Dennis Ferguson was a neighbor boy who was a permanent fixture around the Stutz farm. He was hard working and loved to be out in the fields or orchard. He had a sad life but for many years could be seen riding his bicycle around town miles from home. Grandpa recenly told me that Dennis stopped by to visit within the last few months and seemed to be happy.Thanks, John!
Going to the sand dunes was a very conmmon event. While Grandpa was studying atriplex, we would often pack everybody up and go to the sand dunes for the afternoon. In the picture of Big John, that is Aunt Janet in the blue jacket. The toddler in the last picture must be Shawna. I would guess this was about 1970.Thanks, Ellen!
Back in the "olden days", in the 1960s, Primary for the LDS children was held on weekdays rather than on Sunday as they do now. The children were assigned to classes according to age and the older children were further divided into girls classes and boys classes. The classes were each given a name. "Sunbeams" (for the 3-year-olds) is the only name to survive to today. There were also names like Bluebirds Top-pilots and Guide Patrol and so on. The names for the older girls (10, 11, and 12 year olds) were Gay-notes, Firelights, and Merry Hands. (Thank goodness they don't use those names any more.) This picture is of the Firelights (meaning the 11-year old primary girls) and I think that is me (Ellen) in the middle on the horse. I am not sure about the others, but just guessing, I think Diane Baum is seated behind me, Peggy Haws in front of me, Mary Tucker, Marsha Boyce and Yvonne Stacey standing in the front. I have no idea who the teacher is. And, yes we are riding Tony.Thanks, Ellen!
Check out http://www.danielzohary.com/. It mentions both Zohary and Stebbins. Mount Congress is on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.Thanks, Andrew! A quick Google search for Stutz and Zohary returns 500+ hits, so Grandpa and Zohary must have quite the history.
I asked Grandma about Zohary and Stebbins. We know, of course, that Stebbins was an outstanding internationally known geneticist and Grandpa's mentor while he was earning his Ph.D. at Berkley, California. But I didn't know who Zohary was. Grandma said that Zohary was a Jewish student who studied with Grandpa. His wife was also jewish and had a name that nobody could pronounce, so Grandpa nicknamed her "Deborah" and it caught on for everybody else. Zohary eventually went back to Jerusalem after he graduated and did undercover work (spy) for the Jewish government. Grandma said, "maybe I shouldn't say that because he might get in trouble." I reminded her that this all happened over 50 years ago. He's probably not even alive any more.Thanks, Ellen! As Andrew pointed out, there is a web site for Daniel Zohary: www.danielzohary.com. I do not know whether he is still alive -- the site does not say that he passed away, but perhaps it has not been updated -- but he was named the Distinguished Economic Botanist for 2003 by the Society for Economic Botany.
I loved sleeping out on the back lawn. When I found out there was going to be an overnight snowstorm, I set up my sleeping bag and dressed in warm thermals and flannel nightgown. The snow came during the night, but look at what a beautiful sunny morning it is. Grandpa must have thought it was pretty funny to see his daughter sleeping in the snow because he had fun with the camera.Thanks, Ellen! I think it's pretty funny, too.
Since this is mostly Howard and Rowen's families, I would guess that #7 is Sondra rather than Angie since she is about Susan's age and I think #5 is Susan.Thanks, John! I am going to put both names on number 7 for now with Sondra's first, and perhaps someone else will chime in.
I asked Angie about this picture. She was born in March 1964. If this picture was taken AND developed in July 1964 then it definitely isn't her, as she would too little. She also said that is probably isn't her because Lloyd isn't in it, and they were almost always together in pictures from back then.Thanks, James! I am changing it to just Sondra ... for now.
Margaret is the same woman as the lower left one in Mystery Picture 091118. This is Ted Weston and Margaret Olsen. I found them at http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=473196&qryID=7b852533-7849-4619-9605-359f5096a433 which is from Chief Mountain Country, a history of the Cardston area. It looks like my guess about Margaret being a sister of Aunt Gladys may have been right.Thanks, Andrew! I have updated "Westen" to "Weston" based on the information in the link you provided. I wonder if there is other information -- including Mystery Picture 091118 -- that GAP should update based on this web site?
Background is our old VW bus that took our family on many adventures. I believe grampa shipped it back from Germany after one of his trips.Thanks, John! I have tons of pictures of the van, as you will see shortly.
geeze John, you're quick! (notice I didn't say good, just quick) =DThanks, Susan!
I will add one thing; Bro. Haw's first name is Dell and he was a custodian at the ward house. hehe
...and, Tim Wright was called Timmy!
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