| OCR Text |
Show Amemuja and the came laundry Marchants back to settle in Midvale. He took Main which operated by Mr. Kitano. "Y" and his new wife had two daughters: Suzuko "Vale" and Sachiko "Mary." They moved the business across from the old telephone office next to Dan Radovich and Masona decided to call Kay and Ida back to the states. In 1932 they purchased a two story building, 132 N. Main, installed new machinery and remodeled the upstairs for family living quarters. Sam came back and worked in the laundry until 1941 when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. While Sam was serving the country; Mary and Vale helped in the laundry. Ida married and moved to Davis County. over \ on Arthur and Emma Marchant sold a blacksmith shop City and moved their family: Jay, David, Lillie, Nelda and John to the Midvale project. Mr. Marchant and the two older boys helped build some of the homes. When the financial difficulties started, they, with others, lost their investment. Like others in the thirties, they built a basement and lived in it until they could finish the top part of the home. Nelda (Mrs. George Donga) said her father donated more hours building the Garden View Ward chapel than anyone. was in Park "Y" was forced to retire in 1945 because of a heart condition. Vale and Mary married and moved to California. Sam and his mother, Masano, were running the laundry when she died from a heart attack. "Y" Ida and her family for help so she and her asked' husband, Tom Ninomia, moved in as partners with Sam. When Sam moved to Colorado Tom and Ida bought his share of the laundry. Tom Ninomia was killed in an auto-train accident in 1961 and his oldest son, Doug, quit the University of Utah to help his mother until Eugene graduated from high school. Eugene then took over the laundry with his mother and Doug went back to school. Eugene served Emma and Arthur Marchant Johnsons two years in combat zone in Viet Nam and Ida carried the business with hired help. She sold out in 1972 Carl and Amanda on ending 52. years ,of the Midvale Hand Laundry. Yoshiko (Ida) Johnson, with six children, moved project from Millard County, Utah. Emeline to the Johnson and Zola J. Crum relate how some families finished coops to live in when the project failed. "Times I. Ninomia were hard, but everyone in the neighborhood was same circumstances so a closeness developed. in the " Forgies John and Annie Forgie brought their children: Leona, Lois, ZelIa, Lowell and Glen to Midvale for the chicken Mr. Forgie and Lowell worked on construction MIDVALE POULTRY PROJECT project. they moved into a Lincoln Street in January, 1931. When the failed, John went to work for the U.S. Smelter The vision of a modern five room brick home, two chicken coops and 2,000 laying hens in the pleasant town of Midvale was an enticing prospect to many local and out of state families in 1929-30. The project was located in the northeast part of Midvale on Jefferson and Lin of the homes. ZelIa F. Javaine said coln Streets. husband that year and moved from Phoenix to Midvale with her family of small children to be near her family. home project and was there until retirement. Their eldest Armstrongs David Armstrong said, "My mother and brother Bill and I came from Wyoming with our furniture in a large truck. The homes weren't ready and we stored our furniture in a coop until we could move into the house. The stock market crashed and all of the banks closed. The bank had a blanket mortgage on the whole project so, even if they had the money, no one could get title to the homes and coops they had contracted for. There were about 110,000 chickens in the project. They became ill the first winter and three-fourths died. They were buried in holes came to be known as dug in back ot the properties. Thesetook over four years to the "30 000 dollar holes." Litigation settle claims, and no one who originally bought into the project was permitted to buy the property " on daughter, Merle F. Stowe, lost her SHIPP ELECTRIC COMPANY Edwin and Leila Shipp, with their children Charles moved to Midvale in 1945. They had been in Pennsylvania where he was an engineer em and Marilyn - - living ployed by G. E. In Midvale, they purchased a building and lot on West Center from Hans Vunder, which was remodeled for the Electric Company. They sold GE appliances and did electrical contracting work. Noel Rosse was Ed's Shipp 156 |
