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Show 10th Ward located at 1634 Kiesel Avenue. I was baptized by Joseph Jepsen. MUSIC in the HOME As a child, my dad provided records of good music, various operas, and classical selections which resulted in all of his sons and daughters enjoying and appreciating music. "The Toreador Song", "The Palms", Caruso's music, and many of our LDS hymns such as "I Know That My Redeemer Lives", "Have I Done Any Good in the World Today", "I Stand All Amazed", "Joseph Smith's First Prayer", "Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words to Each Other", "There is Beauty All Around", "The Spirit of God Like A Fire is Burning", "When Upon Life's Billows You Are Tempest Tossed", "Behold! A Royal Army", "Come, Come Ye Saints", "Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd", "The National Anthem", "God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again" and "Abide With Me" were familiar in my childhood. I have continued to enjoy these hymns as sung by congregations all of my life. Some favorite sayings I heard in my childhood were "A Bird can't out fly it's tail". Dad would say in a humorous way "Honesty is the best of apology". He would call a questionable person "a crazy pate". Another saying of his was "Tougher than whip Leather". One of Dad's jokes was: Employer, "What? You want a job?" Potential employee, "Yes, what will you pay me?" Employer, "I'll pay you what your worth." Potential employee, "I'll be darned if I'll work for that!" I recall as a child the flu epidemic about 1917 which took the lives of thousands of people. It was so serious in our community of Ogden that schools were closed and church meetings cancelled. We knew of relatives and neighbors who died from the flu. Next to our Marriott home at 1208 Henninger was Grandfather and Grandmother Farley's home to the south at 1220. Because several relatives were located in the area and the church meetings were canceled, Grandmother Farley invited all of the relatives in the vicinity to gather at her home for church services. I contracted the flu around the age of nine and was very ill and delirious. This was followed by pneumonia. My Aunt Ida Ferrin came to help Mother as best she could during my illness. Through the constant care of my mother and family members, and with many priesthood blessings, my life was spared. When I was in grade school, I had headaches quite often. When I would stand up to read, my head would start pounding; and when trying to play volleyball at school, I would experience severe headaches. My parents were concerned as to whether to withdraw me from school before I started 7th grade. My father asked the opinion of his good friend, Superintendent Karl Hopkins of the Ogden School District. Mr. Hopkins said |