Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1946 (Written on this day) – **It has been two weeks since I wrote last and it is hard to remember details. Have been doing a lot of shopping for Christmas. Sent packages to Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.), Georgetta (Georgetta Marie Lunt), Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) and Lillian (Lillian Lunt). Gave Agnes (Agnes Coalter […]

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1946 (Friday) – I shopped, sent Mary (Mary Etta George) a blouse for her birthday from the Salt Lake Knitting Store. Went to the Archive and later to the Library. Received a letter from Mary, she said Chuck (Charles Mayhew Astle, Jr.) and Georgetta (Georgetta Marie Lunt) are moving into their new house.   This evening […]

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1946 (Sunday) – It is Mother’s Day today. Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) sent me two pairs of bloomers; Della (Della Lunt) gave me a very pretty container for flowers; Lillian (Lillian Lunt) sent me a photograph album and Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) and Mary (Mary Etta George) sent me a lovely rug to match […]

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1945 (Monday) – Washed, then went shopping. Afternoon – Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas) and family came here and Della (Della Lunt) and all children (Ivy Joan, Larry Lunt, Judith Ann and Ted Lunt Gabbitas) except Chip (Gordon Lewis Gabbitas), stayed here while me and the boy went shopping. They had dinner with us. Before Dad […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1945 (Wednesday) – Dad (Alfred Oscar Lunt) took me out to Della’s (Della Lunt). We canned seven quarts of tomato juice and 16 quarts of peaches. When Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas) got home from work we had to race with time to get to a store before closing time to get Larry (Larry Lunt Gabbitas) […]

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1945 (Monday) – Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) and her two girls (Darlene Lunt and Sharon Alice Holman) went to a show. I remained home with Georgetta (Georgetta Marie Lunt). Shortly after 4 o’clock Brother Astle (Charles Mayhew Astle, Sr.) called for Georgetta to start their return journey home. Sharon complained of a sore knee, a […]

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1945 (Sunday) – Darlene (Darlene Lunt Holman), Sharon (Sharon Alice Holman) and I went to Sunday School. I taught my class. The early afternoon – Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas), Della (Della Lunt) and Ivy Joan (Ivy Joan Gabbitas), Larry (Larry Lunt Gabbitas) and Judy (Judith Ann Gabbitas) came in for a while. Port had to […]

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1945 (Saturday) – Was busy at home most of the day, tending babies (David Warren and Kathleen Astle) part time. Georgetta (Georgetta Marie Lunt) surely has her hands full with two babies to care for, but she is certainly a sweet little mother.

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1945 (Friday) – I called Georgetta (Georgetta Marie Lunt) at 5 a.m. Some of the Astle’s called and took she and babies (David Warren and Kathleen Astle) to the canyon for breakfast. Later, she went horseback riding with some of the family’s younger members, it was late afternoon when she came home.

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1945 (Thursday) – Georgetta (Georgetta Marie Lunt) and babies (David Warren and Kathleen Astle) and myself went up to Bert’s (Charles Gilbert Lunt) for a few hours, Georgetta drove the car. A funny thing happened, Agnes (Agnes Coalter Golightly) decided to come to Salt Lake for the day, she missed the bus, when we reached […]

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