A moving experience

Ray and Sheryl are moving this week to Orem, Utah, just north of Provo, here in the peaceful Utah Valley. It will be nice to have them close to us. Sheryl's parents, the Crandalls, live in Provo. They are trying to sell their home in Heyburn. Ray is considering buying into a business here and is thinking of attending Utah Technical School at Provo. Their phone is (801) 224-2651. Their address is 186 E 1200 N, Orem, Utah 84057.

Message to descendants

Ray submitted this as what our grandparents Henry William Cleverly and Olive Ellen Ritchie could be saying to us, their descendants. It comes from a dream that he had.

Beloved children (for you are all our children; what does it matter wheter it's grandchildren or great-grandchildren or second or third great-grandchildren; we are all one family), we want you to know that we are pleased with what you are doing in gathering as a family and looking to your forefathers with respect and honor. We are glad to have come in remembrance before you.

Many loved ones wait in the prison section of paradise. You are their hope. Baptism opens the gate, endowments enable them to progress, marriage for eternity and sealing of children allow them to continue in the family unit until they attain exaltation.

If you hurry, more of us can come with the Savior when He arrives in the Millennium. If you neglect us, you must take your place at the end of the line when He comes.

Our thanks go out to Ray, Jerry, and Dean, and the rest who have helped so many over here.

We must not speak of things over here other than to say that now you're on a journey and you'll be coming HOME before long. When you cross the gulf, you'll leave the earthly things behind. There are three items you can bring: your character, the things you know, and all the good and bad you've done.

Oh, remember us, remember us. Walk not the selfish way. We rejoice in heaven that you are met together on this day. And now, our children, farewell until we meet again.

Grandma & Grandpa

Another family member

Curtis Page Cleverly (6 pounds 9 1/2 ounces and 18 1/2 inches) was born to Ray and Sheryl in Burley on Tuesday, December 4, 1973. Ray blessed him on January 6, 1974. Young Curtis had doubled his weight by his six-week checkup. Richard and Shauna are proud of their new little brother.

What we're doing in the Church

Kay was set apart January 17, 1974, by Hartmon Rector Jr. as one of the seven presidents of the 190th Quorum of Seventy.

Dale is working in Bolivia's capital city, La Paz. He is assigned to Branch 9 and reports there are twelve branches in the city. His address will always be the same, no matter where he is stationed: Casilla de Correo 4789, La Paz, Bolivia. In one of his first letters he wrote: "The people are really neat. Fast Sunday I just cried because of the humbleness of these people. They'd do anything for the Church."

Sheryl's brother, Scott Crandall, has received a mission call to the Alberta-Saskatchewan Mission.

Kristine is first counselor in her second year Beehives class.

Lyle was called February 3, 1974, to serve as first counselor in the Sunday School presidency of the Bellingham 1st Ward. Barbara has been serving for over a year as secretary of the Primary.

Lynda was called December 9, 1973, as second counselor in the Primary of the Ogden 67th Ward. In January she was released as MIA activity and service advisor. Gail serves as Explorer committeeman.

On January 13, 1974, I was released as second counselor in the presidency of the BYU 11th Branch and then resustained as first counselor.

Stan, Terry, and Dave all played on the senior basketball team of the Bellingham 1st Ward. The team captured fourth place in the stake.

Lynda was in charge of a daddy-daughter date on January 18 that followed an early-1900s theme. Gail and Angie attended as daddy and daughter.

Ray's research report

The past year I have read 172 rolls of microfilm at a cost of $128. I collected $45 at the reunion last summer, so you can see the amount I've paid out of my own pocket. There is much more I could do if I had the money to spend. I am almost ready to hire a researcher on the Cleverly lines.

Last month I found access to Aunt Louisa's records and have been copying them. I have been able to add four generations of grandparents from these records. I added seven pedigree charts on Dad's Horton lines. There are 1,239 names ready to be processed. I am presently planning on putting them in the family file of the Provo Temple. Would anyone else like some names put in the other temples close to you so you can have the joys of doing work for your ancestors? If so, let me know.

Finally, for this year I have spent $20.50 for films and for pictures for this year's renion.

We need each other

Ray submitted the following:

If it were possible for a life to be lived without parents, brothers, sisters, or without association with any other person, the deplorable state of such an individual would be almost beyond comprehension. So we need each other. First our parents, brothers and sisters, and friends. Then wives, husbands, and children. We also need others to supply employment, to manufacture, to furnish things we need. Thus life is made more bounteous and enjoyable.

Life is a continuous round of doing something for someone else and they in turn doing something for you. Nevertheless, we hope to be self-sustaining. If we owe a debt, we want to pay it. We do not want to live on the fruits of another person's labor. But for man to try and live altogether independently of one another is against the law of achievement. What greater way to pay our debts than to work for those who have preceded and had our way prepared for us.

The family bond should always be maintained. Reunions are necessary that family ties be not forgotten, and also that through united effort certain obligations will be taken care of, friendships renewed, and the unity of the family maintained. I believe the will of the Lord to be that we all united that we can more effectively discharge our responsibilities and establish a lasting bond of friendship and love among us.

With all my love to family members that we may keep the faith always.

New additions to family

The family continues to grow and grow. Within the last three months three babies have been born and a fourth (to Ray and Sheryl) is still on the way, due in mid-December. These three new ones bring to twenty-five the number of Ivard and Dorothy's living grandchildren. Of the twenty-five, only eight are granddaughters and seventeen are grandsons.

Michael Adam (6 pounds 7 ounces and 17 1/2 inches) was born to Dean and Claudia in Provo on Sunday, September 2. Dean blessed him September 30.

Chad Anthony (8 pounds 3 ounces and 20 1/2 inches) was born to Kay and Claudia in Salt Lake City on Monday, October 8. Kay blessed him on November 4.

Gena was born to Gene and Cheryl in Nampa on Tuesday, October 23.


The Cleverly Newsletter, Dec 1973 [Vol 1 no 2]

Miscellaneous tidbits

Thirteen-year-old Kristine, an eighth grader at Ogden's Central Junior High, has kept a 3.9 GPA for two years in a row now. She reports that gym is her favorite subject and that U.S. history is her least favorite.

Last April when Ike turned eight, he joined the Cub Scouts. Only a week later he entered the Pinewood Derby and captured first place, beating out everyone in both the eight- and nine-year-old categories. He continues to progress in Scouting and will receive his Wolf badge in the next pack meeting.

Ray and Sheryl are enjoying their new home in Heyburn just out of Burley. More specifically, Ray reports he is busy searching films and researching Cleverly genealogy and has found at least two new names on the pedigree. He promises a more complete report in the March newsletter.

Kay is now serving as Seventies group leader in the Bountiful 36th Ward.

Larrel Palmer, son of Ken and Berniece in Tooele, is a freshman this year at BYU. By coincidence, he is a member of the BYU 11th Branch, the same branch in which Dean serves as second counselor in the branch presidency. Larrel is doing an excellent job as sacrament coordinator.

Last summer Ike placed third in a tennis class he was enrolled in.

Jerry no longer works as a milkman, by doctor's orders, and is now attending Boise State College as a full-time student.

Claudia and I will be traveling to sunny (smoggy?) southern California to spend Christmas with her parents, the Langes, in San Gabriel. If yoy watch the Rose Bowl parade on New Year's Day, look for us in the crowds. We'll probably be there.


The Cleverly Newsletter, Dec 1973 [Vol 1 no 2]

Second annual family reunion

The second annual Ivard R Cleverly family reunion belongs now to history. The fun, the food, and the friendshipping should linger as a pleasant memory for all who participated. Ray and Sheryl deserve special thanks for planning and then hosting the reunion in their Burley home. Twenty-three family members came, out of a possible thirty-nine. The sixteen lost souls belonged to Lyle's and Kay's families, neither of which were able to attend.

The reunion weekend began Friday evening, July 13, with a dinner and lots of visiting. Saturday morning featured breakfast, organized games, and more visiting. Following lunch a business meeting was held. Then a swimming excursion and a night picnic. Sunday meant meetings, a final meal, and departures.

In the business meeting: (1) Jerry, Ray, and Dean were appointed as the family genealogy committee; (2) Ray talked about certain items he could get for food storage; (3) Gene forwarded the idea of buying land; and (4) Ray showed a packet of genealogy materials he had prepared for each family. The pictures of early homes and chapels, together with Harry Pledger's story of how he courted Grandma Batt, make this packet well worth its $10 price.


The Cleverly Newsletter, Sept 1973 [Vol 1 no 1]