Lila Lucile Graham Oral History Interview [2]

Oral history interview with Lila Lucile Graham by Kenneth Tarr. Topics include: Biographical information such as date and place of birth, parents, grandparents, and having eleven siblings; Growing up and attending elementary school in Deseret, UT; Attending junior high in Hinkley, UT; Playing the character Snow White in her 8th grade operetta; Enjoying singing, softball, and volleyball; Her father's freight hauling business and farming grain, alfalfa and sugar beets; Raising cattle, chickens, and pigs; Gardening; All family members participating in farm chores; Riding in a horse and buggy to get to church; Her Grandmother's icehouse and enjoying making ice cream in the summer; Her mother being a good cook; Not having electricity in either her Deseret or Hinkley houses; Owning a hand-crank phonograph and listening to records; Celebrating birthdays and holidays; Singing together as a family at the piano; The home economics of keeping a large family clothed; Having childhood illnesses such as chicken pox, whooping cough, and measles and being cared for by her mother; Enjoying ice-skating; Attending Hinkley High school; Her favorite subject being English; Enjoying writing stories; Learning to play the violin; Earning money by doing housework and tending children for new mothers; Her participation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Meeting her future husband at a party after a musical performance; Getting married at seventeen years and not finishing high school; Places she and her husband lived after they were married; The births of her six children; Losing one child as an newborn; Settling in Fairview; Effects of the Great Depression and her husband's work with the WPA; Various jobs she had over the years; Caring for her children; Enjoying sewing and crocheting; Working at the Manti Temple with her husband; Earning admission to silent movies as a child by bringing a matchbox of dead flies; Her husband's carpentry work taking him various places; His work the the South Pacific; Lila always remaining in Fairview with the children and the family often being separated; A daughter with polio and a son with rheumatic fever; Enjoying playing cards games with friends as a adult; Her children's education; Both her sons staring in a school musical; Her mother's philosophy that "Anything worth doing is worth doing well"; Changes in Fairview over the years; Her children attending elementary school in the building that is now the Fairview Museum; Her husband's involvement in establishing the Fairview Museum; Her support and spending lots of hours to help with the museum; Children's spouses; Her grandchildren; Daily life; Living alone after the death of her husband; Volunteering at the Museum; Quilting and enjoying reading and baking.

The oral history interview with Lila Lucille Graham, conducted by Kenneth Tarr, covers a wide range of topics related to her early life, family, community involvement, personal experiences and reveals a life marked by hard work, family dedication, and community involvement. Her experiences growing up in a large family on a farm, her active participation in church and community, and her enduring love for her family paint a picture of resilience, faith, and service throughout her life.