Remembering Mom's Clothes line ! Submitted by Carol Corcoran

 photo courtesy of "Life on a Clothesline" 

My mother would hang clothes outside and in the winter down the basement. We only had a “ringer washer until” about 1968 then we got an automatic washer and a dryer!
I still hang my clothes on the line outside! But I don't need to worry about Freeze dried.




I'll bet you remember "the clothes line!"




Remembering Mom's Clothesline

There is one thing that's left out. We had a long wooden pole (clothes pole) that was used to push

the clotheslines up so that longer items (sheets/pants/etc.) didn't brush the ground and get dirty.

You have to be a "certain age" to appreciate this one....

(But you YOUNGER ones can read about "The GOOD ol' days"!!)

I can hear my mother now.....

THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES:

(If you don't even know what clotheslines are, better skip this.)

1. You had to hang the socks by the toes... NOT the top.

2. You hung pants by the BOTTOM/cuffs... NOT the waistbands.

3. You had to WASH the clothesline(s) before hanging any clothes - walk the entire length of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.

4. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.

5. You NEVER hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What would the neighbors think?

6. Wash day on a Monday! NEVER hang clothes on the weekend, or on Sunday, for Heaven's sake!

7. Hang the sheets and towels on the OUTSIDE lines so you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)

8. It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather... clothes would "freeze-dry."

9. ALWAYS gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky"!

10. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with

the next washed item.

11. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.

12. IRONED???!! Well, that's a whole OTHER subject!

Five Genealogy Goals For The New Year

Five Genealogy Goals For The New Year

GIRLS OF THE TOWN BY AMASA ALDRICH TO THE PYRAMID ~ no date given

A Game of Marbles ~ by Leland Stansfield

Martha Brothersen

September 12, 1917  ~  January 23, 2012

Martha Webb Francom Brothersen passed away at home in Mt. Pleasant, UT January 23, 2012 at the age of 94. She was born September 12, 1917 to John Leonard and Dulcie May Webb Francom in Lehi, UT. She married Charles F. Brothersen September 9, 1942 in Malad, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple February 21, 1949. Charles passed away January 19, 2004.
Martha had a great love of learning, graduating from Utah State University. This gave her the opportunity to teach school in Denver, CO; Fairview, UT; North Sanpete High School and in Davis county. She was an avid reader all her life. She was a devoted member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served all her life in many capacities. She had a trained singing voice and sang in many choruses and groups. She was a member of DUP in Layton and Mt. Pleasant. She spent 20 years after retirement as a tour guide at the Beehive House in Salt Lake. She learned to snow-ski in her 50's and loved camping with her family. Martha loved to travel and toured many places in the U.S. as well as three trips to Europe and many to Central America.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Charles, sisters Phyllis Christensen and Beth Tolley, brother Paul Francom.
She is survived by children Charlene (Kenneth) Palmer of Mt. Pleasant, UT; Carl Brothersen of Logan, UT; and Bruce (Becky) Brothersen of Brigham City, UT; 21 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and brother Alan (Connie) Francom.
Funeral services will be held Monday, January 30th at 1:00 p.m. in the Mt. Pleasant Stake Center (295 South State). Viewings at the church will be held Sunday from 6-8 p.m. and from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. preceding the services. She will be laid to rest at her husband's side in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Online condolences available atwww.rasmussenmortuary.com

Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Historical Association ~ Newsletter of 1927

TOMBSTONES OF MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY

We are helping Zane Zabriskie with his Eagle Scout Project.  He is taking pictures of all the stones and submitting them to Gen Web Tombstone Project.  His older brother, Sebastian,  started this project a few years back.  My roll is to enter the data on a form and send it to UTGENWEB ARCHIVES.  I am one of many who are helping with this wonderful project. It is a great opportunity for us all to benefit and use the pictures here on the blog.

The following are from the Page Family.  There are no Page families currently living in Mt. Pleasant that I know of.  However, from the History of Mt. Pleasant, the Page Family was very active and influential in Pioneer times. These seem all to be children.  In Family Search,  Deseret Page is listed as both the father and mother; obviously wrong.  Grandfather was Daniel Page. Daniel Page appears on the Mt. Pleasant Pioneer monument as one of the original pioneers. It makes me sad as I wonder about their living situation; as these children were born in the late 1800s and lived only a short while.

Female Relief Society ~ January 22, 1877

Meeting held the 22nd January 1877

Opened with singing..
Prayer by Sister Peel
Singing

Sister Morrison opened the meeting and said that this was our business meeting and we would attend to that first.  The collections were read and the expenditures also.

After that Sister Morrison read a letter from the Sisters of Ephraim as  requested by Sister Elise snow to take shares of the book that was called: "The Women's of Mor.....  The latter said that the Sisters throughout the territory will take shares and each share is 25 #.  Manti offered one share and Ephraim also.  So the Sisters counseled together and found best to take one share and have dances until we have raised the.....#.

It was also moved and seconded that Christiana Jorgesen was appointed as one of the visiting Sisters and it was unanimous.

After we were through with the business, several of the Sisters bore their testimony.  Then after singing and prayer the meeting was adjourned until  February.
C.M. Morrison, Pres
Louise Hasler, Secretary

Female Relief Society ~ January 1877

Meeting held 8 Jan 1877
Opened with singing
Come the Glorious Day of Promise
Prayer by Sister Madsen

Sister Morrison addressed the Sisters and felt gratified to have an opportunity to meet again with the Sisters in the New Year and was more glad to see so many of the Sisters together and hoped that with the Spirit of the Lord we could have a good meeting

She said there was things she would like to talk about, but she would like to hear the Sister's Testimonies.  One thing presses upon her mind as we have began a new year we will try to .......... to every call and duty, there is a short ........where we can be at work, and we are placed on the earth for the purpose to do good.  Therefore, let us be faithful, that we not be as the foolish virgins that had no oil in their lamps........ Behold the Bridegroom comes.

She made valuable remarks about being united and ......not to talk against one another's feelings; also to learn our children to do the same by prayerful and show a good example in all things.  Then she gave place for the Sisters to talk.

Sister Madsen said that she felt so pleased to see so many of the Sisters here and hoped that this good attendance will continue in the new year so that we will have meetings that the Sisters can be benefitted by.

Most all of the Sisters present bore their testimony, not one rose to speak that had not a good desire to do better in the New Year.

Sister Seely and Sister Row from Dusschvally (probably Indianola) were present both felt well and pleased to meet with their Sisters and ..... opportunity they long missed.
Sister Rowe brought some very good report from the Lamanites there, that were anxious to hear from the Gospel of  Jesus Christ and showed themselves willing to every good thing that were taught to them.

All the Sisters went home with cheerful countenance, showing that a good spirit prevailed in our meeting.
Meeting was closed after singing and prayer.

M. Morrison President
Louise Hasler, Secretary

Kindergarten 1951

Those I recognize are:  1.  Arthur Candland,  2. Ted Poulsen, 3. Rex Christensen, 4. Mrs. Rasmussen, 5. Bruce Larsen, 6. Michael Porter,  7. David Ream.

I am somewhere in the picture.  Probably in the above area where we played house.  Do you remember our little cubes where we kept our blankets .  I remember the sand pile where I accidentally flipped a shovel full of sand into Tyler Tuttle's face (don't see him here).  I remember Mrs. Rasmussen full of anger and would not believe it was an accident.  I remember Michael Porter always coming to school with socks that always matched his shirt. I was so envious.

Pea and Alfalfa Crops as Remembered by Leland Stansfield

Above is a photo of early farmers cutting peas with horse-drawn mowers in Idaho.

Photos of the pea mower,   courtesy USU Special Collections 

Lucie Wheeler Swensen/ EVERYONE'S LOVELY FRIEND

Lucie Swensen

December 9, 1921  ~  January 18, 2012

Lucie Wheeler Swensen passed away at her home in Orem, UT on January 18, 2012 with her loving family at her side. She was born in Tucson, AZ on December 21, 1921 to Joseph Eward and Kathina Hazel Williams Wheeler.

Lucie married Max Clayton Swensen Dec. 9, 1941 in Mt. Home, ID and later sealed in the Logan, UT Temple on Jan. 23, 1942. Max passed away on August 2, 2008.


Lucie is preceded in death by her husband, Max; her parents; one brother and three sisters.

She leaves behind a great posterity including her children Linda (Keith) Leavitt, Susan Swensen, Paula (Ritchie) Sorensen, Allan (Diane) Swensen, Janis (Larry) McTeer, Gayle (Spencer) Schmutz, Dayle (Pam) Swensen; 36 grandchildren and 75 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in the Mt. Pleasant North Stake Center, (461 N 300 W Mt. Pleasant, UT) . Viewing prior to services will be held from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. at the church. She will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery.

Online condolences may be offered at www.rasmussenmortuary.com

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Early Mt. Pleasant Schools as Remembered by Ellice McClenahan Carter

Hamilton Elementary School built in 1896