penmanship. At the end of the year, his beautiful handwriting was placed on exhibit. Even as he approached his eighty-fourth year, his handwriting was still admired for its beauty and form. He studied violin as a child and grew to love and enjoy music. He was always very industrious. In fact, Orion said that he cannot remember a time when he didn't work. At an early age he found work in orchards located near his home. Those who hired him found him to be punctual, extremely ambitious, dependable, trustworthy, and determined to perform each task as perfectly as he knew how. He was in great demand for his services and was given choice conditions under which to labor. He worked for many years during the summer for Andrew Wilson who had large orchards and hired many boys and girls to work in sorting and packing fruit. Orion made crates and bushel boxes for shipping. During his working years, Orion saved his money and used it wisely. In his teens, Orion held a variety of jobs. He drove the delivery truck for the Washington Market, worked for the Golden Rule in their shoe department, drove an ice truck for Miles Jones, and at sixteen was a hotel clerk for the Union Pacific Railroad. At the age of eighteen, he was working for the Southern Pacific Railroad in the roundhouse as an engine dispatcher. In 1917, World War One found him in the service of his Country in France. He served in the Motor Truck Company #491, Motor Command #13. He was stationed in Marseille where he served as a clerk under the command of Lieutenant Pears. He was a service station attendant at the largest military supply depot in the world called "Geives". While in the service, he saved his army pay and sent it home monthly to pay on several lots he was purchasing. One of the lots was located at 1401 Jefferson Avenue, another one was close by, and several lots were in Ogden Canyon. After being in the army for a year, he was honorably discharged when the Armistice was signed. Then he returned to the job that had been held for him at the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was at this time (while working in the auditors division) that Orion met the special person who was to be his wife, Charlotte Mary Griffin. She was an attractive girl of medium complexion, beautiful blue eyes, and possessed a charming personality. She quickly captured Orion's heart. She was the daughter of Louis Jason Griffin and Alice Susannah Hill. Orion owned a Dodge coupe that he drove in courting Charlotte. Special picnics to South Fork were enjoyedsometimes with other couples. They also enjoyed dancing at least once a week as well as taking in a movie on occasions. Soon the subject of marriage was discussed and where they would live. They made the decision to build on one of Orion's lots in Ogden Canyon. Orion engaged his brother Milton to build this home and assisted Milton after work and on Saturdays. When this beautiful home was near completion, they both were transferred along with the entire auditors division to the General Offices of the Southern Pacific Railroad in San Francisco. This move was made in the fall of 1931. They were married in San Francisco December 23, 1931, and came home to Ogden to celebrate their honeymoon with family and friends during the Christmas Holidays. They settled in Millbrae, California, and built a lovely home that was always open to visiting friends and relatives. Their grounds and gardens were of such beauty that many passersby would