Ingram Chronicle

Volume 2 Number 5

Well, May has passed, and June is here, so here is the next issue of the "Chronicle."

Your mother and I have been to Phoenix to the 2004 Convention of the All-Arizona School Retirees' Association (AASRA) and we both had a great time, meeting with all the people from across Arizona, and hearing very good speakers on a variety of topics, ranging from Jana Boomersbach on "Winnie Ruth Judd, the Trunk Murderess," to reports from the legislative lobbyists of the AASRA at the Phoenix State House, to reports from the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) on coming changes in payments and medical insurance--coming attractions. We do have a very good group, with about 100 in attendance at the convention.

We are still looking forward to being able to go away from Yuma for a while--to SLC and Jackson--to see some things that we've seen before, but may see in a new way this time. We have received a notice from ORE regarding our scheduled stay at Jackson, Wyoming at the end of July--a really beautiful location in the mountains of the everlasting hills!

Here are the three cuties with their cakes before the great destruction struck them! We celebrated the birthdays of our of three of our great-granddaughters at the park by the Yuma water tower and the water play spot--lots of fun for the little ones and for the not-so-little-ones--we are enjoying the rare opportunities to see the expanding family as these little ones are added to the family. Ah! How we look fondly on these sweet little spirits as they come into our life!

Here is their beautiful birthday cake!

Today, as I sit in the office, listening to the Reagan Funeral Service, I reflect on the happenings of these past few years, the changes that have transpired in the world. After my experiences in Korea and the experiences of others in Viet Nam, who could really believe that the USSR would actually collapse within the next few years. That the Church would be active and growing in Eastern Europe and Asia! Stakes and Missions in places far beyond our human imaginings! The Work of the Lord goes forward apace! From only 10 Temples in operation, mostly on the Wasach Front, to well over 100 Temples across the World!

I am still working on the family history and genealogy--looking to extend the lines further back--I have found the first Ingram--John or Robert(?) who came to Virginia early, with at least one son, John, who later received land grants from Sir William Berkeley, Royal Governor of the Colony, for aiding the transport of a number of individuals to the Colony. I have yet to find where in England out forebear came, I haven't found what vessel he came to Virginia in or exactly when--by the 1640s--young John was also born somewhere in England in 1618 or 1620.