LIFE EXPERIENCES OF ANTON GERRIT WINKEL BY ANTON GERRIT WINKEL TYPED BY JULANN WINKEL BLAKE, EDITED BY CLEVE R. WINKEL, BOB VAN WINKEL, AND JULANN WINKEL BLAKE. 1ST EDITION APRIL 12, 1988. 2ND EDITION, APRIL 21, 2016. __ Anton Gerrit Winkel in the saddle i CHRONOLOGY Name: Anton G. (Gerrit) Winkel is the name he used throughout the majority of his life, including official military, Civil Service records and passports. His Dutch birth certificate lists his name as Gerrit Roelof Antonie Winkel. Anton was used starting at a young age to save confusion between the name of his older brother, Geert, and his own, Gerrit. He was called Tone later by most of his acquaintances throughout his life. 1902 Born at Alphen on the Rhine in the Netherlands on October 4. His parents were Hendrik and Everdina Cornelia Van Ojen Winkel. They joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on November 12, 1904, and immigrated to Utah in April, 1906. 1906-07 Lived in Poplar Grove in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1907-10 Lived on 33rd South 2nd West in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1910-12 Lived in Monroe, Utah. 1912-25 Lived in Richfield, Utah. 1921 Served in the Army Field Artillery at Fort Douglas for six weeks 1921 Attended Utah State Agricultural College for one winter term. 1925-28 Served an L.D.S. Mission to Netherlands. Worked on ranches and farms around Richfield before and after his mission. 1931 Married Clella Luke in the Mesa Arizona Temple on May 28. 1931-37 In Logan, Utah, at Utah State Agricultural College. He supported his family by working for the Forest Service (at Big Smoky, Idaho), hauling coal for 50 cents per load, working odd jobs for professors, making and selling spudnuts, and other jobs. 1932 Cleve, his son, was born on March 20. 1934 Verlene, his daughter, was born on January 12. 1937 Gary, his son, was born on February 9. 1937 Graduated from USAC, took two Civil Service exams (an animal husbandry exam and a Junior Range Examiner exam), and accepted a job in Dubois, Idaho, at the USDA Sheep Experiment Station for $1,260/year. 1938 Transferred to Moscow, Idaho (one month). 1938-39 The family moved to Pocatello, Idaho, where he worked for the Soil Conservation Service for 13 months. 1939 Transferred to Pendleton, Oregon. 1939-41 Transferred to Stanfield, Oregon. 1940 Bob, his son, was born on June 13. ii 1941-44 Transferred to Baker, Oregon. 1944 Kendel, his son, was born on February 5. 1944-54 Transferred to Redmond, Oregon. Lived in three different homes and acreages. 1945 He and Clella helped start the Redmond Branch in their home and he served as Branch President for six years, from May 21, 1945 to July 22, 1951; Clella was Branch Clerk. 1945 Hendrik Winkel, his father, died on July 30 in the hospital at Payson, Utah, following a car accident. He is buried in Richfield Cemetery, Richfield, Utah. 1947 Tonetta, his daughter, was born on January 14. 1950 Ron, his son, was born on February 12. 1954-58 Transferred to LaGrande, Oregon. 1958-59 Transferred to Maupin, Oregon, to a hillside ranch above the Deschutes River (50 miles from The Dalles, Oregon). 1959-68 Transferred to Vale, Oregon, to an 80 acre farm. 1965 Retired from Soil Conservation Service – August 5, 1965 1965 Everdina Van Ojen Winkel, his mother, died on October 26 in Junction, Utah. She is buried in Richfield Cemetery, Richfield, Utah. 1968 Sold the farm in Vale and moved to Mapleton, Utah. 1972-73 Served an L.D.S. Mission in Bermuda with Clella (March 12, 1972 to June, 1973). 1978-86 Lived at 3200 Navajo Lane, Provo, Utah. Served in Provo Temple ten and a half years. 1981 Celebrated 50th wedding anniversary with an open house and program. 1981 Clella, his wife, died August 26. She was buried August 29 in the Provo Cemetery, Provo, Utah 1982 Married Maria Dittrich Aidukaitis on December 21* 1986 Moved to 2195 North 650 East, Provo, Utah. 1992 Anton died on February 29, in Provo, Utah, of Parkinson’s disease. Buried March 7, in the Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah. * * * * * * * * * * *Note: Maria moved back to Porto Alegre, Brazil, after Anton’s death. Birth – December 25, 1915, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Death – March 25, 2009, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Chronology…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ii Testimony of Anton Gerrit Winkel………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 My Wife, Clella Luke……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 My Wife, Maria Dittrich Aidukaitis………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Dad and Mother’s Conversion and Immigration………………………………………………………………...... 2 The Barn Burned to the Ground……………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 An Answer to Prayer…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 The Winkels Move to Monroe, Utah…………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Monroe Hot Springs……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7 Bees……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8 The Winkels Move to Richfield, Utah……………………………………………………………………………………. 8 Excerpts from My Father’s Life…………………………………………………………………………………………… 9 Memories of My Mother……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10 Father’s Cat………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11 An Angel Lifted Me………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11 Baseball Team……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 12 Richfield Boy Scouts…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12 Swimming in the Sevier River………………………………………………………………………………………………. 14 Wrestling…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14 Rooster Fight……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15 Snakes ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15 Rabbits …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17 Four Horses Threw Me Off ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17 Coyotes ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 18 Cow and Her Calf ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19 Problems with Constipation ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 20 A Trip to Fish Lake—1917 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 21 High School Experiences ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21 1918 Flu ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 22 Dogs ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 23 Sleeping on the Mud …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 25 Pulling a Steer Out of the Quick Sand ……………………………………………………………………………………. 25 Calf with Her Dead Mother …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25 Catching a Horse …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 26 Hauling Ice ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 26 A Misguided Adventure ………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 27 Baby on the Horns of a Critter ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 28 58th Field Artillery …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 29 HOLLAND MISSIONARY EXPERIENCES Without Purse or Scrip …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 30 Four Baptized ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 31 Meeting My First Clergyman ……………………………………………………………………………………. 32 Uncle Evert ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 33 iv Spinal Meningitis (poem included) …………………………………………………………………………… 34 DeWitt Baptized …………………………………………………………………………………………………….... 37 Visiting Grandparents While in Holland ……………………………………………………………………. 38 Missionary Miracle …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 38 Drowning Boy in the Moat ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 39 Uncle Antoon—Smoke Gets in Your Eyes …………………………………………………………………. 40 District President ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41 Playing Cards ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 42 People …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 42 Driving Horses off the West Mountain with Slim Hanson ………………………………………………………. 43 Wood Hauling with a Team of Horses ……………………………………………………………………………………. 43 An Outlaw Horse …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 44 Pulling Horses ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 46 Depression and College ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 47 25 Cents per Hour Job …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 48 Spudnuts (recipe included)……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 48 Grizzly Bear …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 50 Loaded Six Shooter ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 50 Mountain Drama …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 51 A Near Drowning ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 52 Black Gun Powder …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 52 Christmas in Clarkston …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 53 Sports at Utah State College ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 53 Swimming in College …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 54 Hauling Sugar Beets ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 54 Two Men the Law was After ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 55 Richfield High School …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 56 BIG SMOKY EXPERIENCES Big Smoky District …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 58 Little Bear Creek Fire ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 59 Deadwood Canyon Sheep …………………………………………………………………………………………. 60 Peterson Knifed ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 61 Pooch and My Horse, Sage Brush ……………………………………………………………………………… 61 Big Smoky Canyon Bear …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 62 Fugitive …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 63 Porcupines for Meat …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 64 Cougar in Camp ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 64 CC Days …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 65 Sand Dunes ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 65 Owls …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… 66 Fell Out of a Lombardy Poplar Tree ………………………………………………………………………………………