Locals attend National Leck 14It isn’t everyone who gets the opportunity to attend a National ~ Convention, and it isn’t often a national voncention is held within driving distance either, so when the opportunity does come you don’t turn it down. The DUP Organization which Brigham Young. Following of the Hardscrabble has Campe Sandie CArter, Emeline Florence and ‘Janice Helms traveled to the Lafayette Ballroom in the Hotel Utah. C. Porter Hardscrabble pare oe p resents the DUP : lesson wes appropriately | while enough on next seated pioneer to museum antique stove. eae: Her lesson to the Hardscrabble DUP lesson on pioneer museum items The monthly meeting of , interesting aspects of pioneer living, their ordthe Hardscrabble DUP erliness and care of their _was held Oct. 13. Hostess few personal possessions, for the month were Emma the quality of workmanClark, Connie Carter and ship and even minute Lola Creager. Greeting details of their daily lives. were given by Captain The Pioneer Memorial ~Clark and prayer by. Museum is located at the Parlimentarian Marian head of Main Street in Fisher led the group in Salt Lake City and was the pledge of allegiance. dedicated July 23, 1950. Lola Creager gave a The Carriage House, summary of last months which contains the larger ‘lesson including data pioneer relics ‘and should which named_ events be visited in conjunction which occured in 1877. Of with a trip to the museum special interest to local was dedicated on October resident was the organiza6, 1973. tion of Porterville Wards During the initial settleand Morgan Stake. At ment of Salt Lake City that time Porterville Ward new members were urged had an East Porterville to emigrate here. Missand West Porterville ionary instructions from Wards. go the First Presidency of the Connie Carter then Church contained this gave a personal family message. ‘‘Tell the history written and research by her mother’ people not to be afraid of the Plains, but to encounMary Ovard Wilde of ter them with any kind of Henefer. The ancestor conveyance that they can history was for James *: vith thir hand-c —Arocur ers, rope and sack manu‘ed witha rope seat. facturing, soap manufactOne pioneer wall might uring and many other have hung a small framed occupations needed for .picture of flowers or daily supplies as the city butterflies lovingly made began to grow and develfrom the tightly curled op. locks of a _ cherished There were many vari- mother or friends still ties of industries, but one living in far off England. of the most vital was that Beautiful hand carved of the milling to crush the furniture was added to wheat for flour. Lehi Utah homes as new was the site chosen for the these first sugar beet built in rooms made their apearthe people 1890 and was the first ance and sugar beet factory in began to prosper. Furniture of almost every Operation west of the description and from the Mississippi River. poorest plainest to ornateThe blacksmith shop was second only to the ly decorated is found in the museum along with food industries and not only did he keep the journals, diaries, family histories and a never horses and oxen shod, but ending list of needed he was also instrumental items used by our early in turning the metal in the settlers. wagon wheels into plows and farming equipment. Sideboards, flour bins, Each of these supplies sewing tables and sewing are well represented in machines, dishes from the Memorial Building. fine china to heavy Of course one of the pottery, lamps, mustamajor concerns g one —-¢§ sOGU 2 wueiBouid ‘T ‘SO DIYOA U9} JO }YBIO JO} I OUI poyopouros oq IM ‘suly uyeu oy} Jo jsed ‘doys ju MR OM} WIS O YouE NO 3yBnog | pies ,.‘siojsenb juosoid mm JO}OUs i ‘wd Gi 5 TWO ZT JOQUISAON Uo TPH TeIMIND -- ——-_ a eh | “pres | 94} ‘JOoydS oIPpI 24} syeat yessey 3dng ‘000‘OOES NOE 3SO9 ILM aaasfard acanr (ma feaan) Buipjing aver aym Jafiog Mou & jo uoKadu0; RET yang ni ro mon | everyone D members were treated to a delicious” lunch there. Throughout the day showers fell intermitently, with enough DUP group attended. Barbara Porter drove, she along with Vanna P. Carter, > meetings, traveled by buses or by cars to Lagoon -and Pioneer Village where DUP members in almost every single one of the United States as well as many European Nations, held its National Convention in Salt Lake and several officers the Here they attended a program and business meeting. Several new by laws were introduced as well as an enthuastic program in honor of our noble pioneers who sacrificed so much that our great state might be. Pioneers who gave up lovely homes in the East to make the dessert blossom as a rose, and establish a new home where they might worsip their God and do honor to His name. They toiled hard, and each time just when things seemed almost more than sunshine in between to still provide a pleasant day for the convention goers. It even made the pioneer scene more realistic as the ladies dodged the puddles in the dirt streets surrounding the homes, and shops of the realistic setting. Adorning the corners of the blocks are the origional gas lantern street lights, and original buildings from throughout the state form the rest of the village. A trip to the carriage house provides visitors with a view of traveling convayances of bygone years, and a new appreciation of the family automobile. A lovely two story house, which was origionally built in the area now covered by the Wanship (Rockport) Dam, was especially enjoyed by our ladies as they reminiced about the past via carefully pieced quilts, with their tiny stitches, homespun curtains at the windows, strong hand carved furniture, polished they could bear, the Lord would uplift them and given them new hope. Their days were also filled with love and joy admist physical hardships, and they worked together in love and friendship. They looked for the good in their lives, they danced and sang, they loved to a beautiful sheen by strong loving hands by the master of the home so that his family might have the best he could give them. A visit to the music shop gave the group the opporunity to listen to the in each nicolodian as it circled about. Here they also viewed player pianos and the oldest dramas and plays, they developed their talents, day. They and enjoyed pleasuer taught their families to love home and truth, to become educated, to appreciate the blessings they had and to always strive to make their lives better. These pioneers who gave so much are still remembered, and the examples they set, even. today provide an excellent set of ideals and standards for todays decendants to live by. James Erington provided guests with highlights from the life and times of at your lovliest for every occasion. A new addition to the Village was a shop where visitors could buy novelities to remind them a delightful day. This shop also contained Indian articles, lovely jewelry and like an early Trading Post contained almost anything you could think of. There were also many lovely hand crafted items and rich ae to be purchased if you chose 0. Traveling on to the dress shop complete in detailed items for the young ladies and their moms of pioneer time. Lace trimmed, some very practicle and of course even beautiful wedding gowns for that oncein a lifetime day. Climbing the stairs one entered the Millinery Shop, where maniquines primed and primped in front of mirrors and each other showing off their lovely new bonnets trimmed with flowers or _ feathers in the fashion of the day. melodic strains from an oldfashioned item in the village. This is a piano which sat directly on the floor and was opened up from a suit case type appliance to provide pleasant musical strains. — The local drug store was another its_ large with intersting scene, assortment of homestyle rememdies, with cures for everything from tooth ache to balding hair. Of course ther: were also the lovely??? scented variety of perfumes and hair tonics to keep you provided a Each shop of log home ies were lad new delight and the delightful s thi ve lea to reluctant bus tour The . past reminder of the r interesting othe ral seve at d ppe sto neer history on spots important to pio vention center con the to their way back Church where including the Farmington was held, but y mar pri ist the y reportedl ble Camp rab dsc Har the members of way homeward. decided to make their looking back to day ful der won a It was ter even grea the best of the past and neer heritage appreciation for the pio that we might ‘and the sacrifices made makes one also enjoy so much today. It live exampliary strive even harder to s might some lives so that our decendent nt anestors rece r thei of day be proud y 2. ht enjo and that our families mig joyous daily life. e mor richer and By Connie Carter U P