yard with some grandchildren and animals that Royal has carved and made using items at hand. Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Milk Barn Museum; Swasey, Royal; Swasey, Eva
Royal Swasey is standing with his wife Eva and some of the unusual items he would make. He began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures out of wood and scraps of...