Helper Journal - 24 Apr 1941 pg 1
Tales of Early Helper Pioneer
One of Helper's oldest business pioneers is 73-year-old Tony Laboroi, who first came to this neck of the woods 37 years, ago, although he has lived here continuously for only 29 years.
Mr. Laboroi, because of his "early morning walks "which keep me healthy," doesn't show his age, and has only been to a doctor one or two times in his life. The only thing that will convince one of his age is to listen to his life's history, for then the listener will concede that all that happened to him couldn't possibly have taken place in a shorter period.
Mr. Laboroi, Tony to all his friends, first saw the light of day in the little village of Piamonte, Italy, near the border of France. His parents were Pietro and Maria Laboroi.
Born a farmer's son. Tony early learned to use his hands and back, growing up on a peaceful farm in the country. He stayed with the farm, and later tried his hand at shoemaking, until he attained manhood, and then, at the age of 21, he joined the Italian army.
A soldier's life for two years was enough for him, and immediately upon his discharge from the army he embarked for the United States at the age of 23, lured there by a promotional agent's promise of a good job and plenty of money.
Like many others who came here to serve as laborers in building the rapidly growing nation on the western hemisphere, Tony was unable to speak a word of English, but nevertheless went immediately to work in a coal mine in Oklahoma. During his seven or eight years there he learned the English language. Getting suddenly homesick, he returned to Italy, but only for four months, whereupon he came back to the United States, which he knew was now really his home.
This time he worked in Michigan, for three years. He first set foot in Carbon county in the year 1900, where he worked in the mine until the big strike of 1903. Idle for almost a year, he finally decided to pull up stakes and move into Helper, which was then a fast growing community.
His first impressions of the town were apparently not very satisfactory, for later that same year he turned his eyes eastward and headed for Missouri. He worked in this latter state for eight years, but always believed this new country held wonderful fields of opportunity, and so in the year 1912 returned here and set up a saloon and lodging house.
"When I first came here in 1912," he chuckles, "there were seven saloons, more than all other kinds of businesses put together. But, unbelievable as it may seem, this small town was supporting 21 saloons one year later in 1913."
Contrary to popular belief today, he points out, Helper was not then a city of just a few people, but rather was not so much smaller than it is today. However, at that time, he hastens to explain, practically everyone was living in dirt dugouts in the sides of embankments, a few being lucky enough to possess squalid shacks. There were possibly 2800 people here then, most of them railroaders.
He quit the saloon business in 1917. He has erected several monuments in the form of strong brick buildings here, among which are the building now housing the liquor store, which was constructed in 1923, and the Fish Market, built in the year 1913. He also built his present home behind the liquor store in 1913, but several years later it burned down and he rebuilt it in 1919.
While in Oklahoma he met and married Teresa Trosano in the year 1894, three years after his arrival there. By her he had six children, four of whom died while children. The other two are John, who is manager of the Helper Super Service station in Helper, and Pete, who is manager of one of the Success stores in Salt Lake City. His wife died in 1936, and more than a year later he married Mary Falvo, his present wife.
He has served three terms on the city council, and ws once supervisor of the water line. He remembers that floods, then expecially heavy, washed the water lines, and virtually everthing else near the river, completely out.
In 1919 he bought shares in the Helper State Bank and that same year became a director, which position he has held ever since. At one time he served as vice president of the bank for a two-year period. During those earlier years, he says that Joe Barboglio Sr. was owner of the first weekly newspaper which was printed in the bottom of the Helper Hotel.
Always big hearted in the past - "Overly so," he says regretfully - his eyes still flash with outraged fury when he speaks of two different persons, still living in Helper, to whom he lent money and both of whom declared bankruptcy, cheating him out of over $5000 in one year.
Reading and his early morning walks are two hobbies which he seemingly enjoys very much, as long as he is accompanied by his trusty pipe.
If you are related to or would like to know more about this family please contact Michele.
Documentation: FHL film 1421806 bk 83 pg 54
SANTAQUIN, Utah - Peter Paul Laboroi, 85, died July 14, 1982 in a Payson, Utah hospital.
Born on May 3, 1897 in Colgate, Oklahoma to Antonio and Teresa Tronsano Laboroi. Married Mabel Downard in 1918. She died in 1948. He married Rachel Peterson Peery on July 23, 1950 in Salt Lake City. Retired grocery store manager, co-owner of the Success Markets in Salt Lake City. Veteran, World War One.
Survivors: Wife, Santaquin; one daughter, step-sons, eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; one brother, John B. Laboroi, Helper, Utah.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday, one p.m., Holiaday Hills Funeral Home, Santaquin. Friends may call at Holladay hills, Sunday, 7-8:30 p.m. and one hour prior to services on Monday. Interment, Santaquin City Cemetery. Military rites, Post #84, Santaquin American Legion.
If you are related to or would like to know more about this family please contact Michele.
documentation: FHL film 1421805 bk 8 pg 27
HELPER - Mary Tallario Laboroi, 81, died in the Price City Hospital, coronary occlusion. Born Dec. 25, 1874 in Decoliatura, Etaly, a daughter of Ralp Tallarico and Mary Bonnacci. Survived by her husband Antonio, Helper, daughters, stepsons, seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, a sister. Services will be announce by the Mitchell Funeral Home.
If you are related to or would like to know more about this family please contact Michele.
"Looking Backward"
By John A. Crockett
The Sun, Price, Utah, Thursday - September 1, 1932, p.4
The following, taken from the files of the Eastern Utah Advocate of May 19, 1898, tells of the capture of and killing of Joe Walker and the notorious outlaw, Butch Cassidy. (This was not Butch Cassidy.)
"News reached Price late Friday evening of the killing of the notorious outlaw, "Butch Cassidy, and Joe Walker, and the capture of Schultz and Thompson, members of the ‘Robbers' Roost' gang, by Sheriff Allred's posse which left here on Sunday, May 8. The members of the posse leaving here were Sheriff C. W. Allred, Pete Anderson, J.W. Warf, J. N. Whitmore, George Whitmore, Jack Gentry, Jim Inglefield, Billy McGuire and Jack Watson. When in the vicinity of Lower Crossing (Woodside), Sheriff Allred sent McGuire and Inglefield to Lower Crossing with dispatches. Joe Bush of Salt Lake City and a rancher named Coleman of Lower Crossing returned to the posse with McGuire and Inglefield. In the box canyons of the Price River below Lower Crossing, the trail of the outlaws was found. Here also was a bunch of Whitmore's cattle which they had stolen and also one of the outlaws' horses.
Sheriff Allred detailed members of the posse to drive the cattle back to the range and join them in Range valley. With the balance of the posse, Sheriff Allred followed the trail north into Range valley where they were told by a rancher that Walker and Cassidy had not been see. Believing that this information had been given to mislead, Sheriff Allred pressed the rancher into service as a guide, and in a short time were on the trail which leads down Range valley and crosses the Green river. After crossing the river the entire posse remained in the canyon until nightfall. Sheriff Allred was pretty well satisfied that they were close to the outlaws, and knowing that the latter would have some of their members on the outlook, deemed it wise to continue under cover of darkness. Led by the rancher, they continued across the hills until about fifteen miles was covered and the vicinity of the rendezvous of the robbers was reached. Here the posse dismounted and wrapped in their blankets, awaited the approach of dawn. About an hour before daybreak they remounted and preceded to within sixty yards of the sleeping outlaws. Allred then called on them to surrender, as did also Pete Anderson and J. N. Whitmore, who told the outlaws that they were surrounded by a hundred men. Cassidy and Walker immediately began firing but the other two threw up their hands and begged for mercy. Cassidy and Walker after emptying their revolvers, started to run. Walker fell about sixty feet from the bed with a bullet through his head and another pierced his heart. Cassidy fell shortly after with a bullet through his heart. The battle took place in the Bookcliffs, about forty-five miles north of Thompson's Springs. With the dead bodies packed on a couple of horses and with the two captured outlaws, the trip to Thompsons began, which point was reached on Friday morning.
Governor Wells of Utah was notified by wire of the capture. The party left Thompsons the following morning and reached Price at 7:1O a.m. A big crowd had assembled to view the remains of the outlaws. At the inquest a large number of witnesses testifies as to the identity of the outlaws, and in accordance with the testimony, the jury's decision was that the dead bodies were those of Butch Cassidy and Joe Walker. The bodies were prepared for burial on Saturday evening and placed in common wood coffins and on Sunday buried in the Price cemetery.
Joe Walker was said to have come from Texas some seven years ago and remained here, doing ranch work and riding the range. Later he went to Huntington where he was employed at Day Bros. sawmill. Being a good rider and handy with a gun, he was soon again among the cow-punchers. During the summer of 1895 his criminal career began. Under the influence of liquor he attempted to hold up Price, and in some way managed to elude the officers. Fearing arrest in case he returned to Price, he joined the cattle rustlers who rendezvoused in the eastern part of Emery county, and who have fattened off the cattlemen of eastern Utah. About fifteen months ago an attempt was made by the officials of Carbon and Emery counties to arrest him for horse stealing. In an encounter with Walker and a pal in the San Rafeal reefs, Sheriff Tuttle of Emery county received a bad gunshot wound in the thigh, supposed to have been inflicted by Walker. Walker has led gangs in raid after raid on cattle and horses and was much feared by ranchmen. As to the identity of Cassidy there is a great divergence of opinion. Sheriffs Allred and Tuttle, with several others, claim the body to be that of Butch Cassidy beyond a question of a doubt. Doc Shores of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, a noted criminal hunter, and others are equally positive that it is not Cassidy. Time alone will settle the dispute. The two outlaws who surrendered to the posse claim the names of Thompson and Schultz and are possibly Wyoming cattle rustlers. They were lodged in jail at this place under heavy guard. Thompson and Schultz claim that the dead man said to be Cassidy was known by him in Wyoming by the name of John Herring. In the event of Sheriff Allred's posse failing to capture the outlaws, Sheriff Tuttle with a posse from Orangeville was south of the Bookcliffs to intercept them. Sheriff Wilson of Grand county was also notified to cut off escape to the southeast, but failed to show up.
The Price boys who were in the posse smiled when Joe Bush got his work in on the Salt Lake City reporters. Joe is smooth of tongue and has a supreme amount of unadulterated gall. Bush says the melee was of very short duration. When he dismounted, it was just 5 o'clock. The bandits were surrounded after a walk of a hundred yards or more, and the battle fought six minutes later. The two bandits fired eight or ten shots. Some of the posse say the bullets whistled by close to them, but Bash says he wasn't paying any attention to such details of the performance. He was only looking after his own rifle and the bullets in its chamber. The shooting was all done at a distance of about twenty-five or thirty years. Members of the posse say that Bush, ‘the brave', did not show up until after Walker and Cassidy had been killed.It is very probable that Bush was at a safe distance when he was looking after his own rifle and the bullets in its chamber. It is also very likely that Bush was not as much concerned about the flying bullets as he was to preserve his cowardly hide. The credit for the capture is due solely to the Price boys, every one of whom were at the front pumping lead into the outlaws. ‘Windy' Bush is all right in an interview, and the Salt Lake reporters are soft snaps.
Sheriff Ward of Evanston, Wyo., reached Price on Sunday evening for the purpose of identifying Cassidy, the latter having served a term in the Wyoming penitentiary while Ward was warden. On Monday the body of exhumed, and an examination made. When seen by The Advocate reporter, Ward stated positively that the body was not that of Butch Cassidy. On Tuesday, Schultz and Thompson were taken to Castle Dale for a preliminary hearing. They were guarded by a strong posse. Jack Gentry, Billy McGuire, Pete Anderson and Jim Inglefield reached Price on Monday with the band of horses which were found in possession of the outlaws. They reached here with twenty-four head, four having given out on the trip to Price. The band is above the average Utah horse.
Return to History Index
PRICE - Mrs. Lillian A. Herman Cooper, 94, died Feb 7, 1984, in the Emery County nursing home.
Born Aug. 15, 1889, New Rochelle, N.Y., to Frederick and Emma Hollenweger Herman. Married Granville A. Cooper, Sr., Jan. 16, 1921, New Rochelle, N. Y. He died May 16, 1978. They came west to Myton, Utah and stayed until 1936 moving to Price in 1938. Member Community United Methodist Church, Price; United Methodist Women's Society; Price Chapter Service Star Legion; Carbon Temple Pythian Sisters.
Survivors; sons, both Price; step-son, Twin Falls, Idaho; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service Friday, 11 a.m. Community United Methodist Church, Price. Friends may call Mitchell Chapel, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. Family will be at mortuary chapel, Thursday, 7-8 p.m., and at the church one hour prior to services. Burial, Price City Cemtery, Price. Family suggests in lieu of other expressions of sympathy, donations be made in her memory to Community United Methodist Church, Price.
PRICE - Granville Alexander Cooper, Sr., 89 died May 16, 1978 in a Price nursing home of causes incident to age.
Born January 1, 1889, Hot Springs, Arkansas to Christopher C. and Samantha Lambert Cooper. He married Lillian A. herman, January 16, 1921 at New Rochelle, New York. Long time Price resident. Retired carpenter. Veteran of WWII, Navy. Member of Moose Lodge.
Survivors: wife, sons, both of Price; Twin Falls, Idaho; eight grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchildren, brother, Ted, Salt Lake City.
Funeral Friday 1 p.m. Mitchell Funeral Chapel where friends may call Thursday, Friday prior. Burial Price City Cemetery.
PRICE - Our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Granville Alexander Cooper Jr., age 74, passed away Nov. 10, 2001 at his home.
He was born March 19, 1927 in Myton to Granville Alexander Cooper Sr. and Lillian Anne Herman. Married Shirley Johnatakis May 29, 1957 at the Price United Methodist Church.
Member of the Price United Methodist Church. Served U.S. Navy during World War II. Member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America Local 184. "Coop" worked for Kaiser Steel as a carpenter and was a supervisor in the construction of Huntington and Hunter power plants. But most of all, he was well known for his craftsmanship as a finish carpenter.
When Coop was younger, he was an avid hunter, fisherman, and he loved to dance. He spent countless hours each day playing solitaire.
Survived by wife, son, daughter, and three granddaughters, all of Price. He will be dearly missed by four brothers-in-law, five sisters-in-law, many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents and brothers, Harold and George Cooper.
Funeral service, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 11 a.m., Price United Methodist Church. Family will be at Mitchell Funeral Home Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and at the church Wednesday one hour prior to service. Interment, Price City Cemetery.
The Sun Advocate, Price, Utah
Page 1 Thursday, June 10, 1937
FIRST LATUDA MINE MISHAP IN 6 YEARS KILLS ONE, HURTS 2
One man was killed and two men were injured in the Liberty Fuel company's mine at Latuda Tuesday afternoon by a fall of rock which marred one of the most remarkable mine safety records in the history of Carbon county's coal industry.
Fatally injured was Antonio Corsetti, about 45, who was believed to have been instantly killed. He was crushed beneath the rock, receiving a broken neck, crushed chest and pelvis and severe lacerations.
The injured were John Krissman and Val Turri, who suffered from shock and severe bruises.
Dr. I. K. Cummings of Standardville, who treated Krissman and Turri, reported that in view of the nature of the accident it is possible the two men also received minor fractures and internal injuries.
The accident was the first to occur in the mine since 1931. During the six year period since the last mishap the company was often cited for its safety accomplishments.
Corsetti is survived by four children, Mr. Carrie Deviett, Helper, and Sam, Virginia and Anna Rose Corsetti, who lived with their father on a farm in Standardville. Also surviving are a brother, Carlo Corsetti of Jeanette, Pennsylvania and a sister in Italy.
Funeral arrangments will be under the direction of the Flynn Funeral Home.
Eastern Utah Progress - 12 Jun 1912
NEW AMUSEMENT PARK
New Resort at "Frenchy's Ranch" to be Known as Riverside Park
Spring Glen will be the scene of a big jollification on Saturday evening of this week, when the new Riverside Park, which is located on "Frenchy's Ranch," will be thrown open to the public. Carpenters have been busy all week erecting a first class dancing pavilion and constructing various stands, tables and seats for the convenience of guests who desire to enjoy themselves during the hot months of the coming summer. The new dancing pavilion is first class in every respect and is fifty by sixty in size, ample to accommodate a large crowd of pleasure seekers.
The pavilion will be covered with a shingle roof and will be lighted with large gasoline lights, making it as light as day. The park abounds in shade of all kinds and there will be nothing that the heart could desire in the way of a place to rest and enjoy oneself that will be omitted.
Saturday evening a free dance is to be given, and "Frenchy and Frank Jerome, who is associated with him in the enterprise say there will be plenty of free beer or other refreshments, and that they are expecting a big crowd. The gentlemen are to be complimented on their progressive spirit, and it is hoped that the new resort will receive the support which it so justly deserves.
Eastern Utah Progress - 13 Mar 1913
T.H. Auphland informs Helper's Times that he will open up Riverside Park at Spring Glen for the season about May 15th. There will be dancing and other smusements every Saturday night throughout the summer. Riverside Park was a popular resort last year and Auphland hopes to make it still more popular this year.
Carbon County News - 15 Jan 1914
T.H. Aphond (Auphland) of Spring Glen, owner of Riverside Park, between this city and Helper, was a visitor in Price Saturday and informed the News that he is planning to make his park more popular than ever during the coming summer.
The Helper Journal (UT) - Thursday Aug 1,1957
B 27Dec1896 Palisade, Mesa county Colorado
D 29July1957 Helper, Carbon county Utah
Parents Arthur and Sarah Jones Lloyd
OK Cleaners Employee Dies Here Monday
Arthur Reid Lloyd, 61, an employee of the O. K. Cleaners and Dyers of Helper, died Monday at the hotel where he resided of a heart ailment.
He had been a resident of Helper for the past seven years.
He was born at Palisades, Colorado, a son of Arthur R. and Sadie A. Lloyd.
Funeral Services and burial will be at Palisades under the direction of McLean Mortuary.
Death Takes Spring Glen Lawman, 44
documentation: FHL film 1,421,806 bk 15 pg 136
Special to the Tribune
SPRING GLEN, Carbon County - A Carbon County deputy sheriff died of apparently natural causes Satuday.
Deputy Frank Stavar, 44, was found dead in his yard Saturday at 8:15 p.m. (19 March 1966)
Heart Attack?
Investigating officers theorized the deputy died of a heart attack as he was putting some guns he had just sold into a friend's truck.
County Atty. A. John Ruggeri said later Sunday an autopsy has been requested.
Frank Stavar was born Sept. 10, 1921, in Spring Glen, to Frank and Frances Tomsich Stavar. He married Phyllis Callis, Sept. 14, 1947, Spring Glen.
War II Veteran
He was a member of the Utah Peace Officers Assn., a former member of the Price Elks Club and a World II veteran.
Survivors include his widow; daughters, all of Spring Glen; his mother; a brother and two sisters.
Frank Stavar
SPRING GLEN, Carbon County - Requiem Mass, for Frank Stavar, 44, Spring Glen, who died Saturday evening of a heart ailment, will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. Anthony's Church, Helper. Rosary Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Mitchell Funeral Chapel, Price, where friends call Tuesday prior to rosary. Burial Price Cemetery. Pallbearers members Utah State Peace Officers Assn.
For more information about this family please contact Janet Garrett.
documentation: FHL film 1,421,806 bk 19 pg 8
SPRING GLEN, Carbon County - Mrs. Frances Tomsic Stavar Brgoch, 74, died Feb 9 in a Price rest home after a long illness. Born May 3, 1892, Bach, Yogoslavia, to John and Josephine Tomsic. Married to Frank Stavar 1909, Yugoslavia. He died April 4, 1945. Married to Tony Brgoch, 1947, New Mexico. He died June, 1960. member St. Anthony's Catholic Parish. Survivors: son, daughters; 8 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild; Requiem Mass Monday 10 a.m., St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Helper. Holy Rosary Sunday 7:30 p.m. Mitchell Funeral Chapel, Price, where friends call Saturday, Sunday, Monday prior to services. Burial Price Cemetery.
For more information about this family please contact Janet Garrett.
SPRING GLEN - Veda Albina Stavar Topolovec, age 68, died Sept. 19, 1995 at her home.
She was born Dec. 17, 1926 in City Hill Camp, Colo., the daughter of Frank and Frances Tomsic Stavar Sr. She married William "Bill" Topolovec April 14, 1946 in Helper.
She was a member of the Catholic Church and a longtime resident of Carbon County. She graduated from Carbon High School in 1945. Veda was employed in several restaurants in Price prior to retiring. She was a former member of Price Ladies of Elks. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and sister, her favorite pastime was encouraging her grandchildren in their many endeavors. She will be dearly missed, but never forgotten by her family and friends.
She is survived by her husband, daughter and her spouse, grandchildren, brother, and sister. She was preceded in death by her parents, son, William "Billy" Frank Topolovec, and a brother, Frank Stavar Jr.
Funeral Mass will be Friday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m. at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Helper. Vigil service will be Thursday, 7 p.m. at Mitchell Chapel, where friends may call daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Committal service, Price City Cemetery.
For more information about this family please contact Janet Garrett.
Sun Advocate - Thursday, April 5, 1945
Spring Glen Man's Funeral Held Here Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Mitchell Funeral Home in Price for the late Frank Stavar, Sr., 57, of Spring Glen, who died at the Price City Hospital late Wednesday afternoon of last week of pneumonia contracted following an accident at the Peerless mine late last month.
Rev. Richard Halbert officiated, burial being made in the Price City cemetery.
Mr. Stavar suffered chest injuries when sh was crushed between two mine cars.
He was born in Austria Feb. 26, 1888, the son of Joe and Mary Sercel Stavar. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Frances Stavar; two daughters, two sons, and one sister, Mrs. Josephine Urli, Austria.
For more information about this family please contact Janet Garrett.
News Advocate - Dec 2, 1927
Dr. William H. Bash, Prominent Physician, Dies
Deceased Doctor Eminent Figure in Carbon County During Past Decade; World War Veteran
Pneumonia, following a long illness proved fatal to Dr. William Henry Bash, 38, prominent Helper physician Monday at 1:43 o'clock in the afternoon. A series of operations had weakened his vitality, leaving no resistance to the fatal malady.
Dr. Bash had submitted to a gall stones operation at Price City hospital several weeks ago, and had recovered sufficiently to return to his home at Helper. It was thought that he would soon be able to resume his practice, but pneumonia developed and he failed to rally.
William Henry Bash was born in New Cumberland, W. Va., May 12, 1889. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Ritchie of that place, his father being a member of an old colonial family and his mother a native of Ireland. He went through common schools in his home town and then attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore. He then became an interne at Mercy hospital, a connection of Johns-Hopkins University.
He was married to Miss Agnes Maylan in 1915 and came to Utah the following year, locating at Huntington. He spent almost a year in that place, selling his practice there to take up a position as company surgeon for the Utah Fuel company at Sunnyside. He enlisted in the medical corps in the fall of 1918 and was commissioned a first lieutenant at Fort Riley, Kas. Upon his return to Carbon county, he established a practice at Clear Creek. He removed to Winter Quarters, and thence to Castle Gate, in 1922. He transferred his practice to Helper in 1926, where he remained until his death.
Prominent Club Man
Dr. Bash was one of the most prominent men in medical circles in the eastern part of Utah. He stood high in the estimation of his fellow members of the profession and was prominent in lodge and fraternity work. He was a member of Carbon lodge No. 16, of the F. & A. M., and a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. He was past commander of the Castle Gate post No. 48 of the American Legion, and at the time of his demise, was president of Carbon County medical association.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Agnes Maylan Bash, four children, William Hr. Jr., 11; Mary Elizabeth, 10; John E., 6; and Robert Maylan Bash, 5, his mother Elizabeth Bash and one brother, John, of New Cumberland.
Requiem high mass will be said for the remains of Dr. Bash by Monsignor Giovannoni at 10 a.m. Saturday, at Notre Dame de Lourdes church. The body will be shipped to Salt Lake by J. E. Flynn and the interment there will be in the Calvery cemetery.
The Sun - 2 Dec 1927
DEATH CLAIMS DR. BASH HELPER PHYSICIAN DURING WEEK
Death claimed Dr. William H. Bash, aged 38 years, at his home in Helper Monday of this week of pneumonia, after a long and complicated illness. Dr. Bash was operated on several weeks ago at Price City Hospital for gall stones and stomach ulcers. He became very ill at this time, and for days his life was despaired of, but he finally rallied enough to return to his home in Helper. Sunday he developed pneumonia and his death was the result of this malady.
Dr. Bash was born in New Cumberland, W. Va., May 12th, 1889, the son of John and Elizabeth Ritchie Bash. He received his education in the school of physicians and surgeons at Baltimore, Md., and was an intern at Mercy Hospital. He was married in 1916 to Miss Agnes Maylan of Baltimore, and came to Utah that year, locating at Huntington. Later he became the Utah Fuel company physician at Sunnyside. He served as a first liutenant at Fort Riley, Kan., during the world war, and on his return spent some time at Winter Quarters and Clear Creek. He removed to Castle Gate in 1922, and in 1926 to Helper. He was a member of the Moose lodge and the Carbon Lodge of masons, a past commander of the Castle Gate post of the American Legion, and at the time of his death was president of the Carbon county Medical association.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Agnes Maylan Bash; four children and his mother, of the same place.
High requiem mass will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) at Notre Dame de Lourdes for Dr. Bash. The body will be sent to Salt Lake City for interment by the Flynn Funeral Home of Price. Interment will be in the Cavalry Catholic church in Salt Lake City. Shortly before his death Dr. Bash was baptized into the Roman Catholic church by monsignor A. F. Giovannini, this being in compliance of the last wish of Dr. Bash.
If you would like more information about this family please e-mail Steve Bash
Helper Journal - 6 Oct 1966 page 1
Matt Biondich Funeral Held in California
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Castro Valley, Calif. for Matt Biondich, 77, Castro Valley resident, who died Sept. 30 at his home after a long illness. He was a former long-time resident of Helper and Carbon County and for many years he owned and operated a tavern in this city.
He was born march 31, 1889 at Cevarina, Austria. Married Antonia Krizman in 1916 in Sunnyside.
Survivors are his widow; son and daughters, and nine grandchildren.
Burial was in Castro Valley.
The third building over from the left is in the location of Matt's Place. We don't know if the building in the picture was torn down and a new two story building was built or if a second floor was added to the current building. This building is at 138 South Main Street in Helper, Utah. During the years of 1938-1944 it is known as Matt's Place owned by Matt Biondich. In 1945-1948 it is known as Jack's Place owned by Jack Busato. In 1949 Jack Busato sold to Johnny Bianco and it became known as Johnny's Place. Johnny owned it until 1962 and then it became the Regis Club. It remains the Regis Club now. In the early years the building also had Cozy Rooms upstairs where the "ladies of the night" worked.
From the 1900 U. S. Census for Sunnyside Precinct, Carbon County Utah, dated 23 June 1900, Enumeration District No 86, I found evidence of my grandfather, Joe Asson, on line 19. The birth date matches to confirm identity. At that time, Joe was living in a boarding house with other coal miners. He was single, 28 yrs of age, and could read and speak English. He had been in the United States for approximately 4 years.
Joe (Fidele Vigilio Luigi Asson) was born in Amblar Austria, now Italy. Amblar is located in the Valle di Non and the province of Trentino. The area is also known as Sud Tirol (Tyrol). Surrounding villages of more prominence than Amblar include Fondo, Cavareno, Cles, and Romeno, to name a few.
Ironically, on line 12 of the census document referenced above is the name of my paternal grandmother, Rosa Malench, wife of Daniele Malench listed on line 11. Rosa was born Rosa Angela Gabardi in the village of Malgolo. Malgolo is located only five kilometers from Amblar in the Sud Tirol of what is now Italy, but was Austria at the time of her birth.
Daniele Malench was also a product of Sud Tirol, though little is known of his life.
Rosa had been married prior to Malench to a man named Riccardo Carotta. It is believed that Carotta died in Colorado or Wyoming, leaving Rosa with four children. Two of those children were returned to Malgolo Austria, now Italy, to be raised by relatives. The other two children, John Carotta and Eda Carotta, are listed on lines 13 and 14 of the census report referred to above. Another child, David Malench, the product of Daniel Malench and Rosa is listed on line 15.
The irony of the matter is that Rosa Gabardi Carotta Malench later left her marriage with Daniele Malench, for reasons unknown to our family. The possibilities are many, including divorce, separation, death of Malench, abandonment by Malench, or any number of reasons.
Now, the rest of the story. At the time of the census, Joe Asson was a boarder with other coal miners in a boarding house operated by Rosa Malench. Five years later, Rosa and Joe were married in Diamondville, Wyoming. Ultimately, Rosa bore seven children by Joe Asson. The couple raised the two Carotta children listed on lines 13 and 14 of the census, as well as the Malench child listed on line 15 of the census report.
In 1910, the family moved to Rupert, Idaho from the area of Kemmerer, Wyoming. The family owned a small farm on the Minidoka Irrigation District near Rupert. Most of the family remained in the area of Rupert, Idaho until their death.
While both of my grandparents were born in what was Austria at that time, the both spoke Italian, or a dialect of Italian called Nones. Nones continues to be spoken in the area and is a very distinct dialect with ancient origins.
I have traveled to northern Italy on many occasions and have developed a wonderful relationship with many, many relatives of both my grandfather, Joe Asson and my grandmother, Rosa Gabardi.
I will be happy to share information with anyone with a common tie to the area or to either family.
The photo is believed to have been made about 1900. We can date the photo, because of the age of the children in the photo. The baby in the photo was born in April of either 1898 or 1899.
The lady is Rosa Gabardi Carotta Malench Asson, my grandmother. The man holding the baby is believed to be Daniele Malench. The baby is David Malench, the little girl is Edith or Eda Carotta, the little boy peeking from behind is Johnny Carotta.
The man at the upper right in the photo, the good looking guy, is Fidele Vigilio Luigi "Joe" Asson, my grandfather.
It is believed that the photo was made in Carbon County, Utah. It is further believed that the other individuals in the photo are coal miners who boarded in Rosa's boarding house.
If you are related to this family or would like to know more please contact Gary Asson.
Sun Advocate - 7 Aug 1958
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the chapel of the Mitchell funeral home for Mrs. Ida Pace Barnes, 69, who died Thursday evening in the Price hospital after a short illness.
She was born January 28, 1889, at New Harmony, Washington county, the daughter of James F. and Mary Mathis Pace. She married Guy T. Barnes who preceded her in death.
She had been a teacher in the Carbon county school district for the past 35 years.
Surviving are two brothers and four sisters and three grandchildren.
If you are related to this family or would like to know more please contact Liz Fieldstead.
News Advocate - 12 Feb 1931
ONE KILLED: TWO HURT IN COLUMBIA MINE ACCIDENTFalling Coal Pins Three; One Escapes Without Injury
One man was killed and two were seriously injured Saturday, when a fall of coal imprisoned them at the Columbia mine. The dead man is Sam Jensen and the injured are Tally Evans and Glen Stevenson. One worker in the mine Abe Crawford, escaped injury and summoned aid for the three who were pinned underneath tons of coal.
These four men were the only workers in the mine at the time of the crash and were loading a car of coal when a huge chunk fell on them. The fall of the coal could not be accounted for by mine officials, who state that there had been no recent blasting.
Evans had his hand severed, and the body of Jensen were extricated from the coal quickly but it was approximately two hours before Stevensen could be freed from the wreckage.
A heroic feature of the accident was the manner in which Glen Stevensen, imprisoned with Jensen and Evans, probably saved Evans' life. As told by Clarence Bentley, trackman in the mine and one of the first to reach the scene of the fall, Stevensen saw the covered hand of Evans on top of the mine car, and, although securely pinned himself, Stevensen was able to sieze Evans by the arm and staunch the flow of blood by the pressure of his fingers on the injured man's arm.
It is believed that Evans had his hand on the edge of the mine car when the crash came, and that one of the falling chunks caught his hand between itself and the car and severed it cleanly. Bentley stated that it was probably twenty minutes between the crash and the time that help reached the men.
Incidentally a brother of Bentley's, Brigham Bentley, was killed in the same mine by a car on January 15 of this year.
Evans was treated at the mine hospital and later removed to Salt Lake City where he will receive medical and Stevensen, although pinned under the coal for longer period of time than the other men escaped with bruises and after being treated at the hospital, was removed to his home.
The body of Jensen was removed to the Deseret Mortuary where it was discovered that Evans suffered a broken back, two broken legs and badly crushed shoulders. He was born at Ferron , June 20, 1902 the son of Hans and Evilda Jensen. He had lived at Columbia for seven years and had worked around and in the mine since living there. He is survivied by his wife, and his father, and four children.
Funeral services were held at Cleveland Tuesday under the direction of the Deseret Mortuary with interment in the Cleveland Cemetery.
If you are related to this family or would like to know more please contact Dana Wall.
If you are related to this family or would like to know more please contact David Parker
News Advocate - Jan. 14, 1932
The Helper Times of Helper becomes the Journal, with its purchase by O. Wat Brandon of Sheridan, Wyo., who will be assisted in its publication by his son, DeLos E. Brandon, The Brandons have been in the newspaper business in Wyoming for many years with marked success.
Virginia Neuteboom was from Ogden, Utah, and graduated from Weber College in 1926. She received her teaching certificate in 1927 and taught for two years outside of Ogden (according to her Teacher Registration card of 1930, from the Ogden School District). Family members have said she taught in Wattis and Helper.
The only story from this period that has survived is that she went home for the Christmas holidays to Ogden and contracted smallpox (seven of her siblings got it, too). She didn't know she had it, however, until she was back teaching in Helper. Her sister came to nurse her and they stayed in a hotel for the confinement period.
She died at 31 years of age.
If you are related to this family or would like to know more please contact Emma West.
.
Henry Joseph Hampson is the head of the family. His wife, to his left (to the right looking at the picture) was Corilla Lindsay Hampson. My Grandmother, Agnes Hampson, is the little girl over Joseph's left shoulder. The boy in the back row is Henry Franklin Hampson, later to marry Rosa Johanna Sigridur Jonsson Hreinson.
Henry Joseph Hampson was a coal miner in Castle Gate, Utah. He was employed by the Utah Fuel Company at Castle Gate.
Corilla, his wife, may have managed a local Boarding House
This family lost two daughters to the 1918 influenza.
The picture at the right shows the five Hampson sisters & Rosa Hreinson Hampson back row: Rosa wife of Henry Franklin Hampson, Betty Craft, Agnes Gorham, Ila Marshal front: Nel Wilber, Charotte Clark
If you are related to this family or would like to know more about them please contact Gerald Farren.
John Howard Farren was employed by he United States Fuel Company and worked at the Heiner mine. He died on Friday April 2, 1925 in a mine accident. The News Advocate for 9 Apr 1925 reads:
TIMBERMAN IN MINE AT HEINER KILLED FRIDAY
John Howard Farren, age 39, was killed by a fall of coal in the Heiner mine of the United States Fuel Company Friday. He is survived by his widow, Agnes Hampson Farren and three children. He was born in Ireland. Funeral services were held in Salt Lake Monday afternoon. The death of Farren, a timberman, and of his father-in-law; Henry J. Hampson, who was employed in the Castle Gate mine, occured within four days of each other.
He was the husband to Agnes Hampson. They lived in Castle Gate.
If you are related to this family or would like to know more about them please contact Gerald Farren.
FHL film 1421809 bk 81 pg 78
PRICE- Carl Werner "Stubby" Petersen, 86, died January 19, 1982 in a Price Hospital. Born December 5, 1895, in Menominee, Michigan, to Charles Herman and Georgina Stephensen Petersen. Married Verda Turner, March 29, 1918, Farmington, Utah. Graduated from East High School in S.L.C. in 1915. Received his degree from Utah State University in 1919, where he was an All Conference Halfback. Upon graduation, he later coached at Bingham, Ogden, Carbon County High Schools. While he was in Ogden, he played and managed the Ogden Team in the Utah Idaho League. Member, United Methodist Church of Christ, past member of USU Board of Trustees, USU Alumni Counsel, Ann Self Training Center, Carbon County Welfare Board, CEU Prehistoric Museum, Old Time Athletes Assoc., S.L.C., Chamber of Commerce, Past President of Price Rotary Club, Honorary Life Member Joppa Lodge #26 FA&M, CF Jennings Chapter of Knight of Templers, Al Kalah Shrine Temple, S.L.C., Eastern Utah Shrine, Carbon Country Club, Price Elks Lodge 1550. Also received and affiliated with many other Civic, Educational, Fraternal organizations and received many other personal awards for his many years of service to the community of Carbon County.
Survived by his wife, Verda; sister, Mrs. Harriette Fog, Hollywood, Calif.; nephew, Wallace R. Gittings, Calif. and a Community of appreciative Friends.
Public Masonic Services Friday, 2 p.m. at Price Elks Home. Friends may call Mitchell Chapel Thursday and Friday prior to service. Family will be at Mitchell Chapel Thursday evening 7 to 8 p.m. and at Elks Home an hour prior to service. Graveside services at Price City Cemetery by Joppa Lodge #26 FA&M and Officers Price Elks Lodge 1550. In lieu of flowers, family suggest contributions to Shriners Childrens Hospital, S.L.C. Utah.
FHL film 1421809 bk 86 pg 119
PRICE - Mrs. Verda T. "Mrs. Stubby" Petersen, 85, died July 26, 1983 in a Price Hospital.
Born March 19, 1898 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada to Fred N. Turner and Agnes Pitkin Turner. Married Carl W. "Stubby" Petersen on March 29, 1918. He died January 19, 1982. She retired from teaching and counseling in 1964 after 42 years in the Carbon School District and Carbon Junior College (now CEU). Her career started in 1925 when she and her husband, C. W. "Stubby" Petersen came to Price; he was a coach at Carbon High School. during their first year in Price and in addition to his coaching duties Mr. and Mrs. Petersen served as "houseparents" for 25 boys in the old Carbon High School Dormitories. Mrs. Petersen attended High School at the old Brigham Young College at Logan and graduated from Utah State Agricultural College, now Utah State University. She also attended University of Utah, Brigham Young University, University of New Mexico; University of Michigan and Colorado State College. She started teaching as an instructor in English at the Harding School in Price, where she taught the seventh and eighth grades. Later she taught at the Price Junior High School and in 1941 joined the Carbon High School Faculty when it was operated jointly with Carbon College. In 1953 she began teaching English to College students and introduced courses in Education to College Freshmen who expected to major in that field. In 1957 she began counseling part-time and gave up teaching, except for introducing remedial reading classes to students on the High School level. When the High School and College separated in 1959 she elected to go with the High School as a full time counselor. In this capacity she introduced free school counseling at Carbon High. Mrs. Petersen has acted as advisor for the Carbon High Pep Club and the Eaglette Club, which was the Carbon College Pep Club. She advised the Pi Gamma Chi Sorority and the Associated Women Students of the College as well as Girl's Glee at Carbon High. She was the first Chairman of the Scholarship Committee of Carbon High and College and through their efforts 100's of Carbon students have been able to go on to institutions of higher learning. She was a Past President of the Price Sorosis Club and Treasurer of the Carbon County Teachers Association. She attended the Community Methodist Church and was a member of Price Ladies of Elks Organization.
She is survived by a brother, Fred Turner of Raymond, Alberta, Canada; sister, Mrs. Caroline Begg of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; many nieces and nephews and a community of friends.
Funeral services Saturday 11:00 a.m. Mitchell Chapel in Price, were friends may call Friday and one hour prior to services on Saturday. Burial; Price City Cemetery.
Sun Advocate - April 26, 1945
Funeral services for the seventh victim of the Kenilworth coal mine explosion on March 14 were held in Price Tuesday for Arthur Lermusiaux at the Mitchell funeral home.
He suffered burns and other injuries which caused his death from a blast explosion in the mine of the Independent Coal and Coke company. Eleven men were burned of a 16-man crew which was operating in a section of the mine. The other four men are reported as safely out of danger.
Mr. Lermusiaux was born in Seattle, Wash., Sept. 19, 1892. He came to Kenilworth several years ago as a miner, having worked in mines in Colorado previous to coming to Carbon county.
He is survived by three daughters; one son, and several granddaughters.
Burial will be in Price City cemetery.
FHL film 1421807 bk 46 pg 105
Coach Dies of Heart Ill in Price
8 Nov 1973 - Special to the Tribune
PRICE - Jackson O. Jewkes, 55, Price, former coach and athletic director at Carbon High School and the College of Eastern Utah died of a heart attack Thursday at his home.
Born Feb. 2, 1918, Orangeville, Emery County, to Joseph Benjamin and Avis Fern Jackson Jewkes, he was graduated from Carbon High School in 1935 where he was a member of several all state football teams and was captain of the basketball team.
BYU Star
He was a star halfback at Brigham Young University from 1936 to 1938. He began teaching at Price Junior High School and was named head football coach at Carbon High and later Carbon College now College of Eastern Utah. After completing military service during World War II, he returned to Carbon College and coached the 1947 football team to the Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title. In 1962 he resumed full time teaching at Carbon High where he remained until his death.
In 1939 he married Lois Olsen, they were divorced. He married Phyllis Lupon on Feb. 2, 1946. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Price Elks and American Legion, the Old Time Athletes Assn., the Carbon County Educational Assn., Utah Education Assn., and was a vice-president of the Carbon Credit Union.
Name Survivors
Survivors include his widow; daughters, five grandchildren; brothers, and sister. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the North Carbon LDS Stake Center, Price. Burial will be in the Price City Cemetery.
The family suggests contributions be made to the Jackson Jewkes Athletic Memorial Fund in care of Carbon High School.
FHL film 1421805 bk 8 pg 159
Sun Advocate
death date: 12 Dec 1956
PRICE - Funeral services for Laurence Martin Rasmussen, 73, who died Wednesday, will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at Price Second LDS Ward Chapel. Friends call at Wallace Mortuary Sunday until 5 p.m. and at residence, 59 E. 1st North, Monday after 11 a.m. Burial Price Cemetery. Born Dec. 17, 1882, in Mt. Pleasant to Martin and Nicolene Christensen Rasmussen. Married Mary Jane Olsen Oct. 7, 1911, in Salt Lake City. Survivors: widow; sons and daughters, six grandchildren, a sister and a brother.
FHL film 1421808 bk 64 pg 121
PRICE - Carl E. Olsen, 70, died July 21, 1977, at his home in Price.
Born Nov. 14, 1906, Price, to Seren and Emily Barton Olsen. Married Jessica Lange, July 21, 1939, Manti LDS Temple. She died May 19, 1977. Member LDS Church. Served mission to Eastern states. Graduate, U. of U. Taught English and art for 40 years. Taught at Carbon High, CEU of Price, and Weber High of Ogden. VISTA volunteer. At time of death was teaching art to senior citizens of Price.
Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Ken (Judy) Chiodo, Littleton, Colo.: Mrs. Scott (Lynne) Johnson, Trumbell, Conn.; son, Stephen, Salt Lake City; 5 grandchildren; brother, sister.
Funeral services Tuesday, 1 p.m., Price 4th-5th LDS Ward Chapel. Friends may call Monday, 8-9 p.m., Fausett Mortuary and at the ward Tuesday one hour before services. Burial, Price City Cemetery.
FHL film 1421806 bk 13 pg 45
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Price Community Methodist Church for Mrs. Bess Riggs Jones, 75, Price, retired Utah educator and former dean of women at Carbon College, who died Monday at 8 a.m. in the Carbon Hospital after a long illness.
She was born March 1, 1889, at Orrick, Missouri, to N. R. and Sallie J. McCune Riggs. She was married July 3, 1910. She has no known survivors.
Mrs. Jones first taught school in Utah in 1916 at Bingham Canyon after having taught in Missouri and Oklahoma. She taught at the Bingham Canyon Junior High School until 1919 when she left to teach in Fredonia, Kansas, and Lathrop, Missouri. She returned to Utah in 1926 coming to Price where she engaged in teaching English and Latin at Carbon High School. She remained on the high school faculty until 1945 when she joined the faculty at Carbon College advancing to the position of dean of women until her retirement in 1958. Since her retirement she has attended lecture courses at Carbon College not for credit but to satisfy her unquenchable desire for knowledge and association with young people to whose education she devoted her life.
Active in community affairs, she was past state president of the P.E.O. and past president of Chapter B and of the Order of Eastern Star. In 1949 she was honored by the Beta Sigma Phi sorority as First Lady of Price and in 1963 she was recipient of the first distinguished service award given by Carbon College.
She received a PdB degree in 1910 from the Missouri State Teachers' College and in 1924 was awarded her AB degree in Latin and History from the University of Colorado. She also attended the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Colorado University and University of Chicago.
A special scholarship has been established in her name at Carbon College. Any person wishing to contribute to the Bess Riggs Jones Memorial Scholarship fund may do so by writing the treasurer at Carbon College.
FHL film 1421809 bk 87 pg 64
PRICE - Veronica Sarah Heinlein, age 82, died November 12, 1983 at home.
Born December 9, 1900, Hamilton, Montana to George Philip and Rosalle Sylvia Marek Heinlein. Member, Catholic Church. Past president, Altar Society. Graduated with a B.A. degree from Duchesne College, Omaha, Nebraska, June 13, 1924. also attended U of U, BYU and USAC (now known as Utah State). Began teaching in 1924 at Soldier Summit Elementary, 2 years, in 1926 moved to Harding Elementary, 4 years; in 1930 moved to Carbon High School, retiring in 1966 with 42 years of service. Active in many Club Advisorships at the High School. Spent entire teaching career in the Carbon School District.
Survived by niece, Maryetta Heinlein, Englewood, Colorado; grandnieces, Katherine Joan Heinlein, Dallas, Texas; Jamie Lynn Heinlein, Englewood, Colorado and a community of friends.
Mass of the Christian burial Thursday 10:30 a.m. Notre Dame DeLourdes Catholic Church in Price; Holy Rosary will be recited Thursday prior to the Mass at the Church. Friends may call Mitchell Chapel, Wednesday and Thursday prior to Mass. Burial: Price City Cemetery. Family suggests contributions to the Notre Dame Parish, Price, Utah.
FHL film 1421807 bk 33 pg 97
Vernon N. Merrill, 65, Price Educator Dies
5 July 1970 - Special to The Tribune
PRICE - Vernon N. Merrill, 65 recently retired vice principal at Carbon High School, died Sunday at Heber City Hospital after a short illness.
Mr. Merrill, a Price resident, served as vice principal for 41 years after joining the Carbon High School faculty as football coach in 1928. He was a past president of Price Rotary Club, served on the Carbon County Red Cross Board for 30 years and was a staff sergeant with the Utah National Guard based in Provo.
He was manager of Price Municipal Swimming Pool for 20 years and a fire warden with the Utah State Forestry Service.
Former Scoutmaster
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mr. Merrill was a former scoutmaster of Price First LDS Ward and a past president of the North Carbon LDS Stake Young Men's Mutual Improvement Assn. He received his bachelor and master of science degrees from Brigham Young University.
Mr. Merrill was born Oct. 24, 1904, to Dr. Amos Newlove and Eliza Drysdale Merrill. He married Zella Moody, Aug. 21, 1929, the the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Wife, Sons survive
Survivors include his widow; two sons, Dr. M. Don Merrill, Las Cruces, N.M., and Non Moody Merrill, American Fork, plus eight grandchildren. Also surviving are three brothers and a sister, Alton D. Merrill, Springville, David M. Merrill, Farmington, Lyman Merrill, Rolling Hills, Calif., and Mrs. Melvin (Lucile) McDonald, Salt Lake City.
Funeral services are Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the North Carbon LDS Stake Center. Friends may call at Mitchell Funeral Home, Price, Tuesday 7-9 p.m. and at the stake center one hour prior to services. Burial is at 4 p.m. in Provo City Cemetery. the family suggests contributions to the Vernon N. Merrill Memorial Scholarship Fund, Carbon High School.
Sun Advocate - 22 Mar 1945
Price Native Dies as Marine Corps Fighter; Grandson of Pioneers
A native of Price and one-time student at Carbon senior high school, Private Russell E. Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ray Lee of Provo, former resident of this city, was reported as having been killed while serving as a member of the marine corps in action on February 20.
He was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lee of Salt Lake City, former pioneer residents of Carbon county. His widow, Renee Lee, is a resident of the state capitol city. He was a graduate of the Provo high school, had entered the military service on February 19, 1944.
Survivors include his parents, widow, a son, five brothers, and two sisters.
The Sun Advocate - 23 Jan 1941, page 4
Aged Helper Man Killed When Struck by Railroad Engine
The body of Andrew Wallace, 77, was found Sunday morning beside the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks, where he died from injuries receive dwhen struck by a passing freight train between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m.
Mr. Wallace was known to have been in good health Saturday. His son, Andrew Wallace, Jr., reported that his father was in the habit of walking to town every morning beside the railroad tracks.
Deputy Sheriff Warren Peacock, who investigated the accident, reported that Mr. Wallace had been killed by a passing train.
Mr. Wallace was born March 31, 1863, Scotland, coming to Salt lake City at the age of 17. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Brown Wallace.
He helped cut and fit the stones for the Salt Lake City temple spires while he was a stone mason in that city. He subsequently moved to Winter Quarters and then to Castle Gate, where he worked in the coal mines. He moved to Helper on his retirement nine years ago. His wife, Margaret Ann Wallace, died several years ago.
He is survived by two sons and seven daughters, a brother, 19 grand-children and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednesday mornig at 10:00 o'clock under direction of the Wallace Funeral home of Price Bishop William Stapley of Castle Gate officiated. Services were held in the Helper Civic auditorium and burial was in the Castle Gate cemetery.
The Helper Journal - 23 Jan 1941
Train takes Life of A. Wallace Citizen of Helper
Andrew Wallace Sr., 77, reportedly hit by a passing freight train, was found dead alongside the Rio Grande railroad tracks shortly north of the D street crosing early Sunday morning.
Some doubt was at first experienced as to which train or engine had struck the victim as law officers studied the scene of the accident, but Deputy Sheriff Warren Peacock, possibly drawing his conclusions from the position of the body and the schedule of trains, comparing this with the fact that Dr. A. R. Demman established the time of death at only a short time previous, annonced that he had been killed by a freight train heading north.
Mr. Wallace, a well-known figure about Helper, was in the habit of taking an early morning walk before breakfast, said his son, Andrew Wallace Jr., and he was probably on his way to or from home when the train hit him.
The body was discovered by John Curry, Helper, who immediately phoned the authories. However, no engineer could be found who remembered seeing the victim in the train's path or feeling any kind of impact. The immense size of any engine would, however, absorb any shock caused by such an impact.
He is survivied by two sons, seven daughters, 19 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Of those, living in Carbon County are his son, a daughter, ,of Helper and ,,of Standardville.
Mr. Wallace was born March 31, 1863 in Scotland, coming to Salt Lake City at the age of 17. He was a son of James and Elizabeth Brown Wallace.
He was employed as a stone mason in Salt Lake City for a number of years and helped cut and fit the stones for the Salt Lake temple spires. He subsequently moved to Winter Quarters and then to Castle Gate, where he worked in the coal mines. He moved to Helper on his retirement nine years ago. His wife Margaret Ann Wallace, died several years ago.
Funeral services were held yesterday morning at 10 a.m. in the Helper Civic Auditorium, bishop Stapley of Castle Gate in charge. Interment was at the Castle Gate cemetery under the direction of Wallace mortuary or Price.
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Cross Divide
The Sun - 29 Nov 1928
Death claimed two well known Price citizens this week within twenty-four hours of each other, when E. M. Sumner, aged 49, died at his home in the Sumner apartments Tuesday morning after an illness of about ten days. His condition had been serious for the last four days, following an attack of pleural pneumonia and influenza.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Lulu G. Sumner, widow, died at 6:30 o'clock of influenza and complications. Mrs. Sumner's condition had become serious Monday and the shock following the realization of her husband's demise Tuesday morning, contributed to her death. Vincent Sumner, a son is reported in a serious condition from pneumonia.
Ernest M. Sumner came to Price from Idaho and was engaged in the furniture business at the time of his death. He was born at Rawlins, Wyo., and was engaged in the newspaper business at Grand Junction. In 1906 he established the Idaho Falls Post. After operating that publication for eight years he disposed of his interests in Idaho and moved to Price. Besides his son, Vincent, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. J. N. Sumner of Salt Lake City, and two brothers, C. G. Sumner editor of the Pocatello Tribune and Edward C. Sumner of Cedar City.
No definite arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral, as they are awaiting the arrival of the two brothers. The remains of both Mr. and Mrs. Sumner are at the mortuary of Wallace & Harmon.
Double Funeral Services Held Last Sunday
The Sun - 6 Dec 1928
Double funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Sumner, influenza victims, were held Sunday at the Community church at 2 o'clock with Rev. H. M. Merkel in charge. Rev. Merkel spoke the invocation and the choir sang one number. Bishop W. E. Stoker offered a prayer and brief eulogies to Mr. and Mrs. Sumner were delivered by the two. Mrs. E. K. Olsen sang and selections by the choir concluded the services. Charles M. Sumner of Pocatello, Ida., Edward M. Sumner of Cedar City, brothers, and Mrs. J. S. Sumner of Salt Lake City, mother of Sumner were present. Mrs. John Jones from Chicago, sister of Mrs. Sumner, was in attendance. Interment was at the Price City cemetery.
Newspaper dated 25 Apr 1966
documentation: FHL film 1421806 bk 16 pg 115
PRICE - Vincent M. Sumner, 62, Price, died Monday at 3 p.m., in a Price hospital after a long illness. Born March 10, 1904, Grand Junction, Colo.; to Ernest and Lulu Hawkins Sumner. Married Clea Neilson Dec. 29, 1929, Salt Lake City. Proprietor Sumner Apartments, Price. Past Lt. Governor Price Moose Lodge. Attended Utah State University. Survivors: widow; sons, 7 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday, 11 a.m. Fausett-Etzel mortuary Chapel, Price, where friends call Wednesday 7-9 p.m. and Thursday prior to service.
Sun Advocate - Tuesday April 18, 2006 page 3A
Homeless no more. . .
Memorial service for Robert "Slim Bob" Shade.
Unknown date of birth - "He said he was older than the hills."
Passed away: October 19, 2004
Memorial Service: Saturday, April 22, 2006
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Place: The Golden Rule Mission, 178 South Main Street, Helper, Utah 84526
Friends and family are encouraged to attend the memorial service at the Mission on Main Street. An April Brunch in "Slim Bob's" honor will be served directly following the service.
Since his passing, "Slim Bob's" last remains have been in the loving care of his friend Mike. "Slim Bob" claimed to have no family except for Billy, Mike, the boys at the Mission and the people on Helper Main Street, who became "Slim Bob's" caregivers and companions for the last decade of his life.
"Slim Bob" was a cowboy, a sometimes carpenter, a gardener and friend to all the homeless. He was found one morning in his small apartment stretched out on the floor in his "bed roll" by a friend that came to check on him. He died in a modest space where he could plant a couple of tomato plants and cook for himself. He was a simple man with a simple life style.
His friends at E Vitas Clampus of Helper, Utah will arrange a final resting place for "Slim Bob."
HELPER, Carbon County - Charles A. (Red) Knobbs, 81, Helper died July 19 in a Price hospital after a long illness. Born Aug. 4, 1885, Culbertson, Neb., to Charles and Mary Laury Knobbs. Married Mary Allison, Dec. 22, 1931, Price. Former Helper chief of pollice. Past exalted ruler, Price Elks Lodge 550. Member Utah Peace Officers Assn. Survivors: widow; daughters, both Salt Lake City; stepsons, stepdaughter, 9 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren; sisters, both Wichita, Kan. Requiem mass Saturday 10 a.m. St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Helper Holy Rosary Friday 7:30 p.m., Mitchell Funeral Chapel, Price, where friends call Thursday, Friday, Saturday prior to services. Burial Mountain View Cemetery.
PROVO/RICHFIELD, Utah - Sarah Ann "Sadie" Ogden, 86, of Provo, Utah died March 13, 1993 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She was born September 9, 1906 in Richfield, Utah to Franklin Marsh and Eleanor Ward Ogden. She was an active member of the LDS Church. She served an LDS mission to Sweden in 1938, where she labored in Malmo, Goteborg and Stockholm, Sweden. But because of World War II, she finished in the Eastern States Mission. She has also held positions in the Sunday School, MIA, and Primary. She was a member of the Genealogical Society of Utah. She has accomplished extensive genealogy research. She traveled to England in 1957 to visit genealogy sites.
She was a graduate of Richfield High; received her Associate in Education from Dixie College; and graduated from BYU with a Bachelor of Science in 1942. During her 43-year teaching career, she taught in Monroe, Richfield, Castle Gate, Orem, and American Fork. She enjoyed gardening and growing flowers, especially begonias and African violets. She collected dolls from all over the world.
She is survived by a sister, and a brother. Preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, D.W. Ogden and Ward Ogden.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 16, 1993, 11 a.m. in the Neal S. Magleby & Sons Mortuary Chapel, 50 South 100 West, Richfield, Utah, where friends may call Monday evening, 7-9 p.m. and again Tuesday after 10 a.m. Burial Richfield City Cemetery.
Miss Sadie Ogden taught school in Castle Gate during the 1935-1936 school year. The photo at the left is a picture of her class. The most of the names of the students are listed here.