Many of the college students I teach today can not even read aloud. And most of them balk at speaking in public, claiming they are “too shy.”

Not to take anything away from Miss Snow, whose presentation sounds wonderfully delightful and impressive, but I suspect her abilities were encouraged and supported by resources not as easily available to children and students today. We all need more Miss Snows.

Mina, take a look at this Keepa photo here in connection with the Rebecca Winters grave.

Glad to see that others of you were as impressed as I was with this young girl’s presentation!

One sign that she’s far above the average found in my ward is that she didn’t begin her talk to the branch by saying, “When Bro. so-and-so called last week and asked me to speak…”

Note the last line, “Services and interment will take place in Royal Oak, Michigan.” The nearly century long continuity of this family with the Church in Wayne County, Michigan is heartening to think about.

An obituary for Arthur Snow’s son Jonathan:
http://www.mission.net/utah/salt-lake-city/south/presidents.php?prID=158

I have a longstanding interest in memorials and markers of all kinds. While I’d heard of the Rebecca Winters grave, I’d never seen a photo of it. Today’s Keepa post prompted me to Google it and I learned the sweet story of its preservation by the Railroad, as well as its various re-locations after that. In the course of this Googling, as often happens, I stumbled upon another tiny bit of information relating specifically to Mormon grave memorials that I’d long had in my notes to eventually track down.

Tiny bits, to be sure, and applicable only to possible future projects, but this is how things eventually get done.