A hint of what’s in store next week in TALES FROM THE FORT

“On Bread and Firsts”



Johnnycake
3 cups cornmeal
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons molasses
3 cups buttermilk
2 well-beaten eggs
Sift together dry ingredients. Slowly stir in molasses and buttermilk and mix well. Add beaten eggs and beat hard for two minutes. Pour into shallow, well-greased pans and bake at 400° for 30 minutes. A favorite dish of the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Pictured: Farmers take to the plough in the fields beneath Mount Loafer in March-April, some fifty years after the area’s settlers arrived. Photo from The Payson Chronicle’s private collection.

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TALES FROM THE FORT

 Coming up next week in TALES FROM THE FORT:

“Lofty Ideals”

As little girls in the Victorian Era, sisters Susanna and Florence Nebeker wanted to reflect the day's rigidly ostentatious attire. The early Payson settlers wished for a hoop skirt to wear, a fad of which their father Henry Nebeker did not approve. His daughters remained committed to the wider fashion ideal.

PICTURE: Metal hoop skirt rendering for an 1865 US patent. Source: Wikipedia Commons 

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Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Service

"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. 

All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

~ Helen Keller 

JOSEPH ALLEN SUMMERHAYS

Joseph Allen Summerhays, 30, passed away November 7, 2022. He was born January 27, 1992, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Joe grew up in Salt Lake City until he was 10 years old and then moved to Payson, Utah with his family where he spent the rest of his life.

Joe attended and graduated from Payson High School. After high school, Joe attended one year of school at Southern Utah University then completed his education at Utah Valley University (UVU). Joe graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. He spent weeks in Costa Rica with one of his classes enjoying and studying the jungle and ocean life. During college, he worked at the bookstore at UVU and worked at Camp Williams participating in a study of noxious weeds. He also participated in a grant studying the flight path of raptors. He most recently worked at Nelson Labs in Salt Lake City as a Department Scientist. His daughter called her dad a “mad scientist”.

On a beautiful afternoon, September 23, 2015, he married Kaitlyn Thomas in the meadow below Mount Timpanogos. They are parents of two daughters, Marley and Lennon who Joe adored.

Joe loved life and having fun. He loved adventures in nature especially in the mountains, hiking, camping, and spending time with his little family. Time at the family cabin in Provo Canyon was always cherished. His friends were very important to him, but his young family took priority. He loved talking science for hours to anyone who would listen.

He is survived by his wife, Kaitlyn and two daughters, Marley and Lennon; his parents, Michael and Janice; four brothers, Michael (Dena), Eric (Torie), David (Angela), and Aaron Summerhays; two sisters, Candice (Michael) Sunday and Bethany (Darrell) Stuart; special nephew, Tevita Toliseli; and his other nieces, nephews, and great nephew.

A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Walker Funeral Home, 587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah. Visitation will be from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Payson City Cemetery, 400 North 800 East, Payson, Utah.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Walker Funeral Home. Condolences may be offered at www.WalkerMemorials.com. 

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Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Service

"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. 

All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

~ Helen Keller 

Jerlie Nola Heaps Kay

Heaven gained a very special angel on November 4, 2022. Jerlie Nola Heaps Kay was the second child born to Errington and Nola Adair Heaps on November 20, 1933, in Escalante, Utah. Jerlie was raised in Escalante until she was 11 years old, then the family moved to Payson, Utah.

She learned early to work hard on their farm. Jerlie was taught the value of hard work and demonstrated her determination and work ethic throughout her lifetime. Mom married Maynard Kay on December 30, 1950, in Elko, Nevada. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple on June 4, 1964.

They made their first home in Tintic Junction, Utah. They moved to Payson, Utah in 1963 where she lived most of her life. Always a hard worker, Jerlie held many different jobs, but her favorite was the 25 years she spent at ZCMI’s in Orem, Utah.

Jerlie was blessed with many friends and family. Jerlie and Maynard had a son, Kevin and were able to adopt another son Karl many years later. She had three special nephews in her life that lived with her for a time when her brother’s wife passed away. Later in life, she always called Beth Piazzi her adopted daughter.

Jerlie was a true example of unconditional love. She was a selfless person always doing for others. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, she served in many positions in the ward and stake. Her favorite calling was with the Young Women; she so loved girls camp and outings. She also enjoyed serving at the Provo Temple. In her community, Jerlie treasured the years she spent at Barnett School as a grandma to all the young students she was blessed to help.

Jerlie was a fantastic cook. She cooked for Payson Hospital and Mountain View Hospital and was also the chef at Dalton’s restaurant for many years.

Jerlie was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Arnell Heaps, one grandson, and one great granddaughter. She is survived by sons Kevin (Sabrina) Kay of Santaquin and Karl Kay of Salt Lake City, 8 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild.

Special thanks to a wonderful daughter Sabrina who showed so much love and compassion as Mom lived in our home. Thanks to all the nurses, aids, and staff at Parkway Health and Enhabit Hospice who so diligently cared for her until her passing.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 18, 2022, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 280 South Main Street, Payson, Utah. Visitation will be prior from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the church. Interment will be in Payson City Cemetery, 400 North 800 East, Payson, Utah.

Funeral arrangements are in the care of Walker Funeral Home. Condolences may be offered at www.WalkerMemorials.com. 

TALES FROM THE FORT

“Boundaries Within”

The adjoining map details how lots were parceled out within Fort Payson shortly after its inception. Family names, many familiar to residents living today, dot the locations of early pioneer houses, and brief descriptions mark communal and commercial spaces that arose from 1851 on in 19th Century Payson.

The small square markers highlight the fort’s corners. The city block shown in the upper-left-hand corner of this picture identifies also the H. Nebeker property. This was the site of the Nebeker School built in 1855 by Henry Nebeker. “Henry Nebeker was the owner and operator of the stage stop, livery stable, and the school,” according to Payson Historical Society records. “All town functions were held at the school for a time.”

Nearly a century later, William Wallace “Wally” Brown would construct a one-story building west of the former Nebeker School. Here, at 145 East Utah Avenue, Wally ran his private business, Snow White Dry Cleaning in the mid-20th century. The dry cleaning business closed in the late-1970s and the building was converted to fit several individual office spaces.

Today the building is known as the Commercial Place. This is where The Payson Chronicle, Joe Coffee & Espresso Bar, Permanent Cosmetics by Trudy, Far-Out Retro Thrift Boutique, and Curl Up & Dye, in the east side setback annex, are in operation.

Map courtesy of PETEETNEET TOWN--A History of Payson by Madoline C. Dixon.

WISDOM WEDNESDAY: Encountering Hidden Potential

The Woodcarver

Khing, the master carver, made a bell stand

Of precious wood. When it was finished,

All who saw it were astounded. They said it must be

The work of spirits.

The Prince of Lu said to the master carver:

“What is your secret?”

Khing replied: “I am only a workman:

I have no secret. There is only this:

When I began to think about the work you commanded

I guarded my spirit, did not expend it

On trifles, that were not to the point.

I fasted in order to set

My heart at rest.

"After three days of fasting,

I had forgotten gain and success.

After five days

I had forgotten praise or criticism.

After seven days

I had forgotten my body

With all its limbs.

“By this time all thought of your Highness

And of the court had faded away.

All that might distract me from the work

Had vanished.

I was collected in the single thought

Of the bell stand.

“Then I went to the forest

To see the trees in their own natural state.

When the right tree appeared before my eyes,

The bell stand also appeared in it, clearly, beyond doubt.

All I had to do was to put forth my hand

And begin.

“If I had not met this particular tree

There would have been

No bell stand at all.

“What happened?

My own collected thought

Encountered the hidden potential in the wood;

From this live encounter came the work

Which you ascribe to the spirits.”

— Chuang Tzu (350 BC)

Photograph: Trees planted by A.J. Aagard (1844-1925) in Sanpete County, Utah. Photo circa summer 2022.

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Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Service

"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. 

All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

~ Helen Keller 

SHERYL HAZELET

Sheryl Elizabeth Bellows Hazelet passed away from breast cancer at the age of 55 on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at her home in Genola, Utah surrounded by her family. Sheryl was born on January 21, 1967 in San Jose, California. She was the third child to Stephen Bellows and Shirley Ann Loder. Her family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania when Sheryl was two years old. There they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They moved back to San Jose when Sheryl was ten years old. 

 

She graduated from Santa Teresa High School in San Jose then attended Ricks College and earned an Associate’s Degree in Business. She also met her eternal companion, Eric Hazelet, while attending Ricks. Prior to marriage Sheryl chose to serve a mission and was called to the Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission, where she developed a lifelong love of the scriptures and missionary work. Upon her return she moved to Provo, Utah. Sheryl and Eric were sealed in the Logan, Utah temple on a rainy day in April 1990.

 

They moved a couple of times before settling in Genola, Utah where they were blessed to raise all six of their daughters. She taught her girls to love the Lord, to serve others, and to have a good sense of humor. When her children went to school, she worked a few part time jobs including cook for the Santaquin Senior Citizen Center, a lunch lady for the Nebo School District, and her favorite job working as a bus attendant for special needs students. She continued working as an attendant until her health would no longer allow for it. She enjoyed teaching primary, cooking, reading, and taking road trips. Service played an important role in her life as she volunteered in school committees and events, church callings, Meals on Wheels, and many community events in Genola, among other efforts. Sheryl started working toward her Bachelor’s Degree online through BYU-I in 2019. She continued school as long as she was able and was only seven credits away from her degree. 

 

She had a strong testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and she passed this devotion down to her family. Sheryl is preceded in death by her mother, Shirley Bellows. She is survived by Eric, her husband of 32 years, and her daughters: Elizabeth (Timothy), Stephanie (Tyler), Lauren (Andrew), Megan (Blake), Rebecca, and Hannah. Plus six grandchildren (with two on the way), her father, stepmother, brother, and sister. 

 

The family would like to thank her medical care team for all of their efforts during her fight with cancer, including her oncology and hospice teams.

 

Her funeral services will be held at the Genola Church (50 North Main, Genola, UT) on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 11:00 am with a viewing at the church prior from 9:45 - 10:45 am. A viewing will occur on Friday, November 11, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Genola Church.

COMING UP IN NEXT WEEK'S EDITION: TALES FROM THE FORT -- “Arrivals”

 

Pictured above: Some sixty-six years after arriving at Peteetneet Creek, John Courtland Searle (far left, standing) posed in this circa 1916 photo with a small group highlighted as Payson City’s oldest men. Photographed with Searle (left-right): Alexander Cowan, Thomas H. Wilson, John Perry Loveless, and Jonathan S. Page. John C. Searle would live until his 92nd year, passing away on November 17, 1920. His wife Jerusha Morrison Searle preceded his death on August 4, 1904 at age 71.

An impromptu burial ground was prepared beneath a grove of trees near the grieving family’s wagon home. A tiny grave was dug in the wintered earth by John Courtland Searle for his infant daughter, Jerusha Morrison, named after her mother nine days before: January 10, 1851. The newborn was wrapped in a quilt difficult to spare in a time of scarcity and cold.

Jerusha Morrison Searle is said to have been the first white child born near Peteetneet Creek, a little stream named after Pah-ti't-ni't, the respected clan leader of the native Timpanogos Utes. She was also the first in the new Mormon colony to die.

Find the rest of this story in next week's print edition of The Payson Chronicle.