IF IT WAS ONLY 1965, I COULD GO LOONEY TUNES AT FERGS GAS STAION IN NEPH

I wonder if it is too late to turn in these Fergs gas coupons. If it was in the early 1960's we could go to a variety of Nephi gas stations, including the Premium Oil, Beeline Oil or Fergs, and get a lot of gas for a dollar. That also included having it pumped; oil checked and getting the windshield cleaned. The important thing is you could get a coupon and later turn in enough for a free Pepsi glass which had Casper, Tweety or other favorite cartoon Looney hero on it. Needless to say, I had a hard time squeezing these glasses flat enough to go through the scanner, and the other photo shows an old  basketball game partial ticket with rival North Sanpete and then some old Fergs stamps which were similar to S&H and Gold Strike stamps.

CHECK THIS OUT.....YOUR CHECK IS NOT ACCEPTED HERE, UNLESS YOU ARE IN NEPHI

Have you seen all the new posted signs in the Salt Lake area stores....."Checks no longer accepted".  What, how can that be, as it is a part of Americana. From the days of cowboy card games going awry, we could always write a check and it would be made good by the bank. I even recall writing a check type amount on a plain piece of paper and giving it to Evan Blackett of the Premium Oil Company of Nephi, and it would be made good when he took it to the bank. The banker new us and we didn't have to even have the checking account number.  I guess times have changed from 1955,  and we don't even get the checks back anymore.  I still like to use checks, but have found out it is to wise to do it in the express lines of the grocery stores. I may be about one of the only people that have kept a copy of every check I wrote, and also saved those of my parents and grandparents. You just never know when you may need to know. I can't recall what work I may have done for my Dad when I was eight years old, but back then a whole dollar was a whole lot of dough.

I HAVE WANTED TO BE A WRITER SINCE MY FIRST PUBLICATION IN 1959

It was during the 6th grade, while attending Mr. Bracken's class at the Central School in Nephi, Utah. It appears I can't take all of the credit, as friend and class mate Mike Stewart was the Co-Editor of the Class Epitaph. For some reason, this appears the only one published that year or I hadn't found another one yet. I am not real certain, but the mentioned Craig could have been Craig Coulson, and the Wayne may have been Wayne Jenkins. 

The Susan may have been Susan Broadhead. If you read the jokes with a cup full of liquid jocularity, they may become funny, but not real sure what the giggle box was.

Hope you enjoy the reading.

Kent Jones
Editor in Chief
1959-2015 and so on and so forth.

SOMETIMES YOUR DIARY CAN BE YOUR BEST FRIEND.

A personal journal can be enough evidence to indict a person who lives on the shady parts of the street. But in most cases, a diary can serve as a source of support to the writer and others who need such inspiration. Such was the case of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who went into hiding during World War Two to avoid the Nazis. Together with seven others she hid in a secret annex in Amsterdam, where she stayed for two years before being discovered. After her death, her diary became world famous and a source for people to carry on regardless of their hardships. The other entries are from the diaries of three generations of Nephi Jones'. Although none of the entries are sufficient enough to make a movie out of it, it has been a family tradition to keep records, and maybe, just maybe, they can help somebody, somewhere with whatever they are going through.

The first shows a page from the book of Anne Frank, writing about World War II; the second is from a page out of the LDS missionary diary of Wm. Jones, who was married and had a child while serving in England. Although the journal shows age, it records the happenings in January, 1895. Although that missionary had a bad cold along with a gut ache, it undoubtedly helped when he got a letter from James Riches of Nephi. On Jan. 16th, 1895, he was still feeling "very poore". He came out of it a few days later, and had sufficient strength to write his wife, who came in from the Nortonville farm to live with her mother in Nephi, until her son Vic was born. And we think we had in rough. The next diary entry is that of the son of Wm. Jones-Alma Jones, with those writings being in January, 1941. On Jan. 5, 1941, "Glade and Lucy had a farewell dinner, for Roscoe(Garrett)", then the next day it shows where Roscoe headed to the Mission home in Salt Lake, accompanied by "Rob, Erma and Joe". A few days later, Alma made note that it was a nice sunny day and "Aunt Jane and Uncle Ed went out for a drive". As a side note on the journal given by Juab County Mill and Elevator, Alma kept track of how much cream he had sold, and the eggs. That was important as he was about to be layed off from Nephi City.

The third diary entry is of myself, but one where I tried to avoid much consternation. Indications are that on Oct. 23, 1976, Weston, Hal and I were hunting-Hal got a Spike".

The pages of the small family bible are torn and worn, but the names written within are still there.

It is unclear who made the handwritten notes of those born in the family of Evan and Eliza Hitesman Harris of Nephi, but it is assumed to be around 1894, as the couple had two more children born after 1893, but  they were not written in the bible. The few pages of the bible were found near an aged pre-stamped letter with the once cent stamp on it. The names show  Evan Harris, born in 1886; Lorenzo Harris born in 1888; W. Henry Harris, born in 1891 and Victor Harris born in 1893.

If you want to find a pretty gal, you gotta visit Nephi

Yes, it is true, the gals of Juab County have always looked good. It must be in the water as Birch Creek, Salt Creek and Chicken Creek and up Mona Canyon has pure clean water. In 1901, we had not yet taught our folks to smile when their photo's were taken, but that didn't take away from the beauty. In that first photo, Miss Celia Cazier is the Pioneer Queen for the Nephi 1901 Jubilee. Her pages, as they were called, are Lila Cazier and Belle Bryan. To me, they are all belles. In the second photo, it visibly demonstrates they learned how to turn the corners of their mouths up, and have genuine smiles. In the center, it is Miss Barbara Jones that is chosen to reign as Miss Nephi for the 1951 Centennial Jubilee. Her attendants are Miss Lois Wilkey, left and Miss Barbara Hoyt, right.

 

Family Reunion in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Aug. 24, 1941.

I am not sure who all is in this photo, so perhaps some of you can figure it out and let me know.  I do know for certain to the third person over starting from the left is Alma Jones, then standing next to him is his brother Dell Jones, and their father Wm. Jones(who is using his right hand to hold his hat) but the others are not known, at least to me. I enlarged the photo, but it didn't help me.  It is assumed that it was a family get together, as Dell lived in Idaho Falls, but so did the second wife(Sarah Warren Tolley) of Wm. Fisher Tolley. The Idaho Tolley's and the Tolley family of Nephi remained close throughout. On the second row directly behind the tall guy in the middle-is that Norma Kay?  And for you vintage auto lovers, look at the neat cars lined up in the back, unless the picture squeeze cut them off.