Show IN 1930 DURING that terrible drouth when Pres Roosevelt put his alphabetical program into effect I was lucky Having been at t the Agricultural College I was selected to work on the cattle killing program I was an ap ap- ap- ap There were 1000 1080 cattle slaughtered in Uintah County Then I 1 was chosen on or the wheat allotment program where part of the wheat crop was plowed up I was draftsman on the project The crops were so poor that the government check was the only cash we ever saw We struggled along until 1940 My sister and two brothers were in California so so I took my family and got a job in the Aircraft Factory and worked there until 1951 when I came back home and resumed farming My children are all married My wife passed away on January 1 1975 Im I'm living alone on the same farm I was born on I am 84 years old next groundhog groundhog groundhog ground ground- hog day I dont don't know how much longer Ill I'll have to go I AM A charter member of the and I enjoyed the meetings and association with members from every part of the county until I had both eyes operated upon for cataracts and my hearing is so badly impaired Impaired im Im- Im paired that I cant can't follow a conversation and I dont don't enjoy being in a crowd anymore I have just resigned myself to taking care of myself Five children were born to us Leland and Mrs Larson Lucille Caldwell Vernal Don E. E Carroll and Margaret Ricks both of Sacramento and Fred Anaheim C California I have 27 grandchildren scattered from Japan to New Zealand two grandsons serving missions fot Church and three egre great z t M f f f y f yOn fOn grandchildren oo On Christmas and every birthday I give each one of these a dollar If I live too much longer it just might break me twinkled Mr Carroll |