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.. ............ .. This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. 269 West 200 South Stout, John and Annie, House Hurricane Washington County UTAH STATE HISTORY 11 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111 3 9222 50016 9847 TH~ Standin~ BELOVED HOME or MY GRANDPARENTS .t 269 West, 200 South in Hurricane i. a beautiful, old. two story house belonging to the David Stuart fa~ily. It was built by and for the stout fa~ily; John and Annie, and their children, Walter, Stella, Ivie, Elsie, ~dna, Lyle, Verda, Leland, Emerald, and la.'~of all. LaVon, who was only three years old and the only one still living at this tiae, March 1991. The l~r for the house eaa~ frOM John's .a~111 1n stout's canyon; notth of orderville. It was hauled through Glendale, Orderville, Mt. CarNel; through the sand by what i~ no~ Coral Fink Sand Dune. state Park, Cane Beds, Short Cr~k, (now Colorado City) over the Big PISin, Little Plain and down the Hurricane Hill. The road through the Band wa. very difficult, the hor.es would have to re._ oft~n. Elsie ond Edna told their f8~ilies how they hated to ride in the slow moving wagon., and how they walked through the sand, exploring the nearby foothills. John'e ne~hew, Alfred F. stout, Jr.(~QP)' ~ho wal a profes.ional catp.nter, did .cae of the cabinetwork in the hoU~e. Annie'. brother., Alfred and Arthur Hall built houses n~arby at the saaetiae this house was built, about 1908.1909. the fa~lly Moved in 1911. The front po~~ had fiv. steps le~in9 up to it. Lydia reMeabere taking the. in one or two steps, when a young bride. She was told by her youn9 husband, Leland, to be ~ore dignified. The livingrooM fibor had boards about six or eight inches wide, covered with a hand-loosed ftulticolored rag rug. The upper wall was papered and on the lower part of the vull, about three feet up, waB wainBcoating. The wain. coating was wood vaneer, siallar to our ~anel­ ing only it had lines about three inchel apart. It wa • • talne4 a reddi.h hr~ and highly polished with. Mouldin9 on top that had a narrow ~elf. On the Bide of the room next to the kitchen wa. an opening where food and dishes could be passed back and forth. ~~. this opening was a cabinet with I 91a •• door_. A roll-top desk wa . . .on~ the other furniture in the liv1ngrooa. In GrandMa'. kitchen, a kitchen cabinet .tood beside the cook stove. It was about 4 foot wide and seven foot tall, wood, painted white. The bottOM three feet con.isted of a shelf covered with doors. On top of that was a cabinet top that pulled out fr~ under the top of the cupboard to ~ake a counter top and • breadboard. A section on the right top just oyer the board was a metal flour holder. cone shaped, which had a flour stfter on the botte. and one could open it and the aifted flour caae out. A door closed this ca.partaent in. the re· aainder of the cabinet was shelyes coyered with doors. GrandMa'a wood-burning cook stove was y.ry beautiful. It had a black cooking surface and the ~~~rming oven above had blue and white eneael doors that let down so food could be placed inside to keep va~. - !he front of the stoy., including the oven door was blue and white. The fir.~ was on the l.ftand on the right was a reservoir that could be filled with water to get hot, and could be r' dipped out when needed. It held ten or fifteen gallons. In the summertiMe the cookstoYe was .Oyed to the ~er kitchen, which had two upper walle made of screen. The summer kitchen had water piped into it. There was a sink and a sloping drainboard. The water ran outside into a ditch. There was a separator that took the cream out of the milk. Grandma made and sold lots of butter end cheese. She did lot. of canning on the blue and white stove. She hed a recipe for HallS Canker medicine and she kept the town supplied with it. This recipe was handed down to children end Grandchildren. It was just a little different froa the Halls canker Medicine on the aarket today. The parlor wes used for Grandma'. and Grandpa's bedrOOM. A doer opened onto the front porch and another led into the UYingroOlft. There was another bedroOil next to the parlor. Between this bedreom and the sUllllt!r kitchen was the stairway. It led up to a landing then turned to the right and led the remainder of the way to the second floor. This area upstairs was neyer finished in Gr~daa's and Grandpa's lifetiMe, but it vas ueed • lot. It was where Theo was born. In the upstairs was a trunk filled with dozens of lovely co.t~es that transformed one into mysterioue and magieal characters. Some were .ade of white net over cloth of y1brant colore. Many happy hours were spent by the grandchildren, putting on plays to an audience of younger children who paid a pin or a hairpin to get in. There was no bathroom. Bathing was done in one of the bedroo.. in a No. 3 galvanized washtub. The outhouse was south and east of the house. Grandma would clean house every eprin9 and fall. Soa. of the children and grandchildren 11.1n9 in town would help her. The wainscoatin9. cupboards and cabinets were washed, the wallpaper dusted, and the rag rug taken up, hung on a line and the duei: beat out. '!'he straw ... swept up and taken out. After the "9 was beat, and aired. new sU-1tV wes put down and the rug put oyer it, stretched and tacked securely around the edges, which came all the way to the walls. -3- There was lots of singing in this family. It was said that Grandpa could sing for hours without singing the s... song twice. Norda r...-bers Grandpa would sing to her until he was hoarse. There were same fun ti~es in this house. Once one of the younqer boys rode a horse through the door into the s~er kitchen and partway up the stairs. Grandpa played the flute. One sad day someone dropped the flute from the upstairs down between the walls, probably on the east side of the house. It was neyer recoyered. One April Fools Day Theo was Tisiting. It ,was early in the .orning. The ~hone rang and Grandma told her to call LaVon, who was sleeping upstairs, and tell hi. Johnny Spendlove wanted to talk to him. He came down!tairs, slee~y-eyed with his tall, laceup boots in hi. hand. She said "April Fool" and he threw the boots partway down the stairs. Grandma aade a big pan of hot rolls, and put a piece of cotton in the aiddle of each corner roll (we called thea biscuits). The Boys would always choose corner biscuits. They carefully buttered each piece of cotton and tried to take a bite. There was a cistern near the sou~heast corner of the house that was used for storing water. After water was piped through the town i" was ...c.te into a cell• • Narda re. .abers the rows of cheese on the shelyes. there was a pie eherry tree east of the house. Many were the tiaes we climbed the tree and sat Oft the l~s and ate cherries. !~thwest of the house was an at.ond tree with a .alaga grapevine climbing up its branches. This was also a fayorite spot; the grapes and almonds were delicious eaten together. There is an alaond tree still standing west of the house. It is now on the Wayne Edward'. property. EMerald u.ed to come look at this tree in his later years and tell Margene Edwards of his . .aories of eating grapes and.almond. in the branches of this tree. John's and Annie's qrandchildren haye .any happy aemories of hour. spent playing in and around this house. NORDA GIBSON COOK THEO WOOD SHELLEY