Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. 

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

Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may be found in The Payson Chronicle and on our website at paysonchronicle.com.

IDA BANNER MATTINSON

Ida Banner Mattinson, 74, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2015 at her home in Payson, Utah after a short battle with cancer.  She was born July 28, 1941 to Arthur and Una (Robertson) Banner in Standardville, Utah. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the LDS Chapel located at 789 E. Arrowhead Trail, Payson, Utah.  Family and friends may visit Monday evening, December 7, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and on Tuesday morning at the church from 9:45-10:45 a.m prior to services.  Interment will be in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery. 

A Banner Day for the Chamber

With two ribbon-cutting ceremonies and a celebration for November's Business of the Month, today turned out to be a banner day for the Payson & Santaquin Chamber of Commerce.  Ribbon was cut for both the Chamber and Rory Adams/Farmers Insurance in recognition of their move to the business complex at 805 South 500 West in Payson.  Once the business of cutting concluded, the group walked next door to present the Business of the Month banner to Behling Insurance owner Richard Behling and staff.  Mr. Behling was initially presented the award during the November 4 council meeting in Payson.  See additional photos in an upcoming edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Getting closer

We are getting closer to heating up your holiday dining with Don Chuy’s Taco Shop in Payson. Coming up in the next edition of The Payson Chronicle.

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A return to the "Good Old Days"

Good Old Days

"Shoe Boxes of Pennies"

by Mildred Olson

Two sisters, ages 8 and 11, anticipating Christmas, had saved every penny they had earned by doing simple tasks for their Mama, Papa, and a few times for the rich lady who lived in the neighborhood.

Each night at bedtime, they would quietly pull out their stash of hidden money to check on how many more pennies were needed to buy the cute little teapot they had asked the lady at the store to put in back until they could pay for it.  They asked the same for the black hair brush they had selected for their Papa, so he could brush his thick, black hair.

At the same time, they had asked the manager of the store if he would give them one small and one longer shoe box.  He sort of chuckled, as he gave them exactly what they had asked for.

As soon as they got home, they started using their watercolors and painted both boxes, inside and out: One pink for Mama and brown for their Papa.  All of this took time away from their job hunting. Surprisingly, the weather cooperated.  It snowed!  They had as many jobs as they could do, shoveling snow from sidewalks until their arms and shoulders were so sore they could not shovel even one more snowflake.

But these jobs earned them enough to pay for the gifts they had worked so hard for. They packed their boxes with cotton, snitched from their Mama’s sewing drawer, and wrapped it around the teapot.  Nothing was needed in the brown box.  They hid the boxes and quickly climbed into bed, and then were immersed in a deep sleep of satisfaction.  Christmas was still a week away and they were ready.

Oh!  Those were the good old days, of shoe boxes of pennies.

Originally published in The Payson Chronicle December 11, 2013.

Spur-Award Winning Writer and Poet Rod Miller Will Be Judging at Upcoming Cowboy Poetry Symposium

Rod Miller won the 2015 Western Writers of America Spur Award for Juvenile Fiction with RAWHIDE ROBINSON RIDES THE RANGE: TRUE ADVENTURES OF BRAVERY AND DARING IN THE WILD WEST.  The Goshen native and PHS alumnus has also won awards for his cowboy poetry and short biographies, and has written novels, history, biography, and articles on a wide variety of topics related to the West.  In January, Mr. Miller will serve as a judge at the annual Cowboy Poetry Symposium in Payson. Find out more about the event and Rod Miller in this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Pictured (right): Rod Miller accepting Spur Award from Western Writers of America in 2012

The Loveless Legacy And Payson High School’s Great Wrestling History

Pictured above: Gerald Loveless (third from right in middle row of team picture) and the 1953 Lions and Chris Loveless at the podium during The Second Annual Payson High School Wrestling Hall of Fame Banquet held Saturday, November 21, 2015

Payson High School’s Wrestling Team has won five State Championships: 4A Crowns in 1998, 2009, and 2010; 3A Crowns in 2014 and 2015.  Along with those State Championships have been numerous region, division, tournament, and individual championships.

Gerald Loveless was a wrestler on Payson High School’s first wrestling teams, beginning in 1951.  His sons and grandsons have been major forces in developing a program respected throughout Utah.

The well-attended Hall of Fame Banquet Saturday night paid special honor to Gerald, who passed away October 18, 2015, and to his son Doug, a major force in building and maintaining the PHS Wrestling Winning Tradition.