TWO DISASATERS ON NOV. 11-DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME AND A GOOD ONE.

Nov. 11th was certainly a day to remember and recall when great Americans pay tribute to those who showed their love for our fellow man. First is the day we considered Armistice day when our enemies of World War One bowed to the Allied for their defeat, and our soldiers went through hell in the trenches of Europe, and on the Nephi Jones part, we considered Vic Jones who was shot at close range and never could get his hip adjusted correctly, but still made sure that folks got their mail correctly. In that war his brother Dell Jones also fought and so did Bill Sperry, who was married to Pearl Jones, a sister of Vic and Dell Jones. Then on the Harris family, their was Ren and Victor Harris, brothers of LaVon Harris Jones.Their may be others, but wanted to get this out before I forgot.  Armistice Day is now called Veterans Day and we haven't even covered Korea and Viet Nam or the War with Mexico as that has been going on since the Alamo, but I did have a chance to interview Mat Howard of that one he was in.

And another day of disaster was Nov. 11,1984, the day we lost our dear mother-LaVon Harris Jones. The Cancer doc had given her 30 days to live after being properly diagnosed and we knew that mom was a tough but loving Mom, and just wanted that extra day to beat out the Doc's educated guess. The Nephi Doc didn't catch it, so we took her to the American Fork Hospital. 

So don't let the "11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th" month thing catch you off guard, so find a paper to send to one of our living Vets and we know one who is on his last leg who has never been welcomed home properly, as their was too much of the "Jane Fonda" uncaring for those who fought and defended freedom, or at least that is what I overheard at the "Rainbow" the other night!

                                                                                 

A younger photo of LaVon Harris after both folks had pasted, standing on lawn north of Nephi Post Office, and she eventually became the mother of three sons in the Military during the Viet Nam Era, one being a front line Medic, having to kill as many as taking care of the Allied Forces. He took the exact position of the one that was killed-Blair Wilkey of Nephi.