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Ann said she doesn't believe in ghosts, but she saw one once. She was about 12 years old and was sleeping in the living room on 23rd St. in Idaho Falls. She saw the ghost walk toward her then backed away and disappeared.

For most of her childhood, Ann went to places in groups - the three Jones girls Ann, Jane, and Ruby, with neighbors of similar age. The whole group went to the fair, walking all the way there and back.

Her first time alone was her first date while in sixth grade. A boy asked her to the movies and Ann's mom agreed. The boy was late picking her up because he had to wait for his dad to come home to give him the money.

They went to the Gayety Theater, which showed westerns on Saturday afternoons. This same boy used to hide Coca-Cola bottles for Ann in the canal near the house. The cold canal water would make the drink cold. They also went to concerts together. When asked, she couldn't remember the boy's name for certain.

Ann has said on several occasions that she only had one birthday party as a child -- on her 13th birthday. It was a beautiful cold day (her birthday is in February). She remembers the full moon, which made for a beautiful evening when walking her friends home. She still remembers how some local boys gave her a five-pound box of chocolate.

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Photo: Clipping of Gayety Theater advertisement from 1941.

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