John, George Gordon (Sep 27, 1903 – Apr 06, 1992) by Himself

George Gordon John

MY TREASURED MEMORIES.

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The summer of 1925 I worked for a [sic] alfafa [sic] seed grower,
a Mr. Line at Sterling, Idh. Which was located about 30 miles south
& West of Blackfoot, Idaho, near the Snake River, when the harvest
was over, I came to Tremonton, Utah, and lived that winter with my
brother Clifford he had been renting a farm on the Iowa string that
year, They [sic] had a dance one night at the Union School House,
Clifford and I went,after [sic] the dance got started my cousin Elvie
Heaton ask [sic] if I would like to meet some to the local girls, I
said sure he pointed some of them out from across the room, he said
that is the Roundy girl the Peterson girl the Cornwall girl the
Colderwood [sic] girl and the Green girl, when he called her by name, I
never in my life ever had such a feeling go over me, I knew that was
the girl that I was to Marry [sic] even before I had met her. I met the
girls danced with them ask [sic] the Green girl if I could take her
home, she had a date so I was out of luck, Mrs. Allen a neighbor there
heard me ask her, she grabed [sic] me and said try again, she was a
relatine [sic] on the Allen line, I couldent [sic] get over that
feeling, I had been engaged to a School teacher that taught at
Woodruff, while we were home we had a dance band consisting of my
Cousin Ellis Harris Sax. [sic] Clifford Trumpet myself Trombone, and a
miss Olsen my girl friend on the Piano, we had a lot of fun, well to
make a long story short, I & Clifford went to Malad to dance I took
Miss Green or Etha [sic] Clifford took the Calderwood girl stayed all
night at my folks went to church at woodruff [sic] and came back to
Tremonton in time for church, her steady was there after church she
developed a bad headache so I dident [sic] stay long, her steady came
down they talked she never went out with him after that, I never did
ask her but she must had had the same feeling that I had. My cash was
very limited, so I dident [sic] see her to [sic] often, I worked out at
Promontory in the grain harvest, while there she wrote me a letter in
it she wrote the words of a song (Im [sic] lonesome and sorry because
you went away, Lonesome and sorry I miss you more each day, when night
time comes steeling I wonder how you'r [sic] feeling are you lonesome
and sorry the same dear as me she [sic] was full of things like that.

We decided to get married I went to her place setting [sic] in the
living [sic] room I ask [sic] Eths's [sic] father for her, I think he
was as scard [sic] as I was, he said if you two have decided to get
married I guess there isnt [sic] much I can do about it, I too my
Father [sic] and Mother [sic] and we went to Salt Lake the 16 Nov 1926
stayed at Higbees old friends of ours,Etha slept with Jesse their
daughter and my mother I slept with dad and seems someone else, Was
[sic] married the 17 Nov 1926, by Pres. Joseph Fielding Smith, Etha
& I got a room at the Wilson Hotel, she said she was,nt [sic]
sleepy and wanted a book to read, I talked her out of that, we came
home the next day, had a shower at Union where her folks lived, 1 [sic]
Woodruff where my folks lived,and 1 at Layton where Etha's Aunts lived
got many useful gifts. rented [sic] a farm from Vern Rhodes and Norman
was born at the Farm [sic] the followind [sic] Dec, Beryl and Deaun
came about 3 yrs. Apart, we had a wonderful family,and [sic] a good
married life.