Aunt Gloria had this picture among some of her mementos from Willard's life. He served a mission to England from 1904 to 1906. A few months before coming home, he, along with three other missionaries had this picture taken. I was wondering what the occasion was and found the answer in Willard's journal:
Tues. Aug. 28/06 Darlington. Fine [referring to the weather].This forenoon we spent the forenoon at lodge. I cut Elder Aisncough's hair. At noon, Elder Barton came who was to be my future companion. He is a son of Bishop Barton of Kaysville. We all took dinner together, after which we took a walk to the Park and had another game of Bowling. Elder Ainscough beat this game also. Returning to the lodge I cut Elder Riches' hair. We spent some time there when we left to get our train for Penrith. Elder Ainscough accompanied Elder Barton and I to the station. We took the 5:08 P.M. train. Changed at Kirkby Station thence to Penrith. We spent the evening at lodge, it being 7:40 when we arrived. Retired at 10 P.M.
Hope you are all doing well. I added a couple more descendants to our group email this week--welcome Kay and Kathy! If there are others that you'd like me to add, please have them contact me or send me their email address.
Thanks,
Loren
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