More history (the last)

What is the worst thing that you remember a teacher doing to a student?  Slapping a girl’s fingers with a wooden ruler.  The student was Downs Syndrome girl.

How did  you get to and from school?  Rode a school bus for one  hour each night and morning.  Caught the bus at 7:30 a.m. each morning.  Got home at 5 p.m.

Do you have a good piece of advice for me?  Love your kids.  Know “as a mother that I always loved you and that you were the most important thing in my life”  - my family!!!  I was always happy when you were happy.

Relate a story about a mouse in the house.  I can remember killing many a mouse in grain barrels out in the granary shed.  Dad had wheat in barrels and also oats for easy access to put in buckets to feed the horses and chickens.  Mice would fall inside an almost empty barrel and couldn’t get out.

What is the farthest you ever ran or walked?  When in Jr High we rode a bus 26 miles each morning and 26 miles each evening.  The bus drive lived 8 miles away and had to back track to pick up the students.  One morning the bus didn’t show up and so we started walking down the road picking up kids at each house.  We thought we’d meet the bus coming up the canyon to get us.  We walked all eight miles to the bus driver’s home as the bus wouldn’t start.  Needless to say we missed school.

Did you ever pick apples?  Green ones in my Grandpa Lasson’s back yard. He lived in Fairview.  He didn’t like us to pick them green.  We had to be quite sneaky.

If you had a watch, tell about it.  One Christmas, while in high school, Santa gave me a watch and guess what?  It kept good time.

Tell about your first date with my father.  I wasn’t impressed with him at all.  I was dating two other fellows at the time.  He wasn’t my priority.  Finally, he kept making dates until all my evenings were taken and the other two withdrew.

When and where were you married?  In the Salt Lake Temple. I got a speeding ticket en route to SLC.

What did you wear?  White wedding gown.

Tell about any other circumstance of your wedding day.  We had a reception for another couple the day of our wedding.  We had our reception the following day.

Tell about where you lived when first married.  421 Blvd Logan, Utah.  We lived in two rooms of an old German lady’s home.  We paid $16 a month and then took care of the outside and her laundry.

What was your job at the time.  I was a secretary for Agronomy Dept. Dr. Wynne Thorne was dictating a book, and I was taking it down by shorthand.  Then he would reword the words, and I’d retype several times.

What qualities in my dad did you try unsuccessfully to change?  His stubbornness.  His lack of interest in people.  His love of things and books.  His love for schooling.

Tell about the most serious problem or challenge you faced during your early years of marriage.  Money.  Rex was in school the first seven years of our marriage.

How did you choose my name? Chose Craig as a Dr. Cragun was my pediatrician.  Grandma Lasson named Cherri as she liked the name.  Steven Paul was named after Grandpa Hurst.

Share a favorite Thanksgiving memory.  Having all the brother and sisters’ families at Grandma Lasson’s home.  Kids slept everywhere.

Tell about the Thanksgiving traditions of your youth. What foods were on your Thanksgiving table?  Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, creamy turkey gravy, dressing, fruit salad, hot homemade rolls, cranberry sauce, candied sweet potatoes, and homemade pies.

What is your favorite TV show?  Quiz shows.
What is your favorite color? pink.

Did you ever have a bad experience with a haircut or a permanent?  Several. I had my scalp burned several times when I was given a permanent.

Do you have any knowledge of how your first name was chosen?  Mom looked for something ODD!

Did you  hang a Christmas stocking?  Yes.  We didn’t have a fireplace, so we each hung our stocking on the back of the couch or chair.

Did your family go to a special church service at Christmas?  Just a special Christmas program the Sunday before Christmas.

Share any other Christmas memory.  Dad had a terrific sweet tooth, so at Christmas time he purchased pounds of boxed chocolates, pound of gum drops, pounds of fruit crèmes, and pounds of shelled mixed nuts.  They kept them clocked up until Christmas Eve - when we ate all we wanted. What a luxury!

Do you remember celebrating any special wedding anniversaries of your parents or grandparents?
Mother and Dad never had a wedding reception nor had Dad every given Mom a diamond. So on their fiftieth wedding anniversary, they had a huge wedding celebration and had an open house with wedding cake, flowers, and diamond as well.

Did you ever make New Year’s resolutions?  A few times, but they never lasted more than a few weeks.