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The Ephr:!i 11\ Co.;.op Building's future l1\a ,\' now he wry silorl,. S~arhpaded hy the Bank of Ephraim. present owners, the dt' Stl'lwtlOiI and rellioval Of the pioneer landlllark now looms on th ,' !Jnl'j zt'n. Traveling Show Dates Stop At Snow Mar. 31 i ! "j (The following items Wt'l't' 31. ThE' gl'ollntl floor was used :\ il l t'lIIher of that nr!>tclass , takpn froJll tilt' hook ''Eph- for a store that sold general Fannip GI' E'~'n Tholllpson, rt'raim's First One Hundred lI!('rc'l:1ndlse , groceries and lates .the following: Years, 1854-19Gol 0') C'lothinl;' , also farnl Implements "C!asses were hpld in the The Ephraim Co-op Was the uspcI to tIll thp soil, for plantmain 1'00111 of the Social Hall first real mercantileestahllsh_ ing- ~I'aln 1'01' feed 311(1 nuur. and 011 the sta~e with the (:urThp 411t Il if'nnial Exhihition of ment.. and good s;}ints were The store Illan~lg-ell l t'nt sold the t:lIn drawn. Up to that tillle. Intpl'lillluntain P;rintin~ an(1 supposed to trade there. ,'{\'heat. oats and harley to g-rain all ("lIOlIl11lllity entertaillments Sculpture travpllin~ show will The Co-op store was Inull dealers who hauled it toThislle h"d I\ef'n held therE'. A lal'~e by the pIoneers in 1880 and to get c';'Ish so ~'s to pa\ for tIlt' g-aller~' was in ' tht' one ('nd of , he displayed at Snow College :'.larC'h 31 through April 25. -- -' ~ - - , .. _ t 1ll1:'1'C'h:!lIdise Ihp\' sold. The the hlilding' -opposite the stage Tht' 2:; works in thE' travelIllana~e menl ot t h~ (o-op iSSllPd ) and, when IIiOrE' c'lassl'ool1l ling show will he exhihited in sC'l'ipt (0 u's t', as legal tt'I1(It" " spacl' was nect'ssary later. ~j n tht' city. cJass ps were c:()lIduded on this l\oyes Building hallways :lIl(i {'an he viewed hy tlte puhlJ(' The um);>)' slClr~' was huilL ~allery. A stairway (outside) between the hours of !l a.llI. and used as an amuselllt'nthall. (:ons l.~t l n li:: ot several steps . a ancl 5 p. nl. on sc'hool (Jays. The re wa s a star, p at thi> west. l:llld i ',; , " few more stP.ps Was , I end 'of tilt' ),OOIll and a ha)('on ,\' -'thp ';; ;'II'al1('f' alld ' exit: Tht'l'e ' ,,{'('orclin g to .1:1 mes Aston , Snow : art depart ",ent' (:hai r rn;,,1. - - ,- ---..:J was no light ex('t'pt what c:tllle at t1:(' ('ast ('nt!. Th i s I'()()!~! lie said that the sltow will thr()u~h the open cloor at the was usee! for the (Ielief S()('ll't~' inc'lude work hy sever:!1 interfool of the stl-'PS hy (Ia~' . and si sters to Illl'pl ane! work in. lIIountain artist5. Salt Lake ara kel'OSelH' la Illp hung at the The enlralH'e to tht' sec one! tClP CIt I he steps hy nig-ht. The tists I'ppresented will he T(IIlY noor was a staIrcasE-' I'uilt Oil Smith , witlt an aluminum ami huildlng was li~hl('d. as I rethe south sid!' of th .. 1lIlIlcling. lIIelllher , hy hang-ing- kerosene resin s('ulpture entitl!:'d "Chic,This Sorial lIall was lhe n I"st k!:-n Dinn!:'/"." Johanna Cooper lalll(lS. " relll arn'usE'lllent hall in town, with a metal assernhlage sC'ulp.. _When tht' earl y s i lk indusIt was used 1'01' nlany years. ture anc! painters Susan Johnlr y (lI'oVP<i unslwcessl'lIl the son. Drian L, Jon!:'s. Denis When Sanpete Stake Academy ' Silk l: arl11 owned h,l ' the Rebegan in 1888, the first pl'ohlief Soc'iet}' was traded for a Phillips, Edith T. Rohersonand lem was 1.0 find a suitahlt' f()C' k huilding Just north of the Druce H. Smith. pla('e to hold the s('hool. The ,TitI lllIg Office (Andy Thomson Relief So('iet~· hall 011 the up- home) whic'h be(,arne knowlI as per floor was secured and at the Sociel y Granary. Earlier the stake conferellce held Sept. tIle SOciety had purchased the 1. President Canute Peterson, upper floor of the Co-op Store. his counselors Henry neal and ;\lany Ephrai III titizens reJohn B. ;\laiben were authorized call with fond me mories the to purchase needed furniture first moving pictures shown and eqUipment. upstairs and the un i que t , T':;.nora rna" of pioneer artist i C. C. A, Christensen. Later the Co-op Institution ' was grocery store, run by John Sorenson. P. ;\1. Peterson operated a farm machinery store there for years. The next " owner was Evan Ericksen, who ' used It as a garage and auto repair shop. In more recent years the addition in the center was added to join the Co-op with the Relief Society granary and it was operated by Lawren<;" Hermansen as a rolling " lh At present the Bank of , ,lmistheown~r. : , - " _' __ ' ,,, ; 'r a .'& .. ,... - . • . ~ ..• f!