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TRIBUTE IS PAID TO ABE MARCHANT OF PEOABY LILY MARCHANT0 p.m. He had traveled 40 miles. Mr. Merchant was Interested in' We had 10 teams of horses, the cabin, or eight Jwo-horse teams and one four-horse team.Alter we had been working a few days we went up the gulch one morning alter there had been a blizzard most of the night, and on our way we saw two small snow-slides come part of the wayThis tribute is In mem-. . . „ .suuw-auuvcry of a Peoa man noted for his in hanrff down to tho poarf- Wo hllAstrength of character and civic .hp t£ „# « /?« Lr »» thought of staying in camp ahand church accomplishments. nu inmi nit dflr on account of the weatherwas born Sept. SO, 1884, in Peoa, a eon of Albert George Henry and Harriet Matilda Casper March* aqt. A delicate child, he suf* fercd from a bad case of erysipelas, and occasional fainting spells. But he outgrew these all- concerned today, ments by age 8 to become a very strong and healthy youngster.His health Improved so much, in fact, that he was able to skid logs, aslsst at carpentry, mason* ry and other works, developinghaps pull a Joint back In plado and proceed with the game.Along with a number of other men, Mr. Marchant opened Up the high country to build lakes for irrigation water, a'blessing to allLater In the winter? when the tlelgh roads 'got good'as far as Pcoa these logs were .‘hauled to the sawmill In Oakley and made Into * lumber. The amusement hail was finished In the spring of 1820. The work had been delayed by so many men going Into service in World War I.to work to bring out more logs.When wo had loaded five of the sleighs they were started down the canyon, with four men remaining to load the other sleds and follow,Prom his records! AMUSEMENT HALLPeoa Ward was In need of an amusement holt, and soon after I became Bishop for tha firstunusual strength In his hands, j time We started to make plansarms and shoulders. Most of his life his general health was quite good and he was able to help with farm work at an advanced age. His diary statesr I have had n number of accidents which could easily have been fatal.”His outstanding record of serv* Ice to his church and community are Jjtghlighted by the following incidents, takeft partly from his diary; „Schooling: Wlnter^months only until 57; two years at LDS High School In Sat] Lake City, 1905-07. ARDENT CHURCH WORKER Church work: Deacon, '1895;secretary and president YMMIA; ordained Elder by brother Alonzo (president of Elders’ Quorum and recently returned from an Irish mission) 1901-05; missionto build one. The walls were to be of cement blocks. Men who understood tho work were hired. Band and cement were hauled to the grounds and an old building which stood south of tho Ward House was cleared away. Then men commenced making the blocks on the grounds. The walla were laid up during the summer of 1918 with masons and local help,We decided to get 1og3 from the canyq nto saw Into lumber, so a number of men went into Smith and Moorehouse Canyon in the fall and chopped and skidded a quantity of logs. In January of 1917 Oscar Jensen, George Blazard, Quince Nee], Oral Miles, Stephen Marchant, Arthur LeRoyI 'To get the money to finish 'paying for the building, a huge three-day bazaar was held and with the help of all the members of the ward $2200 was raised.THIRTY BELOW 1to Western States, 1911-13; met • ^arcimnt- C1'de Marchant, Roy n fellow missionary, Mary Thom- and 1 haulcd Iogs ltomas from Shelley, Idaho, and later 8 , lt;lw5 t0 Shingle Mill married her in the Salt Lake j cr?!s 5’ e camped In a logTemple Oct. 8, 1914. “and they!cabln.below the n50Uth Smithreared seven children; Bishop of and Moor®house. Te-oa Ward, 1910-22, 1832-34; high councilman 1922-32, 193444; Stake Patriarch of South Summit, 1945 until death June 18, 1961; Seminary head, 1932-38, seeing to completion and final payment for modern Seminary building.As wo went down the canyon we caught up to the five sleighs and found they hod come to a snow slide that had crossed the road. We unhitched from our stelghs and started out with the horsos. We found there had been five slides across the road, each one being 100 yards or more across. We were very thankful that none of us had been caught In a slide but knew wo had a serious problem to make a new road down below to get back to camp,” j(Each slide would have completely burled the sled train])“It was n slow process. The weather became clear and os the night came on It got colder and colder until the temperature must have reached 30 below. Our horses became tired bucking tho four feet of snow, and our clothing, being wet, froze on us.“We reached camp about 2 a.m. thankful that no one was injured or frozen. We had plenty of wood for the stove so spent the remaining houri of the night in thawing out and drying off our clothes. We had been 10 hours getting around the slides and toFIRST ELECTRICITY During the year 1819 the Utah Power and Light Co. was bringing a line to furnish electric lights and power for Wanshlp and tho towns north of Peoa, James A. Maxwell, being a clvic-mlndcd man, become Interested in having the line come up through Peoa,A proposition was made with the light company to extend tho line on south through the towns of Peoa. Oakley and Marlon If a certain number of families would subscribe $176 each.A local committee was appointed to solicit subscribers but none of the members of this committee was active except Ralph W. Maxwell and myself. We labored day after day to get this proposition through’ Finally We got as many subscribers as needed ana men s^et to work to get tho various houses wired. In the fall of 1021 tho lights were turned on. This was n happy day for tho people.areevtoeefaedP80Outdoor Barbecued FrankfurtersTHROUGH 0 FEET SNOWIn March of 1902 he was returning from taking his brother Duncan and his freight to Stock-more. Through Wolf Creek Pass it was snowing heavily, the snow measuring six feet Abe had a •pair of bobsleighs under an empty wagon box, and only one extra set of harness in the box. One team and five men on horseback were ahead of him, and. ovcrtak-•ing them at the pass, he found their horses down in the snow. They decided to return home.Abe's horses floundered and fell so he unhitched them and started to break road with them, proceeding for about a mile.When he returned to get his outfit he found the other men had overturned It, so It had fallen below the road. They seemed unaware that he would return.Abe worked and lifted and he somehow got his bobsleighs back up the hill and onto the road, and then the wagon box back on the sleigh. Riding on now In the falling snow, he wondered how he had ever accomplished It, and he prayed that he could find the road and his way home, alone as he was. His horses soon settled down to bucking the snow, going over the top of tho pass, and he arrived home in Peoa atDo you, have a Heap Bfg Barbecue Chef In your family? Then he'll have heap big fun dishing up these Barbecued Frankfurters some warm evening. And everyone can settle down to a heap big time relishing same.It’s the sauce that gives these frankfurters zing ,,. a canny blend of chopped onion,-chili sauce and other pungent savories . , . with canned apple sauce for rich body and zesty apple , flavor. jThe sauce and the franks mingle and simmer cozily In a I pan atop the grill. Now they're ready! Place the franks in split, } toasted rolls, ladie generously with the sauce. Serve with potato 'nnri fl Itlr* Dlatlpp /if pplprv farpnt eHr»lrc onrl QP IWhat all Summit Con: ing* for . . .We will have a comp BAKED GOC Tuesday, ThursdPlan ahead for all ylt; And place your ordlt; ! -special occLOUDER'S CHI)Sara Jo LouderAik yovr de«#r about a r«*l cool exCorvalr 700 Club Cou beauty with thistledov tion and quick-steppin
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Park City Summit County Bee and Park Record
Park City, Utah, US
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