COLORS When I was younger, I favored yellows, beige, and the light browns. As I grew older, I favored white, pink and various shades of blue and green. THE BEAUTY of NATURE When I was growing up, we had at our home at 1208 Porter Avenue a beautiful garden. My brother Orion planted peonies, pansies, and roses. Orion was a superb gardener and the garden was always beautiful. The "BARN" We met as a ward in a building on 12th Street between Porter Avenue and Jefferson Avenue on the north side of the street. It was referred to as "The Barn". (The Mound Fort Amusement Hall 590 12th St.) As a member of the Ogden 7th Ward, I well remember attending Sunday School, Primary, and Religion classes in this building. This was a large, one-room building with a stage at the north end. For classes, curtains could be drawn to partition off various areas. For heat, a large pot belly stove stood in the vicinity of the stage to the west. Windows provided light in the day and electricity at night. Chairs lined the walls on the west and east sides. A small area at the front of the building (south) was the entrance and foyer. Dances were held here. Christmas parties and other special occasions were also held. People would often bring a box lunch which they traded with others. We enjoyed seeing plays. The participants were from our ward which made the performances very interesting. OGDEN 7 th WARD We were delighted when a brand new Church building was built on the North side of 13th Street near Adams Avenue. The dedication of the new chapel was a long-awaited and happy event. Children were asked to write their names on a piece of paper that was placed in a bottle and buried in the ground in the front of the churchyard during the dedication ceremony. This was an activity the children could participate in to give them an interest in their new ward meetinghouse. The old barn continued to be the social hall until some years later when an amusement hall (recreation hall) was built to the side of the new 7th Ward Chapel. Miles L. Jones was Bishop of the new 7th Ward. He was followed by William Arthur Budge. Other Bishops were O.J. Fox, Albert Read, Bishop Porter, Glen Putman and Bartley Heiner. When I was old enough, I was baptized in the font of the