HAROLD AND NORMA VANCE OBITUARIES

My Father, Neldon Rigby was a cousin to Norma.  I remember her working at Sears in Provo. Mary Jensen, Norma's mother was a sister to my Grandmother Rigby.  I remember them both when they restored the old Milburn Church and turned it into a lovely Restaurant. I also cherish the memory of visiting me at Mt. Pleasant Library.  I was working there when she brought me a small envelope of pictures of our ancestors and encouraged me to do our family genealogy.  

HAROLD AND NORMA VANCE ~~~ LOVED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

 

Mt. Pleasant Newsletter ~~~ April 2026

 

APOSTLE EZRAH TAFT BENSON SPEAKS AT MORONI FEED COMPANY ANNUAL MEETING 1949 ~~~Includes You Tube Video (not of the meeting)

 

PIONEER DAY BALL INVITE 1913 (taken from the Elva Guyman Collection)

 

 

This would be what your Pioneer Day Ball invitation would look like in 1913.  


All were requested to be in "Old Fashioned Dress."


And it was to be held at the Mt. Pleasant Opera House.  


Tickets 50 cents  ~  Extra ladies 25 cents.

MT. PLEASANT HISTORY ~~~DEATHS, MARRIAGES, FIRST MEETING AND SCHOOL HOUSE

       and his son were musicians in the Salt Lake Theatre for many years.

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY "SCORE CLUB"~~~circa 1930~~~Johanna Madsen

Johanna is in the middle row, 5th from the left.

 There are also a lot of local names in this picture.  Madsen, Petersen, Hansen, Johnson, Olsen, and Stewart.

DEMOREST PROHIBITION PRIZE MEDAL (From our archives)

 

Prohibition prize medal 

In the late 1880s, William Jennings Demorest often awarded these silver medals to schoolchildren for producing essays about Prohibition. After achieving financial success in New York through publishing and the textile industry, Demorest attempted to launch a political career grounded on the principles of Prohibition. In 1888 Demorest was nominated as the Prohibition Party candidate for lieutenant governor of New York.

UNKNOWN SCHOOL CHILDREN ~~~ UNKNOWN SCHOOL ~~~ Help us identify these; we believe early 1900s based on their clothing.

 

WONDERFUL RECIPES FROM THOSE YOU MAY REMEMBER ~~~NELSON,MADSEN, DRAPER, HAFEN, FOWLES

 

FAMILY PHOTOS FROM THE ALICE PEEL HAFEN COLLECTION

 

 

Barbara Peel 

Front Row:  Naomi Ericksen, Willa Rae Seely, Barbara Peel, Kent Seely

Back: Grandma Ericksen, H.G. Ericksen, Lois Peel, Margaret Peel 

Back:  Grandma Ericksen, Gladys Ericksen Seely,
Middle:  Kent Seely
Front:  Barbara Peel, Grandma Ericksen (again?)

Dancing on Water cover
Virginia in front ? 

Margaret Nielsen

PRESIDENT ROGER HANSEN ~~~ ENDOWMENT FUND

 

taken from Alice Hafen Collection

MY WILL and TESTAMENT ~~~ Author Unknown