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10 in the sun and stored for lor winter use If there should be a shortage of fruit. And oh I how good a dried apple pie tallted. The ladies tried and exchanged recelpes. As tasted. their floors fioors were of common lumber they set to work tearing and sewing carpet rags which were wound into balls and taken to someone who had a loom and woven Into carpets. They met at each other's homes where they could sew and help each other and "visit" (but never gossip). When the carpets were ready, fresh fioor, the carpet stretched clean straw was laid on the floor, tightly over it and tacked securely around the edges. In the spring the carpet was taken 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 of straw which was much belter. better. Their mattresses were made of ticking and filled with the soft oat straw after threshing time. ·' Some were filled with soft meadow hay and some even used the corn husks. The pillows were made of chicken feathers which were saved as they dressed their chickens for market. They made their own quilts, going to each others homes for the "quilting bee". They did their own sewlng, even their own sunbonnets and hats. How thrifty they were werelI When the crops were harvested in the fall, then It was "butchering time". Most everyone 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 safted, the hams and be cut up al"d cured. The bacon salted, shoulders cured. The Falrbourns had a smoke house where they smoked their meat. Some people put their meat In a barrel In brine. The fat must be rendered Into lard and headcheese made. Then after the sacks of wheat had been taken to the mill and ground Into into flour and stored In the bin, they were ready for winter knowing there was plenty to eat through the long cold winter. There was plenty of wood cut and where possible a few tons of coal was laid by to keep warm. During the winter months the fats and grease from the meats were carefully saved and In the spring and summer It it then was made into soap, enough to last them a year lor for their laundry purposes. Also during the winter months the men scrubbed their harnesses in warm soapsuds and then oiled them to make them soft and last longer. E NTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT What did they do lor for entertainment? Oh, they had plenty I At first there were not too many families so the South School House took care of the socials and Most of them were young couples with not dances. too many children. When the children went to sleep they were wrapped In in a quilt and put to sleep on a large table in the corner while the parents danced. It was only about 4 years after the Ward was 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 and choir seats In in the east end and a vestry on the back. A dramatic company had been lormed formed among whom were Albert Lunnen as manager and prompter, Rose M. Cunliffe, George Lunnen, Albert G. Brown, Effie and Lovlna Lovina Brown, Annie 01 son, Charles and Joseph Olson, B. A. Wellington, Arthur C. Morris, Frank Atwood, Javenia Bullock and Hyrum Lancaster. They really put on some very good plays and tarces which gave many a chance to participate. The stage was made by placing benches In in the west end of the building and William T. Hyde loaned them some planks which werfl werf\ laid across the benches and someone would loan them a woven carpet to put over the planks. A curtain was stretched across the front and the Ihe stage was ready with the dressing rooms in the entrance hall. The planks creaked and groaned as they walked across them but the house was always full and the entertainment enjoyed by everyone. Coal011 lamps lighted the building. . When the above named group married, moved away, or grew too old, other ward members put on plays and shows In the ward to raise lunds funds or as M.I.A. projects and entertainment for ward members. Cantatas, road shows, Minstrel shows and musicals have been given down through the years to develop the talents within us. DANCES Soon after Nels A. Nelson was made superintendent of the Sunday School, they began holding a dance durIng the Christmas Holidays for the children from 1 p. m. to 4: 30 p. m. What good tlmos Every little times we had I girl had ringlets and a new dress and the boys a new shl,..!. shirt. (~ing parents sat by comparing their child I hope ). The older people with others. Not selfishly, 1 taught the children to dance and all danced. Hyrum Lancaster Lancaste,.. was the floor fioor manager manage,.. and did the calling fo,.. the quadrilles. for Six sets danced at the same time.