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IN 1924 AT THE AGE OF 17 MIRLA TOOK HER FIRST PIANO LESSONS. SHE PRACTICED MOSTLY ON HER OWN AFTER THAT YEAR.(H)

THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THEIR MARRIAGE(1934-1938) LLOYD WORKED ON THE RAILROAD AND MIRLA TAUGHT SCHOOL IN FISH HAVEN ID. THEY STAYED WITH MIRLA'S SISTER, ELVA TANNER, IN MONTPELIER ID.(H)

IN 1935 ALBERT BACON(F-9) LOANED LLOYD AND MIRLA $100. THEY BOUGHT THE OLD CREAMERY DOWN BY THE RAILROAD DEPOT. MIRLA'S BROTHER, MYRON, HELPED LLOYD TEAR IT DOWN. MIRLA PULLED THE NAILS FROM THE BOARDS AND STACKED THEM. IN 1944 LLOYD BOUGHT THE LOWER FIELD FROM ALBERT BACON. LLOYD WORKED AT CONDA ID FROM 1943-1945.(H) (SEE F-10) 

IN 1938 MIRLA QUIT TEACHING TO STAY HOME AND RAISE A FAMILY. 

KAY WAS A STRONG HEALTHY BABY BOY WEIGHING 8 POUNDS 3 OUNCES. HE USED TO TAKE A NAP EVERY DAY. MIRLA KEPT THE BED IN FRONT OF THE DOUBLE WINDOW, WITH THE BLINDS DOWN. ONE DAY THE NEIGHBOR STOPPED IN AND TOLD MIRLA THAT KAY SHED HIS CLOTHES AND WALKED BACK AND FORTH IN THE WINDOW BEHIND THE BLINDS, PART OF THE TIME, SHE THOUGHT, HE WAS ASLEEP. (H) (PIC. .SHERYL St KAY DUNN) MIRLA WAS SICK MOST OF THE TIME BEFORE SHERYL WAS BORN. LLOYD DID THE HOUSEWORK, CHORES, COOKING AND TENDED KAY. HE MADE BREAD, CHURNED BUTTER AND EVEN MADE KAY'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. SHERYL WEIGHED 5 POUNDS 6 OUNCES. KAY AND SHERYL WERE BOTH RAISED ON MILK AND KARO SYRUP. SHERYL STARTED TO TALK WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG.(H)

IN 1944 TEACHERS WERE HARD TO FIND AND MIRLA BEGAN TEACHING THE 5TH AND 6TH GRADES IN GEORGETOWN ID. SYLVIA LARSEN(G-4) LIVED JUST AROUND THE CORNER(F-10). SHE TENDED SHERYL AND KAY.(H)

IN 1955 THE TEACHERS ALL OVER THE STATE WERE URGED TO GET THEIR DEGREES. MIRLA ATTENDED TWO SUMMER SCHOOLS IN LOGAN UT, TOOK CORRESPONDENCE COURSES, ATTENDED NIGHT CLASSES IN MONTPELIER ID AND FINALLY GRADUATED FROM UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, LOGAN UT, JUNE 1960. SHE RETIRED IN 1970.(H)

MIRLA WAS STRICT BUT FAIR. IF I HAD ONLY ONE TEACHER, IT WOULD BE MIRLA AND I WOULD OF BEEN RICHLY TAUGHT. I THOUGHT SHE WAS WONDERFUL.(ZZZ) SHE WAS A TOUGH TEACHER. I LEARNED A LOT FROM HER.(Y) 

IN SPRING OF 1974 THE FARM WAS SOLD TO DONALD & MARIE BLACK HENNINGS. DONALD WANTED THE HOUSE TOO SO WE AGREED TO TRADE OUR HOME ON THE FARM FOR THEIR HOME IN MONTPELIER ID. IN THE SUMMER OF 1975 THE HENNINGS MOVED IN AND IN OCTOBER 1975 THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN.(H DDDDDD)