Life Story of Waneta Blatter Hansen.
I was born on a forty-two acre farm in Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho 3 Dec 1917.
My parents were Andors C. Blatter and Margaret Rebecca Hiatt. I was blessed by my father Andors C. Blatter 6 Jan 1918. He named my Waneta.
We lived in a shack on the side of a hill. It was a pretty place because we could see the valley all around us. We used to have lots of snow there andit was terribly cold.
When I was little, my aunt Edna stayed with us and took care of me. When I was four years old, I was very ornery and when my mother would dress me up to go some place, I would go out by the side of the house and pull my stockings down, so my mother took a needle and some thread and sewed them on so I could not pull them down.
When I was almost seven years old, I started to school, my first teachers name was Margaret R. Pratt. She was sure a good teacher and we all liked her very much.
When I was eight years old, I was baptized by my father and confirmed by
him also.
I went to school until I graduated from the eighth grade. My last teacher was Lynn S. Furlong, then I stayed home for one year, and the next year, I started to High School and went almost two years. I started the third year, went two months then quit and don't intend to go any more.
On 26 May 1929, I received a Patriarchal Blessing by Thomas W. Lee at
Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho.
When I was seventeen years old, we sold our place in Ammon and went from
there to Chinook, Blaine, Montana in a Model T Ford.
We left Ammon on the 29 of March and went as far as Lima, Montana and spent the night in a tourist cabin there. The next day, we got as far as Helena, Montana and stayed in another tourist cabin and the next morning, we started out again. The wind was blowing and it was so cold, we almost froze. We had to stop at three different service stations and got warm before we could go on.
We lived with Uncle Gottlieb in his house for three weeks while they built Cleo's house, so he could move into it, then we lived in the house he had been living in.
The first year we were there, we farmed thirty-five acres of Uncle
Gottlieb's place and my sister, Inez and her husband, Rufus Olsen, who came
with us from Ammon, worked for Uncle Gottlieb in the summer and then that fall and winter, they worked for Jess Brandon.
It was awful pretty there and was a nice place. We all liked it very much, but boy, it sure got cold there. The coldest it got was 56 degrees below zero and it never go about 20 degrees below zero for three weeks straight.
We liked it there very much but Dad could not stand the climate, so we had to leave there again.
On 1 April 1936, the Mutual gave us a farewell party at Uncle Gottlieb's
place. We sure had a good time there.
On 3 April 1936, we had our sale, then we stayed to Uncle Gottlieb's place until Sunday 5 April, then we left there at about eight o'clock in the morning and arrived at Price's place at about 5:30 and stayed at Calkin' place all night. We arrived there about 7:30
On Monday 6 April, we left Fairfield at eight o'clock in the morning and had a fine trip until we got to Helena. We stopped and got some gasoline there, just after we left and got started own the highway again, we lost the left hind wheel off from the trailer. We finally got that fixed, it took about an hour and then we went about five or ten miles farther and ran into a big snow drift. It took about half an hour to get the car out from that, then we started again and had no more trouble with the car then.
We got to Deer Lodge that night about 6:30, found a cabin and stayed all
night.
On 8 April, 1937, we got to Idaho Falls at 9:30. We stayed there a few
days and then went to Rupert, Idaho to see Grandma. Stayed there all night and went to Lava Hot Springs the next day and stated there until 14 April. Then, we left and went to Salt Lake City and stayed all night with one of my cousins.
The next day, we laid over in Salt Lake and went through the museum and
Tabernacle. A guide took us through and showed us many sacred and wonderful
things pertaining to the church.
The next day, we left Salt Lake City and arrived in Mesa, Arizona on Sunday 19 April 1936 at about 4:30. We stayed there for two weeks and looked for a place to live or some work to do but could find nothing. So, we left there again and went as far as Kaysville, Utah and then stopped there for almost two weeks thinning beets, then we came back to Ammon and stayed with Aunt Josephine for almost three weeks, until Mr. Barrus moved out of our place, then we moved in.
During the summer, I got started to going to town to the dances, learned
how to dance and wanted to go all the time.
Around 5 September, I started to work for my aunt, Mrs. John Blatter. I
worked for two weeks and then got mad and quit on Saturday night. Then the
next Monday morning, I started working for Mrs. Floyd Jenkins in Idaho Falls.
I worked there four weeks and was going with Joe Holden, just to get to go
someplace we went to shows and dances together and had a lot of fun. I liked
to work for Mrs. Jenkins but it was too far from where I was staying. So, on
25 October, I quit there.
Sunday I went over to Joe's place and his mother told me about another job, so the next day I went to see about it. I got the job and the next day, I went up to her house to get acquainted with the kids and to see what I had to do as Mrs. Telford was working at the bakery and would not be there. I had a date with Joe but forgot the time was flying and di not get there until about eight o'clock, then I got ready and looked all over town but could not find him. So, I went up to Eagle Hall to the old lime dance. Had a pretty good time but not so bad anyway.
Just about eleven o'clock, I met a boy by the name of Marvin Hansen and he
took me home.
The next morning Joe came to see me and helped me move my things over to
Telford's and I made a date with him for Friday night, one with Jess
Worthington for Thursday night and one with Marvin for Saturday night. Jess
did not keep his date on Thursday night and Friday night I went to the dance
with Joe. We quarreled all night and I finally consented to go to the dance
with him Saturday night. So I did, but I went over to Eagles Hall to see if I could find Marvin, I did and we went over to Moose Hall. I got my purse and had a final quarrel with Joe and went to the midnight show with Marvin, and he took me home.
After that, I started keeping company with Marvin all the time and on 8 Dec 1936, my folks and Marvin's mother went to Logan, Utah where we were married in the Temple 9 Dec 1936.
Since then, we have been chasing around from Wapello to Ammon and Pocatello, living with relatives. We got our first work when Mr. Johnson moved to Blackfoot, and we helped them.
Then we worked two days for Sanford W. Judd, then we worked for a fellow in Wapello for about two weeks. We then worked for S.W. Judd all summer.
About October, we started renting in Idaho Falls and working on W.P.A. We
didn't make very much on it but kept from starving to death.
On 24 Dec 1937, our little son was born, we named him Willard Andors Hansen after both his grandfathers. He was such a dear little fellow and he sure brought a lot of joy and happiness into our home. He was an awful little fellow, only weighed four pounds, four and three-fourths ounces, and was sick most of the time but we sure loved him.
In the spring we built us a one room house on my brother-in-laws place and lived there all summer and fall. The next spring, we bought lots of our own.
On 19 June 1939, our second child was born, a little girl. She weighed
five pounds and one-half ounce. She was just the picture of health all the
time. We named her Carol Ann Hansen. She was awful sweet baby and we sure
loved her.Marriage: 9 Dec 1936, Hans Marvin Hansen
(6459.) WANETA BLATTER (5001.) (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 3-12mo-1917, Ammon, Boonieville Co., Idaho; m. 8-12mo-1936, at Idaho Falls, Idaho, to HANS MARVIN HANSEN, son of Willard and Hanna (Steffensen). Hansen; b. Blackfoot, Idaho.CH: (7550.) Willard Andoras; (7551.) Carol Ann. (R122).
My Life in Your Hands by Elmer Rudolph Blatter
I was born on a forty-two acre farm at Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho on 3 Aug
1921. My parents were Andors C. Blatter and Margaret Rebecca Hiatt Blatter.
We lived onthis place for fourteen years of my life. When I was eighteen
months old, I had pneumonia and everybody expected me to die, but I fooled them and finally pulled through.
When I was four years old, I went to the hills with my father, mother and
two sisters for the fourth of July. While we were there, I faound a little ewe lamb and I watned to take it home. My father said it would only die on the way. I said, "Well if it dies on the way, we can throw it out." So in the ned, it finally came out my way. We took her home and in about a week, she was about as fat a lamb as I have ever seen. I had her in my flock of sheep for six or seven years until she got blood poison and died.
When I was six years old, I started to school, my first teacher was Mrs.
Veda W. Demming. One day, we were supposed to march out of the school house.
I ran out and was called back to get a good face warming.
My next teacher was Miss Betty E. Day. I don't remember anything much
about her, only she was awful cross. In the spring Uncle Bill Blatter and
family moved to Chinook, Montana. In the fourth grade, I had a real spit fire for a teacher, her name was Miss Kanna Bell. We used to call her Kanna pepper Bell. She gave me more than one back slapping.
On 4 Aug 1930 I was baptized and confirmed by my father. On 25 Feb 1934 I
was ordained a Deacon by Lucius Clark who is the Ammon Seminary Teacher.
The next year, Leland Blatter came to stay with us and go to school. We had more fun than if we had been brothers.
On 29 March 1935, we moved to Chinook, Montana. We went with my
brother-in-law and sister, in Model T. Fords. We almost froze to death going. We reached there on 1 April 1935. We stayed with Uncle Gottlieb for two weeks while my cousin was building him a place.
I enjoyed the church in Montana better than any where I have even been.
On Sunday, up at Uncle Bill's for dinner, we got to riding calves. I rode a big hefer. She started towards a fence. My cousin told me to jump and I
jumped and lit against the fence post and mightly nigh broke my leg. But I got up and climbed aboard and rode her till she stopped. I guess I showed her.
Along in the summer, we went up there again, I tried it again, the first
time, I lit on my head a cussin' like a bad boy. I crawled aboard again and
that time, I landed on my head in the creek. I guess she showed me.
I started to school that fall in Chinook. I liked it, only it was too
hard to get along with my Algebra teacher and so was tossed out of class. One day, I didn't have my lesson, she asked me why not? I smartly replied that I didn't have the time. Then she comes back like all old hags do and asked me if I expected her to believe that. I was feeling pretty tough by that time, so I up and says "Suit yourself, old gal. I sure expected to feel something clamp down on my head but it didn't happen, thank the Lord. At the end of the semester, they told me I had to quit because I wasn't getting good enough grades. I was glad to do so.
I started to take buiness training. It wasn't so bad and I donefine for a while, but not for long. It was in this class I was convinced I had bad eyes and needed glasses. So, on 20 Jan 1936 we hopped in the old Ford and went to Havre to have my eyes tested. He put some kind of junk in my eyes so I couldn't hardly see anything. We went to lunch afterwards and I had to have Dad read the menu.
On 29 March 1936, we decided to leave the country. We sold out on 1 April, we had a farewell party sponsored by the Mutual, for us. I never had more fun in a long time.
On Sunday, 5 April 1936, we started on our way, tagging along behind Rufus, as usual. We stopped at Rufus' sister's place that night and came to Wolf Point. We got to Helena and raised heck with the trailer. We made it to Deer Lodge that day. Then, the next day, we went to Aunt Lillie Ritter's and had dinner. We had a new spring put in the trailer, then pulled out to Uncle John's place. We went up to see Aunt Josephine and Rula and the rest of the folks. I boldly walked in and said, "Hi, ya Lee," and I thought he would jump through the cielding. I went to school next day and had a grand visit. I stayed with John Blatter the first night and John Volmer the second night. On the third day, we struck for Rupert. Rufus stopped there to get the papers for his car, we spent two nights and a day at Rupert and then went to Lava Hot Springs, We stayed there for about four days and then met Rufus and the next day, hit for Arizona.
We landed in Mesa three or four days later. I never seend such a cockeyed country in all my born days. Every darned river was dry and it was hot as hades. We stayed around for two weeks in that hole and I was sick almost every day we were there.
Coming home, we went around by Boulder Dam in Nevada. Boulder City is the craziest trown in seven states, get off the pavement and you're over your head in sand.
We stopped in Kaysville, Utah for about two weeks and thinned beets and
would you believe it. I earned fourteen whole dollars. We left there and come on up to Ammon again. We stayed with Aunt Josephine until Mr. Barrus moved out of our house, then we moved into our own house and boy, it was swell after eating from hand to mouth for two months.
I started to school this fall at Ammon and I thought it was swell for
awhile. In October, I topped beets for Petersons. I worked four weeks and
only got forty bucks out of it. I payed my debts and only had about thirty
left. I got me a suit of clothes and a pair of shoes and was busted. I
couldn't buy a pair of pants.
I coaxed the car from Dad one Sunday. Some crazy pheasant hunter knocked me in the borrow pit and it cost Dad forty dollars to fix it up.
Then came Christmas, but first, I was ordained a Teacher on 15 Nov 1936 by my father. On 9 Dec 1936 my sister Waneta got hitched in the Logan Temple to a gent by the name of H.M. Hansen.
On Christmas Day, or the day before we went to Rupert, Idaho to see Grandma and stayed until the day after.
Along in January, I fainlly got stuck on a girl named Laura Gallaway. Gee, she was cute. Boy, we were getting along fine, then she had to move away and couldn't come to school for a week, but it was sure swell when she did.
On 25 March 1937, the Ammon High School started to see tickets for the show Seventh Heaven. We went to town and sold tickets. Some would make the excuse that they wanted to try to make it to first heaven, if possible. But, we said they ought to pay thirty-five cents and make sure of getting to the seventh, that was better than hell.
On Wednesday, 30 Mar 1937 I went to town and saw Laura, and of course I was tickled pink to see her. Then she told me she was quitting school to go to work. I almost died.
On 31 Mar 1937 we recieved six hundred baby chicks, I am taking one hundred for a project and some other kids are doiing the same. I had to stay with them from nine o'clock to ten, and believe you me that was the longest hour I ever spent. Just like a jail cell, I guess.
Well I guess you have to guess the rest, no telling what will happen in
the future.Marriage: (1) 29 Oct 1943, Rose Elaine Mahler.
(2) 20 Apr 1949, Bertha Irene Morgan, sealed 13 Jan 1962 LA Temple.
(6461.) ELMER RUDOLPH BLATTER (5001.) (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 3-8mo-1921, Ammon, Boonieville Co., Idaho; m. 20-4mo-1949, at Elko, Nev., to BERTHA IRENE MORGAN, d/o William Leo and Ruth (Purnell). Morgan; b. 21-9mo-1928, Heyburn, Idaho.CH: (7552.) Leland Elmer; (7553.) Sharon Rose. (R122).
My Life in Your Hands by Elmer Rudolph Blatter
I was born on a forty-two acre farm at Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho on 3 Aug
1921. My parents were Andors C. Blatter and Margaret Rebecca Hiatt Blatter.
We lived onthis place for fourteen years of my life. When I was eighteen
months old, I had pneumonia and everybody expected me to die, but I fooled them and finally pulled through.
When I was four years old, I went to the hills with my father, mother and
two sisters for the fourth of July. While we were there, I faound a little ewe lamb and I watned to take it home. My father said it would only die on the way. I said, "Well if it dies on the way, we can throw it out." So in the ned, it finally came out my way. We took her home and in about a week, she was about as fat a lamb as I have ever seen. I had her in my flock of sheep for six or seven years until she got blood poison and died.
When I was six years old, I started to school, my first teacher was Mrs.
Veda W. Demming. One day, we were supposed to march out of the school house.
I ran out and was called back to get a good face warming.
My next teacher was Miss Betty E. Day. I don't remember anything much
about her, only she was awful cross. In the spring Uncle Bill Blatter and
family moved to Chinook, Montana. In the fourth grade, I had a real spit fire for a teacher, her name was Miss Kanna Bell. We used to call her Kanna pepper Bell. She gave me more than one back slapping.
On 4 Aug 1930 I was baptized and confirmed by my father. On 25 Feb 1934 I
was ordained a Deacon by Lucius Clark who is the Ammon Seminary Teacher.
The next year, Leland Blatter came to stay with us and go to school. We had more fun than if we had been brothers.
On 29 March 1935, we moved to Chinook, Montana. We went with my
brother-in-law and sister, in Model T. Fords. We almost froze to death going. We reached there on 1 April 1935. We stayed with Uncle Gottlieb for two weeks while my cousin was building him a place.
I enjoyed the church in Montana better than any where I have even been.
On Sunday, up at Uncle Bill's for dinner, we got to riding calves. I rode a big hefer. She started towards a fence. My cousin told me to jump and I
jumped and lit against the fence post and mightly nigh broke my leg. But I got up and climbed aboard and rode her till she stopped. I guess I showed her.
Along in the summer, we went up there again, I tried it again, the first
time, I lit on my head a cussin' like a bad boy. I crawled aboard again and
that time, I landed on my head in the creek. I guess she showed me.
I started to school that fall in Chinook. I liked it, only it was too
hard to get along with my Algebra teacher and so was tossed out of class. One day, I didn't have my lesson, she asked me why not? I smartly replied that I didn't have the time. Then she comes back like all old hags do and asked me if I expected her to believe that. I was feeling pretty tough by that time, so I up and says "Suit yourself, old gal. I sure expected to feel something clamp down on my head but it didn't happen, thank the Lord. At the end of the semester, they told me I had to quit because I wasn't getting good enough grades. I was glad to do so.
I started to take buiness training. It wasn't so bad and I donefine for a while, but not for long. It was in this class I was convinced I had bad eyes and needed glasses. So, on 20 Jan 1936 we hopped in the old Ford and went to Havre to have my eyes tested. He put some kind of junk in my eyes so I couldn't hardly see anything. We went to lunch afterwards and I had to have Dad read the menu.
On 29 March 1936, we decided to leave the country. We sold out on 1 April, we had a farewell party sponsored by the Mutual, for us. I never had more fun in a long time.
On Sunday, 5 April 1936, we started on our way, tagging along behind Rufus, as usual. We stopped at Rufus' sister's place that night and came to Wolf Point. We got to Helena and raised heck with the trailer. We made it to Deer Lodge that day. Then, the next day, we went to Aunt Lillie Ritter's and had dinner. We had a new spring put in the trailer, then pulled out to Uncle John's place. We went up to see Aunt Josephine and Rula and the rest of the folks. I boldly walked in and said, "Hi, ya Lee," and I thought he would jump through the cielding. I went to school next day and had a grand visit. I stayed with John Blatter the first night and John Volmer the second night. On the third day, we struck for Rupert. Rufus stopped there to get the papers for his car, we spent two nights and a day at Rupert and then went to Lava Hot Springs, We stayed there for about four days and then met Rufus and the next day, hit for Arizona.
We landed in Mesa three or four days later. I never seend such a cockeyed country in all my born days. Every darned river was dry and it was hot as hades. We stayed around for two weeks in that hole and I was sick almost every day we were there.
Coming home, we went around by Boulder Dam in Nevada. Boulder City is the craziest trown in seven states, get off the pavement and you're over your head in sand.
We stopped in Kaysville, Utah for about two weeks and thinned beets and
would you believe it. I earned fourteen whole dollars. We left there and come on up to Ammon again. We stayed with Aunt Josephine until Mr. Barrus moved out of our house, then we moved into our own house and boy, it was swell after eating from hand to mouth for two months.
I started to school this fall at Ammon and I thought it was swell for
awhile. In October, I topped beets for Petersons. I worked four weeks and
only got forty bucks out of it. I payed my debts and only had about thirty
left. I got me a suit of clothes and a pair of shoes and was busted. I
couldn't buy a pair of pants.
I coaxed the car from Dad one Sunday. Some crazy pheasant hunter knocked me in the borrow pit and it cost Dad forty dollars to fix it up.
Then came Christmas, but first, I was ordained a Teacher on 15 Nov 1936 by my father. On 9 Dec 1936 my sister Waneta got hitched in the Logan Temple to a gent by the name of H.M. Hansen.
On Christmas Day, or the day before we went to Rupert, Idaho to see Grandma and stayed until the day after.
Along in January, I fainlly got stuck on a girl named Laura Gallaway. Gee, she was cute. Boy, we were getting along fine, then she had to move away and couldn't come to school for a week, but it was sure swell when she did.
On 25 March 1937, the Ammon High School started to see tickets for the show Seventh Heaven. We went to town and sold tickets. Some would make the excuse that they wanted to try to make it to first heaven, if possible. But, we said they ought to pay thirty-five cents and make sure of getting to the seventh, that was better than hell.
On Wednesday, 30 Mar 1937 I went to town and saw Laura, and of course I was tickled pink to see her. Then she told me she was quitting school to go to work. I almost died.
On 31 Mar 1937 we recieved six hundred baby chicks, I am taking one hundred for a project and some other kids are doiing the same. I had to stay with them from nine o'clock to ten, and believe you me that was the longest hour I ever spent. Just like a jail cell, I guess.
Well I guess you have to guess the rest, no telling what will happen in
the future.Marriage: (1) 29 Oct 1943, Rose Elaine Mahler.
(2) 20 Apr 1949, Bertha Irene Morgan, sealed 13 Jan 1962 LA Temple.
(6461.) ELMER RUDOLPH BLATTER (5001.) (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 3-8mo-1921, Ammon, Boonieville Co., Idaho; m. 20-4mo-1949, at Elko, Nev., to BERTHA IRENE MORGAN, d/o William Leo and Ruth (Purnell). Morgan; b. 21-9mo-1928, Heyburn, Idaho.CH: (7552.) Leland Elmer; (7553.) Sharon Rose. (R122).
(6463.) FRANCIS SAMUEL RAWSON (5002.) (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 21-llmo-1902, Nibley, Union Co., Oregon; m. VIOLA HALL, d/o Ervin Hall; b. 17-12mo-1907.CH: (7554.) Francis Samuel; (7555.) Lawrence M.; (7556.) Noal Eugene; (7557.) Viola Elaine; (7558.) Sharon Isabell; (7559.) Carol Louise; (7560.) Ervin E.; (7561.) Marilyn Faye; (7562.) Jackie Lewis. (R122).
Family Records - Velma Elaine White Fenton; Castro Valley.
From family group records sent by D. Turner, 291 Lexington, Astoria, OR 9703 Nov 25, 1992In Memory of
FRANCIS SAMUEL RAWSONBORN
November 21, 1902 Nibley, OregonPASSED AWAY
March 7, 1973 Twin Falls, IdahoSERVICES
Twin Falls Mortuary Chapel
Monday, March 2, 1973, 2:30 PMCONDUCTING
Bishop Darrell A. HeiderORGANIST
Mrs. Francis RiderBEARERS
Walter Mueller Jim Bennett
Walter Mueller Bob VanEngelen
Jay Giampedrajlia Don TilleyHONORARY BEARERS
Edward Hoxie Willard Garrard
LeRoy Perkins Forest Perkins
Dwight Perkins Don Perkins
Avis AllenCONCLUDING SERVICES
Sunset Memorial ParkDIRECTORS
TWIN FALLS MORUARY
William J. Boyd Dale P. Patterson
D/o Ervin Hall and Della. 1st husband Ralph Glover.
(7561.) MARILYN FAYE RAWSON (6463.) (5002.) (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 25-11mo-1946, Kimberly, Idaho. (R122).