Comments on: The Way We Were: February 1985

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:32:23 +0000

Last time we talked, Meghan let it slip that her mother and I were born the same year. Yeah, I think she’s OLD!! {g}

By: Meghan

Meghan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:20:02 +0000

This was great Ardis! I was born in October 1985 so they’re relevant to me too(I know you think I’m OLD, but according to this post I’m just a youngun). Wow, barring people from the temple? I can see why that one got squashed real quick.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:47:47 +0000

Yup. He's still there, working his magic. He (or his staff -- I don't know who personally has done the actual labor) located what is probably the only surviving print of the movie "Corianton" a few years ago and have digitally restored it. I'm still looking forward to their showing of that film for the first time -- I don't understand the delay. But it's another example of the coups they have pulled off in the realm of motion picture history.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:44:30 +0000

That was Jim D’Arc, wasn’t it? He had a way of landing the Hollywood celebs and getting them to give stuff to BYU.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:34:45 +0000

He was courted by the special collections curator at BYU (there's a NewsNet story about that here -- but note that the date is wrong in the NewsNet story; a major article in the Church News in February 1985 makes it clear that the bulk of the donation came then, not 1983) -- apparently nobody else had shown the same interest, and he liked what he saw of BYU, so why not? I've also heard but can't vouch for the notion that he had such a good time with the Tabernacle Choir in "Mr. Kruger's Christmas" that he retained a soft spot in his heart for things related to the Choir.

By: jeans

jeans — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:00:17 +0000

Why the heck did Jimmy Stewart give his papers to BYU?

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:33:30 +0000

They gave us the 18-24 month option in the MTC. I had prepared for 18 months and at the time took that option. The others in my MTC district all took the 24 month option. As it turned out, two left after 18 months for personal reasons. I, on the other hand, after about 14 months decided to extend another five months. It was worth it.

By: Maurine

Maurine — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:42:37 +0000

My son had turned in his mission papers expecting an 18 month mission. When he got the call it gave him the option of going for 18-24 months. He really had to ponder it for awhile. He was mentally prepared for 18, not 24, but we convinced him that the last 6 months were the most productive. He’s glad he went for the full 24 months.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:33:03 +0000

BiV:

Does that mean you lived on 6th East somewhere north of 2nd North?

When I lived on 2nd North between 6th and 7th East, up until 1964, Sister Stella Oaks lived around the corner (somewhere). She was one of the widows in the ward, who appeared, to a young boy like me, to be about 100 years old. I think she lived somewhere on 6th East–and she may have lived there since the early 30′s when her children were born.

By: Bored in Vernal

Bored in Vernal — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:36:29 +0000

I remember all of it! Jake Garn, Jimmy Stewart, Peter Vidmar, and all the rest. I was living in Provo, in the house Dallin Oaks was born in, and Daughter #1 was a month old. Thanks for the blast from the past!