Orin W. Allen

young man. Schooled as a pattern maker, he had his own shop in Los Angeles. He served in the ship yards in World War I. He worked long hours and died at 44. Christine. She was conservative, realistic, serious and a good manager. She lost a fine son in World War II, and lost her husband soon after. Her oldest son quit school to help support the family and send his sister on a mission. Jessie. She was tall and slender, with black hair and dark eyes. She was original, creative and had an entertaining personality. Proud of her family, she had self esteem and encouraged us all to live up to our name. She married a returned missionary, who was immediately drafted after his mission to serve in World War I. He was killed in his first combat. She never married again. William. He was handsome, humble and hard working. He was always ready to help, always caring for me, the little sister. Times required men to leave to big cities for work. He left for Portland, Oregon, and worked as a machinist in a large bean manufacturing company. He was called to serve in World War I, and died at 45 as a result of lingering war injuries. Elizabeth. She was a tall, beautiful blonde, like a fashion model. She worked at Deseret Book Store and loved reading. She married a young engineer and went to Los Angeles to live. She loved decorating and homemaking. She is still living in her lovely home in Riverside, California. Alice. The youngest child, she was my companion. She was good natured, delicate, loving and giving. She was tall, with a slender build, dark complexion and thick auburn, wavy hair. She died young, while giving birth to her second child, a baby girl with the same features as her mother. Anne. I was born second to last. This sounds like a rather glowing report of a prominent and well-to-do family (which we were not, my older sister told me so). But that's my nature. I do see things through rose colored glasses. I'm healthy, happy, and grateful for my beautiful, long life. MEMORIES OF LIFE IN THE NAISMITH HOME: On a cold winter night after tracking through snowdrifts and soaked to our knees (no sidewalks in those days), we gathered around the kitchen stove to thaw out. After a nice dinner of hot soup or beef stew, it's time for study. The big round table had a coal oil lamp that pulled down from the ceiling giving a pretty good light for reading and for Mother to mend stockings. There were lots of chores for each one, like buckets of water from the well, filling the reservoir, chopping wood, and coal, scuttles and scuttles of coal, and caring for the animals. My mother called the cows and horses the beasties. Summer was more time for fun. My father made a cement tank for storing the well water for irrigating. This was our swimming pool. (Not many people had swimming pools.) We also had the first telephone, which kept me running to call neighbors to the phone. Also I was the one to take a wee bit of butter to Aunt Polly, or a pail of milk to dear Sister Gittens, or a piece of pork to poor Sister Riley. These errands gave me the feeling of being rich (which we were not). Then came electricity and the electric washing machine for all to come to our house to wash their clothes. This delighted my father because he had the electric pole installed. Saturday night was our Home Evening. The carpet was rolled up in our big front room and singing and dancing and games started. One game I liked was "Peep Squirrel". Two persons, standing about twelve feet apart were trees to run around in a figure eight pattern while my father

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (also known as Battles of the Meuse-Argonne and the Meuse-Argonne Campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918 until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the largest in United States military history, involving 1.2 million American soldiers. It was one of a series of Allied attacks known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which brought the war to an end. The battle cost 28,000 German lives, 26,277 American lives and an unknown number of French lives. It was the largest and bloodiest operation of World War I for the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), which was commanded by General John J. Pershing, and the second-deadliest battle in American history. U.S. losses were exacerbated by the inexperience of many of the troops and the tactics used during the early phases of the operation. Meuse-Argonne was the principal engagement of the AEF during World War I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse-Argonne_Offensive