BEGINNING OF THE TURKEY INDUSTRY IN SANPETE COUNTY

 

Obituary for Sally Pearl Rosenlof Faux

 

Surrounded by her loving family and following a long battle with cancer, Sally Pearl Rosenlof Faux, age 78, passed away peacefully September 29, 2017 returning to her loving Heavenly Father.

Sally was born April 10, 1939 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, to Harold and Revia Rosenlof. She was the second of five children. She was raised in Mt. Pleasant where she attended North Sanpete High School, class of 1957. While in high school she was a cheerleader her sophomore and junior years. She was the FFA queen in 1956 and the first attendant to Miss Mt. Pleasant in 1957. She met Dan Clair Faux her sophomore year and they were married June 1, 1957, two weeks after her graduation.

Sally and Dan have three children, Steven, Freddi Ann and Julie Ann. Sally was a wonderful mother. She worked for Oscar Meyer for 5 years and then for Safeway for 14 years as a meat wrapper. After she retired from Safeway, she went to work for American Greeting Cards for another 14 years. Sally had many hobbies which included sewing, needle point and refinishing furniture. Sally loved collecting porcelain dolls and making clothes for them.

Sally was a beautiful seamstress and made many clothes for her children, grandchildren and herself including her Junior Prom dress and wedding dress. She enjoyed quilting and making quilts for family members and grandchildren when they were born. She would sew pajamas every year for Christmas for years. Sally was a member of a pinochle club for over 40 years and would get together once a month to play cards. She also enjoyed attending the Red Hat Ladies association and going to senior citizens with her husband for many years. Sally loved to support her grandchildren and attended and watched many events including clogging, baseball games all around the state, and school programs and piano recitals for her great- grandchildren.

Sally was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and enjoyed visiting teaching to many sisters over the years. She was always one that went above and beyond the call to help a sister in need. She enjoyed taking meals to neighbors that were ill or just because she wanted to.

She is survived by her husband, Dan Clair Faux; children: Steven C Faux, Freddi Ann (Mark) Johnson and Julie Ann (Justin) Bliss; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; sisters, Ruth Vance and Dixie Lewis and brother, Roger Rosenlof. Sally is preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Revia Rosenlof; brother, Travis Rosenlof and her in-laws, Ford and Ila Faux.

Her family would like to give a special thank you to the Encompass Hospice Nurses, Nancy Trappnell and Darla Simmons, for all their help and kindness. Thank you to our family members, her sweet cousins, and the wonderful neighbors and friends that helped Sally so much.

Roger Glen Rosenlof February 17, 1943 — February 13, 2024

 

Roger Glen Rosenlof passed away on 13 February 2024, in Bountiful Utah at the age of 80, 4 days short of his 81st birthday. He was born 17 February 1943, in Mt. Pleasant Utah, to Harold "R" Rosenlof & Reiva Elizabeth Anderson. He was the 4th child and second son. He had an older brother Travis, older sisters Sally & Ruth and younger sister Dixie.

Roger grew up on the farm. He spent much of his time helping his father and grandfather with the sheep, cattle, hay etc. He was not fond of this work to say the least growing up, nor as an adult. He graduated from North Sanpete High School in 1961. In his High School yearbook a classmate wrote, "past tease, present tease and future tease." He would sometimes help his brother Travis haul and deliver coal. Roger was also a member of the Utah National Guard, serving in the 1457th Engineer Battalion, 116th Engineer Company in Mt Pleasant Utah.

He married Beth Mills 2 March 1968 in Ogden, Utah. They were sealed later in the Salt Lake City Temple on 3 June 1983. They are the parents of two children, Michelle and Cameron. Roger has one grandson Shandon Roger Jones. Roger lived all of his adult life in Woods Cross, Utah.

He worked for Mountain Fuel Supply Company in Salt Lake City as an industrial meter setter and retired from Mountain Fuel after 24 years of service. He also had a part-time job while working for Mountain Fuel at the Browning Freight Company. After retiring from Mountain Fuel, he worked as a casual for ABF Freight. He worked a total of 20 years at the two freight companies. During retirement he liked to meet his friends at the coffee shops. Roger was very good with his hands and enjoyed making things such as walking sticks and other items. He was a very good welder.

One of his favorite things was to have a few pets. He loved dogs and had a "cat calling" Cockatiel. His dogs were like additional children, and he took them with him most everywhere.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and anything outdoors. He loved to take his motorhome to Mt. Pleasant and camp out for a couple of weeks every year. He enjoyed riding his side by side on the Skyline.

Roger is survived by his wife Beth, daughter Michelle, son Cameron and grandson Shandon and by his sisters Ruth and Dixie. And of course, his dog Bailee and his Cockatiel, Taylor. He was preceded in death by his parents and Beth's parents Ray & Selma Mills. Also, preceded in death by his brother Travis and sister Sally.

A viewing was held from 9-11 a.m. on 17 February 2024 at the Russon Mortuary in Bountiful, 

The family will then have a viewing from 2:00-3:00 p.m. in Mt. Pleasant, Utah at the LDS Stake Center located at 461 North 300 West in Mt. Pleasant, UT. Interment will be in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery at 3:15 p.m. on 17 February 2024. Arrangements are under the direction of Russon Mortuary, Bountiful, UT.

The family would like to thank the staff at the Hematology & Oncology Clinic in Layton, the staff at McKay-Dee Hematology & Oncology, the staff at the Holy Cross Davis Hospital, the staff at Sandstone Park Skilled Nursing facility, and my Costco family for the love and support they have shown us in caring for Roger.

HOME OF DAVID CANDLAND and his 5th wife ANNA LONG WOODHOUSE~~~Researched, Compiled and updated by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

 

MORONI FEED COMPANY

 Saga of the Sanpitch

Ida O. Donaldson

Professional Honorable Mention Historical Essay

Moroni Feed Company, Sanpete's largest employer, in 1998

celebrates the 60th anniversary of its incorporation. Gross sales of

the company are in excess of $125 million. In addition to the

independent growers and their employees, Moroni Feed has 850

employees, with an annual payroll of over $13 million.

Moroni Feed is a fully-integrated co-operative, including a

feed mill, hatchery, processing plant, breeder farms, propane gas, a

service station and convenience store, a further-processing plant, a

Nutrimulch plant, and a hardware store. The feed mill mixes and

delivers over 150,000 tons of feed per year. The hatchery hatches

over 5 million turkey eggs annually. The processing plant

processes 75 million pounds of Norbest turkey products annually.

The breeder division includes six breeder farms located in Sanpete,

Juab, Sevier, and Washington Counties, as well as in Orosi,

California.

A service station was added in 1940. An all-new service

station and convenience store were opened last October. Included is

the propane business which provides propane to the growers. 

The Nutrimulch division produces and sells over 45,000 yards per year

of nutrient-rich soil conditioner made from recycled turkey litter.

Jolley, Joseph Prestwich, Ray Seely, Jake Anderson, George Faux,

Leo Morley, Dan L. Olsen, John M. Olsen, Wilford B. Olson, and

William Prestwich. These men formed the association and worked

out an agreement with Bent Monson, a Moroni flour miller, for the

grinding and mixing of their turkey mash on a cooperative basis.

The first mill was located in the Pioneer Opera House, which still

stands on Moroni's Main Street. Later, the abandoned People's

Sugar Company plant, located two miles south of town was

purchased and the feed division was moved there in 1940.

Moroni Feed Company was officially incorporated under

the cooperative statutes of Utah on January 20, 1938.

The first officers and directors were Leo Morley, president;

Ray Seely, vice president; and Marion Jolley, secretary-treasurer.

W.L. Morley was the buyer, a position he held for twenty years.

Sherman Christensen was hired as a bookkeeper. Marlin Cloward

was hired to take his equipment to the hay fields in Leamington and

Lyndell to chop hay. Albert Cloward worked with Marlin. As

more men were interested in becoming members, they were charged

a $1 membership fee.

Royce Johnson, daughter of W.L. Morley remembers as a

young child, that her father raised twenty to twenty-five turkeys.

About the middle of November, the turkeys were killed, dry-picked

and hung in an empty house next door. The heads and feet were

washed and left on the bird. 

The weather was cold this time of year, so they were preserved

 till they could be sold. 

Independent buyers would go around to the growers and buy their birds.

After incorporation, W.L. Morley was able to raise 500

turkeys. "This became a family affair," Royce said. "All feeding

and watering were done by hand. When the night began to fall, the

entire family would go in to the coop and get the turkeys to bed

Sitting on their roosts, we put turkeys beside us so as to encourage

other turkeys to jump up and take a place. When it was dark and all

the roosts were full, we would tip-toe out of the coop!"

Don Prestwich, son of Joseph Prestwich, also remembers

the early days. "We put a rack on a wagon and, with a shovel,

tossed grain from one side to the other as a way of mixing it. Each

poult was taken by hand and its beak was dipped into water or milk

to help it learn to drink. Now, the poults are just dumped out in the

coop. We used to feed the turkeys twice a day. Now, everything is

automated and feeders are filled once or twice a week according to

the age of the turkeys. At noon we used to pour water on the

mash and feed the turkeys wet mash thinking it would help them eat

more. We used to slip in barrels of buttermilk and feed the turkeys,

as well as ship in blocks of whey from the dairy processing

places. We used to run our turkeys alongside the river and they

waded and drank in the river. I remember dipping water out of the

river in fifty-gallon drums and hauling it to the turkeys in an old

Model T which held three or four barrels."  

 

Plans For 1949 Pioneer Day (From Louise Johansen's Scrapbook)

 

Fannie Candland Miles 

Fannie Miles Students  1896
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Autobiography and Journals of Christian Nielsen Lund Sr. 1915

North Sanpete School District Formed and Consolidation of Schools in North Sanpete ~ Researched by Mary Louise Madsen Seamons ~ Photos inserted by Kathy Hafen

                       $20,00 for the building and site in Moroni were approved.

The red-brick North Sanpete High School building, constructed on a piece of land known as "the City Square" which had been purchased from the city at a cost of $2,250.00 was partially completed in 1912.  Some of the upper - floor classrooms were left unfinished because of difficulty with finances.  The foundation was constructed of concrete, a deviation from the usual stone base. 

The completed building consisted of classrooms on three floors, a central auditorium and a gymnasium.  A "mechanical arts" building of white stone was constructed just north of the original high school prior to 1939.  Here the girls were instructed in "domestic science" and the boys were instructed in "industrial arts". Occasionally, over the years, the classes were reversed and the boys took "home economics" and the girls tried their hands at "shop".

The number of students attending schools in Mt. Pleasant during the years 1910 to 1916 varied from a low of 750 in 1915-16 to a high of 803 in 1912-1913.  Although these figures do not give specific numbers attending each grade, it is likely they were more concentrated in grades one through eight as Mt. Pleasant is primarily an agricultural town and students were needed at home during the spring, summer, and fall months to help with farming and livestock chores. 

At the annual school meeting held on Monday, July 12, 1916, the local school board for Mt. Pleasant was officially dissolved "as the County of Sanpete had been by law consolidated into two school districts of the first class".  And a board of five trustees had been appointed.  The first school board consisted of C.N. Lund, of Mt. Pleasant, Jabez Faux Jr. of Moroni, Henry Jackson, of Fountain Green, John S. Blain of Spring City and Elam Anderson of Fairview.  The outgoing board turned over indebtedness of $39,884. 51 to the new members, along with assets consisting of real estate (five and a half lots) valued at $5,000.00, district school buildings valued at $25,000.00, the high school building valued at $40,000.00, furniture and fixtures valued at $4,000.00 and apparatus valued at $650.00. Total assets $74, 650.00. The books were closed.  North and South Sanpete School Districts had officially been organized. (the above information are taken from N.S. School Board minutes.)

As had been true of the early inhabitants of Mt. Pleasant, education of children remained a high priority.  New buildings were provided, existing facilities were upgraded, and citizens and educators kept abreast of new innovations and vital issues in and out of the community.

Students continued to attend both Hamilton Elementary (grades one through six) and North Sanpete High School (grades seven through twelve).  Statistics from 1966 through 1989 show continued growth in the district, with the exception of a slight decline between 1969 and 1972, and the total number of students nearly doubled.  There was a similar slump in the overall enrollment of the State of Utah, though not quite so pronounced.  The total enrollment of the state over the same period also increased almost as dramatically.  Consistently more students attended the elementary school in Mt. Pleasant than in any of the other four elementary schools in the district, but Mt. Pleasant was also the largest of the towns.

Beginning with the tenth grade, students from Spring City attended North Sanpete High School.  Students from Indianola, Milburn, and Fairview joined them in grade eleven.   Other high school students in the district attended Moroni High until the two high schools were consolidated in 1958.  No statistics are available for the number of high school students who were from Mt. Pleasant.

Consolidation of Schools

Early in 1958 the issue of consolidating the high schools in the district was raised.  A study was authorized which resulted in the recommendation to convert the school at Mt. Pleasant into the district high school and the school at Moroni int the junior high school.  Elementary schools were to remain as they were, with the exception of Wales which would be consolidated with the school in Moroni.  That fall the change was implemented.  The transition was made quite smoothly, and no real concerns were broached.  In March of 1980 the Board approved moving the ninth grade to the high school.  

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Home of Martin Christian (Carl) Kroll and wife Elizabeth Sophia Winn ~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee