Eva About Fresno

David (Dixon) had go go go Fresno last week to meet about a big new building he has designed for down there. He said there were 20 new missionaries on his plane gong to Fresno.  I told Ben about it when I wrote him on Sunday.   He is a fine missionry.  ours, Chase (David's 4th son) also got transferred.  He has been in Wales and loved it there.  he will be working mostly English now.  They surely grow up in a hurry.

Richard was in the hospital again the end of last week for thee days of chemo.  The have to keep his body clear of cancer so the transplant will have a  better chance of working.    He did not get out until late Sat. night. Chemo takes its own time to complete.   He will have the transplant mid-March after they do the first of his two catartact surgeries.  They were caused by the chemo.  

Love you, Eva

Information About LHT

Dad is having more surgery. This operation will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Utah Valley in the same day clinic. Dr. Robert Jackson will try to repair the rotator cuff on his left arm. (I hope it works out better than the one his brother did on his right arm.) The biggest ticket, however, is that he will scrape out all of the arthritis in the joint. So, Dad says, even if the doctor is not able to repair the rotator cuff better than was done on the right arm, he will at least get rid of the pain.

I tease Dad that, when he has pain, the doctors can get rid of it with a scalpel but when I have pain, I just have to learn to live with it. That is not fairly spoken, of course, I could have back surgery if I could find a doctor nutty enough to do it (and I am certain I could) but that is not going to happen. I have found that weighing 123.2 pounds has really helped as has forcing myself to learn to walk through the pain. After I start a long walk, the pain usually clears up and I am good again. That plus the fact that I now use one of those tubular foam exercise forms before I go to bed each night. That really works.

Enough about my aside. Dad had our home teachers come today and give him a blessing. This was the first time for Ben Horrocks, who is leaving on his mission in a couple of weeks. He had studied up and did a really good job. He has grown up and will make a great missionary.

Now all Dad has to do is survive my driving AGAIN. I think I about drove him nuts coming home from the surgery center in Salt Lake after his eye lid surgery. :) It was a good thing he couldn't see what I was doing. They released us during rush hour and he could only feel the car starting, slowing, speeding, etc. I could see it. Ugh and double ugh. But we did live.


Kirsten wrote: Does anyone want to do a family fast? Kirsten

We should all have listened better.

Justin (Childs), I suppose that you read the info on Facebook from Uncle David about your Great-Uncle Aldo Childs being the person that your father was referring to. I knew him as a great man but I did not know that he could heal anyone over the telephone. That is amazing. I hope that Vernon answers David's request soon because I would really like to hear more about him. 

I think that I remember a lot from my youth but I do not always have all the facts down. As I try to recall some of the stories I heard from our beloved ones who have gone ahead, I find that I am missing pieces and important bits. For example, I knew that my father built a lot of bridges in Zion's Park after the war. I don't remember which ones and neither does anyone else.

My Great-Grandfather John Pritchett was also known for his ability to heal but he did it with his own drugs and herbal concoctions. You know, of course, that he moved to Huntington from Provo and to Provo from Mt. Pleasant. He received his training in pharmacy from his wife's family. The Ericksen's owned a drug store in Mt. Pleasant and he learned from them. The store they built is still there. One of Great-Grandma's aunts married a Mabin who owned a pharmacy in Provo. He moved there and worked for them while Vivian and Jessie went to BYU Academy. He then moved his family to Huntington and built a pharmacy/drug store (they sold all sorts of things, including fountain drinks) there. He was a pharmacist in the days when that meant that the doctor prescribed a medicine and the pharmacist made it from scratch. If a doctor was not availabe, he could make medications to assist the ill on his own. He made some medications of his own formula that were so excellent that I wish I could get my hands on some of them today. Your Grandmother Renee had one tin of salve that he made that would cure an infected sore in just a couple of applications. Even though his son, Frank Pritchett, became a pharmacist, he did not have his father's formulas. He was a pharmacist in the years when the drugs needed came from pharmaceutical companies. So those formulas died with Great-Grandpa. People used to come to him for salves and other medications that he formulated and he had a knack of knowing just what was needed. A pharmacist, in those days, could formulate medications and dispense them legally. He saved many lives and helped heal many people with his knowledge of herbs and formulations. That was not quite the same thing as what your Uncle Aldo was able to do. 

Actually, Uncle Frank gave up his own pharmacy. He sold it for a tidy profit (it was located in Salt Lake City) and moved to California. He opened a chain of camera shops and invented lots of ways to make cameras work better. He shot underwater film for Disney. One of the inventions of his is still used by Kodak today and the many millions of dollars he made from his inventions have gone to help charities that benefited ill children (like Shiner's Hospital) so that, while he did not have the gift of healing that his father had, he did save lives by donating money to help ill children.

My Great-Great Grandmother, Mary Ann Fulcher Pritchett, was a midwife/nurse/Relief Society president in Fairview, Utah, in pioneer times. She had the gift of healing. On June 14, 1868,  the Relief Society was first organized in Fairview, and she was chosen president, and held that position up to the day of her death, which occurred March 5, 1901. She is legend in Sanpete County. She was noted for performing deeds of service. She was ever at the bedside of the sick as nurse and caregiver and was midwife to the women. She was known to heal and help. She was trained as a midwife when Brigham Young became concerned about the conditions pioneer women suffered when they gave birth. He had training for the women who would act as midwives. But she also served as a nurse to anyone who was ill. Whenever anyone was ill, they sent for her. In addition, she could be counted on for wise counsel as well as practical help. The needy were never refused her assistance. 

Justin wrote: Wow thanks lot of stuff I never knew! I have something to share. When Carrie first moved in with me, my youngest son was severely allergic to cats and they would throw him into asthma attacks. I would lay with him and rub his back and talk to him and he hasn't had an attack in 7 years and can stand to be around cats.

Myrna wrote: Yes, I would say that you have the gift. Thanks for sharing. Do you have other experiences like this one?  

About Funeral Photos

I posted on Facebook all of the photos that I took of Ila Pay's funeral. Just go to my site and there they are. I can send them via email but you will be sorry. My kids hate when I do that because it bogs down the world. If you would email me the addresses for Jimmy, Neldon, Loy Beth, and Tammy, I would be happy to pass on the information or to share any way that I can. I uploaded them in the highest quality setting so they should download in a usable form for printing or sharing.

I also have upload to photobucket. I will send the link. It is password protected so I will send that as well. I love you all.

They are all high resolution uploads and should make good prints. There are quite a lot of them so you will want to pick and choose. 

To Jim Llewelyn from Myrna:  I hope all is going well for you and yours while you are in Ohio. Do you have much left to do before you can rent out your new property? I sent your email to my son, Todd, who lives in Ohio.

OK, Guys and Gals

When we went to Ila Pay's funeral, we learned that she had (even with her horrible illness) kept a family newsletter going for 33 years. She had only two children but she had countless siblings and her husband was one of four. Why could she succeed when I can't? Collectively, we have so much going on in our lives right now that the others should know about. I set up the Trauntvein blog so that you could all stay in touch; it didn't work either. The newsletter failed. The blog failed (though it is still there). I think, also, that Facebook is not working either. What to do? What to do? Should I start the newsletter again and just email it? Well, some of you do not read email. Some of you do not read the snail mailed copy. What to do? What to do? When I die, please do not mention that I tried to do a newsletter but that only half of you took it seriously. Is that failure? Please just don't mention it at all.

By-the-way, I am sending on to each of you all the emails that, individually, you send me about your various and sundry activities. At least you will know something about each other. Some of you will, likely, object to that. Oh, well.

I remember wondering why Grandma's Trauntvein, Smith and Pitts and Grandpa Pitts were so concerned about the families (theirs) staying close together. I think that they just were concerned, as I now am, that, as happens in some families, no one keeps in touch after the primary "In-Touch Keeper" dies. Not to hammer home a point, but Dad and I are getting along in years. While we enjoy mostly good health for people of our age, so did my predecessors. They were all there one day (expect for Grandma T, who stayed out long enough for us to say good-byes), and gone the next. Who will be the "In-Touch Keeper" when Dad and I are gone? (I even do it for my own family and I am, sadly, losing touch with Garth and Alyce's family. I try but I still did not know that Alyce had had another bout with cancer recently. Dad's family is better. All except for Uncle Don, they talk a couple of times a month.)

So, what to do? What to do?

Comfort

Myrna wrote: Melanie, thanks for reminding me that you have some health problems but are upbeat and doing well. You take care of your health and that is so important. I have learned that I should have been doing that for years and not just blaming my overweight problem on thyroid. I now weigh 123 and I feel better than I have for a long time. I am off my GERD meds. All I take, as a prescription drug, is my thyroid med and one for high cholesterol. (I remind myself that my dad also had high cholesterol and it was pneumonia that killed him.) I also take an aspirin and a vitamin. I love walking and doing stairs. (My cross trainer hurts my tailbone.) I am not a runner. I never did like it. I do like jogging a block and walking a block. Running always makes my lungs hurt. (I know, wah wah.) 

I think Julie's irregular heart beat flare up comes from no sleep. Jim has been in California and Jens is cutting eye teeth. She was really quite frightened, however. When she called, she was crying. That is not the usual thing for Julie. She is Pioneer Farm Woman to a "T" and is usually stoic. 

David also has the same problem. They found his in high school when he passed out just after wrestling practice. He wore the monitor but was really ticked off about it. When he was 16 he was ticked off about everything. Todd, I think, also has an irregular heart beat. I have everything else but that. Odd. I have a functional murmur, left over from rheumatic fever. I now have isolated systolic hypertension. The top number, systolic, is high (140) but the diastolic (bottom number) is low (72). My pulse is 60. I can't wait to find out what that means long term. Actually, I am probably running out of long-term anyway. When you are 72, it is anybody's guess how many more years on earth that translates into. The endocrinologist said that diabetics usually live 10 years less than they might have otherwise. We'll see. Nobody that I know has a urim and thumim that they are willing to produce to prognosticate my chances for longevity at any rate. ;) 

Melanie wrote: The main reason for reminding you of the heart situation, is so that you wouldn't worry. It is very common, especially in middle aged women, and often goes away after menopause. Also, I had so many tests done after 2007, heart stress tests, EKGs, ERTs, sonograms of the heart, sonograms of the arteries, CT scans, MRIs of the heart, neck and head, an agitated saline test, all the tests found nothing wrong with the heart other than the arrhythmia. I tried to call Julie to let her know what my heart doctors in MA had told me, so that I could put her at ease, but I never found her at home. I didn't want to call on her cell phone, as I know that when she is out with the children that she is very busy. 

I have elevated cholesterol, it is hereditary, but it isn't to the point where I would need to take medicine for it. I have extremely low blood pressure, to the point of fainting sometimes, so that is a different worry.

I am glad that the steps you are taking have benefited you in ways that you have desired for years. I am sure it gives you great peace of mind. 

Love you.Mel

Myrna wrote: I know. You are such a comfort to me. I am thankful for you. It was a good thing that Heavenly Father sent you into my life because you keep me sane. I love you!

News of Family

Ams and family went to Disneyland recently. Megan and Kyle were there with the band so the other, on the spur of the moment, went there also. Rachel ended up not feeling well and so she was carried about rather than enjoying herself.

Jim and Julie decided to take their family (using their income tax return) to Disneyland also. They left on Thursday a.m. and will travel back late at night on Sunday.

Go to Amy J's Facebook page and find the latest performance of Madilyn. A.J. also, while we were in Colorado, received his Arrow of Light. Eric said that a ward member took some photos and she will share them so we may get to enjoy them.

David also posted some neat photos on facebook. We were not there for the happenings so it was nice to see the photos.

Sorina's Choir and Dane's Graduation‏

Wed, May 8th, Sorina Orchard Elementary Chorus 6-7pm, at Canyon View Junior High.

Thurs, May 23rd, Dane UCAS Graduation, not sure on time yet or location. You will get a formal invitation in the mail.

Invitation: Donovin's Arrow of Light

Arrow of Light for Donovin Trauntvein
When: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: 1950 North Coral Canyon Boulevard, Washington, UT 84780

Myrna wrote: Three cheers, we have been waiting to hear. Which of the two dates is right? On the formal invitation, it says Friday but on the other heading, it says Thursday. I assume that Friday is the date, but I am not certain. Please clarify. Either way, we will be there. I love you, M

David wrote: Huh, that's weird. It is Thursday from 6 to 8.

Myrna wrote: I am glad to know the date. Thursday is great and we will be there. We would, of course, also be there if it was on Friday. Love you all, M

From Justin About Healing

Justin Childs wrote: Hi Aunt Myrna. I've got a couple questions for you. My dad told me about a great uncle of mine who was a healer and that the gift would skip a generation. Could you tell me anything about this?

Myrna wrote: Is this the Pritchett or is there a Childs? Tell me what the other people have said. That will help me. I am certain that you will want what I have but it may not be what you are looking for.

Justin wrote: About him being able to heal people with burns in person and over the phone. My dad told me he was a healer but I can't remember witch uncle and that this gift skips a generation so his generation did have a healer but mine would.

Myrna wrote: Are you the healer? Wow! Your Uncle David said that the person you were asking about was Uncle Aldo Childs. So it would be something that we would need to find out about from the Childs family relatives.

Justin: I don't know, but David Palmer was asking me about it the other day so I thought I'd ask you about it. I've thought about in the past a lot. It would be really neat if I was but also kinda disappointing to find out now and not 10 years ago.

Ben Horrock's Farewell

Mary Christensen Horrocks invited you to Benjamin Horrocks's event:
Ben's Mission Farewell
Sunday, March 17 at 1:00 pm at Nephi 2nd Ward Church


Benjamin Horrocks invited you to his event:
Ben's Mission Farewell
Sunday, March 17 at 1:00pm at Nephi 2nd Ward Church

From Saundra

Dear Classmates,

For those of you who were unaware, Coach Jack Woodward, passed away last November.  He was an integral part of Carbon High in both our Junior and Senior years.  He was a great coach as well as a wonderful person.

We also lost Dodd Wilstead from Carbon High this past week.  He attended elementary school in Castle Gate, Helper Junior High and graduated from Carbon High.  Our sincere condolences go out to his family and friends and pray they will find peace and comfort in their loving memories.

Saundra

Walking

I wonder if walking upstairs and downstairs 100 times a day should count as exercise? ;) I love you!

Thanks so much for helping your poor old mom out. You children are so important to me and I want you all to outlive me!

Thanks, Todd. I will let you all know what the doctor says.

I did grow up in Price, the melting pot of Utah.

Czech Fruit Dumplings
You know those desserts you tell yourself aren't that bad for you. Like carrot cake or blueberry pie. It's preferable to focus on the fact that you're eating a serving of vegetables or fruit, conveniently ignoring that half a pound of butter and sugar that went lovingly into each slice?


This may not be one of these things. Yes, it may look merely like a lumpy mass, but this lumpy mass when cooked is reminiscent of a turnover, only instead of a butter crammed crust it is covered in a soft dough with a flaky center. Bite into one and the flavor of warm bread rushes through you. In the center sweet fruit awaits. No butter required. What you choose to top it with will just be our little secret.

Czech Fruit Dumplings (makes approx. 20 small sized):
Adapted from Czech Cookery

1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
1 packet yeast
1 tsp sugar
up to 200ml milk
pinch of salt
fruit of your choosing
possible toppings: butter, whipped cream, maple syrup, almonds, powdered sugar

Sift flour into bowl. In a separate bowl, combine hot water, a pinch of the shifted flour, sugar and yeast. Wait until the yeast mixture beings to bubble. It should smell like fresh bread and look slightly lumpy, almost dough like. Combine yeast mixture with salt and add to the flour. Pour milk, a little at a time, working with the mixture until the dough is formed and all the flour is combined. Dust both sides of dough with flour(for easy removal) and cover bowl. 

Leave in a dry warm place to rise until doubled in size.

Remove dough from bowl.  Cut into equal sizes of your liking. Flatten dough and place fruit mixture in the center. Wrap dough around the fruit, pressing edges together to form a dumpling. 

Let sit another five minutes to rise.

Place dumplings in a pot of boiling water for 8-10 minutes, depending on size.

Fruit-Filled Danish Pastries (These are SO good!)‏

Fruit-Filled Danish Pastries

The smell and taste of these seemingly rich pastries will warm the coldest winter afternoon or dreariest morning, or provide a lovely touch of sweetness following your evening meal. They are really good and I highly recommend them.

Yield 12 pastries

Dough
1 1/2 cup warm water
1 tablespoon dry yeast
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup almond flour
1 cup old fashioned oatmeal
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs

Filling #1
1 cup dried apricots cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate

Filling #2
1 cup chopped apples
2 tablespoons apple juice concentrate

Filling #3
I cup dried plums cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate

Prior to mixing the dough, stir the juice and fruit of choice together into a mixing bowl. Refrigerate and let sit while the dough is mixed and while it rises.

Add yeast to the warm water and let sit. Mix flours, salt and orange zest in a separate bowl. Mix juice and eggs beating eggs slightly in another bowl. Add all ingredients to a large mixing bowl and mix well. Knead until well-mixed and until the dough is spongy. (The dough is soft.) Cover, put in a warm place and let rise. Knead again. Let rise again. (The person who printed the original recipe only let it rise once but that always worries me because I know bread needs air to rise and that takes time to develop.) Punch down and let rest for 10 minutes. On a floured board with a floured rolling pin, roll the dough into a 12-by-16-inch rectangle. Cut into 12 squares. Place equal portions of the filling of choice in the center of each square. Pull up the points of two opposite corners over the fruit and press together. Pinch the other pair of corners to make a square package enclosing the filling. Place the Danish pastries two-inches apart on two lightly oiled baking sheets. Cover loosely and place in the refrigerator. Let rise overnight or for at least three or four hours. (I let mine raise while I was at church and then baked them when I got home.) Remove from the refrigerator and preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place in heated oven and bake until golden brown about 15 to 20 minutes. Cool slightly and serve warm. The pastries are also good cold.

I Have Concern About Julie

OK, you Factor IV kids. Julie has arrhythmia and has had for years. This a.m., at 9:15, she called and said that she has a heaviness in her chest behind her sternum. I sent her to the local doctor because I was worried. She did not have tingling in her arm. I understand that there is often no tingling with a stroke. Jim is in CA with the bees. I sent Dad to watch the kids. I think I just need to quit writing for the newspaper because the only reason I am still here is that I have missed four weeks of meetings and have one at 10 a.m. However, I am really concerned about her. I only pray that you read this now and can tell me, from your experience, if I should panic and head out.

Todd wrote: Doesn't have anything to do with factor V. Let us know what the doctor says. 

Melanie wrote: I have an irregular heartbeat. Nothing to do with factor V. When I am anxious my heart beat is really off. Sometimes it feels like it is coming out of my chest. The doctors will probably do a stress test and have her wear a monitor. It is common among women in their early forties.  

Myrna wrote: Sometimes I do not think about the power of the priesthood that Dad holds being able to mend things that have gone awry. However, the priesthood worked yet again. In fact, Julie said it was more the blessing Dad gave her than the doctor that provided the cure. The Mt. Pleasant doctor told her that many people in the world have arrhythmia and that as long as she can sleep through the night and as long as she can breathe through an episode, she will likely be OK. Of course, she could do neither this time. He did do an MRI and it was OK. He told her that her cholesterol was high and that the bad cholesterol was higher than it should be. Her sugar was OK. He told her to take a baby aspirin once each day. She is already supposed to see an Internist in Provo about the Factor V at the suggestion of her OB who found that she was Factor V when he did the testing after she lost the baby. So she will do that next month. So, Mom, breathe in, breathe out and relax.

Melanie wrote: Those are the same things I was told in 1998 when they discovered my arythmia. Also the change in hormones in women over 40 can be a factor as well. Sleep is essential. ..something mothers never can get enough of. Breathing exercises and walking also helps.

I love Julie!

Mel

Todd wrote: And getting the cholesterol under control will help as well. 

Come for a Bike Ride Invitation from Ursula

Ursula Ann Schroeder invited you to her event: CycloFemme 2013 Bicycle Ride

Myrna Trauntvein: Envy, envy, envy! I didn't ever learn how to ride a bike. That's why I walk/run. I am stuck with walking and slow running (slower than jogging). I had rheumatic fever when all my friends were learning how to ride a bike. Then I had rapid heart syndrome, and was also not allowed to ride. Then I could finally have learned to ride, but I was a teenager and I learned how to drive instead. When my kids were learning to ride bikes, I wanted to learn also but then I had bad veins and bouts of DVT and the doctor did not think it was a good idea. It's still on my bucket list but my list is long and it is at the bottom of said list. I am also getting older by the day and so, I think, I will just have to not learn. I love you and hope you have a great time.


Ursula Ann Schroeder wrote: Thanks Aunt Myrna. I love you tool. Let all the cousins know that live around here or will be visiting. It will be a fun ride. If you decide you want to learn, I would be happy to teach you.  It would be great to see any of you. Have a super week. Stay warm. (Silly iPad/auto correct.)



Myrna Trauntvein: I will let them know. They are all bike riders and would probably love it. However, the auto correct does make for some interesting sentences.

Ursala wrote: Yes, it does make for interesting reads.

Letter from Myrna

We are back in Nephi and spent our first time in three weeks at the temple serving in our calling. We had our two-year interview with the temple president and renewed our commitment for another two years. Every two years, we have an interview with the president and we agree to a contract to serve for another two years as long as we remain physically and mentally able. So we have another two glorious years to look forward to. The president said that the Payson Temple will likely not be ready for dedication until late in 2014 or early 2015 so we do have some time left in the Manti Temple serving surrounded by the labor of pioneer craftsmen who did the work of temple building with hand tools and great skill. Today there are many ways to achieve what those workers did with foot-powered lathes and wood-workers hand tools.

As our first assignment on Saturday, we were able to do the part of Adam and Eve. One thing that you never get in the film is the very human side of the presentation. For example, on film you never see an older woman playing Eve and getting tears in her eyes because she suddenly realizes that, without the price paid by the Savior, all would be lost. None of us would ever again be allowed in the presence of our Father in Heaven. I have done the Eve part for 14 years now and, each time, it seems that something new in some new section or area will touch my heart deeply. How privileged I am to have this opportunity. How I love the temple.

When we got home, Shawn and family, Julie and AnnMarie had cleaned up all of the water from our basement flood. Shawn had replaced the valve with a new one so all is functioning as it should. I am going to put silicone around the baseboards so that the water does not ever again fill the basement by running from the laundry room under the wall into the family/television room. Well, I suppose that it can still creep under the door but I only hope it does not.

Kirsten is healing still. The poor girl has had more than her share of pain and grief. After three trips to the ER for her allergies to narcotics, the doctors gave her only Tylenol. It will be eight-weeks before she can open her jaw. The orthodontist will then do a bit more tweaking but by next fall she should be able to eat more than liquids, open her jaw, and use it the way most people do. This could have been avoided if the orthodontist we consulted in her youth had done the work as he should have done. It still makes me upset that he did not. She is having problems now with one of her sinus passages because it keeps bleeding. They have considered giving her an antibiotic but hardly dare.

We have the weirdest things happen. When we did the curbside passenger check-in as we were leaving Denver, the guy (nice and we tipped him well enough) printed two tickets for me and none for LHT. We didn't find this out until we got to security and then we had to go all the way back to have it fixed. We did make the plane in time. Then, when we got home, we found out that they had taken the plastic zip lock off to check Grandpa's luggage for security reasons. Instead of cutting the plastic, which we simply use to keep the case from coming open and not to keep anyone out, they cut the zipper pulls off. Weird?

AnnMarie and family are at Disneyland in California. Megan and Kyle are there with the band and AnnMarie and Brandon decided to go as well and take the rest of the family. Julie and Jim and family are going this next week.

In the a.m. we have a funeral in Layton to attend. Gramp's cousin, Bert Pay, lost his wife Ila. She was only 69. She died the very day her one sister had her funeral. We are leaving early so I should hurry to bed. The funeral is at 11 a.m. but we are picking up Auntie Helen and Auntie Eva on the way.

To Ben: We treasure your emails. I am printing them off and saving them. Gramps likes me to print them for him to read and I decided that I would put them in plastic sheets and save them. So thank you for keeping us up-to-date. We so enjoy your spiritual experiences which you share with us.

To Michael: Thank you so much for your hand-written letter. We will treasure it just as we do your emails. I am printing them off and saving them. Gramps likes me to print them for him to read and I decided that I would put them in plastic sheets and save them. So thank you for keeping us up-to-date. We so enjoy your spiritual experiences which you share with us.


To both: We love you. We pray for you and we keep your name on the prayer roll at the temple.

Lots of love, Grammy and Gramps

Please Respond. Thanks.

Which ones of you now have your photo, both the 5X7 and the 8X10, of our family (just the original eight) at the 50th anniversary? 

I know that I have missed someone because I have two left. DRATS! And do you think I can remember who I sent them to and who I did not? I can't.

Shawn wrote: We got the pictures thank you.

Kimberly wrote: We do.

Melanie wrote: I don't think I have them. I will check and see. When was I supposed to have received them? Mel

Myrna wrote: I sent them just after Christmas. I think you are probably right. Good! Now just one more to figure out.One of them who did not get the photos is Melanie. I have no idea who the other is. Thanks for your help.

AnnMarie wrote: Got mine

From Maxine Gordon About Our Pay Cousin

Maxine Gordon wrote: "This is my nephew's sister-in-law. Marion Everett is my nephew'a wife. Ila Zell died the night of her sister's funeral. Marion talked at her funeral."

Lucy wrote: "Her daughter, Tracy Lamb, is married to my son Rod's wife, Jamie's brother, and she's also my cousin, Wynn Everett's wife Marion's sister! So sorry for the double loss in your family! I didn't realize the connection before."

Alarm System Money

Kimberly wrote: We left the money for your alarm system on your fridge in and envelope.  I tried to give it to Julie, but she said to give to you.

We have appreciated the years of payments you have made, as a family, for the alarm system. We know that you are all supposed to be making payments instead of giving us gifts but we have observed that is not going well. Some of you are doing both and that is just not fair to you. No matter what you say, that makes us think that we are free-loading. Therefore, we have informed both Julie and the alarm system providers that we will be making the monthly payments.

Thank you for the years and years of payments you have all made. We do appreciate it and we do love you.

For those of you who have paid already this year, Julie has applied those payments and has told us who paid. Thank you for that.

Faye Trauntvein Andersib

I look so much like my mother. Sometimes it's haunting to see my picture and hers. My Uncle Earl (Mom's brother) once told my parents that Mom would never die with me around as I looked so much like her. But my sister, Carolyn, really has Mom's features.
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Myrna Trauntvein wrote:  She was a beautiful woman and so are you. I will need to pull out a genealogy photo and compare. I have my mother's smile but, other than that, I look like my dad. Leonard looks like a Trauntvein.

To Olena Blackham About Funeral Arrangements for Ila Pay

Helen called at said that Ila had died. She did not know when the funeral might be. She said for us to watch the paper but it was not in the Deseret News today. Do any of you know when it is? Thanks, Myrna


Olena Hunt wrote: Hi Myrna,

Talked to Neldon yesterday.  Haven't heard from him since.  They were thinking about Monday but since it is a holiday they decided not to have it then.   At this time we don't know.

Will keep you informed when we hear anything.  Neldon usually talks to Virden as it is easier for him to hear on the phone than me.

Love,
Olena

To Braden About Money

Myrna wrote:

Can we contribute next month? We just got back from Kirsten's and we are a bit short on cash. We would love to help out and wondered if that would be too late? It is two more weeks and that may be too long. You know that we could do the $10 right now but we were thinking the $50 would be nicest.

Oh, you heard about our flood? Uncle Shawn put a new release valve on the water heater and Aunties AnnMarie and Julie cleaned up all the water so that when we got back from Auntie Kirsten's the basement was dry and clean. Three cheers for all of their hard work. We are fine but poor Auntie Kirsten is not well even now.

From Braden Bolton:

Yes. You don't have to do that right now. I might close down the page if nobody donates by then. So just wait. ;-)

Myrna Trauntvein wrote:

We do love you and we do wish you success. Love, Grammy and Gramps

P.S. Did you get your Valentine on time?

Braden wrote: I did get my valentine! Thank you so much. I was able to get a lunch with the money that I received! I enjoyed it so much this week. I am trying to save money and not eat out so much, but those extra $5 really changed my mind on Thursday.

Don't worry about the money, it is more for me to gauge how much support I could receive from my network outside of my family.

I hope that you are feeling better and that the house is surviving the weather. If you need me to come down this week to help, I am able to do so. Just let me know.

Myrna wrtoe: Well, at any rate, $50 is yours from us but we will give it to you in person.

Go Fund Me!

Braden says...

Hi! I'm Braden and I'm a Linguistics student at Brigham Young University. I was just given the chance at an internship with a private university in Peru which will help me apply my passion and knowledge of linguistics and help people in the process. With this internship I'll live in Chiclayo, Peru from May to August to help improve English-language teaching programs at Juan Mejia Baca University and other schools around the city. While it's an incredible opportunity, the internship is unpaid. This is where you might be able to help. With this page I hope to raise funds to buy a plane ticket to Lima, pay for my transportation to and from Chiclayo, and pay tuition so I can earn credit for my experience. No donation is too small and I am grateful for any help you can give me to make this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity possible.

Leonard's Ila Zell Pay

Ila Zell Pay

August 19, 1945  ~  February 13, 2013

Ila Zell Burrows Pay, 67, passed away on February 13, 2013 from Scleroderma. Ila was born August 19, 1945, the daughter of Herbert C and Ruth Harmison Burrows. She grew up in Springville, Utah and graduated from Springville High School in 1963. She married Bert Gary Pay on June 26, 1966. Their marriage was solemnized in the Manti Temple. They were blessed with two children, Tracy Lamb and Phillip Pay. They have 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, one brother and one grandchild.

Ila was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and loved the gospel. She worked as an elementary school librarian at Hill Field Elementary and loved seeing children learn to read.

She is survived by her husband Bert, children, grandchildren, great-granddaughter, Aunt Donna Bastian, Uncle Harold Burrows, two sisters: Bonnie Young and Marian Everett; two brothers: Clark and Herb Burrows.

The family would like to thank Dr. Frech, Dr. Hatton, Dr. Stewart, Dr. Vonk and Heather with Rocky Mountain Hospice.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 18, 2013 at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Friends may visit family Sunday, 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the mortuary.

Interment, Springville City Cemetery at 2:00 p.m.

Baggage Problem

To: Kapp, Robert

Subject: The following event #837381 should be reviewed.

EID: 837381

Contact Type: Fulfillment

 Incident Date: 2/12/2013 1:08:00 PM

Contact First Name: Leonard

Contact Middle Initial:

Contact Last Name: Trauntvein

Contact Email: mandlht@msn.com

Subject: Mishandling Passengers Property

Body: Caller states that he flew from Denver yesterday and when he got his bag home, he found that the zip tie that he used to keep it closed and the zipper paddle was missing. He found a NOI in his bag which was stamped with February 12, 2013 at 1:08 pm inside the luggage. Caller insists that the zipper paddle and zip tie were cut off.  I advised the caller that we have experienced that damage to the zippers some times occur on the conveyor belt but I would send him a claims form if he would like.

Caller provided me with an e-mail address.

Agent Notes: Sent to CSM at DEN on 2-13-13 by A Sizemore.

Follow Up:

ODPO Follow Up:

To TSOC Date:

From TSOC Date:

Last Updated By: amber.sizemore

Last Update Date: 2/13/2013 1:23:29 PM

Opening Agent: jeff.shortridge

Subject: RE: Trauntvein #837381 should be reviewed.
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:51:50 -0500
From: Robert.Kapp@tsa.dhs.gov
To: tsatcc@senture.com; mandlht@msn.com

Mr. Trauntvein,

Let me know your bag tag number and the name of your carrier for this bag checked at DEN on 2/12/2013. I will research this incident and share with you whatever I can about what may have happened with your bag and zipper.

Bob Kapp

From: L H and Myrna Trauntvein [mailto:mandlht@msn.com] 

To: Kapp, Robert

Subject: RE: Trauntvein #837381 should be reviewed.

We actually have a problem. When we did the curbside passenger check-in, the guy (nice and we tipped him well) printed two tickets for Myrna Trauntvein and none for Leonard Trauntvein. We didn't find this out until we got to security and then we had to go all the way back to the desk check-in to have it fixed. We did not go back outside. For that reason, both bags were registered in Myrna's name. The bag that had the zipper pull cut off was listed as Claim #0526746143. The airline was Southwest Flight 425.

Do you need the claim number for the other suitcase?

Thank you. 

Kapp, Robert wrote:


It does not matter whose name is on the bag tag. I will let you know what I find on this problem bag.
Bob Kapp


Customer Support Manager CSQIM
U S Department of Homeland Security
 Transportation Security Administration
Denver International Airport

Mr. Trauntvein,

I just watched the inspection of your Southwest bag (0526746143) and it was normal in all respects. A zip tie was removed using a pair of side cutters. No damage was done to either zipper pull. Both pulls were intact and functional upon opening and then re-closing the bag.

Bob Kapp
Customer Support Manager  CSQIM
U S Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Denver International Airport
Robert.kapp@tsa.dhs.gov


L H and Myrna Trauntvein wrote:
To: Robert Kapp

Thank you but then where did the zipper pull go? It was a solid piece and it is missing. Would you like a digital photo?

Nathan Trauntvein had the same surgery and Kirsten

Auntie Helen said Uncle Don was concerned about Kirsten. Nathan Trauntvein also had the same surgery that Kirsten just had. He had his just before his mission, according to Uncle Don. No one thought to ask him if Jon also suffered from allergies.

From Eileen

Dear Myrna,

How is everything with you and your family.  Is Kirsten doing better?  I have thought about you so often in the last week and wondered!

Bro. Hamilton has you & Leonard scheduled to do #3 & #4 on the 3:30pm session.  Are you going to be home for Saturday or are you still helping in CO?  

Hope all is well and you are back!!  Have missed your smiling face.

Love

Eileen Lofthouse

We have the dumbest things happen!‏

When we did the curbside passenger check-in, the guy (nice and we tipped him well enough) printed two tickets for me and none for LHT. We didn't find this out until we got to security and then we had to go all the way back to have it fixed. We did make the plane in time. Then, when we got home, we found out that they had taken the plastic zip lock off to check Dad's luggage for security reasons (likely his vitamin pills). Instead of cutting the plastic, which we simply use to keep the case from coming open and not to keep anyone out, they cut the zipper pulls off. Weird?

Back Home

We have been in Colorado Springs since January 20. We are to land in SLC at 4:30 p.m. today. Kirsten is still not well but, with the help of her older two daughters (ages 12 and 10) has decided that we can come back to our lives. I was reluctant to leave. It has been hard for her and for eight more weeks will continue to be. However, Julie went to our house and found that the release valve on our water heater had malfunctioned and the basement had about an inch of water on the floor. She, AnnMarie, Shawn and Kimberly have been working to take care of it.

History of North and South (Nephi) Ward Relief Society

The Nephi Relief Society was organized on June 23, 1862. The first President was Sister Amelia Goldsborough. There were Sister Picton, Amanda Bryan, Mary Pitchforth, Frances Andrews, Elizabeth Kendall, Amy Bigler, Julia Bryan and others. Sister Amanda Bryan was the first to take the work basket and see to the quilting, then she was called to other work. They then called Aunt Julia Bryan to  take charge of the quilts and sewing and quilting. Ann Wilkey was called as a teacher in the year of 1869. The first teacher that went with her was Jan Stephenson. They went together for several years. Then there was some trouble with Sister Stephenson and Cytha Downs and the girls. The next teacher that went with Ann Wilkey was Harriet Lunt.

Aunt Julia Bryan gave up the work basket, then mother (Ann Wilkey) was called to take it. She looked after it a good many years until the ward was divided. Sister Evans was put in as treasurer and mother was assistant treasurer. They worked for a long time together.

The Relief Society bought a place of their own, located where the J.C. Penny store is. I went to Relief Society meetings when I was 17 years old. There were lots of young girls who went, Alice Ellison, Alice Pitt, Emma Millard, Alice Carter, Mary Golden and lots of others.

Sister Evans and Mother worked together until the ward was divided. One was the North Ward, the other, the South Ward. Every Monday morning they had to go to the Hall to get their supplies. Mother and Sister Evans would have to take it to them. Mother went when the snow was deep, she would have to make her own path.

Juab Stake was organized June 23, 1863, and continued as one ward until the latter part of 1890. The Nephi North Ward was organized on Thanksgiving day 1890. The Nephi South Ward was organized December 4, 1890 with Sister Ann Wilkey as President. Sarah Ann Cazier as First Counselor, and Elizabeth Miller as Second Counselor, Elizabeth Linton Secretary, Helen H. Grace Assistant Secretary, Priscilla Lunt Treasurer, Harriet Wheeler, Assistant Treasurer. Shortly after this organization, Helen Grace was called to fill a mission with her husband. Sister Addie Cazier was called to fill the vacancy.

Sister Wilkey and Sister MIller were among the first teachers chosen in the stake, the second meeting of the Stake Relief Society. Sister Wilkey was appointed to look after the sewing and quilting. At that date, they made quilts and sold them to get means to get things for the poor and raising funds for the society. Sister Elizabeth Miller was among the saints who were driven from Nauvoo. She knew the Prophet Joseph Smith.

The officers labored faithfully among the poor, helping the sick, and giving spiritual uplift to the meetings for 12 years. Sister Wilkey resigned when she felt she could not do her duty among the poor and sick.

In October 23, 1902, Sister Sarah Ann Cazier was selected President, Harriet Wheeler First Counselor, Mary Pettigrew as Second Counselor, Sarah Brown as Secretary, Harriet Christenson, Assistant Secretary, Jane D. Vickers as Treasurer, Elizabeth Batchelor as Assistant Treasurer. December 1905 Sister Harriet Wheeler was called to the Great Beyond. January 25, 1906, Sister Amanda Ellison was set apart as Counselor to Sister Sarah Ann Cazier.

It was February 1903, that the lesson outlined on Child Culture was started. In May 1904, the Book of Mormon lessons were outlined by the Stake Board. It seems from the records that the Relief Society had been gathering wheat, as the first selling of old wheat and replacing it with new wheat was made in 1904.

Sister Sarah Ann Cazier was President for ten years. She died August 8, 1912. August 29, 1912, Harriet Christenson was sustained as the Third President of the Nephi South Ward, with Mary Amanda Ellison First Counselor and Melvina Broadhead Second Counselor, Elizabeth Linton Assistant Secretary, Mary E. Black Assistant Treasurer. Sister Elizabeth Batchelor resigned because of other duties. At this meeting, the Word of Wisdom was the lesson. May 5, 1913, the gathering of Sunday eggs was started, in order to get an organ and to help meet the payments on the pavement that was put around the Relief Society Hall in 1913. From May 5, 1913, 500 dozen eggs had been gathered. The organ was bought from the Mutual in 1914.

In 1914, there were 162 garments made, 187 pair socks, 24 sweaters made for the soldiers.

When the Ward was divided, the First Ward gave the Nephi Ward 200 bushels of wheat. When Jane D. Vickers went in as Treasurer, there were 300 bushels of wheat in the granary. When she resigned, there 1,200 bushels.

Until June 1915, the Relief Society meetings were held every two weeks, then they changed to weekly meetings.

March 12, 1914, Melvina Broadhead was released as Second Counselor to President Harriet Christenson. Jane D. Vickers was released as Treasurer, and sustained as Second Counselor in place of Sister Broadhead. Eliza Howarth was sustained as Treasurer.

The two wards of Nephi were divided in the summer or fall of 1914, making three wards. As Sister Christenson was in the Nephi Ward, another president had to be selected. November 1914, Harriet Christenson, with her counselors, Mary Amanda Ellison, First Counselor, and Jane D. Vickers, Second Counselor, were released, also Elizabeth Linton, Assistant Secretary.

November 1914, Jane Vickers was put in President, Sarah Brown, First Counselor and Elizabeth Linton, Second Counselor, E. Jane Smith, Treasurer.

November 1914, the Teacher Districts were numbered. Thirty-five yards of carpet were made and sold. On November 15, the first janitor for the Relief Hall was appointed, with a fee of $2.50 a month. This same day, Jane Smith was appointed as the Relief Society Magazine Agent.

In 1916, our ward donated 20 yards of carpet to the Logan Temple, also gave the Bishop $93.50, to help furnish the seats for our new ward house. This money was raised by sewing and sale of Sunday eggs. From October 1918 until February 1919, the flu epidemic was raging and few meetings were held. January 15, 1915, Ann Lunt was appointed head teacher. A large choir was organized and new song books were bought.

In 1918, 162 hospital garments, 187 pair of socks and 24 sweaters for soldiers, were made by the members of the Relief Society. In 1918, President Thomas D. Reese advised the Relief Society not to gather any more wheat until they were advised to do so.

President Vickers labored faithfully in the building of our organization from 1914 to 1919. On account of failing health, President Jane D. Vickers was released March 4, 1919, with her counselors and Mary E. Black and Elizabeth T. Ostler as organist.

March 5, 1919, Elizabeth Linton was set apart as President, Sarah Brown as First Counselor, Jeannette Lunt as Second Counselor, Tryphena Belliston, Assistant Treasurer, Rhea C. Beagler, organist, Jane Booth had been chorister for many years, but was called into the Stake Choir and was released May 31, 1921. Julia S. Paxman was sustained as Chorister. Elizabeth Linton was released as president due to ill health, September 27, 1921, also her counselors.

September 27, 1921, Maude Forrest was sustained and set apart for President with Sarah M. Brown, First Counselor and Jeanette Lunt as Second Counselor. The rest of the Board had not been changed. Ethel Irons, who had been ward class leader, was released October 27, 1925 to be class leader in the stake. Sarah M. Brown and Jane Smith were released as class teachers November 28, 1921. Llsa Wood, Nellie Cowan, Elizabeth Linton and Allie Belliston were appointed class leaders, December 30, 1921.

It was July 9, 1918, when the officers said the Relief Society would discontinue the regular meetings in July and  August, only holding the teachers meeting.

In 1922, the Relief Society had a call for each member to do the temple work for one person or give the 50-cents to have it done. This had been an obligation for several years.

Now a general membership in the Relief Society of 52,000.

June 1922, was when the annual dues were raised from 25-cents to 50-cents this was for the Stake Board.

In 1918, our ward let the government have 165,549 pounds of wheat. In 1923, President Maude Forrest received a deposit receipt for $1,655.49 for Presiding Bishop’s Office.

In 1923, 204 pounds of clothing were sent to German Saints.

In March of 1933, a successful bazaar was held, clearing $164.90.

In Mary 1923, Jeanette Lunt was released as counselor to Maude Forrest, on account of leaving Nephi. Nellie S. Cowan was sustained to the position.

In January 28, 1924, First Counselor, Sarah M. Brown was going to leave town and asked to be released. She was given a vote of thanks for her labors. Nellie S. Cowan was released as Second Counselor and Elizabeth Linton was sustained as First Counselor. Sarah E. Brown had worked faithfully for 22 years.

The piano was bought in September 1924. Some repairs were done on the out building.

March 1925 was very successful. A bazaar was held, clearing $300.00. Ten dollars were given to the Bishop for Ward expenses. In 1925, the flower fund was started.

May 1925 was the beginning of teachers making reports of teaching to the President and Secretary.

June 23, 1920, a meeting was held in our ward to commemorate the Juab State Relief Society. Twenty-eight of those present were in early day costumes. Unity Chappel presided. Refreshments were served to 80 people.

October 26, 1920, many different kinds of work were begun for the Work and Business Meetings, millinery, basket weaving and also the making of flowers.

It was on the record of October 2, 1926, that our Relief Society was very much against having the picture show run on Sunday. At the Stake Conference, august 17, 1924, President Maude Forrest was chosen as Stake Relief Society President and was therefore released as ward president, September 6, 1924, also the officers and class leaders were released; Julia Paxman, assistant chorister and class leaders, Addie Belliston and Elso Wood. The following were sustained for the vacancies: Lillian Carter Assistant chorister, Ida Memmott, Assistant Organist, Elizabeth Ostler, Orsena Warner and Joey Olpin. They were set apart January 11, 1927.

September 6, 1924, Emma Brough was sustained as Ward President. She retained the old board members. The home-bound committees were formed in 1926. Eight teachers each month served refreshments on Work and Business Day. The officers assisted.

The committee set apart January 11, 1926, were as follows: Emma Memmott, chairman, other members were M.E. Schofields, Jennie Brown, Sarah Bryan, Harriet Brough, Jane Booth, Jennie Belliston, Clara Park, as Chairman of the work committee, Unity Chappell as social worker.

The white draping for the ward house was bought and made ready for use by Jennie Belliston and Emma Memmott.

April 1927, the Zinnia was selected as our community flower because of its beautiful color, 225 packages were given to the teachers to give away. Also a successful fly campaign and clean street campaign was carried out by the Relief Society of the Stake.

June 4, 1927, a testimonial of appreciation was given to the teachers. Teachers and class leaders planned and successfully carried out a pleasant surprise and program with refreshments for the officers, June 28, 1927.

The hospital (bed) was purchased for the ward for $25.00.

The Relief Society  Chorus was called in 1927. In the fall of 1927, Jane Neeley and Ella Cowan donated an organ for use in the Hal. During the summer vacation, the workroom was remodeled. July 27, 1927, the water was put in the wash room of the hall. Boy Scouts dug the trench.

In the fall opening of our meetings, President Emma Brough said the teachers would take charge of the programs through the coming year, which they did very well.

Our ward received  $7.00 as second prize in the Clean-up campaign. In November, a special program was prepared and refreshments sold to raise money to meet the expenses of the improvements of the workroom, cleaning and painting. During the entertainments and plays were put on to meet expenses.

In June 1927, $10.00 was given to the Bishop for ward expenses and Missionary fund.

In October 2, 1928, the following were set apart: Etta Phil __________ Ellison were set apart as Historians, Fern Paxman and Ruby Carter, Laura Sowby, Fanny Olpin and Nellie Blackett as homebound workers. __________ Assistant Organist.

Martha Smith, Charlotte Howard were set apart as teachers, Stella Olpin and Delia Stanley were the entertainment committee.

January 8, 1929, Mary Irons was released from looking after the quilting. She had been at the head of quilting for many years. Clara Park and Delphi Morgan were put in charge of the quilts.

May 14, 1929, Georginia Wilkey was sustained as a teacher.

The fence around the Relief Society lot was put up and painted in the summer of 1929.

January 19, 1930, the following officers were set apart: Emma Memmott, president, Tryphena Belliston, First Counselor, Louise Christensen, Second Counselor. Louise Christensen died 1936. Sister Francis H. Orme took her place.

February 10, 1935, Anna D. Allred was made president, with First Counselor Thea C. Beagley, Second Counselor Lida C. Lomax.

November 7, 1937, President Charity Garrett, Thea C. Beagley, Mina Nielson.

September 4, 1938, President Lua L. Stephenson, Jennie Robbs, Mina B. Nielson. In 1942, Ada Kendall was made First Counselor, Rhea Beagley as Second Counselor. In 1944, the First Counselor was Rhea Beagley, Second Mattie Belliston.

In 1946, Alligee Anderson was put in as President with First Counselor, Louise Vickers, Second Katie Haynes.

March 23, 1947, the wards were divided, Alligee Anderson continued as President of the First Ward with Pearl Jenkins and Katie Haynes as Counselors. Lula Memmott had served as Secretary from 1937 until the wards were divided in 1947. Ruby Cox and Lucille Lunt were made secretaries.

In 1952, Mavis Hansen was sustained as President with Anna Ostler and Elva Nielson as Counselors. Vivian Paxman as secretary.

In 1955, Anna Ostler was made president with Joyce Memmott and Elva Nielson as Counselors. Lela Fowkes as secretary.

There was only one ward from 1858 to 1890. December 4, 1890, this one ward was divided into two wards, First or South; Second or North. First Ward held its meetings in the Old Social Hall on Center Street and Second East, at first.



Nephi Relief Society Organized June 23, 1862



Pres., Ann Wilkey

1st C. Sarah Ann Andrews (called into Stake) 1900

2nd C. Elizabeth Miller

Sec. Ellen Linton

Asst Sec Helen M. Grace (left for mission), Addie Cazier (took her place)

Treas. Priscilla Lunt

Asst Treas. Marriett Wheeler



1900

Pres., Ann Wilkey

1st C., Harriett W. Wheeler

2nd C., Mary Pettigrew

Sec, Sarah Brown

Teas., Jane Vickers



1902

Pres., Sarah Ann Andrews,

Cazier (died Aug. 1912)

1st C., Harriett Christensen

2nd C., Armanda Ellison

Sec., Sarah Brown

Treas., Jane Vickers



Oct. 1912

Pres., Harriett A. Christensen

1st C., Mary A. Ellison

2nd C., Melvina Broadhead

Sec., Sarah Brown

Asst. Sec., Elizabeth Linton

Treas., Mary Black



March 1914

Pres., Harriett A. Christensen

(relased 1915 to Stake)

1st C., Armanda Ellison

2nd C., Jane Vickers

Sec., Sarah Brown

Treas., Eliza Howarth



Dec. 3, 1915

Pres., Jane D. Vickers

1st C., Sarah Brown

2nd C., Elizabeth Linton

Sec., Jane Stephenson

Treas., Eliza Howarth



March 19, 1919

Pres., Elizabeth Linton

1st C., Sarah Brown

2nd C., Janette S. Lunt

Sec., Jane Stephenson

Treas., Eliza Howarth



Sept. 27, 1921

Pres., Maude Forrest

1st C., Sarah Brown

2nd C., Jeanette Lunt

Sec., Jane Stephenson

Asst. Sec., Tryphena Belliston

Treas., Eliza Howarth



Sept. 1924

Pres., Emma A. Brough

1st C., Elizabeth Linton

2nd C., Nellie S. Cowan

Sec., Jane S. Smith

Treas., Charity Garrett



Spring 1929

Pres., Emma C. Memmott

1st C., Tryphena H. Belliston

2nd C., Louise A. Christenson (died)

2nd C., Frances H. Orme

Sec., Louise C. Vickers

Treas., Charity Garrett



Feb 10, 1935

Pres., Anna D. Allred

1st C., Rhea Beagley

2nd C., Mina B. Nilson

Sec., Charity Garrett



Nov. 1937

Pres., Charity Garrett

1st C., Rhea Beagley

2nd C. Mina B. Nilson

Sec., Lula B. Memmott



1942

Pres., Lua L. Stephenson

1st C., Ada B. Kendall

2nd C., Jennie Hobbs (Moved to Provo)

2nd C., Thea Beagley

Sec., Lula Memmott


1944

Pres., Lua L. Stephenson

1st C., Thea C. Beagley

2nd C., Mattie V. Belliston

Sec., Lula Memmott

Asst., Della Belliston


1946

Pres., Alligee Anderson

1st C., Louise C. Vickers

2nd C., Katie Haynes

Sec., Lula Memmott

Asst., Della Belliston


March 23, 1947, Wards Divided

Don't worry about the flood at our house, family.

Myrna wrote: We will be home Tuesday evening. We have scheduled the same folks who put in the water heater to come and look at what went wrong. They will be there early Wednesday a.m. We love you and all the offers of help. Dad thinks that maybe some sediment built up inside the water heater and blew into the valve blocking it. He wants the guys who installed the plumbing to come and look at it. He is afraid that if we start twisting and turning we may end up in a lot of hot water. :) Literally.

Todd wrote: What flood?

Kimberly wrote: It's fixed. The relief valve failed. Shawn replaced it. Just washing some towels, Toren snow shoveled for you.

Myrna wrote: Wow! Thanks for all the work. We owe you big time.

Kimberly wrote: Not us. Julie did all the clean up. Blessed she found out when she did. Could have been much, much worse.


Myrna wrote: Julie went to the house to mail a bill for dad so that we could pay it from here. Our water heater had malfunctioned and there was water in the basement. It had made it under the stairs and into the family room but she was able to turn off the water heater and lift the carpet so that it would dry.

We certainly appreciate the work. Thanks for replacing the valve, doing the clean-up and shoveling the walks. We are certainly thankful to all of you and are thankful for all of your help. I think Julie was inspired to go downstairs and check the basement. It could have really been a major flood. It was another one of those "tender mercies." I think we owe you, Shawn, the cost of the valve. As I recall, I sort of left the house in a mess as well (the bedroom and office). I had to do news and put away the rest of Christmas from around the house. There were a few other things that HAD to be done as well as the packing. So I apologize for the mess.

Thanks, Kimberly, for the news. I didn't realize that it was you who relayed the good news. I thought, at first, that it was Shawn. Now I know, from Julie, that you worked to make things nice for us. So thank you. I need to apologize. I didn't realize that you and Sorina had also been here and worked. You, Kimberly, helped move that heavy carpet in addition to the other help you provided. I am sorry that I did not know and I would have sent you all a thank-you note. I do love you.

Thanks also to AnnMarie for meeting Julie and working with her earlier.

Sympathy for Kirsten

Erin wrote: I was reading about Auntie Kirsten with my grandma Barbra so she could explain to me what all these words meant haha. We both agreed poor Aunty Kirsten. And we both hope that she will get better soon. Its a good thing you were there though so she had someone to help her. Tell her i said hi and that i am terribly sorry she had to go through all of that. Its a good thing though too that they found out what it was instead if her going through that another few times. Anyways i hope you guys are still having fun with all of this excitement. Must be lots of exersize. Love you lots. 
Love
Your loving grandaughter Erin


Myrna wrote: You should be getting a Valentine package from us. We mailed it from Colorado.
How are you? I hope that you are doing well at school.

Gordon wrote: You are all in our prayers.   Wow!
Love,
Gordon and Roberta


Cheryl Utley, Friday Evening Shift Coordinator, wrote: Myrna 
Got your message, all will be fine at the temple. We will just keep filling in for you. So sorry to hear about all your daughter's  problems.  Love Cheryl

Olena Blackham Hunt wrote: Give Kristen my love. She will be in my prayers. I have allergy to certain medication and know what she is going through. I'm alergic to morphine plus others. Enjoy your grandkids while you are with them.

Annette Morely wrote: Dear Myrna,
It sounds like you have had quite the time.  We miss you, but will get along fine for however long it takes.  Good luck to all of you and especially poor Kirsten.  Love, Annette

Joan wrote: Dear folks,
We are so very concerned about your daughter and her health situation.
We pray that everything will work out for her and you very soon.
Don't worry about what is going on at the Temple.  Sister Morley and I
are keeping up with everything.  We miss you, but the sisters have been
good to help.  Just take care of your daughter and don't worry.  
Much love, 
Sister Joan Meade

Ann wrote: WOW! When it rain it pours.
Hope Kirsten can get some relief soon.
We will keep you in our prayers
Love
Ann Carter

Eileen Lofthouse, Saturday Afternoon Shift Coordinator, wrote:  Oh my, Myrna!!!  What an experience.  I am so thankful that you are there to help her and the children and you need to stay as long as you are needed!!!  I'm glad that you are healing as well.  I'm sure you fall into bed exhausted every night but the Lord does give Grandma's and Grandpa's extra strength to do whatever we have to do.  

Keep me in touch and let me know how everything is going.  We'll have a substitute for you as long as we need too.  Prayers for Kirsten and you and Leonard, too.  

much love,
Eileen aka Sis. Lofthouse
Lyla wrote: Myrna, 
You stay right there with you daughter who needs you more than any of us!!  Of course we will miss you and I will get detailed notes for you knowing you won't be here. Have you put her name in the temple??  I am sure you have.  Keep me updated and please be safe!! 
Love You, 
Lyla


Russ Bnder wrote: Hello Dear Friends,
We have missed you for the last couple weeks.  We hope all has gone well for Kirsten. 
I read about the Republican Dinner this month.  Are you going?
Just wondering about you.  If I remember right, you will be home sometime this week, right?
Love you,
Colleen and Russ

Deborah Woodbrey wrote: I am glad that you are alright, I was worrying about you the last couple weeks not seeing you at all. I hope your daughter gets better soon. Sounds like a scary thing to go through. Be safe in your travels. We are getting lots of snow right now and should be going through the next couple days.


EllaDean wrote: I am so sorry to hear about your daughter.  That is terrible that with so much pain , especially in her mouth, that she can,t take any antibiotics.  
My granddaughters husband is a Pediatrics surgeon at Memorial hospital, in Denver.
Hope and pray all wil  go well with her.


Russ Bender wrote: Hi Dear Friends,

We've been concerned all week about Kirsten.  How is she doing? Since we have not heard from you, we have been more than concerned.Let us know. We love you guys and your family.
Russ and Colleen