Later that year, we sold out and moved to Chance, Montana where our youngest son Hart was born. The weather was very bad and we were snowed in. We had to deliver him without the doctor present. The Lord was with us again and he was born healthy and strong on __ ______ 1927. While in Montana, I served as the Mutual President. While we were in Belfrey, we had a big snow, a couple of feet and then it rained and froze hard. There were thousands of wild horses in the plains. The men in the area knew the horse would starve with no way of breaking through the ice, so we rounded them up to load them on train cars. I counted more than 7,000 wild horses. There was more than a four mile solid string of horses. The mares would foal on the trail and just have to leave them behind. Many horses were saved by the town people.

"We decided to move to Draper, Utah. While we moved, Leone being about ready to have another baby, went to her parents house in Sugar City. She took the two youngest boys with her. Beth was born at that time __ ______ 1929. We bought a large farm in Draper, right where the penitentury at the Point of the Mountain is now. We had large orchards, a dairy farm and lots of chickens." "While we were living in Draper, I became very ill. My brother, Ross, on his way home from serving a mission in South Central States stopped to see us. When he saw my condition, he immediately picked me up and got me to the doctor. My appendix had burst and I was unable to even move. He undoubtedly saved my life."

" This was the beginning of the Depression and we lost the farm and most of our belongings. We moved back to Driggs to a small farm a couple miles south of town with a small log house where we lived for several years. Most of the time there, I was Scoutmaster and Deacon advisor. On __ _____ 1933 our youngest child, Mary, was born. We still lived in Driggs, but Leone went to her folks in Sugar City to deliver the baby. Leone had a very hard delivery and nearly died, losing a lot of blood with complications."

(Thomas Martin Grover Family, children and grandchildren in front of the house on the highway in Driggs)

"Very early in my life I developed a great love for the outdoors, hunting and fishing. Our family spent a lot of time camping. I loved to swim and was an expert swimmer, saving five people's lives in my lifetime."

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(Uncle Ross and Dad comparing their big fish- uncle Morgan worked on the picture to make the fish longer- they ended up with double fins)

"In 1937, we moved to Lost River, (Moore, Idaho). We took seed potatoes with us and started the certified spud industry there. We planted over 100 acres that year with spuds. The weather was perfect and our crop was good. We built two potato cellars that year and filled them both. The next year, we planted what we needed and sold the rest of the seed. There were over 5,000 acres planted in spuds that year in the valley and many more cellars built. While in Lost River, I was Sunday School Superintendent and Chairman of the Boy Scout Troop Committee."

"World War II broke out in 1941 and Elmo and Ben joined the marines. Elmo went to Hawaii as a radio and electronics expert and Ben went in the infantry in the South Pacific."

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"Leone was married in Moore to Legrand Caldwell and had three children: D; D, and J. LeGrand also went in the Service and Leone lived with us during that time. J was born while she was staying with us in Moore. The winter was bad. I went into town after a doctor and when we returned, Leone was very weak. The doctor and I, holding the Priesthood laid our hands on her head and blessed her while the rest of the family knelt in prayer in the kitchen. Through the Lord's blessing, Leone and baby survived. J was very tiny but grew to be a beautiful young woman. She was always a favorite because of that experience."

"Joel and Hart later joined the Navy and served in the Pacific. We moved to Richfield, Idaho. In about 1940 while living there, Ben was wounded badly in the war. He was in the hospital in San Diego for many months in a full body cast and was still there at the time the war ended. Ben has suffered a great deal of pain all his life as a result of that wound."

The family of Leo Thomas and Lizzie Leone Wilding Grover:

Elmo, Ben, J., H.,

Leone, B., M.,

Leo and Lizzie

Leo at the place in Castleford in 1954.

Leo, in Arkansas in 1954 while on his mission.

Photos from one of the family reunions held at Alturas Lodge in Idaho.

"Throughout my lifetime, I have built many homes and cabins and enjoyed my carpentry work. I played guitar in a dance band during the 1940's."

"In 1962 while living in Gooding, Leone and I were called to serve as caretakers for the Gooding Stake Camp at Alturas lake where there were several cabins (one for each ward) and a large lodge with a comfortable caretaker's cabin. We had several family gatherings and a special reunion with brothers and sisters and children while we were there."

Leo Thomas in Arkansas on his mission in 1963. He was in charge of harvesting the pecans.

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"It was while we were in Gooding, we were called to serve a full time mission in the Gulf States. This was a wonderful experience. We baptized 30 people. While on our mission, we found a bilding for th church to buy for a meeting house. Leone baked bread to raise money to remodel the building. She baked as high as 50-60 loaves a day and the elders sold it. The bread was very tasty and they would always sell all she could bake. It was known as "Mormon bread". I remodeled the old building and made a fine meeting house with a kitchen and bathrooms. We had sold all our belongings at auction to have enough money to go on that mission so on our return, we settled in St. George to work in the Temple. We attended at least two sessions almost every day. While living in St. George, I remodeled two homes and built two cabins."