A young man from Indiana, then Tooele, Utah; a young man from Nortonville, Utah; Artist Norman Rockwell and their connection to the Boy Scouts of Amierca

It was more of a accident or coincidence how the story of these people came together, when the contents of a historical box spilled out. If you are a youngin, you may not have heard of Norman Rockwell, but his paintings were quite familiar on the Saturday Evening Post as well as barber shops around America a few decades ago. One of his painting prints shows the returning World War I Veteran of whom he honored in 1919. When he met Scouter Keith Loop, a match was made, as young Keith looked as good in a uniform as the Veteran, and in 1927, his painting was used for the cover of all Boy Scout Handbooks, with various other America hero's in the background such as Lindbergh, Lincoln and Washington. When I saw the obituary of Keith Loop, who also turned out to be an artist, I recognized the cover painting and went right to where my fathers Scout Handbook was from 1937.  As I reflected on each of the people shown and listed, I thought about some of the real America hero's we all have, and how much that BSA Handbook would be a heck of a lot better reading than most stuff, even if we don't have to use the information on page 140-the International Morse Code.

This original photo shows four generations of the Nowlin family, who got their start in Juab County a hundred years ago via the Tolley Family.

This is a postcard photo of the Nowlin family of Juab County, Utah. USA. The photo was taken in about 1919. Starting from the right is Maria Tolley Nowling, who was born on Oct. 1, 1851, in South Molton, Devonshire, England. Along with her family, they came to Utah with early Mormon pioneers. Her father was Wm. Fisher Tolley, who was first directed to Sanpete County to build roads, then to Nephi to do the same, but did Marshall work as well. One of his daughters was Maria, who married Jabus Nowling on Jan. 23, 1871. In the history of Juab County, Jabus was show to be very active in community affairs. At the time of the photo, Maria was 68 years old. The second person to her left is daughter Sadie, who was 41 at the time. The young lad is Morris Nowling, who was 15 months old, and his mother was Jamie who was 21 years old. The single photos are of Jabus and Maria. If a member of the Nowlin family can get in touch with me, we would like to give them this photo before I loose it again.

These are the LDS Seminary Students of Juab High School during 1927.

The photo and First LDS Juab Stake Seminary Founders Day information was obtained from The Times News, in Nephi, Utah, published on March 3, 1932. The photo consists of the Seminary students, and although the paper didn't identify who the people are, this writer can pick out at least one person, who was one of the two Seminary teachers back then. James H. Ockey, Sr. can  be spotted on the front row, the one wearing his traditional bow tie. The building was across the street from the school on main street by the Silver Maple. In those days, they separated the male from female students, but if you look closely, one gal was able to squeeze in between two guys on the top left, and she appears to be clutching to the brick post. Perhaps it was just the excitement of the photo day.

Glade and Lucy Sanders of Nephi, Utah. A couple photos of them, and the history of the parents of Lucy Garrett Sanders.

I saw a picture of Glade and Lucy Sanders on Facebook, so thought I would add a couple more than was staring at me. The first album page shows Corrine Garrett near the photo of her sister in law-Ellen Garrett, was minding the table at Ellen's 80th birthday party. At the bottom is Afton and her husband Devoe. The two black and white or of Joe and Ellen Garrett with her brother and parents in Ely, Nevada, with Weston Jones taking that photo.  The other photo includes Ilene then the history of Robert and Erma Garrett, written by LaVon Jones.

There may not be time to make the wedding receptions, but please let their family know your support.

To each human being, all problems are varied. One of mine is trying to find a story line on one family member, while other notable photos or documents fall out of a box. Hence, I have no other option other than to broadcast these wedding receptions. As both have faded, I will type the information.  The first declares that Cloe Tolley and Thomas L. Snelson or getting married. Mr. and Mrs. George Tolley request your presence at the wedding reception of their daughter, Cloe, to Thomas L. Snelson, at their residence of Nephi, Utah, October Fifteenth, Nineteen Hundred Six at 4 o'clock p.m.

The second shows Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McPherson announce the marriage of their daughter Fonda to Mr. Elmer J. Tolley on Monday, January the twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighteen, Nephi, Utah. At Home Nephi, Utah, Feb. 1st.

So how does such an innocent looking baby become a member of a gang of desparado's!

The first photo is an original of Maurice Tolley, who is on the left. It is assumed the picture was taken around 1927. Although it is difficult to make out the writing on the back, the beautiful but faded handwriting shows "To Grandma Tolley For Your Birthday From Thirza". It then shows the two babies being "Maurice  and Morris". Grandma Tolley is Sarah Warren Tolley(born 1825) and whose documents and artifacts has been passed down. Morris is Morris Nowlin, a cousin. For a little color, I placed a photo of the father of Maurice(Rex) and the great grandfather of Maurice(William Fisher Tolley) who is seen as the father of all Tolley's, whose numbers are thousands throughout the world. Although Brother Brigham permitted him to have four wives, he only had two of which bore him a hay wagon full of kids. Wm. Tolley may have been like Johnny Carson, as three of his wives had the same name. Now back to the original concern. Maurice married a wonderful woman(JoAnn); had a good business running the Forsey's Five and Dime store in Nephi, but somewhere along the line he got intertwined with the gang of sod busters in the photo taken from The Times News of Ute Stampede time in 1975. Although they all looked like they haven't  taken a bath for a week, they are all great guys, and three of them are actually related or married in the Tolley family of yesteryear. Top row starting from the left is Joe Garrett's helpful sidekick-Bob Worwood, then Russ Jackson, Ike Lunt, then Maurice. Bottom row from left is Leo Osborne, Bob Garrett, then Ches Williams, who married a Tolley. So happy trails to all, and hopefully somebody in the Maurice family will take this photo from me.

A hundred years ago, the Cazier family of Nephi were a force to be reckoned with.

Nephi City, Utah was legally sanctioned in 1851, with some of the early pioneers having the last names of Ord and Cazier. I haven't completed a door to door interview, but there may not be many people by that name still in Nephi. During their hay day, the Cazier's were a force of power, endearment, religious zealousness and just plain good Americans that made us locals proud. I couldn't help but think of that family when I noticed the obituary of Milo Cazier, originally of Nephi, and one who enjoyed the near by "mountain's, streams and meadows which surround Nephi". His photo is of the typical American helmet wearing G.I of that great generation of World War II. If you attended Utah State University years ago, all knew of the USU President who was a Nephi Cazier named Stanford Cazier. Additionally, as a kid, I always heard of Edna Jensen who married Gerald Cazier of Nephi. In her younger days she was a Nephi LDS Seminary teacher, which was in the old seminary building west of the Nephi and Juab High School. The Seminary  building was there between the Silver Maple and the UWANNA Drive- Inn. Edna taught downstairs while James H. Ockey, Sr. taught upstairs. Edna later became involved with a slew of clubs and civic organizations and when she spoke, the Utah media and political folks listened.

We also placed a photo of Mattie Cazier, as my mother fondly remembered her from fifty years ago. Mattie was born in Nephi in 1893 and died at age 90. She and her husband-James Eagar didn't have children, but much loved by nieces and nephews and related families of the Wankier, Booth, Warner and Bailey clan. Bishop Leonard Trauntvein spoke highly of her at the funeral in 1984.