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Show I Mr. &~. }. Gordon Blake 165 w. 00 N. St. Gr. orge, Utah 84770 ! ~~ da~e Larson Blak~,daughtr-r of Lars Jarn c~ ~ nd Tsadorr Andrus Larson , W'd S borl1 i\f.~y 4,1884 in Bloomin9~on, u tah . Sht- grq~ up in Bloomingi:on and, i1jinCf" tbrrl'" wasno~ a s chool in Bloomington. shr attrndr d eclloo1 in Pri~p City. School 6 church~ and all ward a ~~ ivi~ips and ~pl~bra~ions wrrr hrld in t:hp PricF" Cii(:y Seh col HOUBr. Onp of thr.- famou~ hr-ld th~rp C~r r-ach y~ar on Christmas ~rr. ~i~.. d ch ild r~n would 9ath~r around a big Chr i s ~a s Trrr and awai~ thr arrival of santa Claus . tt would s~r-m lik~ an r-tc-rnity bpfor f" t h r y fina lly h r-C1r d his br.ll s off in i!hp di. s 'tane'f' . '!11p elosE'l:' hI'" cam ~, ~hp loud~ r th0 b r- lls rang. Shp was ac'tivp in thE" L.D.S. Churah a nd wIlilc-- young hr-ld two or ~h~r-r posi t ions in thr- Church # all at th"" sam"" tim p • Aft~r shp gr r-w to womanhood eh~ ~ms Spcrr-tary of thr- Sunday School for man y YF"a rs . Gra n dma Blakr. b a d good hors ~manship, rvpn a~ a young girl . ~1l<' n shr Wd9 in hrr parly tE"pns a flood ccur. r down ~p rivpr, dt1!r-ing thr. day whrn thp. childr~ n wer r a~ross th~ rivr.r in Pric E" Ci~y t o echool . Aunt Elsil'"' carp""ntE"'r r pmr.rilbE" rs that Grandmot.hr--r ~s ridinq cpl rb~8~ ions Earn s pony. Shf" told br- r to 9P~ on tIll" b~ck of tlip pony ~nd hol d t ightly ~s shE'" ~ould. As ~r-y !C'odr otllt. into thp r i vF" r thr- eurrpnt got quitF swift and thr. hor~n bpgan ~o fl oundFr. but sh ~ k ppt a cool hrad and manuvr-rpd thE" hors~ ~hrouqh ~hE" curr r- n t and to thr. o~hrr s i dp . Q on t o h"'r wa i st as tn thos o days D Bloomington got ~heir drink ing wat~~ f~om st . Gporq~ . On SWlday lt ft.", riloon thP gir ls W'Ould t::ak0 a t!e8rn ~nd wag-on aBd t wo or ~r0C barx~13 a nd comp to st. Gpor9~ for the drinking watr r . On p Sunday aftprnoon as thp girls 90t to thp south pdgF o f st. 9rorgp ~ l~rgp cro\~of kid~ ~ongrFga ted and ~am E" a fter t h f' W"a'gon. somE" holdinq to .it . tl!Py wp.rF shout:in9D uBloomin9toni~r-s ~ Bloomingtonitp s : B l ooming~onit:ps . If ~Thf> girl thd~ was driving had a big long whip. The s tory gop s ~a~ Tsa dorp grabbpd thp Whip and wr-nt ~o thl=' b lllek of t he 'l:1d gQn ~nd j ust slashed right and Ipft. ThE' k i ds couldn Il t im~9 in f" wha~ h ad si::rue'k. They lefr; go of t hE' wagon, shu t: thr:>i r mounbs • cmd nc:"VE" !C' bot:l18 ZOFd ~h('m aga in. " G!'~ndmot~b.eY' lS l ~1te "'RiB tl be aUJ~if~'!l yO'i!l'flg w~ . B V=)nd~ ;c Shp WClS wit:h b l liel1: h elix- ~nd bTL'own eye~. As a young .girl ehp p i ekcd ~ot.\tolil. Back;..n ~hOl~e da y @ ~ y Ollmq g irl ~l~o p ~rn ~ d hex livW 9 b y c o:tn g 'h(}U f; e>~"Oi,"k r Oll: ~ f mni l l" ~'Ui~ np.ed~q h~ lp. This b p. a~t i ful yuung l ~dy ~~n~ ~o A~k inv i ll E" ~o wor-k . I t ~ra G 'l:'"llplt'P. t.h~ ~l! s h e llt? 't ~11y 13 111kp m'ld thE" romcme:e be g~n . -Her f~ ~h~ r o ~ fru~i~y~he W8 S ~ar~ipd t o 01 pnfi) r~ ~t of drinking Wc'i t-:PZ' anF' f>ven:ui'19 C1n d AW!~ Elsie ~ wh o wa s abaV1~ 12 vas SE"'~t~ to! GI:ltndma La r scm I! s t o b a rrew tim-ae . T'hP t-;~'t~.lC' \~S kp.p~ \',MapX' t.he I vy ~r1oor . ,,'lhlt'p it w~ s cool d~y &j:'lC! nigh\!: . I~ W<'llS W'ldpr ~E' r.vy arbor ~h~t "rally ~d Is wc:-rp ~Qu rt:ia9 o th~t ~"'i?q~.. A'Ull.n~ Ela i ~ renpmbc--~s t:.h~t ~l~ougb 18 hplpf'Q 11pl:' 9'F I!; ~'" d1.":L~g ~\tf':r , ( 11 |
