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A
LIFETIME
IN A
SMALL
TOWN
Compiled by Rollo Kent Parsons
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Introduction Table
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DEDICATION
This book of remembrance is dedicated to my mother Marva
Nielson Parsons and father Aaron Earl Parsons who raised me during those
hard depression times of the 1930s to the better times in the 1950s;
teaching me dedication, responsibility, hard work and respect for all
people. They were always tolerant and supportive in helping me become an
active citizen of the community of Monroe, the State of Utah and also our
Great Country.
The following is only excerpts of my life as I remember
them during my 78 years on this earth. If I could live my life over I would
not change a single part of it. Because I choose to marry the love of my
life, I would be amiss not to include Connie for what success has come my
way, without her understanding, patience and support I could not have had
such a wonderful relationship while remaining here in Monroe. I also
acknowledge Connie’s parents Andrew S. and Minnie Louise Morrison for their
love and support they contributed to our families.
Introduction
This book is written from my own memory
some 78 years after the fact. Some of the history may be considered
politically incorrect today as we have entered into a world of "political
correctness" at this time. I hope this information is held with
understanding because this is how it was. I also hope no one takes offence
because I have missed someone or something, so I ask forgiveness for any
lapses of my memory.
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Table of Contents
SECTION 1
Introduction
The early Years
WPA & CCC Years
Elementary Years Grades 1-6
The Mountain Land
The WW II Years 1941-1945
My Close Call 1943
The Potato Industry
Monroe is Flooded-1943
After the War
Junior High Education Grades 7-9
High School Education 10 to 12
Married Life
Korean War – The Cold War –
Vietnam War
Building Our
Cabin – 1954
A History of
the Parsons Mountain Ground
A New Addition-1955 – A Second Son-1960
Hi Roe Dairy-1956
Farming with Charlie Inouye-1957
Additional Electronic Work –
Civic Involvement
Building Homes
Life After
Retirement – My Interest in Genealogy
Sweetwater Rescue Map
Bumps in the Road of Life
May 27, 1993-A tragic Day
Hobbies
On a Happier Note – Our
Families-2010
SECTION 2
Acknowledgements
A Struggle for Television - My
Television Career
General
History of TV IN Utah
Developing The Cove Mountain Site
Shut Down By the US Forest Service
County Attorney Becomes Involved
We Move To Lower Hunt’s
Lake
County Hires Mc Kay
Larsen – Local School Board Becomes Interested
Changing From Boosters To Translators – A Third Site
On Glenna Hill
The Move To
The Joe Town Hill
Building
a Power Line To Carter’s Peak
Move To Red Hills Site North Of Monroe – We are sued
by the local Cable Co
The
FCC Announces New Rules
The Development of Frisco Peak Site
Move From Joe Town Hill To The Red Hills – Move back
to Cove Mountain
The
Struggle Goes On
The
National Translator Association – Building Snow Cats
High Winds Cause Havoc At Cove
Kanab Sites – More Requests For TV
I Get Into The Two-way Radio Repair Business
Barney Top Developed - Better Ideas Building Snow
Cats
New Wheels
Working With Mc Kay Larsen
Locating The Levan Site
Completing The Earl Miller Home & Rock Candy Mnt.
Resort Projects
Television
For The Fish Lake Resort
The decision to build the Levan Site – Orderville & Long Valley Sites
Red Knoll-Blowhard & Spencer’s Bench Sites
Wayne County TV Translators
Piute County TV Translators & Escalante Lions Club
Translators
I Become a
schoolteacher & MY sons get lost in the mountains
Troubles With The UHF System – we install KUED at
Barney Top
I become a full
time staff employee of the U of U
My first airplane
Dail Ogden’s Article In a National Magazine
Snowmobiles for site access &
television for the town of Mayfield
The Airplane as an Added Translator Tool
Lewis Peak-A Key “Hub Site” For The North
An affordable commercial snow cat
Monroe Peak-A Key Site For the
Central & Southern
The
ATS-6 Satellite Project
The system gets bigger & television for the Town of Hatch
The History of Translators by Ed B. Craney
Panguitch City, Tod’s Junction & Lake Powell Antenna
vision Inc. Sites
Local
School Board Member- Douglas O. Nielson is hired by the U of U
My sons Johnny and Mauri join me
FCC emerges Low Power TV (LPTV) with TV Translators
My first trip to Washington, DC – Milt Davis is
terminated at the U of U
We get a new supervisor – using microwave in the system
FCC imposes a freeze on TV translator applications
I begin my hand at designing a TV translator
Attorney Michael Cozens Comments & installing TV for
the “Moon shiners”
Advanced placement English Program
FCC begins to accept TV translator applications
BLM & US Forest Service begins to charge for sites
on Public Lands
We lose
our top microwave engineer – testifying before the US Congress
Transition to Digital TV For Rural Viewers – and the
loss of Mc Kay Larsen
Developing the State of Utah TV translator master plan
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