Lee S. Manwill, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Luke Kelly, July 11, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 267

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Lee Manwill Jul 11 20 1 o he came to Salt Lake City to find work. And he got a job working :D r a kill Romney. Gaskill Romney was the father of George Romney wh wa g ern r f Michigan that ran for president. Dad worked alongside this man, who b came gov rnor of Michigan, and ran for president of the United States, and he didn't 1nake it. I don't know if you remember all of the situation, or not? LUK: Yes. LEE: And he was the father of Mitt Romney, who was in charge of the Olympics, who lives in Massachusetts. His father was governor of Michigan, and in his earlier years was a carpenter, and dad worked alongside of him building his houses. Well, the new houses being built then were just south of 9th South and just east of State Street. If you can imagine those being new houses. Of course, that was almost eighty years ago, about seventy-seven years ago. He worked there for awhile. And I remember when he got paid. He didn't get a check. They didn't use paychecks in those days. He got paid in cash. But if he had fifty dollars coming it would be two twenty dollar gold pieces and a ten dollar gold piece. They were paid in gold coin in those days. LUK: Wow! LEE: Of course, a twenty dollar gold piece in those days was only worth twenty dollars. If you had one now it's worth between $450 and $500 dollars. LUK: Did the family move down with him to Salt Lake? LEE: Well, we went back to Rupert, mother and I did. We stayed in Rupert and went to 6