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Show ihe Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, January 5, 1962 HORNE Aiceoumerbairscienh pase S A heres oo ae CD pes Be re -~— —_— — ww é HW Ke The Leaftys, left to right: Linda, Carol, Renae, Colleen, Rebecca, David, Leona, Isaac, Virgil, James, Myrtle, Arlene, Ronald, family Mom, also Dad boosted and George. city’s dog, New duck and Nephi rabbit arrivals, totals. New Nephi Family ‘Counts-Off, City’s Count Up — By Norma Sherwood ; Tribune A licensed plasterer, Mr. Leafty, 40, is one of the “key” Correspondent the admiration of the entire neighborhood, when on their first Sunday in Nephi, all 16 Trailer Manufacturing Co., a left home, neatly dressed and new industry established in shining to attend Sunday Nephi. School. “We decided our parents were not going to ‘outdo’ us,” she says. The family secret? Well, sayst Mrs. Leafty, “You buy your groceries DEVOTION TO the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day watch for NEPHI — There are 14 little men employed Leaftys flranging on the from family tree, 10-month-old -|Linda to handsome, 19-yearold George. Mom and Dad add it up to 16 members of one of Nephi’s newest families, by the Rancho “WE HAVE ALWAYS taken our children to church and Saints was the incentive of we've tried to train them to behave in public,” says Mrs. the family to move from Falls “| IT WAS GRANGER’S loss and Nephi’s gain when Mr, City, Nebr., in 1957 to Gran- Leafty. “When they grow up and Mrs. James W. Leafty, ger. James Leafty and his they can never say we didn’t their children, plus a dog, a wife, Iva, became converts to try to show them the “right few rabbits and some pet the LDS Church in 1931 and way” to live. “While living in Nebraska ducks decided to settle in 1941 respectively. Nephi, The family members won we drove more than 100 miles | +to the LDS conferences, ~ “ONE REASON we moved to Utah was so our children could go to primary and Sunday School. “We learned, after one sad experience, to have a countoff when leaving church. One time we left our little fouryear-old daughter and_ she walked a mile home, alone and sobbing, “WE HADN’T missed her ~~ et Yl ee < et until she got home. That happened only once!” To get acquainted with this family is a rewarding experi-| ence, You feel the hospitality | and genuine warmth of fam-|' ily affection upon entering|' their tidy, old “new” home. but well-built} Fi RP THE “COUNT-OFF” reveals eight girls, six boys: Linda, ,|10 months; Carol, 2; Renae, 3; Colleen, 4; David, 5; Isaac, |. ie Leona, -8 Virgil, 10; Myrtle, |’ 12; James, 13; Ronald, 14; Ar-|. lene, 16; Rebecca, 17, and | George, 19. “I was married on my 18th}: birthday,” Mrs. Leafty, 40, recalls, “and I’m still young enough to have some more! children.” in elothing bulk and sales.” “THE MAIN thing is to make up your mind you want “0 accomplish something then HO iT.” —————— Se — |
