Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1946 (Monday) – About 11 a.m. I went up to the Church Offices and took four copies of Earl’s (Earl Sperry Lunt) pageant “Remember the Day” to Sister Margetts, we talked for about half an hour and then I went over to the Genealogical Library where I worked about three hours. It seemed like a […]

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1946 (Sunday) – It was Quarterly Conference. Bishop Richards was the visitor and he brought his father, President George F. Richards, with him. There was also another brother who represents the Church Welfare. There was a daughter and Mother’s Meeting at 9 a.m. and this time we were permitted to meet in the Assembly Hall […]

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1946 (Saturday) – I didn’t accomplish much today as I decided to work on back diary’s and put them in shape. Those sheets I had already typed and typed others. I’m trying to make an abridgement of them, taking out most of the useless words and destroying the old notebooks. Got quite a kick out […]

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1946 (Friday) – Although the nights are cold, it is a very lovely day today. My Husband (Alfred Oscar Lunt) has been digging the garden east of the house, ready for tulips, hope it isn’t too late.  This evening I went to the Library, found the marriage record of Moses Ventrus. It gave his wife’s […]

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1946 (Thursday) – Bert’s (Charles Gilbert Lunt) birthday. Last night Sister Butler was to leave on a plane for Washington D.C., so today I had to go teaching alone. We also had to try and gather funds for the Community chest. Most of the people I contacted were working and payed at their place of […]

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1946 (Wednesday) – Was home all day. Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas) and Della (Della Lunt) called for a few minutes. Later Agnes (Agnes Coalter Golightly) came, she had been in town for the funeral for the husband of her Aunt Martha’s (Martha May Coulter) ex-husband (Brooks) (Lewis Charles Brooks). She had dinner with us and […]

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1946 (Tuesday) – Was busy home all morning and attended Teachers Report Meeting at 1:15. I had to pray, also give the report. Remained for Relief Meeting. Ileen Bagley, teacher, she is splendid. It was on early church history. Showing what events took place in ten and twenty year periods. Members of the class took […]

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1946 (Monday) – Sister Hunter (Hannah Charlotte Hatch) left for Provo. I went to town, then to the Genealogical Library. Afternoon – I washed and in the evening I attended The Daughters of the Pioneers meeting, it was very lovely.

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October 6, 1946 (Sunday) – I did not leave home at all today. Afternoon – Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas) and family (Della Lunt; Ivy Joan, Gordon Lewis, Larry Lunt, Judith Ann and Ted Lunt Gabbitas) came in. I took care of Larry and Teddy while the rest went to Conference. Teddy Slept during the meeting […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1946 (Saturday) – Again I listened to both sessions of the Conference. I certainly enjoyed them. Seed like the sermons, though different, all had a trend of warning of things to come and how we should all learn to love one another and all our fellow man for all are God’s children.

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