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Alice recalls some of the news stories of the 1950's. Sir Thomas Playford the Premier of South Australia; the death of King George VI, the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the aboriginal tenor Harold Blair (pictured) are among those she mentions.
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Bill has his first crush on a girl at the local swimming club at age 16. However, his love of sailing took precedence over the next few years and then at 22 he went to serve in World War II. Bill felt very lost when he returned from the war at...
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Joyce talks about her early teenage years, her first romance with a boy named Ray and the social normas of the 1950's.
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Judith shares with us a very poignant story of her first love - a young boy named Geoff who she shared her life with from a very early age until she was 7 years old. His family moved away, but he came back into her life as a close friend when...
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Ruth tells us an interesting story of her mother's advice on the best place to meet a nice christian boy. She then goes on to give us a somewhat amusing account of her first date and her first love.
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Margaret's argument when she first met Ted, eventually led to love, not at 1st sight, but at 5th sight. They were engaged at Xmas 1944 and then married on 31st January 1945, when Ted was on embarkation leave prior to leaving to serve in the Navy in Australia.
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Margaret shares the story of her first kiss which made her angry. It was her 2nd kiss that led to her first love which resulted in marriage and 60 years of happiness.
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How far in the past does an event have to have occurred before it can be called “history?” I have no idea. But as for a man’s personal life and times it seems reasonable to say that the day he becomes an octogenarian he can be forgiven if he looks back...
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When we were sitting at the edge of the Provo Temple fountain, I told Diane that I was not marrying her for who she was, but who she would become! You see, the blessing is not in the being, but in the becoming. In a few days, we will have been...
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Diane and I had been dating for just a month when we became engaged. This occurred at the front of the Provo LDS Temple where we were sitting around the fountain. As she opened the wrapping, she noticed a toy stuffed cow and inscribed upon its body were the words "To...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Computer Learner Becomes a History Scholar This chronicle makes use of the “On the road….again!” letterhead above, not because it is a remembered tale about some brief sojourn of the Footloose Forester to an obscure destination in...
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By Diane & Neldon Jensen Garth & Harriet Hill came to Salem in 1974 after looking for a home from Salt Lake City to Payson. They could not find what they wanted until, through the grapevine, a relative of Garth's told them of some property in Salem he would sell them. ...
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For our 25 year wedding anniversary, I surprised Byron with a trip to Asheville, NC for a two night stay at the Biltmore House. Our anniversary is December 31st. When we arrived, we were treated like royality. We decided we wanted something to eat but not a full meal so we...
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Dick Whaley born April 1,1929. This is a picture of Dick when he became EXO of , He spent 30 years in the US Navy, He retired in He enlisted as a boot seaman, became a Chief and then was commissioned as an officer, and without getting a college...
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On my 16th birthday my beloved grandmother gave me a ring. It was a simple, and in todays standards, very inexpensive ring but to me it was worth EVERYTHING. It was round with dainty scallops around the edges and my initials engraved in the center. I slipped it on my finger...
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Alice talks again about her time at the Kate Cocks Babies Home and her abiding respect for Kate Cocks herself - a pioneer, friend and saviour to many unmarried and single mothers in the 1940's and 1950's in Adelaide. Alice reads from an article she wrote back in 1998. In the...
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Joyce tells us how she went to dances and balls as a young teenager in the early 1950's, and socialised with sailors who were on shore leave. She corresponded with Peter from Surrey for 5 years after meeting him at a dance. She also went on holidays to Perth where she...
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JUDGMENT: “The ability to judge, make a decision or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively,and wisely,especially in matters affecting action; goodsense; discretion:” Or so say the guys who write dictionaries. Okay I can memorize that and tell you in seconds what judgment “is.” Given a few minutes I could probably write an...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Scuba Diving In The Bubbles Of Jacques Cousteau Despite the horrific loss of life in the earthquake of 12 January 2010, Haiti remains a fascinating place to visit. Our memories of Haiti predate the...
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