Comments on: Envied by a King: Mormon Boys, 1916-17

By: James Dunne

James Dunne — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:16:03 +0000

Great photos! I was searching out the history of the song, “A Mormon Boy,” and ran across this. Thanks for the collection. Scoutmaster Dunne, Salem, Oregon.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:37:42 +0000

I’m glad you enjoyed them, Brother Smyth. It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted a collection of pictures like this — it’s about time for another one. More Scouts, maybe? Fathers and sons outings? What’s your pleasure?

By: Brother Smyth

Brother Smyth — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:25:13 +0000

These are some great old photos. Thanks for sharing.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:27:05 +0000

Re ##3,4, from what I've read (K. Warner's thesis, Improvement Era articles), the vast majority of American missionaries left the Netherlands in 1914, but a small group of Americans served in the years after 1914, including W.B. Hanks, B.A. Anderson, and R.J. Sperry (plus Presidents LeGrand Richards and John Butterworth).

By: Bill MacKinnon

Bill MacKinnon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:21:06 +0000

All this and Beehive Girls too! Boy Scout Troop 18 in Schenectady had no such, er, auxiliary organization.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:54:23 +0000

I didn’t want the conversation to go in that direction from the very first words, Mark. Guilty as charged.

The word I’ve typed as “[strange]” (the way it is sung today, when it’s sung at all) was originally “queer,” all you Marmon boys (or “b’hoys,” which would be still more Marmon).

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:43:06 +0000

The ghost of Thomas Bowdler is alive and well and stalking the hallowed halls of Keepa.

Next thing we know, someone will outlaw singing this song as if it were written “A Marmon Boy.”

By: Tatiana

Tatiana — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:52:26 +0000

These really are awesome. Keepa turns the hearts of the children to the fathers (and mothers).

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:56:24 +0000

Glad you like the personal touch, Ray. I have the same feeling whenever Researcher mentions a connection to an ancestor, or you mention the farmers you knew in Utah County, or Mark B. calls up his father to pump his memory, and every other time a commenter makes a personal connection.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:32:00 +0000

Standing on a horse is no big deal, says someone who saw much more interesting stunts back in the day.

Ardis, for some reason, the following statement just struck me as a great example of why I love this blog – a wonderful combination of history and personal observation:

I knew Roy as an old man in the 1960s, a friend of my grandmother, who let me feed dandelion greens to his pet turtle.