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Show 36. Ode to the Pioneers How dear to my heart are the Pioneer memories The yellow sun-flowers that swayed in the breeze The willow that grew by the stream running gaily Among the wild sage and the cotton-wood trees The oxen were yoked to the plow bright and early, The children assisted in planting the com, In fancy I feel now the breeze softly blowing, And hear the birds singing today newly bom. How peaceful the valley, how purple the mountains How happy the hearts of those brave Pioneers. The Father had led them thro' trials and troubles, Thro' wrongs and thro' hard-ships, thro' heartache and tears. To the mountains he led them and gave of his Wisdom They planted the seed and the harvest they earned, They toiled and they trusted, His blessing was promised, And faith in their bosoms unceasingly burned We'll sing of their courage, their raith, their endurance. Our voices we'll raise to the blue arching sky. Our hearts swell with gladness we honor their memory, We love them the more with each year passing by. All honor and glory, stout hearts of our fathers, Toil hardened their hands in the battle for bread. What words can express to them our admiration. Dear Pioneer Parents, both living and dead. 37. Larson Journal, November 11,1957; February 8,1958. 38. Centennial Celebration Program, Morgan, Utah, Jury 22-24, I960. 39. Ibid. 40. Larson Journal, Jury 24, I960. 41. Morgan County News, October 3, 1969- 42. Ibid., February 7,1958. 43. Ibid.,January4, 1957, 44. Larson Journal, Augusr 23, 1964; Morgan County News, August 28, 1964. 45. Larson Journal, September 13,1964; Morgan County News, September 18,1964. 46. Morgan Ward Quarterly Historical Report, September 30, 1964. Historical Department, The Church ofjesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City. 47. Morgan County News, March 29,1966. 48. Larson Journal, December 14,1952; Morgan County News, October 22, 1971. 49. Larson Journal, December 13, I960; December 11,17,1961. 50. Morgan County News, October 22, 1971. 51. Larson Journal, January 3,1955; Morgan County News, January 7,1955. 52. Larson Journal, February 4,1968; March 23,1969; Morgan County News, March 28, 1969- 53. Larson Journal, March 15, 1970. 54. Ibid, May 4,1967. 55. Ibid., February 15,1970. 56. Morgan County News, February 6, 1959, p. 6. 57. Larson Journal, January 3, I960. 58. Morgan County News, July 29, 1963- 59. Ibid,, February 4,1966. 60. Larson Joumaljune 28,Jury 3,1967; Oral interviewwith June Weiss, Administrator of Mormon Relationships for the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America, April 15, 1986 by Calvin R. Stephens. 204 |