July 7, 2010

What kinds of rides and games were there? How much did they cost?

I was lucky to remember the names of the big ferris wheel let alone how much it cost. There might have also been merry-go-rounds but again I don't remember the cost. They were probably a dime to a quarter each.

July 6, 2010

Did you ever go to carnivals or amusement parks? Where?

The only amusement type events that we went to was the Duchesne County Fair. It would have the Ferris wheel and other rides but I only remember one time going on it. The main attractions were the rodeo, livestock judging and the displays. We would often have 4-H exhibits in there and we would go to see what ribbons we might have earned with them. Sometimes we might get some cotton candy or ice cream but it was pretty much for the exhibits that we would go. There were a couple times that we went to help roast a pig in the ground for the big dinner that we would have one night as a fund raiser for various things as well. That was aways pretty fun.

July 5, 2010

Do you have a special July 4th that you remember the most?

No I don't. They were pretty much all the same as far as I can remember. We love our country and always were very aware of the 4th but being on a farm also were very aware of what kept our family fed and what work had to be done regardless of the day.

July 04, 2010

Tell about Independence Day Traditions of your childhood.

There were the traditional parades out here in the valley but in Duchesne there wasn't any celebrations. They were all saved for the 24th of July when we were awaken at 6:00 AM with a canon that was fired off several times across the valley. For our family however it was a great birthday celebration every year for mom. She was born on July 4, 1916 and we always had her birthday to celebrate. Then it was also a day for work since we always had the farm and usually there was hay to cut, rake , bale or haul on hat day and if it happened to not be ready to do the hay there was always a lawn to mow, garden to weed or irrigation to do.

July 3, 2010

What kind of fireworks did people have when you were a youth?

Illegal ones. It was a problem then and still is a problem today. A friend of mine in Hanna Utah was blinded in one eye by an M80 that shattered glass and hit him in the face. There were plenty of other accidents during those years as well but that was the worst one that happened to someone whom I knew. For the law abiding people there were sparklers,, worms and flower fireworks that were the most popular.

July 2, 2010

Describe and inside game you made up.

Same answer as to the last question. Must not have been very imaginative. Again we played inside games but not a lot of them since mother would not allow face cards in the house and so I never learned to play any of those. We mainly played "Monopoly" and "Seek" (an LDS game with the scriptures.)

July 1, 2010

Describe an outside game you made up.

I don't believe I ever made up and games. I played a lot of them from "No bears are out tonight" to "Kick the can" but can't ever remember making up one.

June 30, 2010

Tell about seeing something you thought was beautiful.

I was always taken by the beauties of this world whether it be a sunrise or sunset or flowers or new born animals. When I was given a camera at an early age I started photographing everything that I could, a past time that has stuck with me ever since I got that little Brownie Instamatic camera to the Canon 7D that I now own. There was one other beautiful creature that I also thought was especially beautiful form the first time I saw it, your mother Marie. She hasn't been quite so easy to photograph even though I did get a lot of pictures of her in high school.

June 29, 2010

Did you ever have or make a swing?

Yes. Dad made a swing out of an old tire and it hung in one of the trees for many years. It was in one of the apple trees if I remember correctly. We spent a lot of time in that swing.

June 28, 2010

Tell about the first car you ever owned.

I did not own a car until Grandpa Behrmann gave us one after Marie and I were married. We called it the BLUE BOMB. It lasted for several years and then Grandpa and Grandma Poulson gave us a Chevrolet that lasted several more years. The first vehicle that I ever bought was Ford Van, blue in color that lasted even a lot more years and went over 220,000 miles much if it for Scouting and Youth trips.