This is my
latest find that was right under my nose all these years.
Last week I
picked up this little book that was on top of several ‘old’ books I have
displayed in the Ancestral Room aka Guest Room.
Inside the
cover written in pencil is the script;
To
Vern W. Tomlinson
Xmas 1916
From “Nana” Hepworth
On
Christmas Day 100 years ago today
my father was four years old and this was one
of his gifts. It was Given to him by his
grandmother Sarah Ann Kidgell Hepworth.
This book was published by the Author William A. Morton in 1916. Know doubt my great-grandmother knew William and was probably one of the first persons to purchase this book for her beloved grandson. Dad and his parents were living with his grandparents in Salt Lake City in 1916. Louise, his younger sister wasn't born until 1918 so I am sure Vern got a lot of undivided love attention and received many presents for Christmas.
This Christmas Eve my grandson Christopher read from this book the story of the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Then bore his testimony how he knows that Jesus is the Son of God and expressed his love for all the teachings of Jesus Christ and how following His teachings blesses us with happiness. He spoke for all of us who gathered together as family this Christmas Eve 2016.
