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Show HELEN GAIL MAX THURSTON HOWARD ARCHIE JOHN MORRIS While living in Malad, Idaho, she worked as a telephone operator and also for a local doctor. She lived for a time in Three Forks, Montana, and then returned to Morgan County where she again became a 'Hello' girl for the phone company. Archie and Hester met at a ball game in Littleton where she was one of the star players. Thus the romance began. In November of 1920 the young couple took the Bamberger Train to Salt Lake City where they were married. The newly weds made their home with Archie's parents where all seven of their children were born. They were Helen Gail, Max Thurston, Howard Archie, John Morris, Colleen, Gary Scott and Ilene. For several years Archie operated his father's sawmill, cutting timber in near¬by canyons and mountains. During cold winter months, when sawmilling and farming were at a slow point, he was employed as a track walker for the Union Pacific, wa¬tching for snow slides and rocks which sometimes thundered down on the tracks, jeapordizing railroad crews and passengers alike. Hester was active in the ^fountain Green Ward, especially the Relief Society. She belonged to a ladies quilting club whose members met monthly to put together a quilt for each other. It was a high point in her life. One Sunday evening in 1932 Hester loaded her children (all but Helen) and picked up her niece, Moonyeen Robinson, and started for the Church. As they drove past a neighbor's house the lady suddenly backed out of her driveway in front of the oncoming car. Hester swerved to avoid a crash then tried to over correct and the car flipped over on its side. When the screaming subsided it was found that Moonyeen had suffered a cut on her arm which required stitching. There were no other injuries, but Hester never drove a car again. In about 1938 Archie and his sons began cutting timber in Monte Cristo, haul¬ing the huge logs to the mill site in Mountain Green. Two years later a new mill was purchased in Salt Lake City and was put into operation directly south of the home and adjacent to the main road. 298 |
