Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1947 (Sunday) – We had a splendid program this morning at Sunday School. It was a Mother’s Day program. They gave the mothers a little book of splendid verses. Fast Meeting was held immediately after. There were no babies to be blessed and only a few children. Many testimonies were born, mostly by those who […]

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1947 (Monday) – Washed, then went up to the Library to check, in the Index Bureau, some family group sheets sent to me by my sister Della (Emma Della Sperry). They were all done.  When dinner was almost done Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas), Della (Della Lunt), Teddy (Ted Lunt Gabbitas) and Della (my sister) came […]

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1947 (Wednesday) – Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) took me out to Della’s (Della Lunt). It is the first time I’ve been there for a long time. They were well. One of the neighbors had a very sick child, she had been unconscious for three hours. They left their baby with Della and two more little […]

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1947 (Sunday) – I was almost ready to go to Sunday School when I became quite ill, so I laid down and went to sleep instead. It was almost two o’clock when I woke up. Della (Della Lunt) and Teddy (Ted Lunt Gabbitas) came in for a little visit, had dinner with us and they […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1947 (Sunday) – I remained home all day and listened to Conference over the radio. Chuck (Charles Mayhew Astle, Jr.) and Georgetta (Georgetta Marie Lunt) stayed. Also, Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas) and Della (Della Lunt) came in with the children (Ivy Joan, Gordon Lewis, Larry Lunt, Judith Ann and Ted Lunt Gabbitas) about one o’clock. […]

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1947 (Monday) – Was busy at home all day washing, etc. Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) went to the Clinic in the afternoon and it was six o’clock before she got home. They had been taking x-rays of her. Georgetta (Georgetta Marie Lunt) and Chuck (Charles Mayhew Astle, Jr.) went shopping, coming home while Port (Porty […]

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1947 (Friday) – Busy at home cleaning all morning. In the afternoon Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) had to go up to the Clinic, so we went in a bus. She is doing fine and her doctor was quite proud of her. The trip didn’t seem to hurt her, in fact, she felt stronger than ever.  […]

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1947 (Tuesday) – Today it has been almost like a summer day. I ironed and then went to Relief Society. It was held in the Chapel. Doris White in charge of the program, as it was in her place of her lesson. She had four cousins besides herself, and Della (Della Lunt) sang some songs […]

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1947 (Wednesday) – Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) took me out to Della’s (Della Lunt). Ivy Joan (Ivy Joan Gabbitas) wasn’t feeling very well and the other two children () were all right. Della was washing. She came in with us when Earl came for me. After dinner, she and I went to the hospital to […]

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1947 (Tuesday) – Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas), Della (Della Lunt) and two youngest (Judith Ann and Ted Lunt Gabbitas) came in as we were eating breakfast. They wanted the children to stay with me while they went down to Provo. Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) decided to ride with them as far as Orem. They returned […]

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