Unknown boy
This photo came as one in a stack of photos from Golden Andra’s family. This was also the only photo in the entire stack that was also in a frame. It was a pretty nice pewter frame that opened up fairly easily to allow the photo out for a proper scan.
This boy is familiar to me. I am fairly certain he is related on the Wanner family. But I cannot piece it together who he is or where he falls in the family. Until then, he is sadly unknown. Whoever he is, he is a beautiful boy.
Back(l-r): Ira Hillyard, Unknown, Bob Johnson, Junior Petterborg, Irwin Jonas, Unknown, Unknown. 2nd from Back: Unknown, Ruth Rich, Kaye Funk, Anna Lawrence, Joyce Larsen, Ruth Hutchinson, Nadine Johnson, Darrel Smith. Middle Row: Unknown, Unknown, Eva Kershaw, Lyle Wilding, Unknown, Afton Sorensen, Dorothy Nielson, Unknown, Norwood Jonas. 2nd from Front: Alvin Spackman, Bernice Frandsen, Unknown, Glacus Merrill, Joy Erickson, Unknown, Allen Spackman. Front: Garr Christensen, Oral Ballam Jr, LaMar Carlson, Unknown, Gail Spackman, Ivan Anderson, Warren Hamp.
This is Glacus Merrill’s class from what I believe is 1936. He taught class at Park School in Richmond, Cache, Utah. Several individuals have assisted me to name the individuals I have so far. There are too many unknowns that I hope to clarify in the future. If anyone can help, I would certainly appreciate it. My Grandfather, Norwood, and his brother, Irwin, are both in the photo. Irwin died in World War II, and I assume some of the rest did as well.
I have listed all the individuals below with some limited information I could find on them. At the very bottom is Glacus’ obituary.
Ira William Hillyard (1924-2009)
Unknown
Robert “Bob” Jay Johnson (1924-2009)
Junior “Pete” Lee Petterborg (1923-1990)
Irwin John Jonas (1921-1944)
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Ruth Rich
Norma Kaye Funk (1924-2002)
Anna May Lawrence (1924-1988)
Joyce Larsen (1924-1968)
Ruth Hutchinson (1924-2002)
Nadine Johnson (1924-2005)
Darrel Wilmot Smith (1924-2008)
Unknown
Unknown
Eva Kershaw
Lyle Wilding (1924-2002)
Unknown
Mary Afton Sorensen (1923-2008)
Dorothy Nielson (1924-2019)
Unknown
Wilburn Norwood Jonas (1924-1975)
Alvin Chester Spackman (1923-1994)
Bernice Frandsen (1924-2002)
Unknown
Glacus Godfrey Merrill (1905-2002)
Joy Erickson (1924-2010)
Unknown
Allen Elijah Spackman (1923-1997)
Garr Dee Christensen (1923-2002)
Oral Lamb Ballam (1925-2016)
Victor LaMar Carlson (1923-2008)
Unknown
Harold Gail Spackman (1924-1991)
Ivan Carl Anderson (1923-2017)
Warren Thomas Hamp (1924-2009)
Here is a copy of the obituary I found for Glacus. Wow, I wish my school teachers had been this amazing.
LOGAN – Glacus G. Merrill, 96, died of causes incident to age in Logan, Utah on Saturday, February 9, 2002. He was born May 27, 1905 in Richmond, Utah to Hyrum Willard and Bessie Cluff Merrill. He is a grandson of Marriner W. Merrill, a pioneer prominent in the settling of Cache Valley, an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the first president of the Logan LDS Temple. He married Constance B. Bernhisel in 1925, and they were later divorced. He married Marie B. Bailey, March 24, 1945 in Washington D.C. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple.
While attending school, he participated in track and football at North Cache and Brigham Young College, where he graduated in 1925. Glacus graduated from Utah State University in 1935 and also attended the University of Utah and Chico State College in California. He is a graduate of the REI Radio Engineering School in Sarasota, Florida. He was the principal of the Richmond Park School for 11 years and served in the U.S. Navy for four years during World War II. He served an LDS mission to California from 1954-1955. While living in the East, he served as President of the West Virginia Farm Bureau and the State Black Angus Association. He is an honorary Kentucky Colonel. He also served as President and District Governor of Lions Clubs in Utah and West Virginia, and was a member of the Lions Club for 42 years. Glacus was Vice President of the West Virginia Broadcasters Association, and is a member of the USU Old Main Society. He established a Scholarship Fund in the Communications Department at USU. The Montpelier, Idaho Jaycees presented him with their outstanding Citizen’s Award. He was also a member of the Montpelier Rotary Club, Utah Farm Bureau, VFW and American Legion. He is a member of the “Around the World Club” having traveled around the world with his son, Gregory. He and his wife, Marie traveled extensively. Merrill was a popular Rodeo announcer in his early days. He authored the book “Up From the Hills” which was finished in 1988 and is available in area libraries.
Honored by the Utah Broadcasters as a pioneer in Radio Broadcasting, Merrill started his broadcasting career in 1938 as part owner and Program Director at KVNU Radio in Logan. After serving four years in the Navy, he built his first radio station Clarksburg, West Virginia. He owned and operated 11 other stations in West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Idaho and Utah, including stations in Montpelier, Idaho and Logan, Utah. He was well known for his frank and outspoken editorials, news and comments on KBLW in Logan. He has given over 7,000 newscasts and editorials always ending them with the saying, “Have Good Day Neighbor.” In 56 years of radio broadcasting, he trained several young broadcasters who are now making good.
As a hobby, wherever he lived, he operated a cattle ranch and farm. He served in many civic and church activities including counselor in the LDS Stake MIA, counselor in the East Central Stake Mission Presidency, 5 years as a Branch President and 11 years as District President in West Virginia. He also served as Deputy Scout Commissioner in Idaho and for 12 years taught the High Priest Class in the Logan 3rd Ward and served for several years as the High Priest Group Leader. He was an avid supporter of many missionaries in the area.
His wife, Marie preceded him in death on April 22, 1993, as well as six brothers and one sister. He is survived by his two daughters, Darla D. (Mrs. Dennis Clark) of Logan; Madge (Mrs. Melvin Meyer) of Smithfield; one son, G. Gregory (Joan) Merrill of Logan; nine grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 12 Noon on Thursday, February 14, 2002, at the Logan 3rd Ward Chapel, 250 North 400 West, with Bishop Grant Carling conducting. Friends and family may call Wednesday evening, February 13th, at the Nelson Funeral Home, 162 East 400 Norther, Logan from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday at the church from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Interment will be in the Richmond City Cemetery.
I was elected to the Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section Board of the Idaho State Bar in 2015. Since then I have participated in its main event, the yearly Seminar. The Seminar has been in various locations, Idaho Falls, Boise, McCall, Coeur d’Alene, and I brought it to Burley.
It has been a great opportunity to rub shoulders and personally see other practitioners of the Section on, at least, a yearly basis. This year I went up early to McCall to help set up, scope out the premises, and enjoy an extra day off. I plan it that way just in case weather is crazy I also have plenty of time to get there and ready. Another great part of the Seminar is attending these each year I get more than enough credits for my continuing legal education credits.
I did the Seminar in Burley in 2019. But for whatever reason, I didn’t take any pictures. So this year I made a mental note to take some photographs of McCall that would also give some sense of what happened in Burley.
Here are a couple of photos in the main conference room at the Shore Lodge, McCall, Idaho as set up for the 38th Annual Seminar.
Old Highway 30 Guardrail
One day on my way back from Pocatello I decided to get off at the Raft River exit and take the Old Highway 30 into Rupert. Just as I came under the interstate I recalled there is a relic left on the side of the road. I pulled aside and snapped a few pictures as I really don’t know when this might be removed or replaced.
Some of the posts have been tipped out, see the lava ridge in the background
Old Highway 30 before the construction of the interstate in the 1960’s passed the Raft River Store (which is still there) and then went across the desert to Rupert entering the east side of town. It then ran through Rupert and to Rupert.
This hill leaving Raft River and ascending the hill provides a glimpse into the safety technology of guardrails for that era. I snapped these photos 28 September 2017.
See the cable terminus.
This photo was recently shared with me. I never really knew William personally, I can remember his presence as a kid at reunions, I knew who he was. But this photo is one that seems to make him that much more personal to me.
I have written on William previously and shared photos.
William Fredrick Andra Jr (1920 – 1992).
On 26 June 2014 I stopped for a visit at the Richmond, Utah, City Cemetery. I have a number of family buried there. It had been several years since I had been to the cemetery. I stopped by the Jonas family graves and was shocked by what I saw. Open scarring and damage to the tombstones. This is a follow up to a previous post.
I reached out to Richmond City Hall to find out who was in charge of the Cemetery. I was given the name and phone number of Jeff Young and Cheryl Peck. I called and left a message for both. I returned to the Cemetery to take some additional pictures.
Over the next few weeks, I called and left messages for Jeff Young and Cheryl Peck. I indicated who I was and why I was calling. I never received a call back from either.
A month or two later after no response from Mr. Young or Ms. Peck, I called back to Richmond City Hall. I was given the phone number for Marlowe Adkins. I had met Mr. Adkins when I worked for Inlande Environmental and Richmond City was doing some upgrades to their wastewater treatment facility. Mr. Adkins explained to me that the Cemetery had a Citizens Committee that was responsible for the Cemetery and Mr. Young was the one to talk to regarding the care of the Cemetery.
I had not been to the cemetery for probably close to 8 years. As far as I can tell on the family tombstones all the damage occurred during that time.
I walked around the cemetery and snapped photos of the obvious damage on other grave markers.
After not hearing from Mr. Young or Ms. Peck for several months, I reached out to an attorney regarding liability for the damages to these stones. Ultimately, the determination was made that proving the date of the damage was going to be hard and second Utah only has a small time frame in which to make notice of the injury. The king has again protected itself against liability. There would be no recourse against Richmond. Some of the FindaGrave photos uploaded in 2010 did have some of the damages showing, so we were obviously over the known injury time frame to make a claim.
Hopefully citizens and residents of Richmond would care how their Cemetery is being cared for, but I guess since it happened and no action was taken, I guess I might be wrong. Not my fight. But I can hope that shining a light on the issue might help.
Old Paul School
I don’t know the year the Paul Independent School District was created, but it was Paul Independent District #3. After a successful vote in 1948, Paul Independent School District was one of 17 districts that combined to create Minidoka County Joint School District #331. For your information, those Districts were Acequia (2 – Rural and Independent), Big Bend, Empire, Heyburn (2 – Joint and Common), Hopewell, Jackson, Lincoln, Minidoka, Paul, Pioneer, Rosston, Riverview, Rupert, Walcott, and Washington.
Later, a consolidated high school, Minidoka County High School or Minico High School, was built. The last graduating class of Acequia, Heyburn, Paul, and Rupert High Schools was 1955. 1956 ushered in the first graduating class of Minico.
The building above was the Paul School which included the high school. This building burned down by arson in 1977 and the present building was built in 1980 with some minor additions since. The old ball fields are still behind with the backstops. The current elementary has the old bell hanging in front of the school sheltered from the elements.
Current Paul Elementary
Here is another picture of the old school from the Paul water tower.
Paul, Idaho from water tower
My Grandparents, Norwood Jonas and Colleen Andra, married in 1946. It is my understanding they were given a number of items for their marriage. The two main ones I remember are a bedroom set (which my Aunt Jackie still has) and a couch and chair. My Mom at some point in the past received the couch and chair. I remember them early on as a child.
I have noticed both in a few pictures over time.
Sandy and Doug Jonas about 1958-59 in chair
In the picture above you can almost see the pattern in the fabric. I imagine it was a rough, thick fabric.
Norwood and Sandy Jonas on couch about 1957-58
In this one, you can also see the same pattern in the fabric. Notice the wood accent on the front and carved feet. Grandpa and Mom are on this couch, you can see Doug on a different chair in the corner. These pictures are at the Jonas home they built in Richmond, Utah. In the chair and couch, you can see the back of each with the vertical tucks.
Doug and Sandy cuddled under a blanket with couch to the right.
I know it is only a side shot, but another photo it appears. It is interesting what other objects appear in pictures. These two are likely watching the television which is across the room next to the chair.
Doug, Sandy kneeling in front of couch about 1962-63
The picture adds a table, but the couch remains behind with the shag rug. The chair in the corner disappeared, along with the radio (which I have now), but the side table that matches the coffee table appeared. This photo shows the pattern much better than the previous pictures.
Sandy and Doug Jonas reading on couch
This one jumps back in time with the radio and chair reappearing. Some more of the pattern and fabric.
Then the couch and chair disappeared. Obviously when the family moved to Burley, Idaho in 1968 they made the trip. But I have limited photos in that home and this couch and chair do not appear in the upstairs living room, so they must have been downstairs. I will have to ask my Uncle or Aunt more information.
About 1985 the chair and couch reappear, and appear for me. I do not remember the upholstery on them in the photos above. I remember picking them up for the first time at the upholstery shop in Paul, Idaho. I don’t know if it was Frontier Upholstery at that time.
Here is a picture of the couch, chair, and stool when Andra had them at her apartment in Rupert.
Couch and chair with Daniel Constable
Daniel Constable sitting on chair
Except it was on the same couch with the vertical tucks and feet and wood accents seen above. Also, the cushions were spring loaded, so they had extra bounce.
Well, they were in storage from about 2010 to 2018. They were dusty, had a worn smell to them, and had some structural problems from the hot/cold transitions that come with storage. I brought them to my home with the thought of saving them and using them for my office. I took them to an upholsterer here in Burley named Jerry Lankford who lives about a mile east of me.
I received them back last fall. I am in love with them. I have preserved a part of my heritage and past. Now they are useful for an office and another generation.
I will have to get a picture of my kids on the couch and chair before they get too much older. Not bad for a couch and chair that are at least 74 years old!
This is the photo that made think I should go through the pictures and see if I have others of the couch. This is one I scanned earlier 2019 from a stack of photos Jackie found.
Doug, Sandy, and Norwood Jonas on couch
They don’t make them like they used to. I grew up with the coffee table and side table, couch, radio, and little round table more than 30 years after these pictures were taken. The tables were still in great condition.
I also remember my Mom telling me stories of clipping her father’s toenails. Not sure if that is what she is doing here, but she is obviously doing something with his feet.
I hope my Grandparents approve, I don’t know why they wouldn’t. In fact, they are probably disappointed I spent good money on reupholstering an old couch and chair, let alone something with sentimental baggage. Who knows.
Sagacity 