Grandma (Lorna) was telling me this morning how different things were when she got baptized. There was a pond in town that was the local swimming hole and that was where they would have baptisms. Everyone was kind of disappointed when it was time for baptisms though, because it meant they had to get out and stop swimming!
I asked if they stayed after the baptism for swimming, and she said no, it was more often that they swam before the baptisms while they were waiting for everyone to arrive. So they were the ones who were annoyed when they had to get out for the baptisms!
Their dad would use "The Ponds" as motivation to get Grandma and Deloy to get their chores done. Once they had done two loads of hay, then he would take them to the ponds for an hour.
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