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STANDARD EXAMINER
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Unknown Dates
FIELD, Harold
Dated: Unknown Date
Headline: A Neglected Heritage-Many Area Monuments Stand Forgotten
Under photo reads: HISTORY COMES ALIVE for Harold Field, a Roy resident
who helped construct this hidden monument to his mother and father who
were early postmasters in Weber County. Mr. Fields has resisted efforts to
move the marker.
By Richard Barnum-Reece
Standard Examiner Staff
Some stand forlorn and forgotten in the summer sun. The weeds grow thigh
high, obscuring the events and people they commemorate.
“I’ve been worried about it,” Harold Field said, “A lot of people want to
move it but I say it should stay right here where it belongs. What do you
think?”
CATCH GLIMPSE
Mr. Fields is talking about the monument he built to commemorate his
father, R. Orson Field, who with his mother, Margaret Jones Field, started
the first post office in Weber County.
It’s not easy to catch a glimpse of it as you travel along the road down
2700 West near 6000 South in Roy.
But if you can see back off the road some 10 feet, behind the weeds and
mound of dirt, the monument stands there, some six feet high.
“This is where the post office started and this is where the monument
should be,” Mr. Fields said, leaning on his cane as he talked.
DIGNITY TARNISHED
But that monument, unlike some standing in the parks and cemeteries of
Weber County, is unsightly. The dignity of the event it seeks to
commemorate is tarnished because the area is no longer kept up.
Mr. Field, not as spry as he once was at 80 years, cannot do the work.
“The scout troop said they were going to do something but I haven’t heard
from them,” He said.
When the monument was dedicated in 1958 Gov. George Dewey Clyde and Roy
Mayor O. Dean Parker attended. Now, few stop to look at the metal
inscription cemented the rock.
STANDARD EXAMINER
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The Evening Standard
Wednesday, February 21, 1912
SORENSON, Carl
WHITE, Ida M.
From: The Evening Standard, Col 8, Pg 7
Headline: Damages in Sorenson Case
The condemnation case of Ogden city against Carl Sorenson was concluded this forenoon and the jury gave a verdict for the defendant, awarding damages in the sum of $1,500.
The property involved is 12 feet by 13 feet in dimension, facing Hudson avenue. The defendant considered the ground worth about $3,400, but it was estimated as low as $700 by some of the witnesses.
This afternoon the suit brought by the city against Ida M. White was taken up for hearing before Judge Harris. Mrs. White’s property is 19 feet long by 12 feet in width and she considers it worth about $2,400. In this instance the city has made no offer for the property, but Mr. Sorenson was offered $1,500 by the city a number of months ago.
The condemnation of Mrs. White’s property is sought for the same purpose as was Mr. Sorenson’s, the survey of Merchants” Alley Annex encompassing her ground. A jury to be empaneled to hear the cases.
STANDARD EXAMINER
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
The Evening Standard
Wednesday, February 21, 1912
SORENSON, Carl
WHITE, Ida M.
From: The Evening Standard, Col 8, Pg 7
Headline: Damages in Sorenson Case
The condemnation case of Ogden city against Carl Sorenson was concluded this forenoon and the jury gave a verdict for the defendant, awarding damages in the sum of $1,500.
The property involved is 12 feet by 13 feet in dimension, facing Hudson avenue. The defendant considered the ground worth about $3,400, but it was estimated as low as $700 by some of the witnesses.
This afternoon the suit brought by the city against Ida M. White was taken up for hearing before Judge Harris. Mrs. White’s property is 19 feet long by 12 feet in width and she considers it worth about $2,400. In this instance the city has made no offer for the property, but Mr. Sorenson was offered $1,500 by the city a number of months ago.
The condemnation of Mrs. White’s property is sought for the same purpose as was Mr. Sorenson’s, the survey of Merchants” Alley Annex encompassing her ground. A jury to be empaneled to hear the cases.
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Sunday, December 16, 1945
SMITH, Mrs. Albert Smith
Dated: Sunday Morning, Dec. 9, 1945, Pg 3b
Headline: Local Woman’s Poem Chosen By Publishers
Under photo reads: Mrs. Albert Smith of Farr West, poet, whose poem, “Stay Close to God, My Son”, has been chosen as one of the outstanding poems of 1945 by the Paebar Publishing company of New York..
Mrs. Albert Smith of Farr West has had one of her poems, “Stay Close to God, My Son,” chosen by the Paebar Publishing company as on of the outstanding poems of 1945.
Mrs. Smith has had several of her poems published, and one placed in a book dedicated in memoriam of the late President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Ga. Her picture and biography will appear in a 1946 “Who’s Who in Poetry in America.”
The poet also writes lyrics for N.F. Costello, Chicago, Ill. Composer of modern music.
Mrs. Smith was honored at a surprise birthday party by Mrs. Milton H. White at her home on Sunday night. Miss Bonnie Stone entertained the group with piano selections, and games formed the diversion. A buffet supper climaxed the evening. Bill M. Smith, just released from the army air corps, was host, assisting Mrs. White.
Others attending the event were Mr. and Mrs. B.G. Midgley, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. George Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Junior Taylor, Mrs. R.K. Stone, Mrs. Bertha Erickson, Richard Erickson, Mrs. William Powell, Miss Maxine Turner, Miss Lois Erwin and Albert Smith.