The Girls' Dormitory
/T"^HE Dormitory started off with
a bang. We had several dis-putes
over which sheets went into
which room. We were even guilty
of yelling "Say you," at the teach-ers.
Finally we settled down for a
little while. Then, during the...
Joseph S. Horne took the principalship for one year then was followed by Willard Gardner for two yeas Reinhard Maeser headed the school from 1918 to 1920. 1916 Miss Mary J. Ollerton, who had been with the instution from the beginning, accepted a...
devoted their lives to this profession. Necessarily, those women were patient, kind, tender and skilled to be able to answer the many calls and to have endeared themselves in the hearts of the pioneer women. Every hamlet had these "mother"...
1915 to 1919. Vie Christian took the principalship again for the year 1919-20, then C. B. McMullin for the years 1920-22. John F. Joseph came in the fall of 1922 and held the job until 1930, when C. B. McMullin again took over the position, holding...
a low ebb and could not reach the town. The settlers had fully decided to abandon the place, when President Young came there on a speaking tour and promised the people that if they would remain where they were, the time would come when there would...
The passengers all piled into the open rig and hadn't traveled very far until they found they were stuck again in another drift of snow. Mrs. Bradfield says she can see "Bally" Sackett now as he looked that day. So bald he was, he seemed rightly...
alone to Adamsville to settle their bills. Mr. Griffiths says that all the years they freighted, they never failed to send the man back, while the rest of the teams went on through Black Rock, Oasis, and on to York. Later, the railroad terminal...
Company took over the water from Minersville, where Reed people got their water, and transferred that water to the "flats" south of Milford. The land at Reed became so dry that crops failed and the people had the leave their lands and homes and...
somewhat simplified, but still not without hazard and difficulties. Fred Shumaker tells how they used to arrange to speed the time in bringing a doctor from Frisco to Garrison, a distance of 60 miles. He says one person started out from Garrison...
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...
OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS OF MILFORD Elizabeth (Beth) Ferguson is not only an outstanding musician of Milford and Beaver County, but of the state as well. She spent ten years studying, singing and teaching in Europe. In Paris, she studied under one...
Sun. July 10, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. Sultry cloudy threatening all day showery in afternoon. We stayed at the house and read the war news Bro. Flanigan & John Winder came and camped here with us. Monday 11: Ther. warm Wea. looks like rain. Jim &...
Sat. Oct. 8, 1898: Ther. warmº., Wea. clouds. We finished digging the potatoes dug some where near 50 bu. to day there was about 225 or 250 bushells on the patch. Sunday 9: Ther. cool Wea. threatening I hitched up and went up to Wm. Funk’s...
Sun. Nov. 13, 1898: Ther. cold Wea. E. wind clear We stayed around camp all day Monday 14: Ther. cold Wea. n. wind, clear I started over to the head of the Clear Creek ditch to get a grubbing hoe that I left there last summer but I saw two...
Mon. Nov. 21, 1898: Ther. cold., Wea. clear till evening it then clouded up and looked very much like storm. I chored around home a little. Tuesday 22: Ther. warmer Wea. clear. I stayed around home and mended my shoes and picked over a few...
Wed. Mar. 29, 1899: Ther. cool. Wea. began snowing 3 am continued more or less all day. we stayed in camp. Thursday 30: Ther. cold, Wea. clouds going south 7 pm clear. I went to the Sinks and got a shovel & grub hoe. We worked on the fence pm....
Mon. Aug. 14, 1899: Ther. warm., Wea. windy. clear I started to grub brush for Rob. but took a ketch in my back so I could’nt work. Tuesday 15: Ther. warmº., Wea. windy, an occasional light cloud I went down to the Danish ranch where I spent...
Tues. Oct 10, 1899: Ther. cold, Wea. windy, threatening I had no job for today so spent the day around town. We went to Deseret and set the machine at Jacob Barren’s. Wednesday 11: Ther. cold. Wea. rained last night. we went back to Hinckley...
Tues. Nov. 21, 1899: Ther. cool., Wea. light clouds. We sowed a small piece of rye also some wheat. worked a little on the stable. Wednesday 22: Ther. cold. Wea. snowing am. cleared off in evening. We chopped some timber and plowed a little land...
Tues. Nov. 29, 1904: Ther. Warm., Wea. Thin clds Went by rail to Bridgeport about eight miles then walked about twenty miles to Binger via. Hinton & Lookela. Binger Okla. 68) Wednesday 30: Ther. Pleasant., Wea. S. wind. T. clds. Walked nearly...