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loved him so much that we didn’t want him disappointed, so it seldom
            happened. On Saturday afternoon, if Dad had not gone shopping with
            Mother, he would work on projects in the house or the yard. He was a
            good teacher.
                   On Saturday afternoon Mother and Dad would return from shop-
            ping with a load of groceries. These usually included oranges and ba-
            nanas that we immediately sampled. After the Saturday evening baths,
            we kids went to the “Ward Show” at 7 p.m. A “Ward Show” was held
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            in the recreation hall of the 22  Ward chapel, which was located on the
            corner of our block at Third West and Fourth North. The Ward had pur-
            chased a movie projector and screen. Art Spencer, one of the Bishop’s
            counselors, would select the movie for each week. Some of the older
            teenagers acted as projectionists. The movie projector was placed on
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            started to burn. I looked back, saw what was happening and was the
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            the movie resumed. In those days movies were silent. I recall seeing
            some of the early movie “shorts” such as “Cohen and Kelly in Africa”
            that showed lions ready to attack people. It frightened me and I stared
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            dumb. It’s all a big fake.”
                   The “Ward Show” cost 10¢ to attend. The movies were about
            third run but they were usually new to us as we didn’t go “up-town”
            and spend 25¢ to see a movie! The “Ward Shows” provided morally
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            the Ward’s maintenance expenses, like electricity, heating, cleaning and
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                   On Sunday we attended priesthood at 9 a.m. and Sunday School
            from 10:30 until noon. After Sunday School, if Grandfather Holmes
            was in town, he would usually walk home with Dad and they would sit
            in our parlor and talk for a half-hour or more. I was curious about their
            talks. I would sometimes sit in the parlor in a corner ostensibly reading
            the sports page of the Sunday paper but actually was listening to them
            talk. They discussed local and national events, politics, etc. Dad some-
            times referred to “the great game of politics.” In my youthful ignorance,


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