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Show 30 ANTOINETTE Elected Few women children. leave living Antoinette was 1921 B. KINNEY to 1925 memorials after them of those who did. other than their one regular meeting of the Salt Lake County Chapter of the Service Legion, Mrs. Kinney moved "that the Service Star Legion ask the City Commission for a part of City Creek Canyon in which to plant memory trees in honor of ·the soldier dead and thus in a At a Star living memorial honor The motion carried, City Commission for the men who made and a committee 30 acres. the was supreme appointed sacrifice". to request the The lower part of the canyon that nearest the city, was approved for the project but for 20 instead of 30 acres. Over the years the and brush were area had become a dumping ground for rubbish. Weeds a mat and a tangle. It was a most unattractive spot. The Legion recruited students, Boy Scouts and other young people to help them clean up the collected debris and clear away the weeds and brush. Then they plotted a pipe system for irrigation, grading for footpaths and lawns and landscaping for flowering hardwood trees. Exactly one month later, at a meeting of the club, Mrs. Kinney reported the purchase and planting of 300 small trees. These were to be nurtured and transplanted later. undertaking of this kind, money is always a entertainments were were held, peopl e subscriptions and $400 was raised. In an and factor. Parties sol ici ted for In spite of the effort to produce a park of beauty, two years later people were still dumping old tires, cans and refuse over, the edge of the canyon. By August of 1922, it was decided that signs must be limits of the posted defining the park and warning against continued dumping. Four signs were erected for that purpose. The quest for funds and the improvement of Memory Grove, as it was went on. On February 18, 1924 Mrs. E.O. Howard, who had enthusiastic supporter of the project from its beginning electe president of Memory Grove. On June 27, 1924, during the named, been was an national convention of the Service Star Legion, dedicated. The names of all the Utah war dead monument. Memory were Grove listed was on a |
