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Show - 86 LERHILL SERVICE STATION About t't-1enty-t'tV'o t't-1enty-t't'lo years ago a man by the name of Hr. Pearson bought the corner on which the Len-Till Service Station stands from Hr. Peterson, the owner of the place. Then he erected a lumber building and used the front for a store and the back for living quarters. After about tw'o t't'lO years these people moved to Salt Lake and rented the store to Prosser Ashby. Hr. Ashby operated the store m·med it: a Mr. Sorenson, for sometime and after he moved the following people o,·med Hr. Pratt, Mr. Thomas, and another 1-' Mr. 11". Thomas, and a lady ,"hose whose name Ido not kno'-1. knoW'. After these people had all operated the store for a short period of time, mmer, purchased the property. After running Jack Lenvill, "'ho who is the present olV'ner, the store in the same building for a number of years, Mr. Lerwill Ler~ll built the present brick building, using the old one for a garage. lIe lle has also greatly beautified the srounds. VOH VON :UOUER DOUER I S STORE }rr. ,, Vom Bouer started his store about fifty years ago. Hr. He used to sell overalls, pitch forks, coaloil, shovels, gloves, groceries, and candy for the children. Host of the children at that time bought jal"breakers. jal·,breakers. That is hOyT how Hr. Vorn Bouer made his living. After his health became poor, he moved to Salt Lake CUY" CUy-. He sold his store to a Hr. Thomas, and Hr. Thomas made the store into a service station. This store stands vacant in the same , place. GEH STATE POULTRY l'las started in 19/.1. 19 l t1. The plant now standing l'las Gem State Poultry Company "las was buil t by Lm'Tis and Theresa ~' O't·Tsley. Tsley. Business vTaS vIas 13tarted Dtarted and all Hork done by themselves for the first year. Then the latter part of 1942 there "(V'ere 't'lere t",o tHO ''las hired. They got more equipment employees. As business gre't'l, gre"(V' , more help "(vas and machinery. HOH emp loyed from five to ten "1Omen "('Tomen and men. In 1944 HOH they have employed they started their home and moved into iit t in November 1944. In 1945 they began construction on a cafe. They hope to produce their Olm OlV'n poultry and serve it in the cafe to the public. FARHING IN CRESCENT Farming is one of the ~ost interesting occupations in Crescent. The land in Crescent is very good for crops such as grain, sugar beets, peas, alfalfa, potatoes and many other crops. Some of the land is sandy, but most of it is clay. Host of the farms in Crescent are irricated. irriGated. The irrigation "(vater ,.,ater comes from the Bell Canyon reservoir and the East Jordan Canal, ,.,hieh ,,(-1hich in turn comes from Utah Lake. AVALON BALLROOH Construction '\Tork \Tork on the Avalon Ballroox;: "('las started by Elmer Sanders on BallrooI:1. '-las September n, ~, 1945. Emery Jordan "(V'as 't'las the foreman. foreman . The "('Talls Halls are made of cement blocks and are reinforced "lith "('l ith steel. Sis sixty feet steel trusses support the roof, uith a John ~·lansfield ~-Iansfield asbestos roofing. It has four inches of rock wool insuletion. The ceiling is of grooved celote}:. Inside ,valls 'valls are plastered ,·lith ,-lith cream cremn and buff jazz plastic. The floor is 110 llO feet long and 60 feet wide. It large beautiful lounge in the balcony. The lighting is so Hide. It has a laq;e |
