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Show IPGJBlab Marcella Walker r approve of the young man or he could add a lot if he thought the boy was worthy. And we came away with souvenirs, too. A brick from the brick yard, specially made with "Nauvoo" written on it; samples of homemade candles, gingerbread men cookies, horseshoe nail rings, etc. Our family always tries to find license plates from all 50 states while traveling. Would you believe we got all but one? What state do you think it was? Rhode Island was the only one we didn't see. We found some individualized license plates including "Blush", "Autumn", "Happy Pa", "Go Cart", and just the other day I saw "Music". I believe there is a story behind every one of those license plates. Incidently, we came home over the Fourth of July weekend and hardly saw an officer of the law anywhere. Of course there is freeway all the way and they are safer than roads where the officers probably were concentrating. concentra-ting. Neither was the traffic too heavy which was surprising. Everyone might like to know that the Pizza Palace has opened next door to The Review office which will do me no good at all but the pizza is delicif1" rri they have salads and sandwiches trv The newlyrenieoc HhP in ad hTV departments 80 BiU Hoglund swimming poo,, cent fewer f yr, undoubted ' ' weather. If t7y il T' warm, we anfe t$ spot. pularciij;'i 0H ,N1 Bis Long time no see! With Strawberry Days and vacation the Blab has not been seen for a while. I hope somebody missed it. We have just returned from Missouri and Illinois where we attended a family reunion and visited Nauvoo and Carthage. Last winter when we went to the Holiday Bowl I reported seeing many of our fellow Pleasant Grove residents in Tiajuana, Mexico. Now I am happy to report we saw many local residents, or former residents, in Nauvoo. In the old print shop we talked with Barney Hilton who, with his wife, is on an LDS mission there. Next door, in the old John Taylor home, was Horace and Verna Walker, also serving a mission there. Everyone told us to be sure and see Elder Kevin Peay at the Visitors Center and we did. He looked great and asked a lot of questions about home. Shortly after visiting with Kevin, in walked President Leon Walker so we really had an "old home day." Speaking of Kevin, we saw him v perform "Sweet Violets" with another elder at the Cultural Hall one night. It was a riot so we suggest that someone ask him to do it when he comes home in late October or November. Those who have not been to Nauvoo since the restoration was begun should certainly try to go sometime. Tours of the old homes and businesses was a highlight of my life. The guides told little tidbits about the homes and the people that lived in them as well as showing everyone around. One thing that was interesting was the "sparking lamp". We should have them now-a-days. When a young lady was having a swain over for an evening, the father of the girl would put oil in the lamp and light the wick. It is a very small lamp. When the oil was gone and the light went out the boy must go home. A conniving father could just put a small amount of oil in if he did not |