Show history of east millard county HISTORY OF HOLDEN continued irom from last week atter after the new water system was completed in 1931 a great celebration was planned it was turned into a home ielome coming and many of 0 the people who been home for years came to the big celebration at ten on the fourteenth day of august 1931 the big time began a with a program after this program a free barbecue was enjoyed by all in the afternoon a baseball game was played many concessions were placed around to entertain any who cared to participate A big dance as big as any ever given in holden was aas held in the evening on oil the following day a similar time was wag enjoyed by all the 1932 town board officers otti cers consisted of byron stephenson mayor J alma stevens mark S johnson joseph M jensen and cyrus G stevens board members elbert stevens ens was appointed appoint Pd treasurer of the town the 1934 board consisted of mark alark S johnson mayor cyrus stevens elbert stevens frank badger and frank stephenson board members on april 1 1934 the old bishopric was released and mark alark L bennett was as chosen bishop with edgar turner and george hart johnson as his counselors in the summer of 1935 a new addition to the water system was made the big spring up in bennetts Bennet ls field was piped to the storage tank A now tank was also built which is thirty five feet long twenty three feet wide and twelve leet feet deep it has a capacity of seventy thousand gallons of water the old and new tanks hold about one hundred and twenty thousand gallons of water together in the spring of 1935 a monument was as elected by the U D U P on oil the southwest corner of the old fort it Is a single native stone quarried fourteen miles north of town leonard A wood supervised the erection of this monument which cost approximately one bundled dollars on june 15 1935 the monument was unveiled by E F stevens and hyrum B johnson of the two oldest families of the town the unveiling ceremony was preceded by a large meeting held in the chabol after the monument was unveiled an elaborate banquet was held in the ward hall stirring music was furnished during the day by the at 11 II S band under tile dirtion oelion of thomas A A large danca was held in tile the evening which concluded a happy and event ful day there have been many school teachers in holden some of them are listed below sarah powell mr air bates john kelly mrs savage mary elliot mr williams mr walk daniel daun harry P brown bron earl accord joshua stevens mrs frank wilson hattie String neham liam joana jeans paulino pauline larson nettie hunter myrtle hoffman devere childs neva cropper miss hillhouse julia harmon miss reynolds roy stevens herman dement silas A harris fay wood ellen nixon leonard wood teller robins erma turner lillie johnson mary harmon avery bishop rufus day J frank day martha ashby edward F stevens A W brown oscar burgland mr flolly son attie dyches jesse giles matty malty stephenson Stop henson E L pack george stewart mr air thomas hettie stevens florence stevens Sl ovens Arin armina tria stevens william brown reed mathews lettie A stevens Sl ovens george barton ruth brunson G rulon clark beth kenney bennett cooley charlotte daisy gowens ila dutson dulson jean gordon eva lewis hattie bennett miss aliss thompson darts barta bennett wallace A wood eva lovell miss st clair myrtle young june wood reed wood mark L bennett lots lois webb leo probert verda barton the businesses ot of the town are cobblestone front garage which Is a garage service station and black smith shop owned and operated by olat olaf Gust gustaveson avegon and sons whiteway service station which is i a service station retail grocery and tourist camp it is owned and operated by J M jensen blacksmith shop owned by S P barber shop owned by clyde L wood red and white store groceries and dry goods owned by john wood confectionery owned by vorda me ale kee anona theatre where picture shows are given once a week by mr hinckley it is owned by vorda me mc kee holden garage garage and service station owned by andrew J terry star service station gas oil accessories cess ces ories and retail groceries owned by C G stevens Ste veng the town hoard board members consist of 0 george hart johnson mayor frank badger mark alark stephenson and james W stephenson Stephen board members the fourth member has not yet been chosen the people are engaged principally in farming arming and beef raising the population is about five hundred and fitly fifty written Febri luary 1936 references mrs mina nix nixon on simeon stephenson hyrum 13 johnson milo harmon hannon clayton wood mrs ellen johnson J alma stevens St ovens horner stephenson chairman wallace stevens soc secretary thomas stephenson marian stevens june johnson stanford johnson george hunter rose hose johnson elain bennett dale harmon D orothy dorothy wood mck mcgeo don dobson |