Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday December 241 989 -- Paoe 15 Families that play together often fall apart I loved the TV ads for nostalgic children's that asked the question “Whit board do you think people did before TV7” A lot of these games are languishing in cellophane the tree at this moment beckoning Mom Dad two and a half children and one cute dog to a langhter frenzy God forbid the commercials showed a real fondly playing these games They’re not the Andy Bunch sitting around die kitchen table Erma i Bombeck w family apart was s game called Sink the Sub I never understood some of the emotions that surfaced during this exercise that today would be called “quality time” Basically we are s family of pacifists We are never cruel or unfeeling We never put cat in s dress for a parade never wanted to bomb California over die Medfly never argued with neighbors who cut across our lawn Every yesr we could hardly wait until Miss America announced her goal was “world peace” Then we all applauded wildly All of that changed when we sat down to play Sink the Sub The premise was rather simple — Now up your opponents' subma i Rhea and John Olsen off their brother and leave home 1 hate to say this but our family never bonded over board games We were alwsys too competitive We equated losing the game with losing the will to live We did them all — Clue Candy land Monopoly Uncle Wiggly and enough electronic sports boards to create a battery shortage But die one that really split the Vaughn and Geneva Larsen Olsens' 50th Larsens' 50th The children of John C and Rhea Olsen will honor diem for their 50di wedding annivenaiy at an open house from 4 to 7 pm Friday at die College Ward LDS Ward 2394 W 2200 South Young Ward Friends and relatives are invited They were married Dec 19 1939 in the Logan LDS Temple Mr Olsen was bom in College Ward a son of Loveaus and Mary Olsen He has formed worked on construction for Cache Concrete and worked as a e brand inspector Helias been active in die LDS Church serving as a counselor in die bishopric Sunday School superintendent High Priest group leader and home readier secretary Mrs Olsen was bom in Wellsville a dsughter of John L and Hazel Kerr She has worked in die Primary as teacher counselor and president as MIA counselor and Sunday School secretary They both enjoy genealogy work They are the parents of four children They and their spouses are: Richard and Linda Olsen Pat ' and Donald Bountiful Nyman College Ward Mary Jo The children of Vaughn and Geneva Larsen announce the 50th weddiqg anniversary of their parents They will celebrate the occasion with a fondly dinner part-tim- Gardner Calif Barstow Kathleen and Ned Yazzie Nampa Idaho They have nine grandchildren grandchildren ’ ACROSS 4 ShriMsh 8 Study 4 Army National Guard Private Kris S Kalin ion of Stephen R Kalin of Logan and Kathleen A Bray of Overland Park Kan has completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Mo The private is a 1985 graduate of Garden City High School in Kanaaa C 1989 Erma Bombeck Universal Pma Syndkate u Second Lt Michael L Watts arm of Stanley J and Dee Aim J ' ch Watts of Richmond has graduated from the officer rotary wing aviator course and received die silver wings of an Army aviator at die US Army Aviation School Fort Rucker Ala Pvt Roy L Johnson son of Campbell has completed haric Lee G and Gwen P Johnson of training at Fort Leonard Wood Logan has completed basic Mo training at Fort Leonard Wood Mo Campbell is a son of George L He is a 1986 gradute of Logan Campbell of Hynun and Mary High SchooL Belzer of Burlington Hastings Neb He is a 1989 graduate of Army Reserve Pvt David C Mountain Crest High School ng 1 M 501 ' i' : Amhnt to Prnrioun Puixto' anaalanaalnaa Staver Betidas Ireland Dry Tax agey Aibaitoi Haughty 20 Actress 2 53 Clay pigeon hooting 57 At center o I 1 12 13 14 15 16 18 i is tiie fonner Geneva Beuhler She grew up in Malad Idaho and is a graduate of Malad High SchooL She is a registered nurse and graduate of the William Budge Memorial School of Nursing She saved in that profession most of her life Mr Larsen is a life-loresident of Fairview Idaho and attended local schools As a young man he served an LDS misson in Norway They were married Dec 20 1939 in the Logan LDS Temple They have lived in Fairview all their married life engaged in dairy farming They have been active in church and civic affairs They erred an LDS mission in and Atlanta Ga in 1985-8-6 have served as officteton in die Logan LDS Temple for the past 10 years Mr and Mrs Larsen are die parents of four children one daughter and three sons They are Manann Johnston and fondly Munich Germany Elliott and family Fairview Idaho Bradley and family Kelso WaiL and Alexander and family Orem They have 17 grandchildren W' rines before they blew yours up Forget Pit Boone apple pie Kate Smith and “Love thy neighbor” Just keep your fingers on the trigger and fire By the end of die evening no one in the family was speaking to each other “You didn’t think I’d pop com for someone who humiliated me before I even got away from the dock did you?” screen It’s small wonder that when a came into our home and a man called Milton Berie walked on the sides of his shoes every Tuesday night we went for the alternative to' war Today Win Lose or Draw andTtMal Pursuit have lost to Mousacue My Amber the Car reruns Math Rap Congress sleeping on cable — anything it takes to keep this family together Jo- - 61 Morbyo 62 Riveter's cry 63 CNnoso pagoda 64 Between Colo and I Mo 65 Sim Merry Christmas From All Of Us! 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