ct las Tee was a reason iy 90: ius ey ‘idea | a who has been named to lead Pioneer’ Days. parade ‘ grand marshal, decided: to study medicine back in 189( -.” ae He barely survived whooping cough three weeks after — his birth (April 9, 1868). Later in his youth he SoH Sree i two broken arms, a broken hose and a fractured thigh. - a _ His mother nursed him through| “sepencsses | the whooping cough and straight-| a ened his crushed nose. _“T looked} fe better when she eh done,” he re ay | members. | But the only | person ouhe sould: : _| set the broken bones was old John | Sutton, the village blacksmith, abil: Paris, Idaho. (Utah then). He was | gt good at fixing anything. _ After he had attended the Uni- versity of Utah two years, and| taught school in Paris for a |coule of years, young Rich made a decision. - “Judging from my personal ex- periences, I decided Paris needed| | doctor, i. he remembers, CAME HERE However, after he completed Ff _ | Jefferson Medical School in Phila_|delphia, he: opened his practice in Ogden. His services as a physi-| cian and surgeon had spanned 54 years when he retired in 1947. He had delivered upwards of |5,000 babies (3,500 of them in homes), and had answered calls from Wells, Nev., to Mountain Home, Idaho, and. Snowville in Box Elder County. Dr. Rich was chosen for the top Pioneer Day honor because of his. e of ie EDWARD ar River Canyon Lake railroad, ae L RICH va -) Will Lead Parade for the ‘Bear : ae For quite a few years after | first started practicing | medici in. Ogden, the only way to tray was on horse. close connection with Utah's” Pio- el |A a He and his. brother. . Ezra — Rich, owned one of Ogden’ s first | neer days. | DR. | His father was Charles ‘Coulson autos. They bought bi in 1902. A | |Rich, an apostle of the LDS" It was a. One ey er bes with a : * | Church, who emigrated to Utah in Ss steering post. . 3 1847, later. pioneered part of| It was hard to. 0 & southern California and was fi- -peramental s eal nally called by the church to set- easily get st e | tle in what is now Paris, Idaho, _ Oh Mone ( ‘Dr. Rich was his father’s 26th| son and 46th child. Looking in| the other direction, the venerable'| physician and: his wife, who died si lin 1954, had. seven children who lived. to adulthood. |. From them. his. ‘dpacnnaaute have increased to 27 grandchildren and 44 great- grandchildren. Pioneer Lays has a- special meaning to Dr. Rich, for he was an active, imaginative. youngster | when Utah was very new pioneer country. J 7 ‘Hes. emembers | working hard, from before sunrise to after sunset on the family farm at Paris. When he was only 12 years old |he could handle a team of oxen, he wasn’t much older when she cut timber and floated it down He then brabtieed alone u 1926 when his: song) Dr... Rich, joined him. They Biche together until Dr. Rich retir In the tradition of ‘Utah | first ‘eblisetion ant fig a accomplishment was his family. Mae one parade Dr. OL): Pioneer’ Rich. ie ae Days’ aig events. It will bé down Washi | thom: Boulevard at 10 a. m. July’ 4