President Shirley Maynes
We are all volunteers in the Mormon Battalion, working together to hold in remembrance the men and women who were involved with the Battalion 1846-48. Recently, I say a sheet entitled, "Volunteer Viewpoint," written by J. Donald Phillips, President of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. I feel that we could ALL use some of his suggestions:
I need a SENSE OF BELONGING, a feeling that I am honestly needed for my total self, not
just my hands, nor because I take orders well, or have a needed resource that the
organization uses.
2. I need to have a sense of sharing in planning our objectives. My need will be satisfied
only when I feel that my ideas have had a fair hearing.
3. I need to feel that the goals and objectives arrived at are within reach and that they
make sense to me.
4. I need to feel that what I am doing has real purpose or contributes to human welfare,
and that its value extends even beyond my personal gain, or yours.
5. I need to share in making the rules by which, together, we shall live and work toward
our goals
6. I need to know in some clear detail just what is expected of me
7. I need to have some responsibilities that challenge, that are within range of my
abilities and interests, that contribute toward reaching my assigned goal, and will cover
all goals.
8. I need to see that progress is being made toward the goals we have set.
9. I need to be kept informed.
10. I need to have confidence in my superiors. I want recognition when it is due, and
trust that loyalty will bring increased security.
In brief, it really doesn't matter how much sense my part in this organization makes to you, I must feel that the whole deal makes sense to me.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Effective immediately, the Ladies Auxiliary Lifetime Dues is now $75. We encourage you, Ladies, to become Life Members. It takes away the annual question, "Did I pay my National dues?" this time. The peace of mind alone is worth the price. Please consider it!
DAYLE WHITE Historian
Auxiliary Historians: Please remember to send a copy of your newsletter to me each month. Also, are you keeping up with your Scrapbooks (the running account of all your activities and social events, etc.) which become your annual historical report?
Michelle Teeples Vice-President
Recently, as we celebrated Easter, and our family had a birthday party for our three-year-old, Sarah, I thought about the pioneer children. What did they do for entertainment? Did they have any toys? What might a pioneer mother make for her sweet little three-year-old's birthday? In doing some research, here are some things I have found out about pioneer children:
Pioneer children's clothing and toys were usually made of discarded items or material. Clothing was often handed down, or sewn larger and tucked and hemmed temporarily as the wearer grew. Toys were fabricated from odds and ends--a doll's dress was made from a tattered pinafore; a hobbyhorse's head from holey socks. Few toys remain today of a pioneer child's pastimes. Dolls, tops, and games were made to be used (not abused), and were passed around until they were worn out. Today, their worth is not only in their rarity, but in their history, also. It is astonishing to us to learn of the crude materials that pioneers lovingly cut and combined to create a doll for a child. One story tells of a rag doll made from clothing found on a shallow grave. But the doll had to be taken from the little girl, and she was placed under quarantine, because the clothing had belonged to cholera victims who were traveling an early western trail. (see Hands-on Pioneers) Maybe my Sarah could do well to play with a sweet pioneer doll. Maybe her mother should take the time to make one fo__r her with love.
COLLENE JAMESON--a Biographical Sketch
Collene Wamer Jameson was born on 15 July, not so long ago, in Payson, Utah, to Allen B. and Leona Wamer. After graduating from Spanish Fork High School, she moved to Salt Lake to attend a Business School. When she graduated from that, she went to Los Angeles, CA, and found employment. But when she tired of that job, she moved back to Salt Lake City, where she was employed, and began attending the North 18th Ward in Eagle Gate Stake. Here she met Allen Jameson, and they were married in the Salt Lake Temple, December 4, 1964. They are now the parents of a son, Kent, and a daughter, Loft, who with her husband, Isaiah, have given Allen and Collene a grandson, Gabriel.
Collene has great administrative skills. She has worked in an administrative position at Lagoon for the past 20 years; for nineteen years she has been a member of the State Fair Organization. With her husband, they are super active in community affairs. For example: They were on the "Days of '47" Committee for many years, the "Handcart Days in Bountiful" Committee for some time, and, as members of the Bountiful Davis Art Center, they have been the prime movers in directing the "International Summer Fest," which is sponsored by the Art Center. We welcome Collene as President of Company "A" and as Inventory Specialist on the National Staff. How fortunate we are to have her and her staff in the Battalion!