(August 1, 1973) You might say there has been a ‘lot of water run under the bridge’ since that day of May in 1931 when suddenly we were graduated from high school and thrust into a world of who knows what.

During, my high school years I was employed at the Rich Theater at Montpelier as an usher. After graduation I thought I would become a telephone operator, but this did not materialize due to an offer to work in the local office of the Utah Power & Light Co. This was my first venture into the business world, and little did I know then, it was the most profitable opportunity of my life. I continued with the UP&L Co. until January of 1936, a year after my husband and I were married.

After leaving the UP&L Co. I became a bookkeeper for the J. H. Barrett Co. for about six months. Shortly after leaving the Barrett Co. our daughter was born, to be followed by three sons during the next six years. During this time my business world turned to wife and mother.

Being with the Union Pacific Railroad, Weldon was away from home a great deal of the time, so in January of 1949 we moved to Salt Lake City. We felt sure our major problems were solved only to learn Weldon was cut off again and had to go to Pocatello to work. I then went to work for the Grand Central Market as a meat wrapper. This work was not favorable to me so I soon went back into the business world and started to work in the office of the Granite furniture Co. This position terminated in May 1951 when another son was born to us.

During the next five years my family and church work took ail my time.

I still had the desire to return to the working field and became one of the first employees of the Sperry Univac Co, then Sperry Utah Engineering Laboratory. My position there was the complete personnel records. This was a most rewarding position that I enjoyed to the utmost, in spite of the ever changing policies, come and go of fellow workers and the ups and downs that seem to go with every job. My career started with Sperry Univac on Nov. 20, 1956 and after sixteen and a half years it was suddenly all over due to my husband’s illness. Realizing Sperry Univac would somehow go on without me, and it has, I retired with Weldon on May 11, 1973.

During the last seventeen years we have been blessed with eleven grandchildren. Seven girls and four boys, our first namesake grandson being born on July 1, 1973.

In my retirement now I look back with pleasure and firmly believe hard work and hard thinking is the best medicine ever given to mankind — and I am thankful I have been fortunate in my life to have been given my share of both.