Show awarded to five cousins edu five lads who proudly say were cousins robert sal B I 1 wardell johnny R smith duane paulson lealand smith I 1 from uintah and leo jorgensen of alteria received graduation diplomas at the commencement exercises of their respective high schools in may the five cousins are grandsons of john T and his wife the former ester hardy who were married in 1880 and were among the early settlers in ashley valley As grandma and grandpa proudly watch I 1 ed their five grandsons go for ward to receive high school f graduation diplomas they re minis ced back to the days when their A own large family were married off and had moved away to begin fa families milles of their own but mr and mrs were not alone very long soon the younger generation was well underway and their special d delight was to visit with grande grand ana ma and grandpa As mr saw the boys crossing the stage for diplomas he thought hack back to the time when the five little fellows followed him around at chore duty time getting under his feet he remembered how they would romp on his Is lap ip while he be was trying to read the p paper a per j s for grandma Rasmus wn it never was unusual to have a house full of children literally A tearing the house apart with their playing tactics the old cookie jar ajar always was an ob lob continued oa vaga 4 1 IT 4 4 I 1 n 5 41 7 r thase five c four irom from venlah high andare andon aso from m auar were rr adiong ashong ur the graduates of my may commencement extrait brei of i the th two schools hoote ic loft to richt thy in seated duane johnny H R jack smith standing robert IL wardell leo L jorgensen Jorg nn and lland leland smith fir five are john wt and ester sarr settlers valloy diplomas awarded to five cousins continued from page 1 eject of interest to the five little lads and grandma 11 always opened the jar if she was teased i long enough their youthful ac continued through high school where the five lads combined walked off with 23 high school letter awards these letters were won on the gridiron track the baseball b diamond the basketball floor and the cheerleader field four of the lads lugged the pigskin while the fifth was beading leading the rooting section during the years that the four cousins were in gridiron warfare the alteria uintah clash had special significance to them it was then that the uintah ra 3 cousins could pounce e on the alteria Al terra cousin legally but after all is said and done with high school days in the past these five lads proudly admit were cousins and were grandsons of johnny and ester |