Gloria Crowther:  

Life At Minico High School, you knew me as Gloria Jensen. I was involved in Girls' Choir, French Classes, Shorthand Classes, Seminary, and remember a lot of great friends. I worked at the Rupert Rexall Drugstore as Pharmacy Tech, typing labels, then putting all the info onoto the person's history record. (No Computers then, just good old typewriters). I also worked as a clerk on the floor, and then was trained to work with posting and billiing on the accounts our customers had. Mr. Clarence Birrer was the owner; I worked with Angela Klingler, Dale Walters, John Fisher, and more. In the summer of 1973 my family moved to Richmond, UT just about a week before my Senior year began. Our move date was Aug. 25, 1973. I got registered at Sky View High School and started into an adventure. Because of the credits I already had from Minico, my counselor was able to schedule about 90% of classes in the Business Education area: Shorthand, Business Machines, etc. Sky View seemed more like a Junior College set up than High School; it was so exciting! I was selected as Sterling Scholar/Business Education. I had no idea of what the Sterling Scholar Program even was or what it entailed. It was a lot of work - a personal portfolio with samples of all my Business class skills, photos, letters of recommendation, etc. Then on to the State one-on-one interview sessions in Woods Cross, UT. I didn't make it to State level, but that was okay; I received wonderful experiences, and learned so much from all the hard work in the process. At the beginning of 1974, I had a couple of free class spots, so I was allowed to enter a type of work/credit program. I got my job as a secretary at the Utah State University Bookstore, taking dictation, typing everything in sight, and also working in the Art Dept., which at that time was across the hall from the main Bookstore. I worked with Gaylene Eppich, and so many others I can't remember all their names. I continued working there after graduation and all through my college years at USU. I met Jim Crowther at Utah State University in August 1974, shortly after the death of my older sister, Sandy. (Sandy attended Minico High School from 1966 - 1970) Sandy got married on Aug. 2, 1974, but was in a tragic car accident on the way home from their honeymoon, and died on Aug. 8, 1974 in Fallon, NV. That was one of the hardest times in my life. Jim Crowther is from Malad, ID and was a music major at USU. We both lived in the "Morm Dorms" up on the hill east of campus by the Delta Phi House. In the LDS ward we attended, Jim was called to be the FHE Leader, or 'Dad', and yes, I was called to be the Assistant FHE leader or 'Mom' for our group which consisted of his apartment of 6 guys and my apartment of 6 girls. Jim & I became good friends and spent quite a bit of time together just with FHE activities and discussions about problems, personalities, or plans for great uplifting experiences to have with the group. Jim did ask me out several times, but I kept putting him off, because I was rather involved in a few other ralationships/possible relationships. I finally gave in and went on a first date with Jim to a basketball game in January 1975. I thought that was fairly safe territory! Our friendship kept growing, and there were more dates. Then on May 25, 1975 he said he had special plans for a special date. Okay--- we got permission to be late coming back to the dorm because he said we were traveling a bit. He showed up at the door with roses, we went down to Maddox's for a wonderful dinner, and then to the new musical movie "Tommy" in Ogden. It was a great evening, a really fun date, but I thought as we went back to Logan, "what does he expect for this?" I did let him kiss me (for the first time) that night. So from January through May before the kiss! Jim received his mission call to the Scotland/Northern Ireland. Over Memorial Day weekend that next week, I went with Jim and his family to their cabin at Williams Lake up around the Salmon, ID area. As we spent time together talking and really listening to each other, there was no doubt in our minds that I would wait for him to return in two years, and we would get married. He left on July 12, 1975. We wrote a lot of letters, he called me when he was allowed, and flowers seemed to arrive on all the right occasions!. I finished all my college courses and graduated from Utah State University in Logan, UT with a B.S. in Business Education/Secretarial Training. (Finished all classes in Dec. '76, graduation in May '77. I had worked at the Bookstore all through college, but started a new job in January 1977 at Cache Valley Cheese Factory in Smithfield, UT. I worked as a personal secretary to the manager and assistant manager, was the receptionist for the main office, then started helping with the accounting dept., the payroll dept., and more and more computer programming for reports, etc., as the technology progressed. Jim returned home July 12, 1977, we got my ring for the official engagement, and we were married 6 weeks later on September 2, in the Ogden LDS Temple. We bought a home in Preston, ID, and I continued working at Cache Valley Cheese while Jim w...Expand for more