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Show Tuesday, November 18. Nice day some cooler but not bad. I have been home all day. Read some and wrote to Wilfred Glenn Cozzens who is with US Airforce in Okinawa. Nothing special. the Ogden Utah Standard Examiner Tuesday Evening, November 18, 1952. Funeral For Nine. Aladdin Audette (left) with his daughter, Mrs. Dolores Masse and son, Daniel, enter a Westport, Mass, church for the funeral services of their wife and mother, Mrs. Mary Audette and eight children who died in a fire at their home. The three surviving members of the family were absent from home at the time fire occurred. Thursday, November 20. Nice day. No snow or rain. I wrote to Mary. Went down town Read some. This evening we attended lecture in Tabernacle on Book of Mormon by Dr Sperry of BYU. Very good. Dr Jr went duck hunting. Go to bed tired. THE OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD EXAMINERTUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1952Funeral For NineAladdin Audette (left) with his daughter, Mrs. Dolores Masse and son, Daniel, enter a Westport, Mass., church for the funeral services of their wife and mother, Mrs. Mary Audette, and eight children who died in a fire at their home. The three surviving members of the family were absent from home at the time fire occurred.It Happened in Ogden20 Years Ago 50 Years Ago Nov 21 52Sugar beet growers were to get 350, 000 as the first payment for their beets, said H.A. Benning, manager of the Amalgamated Sugar Co. The payments represented an advance upon the expected price of sugar and was to be paid on the basis of 4 a ton in Utah and 4.40 a ton in Idaho.Weber County was to receive a check for an additional 25,000 of Reconstruction Finance Corp. emergency relief funds, said Brigham Robinson, representing the governor.Steaks were selling at 14 cents a pound; pork legs, 15 cents a pound; veal chops, 25c for two pounds and sugar cured ham, 17c a pound; fancy chocolates, 23c a pound.The Nadine store, 2319 Washington Ave., was selling new dresses at 7.95 and giving anextra dress, for 5 cents.One of the best paying industries in Ogden was the Willard Canning Co., built this year through the efforts of Alex Brewer and Dr. F. W. Baker of Ogden. Dr. Edward Rich was also a stockholder, The factory was erected at a cost of 6,500, close to the Willard Depot. Since Sept. 2, 1902, the date of starting the factory, 285, 000 cans of tomatoes, 9, 500 gallons of prunes and peaches had been canned in this institution besides other fruits and vegetables. To do this three cars of coal were consumed, 26 girls were employed at an average wage of 1 a day; 16 men and boys at from 1 to 3 a day, making every week a nice little payroll; and all employes were Willard people except two. Those who raised the tomatoes and fruit found a ready market at a fair price, and some 10 carloads of canned stuff were shipped. |