Thomas Miles Pitts Census

Posted By: Myrna Trauntvein

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Date Posted: May 26, 2006

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Description: Thomas Miles Pitts household in

Myton for the census of 1910.

Census1910.x (Thomas Miles Pitts)

Posted By: Myrna Trauntvein

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Date Posted: May 26, 2006

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Description: Thomas Miles Pitts household in
Myton for the census of 1910.

The Little Chap Who Follows Me

Author: Unknown

A careful man I want to be;

A little fellow follows me.

I do not dare to go astray

For fear he'll go the self same way.

I cannot once escape his eyes,

Whate'er he sees me do, he tries.

Like me he says he's going to be;

The little chap who follows me.

He thinks that I'm so very fine,

Believes in every word of mine.

The base in me he must not see;

The little chap who follows me.

I must remember as I go

Through summer's sun and winter's snow,

I'm building for the years to be;

The little chap who follows me.

Do Not Use Work Email Addresses, Myrna

Kimberly wrote:

DID YOU DELETE MY HOME EMAIL, THIS ONE, FROM YOUR EMAIL? I DON’T CHECK MY WORK EVERYDAY, BUT ALL THE EMAILS ABOUT THE NATIONAL SHOPPING DAY WENT TO MY WORK EMAIL. PLEASE SEND MOST TO MY HOME EMAIL, I HAVE THAT OPEN AND UP AND THE ENTIRE DAY.

SORRY, I KNOW THIS IN ALL CAPS, AND I’M NOT YELLING, JUST LAZY, I WORK IN ALL CAPS FOR MY PROGRAMS. SORRY.

LOVE
KIMBERLY

Myrna (myrna@nephitimesnews.com) wrote:

I didn't think I had. Sorry about that. I don't know what happened. I will make certain, I hope, that I do not do that again. Love, M

The Legend of the Sand Dollar

Author Unknown

There's a lovely little legend

That I would like to tell

Of the birth and death of Jesus

Found in this lovely shell.

If you examine closely

You'll see that you find here

Four nail holes and a fifth one

Made by a Roman's spear.

On one side the Easter Lily

In its center is the star

That appeared unto the shepherds

And led them from afar.

The Christmas Poinsettia

Etched on the other side

Reminds us of His Birthday

Our Happy Christmastide.

Now break the center open

And here you will release

The five while doves awaiting

To spread Good Will and Peace.

This simple little symbol

Christ left for you and me

To help us spread His Gospel

Through all Eternity

Easter Finger Play

Five little Easter eggs, lovely colors wore

Mother ate the blue one, then there were four

Four little Easter eggs, two and two you see

Daddy ate the red one, then there were three

Three little Easter eggs, before I knew

Sister ate the yellow one, then there were two

Two little Easter eggs, oh what fun

Brother ate the purple one, then there was one

One little Easter egg, see me run

I ate the last one, and then there were none.

Joke of the Month

Exhausted after driving all night, a man decided to pull over to get some sleep. He had just settled back to snooze when there was a knock on the window. He opened his eyes to a jogger, who asked, “Excuse me, but do you have the time?” “It’s 8:10.” “Thanks,” he replied, running off. The man had just dozed off again when there was another knock. “What time is it?” asked a hiker. “8:25.” Fed up, the man put a sign in his window that read, “I DON”T KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!” Knock, knock! He was suddenly awakened again. Scowling, the man rolled down the window. “What?” he yelled at the Boy Scout standing there. “It’s 8:45.”

Eva

Thanks for your prayers for Jim.

I am doing pretty well much of the time. I do have to have another surgery on my left eye. My Dr. sent me to a Retina specialist because he wasn't sure what it was. He had already diagnosed Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy in both eyes a month ago which I am treating with drops and ointment; hoping it will help. I haven't scheduled this new one yet; trying to get up the courage.

We have some Juels in our family line through marriage in Denmark. I have gotten some of their work done. Haven't been up to working on my records for a long time.

Have a good week. Happy first day of spring.

Love, Eva

Continuing the Ericksen Family History

I will continue with a history of the Ericksens.

(Lars and his family are still on-board the William Tapscott as the story continues.)

Union and good order prevailed during the whole voyage. Prayer was held every morning and evening, and on Sundays religious services were held on the deck. Owing to cold and a change of diet, considerable sickness prevailed among the emigrants, and ten deaths occurred, most of them among the Scandinavian Saints. Four children were born on board and nine couples married, among whom were Hans Christian Heiselt and Larsine Larsen from the Vendsyssel Conference, Denmark. 

On the 3rd of June, the small pox showed itself among the emigrants, seven case of this disease were reported, none of which, however, proved fatal.

On Friday evening, June 15th, the ship arrived at the quarantine dock in New York harbor. The next day two doctors came on board and vaccinated, with but very few exceptions all of the steerage passengers, a part of the cabin passengers, and the ship’s crew. This was done to prevent a further outbreak of the disease, though all the sick had nearly recovered by this time. On the 20th, after being detained in quarantine five or six days, the passengers were landed at Castle Garden, New York. The smallpox cases had previously been taken ashore and placed in a hospital. 

On the 21sr, the emigrants left New York per steamboat “Isaac Newton” and sailed up the Judson River to Albany, where they arrived on the 22nd. From Albany, the journey was continued via Rochester to Niagara Falls, where the train stopped about seven hours in order to give the emigrants the pleasure of seeing the great waterfall and the grand suspension bridge. The journey was continued through Canada along the north shore of Lake Erie to Windsor, where the river was crossed to Detroit in Michigan. Thence to Chicago, which city was reached June 25th. From Chicago, the emigrants traveled by railroad to Quincy, Ill., whence they crossed the Mississippi River to Hannibal in Missouri, and thence traveled by railroad to St. Joseph, Mo. Here 123 persons were placed in a hospital, but upon close examination, they were found to be well enough to joining the company the following day on the trip up the Missouri river, to Florence, Neb., where the company arrived in the night between June 30th and July 1st.

Elder George Q. Cannon, who this year acted as church emigration agent, made splendid arrangements for the journey across the Plains. It was deemed wisdom to send the emigrants as far as possible by steam and avoid the toilsome and harassing part of the team journey from Iowa City to Flore4nce, a distance of nearly 300 miles, which in former years had required from 15 to 20 days’ travel. It had been learned by experience that the distance between Iowa city and Florence, at the season of the year when the emigrants had to travel it was, in point of toil and hardship, by far the worst part of the journey, owing to its being a low, we country, which in the opening of the year was subject to heavy and continued rains. These storms, owing to the nature of the soil (being clay most of the distance), rendered the roads almost impassable. Arriving at Florence, the emigrants found shelter in a number of empty houses while they made the necessary preparations for crossing the Plains.

A handcart company consisting of 126 souls, traveling with 22 handcarts and 6 wagons left Florence on their westward journey July 6th, under the leadership of Capt. Oscar O. Stoddard. The company was divided into three parts under Elders D. Fischer, Anders Christensen and Carl J. E. Fjeld, respectively. 

(To be continued.)

The Fabulous Five

Can you revise a newsletter comment made in March? I am actually going to be celebrating 5 months sober as of the 20th of March. In May I will be celebrating 7 months. Please change that for me. Give credit where credit is due is what I always say.

Bree’s company, Quality Wholesale Homes (Forever Homes), opened a new office in St, George. They now have two offices in the area. She transferred into the new office as a manager. The company gave her a nice raise as part of her base salary, In addition, she has had enough sales that she, David and Barbara will get a trip to Hawaii in June. She is really excited about winning the trip. David and Barbara are also excited that she won,

David has been on-call at work for the past couple of weeks and has been quite busy. He and Bree received free tickets to a Jazz basketball game in Salt Lake City and went to one of the games with another couple. That was five hours of travel, one-way, to see the Jazz play. But it was fun.

Barbara says she has the best job in the world—being fulltime Grandma to two wonderful kids.

Erin is so excited about her birthday in April. She is going camping with her family and Gramps and Grammy. They are going to stay at Sand Hollow, a new state park, with showers, running water, electrical hook-ups and a place for boating. She is doing really well in school. Her Kindergarten teacher said that Erin is reading at the second grade level. She is a good student and is fun to have around.

Donovin is a smart kid and is always learning. He is curious about everything, which sometimes means he gets into trouble. He is also a very sweet and caring little boy. He likes sharing and likes to make sure that the people he cares about have a fair share of treats and other things. Both he and David will celebrate birthdays in May.