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Show • • • JPEG-Bk13 TIT.LE PAGE PIONEER (full name) BIRTH (date and place) DEA TH (date and place) PARENTS . MARRIED (who and date) ARRIVAL IN UTAH (date) (Company arrived with) IBSTORY (who wrote) (date written) (who submitted) (address) History of the Organization of Daughter of Utah Pioneers in Morgan County Louise Butters Waldron September 1988 Louise Butters Waldron, Captain of of the South Morgan Camp CAMP & COUNTY SUBMITTING _S_o_u_t_h_M_o_r=g_a_n ______ _ Camp _M_o_r-=g_a_n_ _____ ______ County (Camp Historian & address }_ __...L'"'u..,.c".i ..1.. .,1.._.e__,O'-(..&.,~ w. .i.... ..,l. ..l... .,i1..1..a. .m.. ....s ..i.._ _ _____ _ _ County Historian & address)_ _B _a_r_b_a_r_a_c_._P_o_r_t_e_r _ __________ SOURCE OF INFORMATION & PAGE NUMBERS: All data in this article was obtained from minutes of the D.U.P. meetings and other records. • • • JPEG-Bk13 0 History of the Organization of Daughters of Utah Pioneers in Morgan County By Louise B . Waldron Captain of the South Morgan Camp Given in the Morgan County Camps Meeting on September 13, 1988, at 7:00 p.m. at the D.U.P. Memorial Building • • • JPEG-Bk13 I thought it would be appropriate at this time to give the story of the organization and purpose of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. It was founded for the purpose of honoring the thousands of Pioneers who crossed the plains during the 22 years prior to the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad on May 10, 1869. The purposes of this society is to perpetuate the names, dates, and achievements of the Pioneers, by preserving old landmarks, collecting relics, histories and records of the strong character, pure life and heroic deed of the pioneers; by seeking to promote and carry out the objects and purposes of which they had in view when they sacrificed all that they possessed and turned their faces to the west to seek homes in the mountains and barren waste of Utah, dates and advents are history of the early days; by reviewing pioneers, their lessons of faith, courage, create a spirit of fellowship among the pioneers: important in the the lives of the and patriotism will posterity of the The first record I have of the Daughters being organized in Morgan County is that in April, 1918, Flora B. Horne of Salt Lake City presided at the meeting and Mrs . Ella Despain Boyce was the first county president elected with Annie Waldron Clark and Annie Croft Heiner ~s vice presidents. On May 2, 1926, a camp was organized in Porterville by County President Isabelle Butters (my grandmother) and Second Vice President, Nettie Durrant. The officers were Martha Porter, • • • JPEG-Bk13 Captain; Mary Kilbourn, First Vice Captain; and Sarah Florence, Second Vice Captain; with Clara Carter as Secretary. Eight years later on January 30, 1934, a meeting was held in North Morgan for the purpose of organizing a camp. County President Clara Turner presided. The officers elected in Mt. Joy Camp were, Ethel Adair Tippetts, Captain; Jean Clark, First Vice . Captain; Viva Terry, Second Vice Captain; Secretary. Mary S. Smith, Note: North Morgan was settled in the year 1860 and was called Mt. Joy. On March 30, 1934, the South Morgan Camp was organized with County President Eliza Rich taking charge of the election of officers, daughter Kate Littlefield was elected Captain; Almira Taggart, First Vice Captain ; Maggie Tonks, Second Vice Captain; and Annie Sommers as Secretary. June 11, 1934, a camp was organized at Peterson. President Clara Turner presided and Mr.s. Pearl Rollins was elected Captain, with Rachel Carrigan, First Vice Captain; Mrs. Dan Gamble, Second Vice Captain; Mrs. Mills as Secretary. In as much as one of the primary goals of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers is the gathering of relics and to preserve them. the first move toward that was when the Stake Presidency donated a room of the Opera House and the County Commissioners gave $50.00 for remodeling and dedicating it for a relic room. The relics which were donated by the people 1n Morgan County were stored here. Later the Stake Presidency gave another room in the Opera House which was used as a meeting room. the Camps were constantly being improved upon. The Daughters of February 23. ' . • • • JPEG-Bk13 1934, President Clara Turner reported that each year Camps celebrated with dinners being served to Pioneers. the County the County The most important project the Daughters undertook was the construction of this Memorial Building. The idea was promoted while Alice Wilkinson was County President, the construction ·began while Leona Clark was President and completed while Elsie Bell was President. The daughters of the County Camps did everything to make a dollar for the building. They served dinners, had bake sales, shows, and bazaars, they started a drive of gathering old rags, papers, iron and old farm machinery and sold it to obtain money to start with. The cement cinder blocks used in building the Memorial Building was purchased by many individuals of the community at the price of 25 cents a cement block. When the building was started, September 17, 1948, they managed to raise $3,000. The work was done mostly by donation work from people who were interested and the husbands of the officers. Walt London the Carpenter, donated part of his labor free. Lynn Geary was the electrician and plumber. The Veteran's of Foreign Wars put in the· cement sidewalk and bridge across the ditch in front of the building . Morgan County Lion's Club shingled the building and American Legion helped lay the hardwood floor. Cleve Peterson laid the linoleum on the cabinets and floor. The first Elder's Quorum also gave their time and labor free. The chairs were bought by the members. each having their name or their parents • • • JPEG-Bk13 name 1950. placed on the back of the chair. The building was completed and open house was held March 17, It was built at a minimum cost of $8,000. The dedication service for the building was held April 26, 1953, with many special guests being present. A fine program was presented, after which Kate B. Carter, President of the Central Company of Salt Lake City, gave an interesting talk on the organization and purposes of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Stake Patriarch George Sylvester Heiner offered the dedicatory prayer, after a social was held. On March 10, 1977, at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Emeline Florence a camp was organized. County President Emeline Florence presided with Gale Birt, First Vice President; Olif Smith, Second Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, LaRue R. Waldron. The officers elected in the Hardscrabble Camp were Emma Clark, Captain; Grace Kilbourn, First Vice Captain; Jane F. Porter, Second Vice Captain; Janis Helms, Secretary-Treasurer. Note: They named the Camp after the beautiful Hardscrabble Canyon in Porterville. Hardscrabble means rocky terrain. On September 19, 1978, at 7:30 p.m. a meeting was held at the home of Carol Gourley. The Weber River Camp was organized; County President Emeline Florence presided with Gale Birt, First Vice President; Olif Smith, Second Vice President, and LaRue R. Waldron as Secretary-Treasurer. The officers elected in the Weber River Camp were, Carol Gourley, Captain; Delores Kimball, First Vice Captain; Linda S. Turner, Second Vice Captain and Carol McCain as Secretary-Treasurer. • • • JPEG-Bk13 Note: They named the camp after the beautiful Weber River that flows the full length of Morgan County. s -~ There is a great feeling of joy being here tonight in this Memorial Building, there is a captivating fascination and charm in the stories behind the displays of pioneer articles of every description . We have pictures of Morgan County pioneers . surrounding the walls of this recreation room and antiques filling the showcases and relic room. To the County Officers and County Camp Officers, as well as the members goes a lot of credit and satisfaction for helping preserve these antiques. All the data in this article was obtained from minutes of the D.U.P. meetings and other records . By Louise ·B. Waldron Captain of the South Morgan Camp September 13, 1988 |
