HAMILTON ELEMENTARY~~~SECOND GRADE ~~~ MRS. WINTERBOTTOM

 

Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Days 1947

 

Home of William Fletcher Reynolds and his 3rd wife Nielsine Kirstine Thomsen ~~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

 

Obituary Files

Fourth Grade ~ 1953-54 ~ Mrs. Peterson (not pictured)

Third Grade ~~~ 1952-53

Mt. Pleasant Bishops ~ Up to and Including 1957

Home of Neils Sven Neilson and Bengta Neilson (Nilsson) ~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

New Business Opened by Jay Winkelman ~ Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Mt. Pleasant Pyramid   ~  May 24, 1946

Wasatch Academy Football Wins 9 Games over North Sanpete's 1 ~ 1924-1933 ~ Submitted by Lee R. Christensen

    

In the ten years 1924 thru 1933 the North Sanpete  Rams beat the Wasatch Tigers just once – 1929.  That year a  team quarterbacked by Eugene (Ganny) Peterson and starring Neil Hafen, end and Vernon Christensen, fullback,  out scored Wasatch  for the first time in coach Brunger’s tenure.  They were not to do  it again for another five years. 

 The Wasatch team was quarterbacked by Johnny Becker though not from Mt Pleasant he did marry a Mt Pleasanter. The Wasatch line was anchored by two local boys, Dee Keusseff and Dick Candland and I would guess sitting on the bench, Glen Williams and Fremont Draper.     

   Both quarterbacks returned to their  high schools as teachers, Ganny to coach and Johnny to teach social studies;   where he made freshmen girls giggle with his risqué stories. 

The football game between the Wasatch Tigers and the North Sanpete Rams, played in early November, was among the five top events of the year in the  Mt Pleasant ‘30s, ranking just behind the Junior Prom and just ahead of the opening of deer hunting.  The climatic event preceding the game was a torch light parade that started on the North Sanpete campus. There nearly 200 students would  each pick up a flaming torch and in unison all march down Main street and on   to the corner of 1^st West and 2^nd South where they would throw their torch onto a flaming bon fire mid street. . Wasatch students would be circled around their fire.   For the next 30 – 40 minutes students from both schools sang, shouted, rang bells, tooted horns and banged drums hoping to make enough noise to carry thru to  next day’s game.      All the games were memorable but the game played 11 November 1938 unforgettable.  There was not even a threat of snow during the torch light festivities but during the night 10 inches of snow fell.   The game was to be played at North Sanpete so they called on the hiway graders to scrape the field.  Coach Brunger sensing Wasatch players had to stay warm bought long johns for the team... .... .... .... (Cleaned out J C Penny’s)

.      Wasatch scored first just before the half with a play that brought smiles to the rooters of both teams.    Wasatch had driven from mid field to the 3 yard line.  From there Dewey Fills, a running back, was given the ball to charge into and thru the line for the score.  Five yards into the end zone he was met head on and tackled by his younger brother, Elmer, North Sanpete’s safety.  The referee whistled loud and long and charged Elmer with a penalty only to be told by Dewey “don’t penalize him Ref, I’ll take care of the kid tonight at home’”.  Final score: Wasatch Academy 19 -   North Sanpete  0,    Fillis Family  tied. 

.........continued Utah Pioneers of the Second Generation by James William Pyper (a grandson) ~ Mina Simpson Bjelke

Arlene Winkelman Tidwell Obituary ~ April 17, 2003

Fourth of July ~ Chilldhood Daze

Edith Allred

Saga of the Sanpitch 1977

The Fourth of July   holiday was

the social event of the season for children. Weeks before the big event arrived, I was busy picking out

materials and pattern for my dress. Pastel shades in violets, organdies, georgette crepes, linens or ducks

were the most popular materials. Length of the ribbon sash often determined one’s social status.

Children saved their allowances for days, and obtained promises from daddy for a certain specific

amount to be forthcoming. Fifty cents was fair, but one dollar to spend all in one day was unbelievable.

Stirring patriotic speeches, in the patriotic meetings held after the parade, were sincere and

impressive. Although the younger children did not understand all of the speeches, they sensed their value

and appeal. The American flag was a symbol to be revered; no one put it down.

In the afternoon, races were held on the church lawn. What a thrill to win 35 cents for one race.

Baseball games, concessions, and matinee dances for the children offered additional fun for the day. Of

course, a grand ball in the Armory Hall completed the day’s festivities.

Several times a year, married folks’ dances were held in the Armory Hall. Younger people attended,

but the dances were geared for the older people, and the music was for their special dances. It was

fascinating to watch these people dance the schottische, mazurka, Virginia Reel, quadrille, Rye waltz, and

plain waltz. Jimmie Fiddler of Spring City furnished the music for many of these dances.

Some of the younger people tried to learn these dances, but none could master the techniques of

the “old timers.” Not one could kick up his leg with the sprightly grace of Hyrum Seely, Erick Ericksen,

Clarence Jacobsen, Hyrum Merz, Peter Peel or John Winkelman to name a few. Neither did any ever learn

to call the square dances like Erick Ericksen.

Playing out at night during the summer was another special form of entertainment. If one had

never hidden in Peter Matson’s garden spot waiting for the play leader to call “Run, My Sheep, Run”, he

had missed a part of his education, especially if Mr. Matson discovered him first.

“Kick the Can” was another fun game, especially when the older boys were part of the group.

Stolen secret kisses while we were hiding were all a part of the game.

Spirited baseball games took place in the middle of the road during the earlier hours of the day,

although they never quite attained the same amount of ‘spirit’ that some of the Little League games of

today generate. Perhaps the mothers had more to keep them occupied in those days; Kind drivers turned

their teams around the edges of the road so as not to disturb the game.

Riding out to the farm with Lawrence Winters on his hayrack was also an unforgettable experience.

Early in the morning we took our lunches and set out. Here, in the cool, crisp morning air I heard the first

meadowlark calling its mate. Just the joy of being alive on such beautiful days provided the zest for living.

Besides, we just might be the ones to find the first buttercup of the season.  
                 

  Coming home in the late afternoon, we lay on our backs atop a load of newly mown hay and talked

of our dreams and aspirations, the lazy white clouds floating above us in the blue sky.  

Perhaps the greatest thrill of the year was our annual trip to Manti to attend the Sanpete County

Fair. Mama always managed to get us some new clothes for this occasion. What fun it was to ride the

Ferris wheel, judge the produce to suit ourselves, and tease the animals. Once we took one of my friends

with us. We were all in the Manti Theater watching a wrestling match. We were twelve and had not yet

developed an appreciation for the violence of the wrestlers, so we ran outside.

As luck would have it, two nice-looking young men who were also about twelve came along and

invited us to go in the Ferris wheel. We accepted, and when it stopped with us on the very top, the boys

asked us our names and told us they were Kermit and Gail. This was the real beginning of my romantic

interests in Manti, a love affair I never forgot because of the many good times I had there with relatives and

friends.  

                                                          

       As my own two daughter were growing up, I was saddened to see them dancing all evening with the

same boy. I felt that they never really got to know what fun was, for growing up in Sanpete included a

liberal education in dancing with all the boys, not just one possessive “steady.”

At Moonwinks, Moroni Open Air, Palisade Park, Fountain Green, and Fiddlers’ Green we danced

under the stars until all hours. Then home we went with a few friends to have bacon and eggs.

Ephraim, Armory Hall, Fairview, Spring City, Manti, all were a part of the dancing circle. July 3rd

dances usually lasted all night, and the Junior Proms were held for two consecutive evenings. Never were

children treated to such dancing pleasure.

Thank you, Sanpete County, for a childhood I would not change.

What Shall We Name Mt. Pleasant's Celebration? ~ Queen Contest Unknown Year

North Sanpete Football Team 1929-30

(Comment by Lee R. Christensen): The North Sanpete football team of 1929 was the first football team I saw in action. Neil Hafen, on a "sleeper" play ,my first play. I don't know who was expected to throw him the ball, Granny Peterson ,the quarterback, or Vernon Christensen, halfback, but I doubt either of them could have thrown the ball across the field to Neil. The ball in those days was much fatter than today's ball. The field was dirt, the tumble weed stickers many , and the times simpler. I was a 2nd grader, on my own, wandering over from Hamilton to see the game. And like everyone else roaming up and down the sidelines following the team. Go Rams!!!  
Lee R. Christensen

North Ward Dedication 1956

Here's A Treasure - - 1925 N.S.H. Junior Basketball Team

I just  discovered the 1925-26 Enn Ess Aich Yearbook with a lot of wonderful pictures inside.  Does anyone have a request from that era? 

Hamilton Elementary 2nd Grade - Mrs. Winterbottom - approx. 1951

Hamilton Elementary Third Grade - Mrs. Jorgensen - approx. 1952

Hamilton School Band - Approximately 1949 - - Marsden Allred, Band Leader

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.