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In October 1936, Doris who was 11 years old at the time, was upstairs playing in their Lakecreek home when it was struck by a lightning bolt followed by a ball of fire that came down the light cord handing in the room. The thunder was so loud she jumped in bed and covered up her head. When her initial fright subsided she went down stairs to get her coloring book, and could hear the crackle of fire and saw a cloud of smoke rolling over the fields. Allen and Wrex who were hauling hay in a nearby field saw the smoke and rushed the team and wagon so fast toward the house one of the wheels came off, but they just kept coming. The Heber fire truck soon arrived but there was no fire hydrant to fill the truck's water tank so the house burned to the ground, however the crew was able to save things on the main floor.
This old Chevrolet truck was perhaps made some time during the 1940s. My Dad used it for whatever he needed to haul - - livestock, hay, grain or whatever.
It is parked by the Boxelder Trees about 25 yards North East of our old home in Joseph.
We had this one after coming to Orem. This is another car I didn't get a photo of so I found a similar one on the Internet. This looks better than the one I had. This one was a "lemon" - - an oil burner. It burned so much oil it fouled the spark plugs so I'd take them out periodically and clean the carbon and crap off them.
1967 Ford LTD. I didn't get a photo of it so I went Online (Internet) and found a similar one. Generally speaking, I've liked General Motors cars better than Fords. We had this one for a while after we moved to Orem. Note: I did like the Ford Ranch Wagon quite well that we had in Nephi.
I wish I had a close up picture of the Oldsmobile - - two tone black & white. As I recall I bought it when we were living in Kearns. It was the car Starr was born in. Doris' physician was Dr. Boston whose office was on the 2nd floor of an office building on Nephi's Main Street. He had given her a shot to induce labor. We started town the stairs when Doris said she didn't know if she could make it to the car. We finally did. I stepped on the gas for a mad dash to the Juab Hospital, but we didn't make it. Just as we arrived Doris said something like, "She's here!" They rushed out and wheeled mother and baby inside. P. S. I believe that's Doris barely visible standing by the bush.
1968 Rambler - In our driveway in Orem. Looks like Sara sitting on the trunk holding Mimi. Rodger wrecked this one. He side swiped a fire plug on South Main St. in Provo. It mashed in the drivers side door. I didn't try to get it repaired.
