| Show four games to play on they had so much it He was so excited to give it to them fun with it for years Birthdays were and always remembered withbirthday cake andspecial meal There wasbig wicker rocker in the kitchen by the stove This was the favorite spot for everyone One day big brother Melvin was sitting in the rocker but he went to get something Nida seized the opportunity and sat in the chair When Melvin retumed and saw her there he got mad and tipped her and the chair over and it broke This scared Nida so much that she made her mother laugh but the chair was beyond repair When Nida was about fourteen years old Elmomother told Lizzie that he thought Nida was cute She had never thought of him asboyfriend at him differently but now she looked was good looking and had such good manners brother He He helped her Melvin by talking him into staying in school and graduating He began to come to her house to see her without the rest of the family He walked along the ditch that ran through the fields between their houses or sometimes he rode his bike around on the road Nida didnlike the sound of the coyotes howling at night when he went home alone As they dated they went dancing often There wasdance at Chester every Wednesday night and Moroni and other towns had dances on Saturdays They had so much fun dancing twiceweek almost every week They went to the movies and of course there were the family get-togethers Elmo worked for Arthur at times so he was there for dinner those times these These two families managed through the hard times and two married and melded the two families together forever The Swain family later moved to Payson to stay family name continued on in Sanpete The Reynolds as the couple made home in Chester Sources Personal knowledge of Elmo and Nida Reynolds their |
