Returning to my home in the sprint of 1934 I found some changes had occurred. The first shock was that I found out that Doxey had married June Leavitt, May 9th, 1934. This was not a surprise, nor was the marriage of Jack Hilton to Elaine Poulter on December 4th, 1934 either. We had all seen these events coming. Available employment had not changed in 1934. Return to any phase of Good times had yet to occur. We, Andy Herby Isakson and I were fortunate to have E.S Isakson again get a school contract. E.J. had a wood mill on 21st and Lincoln Ave. In this mill he had a large wood sanding machine. It was large enough to stand one side of longer 12 feet wide and 20 feet long. It could sand 10 those pieces at one time. EJ. Obtained from the Ogden school board contract to sand all the school desktops that had been damaged over the years by school students with their knives or other sharp objects. It was our task to go to the school, Remove the desktops and by truck take them to the mill. Run them though the sander until they were smooth. The tops were then finished by stain and varnish. They were then returned to the school and placed back on the desks. It was nearly a full summer job.
Sometime during the 1934 summer June Forsha who was dating Melba Poulter obtained for me a date with a young girl, Amar Hickman. The four of us would double ate; doing many things together like going to movies, picnicking, Lagoon, etc. Somewhere along about this time I had taken up tennis. I found that Amar Played tennis. We started to play together and having enjoyment together. I liked her very much but when I made any movement towards lovemaking she would push me off, but she continued to ply up to me and tease me. It wasn’t long until I gave up on Amar.
Sometime during that summer Les Douglas borrowed his brother in law’s car for a date with a young girl. With another couple they went to the resort Lagoon. Coming home Les go speeding and failed to make a turn at high speed. The result was total damage to the car. The miracle about the wreck was that all four occupants escaped with only a few bruises. Les was totally heart broken. He had no money to pay for the car. He was not working so he joined the army. With his army pay he paid off the debt to his brother in law.
Les was to serve two years in the Army. Upon his return to Ogden he was to introduce me to the little girl that has made for me a most happy and enjoyable life. More about that in two years.
It was in 1934 that Harman Perry was first elected Mayor of Ogden. Harm Perry was something new on the political scene. He was not one that believed in the status quo. He wanted to do something new. He started the Ogden Pioneer Days. This was a week long celebration of the Mormon Pioneers entrance into the Utah Valley. Along with events that remembered the pioneers was the beginning of the pioneer rodeo. On the 24th of July a pioneer parade was held. The celebration was eagerly received and since become an event eagerly looked forward to by the Ogden citizens. Harm Perry also was one that was prone to overlooking some of our laws. Open bars and sale of alcohol by the drink was prohibited but Harm had a habit of allowing open bars on 25th St. Many young men of my age felt that Harm was to be criticized for those actions but they were illegal. He was so popular that very little criticism existed for his actions. His popularity continued to exist and he was reelected for some years.
It was in 1934 that I saw a change in my home. My sister Doris was rapidly becoming a young woman. She carried none of the features of her two brothers. She was becoming as beautiful as her mother. Her singing and piano playing was being recognized outside our home. In school and church she was constantly being asked to perform. We at home were beginning to swell with pride as we watched her progress. Even her staid father was beginning to beam with his not too often wide smile.
Another occurrence began to make itself evident. Our next door uncle Percy Decter had after two years been able to get off of the rolls of W.P.A. He was still active in government make work but not classed as one of the unemployed. He was now one of the supervisors of those unemployed. He was now a permanent supervisor in the W.P.A It wasn’t long after he received that position that we all saw his personality return to his conceited self once again. After all it was easer to live with his self conceit that it was to live with his dejection of life.