The Autobiography of Ruth Tagg Caley

ecess we would have fun, even took the teachers down the hills. I had a blond boy who sat infront of me in the classroom. His name was Roy. Both Moralda and I liked Roy very much. Ithink Roy liked me too, as he showed it in months later. We used to attend children's dances atthe Christmas holidays. One at Christmas, one at New Years. That's when we found out wholiked who, then we used to have parties later on about every two weeks. Rex Wood was ahandsome young man, with his dark eyes and dark hair. The girls all fell for him too.I will never forget my first date. I was 12 years old and down the street one block lived abashful boy named Earnest. Earnest lived in a rented house with his sister as house keeper so heand his other brothers could attend school. Earnest and his brother David were in my class atschool. Roy lived across the street from Earnest and in the other part of the same house asEarnest was a boy named Wallace and these boys were all in my class at school. There wasgoing to be a boy scout party and the boys could not attend unless they asked a girl to go, so that'show the girls got to attend the party. Well I knew about the party, but I knew no boy would everask me. Well a knock on door came and it was Frieda (Earnest’s sister). She said, “Ruth wouldyou go to the party with Ernest. He wants to go and won't ask you, he's bashful.” I was too, at12. Well, Earnest came and we walked to the party. But on the way home I didn't wait for him,I ran, and ran all the way home. I sure got roasted about that at school the next day.Earnest got typhoid later on in his life and died. Roy also died, of a broken neck fromriding horse back some years later. Roy was always my sunshine. I do believe Moralda namedher son in later years for Roy. Also her mother was named Roy. Rex moved away, and so didWallace.When I was in the fifth grade, I passed twice that year. Once in the fall, when we wentback to school after summer vacation. Then in the spring, I was promoted to seventh grade,which took me upstairs in the principal's room. The principal's name was Lorenzo Hatch wholater on became my brother-in-law. (He married my sister Eva.) Mr. Hatch was a boarder at MaLoose's home. That's where Eva met him. He also taught Eva at school. While Mr. Hatch wasprincipal I was still in school. One day one of the boys heard him say he had to go into Cardstonafter school, so this boy started something. He told all the students to detain Mr. Hatch and notto learn the music up on the board.We had about ten minutes for study when the time was up no one knew the music. Mr.Hatch said "students stay in after school." That's what they wanted him to say. They wrote notesaround the room and said nobody give in. Four o'clock came, time to dismiss the school. No oneknew their lesson, or if they did, they wouldn't give in. Five, six, seven, eight o'clock came and Igot tired so I think I was the first one to give in. I knew it all the time but was afraid some ofthose students would take after me the next day.Another time it was April Fools day and the whole school decided they wouldn't go totheir classes at all. So they took off to the woods, the whole student body, only five whowouldn't go. I was among the five who sat on the school house steps all day, Mr. Hatch calledthe police who everybody knew, a kind tender hearted man named Waldermar Lybbert.Ruth Tagg Caley pg 22