Aug 5 2012
Small Plates of Grandma Rosi #14
Wedding Bells – Aug. 20-25, 1967
Hello Everybodee!
I thought this week I would share with you a short history
of the week of Bill’s and Rosi’s wedding.
You recall that I met Bill at our LDS Branch one Sunday
morning when he was becoming active in the church. I knew all of the faces in that meeting
except his. I remember he looked big –
strong, and friendly. He had red hair
except for the bald spot on top and of course no one in the room missed hearing
his huge voice. The one peculiar thing I
recall was that for the most part he sat with his head down. I thought it was because he was pondering, he
later told me that it was because he had been writing Keno all night and was
tired. But, he was at church.
He proposed around a campfire in the Sierra Nevada Mountains Carson City ,
Nevada up Kings Canyon
I had returned home for a month prior to our wedding date,
August 25, 1967. He arrived the week of
our wedding having made the 9 hour trip in about 5 hours. (Yes, he was speeding to Paradise .) That week was eventful. A few things stick out in my mind:
1. We went to a Logan theater to see
Blackbeard’s Ghost. He laughed so hard
that everyone was turning around and looking at us. I did my usual grin and wondered if I really
wanted to marry this loud man.
2. When we completed
our blood work Bill did not pass. He has
had an issue with blood tests since he was born. I am asking him right now the specifics but
he can’t remember. The gest of it is
that for many years every time he had his blood tested it proved positive for a
virus that is related to cankers.
(Yea! He just now
remembered: Herpes Simplex 2. Dad was told that he picked up the virus at
the hospital when he was born. He does
not think it is hereditary.) Remedy at
this time was that they gave him a HUGE shot of penicillin. He had a lump for days.
3. We also made a
trip up into the mountains with Daddy (Lloyd) and I believe some of Dixie ’s family.
This is one of Daddy’s favorite things to do: Load the back of his jeep with seats and fill
them up with family. Add a sack with Vienna sausages and pork
and beans and we are good. (I imagine
that Arlynn made us some sandwiches that day.)
We went through the ranch property (south side) up Hyrum
Canyon
and stopped at the springs that provides water for Paradise . (The bees were flying around enjoying the
open water and making Rosi nervous.) We travelled
through the Quacken Asps on rough old roads to Cooks Cabin. The biggest memory for me was Dad and I
carving our initials in a tree trunk-
Dad recalls that we carved: BM +
RO.
4. Preparations for
the week kept Arlynn very busy. Dad had
paid to have the reception catered so she wasn’t working on food or
decorations. She was instead, working to
hang and display the trousseau that she had prepared for us. (There were about four beautiful quilts. The red and white checkered quilt that hangs
in our kitchen was one of them. The
quilt top had been prepared by my Mom, Alyce.)
The wedding was held at the Paradise
Ward Building Cache Valley
Next week I will detail our wedding day. Hope you don’t mind my sharing these thoughts
with you. Small talk has so little
meaning and I want my communications to you to have substance. If you prefer, just hide these thoughts away
in a file somewhere. I promise you that
some day they will have value for you.
Dad has had health issues this week. We are staying pretty close to home and
watching the Olympics. It has been a
great time to watch TV. So glad that
Ben’s family and Marlies are having a wonderful trip in Alaska .
Tim, we haven’t heard from you in a while. Please call, we miss hearing your voice. Our deepest love and affection to all of you,
our family. You are our greatest
treasure!!!
Mom
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