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5, 1917. 'This involved Lehi's and Henrietta's three youngest sons, Lehi Rass and Will. Two months after the United States declared war, Rass married Martha Langford on June 20, 1g17> the Salt Lake Temple. in Rass and Martha met in Cedar City when they were students at the B.A.C. Mrs. Langford, a widow with three children had moved to Cedar City from Summit, a small community approximately 10 miles north of Cedar City, so that Martha who had finished the eigth grade, could go to high school. Rass was an outstanding athlete and excelled in basketball him an avid supporter of and track in school. His love for sports ~ n a d e the roinnnmity and school athletics throughout h life. Martha was a i very fine musician and she spent many hours playing the piano at the local theatre during the silent movies. Martha, a striking redhead, took Rass's eye and they soon beame a twosome. In 1914, when Bernella Gardncr came to Cedar City from Pine Valley to attend B.A.C., she and Martha became good friends. Bernella stated that when Martha and Rass had young lover's quarrels, Martha came to cry on her shoulder. She claims she had had very little experience with affairs of the heart but prohahly helped by being a good listener. The summer of 1917, after Erastus and Martha were married, they spent most of their time on the mountain at Corry Point. Rass had a keen appreciation of flowers and very often brought a beautiful bouquet of Colunlbines, Ladyslippers, or other wild flowers, home after a trip to the mountain. That same summer Alma, Henrietta and Ferd's son, was visiting with his grandparents, Lehi and Henrietta who were staying at Corry Point. Alma turned eight years old July 23, 1917 while there. Lehi took the boy down into the "Gulch" and found a waterhole and haptized him in the cold, clear water and sat him on the bank and confirmed him a member of the L.D.S. Church.' Twentv-eight men from Cedar City left for Salt Lake City on Oct. 3, 1917, where they were inducted into the U.S. Army. Lehi and R a s were in this group. Rass was 22 years old and Lehi turned 27 the day after reaching Salt Lake, Oct. 4. They left that night on the train their destination being Camp Lewis, Washington. They woke up the next morning and the train was following the Columbia River in Oregon. The beautiful scenery was breathtaking. When they arrived in Washington, they found the army rather unorganized. There weren't enough uniforms and they were lined up to be assigned to barracks that weren't even completed. The Corporal who assembled them asked questions such as, "Who knows what a squad is?" and when someone raised his hand, he pointed to him and said, "You're first Sgt." The Corporal asked other similar questions and 11) this means filled the Supply Sgt., Mess Sgt. and other positions which needed filling. Rass and Lehi
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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
Type	Image; Still image
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Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 198
Description	5, 1917. 'This involved Lehi's and Henrietta's three youngest sons, Lehi Rass and Will. Two months after the United States declared war, Rass married Martha Langford on June 20, 1g17> the Salt Lake Temple. in Rass and Martha met in Cedar City when they were students at the B.A.C. Mrs. Langford, a widow with three children had moved to Cedar City from Summit, a small community approximately 10 miles north of Cedar City, so that Martha who had finished the eigth grade, could go to high school. Rass was an outstanding athlete and excelled in basketball him an avid supporter of and track in school. His love for sports ~ n a d e the roinnnmity and school athletics throughout h life. Martha was a i very fine musician and she spent many hours playing the piano at the local theatre during the silent movies. Martha, a striking redhead, took Rass's eye and they soon beame a twosome. In 1914, when Bernella Gardncr came to Cedar City from Pine Valley to attend B.A.C., she and Martha became good friends. Bernella stated that when Martha and Rass had young lover's quarrels, Martha came to cry on her shoulder. She claims she had had very little experience with affairs of the heart but prohahly helped by being a good listener. The summer of 1917, after Erastus and Martha were married, they spent most of their time on the mountain at Corry Point. Rass had a keen appreciation of flowers and very often brought a beautiful bouquet of Colunlbines, Ladyslippers, or other wild flowers, home after a trip to the mountain. That same summer Alma, Henrietta and Ferd's son, was visiting with his grandparents, Lehi and Henrietta who were staying at Corry Point. Alma turned eight years old July 23, 1917 while there. Lehi took the boy down into the "Gulch" and found a waterhole and haptized him in the cold, clear water and sat him on the bank and confirmed him a member of the L.D.S. Church.' Twentv-eight men from Cedar City left for Salt Lake City on Oct. 3, 1917, where they were inducted into the U.S. Army. Lehi and R a s were in this group. Rass was 22 years old and Lehi turned 27 the day after reaching Salt Lake, Oct. 4. They left that night on the train their destination being Camp Lewis, Washington. They woke up the next morning and the train was following the Columbia River in Oregon. The beautiful scenery was breathtaking. When they arrived in Washington, they found the army rather unorganized. There weren't enough uniforms and they were lined up to be assigned to barracks that weren't even completed. The Corporal who assembled them asked questions such as, "Who knows what a squad is?" and when someone raised his hand, he pointed to him and said, "You're first Sgt." The Corporal asked other similar questions and 11) this means filled the Supply Sgt., Mess Sgt. and other positions which needed filling. Rass and Lehi 198
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1274.pdf

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