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The next section of this blog is 1940-1945 (sorta). This was a critical period in my family's life. I was born in 1940. My sister, Lynne, was born in 1943. My father was teaching school in Weippe and Grangeville, ID. He taught music. While living in Grangeville -- very much a farming community -- my father was conscripted (drafted) into the U.S. Army to serve in World War II. He was 33 years old at the time -- an old age for a conscript -- but all of the farm boys were considered to be exempt from the draft because they were essential to the war effort as farmers. So, my mother, sister and I moved into Aunt Rita's home in Pocatello while Dad went off to war. So, on to the photos.

340

"Saints of Esbjing during Christmas holidays. A Christmas fest. 1929."

Sorry. This one is out of order.

339

"The L.D.S. Sunday School of the Moscow branch. I was on the kodak and didn't get in . Fall 1932."

338

"When a man climbs a ladder he sometimes falls. As yet I havn't [sic] but who knows when. Spring 1932. Dorothy took the picture."

337

"Timbering above Sherman's. Eugene and I got wood out in mid winter when the snow was so deep we had to dig trenches at times to get the horses through. We are on our way up now. Eugene is driving Chub and Jack. It is the winter of 1931-32."

336

"Xena Weatherby and myself. We are both freshmen at the U. of I. He has just stepped out of his home before we walk down town. Oct. 1933."

335

My cousins, Elva and Dean Lauritzen. No date. BL

334

"The L.D.S. cup. If we win it this year its ours to keep. Snow is on one side and I'm on the other. 1933-34."

333

"All above six feet. I took the picture and am in it, too, but my hair is a little wild."

Dad is the third from the left. BL

332

"I met Nat in Pocatello for the first time after my return from the mission field in the fall of 1932. Orva and Nat looked me up at my hotel and here we are at her Uncle Bill's, better known to me as 657 West Whitman."

331

"Taken just before I left for my mission in Denmark. June 1929. Nat Campbell beside me."

330

"Nat and I are sunnying [sic] ourselves in front of his sister's home in Salt Lake. Fall of 1932."

329

"Salt Lake. At Monson's. Nat, Roberta Wertz, Lettie and myself. We were just spending an odd moment or two taking pictures. Fall of 1932."

328

On the back of this photo is written, in my Grandfather's hand, "Apr. 9, 1936. Oiled highway 25 rods west of our house. Does it look oiled?"

327

"At work in Joe Ruby's in Jackson, WY. Worked here six days a week for two months. We layed seven hours a night. the "kitty" was always hungry. "

They made most of their money from donations from the crowd into the "kitty". BL

326

"On our way to Moscow to school. Delos and Carrie are taking us. Here we are just a few hours out of Missoula. Queen had to have a little run. Sept. 1936."

Dad, Carrie, Mom, and Uncle Delos. In case you didn't figure it out, Queen was their dog. BL

325

"Ross Park, Pocatello. Virginia Evans was showing me about the fair city. Spring of 1932. I took a flying trip to the city before school was out in
Victor."

324

"Ready -- Play. The Drum Major. I had a tough time getting used to the job but finally came out on top. May 1934."

323

"Lounging in the lounge room at the L.D.S. Institute. L to R: Howard Bodily, Rodney (Speed) Hansen, Don Snedaker, myself, and Don Marby. Nov. 1934."

322

"Thanksgiving day 1934. L to R: Myself, Yale Holland, Howard Bodily, Rodney (Speed) Hansen, Eldred Lee, Rodney Pearson, and Don Snedaker. L.D.S. Moscow, Idaho."

321

"Science hall, University of Idaho, Moscow. I'm there to beautify the picture. Thanksgiving day, Nov. 1934. Don Snedaker snapped it."

320

"The W.S.C. -- U. of I. football game. Homecoming. I caught them right at the take off . We lost. Nov. 11, 1937."

319

No caption. Just a good picture of my father about 1934-5. BL

318

"Breakfast -- Camp 27, July 1934. Did we eat or did we eat? We always had plenty but sometimes the mornings were cold."

317

"Those "Love Birds" that are always quarreling -- says Nat."

No names provided with this one, but the man on the far right is my father, Kenneth Lauritzen. BL

316

"Stewart, "Tub" Banks, Earl Mortensen, Kenneth Kirkpatrick, myself, the Swede, and Bob Kirkpatrick. Camp 27, July 1934."

315

"One grand and glorious day up Trail Creek canyon. Present are: Verna Hatch, Veese Hatch, Carlos Lauritzen, Lorin Kearsley, Phyllis Hatch, Ken Lauritzen, Althea Rousch and Amy Kearsley. We had our lunch with us and did it taste good."

314

"Pals and sweethearts through 1928. Taken at my home. Winter 1929."

I recognize Nat Campbell and my father, but don't know the young woman. BL

313

"I took all the school [Victor] teachers with me out to the Stevens ranch after a load of hay. Top to bottom, Wanda Daines, Elva Henry, Zina Kunz, Dorothy Grow, Karl Stuart and myself. I had a big crew but it took me a long time to get loaded. Winter 1931-32."

312

No caption with this one but it is one of the several dramatic productions in which my father was involved at the U. of Idaho.

311

"Part of Marble Mountain and directly above the little lake. Aug. 4, 1934. Bob K. and I were the only two hikers yet we managed to take this picture."

310

No caption. This is my aunt Rita and my mother -- probably somewhere in Mullan. No date.

309

"Father on the upper field near town. About 1938."

308

"Frank Mosier, Pete Johann, Ed Haecker, and myself. At Camp Martin having a friendly game of horseshoe. July 1942. Clearwater forest."

307

"Elva and True. when I was down to Eugene's I put Elva in a muddy ditch. She only weighed about 200 lbs. Taken at Delos'. Spring of 1927."

306

No caption, but these are four of Delos' children taken on the front porch of Delos' home in Victor (It was just a couple of hundred yards east of my Grandparents home.)

Clockwise, starting at the top: Dean, Enid, Boyd, and Elva.

305

"All most a family reunion Summer of 1941. Dean, Rowena, Brent, Carlos, Father, Eugene, Elva, Boyd, Fay, Enid, Jeannie, Terry, Jack and Philip. At Delos' home."

304

"Just a neighborly group. We were all in Holland's and Madsen's room having a bull fest when in came Ellingson to take the picture. Frosh year in school."

303

"Carlos, Mother and Father. Sept. 27, 1936. Mother prepared a big dinner for me the next day -- which was my birthday."

302

"Howard Chapman's dance band at Hayes-Forney hall. Spring 1938."

U. of Idaho

301

"Eugene and his famly visiting the folks in the summer of 1941. Eugene, True, Donna, Jeannie, Myrna Fay, Terry, Philip and Jack."

This is taken on the front porch of Delos' home in Victor.

300

"Cast for the "Prairie Rose" Four acts. Merrill and me and Thelma and Amy took the leading parts. Winter 1929."

299

"A family group. L to R. Ken, Florence, Father, Mother and Carlos. Sunday Sept. 27, 1936. It was grand to live there."

This shot is taken in front of my grandfather's home in Victor.

298

No caption with this one. I believe this is taken on "Lead" Creek in Mullan. No date.

297

"Ford Smith, myself, Brooks Fairbanks and Dwight Loosli. Brooks had just moved over to the Institute from the U. Club. We have nice big "blue" eyes. Jan 1935."

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No caption or date, but this is my grandmother, Marie Lovett Bayha Dalton. Better known as "Muz".

295

"The sweetest little woman I ever knew -- my wife. Christmas 1935. At home, Victor."

(That would have been only six days after their marriage.)

294

"Just a day or two before school let out for vacation. L to R top; Orme Jergensen, Luke Purcell, Ford Smith. Bottom; Brooks Fairbanks, Myself, Winn Madsen. All of us were downstairs fellows. 6/2/1935."

293

"Jut before leaving for work. Heime, Ken & Ted. We played in Jackson at Joe Ruby's. We are in front of home. Sep. 1935."

292

"Edith Horton and I went for a nice long walk out in the country one Sunday afternoon. 5/19/1935. U. of I."

291

"Shortly after we were married. We were home for the Christmas holidays. We drove down in the Dodge. Christmas 1935."