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We started writing these history blogs about ten years ago, while I lived in the big bad city to our north.  As a kid, I lived in Nephi, Utah where our house on the corner of the corner of 7th north and Main was built in 1885 with several family members lived there and still a Jones lives there. As a young kid, I  loved getting on the Continental Trailways bus with my mother-LaVon Harris Jones, and take old Highway 91 to Salt Lake to visit her brother-Ren Harris, who lived at the Regis Hotel, which at the time, I would say was like a "Bates" Hotel. But Uncle Ren and others like him who were World War One Veterans and injured or homeless had no other place to live.When he had a stroke, he returned to Nephi and lived at the Colonial Manor. In those days the VA was not overly kind to our boys we sent "Over There". Going to the big city was fun and delightful for me and it was good for my mother who had five young kids to care for; excellent but gentle  loving interest to teach us all how to iron; clean house; great cook; informed us how to collect "kindly" to start the kitchen stove fire and the one in the front room. Our mother showed how four boys could squeeze together for our weekly Saturday night bath; shine our shoes after, so we could walk to church the next day, but always made sure we had our school work completed. Our folks taught us that it was essential to graduate from Juab High School, and we all took it so serious, that we would help each other, even though one brother still thought he did it all by himself! Our mother was a stay at home housewife (which term she loved) until we were all in school, then she went to work for Utah Poultry, then a secretary typist was important, and when I was being paid for my work, I had to a select one who could type faster than me and with accuracy. During my 42 years working in Law Enforcement and the Criminal Justice System, I was also a Constituent Affairs Officer 'four different Utah Governor's, and I did so, although 3 of the four thought I was being "too honest" in the letters. Those three stopped their "political double talk" my career was in law enforcement and the Criminal Justice System. When one Governor a letter he was to sign, I mentioned "Our Constitution", which made he and for Clyde C. Child, then Ralph Menlo e, all of who were Supt' for Juab Schools. LaVon believed it was the most important work there was. She was a little like Ellen Anderson Garrett, who was a scribe and typed LDS Patriarchal Blessings'. I believed that made him nervous! Perhaps that is why I did only did one term ats a Nephi City Council Member I could see  too much corruption or the potential with conflict of interests. During my escapades' around the world, I have seen much and acknowledge how God has protected me from the hatred of mankind; shotgun blast to the head and slow to open my parachute until I passed up Alta airport. Along the way I loved being a Scoutmaster and helping kids there and in youth sports, but ran into a big tree that fell on my head, giving me a subdural hematoma. The young scout tried tried to stop but the tree hit me with residual effects to this day. Sorry, it took so long to write this, but my old brain doesn't think too much and these computers are not made for me, Photo is of family members way back when