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George Goddard lived in our ward, he loved to sing Who's on the Lords Side Who. His son led the singing in S. School. We had to pass the beautiful house & grounds of Feremorz Lettle, he baptized me. Horis L Eldridge lived across the street, they had such a lovely home, had Shetland ponies & a Cart. |
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Our home in the 13th Ward was one of the central wards. The wards in the S.L.City Stake had Primary Fairs, the children doing their nicest work to exhibit. Georgia Spencer, our President, took Aggie, myself & 4 other girls & taught them, us to draw & paint flowers. We enjoyed it so much & being at her lovely home. She was such a sweet woman but there wasn't a fair before we moved away. Alice Merrell & Mamie Carns were my S. School teachers. Allie Burt was a very dear friend. One of our greatest joys was to go to Grandfather Chapman's place & visit with Grandma, Aunt Ann, Aunt Catherine & play with their children. They lived in a different ward & a number of those long blocks east of us. Grandma had slipped on the ice that was around the outdoor water tap & broken her hip about a year before we left. We used to go to see her when she was in bed at Aunt Catherine's, later they moved her to the L.D.S. Hospital just across the block east of their home. When we visited her she would tell us stories & sing to us, the first time I heard Old Dog Tray & Paddle Your Own Canoe. She was in bed 3 years with that broken hip before she died.
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Grandfather Chapman had cut stone for all the other Temples & Brigham Young always knew what people could do |
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Manti, southern Utah, he was president of the Stake. James Richey was one of his Councilors. When the stone for the S.L. Temple was ready to cut, Grandfather was called to S.L. City to cut stone for it. He & his oldest son Joseph were stone masons, all there were was needed. Brigham Young called all who could to cut stone. Uncle Hyrum & father also were stone masons & cut stone for the Temple, but not as regular or steady as Grandfather & Uncle Joseph, When the Temple was to the square & no more stone to be cut grandfather moved back to Manti. It was there Grandmother died. Our Father loved his brother Joseph & when we lived in S.L. City, we often went to Uncle Joseph's. He was quite deaf, hadn't married until quite late in life & his children were about our age, Don Carlos, Josephine & John. Aunt Jane had been married before & had 2 sons Fred & Ernest Tullage, very nice boys. Their father was a drunkard so Aunt Jane & her boys appreciated Uncle Joseph for he was a good kind man. He & Father often played checkers together. Uncle Joseph never made a sound but Father would whistle all the time all through the game.
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