CHAPTER 1why make these recordings? visiting an older couple in the ward, they never had time to do a journal. motivates CGA to make these tapes

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CHAPTER 27th grade friend Curt Dowdle moved to Salt Lake City. CGA enjoyed visiting the city. memories of trip to bear lake with dowdles

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CHAPTER 3memories of newton, mowing lawn for aunt Caroline and others. old homes, old people

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CHAPTER 4CGA tells stories of playing basketball as a kid with Tom and Milton

CHAPTER 1mission call, frightened surprised and unhappy, scared of learning a language. stories of the LTM in Provo, UT for 3 months. Elder Jacobsen

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CHAPTER 2leaving LTM. seeing parents and Kathy. nature of relationship with Kathy. Last time I saw my mother

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CHAPTER 3travel to Monterrey. first impressions, mission home with President Green. wanted to go to a city far away from mission home

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CHAPTER 4Ciudad Mante. enjoyed food. door to door tracting, bus ride to Mante and taxi cab to apartment

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CHAPTER 5elder Martinez, transfer to Tampico. Poor audio quality

CHAPTER 1mission memories. Tampico. malts at Dairy Queen. 6-8 missionaries in Tampico. played football on the beach. building a new chapel in Tampico. worked for 3-4 months with Martinez. Elder Flake, favorite companion. Elder Martinez' girlfriend.

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CHAPTER 2Moctezuma family

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CHAPTER 3Christmas at mission home in Monterrey, made senior companion in Tampico with Elder Hoops. Disliked very much. wanted to play guitar. I worked hard, relationship remained rough. 2-3 months with Hoops

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CHAPTER 4Gomez Palacio with Elder Jarvis. Appendicitis, Appendix removed in Torreon. Elder Thurgood. Great missionary, motivated me at 1 year out. lived with Martinez family, meals, moved to new apartment

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CHAPTER 5met gonzales family

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CHAPTER 6Matamoros. Close to USA, other elders in that same zone. Companions with Elder Hatch

CHAPTER 1Trip to Azores, navigator speak, looking for deals in Azores. Stop at Pease AFB in New Hampshire, then home

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CHAPTER 2memory of church talent show, "My dad." Garrett learning to talk, "soup." proud dad moment, love my Kids and my wife

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CHAPTER 3ORI preparations, Utah Air Guard history

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CHAPTER 4Memories from my mission. opening mission call, frightened to go to Mexico. Ciudad Mante with Elder Redd, and Elder Martinez. hot and humid, hard to sleep

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CHAPTER 5transfer to Tampico with Martinez. had to learn the language. Annoyances with companion Martinez, Dairy Queen in Tampico

CHAPTER 1Automobiles. Volkswagens on my mission. Purchased Corsair on return for mission, then '68 Volkswagen

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CHAPTER 2Trip to Mexico in Volkswagen after Kathy's graduation. Nogales, Mazatlan, Guaymas, Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Morelia, Mexico City, Acapulco, Tampico, Ciudad Mante, Monterey, Gomez Palacio. Gonzales family. Kathy enjoyed the trip...

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CHAPTER 3240Z

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CHAPTER 4Ward talent show, Kaci played "My Dad", Kaci is very talented. Michael gave a talk

CHAPTER 1Flew this morning. Automobiles in my life. 1950 ford sedan, 1956 ford 4 door. as a kid, I knew everything about cars... 1958 4 door ford sedan

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CHAPTER 2car accident in 1963. lawsuit and court case

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CHAPTER 3turned 1950 ford into a convertible. memories of dragging main in Logan. The cache junction cafe, skipping Sunday school to get a piece of pie

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CHAPTER 41958 impala, Brought back from Michigan with Sarah sue. sold to go on a mission. went on dates with Kathy in that car

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CHAPTER 5Kathy and other girls I dated. Was going steady with June Bingham, my mom sent me to Detroit for the summer. Romneys. cut off relationship with June, started dating Kathy. Left on my mission, agreement was she would not get married while gone.

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CHAPTER 6things fell into place, married in spring 1968. On my mission, original plan was to attend BYU, but decided to stick around Newton to help dad.

CHAPTER 1primary talent show. Kaci played "My Dad". So proud

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CHAPTER 2Sunday re-cap. home teaching, street in front of house is torn up. ORI upcoming at work

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CHAPTER 3Michael's soccer, Christmas vacation in Mexico? upcoming trip to Bermuda and Azores, alert, halloween coming up. Girls are excited, Michael is indifferent

CHAPTER 1Halloween night in Newton as a boy. Food at the Newton School, saving rotten eggs and tomatoes to throw at cars on halloween night

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CHAPTER 2Halloween night, story about ripping new pants and explaining to mother

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CHAPTER 3halloween night - lighting logs and straw on fire in the middle of the street, throwing eggs and tomatoes at cars in town

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CHAPTER 4present day. 5 days off, set up Michael's train, toured Jordan river temple, south seas cafe, Condorman

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CHAPTER 5Kaci - piano, talk in church, becoming a popular girl

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CHAPTER 6Michael - school, soccer

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CHAPTER 7Ashley - Dance Lessons

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CHAPTER 8Garrett - goofball kid, learning a few words

CHAPTER 1Inspection at work begins. CGA describes his job

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CHAPTER 2a visit from Sarah, Craig, Curtis & Justin, conference weekend approaching, thoughts on general conference and president Kimball

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CHAPTER 3Pauline and kay to visit for conference

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CHAPTER 4CGA summarizes current events, the economy, welfare programs, military spending, MX missile, B-52, USSR

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CHAPTER 5current church events. priesthood given to all males, updates to the Book of Mormon

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CHAPTER 6memories of church in Newton. throwing snowballs, halloween memories. Audio quality is not good...

CHAPTER 1preparing for inspection. running 3x week, weight from 187lb to 165lb

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CHAPTER 2dating Kathy, serious in winter of 1965 (1963?) back and forth to cove, falling asleep occasionally, Fred hollering out the door, dances in high school, my mother liked Kathy, NC'Aires

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CHAPTER 3Basketball. tried football sophomore year, didn't understand the game. defensive end, end sweep effective against me. liked offense, could catch the ball, but passes were rare. basketball sophomore year we had a good team, made state tournament

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CHAPTER 4enjoyed basketball as a kid, played in jr. high. Idaho trips during high school

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CHAPTER 5Tennis in spring, tried out for track and threw up. wait for basketball. Coach Jay Whitman, small school strict training rules, no dating during week, short haircuts, no cursing. Sophomore year beat Logan, coach kissed me, love & respect for coach

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CHAPTER 6pep band, sophomore initiation, load/unload straw, run in front of car, drag main during the summer, teen years lots of fun, kind people in Newton

CHAPTER 1Cold Spring Farm memories, uncle merlin, sage hens, truck and tractor driving, jumping on beds with Sue, lukewarm tubs, fixing the shower, pulling a rock out with tractor

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CHAPTER 2memories of trips to Michigan. purchased 1958 chevy impala and drove back to Utah with Sue. sue with shoes off gets pulled over by a patrolman

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CHAPTER 3canning with Kathy, memories of mother, canning & cooking. mother went to work at cache valley dairy to put food on table and make sure they had what they needed

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CHAPTER 4newton memories, going to school, old rock house, milking cows

CHAPTER 1weekend summary, layne reunion, cove, picked apples, elderberries, canning and food storage

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CHAPTER 2Love Kathy. kids doing well in school, credit to Kathy

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CHAPTER 3Memories of the Cold Spring Farm. old ford pickup, go up there every Monday morning. stop at grocery store, hates cereal and sego milk, breakfast @ cafe is a highlight

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CHAPTER 1going in to fly, going to reflect about Kaci's birth

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CHAPTER 2fertility medication, what year was kaci born? air force at Mather AFB, kathy flew home while craig went to survival school. found out about kaci's birth over the radio from a helicopter. anxious to go home

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CHAPTER 3sad at the time couldn't be there, return to cove, beautiful little girl, feelings that come from being a dad, life is worthwhile

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CHAPTER 4short time in cove together, found apartment in Derby, KS. In November deployed to Kadena in okinawa for 3 months. time passed slowly. lonely & long christmas

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CHAPTER 5Christmas eve 1972, combat lightning mission, could see SAM firings, listened to the terror and scared voices of B-52 crews

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CHAPTER 6summary of normal missions, early morning flights. spent spare time shopping for trinkets, lots of gifts for Kaci when he returned

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CHAPTER 7home in kansas, alert tours, kaci learns to crawl. May 1973 to torrejon Spain. flew kathy and kaci out to spend the month together. museums in madrid, valencia, kaci learned to walk in madrid airport

CHAPTER 1Alabama reflections, sign on home when returned, kids visitng friends, kathy wallpapered house, fish fry

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CHAPTER 2summer trips to cove, family reunions, Fred & aliene, Charley & Kaye, Sid, Dad & lucetta

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CHAPTER 3Work details, flying tomorrow, scenery from the air, SIOP, and Alert, enjoys work

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CHAPTER 4purpose in making recordings, phone call with ashley about her day at school, my little ash, pre-school in alabama

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CHAPTER 5School in Alabama, different cultures and races, Dannely Elementary school

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Intent of these recordings, return from Alabama, trip to DC, DC temple

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CHAPTER 2Goings on at work, reflects on Ashley, Kaci, Mike birthday parties this past summer

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CHAPTER 3Thoughts about Kaci - piano, doing well in school, kind, smart and helpful

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CHAPTER 4Thoughts about Michael - soccer, school, on his own, lacks patience, likes to win

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CHAPTER 5thoughts about Ashley - "ham" of the family, Amy Bagley, Alyssa Bawden

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CHAPTER 6Canyon View Elementary, schools and future. Thoughts about moving?

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