Celia Gean Frost
19 August 1926
MY TURN ON EARTH
Autobiography of Celia Gean Frost Gilmour

 
        1926 was a good year in history. The world was at peace at the time, people were getting by and happy. President Calvin Coolidge was the President of our United States of America. The Vice President was Charles G. Dawes. They were Republicans. The Prophet Heber J. Grant was the Prophet and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and the world.

        The headlines that appeared on or about August 19, 1926 read: “Life Expectancy 54.1 Years”. To cope with declining sales, the eight hour work day and five day week are introduced by Henry Ford. Warner Theater in New York introduced the first talking Movie: “DON JUAN”, actor John Barrymore stars. Other movies...Battling Butler. Beyond the Trail and Risky Business.

        1926 Music Favorites.....I'm Sitting On Top of the World, by Al Jolson.......Dinah, by Ethel Waters; Bye, Bye Blackbird, by Gene Austin;........Blue Skies, by Irving Berlin......When Day is Done, by Paul Whiteman.....and.....Midnight Stomp, by Fats Waller.

Consumer Price Index:
Pound of Butter54¢   Movie Ticket20¢
Average Rent per month$20.00   Loaf of Bread9¢
US Postage Stamp2¢   Dozen Eggs14¢
Gallon of Gasoline12¢   Gallon of Milk56¢
15 lbs of Sugar$1.00   New Ford Auto$360.00
New House$7,748.00   Average Income$2,310.00

        Queen Elisabeth ll, the future Queen of Great Britain was born in June of 1926. Entertainers born that year were Marilyn Monroe, Andy Griffith, Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Tony Bennett, and Winnie the Pooh was also created that year. But most important of all..., Celia Gean Frost and Jack Douglas Gilmour were also born that year!

        Let me tell you just why I am writing my story. I have the histories of my parents, my grandparents and beyond. I have read them and reread them. I like to know about their lives, their joys and hardships, how they lived and what they thought.

        I am writing this so that you will come to know me. You might think you know me, but you don't really know me at all. I want you to know the conditions of my life growing up, the fun things, crazy things, the good times, the bad times, and my feelings about life. I hope you will enjoy knowing me. I have neglected telling this story for years, as I was busy working on scrap-booking. Catching up on getting all my photos of you kids into new books. Now I am neglecting my scrap-booking to tell my story. In 2008 I read 57 books, in 2009 only 43 and 2010 only 14. Some I read twice. I love books, my favorite author is Richard Paul Evens. This year I decided it was time to write my own book before time runs out on me. Hope I will still have time to get my scrap-booking caught up. I have got years to go.

       As journey back through my 84 years of life, there are so very many precious memories that have been forgotten, and so few remembered. There are many things I would like to relate, but there is too little space. I arrived here with a round trip ticket and with a purpose. To get a body, to be obedient, to gain a testimony, be baptized, and to love and serve others. Some day I'll return from where I came. I pray that I have lived up to those exceptions. I pray that I have touched the lives of many for the good. And I am trying to continue to make people happy.