Karin Heaton Slade

Summer 1967-1968 Homes Address: 1967 Home  363 N 300 W, Kanab, UT 84741 Address: 1968 Home  345 N 300 W, Kanab, UT 84741 Grandma and Grandpa lived here during the summers of 1967 and 1968 when Grandpa had a break from BYU and worked for the BLM during the summers.  The houses belonged to Grandma's Uncle Orville's family. The house at 363 N 300 W, was called Grandma Maude's house. The house at 345 N 300 W was Verda's house. On one occasion, while staying at Verda's house Grandma Slade felt like an intruder was trying to get in the house.  The front door was open for ventilation because there was no AC, so Grandma crawled around on the floor trying to close the door and get to the phone to call for help.  Lisa also "baked" cookies here -- getting flour all over the kitchen.

Parry Lodge Address:  89 E Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 This is the site of the first swimming pool in Kanab. Grandma took a few lessons there as the owners allowed locals to also use the pool.  She never did become a confident swimmer, however. Many famous movie stars stayed here while they were filming TV shows and movies. Grandma was an extra in a TV episode.

Former Hospital Address:  210 300 N, Kanab, UT 84741 When Grandma was in high school her sister, Nadine, called her to come home from work at Arctic Circle to take her brother, Scott, to the hospital after he had been injured. When she got home, no one was there because her dad got there first and took him. On another occasion, a neighbor came to their house bleeding and needing medical help. Grandma took him to the hospital, but when they arrived the nurse had to tell Grandma to put her head down because she almost fainted from her neighbor's loss of blood.

Former Equitable Address:  39 W Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 Equitable    - (pronounced by the locals as E- Quit -able) was dry goods store where Grandma's family would purchase fabric, patterns, thread, needles, etc. Today it is called Duke's.

  Movie Theater Address:  29 W Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 Grandma worked here as a substitute when the regular employees couldn't make their shifts. She would take tickets, make popcorn, and on occasion watch the movies played here (although she never got to watch an entire film while she was working).

  Laundry Site Address: 70 S 200 W, Kanab, UT 84741 The National Parks (Zion, Grand, Bryce) would send their towels and sheets here to be laundered. Grandma worked at this site every summer after she graduated from high school. She laundered the sheets and towels and prepared them for shipping back to the parks.

  Dan's Store Site Address:  93 W Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 This is where Grandma's family went grocery shopping.  She would stop by here on her way home and buy chocolate chips on her parents' store account (an old-fashioned kind of credit card). When her dad came home from working on the range, he would munch on the chocolate chip cookies. The store was owned  by Dan Frost, who was Great Grandpa Fred E Heaton's friend. 

  Pharmacy North Address:  26 N Main St, Kanab, UT 84741 After taking change out of her mother's purse, Grandma would stop here on her way home from school and buy candy bars.

Pharmacy South Address:  14 E Center St, Kanab, UT 84741  When Grandma's family went for a treat, which was very rarely, they would go to this pharmacy because they had ice cream and a soda fountain to get ice cream sundaes.

  Kanab City Cemetery Address: Kanab City Cemetery Grandma's parents (Fred Eugene & Josephine Gwynn Heaton) and her father's parents are buried in this cemetery along with many aunts and uncles. Can you find the headstones?

  Arctic Circle Site Coordinates:  37.049451, -112.535304 Grandma worked at the Arctic Circle which used to be at this location as a summer job when she was 16. She had to cut and prep potatoes in a small kitchen and take orders through the window. It was especially difficult taking orders from the Native Americans because the glass muffled them when they spoke and their accents were difficult for her to understand.

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Address:  20 W Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 Once a week after school, Grandma would walk to the church to attend Primary. On Sundays, she would go to Sunday School in the morning and Sacrament meeting in the afternoon. Her dad served 12 years in the stake presidency, and her mom taught Sunday School and Relief Society. The entire family attended church every week.

Kanab Library Address:  13 N 100 E, Kanab, UT 84741 The schools did not have a library. This was the only library in town. Grandma would stop here after school and get books including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Little Women and others.

Kanab High School Site Address:  20 N 100 E, Kanab, UT 84741 Kanab High School -- Grandma graduated from high school in 1962 and was awarded her diploma by her dad, who was on the school board. She wrote for the school newspaper, was the student body historian, took choir, acted in the school play, and played the flute. She got in trouble for reading the Reader's Digest during history class. The history teacher (her great-uncle, Mr. Burgoyne) told her that since she had the highest grade in class, the least she could do was pay attention during the lectures.

Elementary School Cordinates:  37°03'00.5"N 112°31'44.0"W Grandma did not attend Kindergarten because it was a 6-week program during the summer. Her brother, Kirk, had just been born and they were moving from Moccasin to Kanab.  She was always sad that she didn't get to make a wooly lamb out of cotton balls and the other kids in kindergarten did. This was the site of the second elementary school in Kanab which opened around 1952. When it opened her class packed up their books and walked from the old school to the new one. Grandma attended school here from the 3rd grade to the 6th grade. 

Grandma Slade's Childhood Home Address:  160 N 200 W, Kanab, UT 84741 Grandma broke her front teeth when she fainted in the driveway.   She made her dad homemade bread when her mom was in the hospital in Salt Lake.