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Show In the Spring we watched the big trout trying to get through the spillway. We used a bucket and caught several that weighed five to six pounds—easy fishing. In the Fall of 1926 Lola took pneumonia and I took her to Ogden to stay with my sister, Elva, so Doctor Moyes could see her every day. We had the Elders and Patriarch Shreeve give her a blessing but she did not get better. Bill felt that he should give her a blessing and within 10 minutes she began breathing easier and the next day when her fever broke she asked for a piece of bread and butter. On July 10, 1930, there was a cloudburst in Weber Canyon. The south side of the mountain below the Dam gave way and slid into the River. My family was coming for a birthday party and their car was the last one to get through the Canyon be¬fore the catastrophy. When my father saw the damage he warned us that we had better move out because the water would soon be in our house. Neighbors came to our rescue and helped move our furniture out. We took our family to Strawberry and stayed with Royden and Chloe. It was a mess! Bill wasn't able to attend Church regularly because his job was around the clock. He supported me in my work and cared for the children when I had meetings to attend. I served as a counselor in the Relief Society, visiting teacher, and a counselor in the Primary for eight years. I always took the children. Dale, Verl, Lola and Donna attended school in Peterson. Dale was secretary of the MIA and graduated from seminary, Donnar skipped the third grade. Mien Dale was a teenager he hauled hay for Hugo Bohman, his scoutmaster. He was deeply impressed when Hugo turned down a drink of beer offered him by the farmer. Before we moved back to South Weber in September of 1935, we worked under three fine bishops: Joseph A. Parrish, John Hulet, and Alfred Bohman. William Lester Poll was born 25 February 1895 in Salt Lake City, a son of Charles Henry and Cora Elizabeth Vine Poll. Parents of Lavern were Thomas William and Emma Lucene Bybee Jacques. She was born in Layton on 10 July 1898. The couple was married 14 November 1917 in Ogden and were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple 14 August 1918. William Lester Poll died. Lavern is still living (1985) in South Weber. Lavern Jacques Poll, South Weber 329 |