Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1946 (Monday) – Spent part of the afternoon at the Genealogical Library studying some Conn. History in the Conn. Magazine. Found there were several Mansfield emigrant ancestors came over here in the sixteen hundreds. One Robert (Robert Mansfield) who settled at Lynn, Mass. and our Richard (Richard Mansfield) who settled in Conn.

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1946 (Sunday) – Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) returned from Ogden just after 8 a.m. Later he went down to Pleasant Grove and Brought Edna (Edna Viola Nelson) back to Salt Lake with him. He brought us some lovely corn out of the Nelson garden, and two apples, from a neighbor’s garden, called the Summer Queen. […]

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1946 (Saturday) – Was home all day busy. The Whitehouse products I had ordered at Marge Ward’s party were delivered, one being a plastic brush to clean upholstery, it certainly draws out the dust and dirt. Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) took Bert (Charles Gilbert Lunt) and Bobby (Robert Gordon Lunt) to a ball game in […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1946 (Friday) – Did part of my cleaning. Went uptown to the bank, then over to the Genealogical Archive. Brother Howard was working out in the hall and he permitted me to go into the Archive for books to record some ordinances, the Archive is closed for a few days as they are painting inside.  […]

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1946 (Thursday) – Sister Butler, being out of town, I had to go relief teaching alone. Visited seven homes in the morning and the rest in the evening. I was received very kindly by everyone. Found there were five Mormon families in the Alberta Apartments. Contacted three of them. The Beans have left for the […]

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1946 (Wednesday) – Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) took me out to Della’s (Della Lunt) for the day, found most of them weren’t feeling very well. Something Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas) brought home from work and each member of the family was having a try at it. It all felt some better by evening.  We were […]

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1946 (Tuesday) – I went up town, rode street car to 3rd South, went to Sears, then up to Auerbach’s, across the street and went through Cress’s. Went up and paid the telephone bill, then went over to the bank. Went to the market and then home. I was so weary and tired I could […]

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1946 (Sunday) – Attended Sunday School and Fast Meeting. Subject in Sunday School is the Church Welfare Plan. Today they discussed the United Order and how they tried to live it in the beginning, but were unable to do so because of the weakness of man. Had they done so, Zion might have been redeemed […]

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