Mel Fletcher

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

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Scope and Contents

17-18: Mel Fletcher as a child at his home on Park Avenue
19: Mel Fletcher as a young boy (9-11 years old)) dressed as a cowboy.
20: Fletcher family L to R: Roy (father), Marian (brother), Gladys (sister), Blanch (mother), Bertha (sister), front center: Mel and Juanita (sister).
21: Park City HIgh School Football team outside the old high school, 1936. Mel is standing on the far right in a white shirt.
22: Virg Street, Glen Brierley, Mel Fletcher psoing across the street from the old Park city high school, 1938
23: L to R: Cliff Roach, Don Young, CLiff Street, Bud TAssman, Mel Fletcher, John Novak plating rollerskate basketball. "One of the many invented sports for past time in PArk City. With baskets already in Elks Hall, all that was needed was Parrish rental skates. Softball on ice was also played in the winter." 1938-1939.
24: Mel and Bob Burn, Sr. at Jupiter, 1938-1939
25: Mel and Otto Carpenter at Jupiter, 1938-1939
26:Mel in naval uniform, 1944
27: L to R: Don Young, Mel Fletcher, Bill "Shog" Bailey at Thaynes, 1946-1947. These three were the founders of teh ski club "Snow Park." Mel was president, Bill was vice president, and Don was treasurer
28: Mel in fliht at Ecker Hill, 1947-1948. Mel placed 6th with a 163 foot jump.
29-30: Gordy Despain (35) and Mel (29) standing at the top of Ecker Hill at the 1948 Utah Centennial ski jump meet
31-32: Mel Fletcher ice skating
33: Mel in San Fransisco on his way to fleet air squadron 117 in Oahu, Hawaii, 1950.
34: Mel on the shoulders of an unknown man on the beach in Hawaii, 1950-1952.
35: Mel and Les Roach on barrel stave skis at SNow Park, 1952
36: Mel, after being discharged in San Fransisco, at a bar, 1952
37: Mel glassading at BRighton, 1953
38: Mike Ivers, Ron Williams, Mel Fletcher, Bob Burns, and unknown skier behind Mel.
39: Mel Mel at Brighton ranger station on his day off of instructing, 1958.
40: Mel Fletcher, Bib Buttons, Roger Haran, Woody Anderson, Cathy Brinton, Sandy Wade Anderson at the Three Kings chairlift opening, 1970
41-42: Mel skiing on barrel staves in jeans and a t-shirt at Park City Ski Area's Winter Carnival. Note: Mel had a thyroid condition during this time was was only 127 pounds in this picture.
43: Mel Fletcher by the Snow Park Ski School sign, 1986
44: Mel Fletcher wearing an American Legion hat, 1987
45: Mel Fletcher's 70th birthday-a new gold bag, 1988
46: Mel Fletcher skiing with others at the entrance of Mel's Alley at Park City Mountain, circa 1988
47: Mel Fletcher in fireman uniform, 1990
48: Mel and Peggy Fletcher at the Captain's cocktail party, 1991
49: Mel Fletcher standing outside the Glenwood Cemetary gate in Park City, 1995
50: L to R: Nelson Bennett, John Narcisson, Ray Nye, Gordon Allcot, Vern Frandsen, William Rhodes, Sverre Engen, Bob Grossbeck, Judd Preston. Middle row: Greg Thompson, Earl Miller, Harold Luddinton, Sam Kalm, Bob Beck, Mel Fletcher. Front Row: Clark Parkinson and Sarah Michalak at the 1996 annual Ski Affair.
51: Mel and grandson, Roscoe (age 14 months) in May 2002.
52: Mel and Peggy Fletcher at Mel's 85th birthday. Mel's button reads: "I survived damn near everything."
53: Fletcher family at the 2003 annual Ski Affair. L to R: Peggy, Rex, Jilbette, Mel
54: Mel wearing an American Legion hat at a ceremony for veterans on November 11, 2005
55: Fletcher family photo, 2009. Back row: Linda, Rex, Jillbette. Middle: Teagan, Peggy, Roscoe, Mel. Front: Jackson and Trey.
56: Mel's Intermountain Ski Assocaition Ski Teacher certificate, 1949
57: articles about Snow Park
58: Mel funeral brochure

Dates

1930s

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