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Show Page Six The Springville Herald November 22, 1976 National family Week Ik t i hepy wily 0s. nk o ?v r Wk & The John Davies family as they appeared four years ago before the last child was born. Happy family members are from left front, Patricia, Marcle, Lila Davies bakes eight loaves of bread three times a week, does mounds of laundry, cans hundreds of quarts of fruit and " vegetables each summer, makes delicious homemade candy, and still finds time to dabble in oil painting at adult education classes. And not only that, Lila holds four jobs in church auxiliary organizations, sometimes at The Davies family is talented in enjoy playing the piano. Mrs. Daviet holds four positions in LDS Church auxiliaries. Here she Is trying her luck at the game her Cub Scouts played at their last den 1 I ( tending two meetings a day, and chauffers several of her brood to Park Ro She where they work out daily every summer on the Springville Seals Swim Team. And there's more. She sees to it that her entire family attends Sunday School every week and she has a warm breakfast on the table by 7 o'clock, at the latest, every single morning. Lila Davies is no ordinary sports and some of the girls also meeting. And the Cubs all seem to be getting a big kick out of It. LaDawn, Jayne, Bert; second row left, Ellen, Mr. Davies, Mrs. Davies, Robert and Laurel; third row left are Joan, Lila, Kathy, Sandra; fourth row from left are woman. She is the unmistakedly happy mother of 16 children ... all of whom she bore herself. And if you find yourself wondering how in the world you are ever going to manage with your three or four, just stop and consider what one day in the life of a mother of 16 would be like. Although three of the Davies girls are married and one works out of town, that still leaves 12 at home to care for and feed. And often Mrs. Davies has one or more of her seven grandchildren for the day, as well. Mornings begin early in the Davies household as two of the older boy s leave for work by 4 : 30 a.m. and Mrs. Davies is right there to pack their lunches for them. The entire family generally is out of bed by 6 o'clock, the table is set and they all sit down together for a warm breakfast Those who go to school catch the bus and the others "help mother" as little ones do. Mr. Davies, who has worked at Geneva Steel for 29 years, may . or may not be around to help out during the daytime. Sometimes he works the afternoon shift, but enjoys the day shift more as it leaves him free in the evening to be with the family. Mr. Davies was in a bishopric for six years, worked in Scouting for many years and is now high priest group leader. In fact, the entire family is active in the LDS Church and, of course, hobbies abound in the Davies home in Mapleton. The kids all look forward to family home evening every Monday night and to the freezer t " Larry, John and Anne. shown below of homemade ice cream which they often make. And they can polish off a pan of Mrs. Davies' cinnamon rolls in a matter of minutes. A lover of animals, Mr. Davies raises and breaks his own purebred Arabian horses and loves to ride. The entire family enjoys camping and hiking trips into the Uintah mountains, the children are very good in sports and nine of the youngsters swam on the Seals Swim Team at one time. Mrs. Davies is now president of the Seals group. It all may sound pretty easy. But with any family, and AtoMWur. ...... Mi i.'Mc- f A. K "WWW i-.b.ii-.i,! i.i ; ,i-'- t a, ,.TV' ' ... , lSTx , . - S X Bert Davies, to, loves this big tree In the Davies back yard. What a fun place to play on a warm summer day. Two of his sisters are further up the trunk and equally enjoying sejves. James, now 17 months old, is especially a large one, problems are plentiful too. One year the family supported ? a daughter on a mission for the LDS Church, had two in college, ; I two weddings and eight children ; in public schools. In addition, Mr. Davies spent two months confined to a hospital with rheumatic fever. Married for 28 years, Mr. Davies was born in Huntsville and grew up in Hillspring, Alberta, Canada. Mrs. Davies is a local girl. They have always wanted a large family and think their children are "great" they say. Of course, much hard work and responsibility comes with the task of rearing their family, but , the joy they receive more than compensates for the problems, they feel. In this era of high prices, one might wonder how it would be possible to keep food on the table for a family this size. "Oh, I never keep track of grocery bills," laughed Mrs. Davies. It really doesn't cost that much to feed a family when . you have a cow, cook with lots of milk, and make your own bread. The John Davies family deserves a big salute during' National Family Week and every other week throughout the , year! FAMILY SPECIAL (Continued from page one) Bixby, Gary Burghoff, Ruth Buzzi, Bill Daily, Elinor Donahue, the Lennon Sisters, the .Osmond Brothers, Donny and Marie Osmond, Jimmy Osmond Kiur vim?'- Jr. W Jhf'kk At least one child will invariably 'peek' during morning by 7 a.m. The entire family gets up the blessing on the food. The John Davies early to prepare for a busy day. family sits down to a warm breakfast every ' 1- mli f hi- Family home evening is another time when the trailer house because it makes them feel so entire Davies family can be together. They close to each other. Mr. Davies leads the enjoy an evening around the fireplace or discussion with baby James Mason sometimes even assemble in the family's I II H At one time nine of the Davies children swam on the Springville Seals Swim Team, of which Mrs. Davies is now president They garnered and Yvonne Wilder, Brad Savage, Melissa Sue Anderson and Ronny Graham. It is produced, written and directed by some of the top men in the entertainment business. Executive producer Jerry McPhie feels that the show will change the image and attitude people have about Mormons-"the. Mormons-"the. image , of a somewhat narrow somber people who do not seem to be aware of outside thinking and outside problems." Robert Scheerer, the Emmy Award winning director says, "The show delivers a strong message to an audience in terms of 'mainstream' television. Often people are turned off by preaching and-or proselytizing on television. This show says it all, yet approaches people through laughter, music and imagination, asking them to use their intelligence and allowing them the dignity of finding the strong meaning of this entertaining en-tertaining show for themselves." them-selves." In connection with this television showing, the LDS Church has published a booklet entitled, "It's Next Week." This title was suggested by the question and response: "Remember last week when you said next week you would spend more time with your children? It's next week." Declaring that it isn't too late to replace good intentions with a good plan of action, the Mormons Mor-mons urge that families everywhere adopt its internationally in-ternationally acclaimed Family Home Evening program. "It's Next Week" tells families how to have a weekly home evening and provides two sample lessons. The 12 page booklet, available free without any other obligation, also has special helps to facilitate family communications. The booklet is free by writing to: Family Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 this whole pile of competition last Seventeen-year-old Robert Davies watches as his mother takes a pan of cinnamon rolls and a loaf of bread out of the oven. Mrs. Davies bakes eight loaves of bread about three times a week and a panof warm cinnamon rolls which disappear in minutes. v; " r. v 3 ) -if' LaDawn and Jimmy take their turn on one of the many ponies owned by the Davies family. John, 21, and Larry, 18, help the younger children. v . ribbons and these trophies In summer. AY 1 i J ; -i ":'""L-"-":"'"VL T " V |