1954 Plain City Ward Dedicatory Program

This is the Dedicatory Program that was in my Grandpa Milo Ross’ possessions. Dad provided me a copy and I scanned it. The writing on the program and throughout is his writing, Milo James Ross.

Plain City Ward – Farr West Stake – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints – Sunday, November 7, 1954 – 2:00 P.M.

Grandpa was always pleased to have been a part of the construction of this building. He was upset when this building had a new one built beside it and then tore down this one. He also had great satisfaction in helping to arrange the construction of the Plain City 2nd, 7th, and 8th Ward Building.

Charles L. Heslop, Elvin H. Maw, George E. Knight, Merrill Jenkins

Our Bishops who have served during planning and construction of this New Chapel.

Bishop Charles L. Heslop, Bishop Elvin H. Maw, Bishop George E. Knight, Bishop Merrill Jenkins.

History of Construction

Bishop Heslop, who served as bishop of our ward from 1936 to 1944 along with his counselors Gordon Thompson and Abram Maw secured the ground for the location of this new chapel from Stephen Knight a resident of Plain City ward with thought in mind that some day this would be the site of our new building. It was during their administration that Bishop LeGrande Richards came to our ward and spoke to people instructing them to start a building program, and forget much remodeling of our old Chapel. In 1944 Bishop Heslop was released and Elvin H. Maw was sustained as Bishop with L. Rulon Jenkins and Fred Singleton as counselors. Later Lewellyn Hipwell served as a counselor. During this time the approval to build was given and enough money was raised to start construction, but due to the outbreak of war, we were unable to begin. In 1949 Bishop Elvin H. Maw was released and George E. Knight was sustained as Bishop with Leslie T. Maw and Howard Hadley counselors. In the fall of 1951 Brother Howard McKean came and visited our old chapel at which time he instructed us to make plans to build a new building. In the spring of 1952 the ground breaking ceremonies took place and the building commenced. Committees composed of ward members were chosen to help secure donated labor and funds and many other things pertaining to this undertaking. The entire ward response was wonderful and the construction proceeded very well. In the fall of 1953 the Stake was reorganized with Bishop George E. Knight being called as first counselor to President Raymond Pace. The ward was reorganized with Merrill Jenkins sustained as Bishop with Elmer Ericson and William J. Searcy as counselors. It has been under their direction that this chapel was completed.

To single out individuals for special thanks would be amiss since there are so many who have contributed their utmost and someone would surely be left out.

The building has been entirely constructed under the capable supervision of Leland Carver a Seventy in our ward. We are very proud of the work done under his direction.

Written by Grandpa, Milo James Ross was paid to help Mr. Carver as a carpenter.

Program

Organ Prelude – Ms. Glen Charlton

Opening Song – Song of the Redeemed – Chorus

Invocation – Bishop Charles L. Heslop

Song – Quartet – Bless This House – Mae Robson, Diane Chugg, Maurine Olsen, Sheran Knight

Remarks – Stake President Raymond J. Pace

Song – I Need Thee Every Hour – Lawrence Cottle and Sons

Remarks – Pres. George E. Knight, former Bishop

Song – Let the Mountains Shout for Joy – Chorus

Remarks – Bishop Merrill Jenkins

Address and Dedicatory Prayer – Bishop Thorpe B. Isaacson

Song – The Lord’s Prayer – Ronald Jenkins

Benediction – Elvin H. Maw

To those who have helped so much who are not now members of our ward we would like to express our appreciation and may you share in the joy with us this day.

To those who have passed away before this wonderful occasion, we express your sincere gratitude for all they have done.

Sincerely, Your Bishopric

Acknowlegement

Let us here give thanks to those who have given so generously of their time and means to make this building possible. May we all work to the end that it shall serve the purpose for which it was intended.

Sincerely, Merrill Jenkins, Bishop; Elmer Ericson, 1st Counselor; William J. Searcy, 2nd Counselor; Blair Simpson, Ward Clerk; Glen Charlton, Asst. Ward Clerk; Willard Wayment, Finance Clerk

Everyone worked replacing of old church for free. Lee Carver, Supt, and Milo J. Ross, Carpenter, we were paid.

History of Plain City Pt 2

I have two copies of the History of Plain City, Utah. The front indicates it is from March 17th 1859 to present. As far as I can tell, the book was written in 1977. At least that is the latest date I can find in the book.

One copy belonged to my Grandparents Milo and Gladys Ross. My Grandpa has written various notes inside the history which I intend to include in parenthesis whenever they appear. They add to the history and come from his own experience and hearing.

I will only do a number of pages at a time. I will also try to include scanned copies of the photos in the books. These are just scanned copies of these books, I have not tried to seek out originals or better copies.

History of Plain City March 17th 1859 to present, pages 33 through 38.

Past Bishops of Plain City

Henry J Gardner 1906 – 1910
Back (l-r): Wilmer J Maw, George E Knight, Elvin H Maw, Charles L Heslop; Front: George A Palmer, Gilbert Thatcher, Henry T Maw

Wilmer J. Maw      1920–1926

George E. Knight  1949–1953

Elvin H. Maw        1944–1949

Charles L. Heslop  1936–1944 (Married Milo Ross & Gladys Donaldson April 1942)

George A. Palmer 1926–1936

Gilbert Thatcher  1913–1920

Henry T. Maw     1910–1913

(l-r): Charles L Heslop, Elvin H Maw, George E Knight, Merrill Jenkins, Lyman H Cook, Rulon Chugg, Wayne W Cottle, Orlo S Maw

Charles L Heslop, 1936-1944

Elvin H Maw, 1944-1949

George E Knight, 1949-1953

Merrill Jenkins, 1953-1959

Lyman H Cook, 1959-1964

Rulon Chugg, 1960-1965, 2nd Ward

Plain City Ward – Wayne W Cottle, 1964 –

Plain City Ward – Orlo S Maw, 1965

(l-r) Kent Calvert, Robert Sharp, Kent Jenkins

Kent Calvert, 2nd Ward 1971-1974, 3rd Ward 1974-

Robert Sharp, 2nd Ward 1974-

Kent Jenkins, 1st Ward 1971-

PLAIN CITY BRANCH OFFICER

1859 – 1977

Submitted by Roxy Heslop                  Gilbert Thatcher                      1913 – 1920

PRESIDING ELDERS                                                     Wilmer J Maw                        1920 – 1926

William W Raymond              1859 – 1863                George A Palmer                   1926 – 1936

John Carver                             1863 – 1866                Charles L Heslop                     1936 – 1944

William W Raymond              1866 – 1870                Elvin H. Maw                           1944 – 1949

Lewis W Shurtliff                    1870 – 1877                George F Knight                     1949 – 1953

FIRST COUNSELORS                                                    Merrill Jenkins                        1953 – 1959

Daniel Collet                           1859 – 1866                Lyman Cook                             1959 – 1964

John Carver                             1872 – 1877                Wayne W Cottle                     1964 – 1971

SECOND COUNSELORS                                               Kent Jenkins                            1971 –

Jeppe G Folkman                    1859 – 1872               

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PLAIN CITY FIRST WARD

John Spiers                              1872 – 1877                FIRST COUNSELORS

CLERKS                                                                         John Spiers                              1877 – 1895

John Spiers                              1859 – 1872                Abraham Maw                        1895 – 1901

William W McGuire               1872 – 1877                Peter C Green                        1901 – 1903

PLAIN City Ward Officers        1877 – 1977                Henry J Garner                       1903 – 1906

BISHOP                                                                        Peter M Folkman                   1906 – 1910

Lewis W Shurtleff                   1877 – 1883                James L Robson                      1910 – 1920

George W Bramwell              1883 – 1906                George A Palmer                   1920 – 1926

Henry T Maw                         1910 – 1913                Elvin H Maw                           1926 – 1936

Gordon F Thompson  1936 – 1944                Abraham E Maw                    1936 – 1944

L Rulon Jenkins           1944 – 1949                Fred L Singleton                     1944 – 1946

Leslie T Maw              1949 – 1953                Llewellyn Hipwell                    1946 – 1949

Elmer Ericson              1953 – 1956                Howard Hadley                       1949- 1953

Rulon Chugg                1956 – 1956                William Searcy                        1953 – 1955

Thad Carlson               1959 – 1960                Rulon Chugg                            1955 – 1956

Carl Lund                     1960 – 1964                LeRoy P Folkman                    1956 – 1959

A Lew Jenkins              1964 – 1966                Kent Jenkins                            1959 – 1964

Darwin J Taylor           1966 – 1971                Delmar L Tanner                    1964 – 1969

G Earl Thompson        1971 – 1972                Blaine R Jensen                      1969 – 1971

Gary Jackson               1974 –                          Steven Miller                          1971 – 1974

SECOND COUNSELORS                                    Gary Jackson                           1972 – 1974

Peter C Green            1877 – 1901                Jerry Bradford                         1974 –

Samuel P Draney        1901 – 1903                WARD CLERK

Peter M Folkman       1903 – 1906                William McGuire                    1877 – 1887

Peter P Green            1906 – 1907                George Carver                        1877 – 1890

William G Rhead        1907 – 1910                Peter C Green                        1890 – 1903

William C Carver        1910 – 1913                William Kenley                        1903 – 1907

Marion Knight             1913 – 1914                William A Kerr                        1907 – 1914

William England, Jr    1914 – 1920                William H Heslop                   1914 – 1936

Elvin H Maw               1920 – 1926                LeRoy P Folkman                    1936 – 1942

Thomas Jenkins           1926 – 1936                Fred L Singleton                     1942 – 1944

Walter Moyes             1944 – 1947                A Glen Charlton                     1963 – 1965

A.Lew Jenkins              1947 – 1951                Gaylen Hansen                        1965 – 1966

Herbert E Barnes       1951 – 1953                Kent Calvert                            1966 – 1971

Blair Simpson              1953 – 1959                Robert Sharp                           1971 – 1974

Glen A Charlton         1953 – 1959                Rodney Roper                         1974 –

Kent Jenkins                1957 – 1959                SECOND COUNSELORS

Willard Wayment        1953 – 1959                A Glen Charlton                     1960 – 1963

Harold Hadley             1959 –                          LeRoy Folkman                        1963 – 1965

Wayne Skeen              1959 – 1965                Denton Hall                             1965 – 1971

Vernon Smith              1965 – 1965                Donald Skeen                          1971 – 1974

Robert Wade               1965 –                          John Stevens                           1974 –

Clair Truscott              1965 – 1971                CLERKS  

                                                                        Walter Moyes                         1960 – 1965

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PLAIN CITY SECOND WARD                             Lewis Moyes                           1965 – 1974

            Created June 12, 1960                        R John Maw                           1974 – 1976

BISHOPS                                                          Duane Bullock                         1976 –

Rulon Chugg                1960 – 1965               

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PLAIN CITY THIRD WARD

Orlo S Maw                1965 – 1971                            Created June 23, 1974

Kent Calvert                1971 – 1974                BISHOPS

Robert Sharp               1974 –                          Kent Calvert                            1974 –

FIRST COUNSELORS                                                    FIRST COUNSELORS

Jay Taggart                 1960 – 1963                            David Petersen                        1974 – 1976

Layne Thompson         1976 –

SECOND COUNSELOR

Robert Lewis               1974 – 1976

F. LeRoy Williams       1976 –

CLERKS

Keith Hamp                 1974 –

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Plain City Chapel. Dedicated 1889. Tore down in 1953. Was built just North of the present chapel.
Another view of the Plain City Chapel of 1889.
Present City Chapel. Dedicated 1954.

Thomas and Cottle

Here are two more photos from my Great Grandmother’s collection that have names written on them.  I will make the rest of them available that we just don’t have a clue about at another time.  Both were given to Lillian Coley Jonas, probably from classmates or close friends.

Irene Cottle gave this photo to Lillian and states the same.  I assume this was a close friend of some sort.  Irene Elizabeth Cottle born 20 November 1893 in Richmond, Cache, Utah and died in La Grande, Union, Oregon.  She married Edward William Pfel.

“To Lillian” signed “Irene Cottle” The frame indicates Foulgers Photo Stop, Garland, Utah

This photo from “Dellas Thomas”, at least that is how the name is spelled on the back.  Taken in Lewiston, Cache, Utah on 27 December 1914.  Perhaps a boyfriend at the time?  John Dellas Thomas was born 21 September 1896 in Lewiston and died 19 January 1985.

“Dellas Thomas” taken 27 December 1914 in Lewiston, Utah

1895 Plain City Student Body

Back (l-r): Eva Edwards, Ada Skeen, Isabell Skeen, Unknown Rogers, Cecile Richardson, Grace Draney, Aseal Ipson, Beatrice Cottle, Ethel Garner, Josie Bramwell, Edna Garner, Unknown Rogers, Amanda Olsen, Rachel Garner, Freda Wheeler, Murald Hodson, Alfred Skeen. Middle: Frank Vause, William Knight, Clarence Richardson, Grant Hansen, James Hunt, Delwin Sharp, William Skeen, Chester Davis, Ace Draney, Lee Boyd, Eli Lund, Richard Bates, Alfred Coy, Parley Hansen, Edward Folkman, Jesse Lund, Charles Bramwell, Stella Hodson, Etta Lund, Ella Hodson, Luman Green, Walter Maw. Front: Charles Maw, Ruby Stoker, Annie Cottle, Edna Hansen, Susie Boyd, Gertrude Knight, Hazel Spiers, Rose Liljenquist, Nellie Maw, Martha Hansen, Mabel Ipsen, Maude Marriott, Daisy Coy, Alminda Lund, Joseph Skeen.

Here is a picture of the Plain City, Weber, Utah school student body in 1895.  Apparently this was the entire student body and this photo was reproduced in the 15 March 1959 copy of the Ogden Standard-Examiner.  I have a couple of relatives in the picture and that is probably why my Grandpa and Grandma Ross pulled it from the paper and have kept it with their possessions.  The names all come from that same paper caption although both of the unknown Rogers just have Miss.  If anyone knows where to get a clearer scan of the photo, I would appreciate it as this 60 year old paper isn’t the best version.  I do not think the school in Plain City had another name besides the Plain City School.

I looked up the information for each individual.  I found most of them, except for a couple whose names were just not in Plain City or they must have only been there a short time.  Sometimes with those old clippings whoever gave them the names might have put a married last name rather than a maiden.  Hopefully someone can correct the rest of the names.  The two principals I could not nail down because of the difference in age I could not define and there were so many with the same name within 30 years of the age of most of these students.  I put the one I think is most likely but welcome corrections.

Eva Edwards (?-?)

Ada Myrtle Skeen (1885-1977) married Daniel Popple Williams (1881-1919) and Edsin Byrum Allred (1881-1960).

Isabell Electa Skeen (1889-1963) married Thomas Etherington Charlton (1887-1956).

Unknown Rogers (?-?)

Cecile May Richardson (1888-1975) married Robert Clyde Hellewell (1887-1967).

Grace Elizabeth Draney (1887-1972) married James Burt Atkinson (1880-1935).

Aseal Andrew Ipson (1889-1981) married Lucy Isabell Knight (1883-1989).

Mary Lew Beatrice Cottle (1887-1971) married Claud Leslie Kimball (1885-1958).

Ethel Garner (1886-1968) married Ephraim William Manning (1884-1970).

Josephine “Josie” Trena Bramwell (1887-1973) married Joseph Herman McCowan (1886-1964).

Mary Edna Garner (1888-1948) married Horace William Wayment (1885-1969).

Unknown Rogers (?-?)

Amanda Christine Olsen (1888-1968) married George Daniel Moyes (1889-1958).

Rachel Ann Garner (1889-1980) married George Leo Sandberg (1887-1949).

Freda Wheeler (?-?)

Murald Vinson Hodson (1887-1970) married Elda Herriot Barnett (1895-1979).

David Alfred Skeen (1885-1969) married Bertha Kerr (1885-1976).

Francis “Frank” Freedom Vause (1883-1974) married Vera Jaquetta Child (1885-1961).

William Thomas Knight (1881-1973) married Eliza Alzina Taylor (1886-1963).

Clarence Richardson (1883-1976) married Louie Marie Rawson (1881-1982).

Martin Grant Hansen (1883-1925) married Alice Maud King (1881-1951).

James Hunt (?-?)

Delwin Sharp (1884-1969) married Violet Grieve (1881-1964).  Obviously related to my Sharp line.

William Delbert Skeen (1884-1940).  Not sure this is the right William Skeen, but pretty sure.

Chester Davis (1883-1948) married Nellie Clark (1891-1950).

William “Ace” Hamilton Draney (1885-1979) married Ethel Skeen (1883-1979) and Vera Ann Toombs (1895-1977).

Levi “Lee” Alfred Boyd (1883-1972).

Eli Edgar Lund (1884-1955) married Mary Millie Hutchins (1882-1947).

Thomas Richard Bates (1884-1969) married Dora Evaline Taylor (1885-1981)

Alfred Jonathan Coy (1882-1957) married Mabel Adella Ipsen (1885-1954).

George Parley Hansen (1886-1968) married Criesta Zenobia Anderson (1889-1979).

George Edward Folkman (1885-1914) married Florence Evaline Maw (1888-1969).  Florence’s mother was a Sharp.

Jesse Leander Lund (1886-1918) married Myrtle John Hawkley (1895-1960).

Charles Bramwell (1885-1971) married Annie Myrtle Shupe (1888-1968).

Estella Dora Hodson (1887-1981) married Parley Paul Taylor (1886-1974).

Etta Letitia Lund (1887-1968) married Robert Alfred Witten (1873-1937).

Ella Doris Hodson (1887-1968) married James Earl McFarland (1889-1951).

Luman Peter Green (1886-1980) married Veda Jane Walker (1888-1981).

Walter Maw (1887-1912) married Della Neal (1888-1961).

Charles Maw, I think this is Charles Edward Maw (1875-1950).  Principal.

Ruby Stoker (1885-1965) married George Angus Spears (1878-1943).  She is a relative through our Stoker line.

Annie Jane Cottle (1881-1974) married Joseph Pierce Stock (1878-1954).

Edna Rebecca Hansen (1884-1958) married John Elmer Robson (1884-1930).

Susan “Susie” Emma Boyd (1885-1969) married August Steiner (1874-1949).

Gertrude Knight (1886-1970) married Hyrum Ezra Richardson (1886-1962).

Hazel Spiers (1885-1941) married Austin Tracy Wintle (1884-1977).

Rose Liljenquist (?-?)

Millie Maw (1884-1951) married Charles Joseph Buckley (1884-1959).

Martha Catherine Hansen (1887-1963) married Henry Merwin Thompson (1885-1976).

Mabel Adella Ipsen (1885-1954) married Alfred Jonathan Coy (1882-1957).

Maude Marriott (1880-1972) married Wallace Ridgeway Bell (1881-1947).

Daisy Louise Coy (1884-1968) married Hyrum Parley Hogge (1883-1941).

Alminda Drucella Lund (1881-1966) married Harold Waldermar Johnson (1888-1967).

Joseph Skeen, I think this is Joseph Lawrence Skeen (1857-1915).  Assistant Teacher.