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Show 23 for in-i928.32 At Pima, Eyring had other experiences which influenced his character and development. He recalls vividly a Wednesday night when he was going to scout troop meeting. The scoutmaster did not show up for some reason and one of the boys suggested they might go see a movie at the theater. The theater had a loose tin roof and when part of it was lifted up, one could look down at the movie. The boys in the group dared Eyring to go with them and he bowed to peer pressure. After scaling a narrow plank to the roof of the theater, the boys set out to watch the movie. But the noise on the tin roof alerted the theater owner, David Neech, and he got the town marshall, Grover Malloy, who was also Eyring's priesthood teacher. The boys were escorted off the roof and taken to see Judge Delbert Holiday, but Judge Holiday was occupied and set Thursday night as the time for trial. incident. Eyring went home to tell his father about the Edward Eyring remarked to his son that "Eyrings didn't do that sort of thing." He did offer to help his son this once, but if he ever got into that kind of trouble again he'd be on his own. day was one of the most miserable of Eyring's life. The next He was worried that he soon might have a police record and he had already disappointed his family greatly. Thursday night came and Judge Holiday, who also happened to be Eyring's Sunday School teacher, had the boys brought into his study. He first remarked about the seriousness of the crime and then began looking in his law books for the law regarding such cases. The silent moments as Judge Holiday looked in his books seemed like hours to Eyring. Finally he said he would release the boys this one time, but he never wanted to see them in court again or they would be punished. .Henry |
