*On June 22, 1983, The Evanston Post featured Stephen Ellis Neville in our Post Pioneer Profile. Today we reprint part of his autobiographical profile which was the basis of our earlier article.*
I was born December 10, 1909, in Woodruff, Utah, the son of George A. and Helen M. Neville.
I attended school in Woodruff in the first, second and third grades.
In July 1919 my father purchased the Stacey ranch in Almy, Wyoming. The ranch is now owned by Delbert Barker. We then moved from Woodruff to Almy.
I attended school in Almy in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades.
After we finished the seventh grade in Almy, we were allowed to go to Evanston for the eighth grade and through high school.
My father drove the school wagon from Almy to Evanston for several years. They were covered wagons pulled by horses as there were no buses in those days. The covered wagon had a wood stove in the center to keep us warm.
In the winter, the covered part would be put on sleighs.
I graduated from high school in 1930. There weren’t any jobs to be had in those days, as the depression was on, so I stayed and helped my father on the ranch.
We delivered milk to Evanston for twenty cents a gallon and eggs sold for ten cents a dozen.
I had saved up $500 and decided I wanted to buy a car. I purchased a 1930 Chevrolet coupe for the $500. Then there was no money left to by gasoline at twenty-five cents a gallon.
During haying season I stacked hay behind an overshot hay stacker for $1.50 per day. A person running a hay rake would make about seventy-five cents per day. The average pay for a person working on a ranch was about $30 to $45 per month, and a ranch foreman would make $60 to $75 per month.
In 1934 I started to work for the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, formerly the Beeman and Cashin Company.
The CW&M, Co. had thirty-one stores located in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. Our store was the only store they had that sold furniture, carpets, linoleum and hardware. Their business was mostly wagons, farm machinery, and hardware.
A.E. Bingham was the manager and my job was to set up and deliver farm machinery, laying carpet and linoleum, installing water pumps and doing some plumbing.
In 1942 the CW&M, Co. decided to liquidate all of their stores, as World War II was on and merchandise was hard to obtain.
Mr. Bingham and I decided to purchase the store from them in 1943. We operated the store as Bingham and Neville Company as partners until January, 1951. Mr. Bingham decided to open a clothing store in Salt Lake city, so I purchased his half of the business.
In December 1974 I sold the Neville’s Hardware and Furniture Company to Ferd Jaimez.
On August 10, 1937, I married Bertha Bell. We had one daughter [Nadene] and now have five grandchildren.
Since selling the business I have taken up many hobbies. I collect and restore antique cars, travel, carve totem poles, woodworking, repair guns, collect and polish rocks, clockmaking, photographer and I take long walks.
I am a member of the LDS church and a member of the high priests quorum. I was ward clerk for fifteen years. I was a member of the Evanston Fire Department for seventeen years.
The past two years I have taught woodworking to a group of 4-H boys. I enjoy working in my yard and have three apple trees, two cherry trees, a plum tree, and a number of raspberry bushes.
I also help my son-in-law, Roy Lester, on his ranch doing farm work and putting up the hay.
I get out of bed about five each morning and go for a good fast walk for about three miles. I can always find something to do to keep me busy.
On November 30, 1983 Mr. Neville was injured in an explosion at the home of his daughter and son-in-law. He was helping members of his son-in-law’s family butcher a beef in the basement of the residence when a propane leak ignited by a small heater, exploded.
On December 13, Mr. Neville, 74, passed away. Cause of death was from injuries suffered in the explosion.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter, five grandchildren and a sister Reva (Morris) Praeker all of Evanston. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 am in the Evanston First Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the Crandall Funeral Home Thursday from 6 to 8 pm and Friday one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Evanston City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated to the Roy Lester family fund in care of the Pioneer Bank of Evanston.
As you can see from reading part of his autobiography, he was a talented and creative individual as well as a life long resident of this area and one of our best citizens..
I was born December 10, 1909, in Woodruff, Utah, the son of George A. and Helen M. Neville.
I attended school in Woodruff in the first, second and third grades.
In July 1919 my father purchased the Stacey ranch in Almy, Wyoming. The ranch is now owned by Delbert Barker. We then moved from Woodruff to Almy.
I attended school in Almy in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades.
After we finished the seventh grade in Almy, we were allowed to go to Evanston for the eighth grade and through high school.
My father drove the school wagon from Almy to Evanston for several years. They were covered wagons pulled by horses as there were no buses in those days. The covered wagon had a wood stove in the center to keep us warm.
In the winter, the covered part would be put on sleighs.
I graduated from high school in 1930. There weren’t any jobs to be had in those days, as the depression was on, so I stayed and helped my father on the ranch.
We delivered milk to Evanston for twenty cents a gallon and eggs sold for ten cents a dozen.
I had saved up $500 and decided I wanted to buy a car. I purchased a 1930 Chevrolet coupe for the $500. Then there was no money left to by gasoline at twenty-five cents a gallon.
During haying season I stacked hay behind an overshot hay stacker for $1.50 per day. A person running a hay rake would make about seventy-five cents per day. The average pay for a person working on a ranch was about $30 to $45 per month, and a ranch foreman would make $60 to $75 per month.
In 1934 I started to work for the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, formerly the Beeman and Cashin Company.
The CW&M, Co. had thirty-one stores located in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. Our store was the only store they had that sold furniture, carpets, linoleum and hardware. Their business was mostly wagons, farm machinery, and hardware.
A.E. Bingham was the manager and my job was to set up and deliver farm machinery, laying carpet and linoleum, installing water pumps and doing some plumbing.
In 1942 the CW&M, Co. decided to liquidate all of their stores, as World War II was on and merchandise was hard to obtain.
Mr. Bingham and I decided to purchase the store from them in 1943. We operated the store as Bingham and Neville Company as partners until January, 1951. Mr. Bingham decided to open a clothing store in Salt Lake city, so I purchased his half of the business.
In December 1974 I sold the Neville’s Hardware and Furniture Company to Ferd Jaimez.
On August 10, 1937, I married Bertha Bell. We had one daughter [Nadene] and now have five grandchildren.
Since selling the business I have taken up many hobbies. I collect and restore antique cars, travel, carve totem poles, woodworking, repair guns, collect and polish rocks, clockmaking, photographer and I take long walks.
I am a member of the LDS church and a member of the high priests quorum. I was ward clerk for fifteen years. I was a member of the Evanston Fire Department for seventeen years.
The past two years I have taught woodworking to a group of 4-H boys. I enjoy working in my yard and have three apple trees, two cherry trees, a plum tree, and a number of raspberry bushes.
I also help my son-in-law, Roy Lester, on his ranch doing farm work and putting up the hay.
I get out of bed about five each morning and go for a good fast walk for about three miles. I can always find something to do to keep me busy.
On November 30, 1983 Mr. Neville was injured in an explosion at the home of his daughter and son-in-law. He was helping members of his son-in-law’s family butcher a beef in the basement of the residence when a propane leak ignited by a small heater, exploded.
On December 13, Mr. Neville, 74, passed away. Cause of death was from injuries suffered in the explosion.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter, five grandchildren and a sister Reva (Morris) Praeker all of Evanston. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 am in the Evanston First Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the Crandall Funeral Home Thursday from 6 to 8 pm and Friday one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Evanston City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated to the Roy Lester family fund in care of the Pioneer Bank of Evanston.
As you can see from reading part of his autobiography, he was a talented and creative individual as well as a life long resident of this area and one of our best citizens..
*On June 22, 1983, The Evanston Post featured Stephen Ellis Neville in our Post Pioneer Profile. Today we reprint part of his autobiographical profile which was the basis of our earlier article.*
I was born December 10, 1909, in Woodruff, Utah, the son of George A. and Helen M. Neville.
I attended school in Woodruff in the first, second and third grades.
In July 1919 my father purchased the Stacey ranch in Almy, Wyoming. The ranch is now owned by Delbert Barker. We then moved from Woodruff to Almy.
I attended school in Almy in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades.
After we finished the seventh grade in Almy, we were allowed to go to Evanston for the eighth grade and through high school.
My father drove the school wagon from Almy to Evanston for several years. They were covered wagons pulled by horses as there were no buses in those days. The covered wagon had a wood stove in the center to keep us warm.
In the winter, the covered part would be put on sleighs.
I graduated from high school in 1930. There weren’t any jobs to be had in those days, as the depression was on, so I stayed and helped my father on the ranch.
We delivered milk to Evanston for twenty cents a gallon and eggs sold for ten cents a dozen.
I had saved up $500 and decided I wanted to buy a car. I purchased a 1930 Chevrolet coupe for the $500. Then there was no money left to by gasoline at twenty-five cents a gallon.
During haying season I stacked hay behind an overshot hay stacker for $1.50 per day. A person running a hay rake would make about seventy-five cents per day. The average pay for a person working on a ranch was about $30 to $45 per month, and a ranch foreman would make $60 to $75 per month.
In 1934 I started to work for the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, formerly the Beeman and Cashin Company.
The CW&M, Co. had thirty-one stores located in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. Our store was the only store they had that sold furniture, carpets, linoleum and hardware. Their business was mostly wagons, farm machinery, and hardware.
A.E. Bingham was the manager and my job was to set up and deliver farm machinery, laying carpet and linoleum, installing water pumps and doing some plumbing.
In 1942 the CW&M, Co. decided to liquidate all of their stores, as World War II was on and merchandise was hard to obtain.
Mr. Bingham and I decided to purchase the store from them in 1943. We operated the store as Bingham and Neville Company as partners until January, 1951. Mr. Bingham decided to open a clothing store in Salt Lake city, so I purchased his half of the business.
In December 1974 I sold the Neville’s Hardware and Furniture Company to Ferd Jaimez.
On August 10, 1937, I married Bertha Bell. We had one daughter [Nadene] and now have five grandchildren.
Since selling the business I have taken up many hobbies. I collect and restore antique cars, travel, carve totem poles, woodworking, repair guns, collect and polish rocks, clockmaking, photographer and I take long walks.
I am a member of the LDS church and a member of the high priests quorum. I was ward clerk for fifteen years. I was a member of the Evanston Fire Department for seventeen years.
The past two years I have taught woodworking to a group of 4-H boys. I enjoy working in my yard and have three apple trees, two cherry trees, a plum tree, and a number of raspberry bushes.
I also help my son-in-law, Roy Lester, on his ranch doing farm work and putting up the hay.
I get out of bed about five each morning and go for a good fast walk for about three miles. I can always find something to do to keep me busy.
On November 30, 1983 Mr. Neville was injured in an explosion at the home of his daughter and son-in-law. He was helping members of his son-in-law’s family butcher a beef in the basement of the residence when a propane leak ignited by a small heater, exploded.
On December 13, Mr. Neville, 74, passed away. Cause of death was from injuries suffered in the explosion.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter, five grandchildren and a sister Reva (Morris) Praeker all of Evanston. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 am in the Evanston First Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the Crandall Funeral Home Thursday from 6 to 8 pm and Friday one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Evanston City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated to the Roy Lester family fund in care of the Pioneer Bank of Evanston.
As you can see from reading part of his autobiography, he was a talented and creative individual as well as a life long resident of this area and one of our best citizens..
I was born December 10, 1909, in Woodruff, Utah, the son of George A. and Helen M. Neville.
I attended school in Woodruff in the first, second and third grades.
In July 1919 my father purchased the Stacey ranch in Almy, Wyoming. The ranch is now owned by Delbert Barker. We then moved from Woodruff to Almy.
I attended school in Almy in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades.
After we finished the seventh grade in Almy, we were allowed to go to Evanston for the eighth grade and through high school.
My father drove the school wagon from Almy to Evanston for several years. They were covered wagons pulled by horses as there were no buses in those days. The covered wagon had a wood stove in the center to keep us warm.
In the winter, the covered part would be put on sleighs.
I graduated from high school in 1930. There weren’t any jobs to be had in those days, as the depression was on, so I stayed and helped my father on the ranch.
We delivered milk to Evanston for twenty cents a gallon and eggs sold for ten cents a dozen.
I had saved up $500 and decided I wanted to buy a car. I purchased a 1930 Chevrolet coupe for the $500. Then there was no money left to by gasoline at twenty-five cents a gallon.
During haying season I stacked hay behind an overshot hay stacker for $1.50 per day. A person running a hay rake would make about seventy-five cents per day. The average pay for a person working on a ranch was about $30 to $45 per month, and a ranch foreman would make $60 to $75 per month.
In 1934 I started to work for the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, formerly the Beeman and Cashin Company.
The CW&M, Co. had thirty-one stores located in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. Our store was the only store they had that sold furniture, carpets, linoleum and hardware. Their business was mostly wagons, farm machinery, and hardware.
A.E. Bingham was the manager and my job was to set up and deliver farm machinery, laying carpet and linoleum, installing water pumps and doing some plumbing.
In 1942 the CW&M, Co. decided to liquidate all of their stores, as World War II was on and merchandise was hard to obtain.
Mr. Bingham and I decided to purchase the store from them in 1943. We operated the store as Bingham and Neville Company as partners until January, 1951. Mr. Bingham decided to open a clothing store in Salt Lake city, so I purchased his half of the business.
In December 1974 I sold the Neville’s Hardware and Furniture Company to Ferd Jaimez.
On August 10, 1937, I married Bertha Bell. We had one daughter [Nadene] and now have five grandchildren.
Since selling the business I have taken up many hobbies. I collect and restore antique cars, travel, carve totem poles, woodworking, repair guns, collect and polish rocks, clockmaking, photographer and I take long walks.
I am a member of the LDS church and a member of the high priests quorum. I was ward clerk for fifteen years. I was a member of the Evanston Fire Department for seventeen years.
The past two years I have taught woodworking to a group of 4-H boys. I enjoy working in my yard and have three apple trees, two cherry trees, a plum tree, and a number of raspberry bushes.
I also help my son-in-law, Roy Lester, on his ranch doing farm work and putting up the hay.
I get out of bed about five each morning and go for a good fast walk for about three miles. I can always find something to do to keep me busy.
On November 30, 1983 Mr. Neville was injured in an explosion at the home of his daughter and son-in-law. He was helping members of his son-in-law’s family butcher a beef in the basement of the residence when a propane leak ignited by a small heater, exploded.
On December 13, Mr. Neville, 74, passed away. Cause of death was from injuries suffered in the explosion.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter, five grandchildren and a sister Reva (Morris) Praeker all of Evanston. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 am in the Evanston First Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the Crandall Funeral Home Thursday from 6 to 8 pm and Friday one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Evanston City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated to the Roy Lester family fund in care of the Pioneer Bank of Evanston.
As you can see from reading part of his autobiography, he was a talented and creative individual as well as a life long resident of this area and one of our best citizens..
