Hamp

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Wilburn Norwood Jonas 100th Birthday!

Norwood Jonas in the 1960s

I thought it would be appropriate to commemorate the 100th birthday of my Grandpa, Wilburn Norwood Jonas. He went by Norwood his whole life, or Nor to those closest.

Grandpa was born 15 May 1924 in Lewiston, Cache, Utah to Lillian Coley and Joseph Nelson Jonas.  The fourth child of eight to his parents.  He married Colleen Mary Andra 27 September 1946 in Elko, Elko, Nevada.  Three children were born to him and Colleen; Douglas in 1952, Sandra in 1954, and Jackie in 1960.  He died 14 March 1975 in Burley, Cassia, Idaho and was buried 19 March 1975 in Richmond, Cache, Utah.

I was trying to think of a way to commemorate Grandpa. As linked above, I have written of him before. This week, I went through an old book I have that belong to Norwood’s dad, Joseph. Inside were some newspaper clippings and notes. One linked to Grandpa. I share it to show that research is ongoing and can be found anywhere! Just takes a little luck, heaven’s guidance, and you will stumble on them. I will wrote more on the book and other clippings inside later.

Park School was in Richmond. It was only razed in the past few years. Grandpa went to North Cache High School, although he did not graduate. This clipping also has Irwin written in to it. Which tells me he was missed or it is the wrong Jonas boy that was listed. Although, I do have a class picture of Irwin and Norwood together, so I am not clear if that tips it one way or the other.

“Name Graduates of Park School

“The Richmond Park School commencement exercises will be held in the Benson Stake tabernacle Thursday, at 8 p. m.

“The program follows: Processional; Invocation, Bishop J. M. Godfrey; salutation, Garr Christensen; music, school orchestra; talks, Norma Kaye Funk, Margaret Merrill; music, class; class history, Joyce Larson; presentation of class gift, Oral L. Ballam Jr.; awarding of prizes and the presentation of the class. Principal G. G. Merrill; awarding of certificates, Levi H. Allen; class song, class; adjournment to the community building for dancing; benediction, S. W. Allen.

“The list of graduates are: Ivan Anderson, Oral Ballam, LaMarr Carlson, Archie Carver, Garr Christensen, Don Hansen, Warren Hamp, [Irwin written in, referring to Irwin Jonas], Norwood Jonas, Robert Johnson, Glenn Mortensen, Junior Peterborg, Darrell Smith, Gail Spackman, Alvin Spackman, Allen Spackman, James Scott, Boyd Tripp, Olive Biggs, Dorma Anderson, Joy Erickson, Norma Kaye Funk, Bernice Frandsen, Ruth Hutchison, Nadine Johnson, Eva Kershaw, Virginia Kirstofferson, Elaine Lewis, Anna May Lawrence, Joyce Larson, Margaret Merrill, Dorothy Nielsen, Beth Rich, Afton Sorensen, Lyle Wilding.

Here is the class picture with many of these same names. It also includes Irwin and Norwood. I have written about it previously.

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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.
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Glacus Merrill’s Class

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.