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Summer 1967-1968 Homes

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Summer 1967-1968 Homes Address: 1967 Home  363 N 300 W, Kanab, UT 84741 Address: 1968 Home  345 N 300 W, Kanab, UT 84741 Grandma and Grandpa lived here during the summers of 1967 and 1968 when Grandpa had a break from BYU and worked for the BLM during the summers.  The houses belonged to Grandma's Uncle Orville's family. The house at 363 N 300 W, was called Grandma Maude's house. The house at 345 N 300 W was Verda's house. On one occasion, while staying at Verda's house Grandma Slade felt like an intruder was trying to get in the house.  The front door was open for ventilation because there was no AC, so Grandma crawled around on the floor trying to close the door and get to the phone to call for help.  Lisa also "baked" cookies here -- getting flour all over the kitchen.
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Parry Lodge

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Parry Lodge Address:  89 E Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 This is the site of the first swimming pool in Kanab. Grandma took a few lessons there as the owners allowed locals to also use the pool.  She never did become a confident swimmer, however. Many famous movie stars stayed here while they were filming TV shows and movies. Grandma was an extra in a TV episode.
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Location: Kanab, UT 84741, USA
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Former Hospital

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Former Hospital Address:  210 300 N, Kanab, UT 84741 When Grandma was in high school her sister, Nadine, called her to come home from work at Arctic Circle to take her brother, Scott, to the hospital after he had been injured. When she got home, no one was there because her dad got there first and took him. On another occasion, a neighbor came to their house bleeding and needing medical help. Grandma took him to the hospital, but when they arrived the nurse had to tell Grandma to put her head down because she almost fainted from her neighbor's loss of blood.
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Former Equitable

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Former Equitable Address:  39 W Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 Equitable    - (pronounced by the locals as E- Quit -able) was dry goods store where Grandma's family would purchase fabric, patterns, thread, needles, etc. Today it is called Duke's.
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Location: Kanab, UT 84741, USA
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Movie Theater

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  Movie Theater Address:  29 W Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 Grandma worked here as a substitute when the regular employees couldn't make their shifts. She would take tickets, make popcorn, and on occasion watch the movies played here (although she never got to watch an entire film while she was working).
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Location: Kanab, UT 84741, USA
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Laundry Site

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  Laundry Site Address: 70 S 200 W, Kanab, UT 84741 The National Parks (Zion, Grand, Bryce) would send their towels and sheets here to be laundered. Grandma worked at this site every summer after she graduated from high school. She laundered the sheets and towels and prepared them for shipping back to the parks.
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Dan's Store Site

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  Dan's Store Site Address:  93 W Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 This is where Grandma's family went grocery shopping.  She would stop by here on her way home and buy chocolate chips on her parents' store account (an old-fashioned kind of credit card). When her dad came home from working on the range, he would munch on the chocolate chip cookies. The store was owned  by Dan Frost, who was Great Grandpa Fred E Heaton's friend. 
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Location: Kanab, UT 84741, USA
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