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Show idmus Club members give histories mus Club members met at the j home of Lucille Jense for ) May meeting. President ieve Fotheringham conducted (eeting and welcomed mem-jtwo mem-jtwo guests, Ardus Renberg j California, and Sherrie rn, daughter-in-law of jieve and one new club .er was welcomed, Jeanne f;on. i Peterson of the education ittee introduced the program, e Smith and Rena Friant. ine said she was born, raised , ucated in Pleasant Grove and kl a Pleasant Grove boy. Her like her grandfather, was a rmer and in the early days of ant Grove grew many patches iwberries. Some of the first berries brought to Pleasant by Maxine's grandfather 1 called Marshallberries. She i;he still has some of these allberries in her garden. children of farmers they !d how to work. She always M along with her father. She hbered picking strawberries cents a case, 12 cups to a lometimes they made 50 cents They loved to play in the foot nd pick the sego lillies and eat .they would swim in the canal in the summer and in winter skate on the ice. As a family they always had a good time. Maxine dated her husband, Thorn, through high school. They married and bought their first home in Pleasant Grove, they have five children and 13 grandchildren. They are avid gardners and their home is surrounded with beautiful flowers and lawn. She has been active in the church, including, Primary, Ward and Stake Relief Society. At the present time she is a Provo Temple worker. She showed many interesting in-teresting pictures of her family. Rena Frient told a very interesting in-teresting story about her grandparents grand-parents who were born in Denmark. Rena was the eighth of 11 children b orn in Pleasant Grove. Her father and mother were very active church workers, including temple work. She told about the many fun times they had as a family. They would cook over a bon fire in the hollow and had many fun sleigh rides together. Rena says she was a favorite of her grandfather Lynn and he always had old fashioned chocolates for her. She was educated in Pleasant Grove schools. She met her husband, H. Keetch on a very unexpected car ride. They were married in Sept., 1933 in the Salt Lake Temple. They lived in Pleasant Grove and were the parents of three children. She worked for the school lunch program where she made $1.25 per week. She was a manager for 20 years. Her husband died in 1963 and to help support her children she went to work for the Bank of Pleasant Grove and Story Pharmacy. In 1970 she married Wayne Friant. One of the outstanding experiences ex-periences of her life was when Pres. Boyd Packer of the New England Mission in Mass. called her to come to the mission home to care for their children. She met many wonderful and interesting people. She said Pres. Packer called on her many , times to play the piano, the hymn she was ask most to play was "Israel, Israel God is Calling." She is presently working at the Provo Temple where she plays the organ. Many pictures of her family were shown. Refreshments were served to the 23 members and two guests by hostesses, Lucille, Joyce Sumner and Edna Holdaway. |
