School Calendar for 191 5 & '16
(Continued frOln page 79)
Jan. 18. The B. B. club entertains in chapel.
Jan. 26. Sen1ester exams. begin.
Jan. 28. Close of first sen1ester.
Jan. 31. Celebrate beginning of second sell1ester by dancing froll1
8 until...
Animal College Trip to Zion Canyon
\ four o'clock Friday, October
*^ 11, a crowd of college students
boarded cars for Zion Canyon. At
8 o'clock the truck drove up to a
huge bon fire just below and south
of Angel's landing. Of course it re-ceived
a...
fence in the center of block 29, just east of where the telephone office now stands. The bullet cut the emigrant's leather belt, yet he stopped long enough to pick up his pistol. A few minutes later, William Anderson saw Sissix elevate his gun and...
Adamsville boasted a store owned and operated by John F. Jones. It was fairly well stocked. He accepted butter and eggs in trade for merchandise. Since Adamsville was close to Beaver, many families made weekly trips to the stores there for a more...
July 4th, 1900, by a party consisting of Orrin Puffer, William A. Twitchell, James Valentine, and William Man-hard. There still are deer, a few mountain lions, coyotes and bob cats. Fox are very scarce. Beaver, having been imported and protected,...
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....
ground to procure a livelihood. Aside from this, the flow of the creek, after the spring fresher of highwater, soon dried up and the low lands in the first section alone pro-vided crops.
In the course of time, school section 16 came into market and...
man." (A copy of the Enterprise of August 12, 1875, is still in existence and is the property of Mary Goodwin of Beaver).
THE BEAVER COUNTY SENTINEL was the next
paper, and was managed by G. W. McLaughlin.
THE SQUARE DEALER, with Joseph Field again...
Photos of William A. Twitchell, Northcreek settler, Ruth G. Twitchell, Orrin Puffer, pioneer of Northcreek, John Merchant, pioneer of Northcreek, Henry Green, Presiding Elder of Northcreek, Mary Marshall Green, taught Sunday School for 35 years
THE MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS OF BEAVER STAKE The earlist available record of the Young Men's Mutual Association of Beaver is dated 1879, showing Solomon A. Wixom as superintendent, with W. H. Bakes, William Ashworth and Frank Clayton as...
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...
CHAPTER TWELVE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS OF BEAVER LAND MARKS Old landmarks of our community, like our old inhabitants, are fast disappearing. Old landmarks, for the pur-pose of this article, include public buildings and sites once of prominence and...
BEAVER OPERA HOUSE
During the early part of the century, the need for a building suitable for large congregations was felt. By 1906, citizens started building the Beaver Opera House. Much of the labor was taken out in stock and donation, together...
The Church organizations came into being very early. Mrs. Eliza R. Snow came to Greenville as early as 1870 and organized the Primary, and made Mrs. Robert Edwards first president. The Mutual Improvement Association was organized in 1880, with Mary...
The first molasses mill was built in the street west of the school house, and was operated by Albert L. Stod-dard. Molasses took the place of sugar in those days.
FIRST SCHOOL
The first school was held in "Grandma Corbridge's" house, located where...
may be, with no fee for extra ladies. Wedding dances were free, being sponsored by the bridegroom or parents of the bride. T. N. (Baldy) Sackett was always floor manager; no time went to waste. When not on floor duty, his watchful eye was on the...
Matilda Olsen, assistants; LaPriel Dunn, secretary; Jennie O'Dell, Alice Joseph and Evelyn Slaughter, assistants. In 1915, J. W. Johnson was chosen as superintendent of the L. D. S. Sunday School by William Ashworth, presiding elder. There is no...
the trip from Milford to Frisco in 35 minutes, in 1916, surprisingly quick time with the first automobiles. Dr. Hunter and Dr. Burton of Milford made many trips to Frisco, Dr. Burton making the trips in a buggy to attend patients. Thomas James...
A railroad is just as colorful as the individuals in its employ, and actual reams of material have been written with respect to memorable personalities who have helped to make railroad life an ever-interesting phantasmagoria. So, too, Milford has...