American Indian Dances

Mt. Pleasant PyramidDecember 3, 1915

Easter Customs From German Immigrants

Many Easter customs were brought to America by German immigrants who came to America in the mid-1800s, including egg decorating, Easter trees, Easter nests, and Easter fires. The Easter rabbit (der Osterhase) as a symbol for Easter is first mentioned in 16th century German literature. The first edible Easter bunnies, made of pastry and sugar, were also produced in Germany in the early 1800s. Around that time, children made nests of grass and hid them in their gardens for the Easter Bunny to fill with brightly decorated eggs. Children   still build Easter nests today.



The egg tree is a small tree branch put in a vase about two weeks before Easter. Blown eggs that have been painted and decorated are hung from the branches along with other small, highly decorated eggs the family has collected. The hollow eggs are also hung from shrubs and trees during the Easter week.



Easter Sunday was marked by attending church services after which families prepared a special Easter meal. Dessert often included the traditional “lamb cake” baked and decorated to resemble a lamb. The lamb is an important symbol for Easter, representing Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God. After lunch came the “Ostereiersuchen” or Easter egg hunt.



One Easter tradition with special significance  is the story of the Easter fires. In the spring of 1847, John O. Meusebach ventured into the wilderness seeking to forge a treaty with the local tribes. Wary Indians, watching for signs of treachery, camped in the hills surrounding Fredericksburg and the sight of their fires frightened the children. According to local oral history, one clever pioneer mother, perhaps recalling Easter fires in the old country, soothed her little ones by telling them that it was only the Easter rabbit dyeing his eggs.



On Easter Saturday in Germany, the Easter fires, huge bonfires fueled by the old Christmas trees, are lit and people gather around the fire for schnapps and socializing. The hillsides around villages and towns are dotted with fires as people light their fires at the same time, generally around 9 or 10 pm. The fires clean away the last signs of winter as spring approaches.



According to a posting on the website of the Austrian embassy in Canberra, there are many different interpretations of the meaning of the fires at or around Easter. Some say the fires began as signal fires at the time of Turkish invasions in the 16th and 17th centuries. Others trace them to pre-Christian fires of ritual purification which celebrated the arrival of spring. As with other ancient customs, Christian converts often established a connection to the life of Christ, hence these fires were sometimes referred to as the "burning of Christ’s death-bed". (People used to sleep on a mattress filled with straw which was burned after the person died). In the southern part of the Austrian province of Burgenland, the bonfires are called "bonfires of joy” and are said to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. These Easter bonfires are often accompanied by the hurling of torches and shooting.

courtesy of: Gillespie County Historical Society, Fredericksburg, Texas

http://pioneermuseum.net/easter-traditions.php

History of Decorating Eggs

(the following is taken from Wikipedia)

The practice of decorating eggshell is ancient, predating Christian traditions Ostrich eggs with engraved decoration that are 60,000 years old have been found in Africa.  Decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago.

The Christian adaptation of decorating eggs can be traced as far back as the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his crucifixion. TheChristian Church officially adopted the custom, regarding the eggs as a symbol of the resurrection. The Roman Ritual, the first edition of which was published in 1610 but which contains texts of much older date, has among the Easter Blessings of Food, along with those for lamb, bread, and new produce, the following blessing for eggs

Marie Windsor ~ Mt. Pleasant Roots ~ Great Great Granddaughter of Andrew and Marie Johansen Syndergaard

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Marie Windsor

 From Denmark Great Great Grandmother Ane Katrine Larsen (Syndergaard) came to Mt. Pleasant bringing her children: Peter J. Syndergaard Andrew J Syndergaard Ingeborg Syndergaard (Frandsen) Elsie Marie Syndergaard (Ericksen) Ane Marie Syndergaard (Jensen)(another daughter) came in a later year with her children great-great greandmother Ane Katrine Syndergaard buried Mt. Pleasant great Grandparents Andrew J. Syndergaard & Marie Johansen buried Mt. Pleasant Grandparent- Annie Marie Syndergaard (Long) Born Mt. Pleasant 1881 Parent: Etta Marie Long Bertelsen-Born in Mt. Pleasant 1901 Emily Marie Bertelsen Born Marysvale, Ut 1919 (Marie Windsor) Marie married Jack Rodney Hupp 1954

Researched by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

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The following comes from Wikipedia 

(1954)




Born Emily Marie Bertelsen




December 11, 1919

Marysvale, Utah, U.S.


Died December 10, 2000 (aged 80)

Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Resting place Marysvale, Utah

Occupationactress

Years active1941–1991


Spouse(s)Ted Steele (1946) annulled

1 stepson

Jack Hupp (1954–2000, her death)

1 child

Children Chris (stepson)

Richard Rodney Hupp (b. 1963




Windsor, unofficially appointed "Miss Utah of 1939" by the Chamber of Commerce of Marysvale, Utah,[ 3] trained for the stage under Maria Ouspenskaya. After working for several years as a telephone operator, a stage and radio actress, and a bit and extra player in films, she began playing feature and lead parts in 1947.[4]



The 5'9" actress's first memorable role was opposite John Garfield in Force of Evil playing seductress Edna Tucker. Windsor also co-starred with Randolph Scott in his 1954 western The Bounty Hunter. She had large roles in film noirs, including The Sniper, The Narrow Margin, City That Never Sleeps, and Stanley Kubrick's heist movie,The Killing, playing Elisha Cook Jr.'s scheming wife. She also made a foray into science fiction with the 1953 release of Cat-Women of the Moon.

Later Windsor moved to television. She appeared in 1954 as the bandit Belle Starr in the premiere episode of the syndicated westernseries Stories of the Century, starring and narrated by Jim Davis. She appeared on such programs as Maverick (in the episodes "The Quick and the Dead" with James Garner and "Epitaph for a Gambler" with Jack Kelly), Bat Masterson (in "The Fighter") opposite Gene Barry, four episodes of Perry Mason starringRaymond Burr, including the role of murderer Helen Reed in "The Case of the Wednesday Woman," two episodes of Bourbon Street Beat starring Andrew Duggan, The Incredible Hulk, Rawhide"Incident on the Edge of Madness" and "Incident of the Painted Lady", General Hospital, Salem's Lot, and Murder, She Wrote.

In 1962, Windsor played Ann Jesse, a woman dying in childbirth, in the episode "The Wanted Man" of the ABC/Warner Brotherswestern series, Lawman, starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop. Her wanted husband, Frank (Dick Foran), orders their son, Ben (Jan Stine) to turn him in to Marshal Dan Troop in order to collect the $5,000 reward and have the funds to rear his surviving infant brother. Meanwhile, Troop counters Joe Street (Alan Baxter), a bounty hunter seeking the same reward.[5]


Windsor was among the 500 stars nominated for selection as one of the 50 greatest American screen legends, as part of the American Film Institute's 100 years.

Windsor was politically conservative, a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund.[6]

Notes:

Jump up^ "Overview" on TCM.com

Jump up^ Marie Windsor at the Internet Movie Database.

Jump up^ "Marie Windsor" on the Piute County, Utah website

Jump up^ Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia.(New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers) 1242.

Jump up^ ""The Wanted Man", April 8, 1962".Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 14, 2013.

Jump up^ Bergan, Ronald (January 23, 2001). "Obituary: Marie Windsor".The Guardian (London).

Jump up^ Bergan, Ronald (January 23, 2001). "Marie Windsor, glamorous actress famed for bad-girl roles" (Web). London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-06-06.

Jump up^ USC Official Athletic Website: 2007 Inductees For USC Athletic Hall of Fame Announced

Jump up^ Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885. 2008.Index home pageFurther reading

Oderman, Stuart, Talking to the Piano Player 2. BearManor Media, 2009. ISBN 1-59393-320-7.

Filmography
All American Co-Ed (1941)

Playmates (1941)

Eyes in the Night(1942)

The Big Street(1942)

Smart Alecks(1942)

The Lady or the Tiger? (1942)

Call Out the Marines (1942)

Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)

Three Hearts for Julia (1943)

Chatterbox (1943)

Follow the Leader(1944)

I Love My Wife, But! (1947)

The Unfinished Dance (1947)

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

The Hucksters(1947)

The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)

Living in a Big Way (1947)

Force of Evil(1948)

The Three Musketeers (1948)

The Pirate (1948)

On an Island with You (1948)

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

Hellfire (1949)

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

(1949)

Outpost in Morocco (1949)

Double Deal(1950)

Frenchie (1950)

The Showdown(1950)

Dakota Lil (1950)

Two Dollar Bettor(1951)

Hurricane Island(1951)

Little Big Horn(1951)

The Jungle(1952)

The Sniper(1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

Outlaw Women(1952)

Japanese War Bride (1952)

The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)

Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)

City That Never Sleeps (1953)

So This Is Love(1953)

Trouble Along the Way (1953)

The Tall Texan(1953)

The Bounty Hunter (1954)

Hell's Half Acre(1954)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

(1955)

The Silver Star(1955)

Swamp Women(1955)

No Man's Woman(1955)

Two-Gun Lady(1956)

The Killing (1956)

The Story of Mankind (1957)

The Parson and the Outlaw (1957)

The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)

The Unholy Wife(1957)

Island Woman(1958)

Day of the Bad Man (1958)

Paradise Alley(1962)

Critic's Choice(1963)

The Day Mars Invaded Earth(1963)

Bedtime Story(1964)

Mail Order Bride(1964)

Chamber of Horrors (1966)

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys(1969)

Support Your Local Gunfighter(1971)

One More Train to Rob (1971)

The Outfit (1973)

Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)

Hearts of the West(1975)

Freaky Friday(1976)

Lovely But Deadly(1981)

Commando Squad(1987)



Source:[9]

Television

The Public Defender, as Melody Scanlon in "The Ring" (1954)

Stories of the Century, as Belle Starr in the series premiere episode (1954)

The Californians as Dolly Dawson in "The Regulators" (1957)

Bat Masterson, as saloon owner Polly Landers in the episode "The Fighter" (1958)
Perry Mason, in the episode "The Case of the Daring Decoy" (1958)

Yancy Derringer, in episode 03, "Ticket to Natchez" (1958)

Rawhide, in the episode "Incident on the Edge of Madness" (1959) and in "Incident of the Painted Lady" (1961)

The Alaskans, as Maria Julien in the episode "Winter Song" (1959)

Bourbon Street Beat as Veda Troup in "The 10% Blues" and Mara in "Teresa" (both 1960)

The Rebel, as Emma Longdon in "Glory" (1960)

Perry Mason, in the episode "The Case of the Madcap Modiste" (1960)

Lassie (TV Series) as Mimi in "Little Cabbage" S 7: Ep 12 11/27/60

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Charles Henry Eatinger

Charles Henry Eatinger

Birth:

Sep. 25, 1882

Nickerson

Reno County

Kansas, USA


Death:

Feb. 10, 1945

Mount Pleasant

Sanpete County

Utah, USA




Charles Henry Eatinger, prominent Mt. Pleasant businessman and a Sanpete county civic and fraternal leader for more than 30 years, died after a long illness at his home here Saturday night.

He was born in Nickerson, Kan., Sept. 25, 1882, a son of James Wallace and Abbie Olmsted Eatinger. He attended school in Newton, Kan., and was employed on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Later he came west and was employed as a dining car conductor for the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad. Then he was employed in the hotel business in Nevada.

He married Bertie Madsen, Mt. Pleasant, in Ogden Feb. 9, 1910. They lived two years in Denver and in Nevada and came to Mt. Pleasant in 1912 and lived here since. After coming to Mt. Pleasant he engaged in the mercantile business, then became owner of Eatinger apartment and Eatinger cafe. He retired five years ago because of poor health. He was affiliated with the Elks lodge in Winfield, Kan., also was a member and past master of the Damascus Lodge No. 10. F & A M, Mt. Pleasant. He was a charter member and past high priest of Mt. Pleasant chapter No. 6 Royal Arch Masons. At the time of his death he was a member of Utah chapter No. 1, R A M; Utah commandery No. 1 Knights Templar, Salt Lake City, and El Kalah temple, Mystic Shrine, Salt Lake City. He was an ardent sportsman and was associated with the Mt. Pleasant Fish and Game Assn. and the Gunnison Duck club.

Survivors include his widow and three daughters, Mrs. Robert L. Erickson, Oakland, Cal.; Mrs. Myron Reynolds, Long Beach, Cal.; Mrs. Hugh Bynum, Mt. Pleasant; five grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Benedict, Newton Kan.









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Bertie Madsen Eatinger






Birth: Oct. 8, 1880
Mount Pleasant
Sanpete County
Utah, USA
Death: Nov. 8, 1961
Mount Pleasant
Sanpete County
Utah, USA

Mrs. Bertie Madsen Eatinger, 81, Mt. Plasant died Wednesday in a Mt. Pleasant hospital of a heart ailment. Born Oct. 8, 1880, Mt. Pleasant to Niels Peter and Caroline Frandsen Madsen. Married to Charles H. Eatinger, Feb. 8, 1910, Ogden. He died in 1940s. Was a lifelong Mt. Pleasant resident.
Survivors; daughters, Mrs. George (Marian) Fillberti, Alameda, Calif.; Mrs. Myron W. (Maxine) Reynolds, Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs. Wayne C. (Donna) Smith, Mt. Pleasant; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Salt Lake Tribune November 10, 1961

Family links:
Spouse:
Charles Henry Eatinger (1882 - 1945)*

Children:
Lena Maxine Eatinger Reynolds (1918 - 2013)*

*Calculated relationship


Burial:
Mount Pleasant City Cemetery
Mount Pleasant
Sanpete County
Utah, USA
Plot: A_59_4_5

Maintained by: Penne Magnusson Cartrigh...
Originally Created by: Utah State Historical So...
Record added: Feb 02, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 142288

Watson Christian Houtz Home ~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Andrew Oscar Madsen and Rozena Fechser Madsen ~ Pioneers of the Month April 2015

This history was written in 1968.

Pioneer Day Assorted Photos

Just a few of the photos I took on Pioneer Day.

Sorry I didn't get everyone's names.

Next year I'll take a note pad and pencil with.

Some names of the women are their maiden names.

Anetta and Peggy Peterson

Doug and Anita Olsen

LaRae Jensen Johnson and her sister

Linda Ream and husband

Minnie Jo, Shirley, Carol and Jan

Peter (behind) and his Pulham Cousins

R.L. Taylor and wife

Ron Porter (far right) and family

Pioneer Day ~ A Huge Success

Verla Marx, Oldest Lady at Pioneer Day

100 Years Old.

Roxey Washburn in the Hat presented the corsage to Verla.

Duane Peterson,  Oldest Man at Pioneer Day

91 Years Old

Roxey Washburn presented the boutonniere accompanied by

Miss Mt. Pleasant.

Postcards From the Past, Johannah Hafen Collection

 

"Old Folks Day"

"

OLD FOLKS AT MT. PLEASANT

"The happy custom, originated in Salt Lake City a number of years ago, of amusing the aged by inviting them to participate in a party, has been adopted in this, our city. A few weeks since a committee of a number of our worthy people was selected to prepare a programme and make arrangements for an enjoyable time. They at once went to work with a will and yesterday was the date appointed for the pleasant event.

"At 12 o'clock sweet strains of music by our brass band were heard at the spacious bowery on the meeting-house square, wel­coming the invited guests, and soon afterward over three hundred sat down to partake of the bounties of life, which had been plenteously provided.

"There were present two over ninety years old, seventy-five over seventy years old, and eighteen over eighty years old. Badges were placed upon their breasts, white, blue and red-designating the ages.

"Twenty-four young ladies dressed in white, with blue ribbon tied in a bow around their left arm, were seen rushing about the tables with genial and pleasant countenances, each trying to outdo the other in serving and waiting upon the aged, who were seem­ingly relishing their dinner.



"All the widows, about seventy in number, and the mission­aries were there. The wives and husbands of those 

over seventy, and the invited guests, made up the party.

All creeds and denominations were included, no partiality having been shown in extending invitations, the committee having requested the presence of all the old people in our community. Our citizens in general made manifest their liberality in subscrib­ing the needed supplies.

"After all had satisfied the inner man, great quantities of food were yet remaining. This was distributed among the sick, who could not attend.

"At 2 p. m. all gathered in the meeting house, where a very interesting program, consisting of speeches, songs, music by the brass band, violin duets by our accomplished musicians, Mr. Almertz and Miss Beckstrom, recitations, etc., was rendered.

"Twenty-nine presents were distributed among the most aged.

which made their hearts glad.

"The feeble and infirm were conveyed to and from the party

in carriages provided for that purpose. .

"In the evening a dance was given in the Assembly Hall, where

all, young and old, who desired, shook the light fantastic toe.

"Bishop C. N. Lund and counselors graced the party with their

presence and had a kind word for all.

"We cannot speak too highly of the work of the committee. which was composed of the following ladies and gentleman: the Bishop, George Farnsworth, C. H. Wheelock, C. J. Anderson, Ed. ward Cliff, James Gunderson, Mrs. Margaret F. C. Morrison, Mrs. Caroline Simpson and Mrs. Bothilda Nielsen. Although them­selves getting up in years, they labored assiduously in making the party a grand success, and the most pleasing and enjoyable

time ever witnessed in our city. F. E. (Ferdinand Ericksen)

NORTH SANPETE BANK

February 1906, the North Sanpete Bank was incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000.00. W. D. Candland, president; A. J. Aagard, vice president; and H. C. Beaumann, cashier. They were installed in their new building on the north side of Main Street, midway between State and First West.

July 15, 1931, the Mt. Pleasant Commercial and Savings Bank closed its doors, and July 20th, the North Sanpete Bank failed to open.

Mt. Pleasant History, Longsdorf  pp203-204

Hyrum and Adolph Merz Fountain

See related article here: http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=823365018368490611&postID=3136510531583009047
Hyrum and Adolph Merz donated this carved fountain to the city of Mt. Pleasant in 1909. It was placed in the center of the middle intersection of the older portion of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. It was then removed and placed on the northeast corner of the Relic Home property.




The placque reads: This Water Fountain was carved from stone from the hills north of Moroni. It was made by Hyrum and Adolph Merz and presented to the City of Mt. Pleasant in 1909.

Reva Cox Fillis Dies in Mission Viejo, California

Reva Fillis
1923 - 2015 | Obituary |

Reva and her son Russell at Pioneer Day last year.

March 29, 1923 ~ March 16, 2015
Reva Cox Fillis, 91, of Mount Pleasant, Utah, and Mission Viejo, California, passed away March 16, 2015 at her home in Mission Viejo.
She was born March 29, 1923 in Fairview, Utah to Newel B. Cox and Olea Day Cox. She married Elmer Fillis November 22, 1950 in Lampasas, Texas. Together, they had three children, David, Amy and Russell. She was a graduate of North Sanpete High School in Mount Pleasant, Utah. During World War II, Reva assisted the war effort making parachutes for the military in Manti, Utah. She later lived in Salt Lake City, where she was employed by Western Electric Company. Her childhood included several years living in the mountains east of Fairview on the family property. There, Reva would enjoy many fun outdoor activities with family and friends. She continued to visit and spend time there regularly for the remainder of her life. Reva and Elmer lived in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mission Viejo and Mount Pleasant while raising their family and later enjoying retirement.
In addition to being a devoted wife and mother, Reva was a talented gardener, maintaining beautiful yards and gardens in her Utah and California homes. Reva performed compassionate service to others throughout her life, and counted many life-long friends among her associations.
She is survived by sons, David Fillis, Lake Elsinore, California; Russell Fillis, Mission Viejo, California; a sister, Lorraine Cox Hansen of Houston, Texas; brothers Newel Dee Cox, of Mount Pleasant, Utah and Odell Cox, of Fairview, Utah. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Amy, and husband Elmer.
Graveside services and internment at Mount Pleasant City Cemetery will be held at a later date.