Photos Sent In By Janis Jensen Shafer

210 West 300 South  ... Jensen  - Johansen Home  Winter of 1938

Mt. Pleasant Fourth of July Parade 1938

Jensen- Johansen Home 1941

Paul Harvey Defines A Policeman ~~~ Submitted by Larry Staker

METTE MARIE AND JOHN SWENSON

This History is taken from the book "The Family History of William Bristol, Ane Marie Sophie Clausen, Joseph Cambron, and their Descendants ...... Written by Pat L. Sagers. 

The author is quite certain that the woman sitting
holding a book is Mette Marie, mother of
Ane Marie Sophie Clausen. 

MAKING HISTORY TODAY..... Since January 2020

We doubt anyone would have imagined the year 2020 being so eventful.  Some of us knew that the future would bring some tumultuous times.  However, a Pandemic?  Amost  everyone we have talked to thought some of the obvious events to occur were:  Forest Fires, Floods, Earthquake, Economic Depression, War, Etc.

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Well we did have the earthquakes in Magna which was pretty major for those in the Salt Lake Valley.
Last year and the year before we had major forest fires and then because of the fire-burn scars, many had flood problems.  And no doubt our dollar has been devalued because of the major expenses due to the Corona Virus pandemic.  A recent windstorm did much damage throughout the county, blowing down trees and power lines and even blew a roof off  a house in the southeast end of town.

We also most recently have been overwrought with crime mostly due to those who protest racism in our country.
 Windstorm:https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/heraldextra.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/a0/8a00bff8-6c2a-5c1b-93ad-a8fd667958c1/5edfa24e77d5f.image.jpg?resize=750%2C563

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Governor Gary Herbert asked us all to obey the mask rules that are currently in place.  As we have become a little too confident about being out in crowds. And now so many areas are having a resurgance of the epidemic.  Utah is one of the states seeing a drastic increase in numbers

The Moroni Turkey Processing Plant now require both face masks and face shields for their on-line workers.  The face masks alone are very uncomfortable and now the addition of a face shield will be even worse.  But most want to keep their jobs and will wear both to stay working.

The Processing Plant has now had five workers tested positive for the corona virus.  They are no longer working there and all employees have their temperature taken before entering the plant.

The Moroni Heritage Credit Union is now closed because one employee was diagnosed with the corona virus and all other workers have been quarantined for 14 days.  There are however other Heritage Credit Unions locally in Mt. Pleasant and Ephraim that are still open. 

The insert below is statistics from June 24th.  So it is a little outdated.  Each night we hear of thousands of deaths around the country.  

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043366/novel 
 coronavirus-2019ncov-cases-worldwide-by-country/

STATISTICS ON THE TOPIC

• Overview
• Cases and deaths by country
• Development over time
• Focus: Public opinion
• Miscellaneous

NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES WORLDWIDE AS OF JUNE 24, 2020

9,360,758

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM COVID-19 WORLDWIDE AS OF JUNE 24, 2020

479,896

ESTIMATED COVID-19 MEAN INFECTION RATE

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF REATH INA BROTHERSEN DRAPER

Four Generations
Inger Christensen (Mother of Johanna)
Johanna Johansen ( Mother of Amasena)
Amasena Johansen (daughter of Johanna)
Reith ( daughter of Amasena who  married
Francis Brotherson 

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF REATH INA BROTHERSFN DRAPER


I was born on the 4th of July 1905 to Francis and Amsena Johansen Brothersen in

Mount Pleasant. Being born on a national holiday was not appreciated by me as a child

since I could never have a birthday party on my birthday. I was the eldest of eleven

children. Four brothers followed me and I began to wonder if I was going to have a sister.

I had a cousin, Etta, hardly a year younger than me and she was envious of me when my

First sister was born. she never did have a sister; however she is the mother of five lovely

daughters.




My first recollection is of living in the red brick home between Amasa Ericksen's and

Claus Anderson's. My parents planned to build on to that house and made a foundation of

cement at the back of the house. However, it was never completed as they bought an

adobe home a half block north and later built a new

bungalow home on the southeast corner of that lot. It is a very choice location and the

house still stands, three blocks south of Main Street and three blocks west of the South

Ward Church which is on State Street.




I remember very distinctly when the new home was built and even helped haul some of

the rocks to put in the foundation and also in the east porch. We lived in the adobe home

until the new home was partly finished; since the new home was being lined with the

adobes of the adobe house we moved into the basement of the new home so the rest of

the adobe house could be torn down. It was a bit rugged for a time until the second layer

of flooring was on for dirt would sift down through; so we nailed a quilt on the ceiling over

the table to keep it clean. How wonderful it was to move upstairs and have everything new

and beautiful. There were cabinets in the kitchen, a buffet cupboard and a fireplace in the

living room. Also there was a bathroom and this was the first time for that as there were

very few homes in those days that had bathrooms. Eva was the baby then and she took

her first steps an the new kitchen floor and if I remember correctly our first meal was

Thanksgiving dinner.




My paternal grandfather died five years before I was born but Grandmother Brothersen

lived to be 80 years old. I remember she took her first airplane ride when she was 75

years old. She also made an ocean voyage back to her native land of Denmark and brought

each grandchild back a gift; mine was a small red purse.




One of my happiest childhood memories is of the" vacations I would spend with

Grandfather and Grandmother Johansen at their farm "The Bottoms" south and west of Mt.

Pleasant and just 3/4 mile east of the old Moroni Mill. Often my cousin Etta and I would

go together with them. We traveled in a buggy with a horse called Queen to pull it. I would

sit on the floor in front, which was anything but comfortable, but I never minded that. We

helped Grandmother tend the chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and sometimes lambs and

calves. We were afraid of the ganders for they would chase us. Later when the sugar

factory was built at Moroni grandfather and some of his neighbors raised sugar beets. Etta

and I thinned beets as Grandmother blocked them ahead of us. Sometimes she would

have a headache and would take Bromo Seltzer when she came to the end of the row. Etta

and I told her once that we would like to have parasols. She remembered that two of her

girls had parasols and told us to ask them to sell them to us, which they did. The first

time we used them was on the 4th of July and we were so proud of them as we went to the

celebration in the Pavilion" as it was called.




While visiting at the "Bottoms" Grandma took me to the home of John Johansen. John

was Grandpa's brother and the home had a dirt floor, the only home I ever saw that had

no floor.




On the farm bullberries grew along the ditch bank and we would pick the berries for

Grandma. It was quite a trick to pick them without being pricked by the sharp needles

growing on them but the delicious dumplings Grandma made from them were worth the

effort. We would pour milk (flavored with sugar and nutmeg) over them, or a cooked

sauce. I wonder where they originated from? I have never seen any anywhere else and now

since the new underground pipeline was installed those bushes have died.




Etta and I picked many wild flowers. There have never been as many since, probably

because with us picking so many there was no chance for survival. The old school house

our parents had attended was on top of the hill, less than a block east of the farm house.

We liked to go in and read the names on the wall, to see if perchance our parents' names

might be there. The school teacher boarded and lived at the farmhouses, so naturally the

children of the family she was staying with were naturally on their best behavior in the

class room. Their teacher was Fannie Miles.




We carried many buckets of water up the hill to the house from the spring for

Grandma, the coldest and best water in the world.




I attended school the first half year in the old "Simpson School House" as it was called,

but they transferred us to what is now North Sanpete High School, which was 8 1/2 blocks

to walk. I attended Mt. Pleasant Elementary School and two of my Teachers were Flossie

Staker and Ida Larsen. When the bell rang we would form lines three abreast and march

to music to our classroom. I went through high school and Seminary and then Brigham

Young University. I worked at many different jobs such as taking the sensus, telephone

operator, clerk in the Progress Mercantile and Sanpete Co-op stores. While going to school

I thinned beets in the spring when school let out and topped and loaded them in the fall

during fall vacation. My Church positions were Sunday School and Primary teacher,

Primary secretary. Our church was the South Ward Chapel with two flights of stairs to

climb to the main part. The building burned down years later; however, the memories

linger.




My girlfriend, Arla Simpson, and I were married on the same day in the Manti Temple.

We flipped a coin to see who was to have their reception that night; she had hers and mine

was the following evening. It was the custom then to have wedding suppers; our wedding

day was June 19, 1929.




We moved to Garfield after we were married. There we rented a home and planted a

lawn and flowers. Our first child, Ruth Carol, was born August 31, 1930 in Salt Lake City.

The Relief Society asked me to be the Social Science class leader shortly after and that

began my career in Relief Society. When they shut down the smelter less then three years

later we moved to Moroni and have lived here since. At that time Orlando's Dad was

getting up in years and needed someone to take over the farm. There was electricity but

no running water, just a hand-operated pump. Joyce Arlene was born about three years

after Carol, on June 7, 1933, and Darlene Lillian was barn July 15, 1936. We didn't have

any more children until 8 years later, October 24, 1944, we were blessed with a beautiful

baby with dark hair and blue eyes (of course). We were all so happy to get her; we named

her Voneal.




Carol was married October 23, 1953, the day before Voneal's ninth birthday. We had a

reception that evening In the Moroni church, with Joseph Revill as master of ceremonies

for the program. Darlene made Carol's wedding dress of white satin. She had a beautiful

veil of illusion with a crown of pearls. Ray was in his Navy uniform.

Joyce, Darlene and Voneal each received scholarships to Snow College and all graduated,

Voneal with honers.




Joyce started teaching school in Preston, Idaho after she graduated from Snow. In

Preston she met William D. Pond of Lewiston, Utah; they were married June 7, 1954 in the

Manti Temple. We had a reception that evening in our new Moroni Chapel.

Darlene put herself through the University of Utah, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree

in Education. She taught school in Mink Creek, Idaho one year, also a year in Dugway,

Utah before she went to California to teach. There she met her future husband, Bud E.

Welker. Darlene was married in the Manti Temple July 23, 1963 and her reception was held

after they returned from their honeymoon in Idaho.




Voneal graduated from BYU with honors in August, 1968. She fulfilled an honorable

mission to the Indiana-Michigan Mission In the years 1969-1971. After returning she

obtained a position with Utah State Department of Social Services as an eligibility examiner

and is presently employed in Blanding, Utah.




We now have 15 grandchildren: 6 granddaughters and 9 grandsons, also 3 greatgrandchildren.

In two years we hope to celebrate our Golden Wedding Anniversary.

You can find Reath's Obituary on the following link: 
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/41469831?cid=mem_copy

Tommy Tucker Obituary

Tommy W. Tucker, 84 of Mt. Pleasant passed away May 18, 2020 in his home after a long battle with cancer. Tom was born August 9, 1935 in Boulder, Colorado, to Royal Winn and Carrie Tucker. Tom is survived by his daughter, Loralee (Kelly) Holden, daughter-in-law, Ally Tucker, 9 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Royal Winn and Carrie Tucker, brother, Dennis Tucker, and sons Steve Tucker and Tony Tucker.
Tom was a graduate of Wasatch Academy where he later served for several years on the Board of Trustees. He was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church and served in the air force. Tom enjoyed the outdoors, woodworking, and as a member of multiple organizations including the Masonic Lodge, Order of Eastern Star, and Shriner.
A viewing was held at his home, 366 South 300 West, Mt. Pleasant, UT on Friday, May 22nd from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. A graveside service was held at 11:00 a.m. at the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery under the direction of Rasmussen Mortuary.

Home of Daniel Ivo Christensen and wife Mary Della Tidwell ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

HAPPY Father's Day

 

WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF FATHER'S DAY?

Unlike Mother's Day, which has pretty somber origins, Father's Day has relatively light roots—and was actually created by a woman. According to History.com, back in 1909, a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, "tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents." She went around to local businesses to gather support for her idea, and on June 19, 1910, the state of Washington celebrated the first-ever Father's Day.

A TRIBUTE TO  

My Husband 

My husband is so full of GOODNESS.    
He is always looking for opportunities to serve his family 
his friends and others.

He has been a volunteer blacksmith at the Relic Home for
20 years.

Those 20 years have shown him health challenges:

Quadruple Heart By Pass
Shoulder socket replacement
Colo Rectal Cancer
and
Just this year:
Liver, Gallbladder and a triple Hernia
Surgery.

We have been married for 54 years.
The greatest blessing I have in my life is my 
wonderful husband.  

I don't know what I would have done without him.  

In January, we didn't know what was coming
around the bend.  
He was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

   He fought hard as he always does and survived.  

Then the pandemic came.  
I am so grateful to Our Heavenly Father 
to still have him by my side. 

We have three wonderful children
and the very most talented ten grandchildren.
Life is good.

A JOURNEY OF FAITH ~~~ERICK AND CAROLINE GUNDERSON ~~~ David R. Gunderson

..... Continued From Yesterday .......

 
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A JOURNEY OF FAITH ~~~~ Erick and Caroline Gunderson ~~~ written by David R. Gunderson

With permission of David R. Gunderson, we include the following book to our blog.   I will do a few increments at a time, as I have done with the Andrew Madsen and James Monsen histories.  I will also paste the pages over to David's own blog page: http://davidrgunderson.blogspot.com/

MORE TOMORROW 

PRESIDENT REAGAN'S HUMOR ~~~~~ Submitted by Larry Staker

Home of Niels Christensen and wife Karen Johansdatter ~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Autobiography and Journals of Christian Nielson Lund Sr.

100 Years of Coats

I ran onto this video while researching my great aunt Sena Nika, who was a furrier in Chicago.

  

Books Tricks and Novelties, Chicago Enterprise ( circa 1920)

HOW DO OLDER PEOPLE ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES ~~~~ Submitted by Larry Staker

George Coates Family Group Sheet

Hamilton Elementary Band circa 1949

Front Row l to r: Kathleen Rowley, drum, ?, Paula Scow, ?, trombone ?, Marie Ericksen cymbals, drummer ?, Gerald Seely clarinet, Peter Hafen clarinet, Tammy Madsen flute, Marsden Allred.

Second Row: l to r: ?, Dora Madsen, Utahna Coates, Arlene Winkleman, ? Madsen, ?, ?, ?, Frank Lee Pritchet, Patsy Tuttle ?, ? trumpet, Roger Sorensen, John Monsen, ? trumpet, ?, Beth Winkler, Diane Ball, ?, ?,

Third Row: l to r: Mary ?, Connie Johansen, ?, ?, Bobby Madsen, Gerald Burton clarinet, ?, Yvonne Larsen flute, ? trombone, Jim Averett ?, ?, Dave Hafen trombone ?, ?, Jay Lott snare drum, Andy Peterson snare drum, Elna Mae twirler, ?, Base Horn: Lou Ann Hafen, ?, Gordon Staker trumpet, Virginia Hasler, Bryant Nelson trumpet, ?, Clark Truscott clarinet.

Home of Soren Christian Christensen and wife, Maren Jensen Renborg ~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

David Howard Blackham ~~ Mayor of the Month ~~~June 2020

David Howard Blackham 

David Blackham is the son of the late John Howard and Bertha Jensen Blackham. He was born in Mt. Pleasant and raised in Moroni. He graduated from North Sanpete High School, Snow College and the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Summa Cum Laude.


David married Dianne Andrus Blackham, Spanish Fork. They have raised their six children in Mt. Pleasant and all of them have attended the public schools here.  He owns and operates Skyline Pharmacy on the corner of State and Main Street in Mt. Pleasant. Blackham has served as a Community Pharmacist in Mt. Pleasant for 29 years and served as president of the Utah Pharmacy Association.

Blackham served two terms on the Mt. Pleasant city council, serving six of eight years. He asked to be replaced as a city councilman, when he was called to be a student ward bishop. At that time, he also served on the Utah State Board of Pharmacy, as president and as a past president for two years.

David Blackham served as mayor of Mt. Pleasant from Jan. 6, 2014 to May 31, 2017,

Ane Kristine Larsen Syndergaard

• 1811Age 0

  
  

  Birth

    •    • 

  4 October 1811

  Rogild, Brovst, Hjorring, Denmark
• 1817Age 6

  
  

  Christening

    •    • 

  5 October 1817

  Rogild, Brovst, Hjorring, Denmark
• 1817Age 6

  
  

  Death of Parent

  24 Nov 1817

  Rogild, Brovst, Hjorring, Denmark

  
  

  Lars Andersen

  1774–1817 • ​​
• 1832Age 20

  
  

  Marriage

  12 May 1832

  Nørresundby, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark

  
  

  Jens Christian Syndergaard

  1808–1860 • ​​
• 1832Age 20

  
  

  Birth of Child

  4 August 1832

  Nørresundby, Ålborg, Denmark

  

  
  

  Ane Marie Syndergaard

  1832–1899 • ​​
• 1834Age 22

  
  

  Birth of Child

  30 Apr 1834

  Nørresundby, Ålborg, Denmark

  
  

  Lars Jensen Syndergaard

  1834–Deceased • ​​
• 1835Age 24

  
  

  Birth of Child

  3 October 1835

  Nørresundby, Ålborg, Denmark

  
  

  Christen Jensen Syndergaard

  1835–Deceased • ​​
• 1838Age 26

  
  

  Birth of Child

  20 March 1838

  Nørresundby, Ålborg, Denmark

  
  

  Ingeborg Syndergaard

  1838–1917 • ​​
• 1840Age 28

  
  

  Birth of Child

  1840

  Nørresundby, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark

  
  

  Christine Syndergaard

  1840–Deceased • ​​
• 1841Age 29

  
  

  Birth of Child

  12 Jan 1841

  Norre Sundby, Aalborg, Denmark

  
  

  Gjertrud Syndergaard

  1841–Deceased • ​​
• 1843Age 31

  
  

  Birth of Child

  6 Apr 1843

  Norre Sundby, Aalborg, Denm

  
  

  Ane Catherine Syndergaard

  1843–1909 • ​​
• 1845Age 33

  
  

  Residence

   • 

  1845

  Nørresundby, Ålborg, Danmark
• 1845Age 34

  
  

  Birth of Child

  13 November 1845

  Nørresundby, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark

  

  
  

  Peter Jensen Syndergaard

  1845–1905 • ​​
• 1846Age 35

  
  

  Birth of Child

  3 December 1846

  Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark

  

  
  

  Elsie Marie Syndergaard

  1846–1918 • ​​
• 1850Age 38

  
  

  Residence

   • 

  1850

  Nørresundby, Kær, Ålborg, Danmark
• 1851Age 39

  
  

  Birth of Child

  11 May 1851

  Nørresundby, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark

  

  
  

  Andrew Jensen Syndergaard

  1851–1912 • ​​
• 1860Age 48

  
  

  Residence

   • 

  1860

  Hvorup, Kær, Ålborg, Danmark
• 1860Age 48

  
  

  Death of Spouse

  28 January 1860

  Nørresundby, Ålborg, Denmark

  
  

  Jens Christian Syndergaard

  1808–1860 • ​​
• 1868Age 56

  
  

  Death of Parent

  1 April 1868

  Denmark

  
  

  Ingeborg Poulsen

  1776–1868 • ​​
• 1889Age 77

  
  

  Death

    •    • 

  23 April 1889

  Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
• 1889Age 77

  
  

  Burial

    •    • 

  April 1889

  Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States