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Show DANIEL AND CLARA T. RADOVICH Their home was on the south side of Center Street, where the Valley Baptist Church is now. Their house set at the back of the lot; they had a garden and in the southwest corner a goat barn. Their bleating goats, which could be heard from early dawn to late evening, were their prime source of milk and tasty cheese; and of course, at the goats' demise a rich source of meat and Daniel Radovich Jr., born in Colorado in 1895, was the son of Daniel and Paulina. He came to Midvale with his parents about 1900 and with his eight brothers and sisters, assisted with the family business on North Main. He attended school in Jordan District and the University of Utah. He married Clara of Edward Franklin and Anne Turley, daughter Sariah Martineau Italiano blood pudding. . happy family, who created a warm feeling of neighborliness. Paul Rizzuto was a machinist for the D & R G repair shop at Welby. He travelled daily to and from WelQY on the passenger train, "Bingham Bill." A- daily highlight of his em barking and disembarking from "Bingham Bill" was .the boisterous barking of his dog who followed him to the train each morning and ran to greet him each even ing on his return. When the Welby repair station was abandoned because of the route change, the Rizzutos left Midvale. They left the town a treasure of happy memories. The Rizzutos Turley. mortgage on the family buying the sharesof the They remodeled the Colorado Hotel section of the building into family living quarters. They were parents of three children, Dan, Dan and Clara assumed the business when his father died, other brothers and sisters. Dale and Donna. Dan also worked in real estate and insurance and was an enthusiastic city supporter. building was purchased and remodeled by the Eagles Lodge for a meeting and social hall. The Radovich Clara R. Olsen were a Harry Wright MUTE M. J. RASMUSSEN Mette M. Jensen Rasmussen pioneer residents. She was one _ of Midvale's born in Denmark in 1864 to Jens Thornasen and Dorothea Marie Petersen Jensen. Married Peter C. Rasmussen in Denmark and they first was FRED AND ALICE A. ROSSE moved to Draper, Utah in 1884. A few years later he opened the P. C. Rasmussen Market in Midvale. She and her children Fred Rosse came to the United States from Switzerland, through the port of El Paso, operated market after her husband's Texas Geneva, on April 16, 1893. He was 21 years of age and came direct to MiJd vale where he found employment as a Timber Foreman death in 1932. for the construction of the trestles at the U.S. Smelter Company. He met and married Alice Aylett in Salt Lake City. They had six children: Isabelle, Gladys, Ardis (Mrs. Harold Allen), Mary (Mrs. John Baty) Noel and , Ellen (Mrs. Austin Miller). After finishing the construction work at the Smelter, Fred went to work for Ohio Copper Co. building several homes at Lark, Utah. The Rosses were living in Draper at that time and transportation in those days was by . horse and buggy. Fred and Alice lived most of their married life in Midvale where Fred had a contracting and cabinet shop Mette Rasmussen P. C. Rasmussen at 132 N. Main Street. They purchased the old Cooper Street, in 1916, which Fred remodeled into a home for his family. Fred and a Mr. Pierce added the cobble rock porch to the residence around 1922. A son, Noel, remembers hauling truck load store, 87 W. Center after truck load of rocks from Little THE RIUUTO FAMILY Paul Rizzuto and his smiling Cottonwood Canyon. wife, with their sons, Joe Fred built the Doctors' office and and Mone and pretty daughters, Archalena and Flor helped to make our town a happier place for people from many lands. - - hospital located at of. Center and South Main Streets with offices for Doctors Hosmer, Alley and Quick. He also built the Methodist church, 46 E. Center and Dr. Hosmer's home the ence - . 64 corner |
