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10 in the sun and stored for winter use If there should be a In shortage of fruit. And oh I how good a dried apple pie The ladies tried and exchanged recelpes. As tasted. their floors were of common lumber they set to work tearing and sewing carpet rags which were wound into inlo balls and taken to someone who had a loom and woven Into into carpets. They met at each other's homes where \/\/here they could sew and help each other and "visit" (but never gossip). When Vllhen the carpets were ready, fresh straw was laid on the floor, the carpet stretched clean slraw tightly over It and tacked securely around the edges. In the spring the carpet was teken up, hung on the clothes line and "beat", swept clean and stretched on the floor again. Again In the fall this was done but new straw placed under It. They found this was very dusty to sweep so they began saving papers to use Instead 01 of straw which was much better. Their mattresses were made of ticking and filled with the solt soft oat straw after threshing time. · Some were filled with solt meadow hay and some even used the corn husks. The pillows were made of chicken feathers which \/\/hlch were saved as they dressed their chickens for market. They made their own quilts, going to each olhers others the IIqullting homes for lor Ihe "quilting bee". They did their own sewlng, even their own sunbonnets and hats. How thrifty they were I When Vllhen Ihe the crops were \/Vere harvesled harvested In in the fall, then II It was IIbutcherlng "butchering time". tlme". Most everyone ralaed raised a beef, mutton or a pork for winter use. Albert Lunnen or Harvey Kemp were hired to do the butchering. Then the men and women were really busy. The meat must be cut up al"ld cured. The bacon salted, the hams and shoulders cured. The Falrbourns had a smoke house where Some people put their \/\/here they smoked their meat. meat In a barrel In brine. The fat must be rendered Into lard and headcheese made. Then alter after Ihe the sacks of wheat had been taken to the mill and ground Into flour and stored In the bin, they \/Vere ready lor winter winler knowing there was plenty to eat were through the long cold winter. There was plenty 01 of wood cut and where \/\/here possible a few tons of coat coal was laid by to keep warm. During the winter months the fats and grease Irom the meats \/Vere were carefully saved and In the spring and summer It then was made Into soap, enough to last them a year lor their laundry purposes. Also during the winter months the men scrubbed their harnesses In in warm soapsuds and then oiled them to 10 make them soft and last longer. ENTERTAINMENT What VVhat did they do for entertainment? entertainmenl? Oh, they had plenty I At first there were not too many famil ies so the South School House took care 01 of the socials and dances. Most of them were young couples with not too many children. When Ihe the children wenl went to sleep they were wrapped In in a quilt and put to sleep on a large table In the corner while \/\/hlle the parents danced. after the Ward was It was only about 4 years alter organized that Bishop Jensen bought some land from Frederick Olson to build a larger meeting house. It consisted of an entrance, a large room with pulpit pUlpit and choir seats In the east end and a vestry on the back. A dramatic company had been formed among whorn \/\/horn were Albert Lunnen as manager and prompter, Rose M. Cunliffe, George Lunnen, Albert G. Brown, Ellie Eflie and Lovlna Brown, Annie Olson, Charles and Joseph Olson, B. A. Wellington, Arthur C. C . Morris, Frank Atwood, ..Iavenla Javenla Bullock and Hyrum Lancaster. They really put on some very good plays and larces which \/\/hlch gave many a chance to participate. The stage was made by placing benches In the west end of the building and William T. Hyde loaned them some planks which \/\/hich were> \/Vert> laid across the benches and someone would loan them a IS woven carpet 10 to put over the planks. A curtain was l:itretched atretched across the Ihe Iront and Ihe the stage was ready with the dressing rooms in the entrance hall. The planks creaked and groaned aa as they walked across them but the house was always full and the entertainment enjoyed by everyone. Coaloil 011 lamps lighted the building. When Vllhen the above named group married, moved away, or grew too old, other ward members put on plays and shows In the ward to raise funds or as M.I.A. profor ward members. Cantatas jects and entertainment lor road shows, Minstrel shows and musicals have been' given down through the years to develop the talents within us. DANCES Soon after alter Nels A. Nelson was made superintendent of the Sunday School, they began holding a dance durIng the Christmas Holidays for the children Irom from 1 p. m. to 4: 30 30 p. m. What Vllhat good tlmos times we \/Ve had I Every little girl had ringlets and a new dress and the boys a new shirl. (Doting Shirt. (~ing parents sat by comparing their child with others. Not NOI selfishly, I hope ). The older people taught the children to dance and o!Ind all danced. Hyrum Lancaster was Ihe the floor manager and did the calling for the quadrilles. She sets danced at Ihe the same time tim~..