DUP OFFICERS for 2022-23

After a busy year, DUP Atkinville Camp will begin on the first Tuesday in September 6th at 10 am in the Sunriver Community Center Multipurpose room with our new elected officers. Special luncheon afterwards. See photo below. 

(l-r): Lorraine Rice-Captain,  Linda Barenz-1st Vice Captain , Donna Colson-2nd Vice Captain, Linda Addington-Secretary, Leslie Lindley-Treasurer, Lin Floyd-Historian, and Leah Zollinger-Historian.

 

2022-23 DUP LESSON SCHEDULE: 

Month                               Lesson Title

September 6, 2022          Sixth and Seventh Wards

October 4, 2022               The Beehive House

November 1, 2022            California DUP Markers

December 6, 2022            The Winter Guard at Fort Seminoe

January 3, 2023                Women Homesteaders

February 7, 2023               Recovered Treasures

March 7, 2023                   Springville, Utah

April 4, 2023                     Utah Silk Industry

May 2, 2023                      Utah Pacific Boomtowns

(Lesson manuals available to purchase from http://isdup.org.) 

DUP-Atkinville Monument DEDICATION

Finally completed-April 30, 2022 our long awaited DEDICATION of the Atkinville Wash Park DUP Plaque is completed under the direction of our hard working leader LORRAINE RICE. The project was initiated by Leah Zollinger when she was DUP Captain and artwork by Julia Nielson-our 1st DUP Captain.

l-r Mary Shumway-ISDUP Marker Chairperson
and Lorraine Rice-our DUP Atkinville Captain

All dressed up in our pioneer costumes we are ready!

(l-r) Leah, Lorraine and Julia

Some of our visiting Washington Company leaders

Honor Guard of American Legion Post 142 presents colors

Closeup of our actual plaque designed by these two.

DUP members in costumes wait to greet visitors

Leah had a most interesting display of history of this area

We had great weather and good participation-about 75-100 attended

Program was organized by Lorraine in the middle

There were also people watching this on Zoom at the church

Our audience included local Sunriver residents

Ready to greet our visitors, it was an exciting day!

The last speaker was Ralph Atkin great grand son of the founders of Atkinville. He told their history and also dedicated the monument. Then we all enjoyed cookies and bottled water and visited more.

Lorraine with Washington Company Captain  Linda Lees

Atkinville history display by Leah

Pioneer trunk that came across the plains

This truck belonged to an ancestor or Sherry Peck

Standing in the audience are descendants of the Atkin family