Man of Many Hobbies
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This poem was written while on a flight home from Washington,
D.C.:
Now I ponder my contributions Earth shaking? Not so, I fear. What have I left behind me In the long way from there to here? There's comfort in the...
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John composed some original verses to Ain't Gonna Rain No More, a song sung time and again in the car (alternating with Clementine) to keep John awake on the late-night rides back home along the winding,...
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(Note: three more grandchildren were added to the seventeen after this day) John composed a poem to use in his funeral sermon for George R. Hill, under whom he had served on the Sunday School General Board....
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lands covered by the permits of two Indians, David Tabbee and Pawwinnee. A demand was made to end the "apparent moratorium on presecution of offenses against the United States where rights of the Ute Indians...
Full of Years a d Honor
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It is a source of pleasure to family members and friends, that the Silver Beaver was awarded to Orpha, at the Symphony Hall on Wednesday, February 16, 1983, in recognition of the many years of leadership and service...
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his personal history. He ran out of steam well before the project was completed, and I had the privilege to sit beside him and paste clippings into his book. Dad was always so meticulous, and I tried to do...
Full of Years and Honor
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a platform to elevate one end of the big bed, installed holding bars and equipment in the bathroom, and had several other gadgets made to make things easier for Dad. I remember the night Dad died Paul spent the anxious...
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from a challenge, and his last experience with life was no exception, Dad bore his suffering, not with bitterness, but with deep appreciation for the love of the Lord which he felt so strongly. John, Jr....
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in each class every day. The type of talking that was done in the district school was far from being public speaking, but it at least helped me to think and reason before other people. When I was well...
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foreman smiles and puts up his watch: "Well, gentlemen, what do we say? Plaintiff; Defendant; Gentlemen? I rather think, so far as I am concerned, gentlemen - I say I rather think, but don't let that...
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favorable to his client. As he flew home on the airplane he put together a little verse, which I think speaks for his analysis of his professional practice. Now I ponder my contributions Earth shaking? Not so, I fear. What have I...
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Leave the dreaming to the young. The robin bobs for grandpa As well as for a son. There was a lighter side to his compositions. When he opened a new shop in an addition to the house, which was so skillfully built by Lowell Sorenson and...
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serene resignation that life's journey is about to end, has not thought about the eternal destination and what might be there? Centuries ago the man Job, so long blessed with material blessings, only to find...
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for they die as to things pertaining to things of righteousness; for they are unclean, and no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of God; but they are cast out, and consigned to partake of the fruits of...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
For the second time that day, Frisby became the national pastime, but eventually with the philosophy that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, we played baseball too. Bob Parry, an experienced Rat, knew that the back seat of the bus made a most...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Toward the end of the trip for the day, we more confidently tackled the Ticaboo Rapids, and a few turns later, rounding a bend, we saw the glorious majesty of Tapestry Wall before us. Our first camp awaited our arrival. Enthusiastic and courageous...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
river, we carefully scanned the cliffs, sky, and water for objects of interest. In our survey we noted: three blue herons, majestically soaring above; five puffy little clouds; the honey-combing of the swallows' nests at the tops of the walls; and...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
After the supper had vanished, and while we all washed our plates, cups, and utensils with the cool mud of the creek bed, a roaring campfire was built; and, as the blaze died away, and the embers glowed brightly, the entire group sat around,...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
light red limestone which we saw for the remainder of the trip. The walls of the canyon were lower, but no less rugged than they had been previously; and our experienced eyes could now more quickly sight the tell-tale talus of an abandoned mine. We...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
everybody to the dance. What a grand orchestra they were! John Farnsworth called the squares after we had gotten our partners during the round dancing and a Virginia reel. Stan turned out to be practically the best dancer there, and
lucky was the...