Ivin Workman

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Ivin Workman - my grandfather

IVIN WORKMAN born 7 Sept. 1898 in Virgin, Utah; married 25 Nov. l931 in Parowan, Iron, Utah, to ITHA SCOW (born 2 Nov. 1909 in Hurricane, Wash., Utah; dau of Joseph Andrew Scow and Emily Ellen Wood) and had a dau: Cheryl Ella Workman born 15 Oct. 1932 in Hurricane, Utah, who married 6 Dec. 1951 to Valjean Cooper (born 7 Aug. 1929 in Syracuse, Davis, Utah; son of William Heber Cooper and Marguerite Helene Sandoz) and had children born in Martinez, Contra Costa, Callfornia: Jeffrey Paul Cooper born 30 Oct. 1952; Valerie Ann Cooper born 28 Dec. 1953; Michelle Ellen Cooper born 22 Sept. 1956.

Ivin Workman has many memories of the settling of Hurricane. Born in Virgin City, Utah on September 1, 1898, he was the last child born to Amos Jackson and Amanda Jane Burke Workman.
Ivin remembers coming down the old road into the Hurricane valley. The excitement when water came onto the land for the first time was great. “They had a big celebration. They should!” he asserted. “The first time water came into the ditch . . Oh! Did we celebrate!”
His family lived in a dugout at first. Then they lived in the Frank Barber house while building their house. There was not room for everyone in the house, so Ivin slept in a wagon box that winter. One day Ivin was playing basketball at school and sprained both ankles. Since he could not get anyone to take him home, he crawled home on his hands and knees.
Ivin remembers Morgon Edwards, one of his school teachers, as being an excellent violin player. LaVern Taylor was the lady school teacher at that time. When he had Mary Stratton for his teacher, Ivin started to write left-handed. She told him he had to write with his right hand. She taught him a little saying which Ivin has always remembered, but he does not know the original source:

Five things observe with care:
Of whom you speak,
To whom you speak
How, When and Where.

Ivin remembers that when the ditch would break during those first few years, it was a real problem for the new town. They had to go to Toquerville get the water.

Sports were always exciting to Ivin. He observed, “Frank Beatty could throw a baseball faster than anybody I ever saw. Delon and Hyrum Bradshaw could walk farther on their hands and knees than anybody I ever saw.”

On November 25, 1931, Ivin married Itha Scow, a daughter of Joseph Andrew and Emily Wood Scow. They traveled to Parowan for their wedding, then lived in Hurricane. They reared their two daughters, Cheryl and Diane, during the depression.

Ivin and his father had many Delicious apples, but no sales for them, so they started taking them to the Navajos. Ivin exclaimed, “I spent thirty-five years with the Navajos. I learnt two words. That’s all you need to talk to the Navajos.”

One time he saw Charles Lindberg in the Spirit of St. Louis at Williams, Arizona. Somebody asked Lindberg, “What did you do when you came within twenty or thirty feet of going into the ocean?”
Lindberg thought a minute, then said, “I prayed!”

For years, he took fruit out to the Navajos by team and wagon. Finally, he had a truck to use. “You should have seen their eyes when I come in that Dodge truck!” he told me. “I’ve always been good to the Navajos. It pays to be good to anybody. It’ll come back to you ten-fold.”

Yes, many are the memories of this man who remembers the first days of Hurricane and numerous events which have transpired since. As he remarked so aptly, “I’ve seen quite a change here in Hurricane!”

Click Here to read about my wife Itha Scow Workman.

Click Here to read about 3 of my Workman ancestors.

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