MAY 26-27 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2017 It takes a village...

Shirley Hales of Ephraim, hand carver of wooden dolls and demonstrator at the Olde Crafters Village.

It takes a villageto nurture a crafter.

Grand Marshal: Merrill Daniels page 44 Pioneer Heritage Encampment page 28Main Stage Entertainment Lineup page 18 Festival Map & Schedule pages 6 & 7

MAY 26-27 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2017

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www.scandinavianher i tagefes t ival .org

Welcome to the Scandinavian Heritage FestivalI am pleased that you have taken your valuable

time to come to Ephraim and participate in this festival recognizing our pioneer heritage. Our town

is proud of that heritage. We are also proud of our little city and the improvements being made, such as our re-beautifi ed central part of Main Street. We continue to work hard to improve what our forbears provided us. We are happy to share that with you. Take the time to enjoy the music, crafts, tours and old-world building skills on display. Walk our safe streets, play and relax in our parks, and enjoy the sights and splendor of our beautiful town. Possibly make Ephraim your home away from home. I also encourage you to take the time to refl ect on your heritage and how we are able to enjoy the freedoms we have because of the sacrifi ces of our forbears. Again, thank you for coming! Have a great time and a safe trip. We hope to see you again soon.

Richard Squire

Ephraim City Mayor

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Dr. Vance Larsen - 10 a.m.Music professor, Horne School of Music Chairman at Snow College, and retired Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel. Dr. Larsen is a talented musician with significant professional experience.

Dr. Larsen will speakon the early musicalhistory of Ephraim,Snow College, andSanpete Valley.

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Table of ContentsGeneral Information Scandinavian Pin ................................................4 Schedule of events .............................................6 Map .....................................................................7

History & Education Scandinavian Heritage Conference ....................8 Cabin and Bus Tours ........................................10 Ephraim Cemetery Program .............................10

Arts & Exhibits Parade ..............................................................12 Car Show ..........................................................14 Quilt Show/Art Activities and Exhibit .................16

Entertainment & Activities Food and Craft Booths .....................................12 Kids’ Activities ...................................................14

Senior Center/Pioneer Park ..............................15 Main Stage Acts ................................................18 Storytelling ........................................................20

Scandinavian Meals Smorgasbord Dinner ........................................22 Lions Club Breakfast ........................................22

Feature Stories Olde Crafters Village.........................................24 Pioneer Encampment .......................................28

Competitions Vike on a Bike ...................................................34 Pickleball/Tennis/Corn Hole tournaments .........36 Fun Run ............................................................36

Special Events Spring City celebrates school renovation .........38 Parade Grand Marshal .....................................44

2017 Scandinavian Heritage Festival pin The 2017 Scandinavian Festival commemorative pin honors the colors of the fl ags of Sweden (blue and yellow), Denmark (red and white) and Norway (red and blue) in its four-color design. The pins are available: • Prior to the festival at the Ephraim City offi ces (50 S. Main) and the Ephraim Co-op (96 N. Main) for $5. • During the festival at the information booth (see map on Page 7) from noon-4 p.m. Friday May 26 and 9 a.m.-4 pm. Saturday, May 27. The festival is off ering a complete set of pins issued since the pin tradition started in 2003. A lanyard with all previ-ous years’ is $20. The past-year pins in a bag is $15. Most purchasers will still want the current pin for $5


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Friday, May 269 a.m.-6 p.m. .Pioneer Heritage Company

Reenactments and demonstrations100 N. 100 E. (corner)

10 a.m.-noon ............Heritage ConferenceDr. Vance Larsen “The early musical history of Ephraim,

Snow College & the Sanpete Valley” Snow College Huntsman Library Auditorium’

10 a.m.-6 p.m. ...........................Quilt Show Ephraim Co-op, 96 North Main St.

11 a.m. ......................Heritage ConferenceRichard Stevens “The Blackhawk War and its connection

and signifi cance to the Ephraim & Sanpete area” Snow College Huntsman Library Auditorium

Noon-7 p.m ................. Craft Booths OpenCollege Ave. 200 East – 300 East

12:30 p.m. .......................... Entertainment W. Carl Anderson & grandkids, Main Stage

1 p.m. ................................... Entertainment Strings of Fire & Badger Strings, Main Stage

1:30 p.m. ........Storytelling - Beth HughesNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

1:45 p.m. ............................. Entertainment Nyra Nelson & Rhonda Ogden, Main Stage

1:45 p.m. ....... Storytelling – Warren HessNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

2 p.m. ..........Storytelling – Justin BawdenNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

2:15 p.m. ............ Storytelling – Abby Huff Northwest lawn, Social Sciences building

2:30 p.m. ............................. Entertainment Fiddle Express, Main Stage

2:30 p.m. .. Storytelling – Malorie HansenNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

2:45 p.m. ... Storytelling – Dallin BreretonNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

3 p.m. ....Storytelling – MHS Improv TeamNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

3:15 p.m. ............................. Entertainment Melting Rain, Main Stage

4-6 p.m.Tours: ................... Pioneer House & CabinsPioneer Park

6-8 p.m............Little Scandinavian DinnerSnow College Greenwood Student Center

8:45 p.m. ..........................Fireworks Show Outside Greenwood Student Center

Saturday, May 276 a.m. ................... Race/Walk Registration

Snow College Stake Parking Lot50 East 100 North

6:30 a.m. ...............................Half Marathon In front of Maverik at 100 North

6:45 a.m. .................................................10KSnow College Stake Parking Lot, 50 East 100 North

7 a.m. ........................................... 5K &WalkSnow College Stake Parking Lot, 50 East 100 North

8-10 a.m. ................Aebelskiver BreakfastPavilion behind the Co-op, 96 North Main

9 a.m.-6 p.m. ..... Craft/Food Booths OpenCollege Ave. 200 East – 300 East

9 a.m.-6 p.m. .Pioneer Heritage Company Reenactments and demonstrations

100 North 100 East (corner)

9 a.m.–6 p.m. ...........Olde Crafters VillageEphraim Square, 90-96 North Main

10 a.m.–11 a.m. ...............................Parade Main Street

10 a.m.-6 p.m. ...........................Quilt Show Ephraim Co-op, 96 N. Main St.

11 a.m.–1 p.m. .... Free Family Art ActivityGranary Art Center, 86 North Main

11 a.m.-4 p.m. ......Side by Side Car Show100 East and Center Street

4-6 p.m.Tours: ................... Pioneer House & CabinsPioneer Park

From 11a.m ........................................BingoSenior Center, 85 West 100 North

From 11a.m ......Scones and Ice Cream $1Senior Center, 85 West 100 North

11 a.m. ................................. Entertainment Lincoln Highway, Main Stage

11:30 a.m. ....................Historical Bus TourNorthwest corner of College Ave. (100 North) and 100 East

11:30 a.m. .Storytelling – Andy BahlmannNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

Noon .................................... Vike on a BikeStarts 400 East 100 North

Noon .....Storytelling – Marcus BahlmannNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

12:15 p.m. .......Storytelling – Zach BrownNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

12:30 p.m. ........................... Entertainment Snow College Commercial Music Ensemble, Main Stage

12:30 p.m. ..........Storytelling –Maicee HillNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

12:45 p.m. ....Storytelling – Cari CarmodyNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

1 p.m. ......................Cornhole Tournament Greenwood Activities Center

1 p.m. .......... Storytelling – Kodie GodfreyNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

1-4 p.m.................... “Scandinavian Open” Tennis Tournament

Snow College Tennis Courts

1:15 p.m. .........Storytelling – Emma BeanNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

1:30 p.m. .....................Historical Bus TourNorthwest corner of

College Ave. (100 North) and 100 East

1:30 p.m. .....Entertainment-Skyline DriveMain Stage

1:30 p.m. .....Storytelling – Andrew OlsenNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

1:45 p.m. ... Storytelling – Kara HarmstonNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

2 p.m. ....Storytelling – MHS Improv TeamNorthwest lawn, Social Sciences building

2:30 p.m. ............................. EntertainmentThe Trent Hanna Community

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3:30 p.m. ............................. EntertainmentThe Phat Old Professors

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4 p.m. .......Drop-In Pickleball Tournament

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Visitors and local residents can learn more about the heritage of the Sanpete Valley at the free Scandinavian Heritage Conference on Friday, May 26. The conference takes place in the Snow College Huntsman Library auditorium (located near the northeast corner of 100 East and Center Street in Ephraim).

This year’s presenters are Snow College music professor Dr. Vance Larsen and local historian Richard Stevens.

Dr. Vance Larsen: “The early musical history of Ephraim, Snow College & the Sanpete Valley”

Dr. Larsen will discuss the evolution of music in Sanpete County from the fi rst settlers through the early 20th century. During that time, music went from being a community event to being sponsored by educational institutions. Larsen promises to include as many funny anecdotes as he can, because, he says, “There’re a lot.” Larsen has served as both director of the Horne School of Music and dean of the Fine Arts Division at Snow. He was instrumental in introducing contemporary music into the music history curriculum at Snow. He has created curricula on jazz and popular music, rock music history, and the history of rap and hip hop. Larsen has also worked to integrate contemporary music into the perfor-mance curriculum by enabling advanced performance students to participate in pop and rock music groups as lab experiences. A drummer/guitarist/songwriter, Larsen has played as the opening act for Credence Clearwater Revisited and performed with Merrill Osmond.

Richard Stevens: “The Blackhawk War and its con-nection and signifi cance to Ephraim and Sanpete”

The Blackhawk War was the longest war in U.S.-Indian history. Un-like other Indian wars, it was mostly fought between Indian renegades and inexperienced European and pioneer settlers, rather than U.S. Army troops. Richard Stevens will share his insights on the war and its dramatic impact on the local area during the 19th Century. Stevens is a retired research biologist for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and former director of the Great Basin Experimental Station. He is an author of more than 150 publications and books. His groundbreaking rangeland, wildlife habitat and ecological research has taken him throughout the Great Basin and the American West. Stevens graduated from Snow College, Brigham Young University and the University of Arizona. He has lived most of his life in his home town of Ephraim and is passionate about local history and pre- and post-settlement vegetation. All of his ancestors settled in the Sanpete Valley with the fi rst at Manti in 1851, Spring City in 1853, Ephraim in 1854, and Moroni in 1856.

Sanpete’s heritageThis year’s conference explores significance of early music, Blackhawk War


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A laidback bus tour is a great way to see some of historic Ephraim and rest your legs in the process.

There will be two tours on Saturday, each 50 to 60 minutes. The fi rst tour will leave at 11:30 a.m., and the second at 1:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $3 per person at the information booth on College Ave (100 North) in front of the Snow College Noyes Building. (Young children who sit on a parent’s lap can ride at no cost.) The bus will board at the northwest cor-ner of College Ave (100 North) and 100 East. Some of the sights on the tour include the dugout occupied by Ephraim’s fi rst resident (Isaac Behunin); the location of the “Ephraim Massacre,” which occurred during confl icts with the Ute Indians; as well as the old pio-neer cemetery, pioneer cabins and prominent 19th century prominent homes. Get your tickets early as they sell out fast!

Are you plan-ning on stay-ing the week-

end to enjoy both the Scandinavian Festival and Memorial Day in Ephraim? Then plan to visit the Ephraim Park Cemetery, 650 N. Main, at Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m. for the Memorial Day observance at the ga-zebo. Besides the for-mal program, Richard Carlsen, chair of the cemetery board, will be on hand to help you access the city’s on-line cemetery plot-mapping program. You can use it to locate the graves of ancestors or of more recent family members. Richard has been photographing headstones and GPS coor-dinates and posting them online to make it easier for families to locate their family plots. He will also have hard-copy maps of both the Ephraim Park and Ephraim Pioneer cemeteries. The Ephraim City website www.ephraimcity.org also has ex-tensive information on names and gravesites at each cemetery.

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By Linda Peterson

This year’s parade, which will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, will be led off by the National

Guard color guard, along with this year’s grand marshal, Merrill Daniels, a descendant of some of the original settlers of Ephraim. It will begin at 300 South and Main and travel north along Main to 100 North. Close to 50 entries are expect-ed, including the 2017 Sanpete County Sweetheart and Junior Princess rodeo royalty, the Miss Ephraim royalty, royalties from several surrounding towns, Vike-on-a-Bike entrants and classic cars from the Original Side-By-Side Car Show. For people participating in the parade, check-in is at 9 a.m. at the corner of 300 South 50 East. Entrants should line up on 300 South east of Main Street. All ap-

propriate, family-friendly entries are welcome. Scandinavian themes are encouraged. As much fun as the parade itself will be the Vikings who travel its route. Some families come to the Scandinavian Festival every year as a Viking horde, complete with horned helmets, swords and fi erce war cries. The Ned Larsen family of Riverton has been dressing up as their Viking ancestors every year for more than a decade. This year, festival-goers may be surprised by more authentic, if comparatively subdued, Norse visitors, who will appear courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Utah to promote an upcoming exhibit, “Vikings: Beyond the Leg-end.” The special exhibit will run May 27-Jan. 1. Public Programs Coordinator Paul Michael Maxfi eld says the exhibit goes beyond the stereotype

of horned, sword-carrying warriors to look at the ordinary people of the Viking culture, many of whom were quite like us. In fact, they were much like the early Sanpete County pioneers—farmers, weavers and blacksmiths. The Norse visitors will spend the weekend getting to know festi-val-goers, sharing jokes and telling

their stories in a unique Norse dialect. At noon, they will take the main stage to entertain audiences with Norse song and poetry. In the end, it will be up to you to determine if you have encountered an actual Norse person or an actor chosen to play the part. Making that determination will be harder than you think.

Vikings on parade

By Linda Peterson

Close to 100 booths will off er festival-goers hand-crafted goods, clothing,

toys and food treats you won’t fi nd anywhere else. They will be open along College Avenue (100 North) on Friday, May 26, from noon to dark and on Saturday May 27, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Food New this year will be booths off ering aebelskivers and Scan-dinavian bread. Traditional fare will include Dutch waffl es from Wiki wafels, Navajo tacos, Swedish meatballs, meatloaf and Swedish pickles, and gour-met corn on the cob from Utah corn roasters. The Jack Anderson family

of Ephraim will be back with their renowned Sanpete BBQ turkey. There will also be pulled pork sandwiches, turkey legs, Piccadilly chips, hot dogs and hamburgers. Other food off erings include Huli Huli chicken, teriyaki chick-en bowls, fi sh and chips, and returning for a second year, organic local artisan bratwurst

in elk, bison, pork and rabbit. Texas Twister will provide its signature refreshing drink made with oranges, lemons and limes. Or try fresh-squeezed lemonade from Twisted Lemon

Crafts Handmade jewelry, chil-dren’s books, handmade chil-dren’s clothing, Norwegian Bent-wood boxes, rocks and fossils are a few of the items that will be sold at craft booths. There will also be ScandiAmerica items, including books and bookmarks, pewter jewelry, handmade arti-san soap, carved walking sticks, quilts, handmade picture frames and hand-carved wood pieces.Goods Items for sale at gener-al booths will include vintage

women’s clothing, women’s contemporary fashion, jewelry, handbags, 18-inch doll clothes, felt food play sets, along with items from Pampered Chef, Tupperware and more.

Nearly 100 booths will cater to all tastes, interests

The Jack Anderson extended family will be back with their delicious San-pete Barbecued Turkey.

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Watch out for Vikings along the parade route!


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Visitors to the festival can enjoy the third annual car show, sponsored by Original Side By Side, the Orig-inal Garage, EcoLife and Roy’s Pizza.

The event is open to “original” cars and trucks and has three divisions with a prize in each: (1) Classic—any vehicle 20 years or older, (2) 4x4—any vehicle with four-wheel-drive capabilities and (3) Stock—any vehicle less than 20 years old (minor modifi cations are allowed, but limited to air fi lter, window tint and minor stereo upgrades). A grand prize will be awarded to the car or truck judged “best of show.” The awards presentation will be at 3 p.m. All car show entries should line up for the grand parade at 300 S. Main Street in Ephraim on Saturday, May 27, at 9 a.m. and start driving at 10 a.m. After the parade, the cars will be on display along 100 East from 100 North to Center Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public is welcome to come view the cars and visit with their owners. Registration is $25 and includes a T-shirt, parade entry and swag bag. To register, visit https://www.originalsidebyside.com/carshow

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Youngsters who get impatient with standard festival activities can work off energy at the inflatable area in the playing field east of the Greenwood Student Center, about 350 E. College Avenue (100 North). There will be a cliffhanger slide, obstacle course, bounce house, inflatable slide and mechanical bull, among other features.

‘Bouncing’ off the walls?


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On Saturday, families can spend three or four hours enjoying activities

at the Ephraim Senior Center and Pioneer Memorial Park, 50 N. 100 West. All activities begin at 11 a.m. and continue until food and prizes are gone. At the senior center, Bin-go cards are available for a donation of $3 each or two for $5. Prizes have been do-nated by seniors and by local merchants—and you will be amazed at their value. Games will be played for two prizes at a time (one child and one adult). The winner gets the gift of his/her choice. Homemade scones and/or homemade ice cream will be made real-time at the senior center. Both are $1 and are packaged for eating on site or carry out. Free activities in Pioneer Memorial Park include balloon art. If your kids or grandkids love Bob the Builder, princesses, Star Wars warriors or even emojis, there will be a balloon for them (assorted colors too). Would your child like to be a cat for an afternoon or maybe a grown-up sporting a heavy beard? Talented, experienced face painters at the senior center can transform them. There will also be free tours of the Hans Hansen/Gladys Sparks house and historic cabins in the park on Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. and Saturday after the parade until 4 p.m. Artifacts in the Hans Hansen/Gladys Sparks home have been gathered from many of Ephraim’s founding families. Cabins include the Bailey cabin, once located in Manassah, a settlement west of Ephraim. It has a unique narrow tongue and groove ceiling that is still in its original state. The Soren Sorenson cabin was built in 1879 and once stood on 300 South and Main Street.

Activities abound at Senior Center and Pioneer Park

Visitors may tour the Hans Hanson/ Gladys Sparks home in Pioneer Memorial Park Friday from 4-6 p.m. and Saturday after the parade. The local Daughters of the Utah Pioneers camp has furnished the home with artifacts from founding families of Ephraim.

The face painters at Pioneer Memorial Park can transform your child into a cat or some other creature.

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By Linda Petersen

A lot of activity at the Scandinavian Heritage Festival will be centered at or near the Ephraim Co-op, the nonprofi t gift shop on corner of Main Street and College Avenue (100 North).

The restored building was the fi rst home of Snow College and during pioneer times housed the local Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution.

Quilt Show Stitchin’ Sisters of Ephraim, one of fi ve active quilting groups in Sanpete County, will again sponsor a quilt show on the second level of the Co-op. It will be open Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Two fi rst-place prizes will be awarded this year, both $50. One award will go to the quilt that gets the most votes from members of the Scandinavian Heritage Festival organizing committee while the other, a “people’s choice” prize, will go to the quilt receiving the most votes from visitors to the show. Prize money for both fi rst places is being donated by the Utah Quilt Guild. The second-place winner will receive $30 and third place winner $20, with both prizes donated by Ephraim City. The quilt show aims to promote the art of quilting and to encourage quilt makers of every level to share their work. Quilters may submit large, small, miniature or other quilted items (up to two quilts per maker). Only pieced, appliquéd, machine or hand

quilted (not tied) items will be accepted. Participants must fi ll out an entry form for each quilt containing the quilter’s name, address and phone number. The form should be pinned on the back of the quilt. Quilts entered in the contest must have been pieced by the person whose name is on the entry form. Bring your quilts to the Co-op on Thursday, May 25 between 10 a.m. and noon. Quilts will not be accepted after the deadline. They must be picked up from the Co-op after the show Saturday, May 27 at 6 p.m.

Shop the Co-op The Co-op store has the largest selection of Scandinavian items in the county, including Dala Horse items, aebleskiver pans, Viking hats, fl ower headbands, Scandinavian spoons, fl ags, and other assorted items. Shoppers with a sweet tooth can enjoy Danish peppernuts, Swedish bratzlies, assorted dips and cheese balls, and the Co-op’s famous fudge. A large taster’s table will be set up in the back foyer. The Co-op is a crafter’s consignment store and specializes in the lost arts such as loomed rugs made on a pioneer loom, tatting items, crocheting, knitting, wood working, Mormon quilts, afghans, handmade baby items, beautiful handmade jewelry, leather journals with handmade paper, specialty art and other items too numerous to mention.

Granary Art Center Immediately south of the Co-op at 86 N. Main is the Granary Arts Center, housed in a one-time pioneer grain storage facility. The art center will have a large free art activity for all ages from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Try your hand at making sun prints. There will be a Granary Art Center exhibition opening reception on Satur-day from 1 to 3 p.m. where you can meet exhibiting artists. Art-ists and the works they will display are: • Washed Up, Alejandro Duran • Photographic Work, Jane Lindsay • Blue Desert, Geoff Pingree & Rain Brown • Dark Territory, Lenka Konosapek (in the Snow College Huntsman Library)

Quilt show and more at Co-op complex

Jessica Lee of Mt. Pleasant took first place at last year’s quilt show with this quilt.

Youngsters participate in a hands-on art activity at the Granary Arts Center during a previous Scandinavian festival.


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Entertainment at the Scandinavian Heritage Festival will run the gamut from accordion and fi ddles to cowboy poetry to impressionistic Americana contemporary music to Scan-

dinavian folk. All performances will be on the main stage near the Noyes Building on the Snow College campus. Following are profi les of performers in order of appearance.

W. Carl Anderson & grandkids Carl was born and raised in Orem. He and his wife, Debbie, eventually moved to Lindon, where they raised their seven children on a small farm. They moved to Ephraim seven years ago to get out of the city and love it here. Carl has been singing and writing cowboy poetry for over 20 years. He enjoys sitting around a campfi re with a big group of

people, playing his guitar, singing and reciting his cowboy songs and poetry. He also enjoys spending time with his grandkids.

Strings of Fire and Badger Strings

Strings of Fire is a troupe of fi ddlers from Sanpete County directed by Sara Gunnell, who teaches at the Horne School of Music at Snow College. Ages range from elementary school to high school. The group’s music varies from Celtic and traditional American to Scottish, Scandinavian and more. This group is sure to get you in the mood to tap your feet! Badger String Project is an orchestra and private-lesson pro-gram operated through the Horne School of Music. All students have been taught individually and in an orchestra setting by Snow faculty and music majors. They will play selections ranging from classical to fi ddle music.

Nyra Nielson and Rhonda Ogden Sisters Nyra Niel-son and Rhonda Ogden have delighted audi-ences at the festival for many years with their side-by-side accordion playing. Fiddle Express Fiddle Ex-press is a band put together by the Beck fam-ily from Mel-ba, Idaho. The group current-ly consists of six members playing nine instruments. The family has won numerous state and national championships. Don’t be surprised to hear your favorite hymn, a bluegrass tune or a Vivaldi concerto. Fiddle Express enjoys sharing its music with retirement communities, centennial birthday parties and church functions. They are delighted to come back to their family roots in Sanpete to participate in the Scandinavian Festival this year. Band members include: Andrew,7, on mandolin/ukulele/fi ddle; Rachel, 9, on vocal/fi ddle; Eliza, 10, on fi ddle/guitar; and Isaac, 13, on banjo, with Mom and Dad backing up their kids with a guitar and double bass. Melting Rain M e l t i n g Rain is a three-piece indie/al-ternative rock band. Found-ed in 2011, the group creates original music that has undertones similar to Neon Trees, Blink-182 and Born Cages.

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Lincoln Highway F i v e m u s i -cians, 16 instru-ments, and more t h a n a d o z e n championships, t h a t ’ s L i n c o l n H i g h w a y. T h e group has been described as blue-grass, as Celtic, as country and as simply updated old-time music. Don’t be surprised if you hear a tune from the 1800s followed by an acoustic version of an ABBA song. The group is always looking for an idea to make each song fi t the Lincoln Highway sound. On top of it all, they want you to have fun. They’ll make fun of their banjo players and recycle cheesy jokes. Group members play fi ddle, guitar, cajon, bodhran, mandolin, octave mandolin and whatever else they feel they can get a beat or a melody from.

Heilhross Boddasdottit the Norwegian Skald and Rekkscald the God Slayer Heilhross (Natalia aValentina Noble) and Rekkscald (Daniel Trev-or Burton Ogden) are professional performers helping the Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah promote a major new exhibit, “Vikings: Beyond the Legend,” which starts at the end of May and runs through the rest of 2017. They will sing Norse songs, recite poetry and talk about the upcoming exhibit.

Snow College Commercial Music Ensemble

The Snow College Commercial Music Ensemble, made up of musicians from the bachelor’s of commercial music program at Snow, has performed all over the state. The ensemble plays a variety of popular music from the 1960s to the present. The group is under the direction of Professors Ted Hinckley and Vance Larsen.

Skyline Drive Skyline Drive consists of brothers Ross and Luc Chris-tensen of Spring City. Ross, 26, plays the drums and auxiliary percussion. Luc, 21, sings lead vocals and plays the guitar. The group performs popular songs as well as some original songs. After winning a competition at the Utah State Fair and a multi-state competition in New Mexico, the duo is scheduled to compete in the Country Music Showdown this summer in Nashville. The showdown is a national country music talent search that could culminate in a $100,000 prize.

Trent Hanna Community Led by a faculty member in the Horne School of Music at Snow College, the Trent Hanna Community has fi guratively been around for centuries. Consisting of trumpet, sax, guitar, vibes, bass, drums, piano, and vocals, one could think it as a jazz band. It is, and so much more. The group explores many styles, including jazz, funk, classical, contemporary, easy listening, hard listening, country, blues, baroque and impressionism. There’s

something for almost everyone.

Phat Old Professors

Trading the front of the classroom for the front of the stage, the Phat Old Professors will again be the entertainment fi nale at the festival. Made up mostly of Snow College faculty members who shed their professorial stodginess, the docs rock, let their hair down and invite you to do the same. Let it all hang out with classic rock ‘n’ roll performed by Vance Larsen (drums), Rich Dixon (lead guitar), Steve Meredith (keyboards), Ron Lamb (lead singer), Travis Osmond (bass guitar) and Greg Boothe (keyboards and guitar).

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Andrew Olsen is 15 years old. He likes to sing for fun when he is bored. He also likes acting.

Dallin Brereton will be a senior this coming year, and he loves theatre! Band is his favorite class, and summer will rock this year!

Storytelling, a longstanding tradition at the festival, is provided by the state champion Manti High School theatre team under the direction of coach Kory Howard, The stories to be told had not be de-termined at the time this magazine was printed. Typical story types are Scandina-vian folktales, other children’s stories, and personal-experience stories. “I leave it up to the students to select the stories,” Howard says. “I empower them to tell the stories they want to tell.”

Marcus Bahlmann is a 15-year old, 6 ft. 2 in. child. His skills include reading in ways that an-noy his siblings, walk-ing, breathing, and draw-ing. He used to know a

little bit of ventriloquism, but has since gone off practice. In his spare time, he is often reading out loud to himself and drawing pictures of no one in particular.

Zach Brown will be a sophomore at MHS next year at MHS next year. He loves theatre and can do a belly roll!

Maicee Hill will be a sophomore at MHS this coming year. She likes reading and anything to do with theatre.

Cari Carmody will be a junior at MHS next year. She loves being a part of this community!

Kodie Godfrey will be a junior next year at MHS. She is happy with this op-portunity to share stories at the Festival.

Emma Bean is 14 years old and will be a soph-omore a t MHS next year. She lives in Ephraim and enjoys reading, cook-ing, and hanging out with friends.

Beth Hughes will be a senior at Manti High School this coming year. She loves to be involved in show choir and theatre. She also en-joys reading and writing.

Warren Hess is an in-coming senior at MHS. He is next year’s speech and debate captain. As a natu-ral-born entertainer, he’s not going to stop!

Justin Bawden will be a senior at MHS this com-ing school year. He loves acting, singing, dancing, and anything that relates to those three things.

Abby Huff will be a senior at MHS this next year. She loves being involved with the theatre and music programs and enjoys performing, whether it’s singing, acting, or dancing.

Malorie Hansen will be a senior at Manti High School next year and en-joys being a part of the arts. She loves being in theatre and music classes, choir and orchestra.

Andy Bahlmann is the oldest of the Bahlmann bunch. He has four kids with one on the way. Cur-rently, he is a professor of English at Snow College and has recently played

the role of the giant in Snow College’s per-formance of “Big Fish.” Andy is a seasoned story-teller with a knack for entertaining audiences everywhere.

Storytelling ScheduleFriday, May 261:30 p.m. .............................................Beth Hughes1:45 p.m. ............................................ Warren Hess2 p.m. ...............................................Justin Bawden2:15 p.m. ................................................. Abby Huff2:30 p.m. ........................................ Malorie Hansen2:45 p.m. ..........................................Dallin Brereton3 p.m. .........................................MHS Improv Team

Saturday, May 2711:30 a.m. ......................................Andy Bahlmann12 p.m. ....................................... Marcus Bahlmann12:15 p.m. ............................................ Zach Brown12:30 p.m. ..............................................Maicee Hill12:45 p.m. ......................................... Cari Carmody1 p.m. ............................................... Kodie Godfrey1:15 p.m. ..............................................Emma Bean1:30 p.m. ...........................................Andrew Olsen1:45 p.m. ......................................... Kara Harmston2 p.m. .........................................MHS Improv Team

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Unless you have a near relative from the Old Country, you’re not likely to fi nd traditional Scandinavian food in Utah. So you’re in for a treat at the festival’s traditional Little Scandinavian dinner, which will be served Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Greenwood Student Center, about 350 E. College Ave. (100 North). The smorgasbord is catered by Snow College Food Services. Adult meals are $13 while meals for children under 12 cost $7.

Little Scandinavian Dinner Menu Roasted pork loin with cranberry apple stuffi ng Swedish meatballs Roasted red potatoes Roasted root vegetables Green salad w/cucumbers and dressing Rice pudding/ bread pudding Punch and water

Get your fill of Scandinavian favorites at the Little Scandinavian Dinner.

(authentic) Meal timeLittle Scandinavian Dinner

Lions Club aebleskivers breakfast

If you know what’s good for you (or at least for your taste buds), you’ll come to the festival hungry because from sunrise to sundown there will be all manner of delicious food to fi ll your belly, whether you’re a Viking or not. On Saturday at 8 a.m. the Ephraim Lions Club will serve a breakfast of sausage, eggs, drink and all-you-can-eat Aebleskivers (traditional Danish pancakes), which will be made on site. There is a suggested donation of $7 per person and $25 for immediate families.

Breakfast will be served until 10 a.m. at the Snow College Stake Center parking lot pavilion at 75 E. 100 North. Proceeds from the breakfast go toward providing eye glasses for those in need. The Ephraim Lions Club has been serving the city of Ephraim for al-most 93 years and is part of the largest international service club in the world. Lions Clubs International has 1.4 million members and is established in 210 countries.

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By Linda Petersen

It takes a village to nurture a crafter. At least that’s the philosophy of the Ephraim Co-op, a nonprofi t organization

dedicated to providing a cooperative envi-ronment in which crafters can create legacy hand-made items. In that vein, the co-op is bringing an expanded Olde Crafters Village back to the Scandinavian Heritage Festival this year. The co-op tried the idea in 2005. Then for several years, the organization went back to generic craft shows during the festival. Co-op board members wanted to return to a more authentic pioneer experience where “forgotten crafts” would be highlighted and shared. So they started off small last year with just eight crafters. “It was a huge hit,” co-op treasurer Gloria Winters says. “We had no idea how popular it was going to be.” This year, more than 15 crafters (the lineup is still being fi nalized) will exhibit an array of work. Each will dress in clothing their ancestors would have worn. The crafter’s village isn’t just a place to buy unique items; it’s a place to connect with the past. Last year, visitors were fascinated by the skills the crafters demonstrated and thronged the small pavilion where the village had been set up. “Around here, crafts are still petty com-mon,” Winters says, “but it’s something else for visitors from up north. Too often, all they and their kids know are things that are made in factories. It’s amazing to them to see how things are actually made.” Each of the crafters chosen for this year’s village is an expert in skills practiced by early pioneers and passed on to their descendants.

Olde Crafters Village

‘Forgotten’ pioneer skills showcased

(above) A blacksmith demonstrates his skills at last year’s festival. The Olde Crafter’s Village will include a pair of blacksmiths.


A passion for heritage

(left)Wooden doll carved and dressed by Shirley Hales of Ephraim, who will be one of the artisans in the Olde Crafters Village.


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Those experts include Cathi Call who learned how to make hardanger lace from her grand-mother (her great-great-grand-mother was from Norway) and taught herself blackwork lace. “I’m trying to pass on the crafts that are no longer used so they won’t be forgotten,” she says. She’s now teaching her skills to her granddaughters. Cindy Southwick and her sister Cathy Baird will travel from Layton to demonstrate tatting and bobbin lace. Southwick learned the skills in a Ricks College class many years ago and has tatted ever since. “There’s a great satisfaction in making it myself,” she says. “I think it’s important these arts aren’t completely lost, that people have a chance to see how these things are made by hand.” Other artisans will include Is-abell Jensen, who will spin fl eece into wool from a sheep sheared and donated by Alma Lund, who serves on the Ephraim City Coun-cil. Ann Adams, a speaker at last year’s Scandinavian Heritage Conference, will demonstrate Swedish rug weaving, while Kathy Jorgensen will share her crochet-ing skills. Shirley Hales will demonstrate her carving skills. She has been

carving dolls since she was a young girl. When her family went camping she’d pick up a branch and start whittling. Before long she had carved herself a doll. Today, Shirley’s dolls are a collector’s item. The co-op used to carry them, and the store has been begging Hales to do more, but now that she’s in her 80s, she is focusing on making dolls for her great-grandchildren and doesn’t have time. Anita Slusser will share how to make Nordic socks to keep your toes warm at night. Cheryl Spen-cer will be at her sewing machine turning out Scandinavian aprons, while Gerald Cooper and Kelly Bird will be at their forge demon-strating traditional blacksmithing. Rebecca Spaulding will have an assortment of home-baked bread and may demonstrate how to make her locally famous truffl es. Alicia Hill will demonstrate soap making using an authentic lye recipe, while Curt Lund will show visitors how to make barn wood frames. Crystal Call will be displaying and selling hobbit holes and troll caves, along with troll headbands. The co-op is trying to provide more hands-on activities for kids in the Olde Crafters Village this year. Ordakowski will show kids

Olde Crafters VillageCrafter SkillRuss Mendenhall .............................................................................Wood turningCathi Call ................................................................... Hardanger & blackwork laceCrystal Call .................................................................Hobbit holes and troll cavesAlicia Hill .......................................................................................Handmade soapCurt Lund .............................................................................................Barn framesCheryl Spencer ......................................................................Scandinavian apronsGerald Cooper & Kelly Bird .................................................................BlacksmithsShirley Hales ............................................................................. Hand-carved dollsKathy Jorgensen ....................................................................................CrochetingCindy Southwick & Cathy Baird .............................................Tatting & bobbin laceAnn Adams ........................................................................... Swedish rug weavingIsabell Jensen ...................................................................................Wool spinningRebecca Spaulding ..........................................................................Bread makingCameron Ordakowski .......................................................................Butter makingAnita Slusser ......................................................................................Nordic socks

Cathi Call uses skills taught to her by her grandmother to make hardanger lace.

Crystal Call gets ready for the Olde Crafters Village where she will have her unique hobbit holes and troll caves available at “Speak friend, and enter.”

how to make butter. Crystal and Cathi Call will help youngsters make trolls, or Elsa or Anna, characters from “Frozen.” Russ Mendenhall, a Snow College woods instructor for 30 years, will demonstrate wood turning and will make whistles for the kids. Most of the crafters will have items for sale. To open up more space for the Olde Crafter’s Villege, Ephraim City has cleared out a half-acre property it owns behind

the Granary Arts Center and Bish-op’s Storehouse and put down pea gravel with underlay. “Now that we have room, ideas can blossom,” Winters says. Access to the Crafters Village is through the co-op parking lot. Walk in from College Av-enue (100 North) just east of the Co-op building. (The parking lot itself is reserved for vendors with no public parking allowed.)


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By Linda Petersen

A passion for their heritage and a de-sire to share it are what motivates members of the Pioneer Heritage

Company (PHC) of Provo. It’s a passion that benefi ts the Scandi-navian Festival since the festival is one of only three events each year where PHC sets up pioneer encampments. Every Memorial Day weekend, many of the 50 or so active members show up in Ephraim and for 48 hours or so step back into the 1850s. With this living history group, everything is authentic, from the clothes they wear to the tools they use to the food they prepare. At the festival, the company focuses on Scandinavian pioneers. Food from Scandinavia is served at all meals. (The public is free to watch it being prepared and even eaten, but because members pay for their food out of their own pockets, it’s not possible to share.) The company storyteller tells stories of Scandinavian pioneer children and Clive Romney, one of the founders of the company, shares Scandinavian music and songs.

Living the pioneer life There’s no set schedule since com-pany members are essentially living two days in a pioneer life. They go about their routine and explain what they are doing to visitors. When it’s mealtime, food is cooked over an open fi re and, as much as possi-ble, it’s the kind of food the pioneers would have consumed. Meals include fruits, veg-etables, and jams bottled and preserved by company members. Many of the participants make their own clothing, and those who don’t sew will usually barter their skills in other areas with members able to make authentic clothing. Just as pioneers did, company members keep busy—spinning wool, dipping candles, making horseshoes, and even teaching or having their children attend school in the pioneer schoolhouse the company sets up and allows the public to observe.

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Liam Kelly, 13, an apprentice woodworker, will have his own shop set up. Deborah Squires spins wool at the encampments, something she learned when she visited her future in-laws in New Jersey and went to the historic Rosencrantz Mansion where docents taught her the skill. She also shows how to spin wool on a stick, something the pioneers had to master when spinning wheels weren’t available. “We try to be as hands-on as possible,” Squires says. Company members sleep in the pio-neer tents they bring. After the public goes home on Friday, they sing around the fi re, cook Dutch oven dinners and sometimes enjoy hand-churned ice cream. One of their traditions when they come to Scan-dinavian Festival is to eat aebelskivers, round Danish pancakes, for breakfast on Saturday. There is never a cost to the public to watch or interact with PHC members, nor does the company sell anything.

People who love history “We’re people who love history and love to share in a way that adults and children can understand,” Squires says.From wagon trek to living history The Pioneer Heritage Company grew out of the 1997 commemorative wagon trek from Council Bluff s, Iowa to Salt Lake City, which was part of a sesquicentennial celebration of the pioneers entering the Salt Lake Valley. After the trek, some of the people involved wanted to continue having the same types of experiences and formed PHC. Some core people, such as com-pany president Bree Cornell, have stayed involved through all those years, but mem-bers come and go as the circumstances of their lives allow. Rick Thayne, PHC vice president and the captain over the encampment this year, has been involved since 2001. Thayne grew up in the East, had visited re-enact-ments at Jamestown and Williamsburg, and had always thought it would be fun to do something similar. So, he says, when he learned about PHC through a chance encounter with Cornell, he jumped at it. Besides being captain, Thayne is blacksmith to the camp. Others like Deborah Squires and her family are relative newcomers. The

Squires have been involved with the company for fi ve years. They participated in Mountain Man rendezvous for several years after their son became interested in black powder rifl e shooting. However, as their family changed and they were ready for a slower pace, they looked around and found Pioneer Heritage Company through Thayne, a neighbor. It has been a great fi t, they say.

“It has exceeded our expectations,” Squires says. “We get to learn and teach those lost skills and to enjoy friendships with other families.” Most company members, but not all, have connections to the early Mormon pioneers. Thayne has an ancestor who came to Utah in the vanguard company

Dennis Knox and his woodworking shop.



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with Brigham Young. For others, it’s all about the history. While Squires has Mormon pioneer roots, her husband Paul does not. He is a con-vert to the LDS church from New Jersey, but Deborah Squires says he is a “histo-ry-holic.” “He lives, breathes and loves history,” she says. In addition to Scandinavian Days, PHC sets up encampments at Cove Fort Days in August, held at historic Cove Fort in Sevier County; and at the Old Capitol Arts and Living History Festival in Fillmore in September.

In the past, they’ve traveled to Nauvoo for historic re-enactments, participated in the Festival of the American West at Utah State University and been on hand for many events at This-is-the-Place state park. The rest of the year, the company meets monthly to socialize and learn about pioneer arts. While some cities the company visit pay a fee, the money mainly goes toward food. The company members largely pay for their experiences through working as extras and providing authentic pioneer equipment for KBYU documentaries such as “Hole in the Rock” and “History of the Great Salt Lake.”

The words “authentic” and “Mormon,” mean nothing if not “children,” and the pioneer en-campment does not disappoint. Some young ones even passing the time playing with period toys, such as rag dolls, shown at right.


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Individu-als and fami-lies can enjoy a choice of four courses in the Vike-on-a-Bike races, beginning at noon on Sat-urday, May 27. F a m i l y : Take a le i -sure ly r ide out the Kane Valley Road and back to the festival. Beginning: This course takes you 4 miles east along Kane Valley Road. Novice: This is for the rider who is start-ing to compete and will be 7.5 miles along Kane Valley Road and the Black Hill. Sport: This is for the competitive Viking spirit. It’s a 10.5-mile loop along Kane Val-ley Road and through the Black Hill area, concluding with a race to the fi nish line 400 East 100 North. A cash prize will be given to the top male and female riders in the Beginning, Novice and Sport categories. The race courses were designed by Dallas Cox and Steve Gerber of the Manti Bike Club.

Families are encouraged to decorate their Viking bikes and ride in the parade at 10 a.m. The parade entry for all Vike-on-a-Bike racers is No. 10. Registration is $10, which includes your race number and a T-shirt. To be guaranteed

a T-shirt and number, pre-register on line. On the day of the race, you can register at a booth at 300 East and 100 North prior to 11 a.m., or at the starting point at 400 East 100 North until noon, when the race begins.

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Hardy Vikings and others who fancy themselves as such have a chance to prove their mettle on the 13.1-mile half-marathon, which will start at 6:30 a.m. in front of the Maverick on 100 North (The course goes through the west, north, east and south sides of Ephraim). People who prefer something less gru-eling but still want to participate can sign up for one of three races: The 10K (6.2 miles) will start at 6:45 a.m. on 100 North by the registration booth (Snow College Student Stake Center park-ing lot). The course will run on the east side of Ephraim. The 5K (3.1 miles) will start at 7 a.m. on 100 North by the registration booth. The walk will start at 7 a.m. on 100 North by the registration booth. All races will fi nish on 100 East and Cen-ter Street (next to the festival and parking lot). Eco Life is the sponsor of the color sta-tions, a point at each water station where runners, if they choose, can have powdered paint in Scandinavian colors thrown on them. Eco Life is also the sponsor of fi n-ish-line festivities and music. First-place male and female winners (in each race except the walk) will each receive

$50. Second-place winners will receive $25 each. Runners may also be greeted at the fi nish line by the festival’s resident Viking, Ned “Lars” Larsen, who is happy to have his photo taken with runners and walkers.

You can register online at www.scandinavianfestival.org or onsite from 6 a.m. until 10 minutes before the each race . Registration is $10. A T-shirt and race number are guaranteed with on-line registration.

If you can take only so much of eating, shopping and being entertained, consider joining in the athletic competitions at the festival. How about tennis, pick-leball or even corn hole, a sport that is becoming popular in Utah? On Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Snow College tennis courts, you can register for the Scandi-navian Open tennis tournament, hit some balls and meet some of the other players. The courts are at the rear of the Ephraim Family Park. The park entrance is at about 250 E. 300 North. You can also sign up for the tournament at http://www.TennisSignUp.com. The Friday event is a casual

get-together in preparation for the tournament the following day. You might even be able to sneak in a few games. The tournament itself will be Saturday from 1-4 p.m. There will be doubles matches for men and women. Diff erent skill level groups will also be considered. The cost for each participant is $5. Maybe something a little slower paced but still active is your style. You can get your game on at a drop-in pickleball tennis tournament on Saturday at 4 p.m., also at the Snow College tennis courts. Doubles partners will be

chosen by a blind draw; you play until you lose. There is no entry fee but please sign up by 3:45 p.m. so pairings can be filled out. Players are responsible for making line calls and enforcing game regulations. Contact Brad Bird (435) 351-1240 for further information. You might also want to try something new to the festival, particularly if the weather is stormy. The Central Utah Cornhole Association will hold a cornhole tournament on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Snow College Activities Cen-ter, about 350 E. Center St., in the blue gym.

Similar to horseshoes, corn-hole is played by tossing corn-fi lled bags into 6-inch holes on wooden corn hole boards placed 33 feet apart. Cornhole can be played as singles or doubles and is divided into innings. During each inning, players toss or pitch from a pitcher’s box and try to scores points by getting their bags into the holes. There are lots of prizes for participants including a cash pot. Last year Lannie and Johnny Carter took home the $1,200 pot. Signups will be at noon at the blue gym. The cost is $20 per team.

Runners of all levels can participate in the festival’s four fun runs.

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By Linda Petersen

Spring City has been celebrating Heritage Day every year since 1983 when Friends of Historic Spring City established it to

raise money to restore the Old Spring City School. But this year is special. Through many ups and downs over almost 40 years, the nearly $2 million restoration is complete, and the elabo-rate building is being dedicated at this year’s celebration.

Old School Community Center Dedication

Heritage Day is always held on the Sat-urday before Memorial Day, but this year the celebration will start a day early, on Friday, May 26 at 1 p.m., with dedication of what is being

called the Old School Community Center. The term refl ects the intent that the build-ing serve as a community center. Spring City municipal offi ces are scheduled to move to the building. The public will be able to reserve spaces in the building for meetings and events. Built in 1899, the Old Spring City School at 109 S. 200 East is unquestionably one of the most beautiful and historic structures in San-pete County. The building originally consisted of eight elementary classrooms on two fl oors. The architect was Richard Watkins, who also designed the Spring City LDS Ward Chapel, the Piute County Courthouse and the Peteetneet Academy in Payson. In the 1950s, the building ceased being used as a school. It mostly sat vacant for 20

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In photo taken in February, 2017, restoration of exterior brick on the Old Spring City School is nearly complete. The historic school will be dedicated during Heritage Day this year.

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years. In the 1970s, the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers purchased it from the school district with the goal of restoring it. Up to the 2000s, the focus of fund raising was getting enough money to secure the building so it could be restored in the future. The roof was shored up to prevent collapse and shingled to keep water out. Signifi cant infusions of cash didn’t start until after 2000, culminating in 2012 with a $647,000 grant and loan from the Utah Com-munity Impact Board. The project also attract-ed multiple private donations of $100,000. This year, the Utah Legislature appropriated $100,000 to help complete restoration. Speakers at the dedication will include Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and local digni-taries. There will be a musical performance by tenor Brian Stuki, a Spring City resident who sings with the Utah Opera Company and has performed with opera companies and

symphonies in the United States and abroad. The Spring City Elementary School choir will also perform.

Breakfast and Lunch On Saturday, both breakfast and lunch will be served at the bowery behind the Old School Community Center at about 150 E. Center. Swing by for breakfast between 8 and 10 a.m. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Home Tour The highlight of Heritage Days is always the home tour when many residents of Spring City, designated a national historic district in the late 1970s, open their lovingly restored 19th Century homes to visitors. More than 50 structures in town have been restored to their original condition. Homes are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for chil-dren under 13. Tickets can be purchased in advance at http://friendsofhistoricspringcity.org/product/tickets/ or in person from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Old School or the Main Street Firehouse.

Art Squared & Art and Antiques Sale

Many artists and artisans make their homes in Spring City. A staple of Heritage Day is Art Squared, an event where the public gets to bid in a silent auction on one-foot square paintings by well-known local artists. Participating artists include Lee Bennion, Susan Gallacher, M’Lisa Paulsen, Doug Fry-er, Kathleen Peterson, Cassandria Parsons, Lynn Farrar and Ken Baxter. Some regulars at Heritage Day buy a

Finish work is underway in one of the eight original classrooms of the Old Spring City School. Photo taken in February, 2017.



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painting every year and keep the paintings together in a collection. The annual art and antique sale, another silent auction event, will be held at the Old School Community Center on the second fl oor. The hours for bidding are from 9 a. m to 2 p.m.

Craft Sale There will also be a craft sale at the Old School featuring items like Shibori hand-dyed silk scarves, handmade jewelry, homemade jams and handcrafted aprons.

Children’s Crafts At 1 p.m. kids can enjoy crafts, also at the Old School.

Mini Concerts Operatic tenor Brian Stuki will perform free mini concerts at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. in the historic Spring City Chapel on Main Street. All funds from Heritage Day will be go to Friends of Historic Spring City to help to pay off the loan portion of the Utah Community Impact Board (CIB) grant/loan, which was used to restore the Old School.

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Visitors peruse art for sale during Spring City Heritage Day in 2016. The Friends of Historic Spring City will be staging their 34th Heritage Day this year. They started the event to raise money to restore the Old Spring City School.


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Grand Marshal: Merrill Daniels‘Good old boy’ makes good through hard work

By Suzanne Dean

Merrill Daniels, 78, the grand marshal of this year’s Scandinavian parade, is a good old boy in the best sense.

He has lived his whole life in Ephraim, is rooted in agriculture, grew up with nothing, but like many local residents from his generation, has cobbled together a comfortable lifestyle through exceptionally hard work. He worked full-time for Manti Telephone Co. for 24 years. During most of those years, he cooked four nights per week at the Cow Pal-ace Lanes (now Snowcap Lanes) in Ephraim and helped his father-in-law run a 100-acre farm east of town. “And I still found time to break a few hors-es,” he says. “It was a full life.” Merrill has pioneer and Scandinavian roots on both sides of his family. On his mother’s side, his great-grandfather, Mons Nielson, and great-grandmother, Johanna Jensen, were both born in Sweden. Both of their families converted to Mor-monism, crossed the ocean and trekked across the continent to the Salt Lake Valley, only to be assigned to colonize in Central Utah. Johanna became Mon’s second wife after both were settled in Utah. On his father’s side, his grandfather, Wil-liam Daniels, was born in Germany, but moved to Denmark. He married Sofi a Thompson, a Danish woman, in Denmark. The couple were baptized into the LDS faith, made their way to Utah, and ended up in Moroni. Merrill’s father, Roger Hyrum Daniels, was born in Wales, but started working in a silver mine in Eureka in western Utah County when he was just 14. Roger Hyrum, and Merrill’s mother, Erma Delora Peterson, were married in 1919. They lived in Santaquin for a while, where Roger Hyrum continued working in mines and at one time. But after a few years of marriage, they moved back to Erma’s home in Ephraim. Roger Hyrum and Erma Delora had 11 children. Merrill and his twin brother Ferrill,

born July 10, 1939, were their eighth and ninth children. But at 18 months, both got pneumo-nia, and Ferrill died. In 1940, doctors couldn’t do much for pneumonia, Merrill says. Then, when Merrill was 8 years old, his father died of congestive heart failure at age 46. Merrill believes hard years in mines, in-cluding exposure to coal dust, compromised his father’s health. That left his mother with six children, ages 3-17, still at home. How did the family survive? Well, Merrill says, their house at 345 College Ave. (now the site of new married student cottages) was paid for. The whole family was practiced in home food production. “We had a couple of milk cows,” he says. “We had chickens and we always had pigs. Dad had a couple of acres that we raised hay on. We always had a large

garden. We had a root cellar...We stored fruit down there and we also canned a lot of it. “All of us boys were hunters, so we lived on deer meat year-round. We used to can and pressure cook it.” But a family needs items other than food, things only money can buy. “I remember working when I was 12 years old. I’d bring the money in to mother,” he says. His older brothers “all did the same.” What kind of work was available to a 12-year-old? “It was all farm work,” Merrill says, such as cleaning irrigation ditches and turkey coops. “We didn’t know we had it tough because everybody had it tough,” he adds. “Everybody was in the same boat. People just didn’t have money in those days.” As for recreation, “if we were lucky enough to have a dime, we


Renon and Merrill Daniels have been married 54 years. Their first date was a horseback ride. She’d never been on horseback, but Merrill kept her riding for 12 hours.


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could go to the theater.” The matinee cost a nickel and ice cream afterward was another nickel. “At night, we’d play out under the light poles, run sheepy run, kick the can...(and) hide and go seek.” Merrill attended school in a two-story stone building located in the grass fi eld behind the present Snow College Business Building. The stone building housed kindergarten through 10th grade. In their fi nal two years, 10th and 12th grades, students went to Snow Academy, a teacher training facility at Snow. In 1956, when Merrill was a senior, the high school areas for Manti and Ephraim high schools were consolidated and Ephraim students started attending Manti High. “Manti and Ephraim were rivals at that time. We thought the worst thing that could happen was we had to go to Manti,” he says. Some of his classmates had enough credits to skip their senior year. But Merrill still needed one class—American Problems from legendary local teacher Albert Antrei. But the extra year wasn’t all bad because Merrill got to continue his activity in Future Farmers of America (FFA) with George C Willardson as adviser. That was before the fi rst Scandinavian festival. But there was another festival, Ram-bouillet Days, named after one of the main breeds of sheep in Sanpete County. FFA members ran a food booth, and also showed and sold their livestock, at the event. The club used the proceeds for trips during

spring break. For one trip, McCoy Larsen (fa-ther of Vance Larsen, one of the speakers at this year’s Scandinavian Heritage Conference) put a stock rack in back of his 2.5-ton truck and a tarp over the rack. The FFA boys piled in back. Off they went to Lake Tahoe in Nevada, and on to San Francisco. The next year, they traveled to Yellowstone the same way. For several years after high school, Merrill was a single, working man. He used to drop into the Ephraim Hotel Cafe in what is now TMax Apartments at 22 W. Center, immediate-ly west of Anderson Drug. A pretty girl named Renon, a girl who grew up in his neighborhood and who he had know through school, worked there as a waitress. “These older guys who were drinking coff ee said, ‘You two ought to get together,’” Merrill recalls. But nothing happened. Finally, one of the men, Alton Nielson, told him, “Merrill, I’ve got a real gentle horse. Ask her if she doesn’t want to go for a horseback ride.” That’s what touched off Renon’s and Merrill’s romance, he says. “That fi rst day, she hadn’t been on a horse, and I made her ride for eight hours. We left at daylight and came

back at dark. We just spent the day up in the hills enjoying nature and the wildfl owers.” The pair were married in 1963. The grand marshal recognition should be as much for Renon as himself, Merrill says. “She’s awful special,” he says. “If it wasn’t for her, I don’t know how we would have gotten along in our married life.” Renon has worked as a cook and waitress for more than 50 years. She spent most of her years at the Cow Palace Lanes, now Snowcap Lanes. At 75, she’s still there. Merrill and Renon have three children. Shaun, their oldest son, is a manager for Andrus Trucking Co. in Fontana, Calif. Their daughter, Cynthia, lives in Riverton, Wyo., has four children and is the food service director for the local school district. And their son, Cory, who is the Ephraim power superintendent, lives in Ephraim. He has four children. In 1957, just out of high school, Merrill went to work for Manti Telephone. But after a year, the owner, Morlin Cox, told him he didn’t need him anymore. From about 1958-61, he worked at Dew-ey’s Service Station on Main Street near where Linnea’s Bed and Breakfast is now located. Meanwhile he helped his father-in-law on his Twins Ferrill and Merrill Daniels (Merrill is on the

right) at 4 months. Ferrill died of pneumonia at 18 months.

Merrill Daniels’ grandmother, Amelia Nielson Paulsen, with some of Amelia’s family, outside at the Paulsen home. On the far left, is Johanna Nielson, Amelia’s mother and Merrill’s great-grandmother. A Mormon pioneer, Johanna was born in Sweden and immigrated to Utah. Amelia is in front and center wearing the full-length apron. Amelia’s husband and Merrill’s grandfather, John Erastus Paulsen, is at right wearing a hat. Others in the photo are Amelia’s siblings. The house at 150 N. 400 East in Ephraim is still standing.

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farm, which is where the Ron Greene elk ranch is now located. In 1959, he started working part-time for Ephraim City and over the next couple of years working in the power, water and sewer departments. That meant he had three jobs. “I did,” he says. “I have all my life.” In 1961, Merrill got on full-time as Ephraim power superintendent, the same job his son, Cory, now holds, and stayed for 10 years. Then Morlin Cox called and asked him to come back to Manti Telephone Co. Merrill and Renon batted the proposition around. At the time, Ephraim City off ered no benefi ts. The telephone company at least had a 401K. Merrill took the job and kept it for the next 26 years. “I probably knew more people in Manti and Sterling than I did in Ephraim during that time,” he says. Then, in 1996, at 57, he fell out of tree while stringing telephone cable. “A tree branch broke and down I came. I dislocated both shoulders.” That meant he couldn’t climb poles anymore. So he “retired” and took up farming. By then, his father-in-law was aging, so he took over his farm. He also leased some parcels west of Ephraim from veterinarian Robert He-delius and grew barley. Meanwhile, he served a term on the board of the Ephraim Irrigation Company. Today, Merrill is still farming. “I don’t do a lot,” he says. “I rely on Cory a lot to do it, because I can’t. My mind says ‘go,’ but my body says ‘no.’” Meanwhile, he still goes to the bowling alley on Sunday mornings to help out Renon. He feels a strong connection to his pioneer ancestors and to the Ephraim community. If a family has been in the town for a long time, Merrill knows them, and they know him. More than that, he has fi les of typed histories, clip-pings and photographs about his family and the town, such as extensive documentation about construction of the Ephraim Tunnel in the 1930s, a structure now being refurbished. He has fond memories of some of the other “good old boys” who once gathered at the Ephraim Hotel Cafe. “Old Alton Nielson, he was quite a guy, he was a real a gentleman,” Merrill says. “I think of him and old Doc McQuarrie, and some of those older boys, old Dean Folster, Udell Dyches Sorensen. They would kid you, but still they would do anything for you, give you anything. If they could help you out, they would be fi rst there to do it. And that’s the same way my generation is, too.”

Ephraim has changed radically in the past 70 years, Merrill says. “It used to be that we had a railroad, and there was a livestock yard down there (near the tracks). And these farmers, they could take their wool down there, market it, and ship it out on rail, along with sheep and cattle.” People could also ride the train as pas-sengers. He remembers taking the Denver & Rio Grande train to Mt. Pleasant to shop with his mother and three brothers. It was also possible to travel by train to Manti, Gunnison and Richfi eld. There was even a rail spur into Mayfi eld. “In the ‘70s, we had a service station on almost every corner (of Main Street), some-times two across the street from each other,” he recalls. Based on memory, he counted nine between where Walmart is now and IFA. The stations represented various oil com-pany brands, such as Conoco, Phillips 66, American Oil, Sinclair and Mobile. When IFA fi rst opened its store, it, too, sold gasoline. “The college is sure growing—big time,” he says. “Most of our older homes have been

torn down for student housing, lots and lots of them.” But there are lots of new subdivisions, he says, such as Danish Fields, East Point (near the top of Canyon Road), the Ben Gordon subdivision (also branching off Canyon Road) and the multi-phase Cottonwood Subdivision (south and east of Los Amigos restaurant). Besides those, several housing developments around town have been supported by the Ephraim Housing Authority. City services have also expanded. The electrical load in Ephraim is probably 100 times greater than when he was power superinten-dent in the 1960s, he says. “Cory tells me how many megawatts we are using. We used to talk in kilowatts.” Refl ecting on all that he’s been through over his 78 years, Merrill says, “It’s been a good life. It ain’t been easy, but it’s been a good life, it has.” And the most important thing he’s learned? “Always treat people like you’d have them treat you. That about sums it up.”

Merrill Daniels sorts through his extensive files of typed histories, clippings and photographs about his pioneer ancestors and the Ephraim community.


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Staff of the Sanpete

Messenger are: (seated)

Karen Christensen,

Suzanne Dean, Robert

Stevens, (standing)

Daniela Vazquez, Kyler

Daybell, Bryan

Spencer, Linda

Peterson, Michael

Bahlmann, Bob

Bahlmann, Cathi Call

and John Hales.

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