Some of the things we did when I was in grade school in Springville, Utah are uneventful, others were fun. I really liked being in the third grade. Made lots of friends and was a happy child. We played hopscotch, jump the rope, and dodge ball.
I had a very good teacher, Mrs Whitney, I learned to love math in her class along with American History, penmanship, and english.
It was a hard winter that year and my mom made me a good warm coat with a hat, mittens, a muff, and leggings. I looked a bit overdressed when I went to school but I sure was warm.
Primary was on Wednesday afternoon so I stayed and went to Primary before walking the 3 miles home. Mrs Harrison was my teacher there and she really seemed to like me. ( She loved all the kids tho and we knew it.)
I was a happy child at this time of life, i had good friends, I liked school, and church and for the most part I got along well with my brothers. We were very poor but I never felt like we were. The little house we lived in  was a basement home. Because of it being damp during the winter I was sick with a sore throat much of the time. I remember one time I had to leave school because I was so sick. My parents were both at work and I didn't know what to do so I started walking home. I don't know how I made it, I was so fevered I kept stopping and sitting down by the road until I could feel well enough to go a little further. When I got home finally, I layed down and was so sick for a week all I did was sleep.
When I was in grade school, up until the sixth grade I was known as "the little fat girl" and the boys always teased me about being plump. I was short and so I did look fat, during the summer of between sixth grade and seventh I really made some changes in how I looked.