| Two who haven't “disengaged’ from society ... role models for retirement ij } seven refugee families, and started organizing the “‘Weber Friends.”’ Jack Roche, Rod Julander and Dr. and Mrs. George Lowe are charter members of the new organization. Since retirement as a quality control and shipping manager for Del Monte, Fred has served three years on the board of directors of Fred Montmorency Utah Transit Authority and became first vice president. He served eight years on the Utah Department of Transportation and Environmental Advisory Council and served three of his eight years as mayor of South Ogden after retirement. He was. president of the Utah League of Cities and Towns his last year as mayor. His retirement activities follow a pattern of service Fred set early in his life. He volunteered for World War I, then served in scouting both in California and Utah after he moved here in 1928. A charter member of the old Ogden Ski Club, Fred checked out ski equipment and toboggans to service men at Snow Basin and was on the ski patrol 15 years. In addition he was president of the Weber County Water Shed Protective Corp. and a member of Governor Clyde’s Water Conservation Commission, a charter member of the Utah State Fire Protection Board, chairman of the Utah Legislative Council, Natural Resources Committee. ‘‘My wife and I are actually happier and get along better than in the early days of our marriage,” he said. ““Of course,”’ he laughed, “I’m probably easier to live with. Not so irritable.”’ They have traveled a lot and Fred has a garden every summer. His latest self-initiated project is finding out how many of the refugees are interested in farming ld think | | really va Ty. We petijideas tant frompines, ew Spapemmay and trying to obtain land for them to use. Many of the women are widows — half of the entire Hmong tribe in ‘Vietnam were killed. A man of great humor, energy and self-motivation, Fred Montmorency represents the man who continues living in the lifestyle he set for himself in his young working days. ’s at’ fore Photos by Jeannie Young flowers in arrangements on cards, stationery, other work includes a baby quilt. Mrs. Reeve Butler Hill, 78, a neighbor of Professor Roy Van Orman in Bountiful, is another classic example of what he calls the “activity theory” - elderly people who haven’t disengaged themselves from society and are high in life satisfaction. Reeve personifies her favorite saying, ‘The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worthwhile, that costs the least and does the most, it just a pleasant smile.” She and her twin sister, Ruth Bunting, who lives one block from her, never have an idle moment. They learned as girls to tat and trimmed their own petticoats. Their father teased and said they were tatting so much edging he thought they were making enough to line the chicken perches with. Reeve tats borders on handkerchiefs, tiny flowers on stationery, baby bonnets and pictures. She puts many of her special items on sale at Morman Handicraft. With the first snowfall, Reeve sets up her quilting frames. Cold weather is her favorite time of year . She _ helps her local ward, neighbors and friends with quilts. ‘I’m never bored,” said Reeve, “the days aren’t long enough to get everything done.’’ She does the quilting and design and handiwork and her sister, Ruth, does the sewing on the machine, piecing the quilt tops together. The were both nurses at the old St. Marks Hospital and Reeve still gives shots at home to people who need them. She worked 18 years, part-time, for a local doctor, assisting in surgery, after her family arrived. She is the mother of three girls and one boy and has 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Her husband was the late Lyman H. Hill. Another great favorite of Reeve’s is shopping the sales-especially the day after Christmas half price sale. She and her sister enjoy finding and pictures. Her many unlikely items to put together for holidays to delight grandchildren, great-grandchildren and neighbor children. She makes hundreds of . candy-filled ‘“‘candles” out of toilet paper rolls at Christmas time. “Tt takes a lot of toilet paper rolls and everyone saves them for me,”’ she said. Reeve wraps the rolls in Christmas paper and makes a wick of yellow. yarn on the top and it’s a treat for family and friends. With Easter coming, she is making small baskets with tiny chicks to put on the porches. | A number of years ago Reeve found two Santas 3% feet high, complete with red suit and beard. She knew her sister wanted one. So did she. Finally she was able to get a good price for them and had her grandson take one to her sister, drop it off, ring the bell, and run. Immediately after opening the door Ruth called Reeve and said, “Oh, I know it was you that left that Santa on the porch.” Reeve said, ‘“‘What are you talking about? Oh, just a minute, there’s my doorbell.’’ When she came back to the phone she said, ‘“Why, there’s a Santa at my front door, too!” It took Ruth four years to discover where the Santas came from. Reeve also has collections of fascinating “‘little’”’ things that everyone loves to see, such as a radio like a lady bug that raises its wings, music boxes, stuffed toys and even ‘“‘Woodstock,”’ the little bird in Peanuts. The two sisters enjoy long walks and walk to see another sister in a nearby nursing home. They are also frequent visitors at the hospital where they make the rounds and cheer up everyone they know who is there. They travel a lot and last summer went to northern California, along the coast to Disneyland, and “‘rode everything there.”’ Senior Citizen tours and temple work also keeps them busy- Busy is the key work to Reeve. Page 7 earth . saw refugee children in the winter in keds with no stockings and scantily clad. This Christmas, he and his wife, Sally, used their Christmas budget on gathering together boxes for lace ihre: years and recently organized the “Weber Friends of Southeast ‘asian Refugees’’ when he became _wyare of the plight of many. ) jItcame about as a result of aching English as a second | -@inguage to Chicano elderly. In his search for materials he went to the old Washington Junior High where adult classes were being held and ee —@Miactive lifestyle right into ‘Mtirement. About the only new Midition is a walking stick which ‘Widsa stiff knee. He just gave up “Whing last year! 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