HAMILTON SCHOOL DAYS WITH PAULINE

Who better to remember Hamilton School but Pauline Rasmussen.  

Pauline wrote this for the "Saga of the Sanpitch" in 1978

Back Row L to R:  Hazel Anderson, Lucile Rolph, Etta Rolph and Carrie Nielsen

Front Row L to R: Ada Jensen, Cloe Swenson, Elouise Poulson and Pauline Monson (later Pauline Rasmussen)

This picture was taken on Charley Renborg's porch.

(on second west and third south; southeast corner of intersection

Mrs. Rasmussen's Kindergaarten  in the basement of the Carnegie Library, 1952.

Evelyn Madsen Jacobsen Funeral Program

Kathrene Rigby Is Married ~ September 9, 1966

How to Celebrate a Birthday - for 2 year-old Korver

Our youngest grandchild turned two on the 25th of August.  So what better way to celebrate than to hop on our four wheelers and head for Horseshoe.

We share little Korver as grandparents with Paul and Kathy Larsen. So Korver has two "grandma Kathys".

To distinguish us apart, we are called "Grandma Kathy Paul" and "Grandma Kathy Pete".

Here is the Birthday Boy with his two grandpas.  Pete on the left and Paul on the right.

This picture was taken on Skyline Drive looking down towards Spring City.

And here we are on the very top of Horseshoe, looking towards Spring City.

Adalyn Hafen threatening to hit me with "nigger toes".  Oops, more appropriately called western cone flowers.  

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Western Cone Flower

 On Horseshoe looking towards Ephraim

 Our Little Alice found a nice rock to sit on.

From Horseshoe, looking towards Mt. Pleasant

We had a wonderful day of fun with our two families.

Victorian Postcards ~ from the Johannah Madsen Hafen Collection

Mt. Pleasant's Progress is shown in its Laundry ~ 1917 ~ taken from the Deseret Evening News December 22, 1917

W.K. Peterson Laundry  from Relic Home Archives

The Laundry was located on 5th west and 89th south
where Pat Willcox Meats did business,  and currently the Wine Distillery now operates.

LARSEN LEGACY

The following story written by Monte Larsen first appeared in a 

Sanpete Messenger Supplement

Honoring Sanpete Cowboys.

We post it here with the permission of Monte Larsen, himself.

It is a fun and wonderful story of my former neighbors and friends.

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Hotel Brown ~ 1917

Sounds like a pretty spiffy hotel in Mt. Pleasant in 1917.  Does anyone know where it might have been located?

taken from the Deseret Evening News ~ December 22, 1917

We believe the Brown Hotel was located on second west and 50th North where Deanna Hansen now lives.

Marie Frandsen was the daughter of George Frandsen and Ingleborg Syndergaard Frandsen.  

After leaving Mt. Pleasant, Marie went to the San Francisco area where she became  the
wife of  Nathaniel Cordle  where she died at the age of 64.
 Marie Frandsen Cordle (1872 - 1936) - Find A Grave Memorial

Lois J. Poulsen Passes Away

Lois J. Poulsen

06/21/1917 – 09/01/2012

Lois J Poulsen, born June 21, 1917. Beloved wife, mother, grandma, grandma great and grandma great-great passed away very peacefully at 1:55 a.m. Sept. 1, 2012.
She married Hans B. Poulsen November 16, 1936 in Price, UT. Their marriage was later solemnized April 24, 1965 in the Manti Temple. Hans passed away May 1, 1985.
Lois knew nothing but hard work and tend babies her whole life. She talked a lot about helping her father in the fields every day. She loved to eat and always ate everything especially her desserts. Her sister Margaret always said “Give it to Lois, she will eat it.”
She was very proud of her four boys and they loved her very much. She was also very proud of the fact that she graduated from Wasatch Academy. She ate and fought for life to the very end. She worked at the Moroni Processing Plant and J.C. Pennys. She will be missed very much for her quick whit and her beautiful smile. She is survived by her two sons Dick (Donna) and Tony (Connie); daughter-in-law Vonda Rae Poulsen. She is preceded in death by Mother and Father Elmer and Helma Jensen, brothers and sister Russel, Margaret and Jack; sons Wayne and David; granddaughter and grandson Paige and Trent; great-great granddaughter Jordan.
The family wishes to thank Autumn Park and Intermountain Hospice for their wonderful care and their never-ending thoughtfulness. She was also tenderly cared for by her loving daughter-in-law Donna Poulsen.
Graveside services will be Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery with viewing prior at Rasmussen Mortuary from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. 

Shared by JoAnn Hafen Granger

To All my ageless friends

Huntington Canyon Fire and Flood Areas ~ June 2012

 Last Friday we decided to ride over to Huntington Canyon to see the forest fire damage from the fire that started on Seely Mountain and traveled all the way to Scofield.  Hundreds of miles of destroyed timber and undergrowth that mother nature had left behind.  Beetle kill is one of the real culprits combined with lightning and negligent humans.  This canyon will not be the same for some years to come.  (Yesterday, September 1, it was reported that due to the rainfall in this canyon, automobile sized boulders were released from the side of the mountain and blocked traffic on Highway 31.)

 Because of the burned undergrowth, any significant rainfall will turn into devastating flooded areas which are as bad as the fires themselves.

 The many roadside campgrounds in this canyon have been destroyed.  

 State Road crews are still on site cleaning up the damage from flood mud and debris.

The above photo shows the resulting flood mud and if you look

real close you can see how high on the trees the rushing

water came through this area.

 As we were coming home, I took a picture of Electric Lake.

You can see the significant drop in water level.

And here I captured a doe and a pair of fawns.

Mt. Pleasant Plumber Killed in Utah Construction Accident

Mt. Pleasant Plumber Killed in Utah Construction Accident

David Cheston Madsen

August 22nd, 2012

December 21, 1971 ~ August 22, 2012

David Cheston Madsen, our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend, died tragically in a construction accident August 22, 2012, in Ephraim Utah. He was born December 21, 1971 in Mt. Pleasant to David & Cheryl Madsen. He graduated from North Sanpete High, class of 1990. He married Brenda Ivory Madsen on April 24, 1992 in Ft. Green and then sealed May 12, 2001. He started his own business, Madsen Plumbing, and enjoyed life working in Construction. Cheston served as a Commander in the Search and Rescue and spent countless hours helping on searches and serving his fellow man. He helped people any chance he got. He also served as a Primary teacher, Young men’s leader, and in the Elders Quorum. Cheston is survived by his parents David & Cheryl Madsen, spouse Brenda Ivory Madsen, Daughters Brylee Rose, Aubrey Mae, Paige Noel, and Macie Mariah, Brothers Ryan(Lorie), Mt Pleasant, Danny, Roosevelt, Josh(Katie), St George, and Tim(Andrea), Moroni. He is preceded in death by grandparents, Shirley & Denice Madsen and Ed & Bessie Lund. Funeral Services will be held Monday August 27, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in the Mount Pleasant North Stake Center (461 N 300 W). Viewings will be held Sunday August 26, 2012 from 6:00- 8:00 p.m. at Rasmussen Mortuary ( 96 N 100 W, Mt. Pleasant) and from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. prior to services at the church. Interment will be in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery.

Frandsen, Rasmus ~ Pioneer of the Month ~ September 2012

Written by Talula Frandsen Nelson