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of her rooms to these young students? She made the necessary changes in her home and soon young people were again living in the big house Andrew had built as a neighbor to Snow Academy. Their presence and activity lifted Louise's heart and the greatest thing about it all. . . she was furthering her dream of a college education. She was in her sixties at this time. Buying a piece of land for 3700.00 with a cedar tree, that they had promised to save and most of all that made them a neighbor to Snow College had given Andrew and Louise Eyring Thomson, a rich return for their money. The price had really not been too high, after all. Look at the marvelous benefits their family had, growing up in the neighborhood of Snow College: education, culture, and an excellent environment. They lived in the very heart of Ephraim where the original settlement of Ephraim began. Life had indeed been kind to them. And now over a hundred years later, on that very same land, 3tands the L.D.S. Institute of Religion. The cedar tree stands proudly in front of the building, tall and stately, a true sentinel. A token of an unbroken promise-linking the past with the future; a reminder of all that had gone on in those hundred yeara being; a neighbor to Snow College. FIRST PLACE PERSONAL RECOLLECTION A SAWMILL AMID TRAUQtTILITY Herald A. Vance Rt. 1 Box 168 Fairview, Utah 84629 The pig3 squealed and scrambled for footing as the wagon rounded a bend on the steep mountain dugway. Dad's calming voice was saying, "Easy, boys," to the sturdy team as they labored to maintain the steady climb upward. The wagon was heavily laden with food supplies, bedding, clothing and minimal kitchen neces- 26 |
