My Great-Great Grandpa, Walter Henry Harms, was friends with Spencer W. Kimball when they were kids. When they were in their last year of school, they decided to pull an April Fool's Day joke. All the boys skipped school for one day. They went up the mountains with their lunches. None of the teachers or girls knew about their plans, so when everyone else got to school, there were only girls. Because they skipped school, they were kicked out, all of their sports trips were cancelled, they were not allowed to graduate and the principal demanded an apology if the boys wanted to come back to school. The next day, when the boys got to school, the principal told them to leave. So they all just walked around waiting for school to be over so they could go home. They found a huge tobacco sign (like for cigarette's) and took a group picture in front of it. That picture was proof of all the trouble they caused!
Later, when all the boys were sitting by a tree, resting, they were all talking and trying to decide if they should say they were sorry, or just never go back to school. Finally one of the teachers found Spencer W. Kimball and said, “You've had your fun. Now go and say you're sorry. Come back to school.”
They did, and they had to say they were sorry in front of all the teachers. The teachers told them they would let the boys come back to school if they would say sorry to all the other kids in an assembly and sign a paper promising to never skip school again.
1 comment:
you are right! that was fun to read. what did Parker think of the story and his ancestor?
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