Presbyterian Hission Schools in Cache , Valley,19Q6- l913.
Letter of luss Lottie Z. Stevenson. I I
Letter from Lottie E. Stevenson, dated Ju~r 1 , 1954, 2AS9 San Pasqual Street ,
Padadena 10 , Calif. to J . Duncan Brite, Logan, Utah.
Lottie Stevenson went to Hellsville in 1906, beine told that the work
t here \.rould probably soon be closed . People there of English and Scbtch descent.
IINot rrru.ch had eve been accomplishe;1 there . II Had 12 boys and one little girl
i n h::::r class , but t he girl soon changed to the public school. '1\,10 of the boys
were sons of an apostate Normon doctor \.rho returned to the church, but never
very active . Helped one of these boys e specially \.rith his era.mmar . '·Jas
there only one year ar.d uas really 90rrry the school was closed ,but had no voice
in its closit13.
Hent to Panguitch in 1907, but suppli~d t~-10 Haeks in Lo"';M Academy before
going . Returned to LaffOon upon Mr . Cathcart ' s refluest to teach Hi'ih School Hork ,
because 1 . he Has su~rintendent , second , l1iss Stanley was at L0':tan for 1 yr . ,
follmle<i b.7 Iliss Edna Brieht Hho stayed 3 or 4 yrs . Hiss Stevenson ' s last
Hork in Utah ~Ias one y~ar Hith J·1iss Bright, as }liss S. left for a year 's Hork
in Chicago .
In 1906 t·ass Harriet Elliot uas t he Horker in Franklin i sc"",,ool closed , 1907.
Hiss Cora O\.tens in NaIad .
;11ss '!ildred La,.,h in Hyr1.L"'!l , 1906- end of fiscal ye r 1909.
'11:15 llartba Hhite in Mendon ,1906- 7. School cmosed ca .1910.
I ~ss Theresa Stalicer ,Snithfield , 1906- 7 . CloseQ ca . 1909.
r~is material on teache~s comes from the old praye~ calendars;1906 on, of
luss Sidebothum (1)) , a fO!"mer \.J'orker in Spl"in""Ville Acade.,~r H'~O lives nOH
in Honte Vi sta Grove Hones in 6alifornia .
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Hiss Stevenson and l:iss La"'!.':! Harked tOGether in South Dakota and '.lere
""ood friends before co :"r~ n~ to Utah; here they alternated , sta:r~d on alternate
",eekends at each other ' s place , to help meep up the morale . These "/eelcend visits
prevented loneso~e ness .
HyrUM people '.-1e e mostly SCalfdinavian ,l1so ",ere some\-lhat easier to work
\-lith than t he people of ~Iellsville . here Has rrore nolae8l'lY (( sic . )) in Wellsville
than in Hyrwn. 11
Lottie Ste1rimeon went to Loran Academv in 1908 jt hcre 5 years . Hork
ttinter " sting and pleasantll
• Among the students '.fere the vloodsides , GotXhrins ,
Johnsons , and manv others .
Preston School f'l'3ntioned in 1907 calendar;Hiss Effie Raberts , teacher .
No mention of Millville in ~~y of t he calendars starting in 1906.
A pood school at Halad \-lith Hiss Co!"a Deven and Hiss L. E. Hill teachers;
t he 1906 calendar comment is "Largely a t>1ornon conrnunity, but the mission teachers
are help in hi~h estcen by the Hormon peopl e . II A no . of t he Lo:;an Academy pupils
CaI'le from 1·1alad .
Regarding New J ersey Academy III do not recall , uch of special s i gnificance .
The work \-las interest~.ne , but i.fith no marked impression on Hormonism. The majority
of our pipils "Tere frorr. non ~ Hornon homes . "
:tov. Hittenberger ,.;as \.;orking in Hyrum and Nendon uhile J.li.ss S.was i n
Logan, and later ... rent to Logan; Rev. U. H. Crothers uas pastor most of her per iod in
Logan . Rev . Hr. Clemenson, a convert from Hormonism,Has in Loean in l Et08, but during
that year went to lit . Pleasant as pastor .
Wellsville Presby. Day School
Interview with Wiss Yargaret Jensen and Kr.Henry Jensen,Yendon,utah J J un .Nov.l3,1955.
Yiss Russell taught in the well8ville school and Rev. Bowen lived there.
