Marilyn
A green 1926 Chevrolet - their first family car
What did grandma's father buy the day she came home from the hospital?
50 cents a shot - grandpa earned $2.00 (a lot of money in those days)
What was grandpa paid for allowing the doctor to take his blood and use it to immunize some of the neighbor children hoping they would have a mild case of red measles. This was the first time this technique was used in Brigham, and the children all had very mild cases of measles.
3556 Orchard Avenue
Where was the first home Grandma and Grandpa purchased?
6:33 pm - one hour later than the actual time of 5:33 pm
What time did the hospital record for Dennis' birth?
Grandpa took Rebecca to Brigham and got back home at 5:00 pm; they rushed to the hospital and arrived at 5:15 pm. Dennis was born at 5:33. Someone at the hospital did not believe the time, and put 6:33 on his birth certificate.
The first born grandchild
Who was Troy Reed Hall?
Charles H. Smith and her father
Who baptized and confirmed grandma when she was 8 years old?
This was done October 3 as baptisms were not done every month back then, and only a few people had white baptismal clothing, so a few men did all the baptisms.
Rheumatic Fever
What illness did grandpa get as a freshman?
Grandpa had to miss much of his freshman year and only earned 1.5 credits that year. Home school was not a thing, but his English teacher sent home work; so grandpa earned a full English credit. Without that help, he would have had to repeat freshman year.
Labor Day 1961 and Labor Day Weekend 1962
When did grandma and grandpa first drive to Christmas Meadows, and when did the Freemans first sleep "inside" the cabin?
To get to Alabama in time for Grandpa to attend the Air War College in Montgomery.
Why was grandma's labor induced four days early when Patti was born?
Patti was due on Grandma's birthday, but she was born August 1. Grandpa and the other five kids left for Alabama the next day.
This grandchild is leaving for a mission in January
Who is Becca?
Sociology and Secretarial Science
What were grandma's major and minor in college?
$113.45 net - 100.45 gross
How much did grandpa earn his first two weeks working at Hill Air Force Base?
Grandma and grandpa lived on grandma's pay and put all of grandpa's pay in savings.
Milk the cow
What chore did grandpa take grandma to complete before their first date?
An underwear sewing factory
Where did Rebecca work the summer before she and Burnell were married?
Who is Jacob?
Her mother was sick, and Farr's would not give her father the day off.
Why didn't grandma's parents attend her wedding?
A unique demolition project while serving his mission
What is tearing down some of the buildings at the Tulelake Japanese "holding" camp and using the lumber to build a church house there.
Tour guides on Temple Square
What "mission" did grandpa and grandma serve together?
They started serving on Temple Square in October 1986.
This child was on "The Young Americans", a local TV quiz show as a senior in high school
Who is Craig?
This grandchild had more than one broken arm.
Who is Kelli?
Social Worker
What was grandma's career choice?
A frightening beginning to grandpa's trip home from his mission
What is grandpa was "jumped" by two men at the train station. He started to fight back, but stopped when ne saw a .38 caliber pistol pointed at his face. The two men were police and thought grandpa was someone else. Two other missionaries had to vouch for grandpa as the police did not believe him.
Funship
What is the name of the boat grandpa and grandma bought part ownership on at Lake Powell?
This child threw a rock through the driver's side door window at the end of a duck hunting day.
Who is Kent.
Born in another country