Family Picnic

Dear Family, Here's some info for tomorrow's picnic: When: Monday, July 10 - reservation is from 4 pm to 10 pm. Most will start to arrive after 5pm - 6 pm. Location: Sugar Beet pavilion @ Sugarhouse Park. Entrance is located at 1500 (15th) east and 2100 (21st south). There are two playgrounds, the one we are at is the 2nd one you come to while driving around. Food: Bring a picnic dinner for your own family and a dessert to share. Memories: bring a story, picture, or other family memento. See you tomorrow! Loren

You're Invited to the Willard Neeley Family Picnic

Dear Family, You're invited to the Willard Neeley family picnic on Monday, July 10 at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City. We will meet at the Sugar Beet pavilion located on the east end and is right next to a playground. Sugarhouse Park entrance is located at 1500 (15th) east and 2100 (21st south). There are two playgrounds, the one we are at is the 2nd one you come to while driving around. Thanks Bonnie for arranging! Please feel free (but not obligated) to bring a story, photo, or other family heirlooms to share. See you soon! Loren

2017 Family Picnic and The Dungeons

Dear Family,

Hope this note finds you doing well.

We're planning a Willard Neeley Family picnic on Monday, July 10 from 5 pm to 9 pm and would love to see you there.  More details to come, but we're thinking of meeting again at Antzak Park in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.  Everyone can bring their own dinner for their family and a little desert to share.  I'll send out an update once we have the park reserved.

To celebrate the occasion, here's an entry from Willard's journal:

Saturday, May 13, 1905 - Carlisle - Fine day.

Elder Hazen and I came from Upperby (spelling?) arriving at the lodge about 10 am. While at the lodge Pres. Hill and wife and Elders Glen and Baird of the Leeds conference called on us, then also the Atkinson girls. We all went through the old Carlisle Castle visiting the dungeons and other historical points. Our guide explained much to us of events that had transpired within the walls of that ancient place where hundreds of prisoners had perished, the death list raising to forty in a night. He also related events accompanying the imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots which lasted about eight years when she finally received her death sentence and was taken outside of Carlisle and beheaded. After leaving the castle, we went to the state to see our visitors off to Scotland. While waiting in the station seen Pres. Grant in a train that had only stopped a minute, we waived at him. After seeing our friends off, Elders Everett, Taylor, Hazen, and I went to the Carlisle Cathedral, attended services at 4 pm. After which we went to the museum, went through it. There seen many ancient relics and articles of interest, we returned from the museum to the lodge. Had supper after which we all went to hold street meetings. After holding three meetings we came to the lodge. It was quite late when Elder Hazen and I went to Sister Lightfoot’s to go to bed.