Clifford William Johnson Desk Calendar...and Diary 1959

Grandpa still did a bunch of work for members of the Eccles Family and had many of the same clients as previous years, scattered with a few new ones:

W. Eccles, Jack Shaw, Wolfer’s, Claire Anderson, Kidman, Pugmire, Officer’s Club, Hall, St. Benedicts, S.S. Eccles, Jenson, Janet Walker, Glade Hanson, Tribe, Hales, Wm. Eccles, Dr. Hales, Clark Rich Playhouse, Colorite Inc., Mrs. Joseph Eccles, Pincock’s Inc., Maruri, Conrad Monson, Boone, Southwick, Chas Ward, Elaine Austrian Studio, Concrete Block Co., Fletcher Scoweroft, Milton Berlin, Melvin Smith, R. Pugmire, Peery, Jenson Smith, Lee Nicholes, Ridges, Threshold (Threshhold or Treshold), LeRoy Young, Southwick, Humpherys, Robt Morrell, Mrs. Bott, Fisher Hess, Warren Inc., Jack Millard, Janet Ellis, Jackson, Fister, Mrs. Jim Scoweroft, M. Layton, Mrs. Horbertson, Institute of Religion – Weber College, Lyman Pierce, Haas.

Jun 11th (Fri) 1959: Grandpa went to Grand Junction.

I did a search on the internet for photos of Grand Junction in 1959 and found these two photographs from July 4th, 1959 that show the picnic grounds directly across the street from the Gin on Highway 57. These photos give you a small idea of what things would've looked like when Grandpa went there.











Sept 24th (Thur) 1959: I found this journal entry interesting because so far Grandpa hasn't recorded any addresses in his journals that I've noticed, but on this day Grandpa did a job for a Mrs. Bott at 3046 Polk in Ogden. The job is described as: Estimate Gross Cloth Bed Rm 4 walls to Door Tops.

I did a seach for the address and here's what the house looks like present day:

















Oct 16th (Fri) 1959 to Oct 18th (Sun) 1959: Grandpa went deer hunting.

Dad would've been 18 on this hunt. I remember Dad mentioning he went deer hunting with Grandpa on occasion, but he never really cared for the actual hunt. He preferred the camping part of the trips much more.

As a side note, when I was a teenager and Grandpa passed away I inherited his only deer antler trophy:

Grandpa shot this deer in 1946 and I have the deer tag swirled away somewhere in all the Family History. When I find it I'll see if it has an exact date for the shooting and I'll cross reference it with his 1946 journal. It'd be interesting to see what his exact notes for that day were, if it's even recorded. I'll do a special post with that info when I find the tag.

I want to have these antlers mounted on a nice plaque with the tag and a picture of grandpa with his gun that I have. I've adopted Dad's attitude about hunting, so this will probably be the only hunting trophy I'll ever have.

Nov 23rd (Mon) 1959: Grandpa did some work for the Weber College Institute of Religion.

Did you ever think you'd see Grandpa's signature in pink pen?

Well, here it is!






Happy Father's Day!

Clifford William Johnson Dailyaide Journal 1958

When we look at many of the jobs Grandpa (Cliff) did this year we see many of the same familiar names, but there a still a few new ones.

S.S Eccles, Coit, Wolfer’s Store, Clark Rich, Willard Eccles, Sonnys Bed, Fletcher Scoveroft, Lowell Ridges, Dr. Howe, Bill Hall, R. Pugmire, Mrs. Joe Eccles, Stone, J.(A. or H.) Hogle, W. Ward, Ruando Spa, Peery, Davis, Quilnian(?).

We still see a member of the Hogle family, but I couldn't make out if the initial was "A" or "H".

Jan 6th (Mon) 1958 to May 19 (Mon) 1958: Grandpa did a massive job for S.S. Eccles at their home that took well over 402 hours doing all kinds of work including:

Repainting mouldings including ceiling mouldings in the kitchen, touching up kitchen holes, kitchen dividers, new drawer west bottom kitchen, kitchen rods, dressing room rods, bathroom rods, bathroom ventilation, cutting legs off, one bathroom chrome register, preparing and lacquering the bathroom stool, guest bath, cleaning the master bedroom and guest bedroom, registers in the boys’ rooms, Marsh Eccles’ furniture including chair legs, table and curtain rod, Sonny Eccles’ shelves and bed, gardener’s room, changing bar drawers, bar wall, welding and painting wall brackets, lacquering the shoe case, typewriter cabinet, revolving top chair, enameling paper holder or scotch dispenser, clock, waste paper basket, peg board, hooks, Hi Fi speakers and screen.

Grandpa also did more work for Willard Eccles and Mrs. Joe Eccles.

Jan 17th (Fri) 1958: Went to the P.D.C.A. Inaugural Ball in Salt Lake.

Feb 17th (Mon) 1958: Grandpa got a traffic ticket while in California. Most of the writing is difficult to read and decipher.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but according to the yellow paper it looks like Grandpa might have been going 20mph in a 35mph zone. It could be the opposite, but I remember Grandpa was notorious for driving slow.

I wonder what he was doing in California on this day.

May 19th (Mon) 1958: Most people remember Grandpa as a man of few words. Perhaps the entry at the bottom of the page this day explains part of the reason:

"The Reason talk is cheap, is the supply exceeds the demand."

June 13th (Fri) 1958: Went to Grand Junction.

I thought this next entry was interesting:

July 1st (Tues) & July 3rd (Thurs) 1958: Worked for W. Eccles priming a cable car fence.

July 9th (Wed) 1958: Went to a funeral in Idaho.

I wonder whose funeral it was and what part of Idaho they went to. Were they family? It would be interesting to see that person's headstone.

This next entry made me happy when I saw it because it’s the first time Dad’s (Glen’s) name is mentioned. Dad would’ve been 17 years old.

Aug 29th (Fri) 1958: Fister Roof. Grandpa worked 7 hours and Dad worked 9.

June 6th 2010 Post

Hello Family,

I apologize this will be the only post for today. I'm taking a special trip out to the cemetary in Spanish Fork with my in-laws to see the graves for their family members. Then we're celebrating a birthday party when we get back.

We'll get back to Grandpa Johnson's journals next week.

Thanks!

Chris