Orson Clark - Apr '72 - Pg 16

were being raised in this area then the progressing to what positions or that which you did in the community as you became older.

Orson Clark: We had amusement hall which was a separate building from the main church where activities were held in which we used to participate. There were dances, and ball games.

Interviewer: Did they have an orchestra and plays or anything like this?

Orson Clark: No. There was an orchestra when I was a youngster but it was of the older people. As I grew up, we didn't have what you could call an orchestra in the ward.

Interviewer: Did the community have anything which we could compare to the Little League baseball teams or like this?

Orson Clark: All we had was school baseball and we had the basketball in the county. The different towns used to play. In 1915, four of the University players were from the Farmington Ward that had played on these teams. That was the year that they won the championship back in Chicago. Four of them were from Farmington. My brother Rulon was the captain.

Interviewer: As you became older, what else did you do in the community of Farmington?

Orson Clark: I was on the City Council for two terms. I was on the Water Board of the North Cottonwood Irrigation and Water Company for several years. I was water master on the Clark Water Company Irrigation and I am the president. I was a member of the Lion's Club for several years.

Interviewer: What did the Lion's Club do?

Orson Clark: They were an active group working for the benefit of the community.

Interviewer: What did they do in the community?

Orson Clark: One of the outstanding things was developing the park, the playgrounds on the park. They developed it. Each year they held what they called the Farmington Fiesta Days which had a big celebration and parade. The money that was made from the Fiesta Days was used to develop the park. Farmington has a very lovely park at the present.

Interviewer: Where have you lived in your life?

Orson Clark: I lived in Farmington until two years after we were married and then we lived in Salt Lake for three years. I lived in