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Show JJSE OF EPHRAIM CO-OP: EN'lER TAINMENT 1877 . I ---:-============================== • ,.;' "The fonde!'t Jnf'moricl'l of mv chil(Ihood '.' '. are centered around the old co-op' slore huilding. It wal'l in the Relief Society Hall build.ing above the slore. At the age of five, r sat . on my f.. ther's knee and saw the beautiful drnnm "East Lynne." Olivia Peterson and John Dorius were lending' lady and man. Another !'how r remember, was "Ten Ni!!hts in a Bar Room." Amon!! the actors 1 remember Viola Mm11'f'n, Chris Thorum. Chris (Magis- ' trate) Christensen, 'Julia Thorpe, Menu Mortenson, P. C. Anderson, Enoch Jorgenson, Warren Tye, Jennie Johnson, Augusta Christensen, Nora Dorius·, and Neuta Dorius. Much of the success of the show was due to the fine home-town orchestra which was always present to ploy between acts. Among this group were: Peter Greaves Jr., H. P. Larsen, Jimmie Clausen, Jens Fiddler, John Greaves, Albert Johnson and Frank Christensen. Another outstanding entertainment was the C. C. A. Christensen "Panorama." His son Charles would give the lectures. Nor could 1 forget the "Vigor of Life," Medicine Man show which held the spotlight. The Co-op store itself was one of the most complete south of Salt Lake. The clerks most loved by the children were Martha Hansen Beal. Laura Hansen, Millie Christensen. Julia . Christensen, Loretta Anderson. Many activities were carried on inside the old Co-op, Sunday School. Primary and many socials and dances. The following is an invi- I. I ~ .. . . r~":~~~t~\ ~' . ... . "l~;v , '. .... ' ; . .' '; .. ' t.. lion to .. sodal (,vPrlin~ in tIlP. 'C)()'s·IRc)1: APPLE BALL! AT TIlE l\:OI~TH \VAH!) SCHOOL HOUSE. TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 25, 18<J.1. YOLJI~SEI.F AND GENT ARE CORDIALLY INVr;"ED TO A-I1'END. MUSIC BY EPHHAIM QUAI)RILLE BAND. COMMITrEE: FANNIE G R E E N. AMELIA CHRISTENSEN. HANNAH NEILSON, BERTHA JORGENSEN. FRED NEILSON. ANDREW JENSEN, GEORGE LARSEN, HANS CHRISTENSEN. 1 have invitations to "GRAND PICNIC" parties at the South Coop Hall. "Gi{AND PIONEER COffEE AND LUNCH" parties at the Old Opera House. Names appearing frequently on party committees were: Sarretta Christensen, Hannah Breinholt. Minnie Anderson, Lillie Anderson, Stena Jensen, Ella Dorius. Minnie Rhodes, Josie Frost. Rosettn Anderson. Matilda Sorenson, Ann Willardson, Lillie Nielson. Annie Hansen. Hilda Christensen, Ida Larsen. Geneva Anderson. Dora Dorius Carlston. "Ice-cream!" Who remembers the evolution of ice-cream in Ephraim? "Pete Icecream" was the proprietor of the first ice-cream parlor. He served ice-cream under the trees on the site of my father's home. (Present Jos. H. Thompson reSidence.) This was in the 70·s . As I recall. the Larsen sisters, Minnie. Clara and Emma were successors to "Pete Icecream" (1890). They served their ice-cream in "Shop" Larsen's garden. Present day icecream is good, but in those days. I thought it was the nearest earthly approach to heaven." -Mrs. Jennie T. Johnson. . .. . . ~::~_:~~ij~.:. .....,~, - "~~:~~~{_~ ~~~~;; ..~~ci:~:. ~j:j .. , .. . ... - '_ .... :: ; The old "South Co-op"_later the home 0/ C. J. Christensen. Also housed /irst grade. "Remember my ice-cream parlor? Located so~th of I. J. Johnson's (Cherry Barber Shop.) We moved from there to the present site of the Progress Mkt. We put up our own icebig blocks cut from San Pitch in winter and preserved in sawdust. I remember my first customers . . . Otto Neilson and BecI<y Dorius."-James H. Jensen. "I remember the first automobile in Ephraim .. . Marcus Hermansen's red Ford. I'll never forget the day the Hermansen family took me for a ride. I was almost scared to death! But not half as scared as the horses we met." -Mrs. Emil Olsen, I ,; I · rl l- i |
