Dick Pellek

Let's Go Bend The Fig Tree

Let's Go Bend The Fig Tree
  Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     Let’s Go Bend The Fig Tree   The Bengal Tiger first coined the words to the love sonnet “let’s go shake the mango tree” when we lived in Hawaii in the 1970s.  She sang that sweet...
Continue reading
0
  1796 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
Virginia life fig trees 2017 fruit harvest
LinkedIn Pinterest
1796 Views
0 Comments
Dick Pellek

Countdown to More Sweat

Countdown to More Sweat
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Countdown to More Sweat Getting started on a job that will likely promote sweat involves a short span of personal contemplation.  The upcoming job may be one of short or long duration, but when real sweat is in the...
Continue reading
0
  1590 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
work habits Mt. Kilimanjaro exercise routines
LinkedIn Pinterest
1590 Views
0 Comments
Dick Pellek

A to Z Word Potpourri

A to Z Word Potpourri
On the road…again! Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   A to Z Word Potpourri   The Chronicles of a Footloose Forester were compiled over a number of years, one story at a time. Events, observations, encounters, and episodes were the ingredients in the mix that got filed into...
Continue reading
0
  1980 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
story telling On the road...again! chronicles
LinkedIn Pinterest
1980 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Vanita Ward

Vanita Ward
Ninety-six and loving life!!  Vanita Ward was born in Delta, Utah in her parents’ home on December 11, 1919.  Her parents were William Sanders Jenkins and Betsy Luceen Cook Jenkins.  There were 12 children in her family and she was number seven.  Her father owned a grocery business, and during the...
Continue reading
0
  2113 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
J Clyde Ward Jewelry Yard work small gardening BYU Genealogy Library
LinkedIn Pinterest
2113 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Aylene Christensen

Aylene Christensen
Aylene Christensen was born August 9, 1927 in the family home in Benjamin, Utah.  Her parents were Charles Arlynn Hickman and Delta Larsen Hickman.  She was the baby of the family with two older brothers and two older sisters.  Her mother passed away at age 39 when Aylene was a young...
Continue reading
0
  2702 Views
  0 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
2702 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Beverly Faretta

Beverly Faretta
We'd like to introduce you to Beverly Faretta.  She was born December 12, 1931.  She was born and raised in the family home at 555 East 200 South, Provo [Utah]. Her parents were Ervin and Minnie Bell Brailsford.  They lived in this this home until she was 12; then they moved...
Continue reading
0
  2460 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
Leon Choate Fishing Dan Faretta crochet
LinkedIn Pinterest
2460 Views
0 Comments
Golden V. Adams Jr.

Researching John Wayne's Roots - Iowa

Researching John Wayne's Roots - Iowa
Marion Robert Morrison aka John Wayne (1907-1979) John Wayne was a larger-than-life movie hero, but his ancestors were the same type and could have fit right into his film roles, according to a Utah genealogical research company. Research International was in the midst of work on a book about Wayne's ancestors...
Continue reading
0
  3225 Views
  0 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
3225 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

NaDean and Ken Sheen

NaDean and Ken Sheen
NaDean Sheen 1 July 2015, Salem Utah NaDean Sheen is a spry 92-year old.  She was born June 16, 1923 in Springville at her grandmother's home. Her parents, Reed and Cathrine Hansen, lived in Palmyra.  She grew up there on the family farm.  She learned to work helping her dad on...
Continue reading
0
  2279 Views
  1 Comment
Tags:
Salem Days Family of the Year embroidery
LinkedIn Pinterest
2279 Views
1 Comment
Tom Cormier

Bridging the Past and Future

Bridging the Past and Future
This remarkable story about a defining moment in my personal history was written by Christine Bonham. daughter of my very good friend and visionary, Dave Fankhauser.    Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.                ...
Continue reading
0
  3768 Views
  2 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
3768 Views
2 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Neil and Vicki Peterson

Neil and Vicki Peterson
A very community-oriented couple is Neil and Vicki Peterson.  Neil was born in Salem, on the kitchen table.  He was delivered by Dr. Neil, so his mother named him Neil.  His parents were Elmer and Tena Peterson.  They now live two houses north of the home he grew up in.  He...
Continue reading
0
  1966 Views
  0 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1966 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Neldon and Diane Jensen

     Neldon and Diane Jensen were raised in Salem, moved away, and now they are back. Diane is the daughter of Howard and Lois Roper.  She was born in the same house she grew up in on 500 East. She had three brothers and two sisters, and she was second to...
Continue reading
0
  2520 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
Salem Pond gardening Fishing crochet Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous
LinkedIn Pinterest
2520 Views
0 Comments
Dick Pellek

Cap And Gown Are Not For Me

Cap And Gown Are Not For Me
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia C hronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Cap And Gown Are Not For Me   "What did you go out into the wilderness to see?  A reed shaken by the wind? [Luke: 7:24].  But what did you go to see?  A man...
Continue reading
0
  2063 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
pomp and circumstance cap and gown attire
LinkedIn Pinterest
2063 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Joan Hahn

Joan Hahn
If you haven't met Joan Hahn, you need to.  She is known nationally and internationally.  She was born on May 9, 1933 in Kemmerer, Wyoming to Bernice Pringle and Roy Wainwright.  She has a younger brother, Arlyn,  She graduated from Kemmerer High School in 1951 and attended [Brigham Young University] BYU...
Continue reading
0
  3400 Views
  0 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
3400 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Arthur and Lillie Francom

Your turn to spin -- no, it's not "spin the bottle" but "spin the wool".  This is a talent of Lillie Francom.  Lillie was born in Payson on July 8, 1926; she is 88 years old.  She has lived in Salem for 43 years.  She met her husband, Arthur Francom, at...
Continue reading
0
  2059 Views
  0 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
2059 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Keith and Gwen Barney

Keith and Gwen Barney never moved very far from where they were born.  Keith was born in Lake Shore 81 years ago and Gwen was born in Spanish Fork 76 years ago.  They were both born at home.  When Keith was born in was 33 degress below zero and his dad...
Continue reading
0
  2100 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
Strawberry Water Users Salem Day Pageant electrician Dr. Thomas Judd Bernell Lambson
LinkedIn Pinterest
2100 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Grant and Virginia Moore

Grant and Virginia Moore have been married for 28 years.  They were married April 4, 1986. Grant was born in Payson, Utah February 14, 1923.  He grew up on a farm in West Mountain.  He graduated from Payson High School in May, 1941.  Jobs were scarce so he and his friend,...
Continue reading
0
  2802 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
WWII Army Air Force Salem Pond nurse LDS Temple Worker Dividend Utah
LinkedIn Pinterest
2802 Views
0 Comments
Dick Pellek

Making Marmalade

Making Marmalade
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Making Marmalade   At three o’clock the Bengal Tiger noticed that the wild grapes in the vacant lot next door were fully ripe and ready for harvest.  By four o’clock, or maybe 4:15, those grapes were...
Continue reading
0
  2126 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
Virginia life wild grapes marmalade
LinkedIn Pinterest
2126 Views
0 Comments
Salem Utah Heritage

Verna and Andy Taylor

Verna and Andy Taylor
Ask any neighbor and they will say it is a joy to have Verna Taylor for a neighbor.  She was born in Spring Lake, Utah and has lived in Payson, Springville and Salem.  She comes from a family of nine chidren--three sisters and five brothers.  She is 85 years old and...
Continue reading
0
  2499 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
tatting quilting multiple sclerosis LDS Temple Worker gardening
LinkedIn Pinterest
2499 Views
0 Comments
Dick Pellek

The Peace Corps Jocks

The Peace Corps Jocks
  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     The Peace Corps Jocks Nobody would believe it if you told them that a rag-tag crew of a mere handful of Peace Corps Volunteers would whip the Pakistanis in both basketball and volley ball...
Continue reading
0
  1585 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
Peace Corps service Pakistan Bahalwalpur
LinkedIn Pinterest
1585 Views
0 Comments
Dick Pellek

25 Foot Waves Made The Passage Exciting

25 Foot Waves Made The Passage Exciting
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Santo Antão, Cape Verde   There were so many adventures packed into the memory of Santo Antão that Footloose Forester sometimes forgets that he was a paid employee on various work assignments there.  Perhaps the most...
Continue reading
0
  1889 Views
  0 Comments
Tags:
Cape Verde Taraffal Santao Antao schooner mule trail
LinkedIn Pinterest
1889 Views
0 Comments
       
1 2 3 4 5 6