38 Years

Perhaps its appropriate that we have a hurricane threat as we celebrate our 38th anniversary. I remember being awakened by an earthquake in LA on our wedding day. We marked the occasion by going out to Pericos (a popular Mexican restaurant in town) for dinner and taking a break from the diet, then coming home and falling asleep watching a movie. Well, Suzanne fell asleep anyway. We have seen our share of bumps along the way but all in all its been a good journey. In 2 years we will be celebrating 40. Any ideas on what to do to celebrate? If it's anything like this year, a trip to the coast is probably out.

Hurricane!

It's ironic that our relatives in Indiana and New York will probably see much more effect from Ike than we will. We are on the dry side and so far have seen a little breeze and nothing else. It's forecast path takes it up through Indiana and NY. There is not much accurate information about the damage in the Houston and Galveston area yet as the hurricane is still passing and still a category 2 hours after making landfall.

Wedding picture

My mother's wedding picture (8 Sept 1943)

Social Event

I am assuming this is some sort of party or social gathering. The list of names is cut off at the top unfortunately so the first 2 on the left are unidentified. The rest from left to right are:
Lawrence Kleinman
Rhea Higbee
William Bringhurst (brother of Veda)
Lavine (?) Sylvester
Walter Bringhurst (nephew of Veda)
Veda Bringhurst

Team Picture

One of the basket ball teams coached by my Grandfather Wilkinson.

Grandpa Wilkinson is standing at the rear. The players are:
Front row - unidentified, Wood Urie, Vernon Lunt
Back row - Tom Thornley, Darwin Nelson, unidentified, Dan Webster

For those of you who know Ned Lunt, Vernon Lunt was an uncle of his, if I remember correctly what he told me. I don't know which school this was. Grandpa was a school teacher before he decided that it didn't pay enough and went into other things. I think he coached some at the BAC in Cedar City also. The school was established in 1897 as a branch of the state teacher training school, then became the following

1897-1913	Branch Normal School
1913-1953	Branch Agricultural College
1953-1969	College of Southern Utah
1969-1990	Southern Utah State College
1991-present	Southern Utah University

Grandpa Wilkinson and I believe Grandma Lawrence both graduated from there before becoming teachers. An interesting side note for our immediate family, our bishop in the Madison 1st Ward in Wisconsin, Steven D. Bennion, was president there from 1997-2006

Joseph Thomas Wilkinson Family

This is the Joseph Thomas Wilkinson family

Unfortunately, not all the people are identified. The only label is
Standing Elisabeth Emily Wells Wilkinson
Seated in center: Joseph Thomas Wilkinson

The picture has a stamp on the back with the following
Jim Booth,
Photographer
St. George,
Southern Utah
North America

Labor Day Weekend

Holidays are always times to get things done that were put off during the press of daily life. I finally got the ice maker fixed in our refrigerator, just in time for fall and winter. Oh well, hopefully it will still be working for next summer. Now for Monday I have to work on finishing touches for the bathroom, cleaning up the construction mess, and miscellaneous errands.

At my last follow-up for cataract surgery, we talked about scheduling the other eye. For some reason the insurance will now pay for the other eye. Friday the 8th is available, but i don't want to take time off from school so soon after the start of the year, so I will probably schedule it during Thanksgiving break. He is doing surgery that Monday and Tuesday is available for the 24 hr follow-up visit.