The Love Story
Mona first met her husband, Burns, while participating in this recreation activity in Marysvale.
What is roller skating?
When Mona and Burns first moved to Antimony, they lacked indoor plumbing and had to use this type of outdoor restroom.
What is an outhouse?
Mona grew up thinning and weeding this crop—a job she absolutely hated.
What are sugar beets?
The branch of the military that Burns was enlisted into right after his honeymoon.
What is the Navy?
In 1985, Mona became incredibly busy managing reservations, cooking, and cleaning for this family-owned lodge.
What is the Rockin' R Lodge?
On January 5, 1944, Mona and Burns were married in this LDS temple.
What is the Manti Temple?
The original schoolhouse in Antimony had exactly this many classrooms and teachers.
What is three?
For thinning a full row of a certain crop, the children were paid this much money.
What is 10 cents?
To buy food, clothes, or gas, citizens had to use government-issued books of these.
What are stamps?
In 1976, this 14-year-old orphaned foster boy came to live with the Black family for ten years.
Who is Roger Leon Clauson?
The hotel in Salt Lake City where the newlyweds stayed for their honeymoon.
What is Hotel Utah?
Built in 1896, this historic community building hosted dances, plays, and church services until 1963.
What is the Old Hall?
Mona's childhood farm grew this type of hay, which was cut using a horse-drawn mower.
What is alfalfa?
To save fuel during the war, speed limits were legally lowered to this many miles per hour.
What is 35 mph?
Because of water leaking through the floor from a high water table, the family could never finish this part of their Antimony home.
What is the basement?
During their freezing wedding car ride, their feet were kept warm using these objects heated on a stove.
What are rocks?
This church authority officially dedicated the new Antimony church building in 1944.
Who is Elder Marion G. Romney?
On the hay wagon, Mona occasionally had this specific job to maximize how much the wagon could hold.
What is tromping the hay down?
During the war, Mona worked at a factory in Monroe that dehydrated this vegetable to ship overseas to the army.
What are potatoes?
Burns left for a 26-month LDS mission when their firstborn son, Rodney, was only this many months old.
What is 11 months?
During WWII, Mona's home reception was called this type of event, and only women attended.
What is a tea?
Locals in Antimony uniquely referred to attending any event or entertainment by using this three-word phrase.
What is "going to the time"?
Land that Mona's dad originally farmed was later sold to become a part of this Monroe town feature.
What is the cemetery?
On VJ Day, Mona and Burns witnessed chaotic celebrations and pandemonium in this California city.
What is Oakland?
When making bread for her massive family, Mona typically baked this many loaves at a time.
What is eight?