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nized in its place to save time and space, Mrs. Osmond said.Mrs. Osmond always has a book to read and carries it in what she calls her “Busy Box. This is a small suitcase she keeps with her backstage for any idJo” hours she can fill with crocheting, sewing, record keeping and reading. Her current book is on nutrition—another hobby of Mrs. Osmond, which she says pays off in good health for her family.We eat a Jot of fruit and love vegetables, Mrs. Osmond stated. ‘‘Mother is the best cook—unless it’s grandma, is what the younguns think of her home cooking. No tea, coffee or cola drinks are on their diet of plain food. All have salads named after them.Mrs. Osmond, who not only does the laundry for her family, including seven shirts to iron a day, in addition to dresses* for herself and Marie, also sews for them.With shirts ranging in size from 6 to 20, 1 sew them myself—and the boys prefer them, she commented. Mane has her own small sewing machine, too, on which she sews clothes for her dolls.no iiirki) marWe have no hired help,” Mrs. Osmond said. The children do the chores in their home in the San Fernando Valley and in Huntsville, Utah.Any discipline that is meted out is insignificant, Mrs. Osmond said. Any errant is pulled in by one of the others before it gets to higher authority, she said, with the everpresent twinkle in her eye.I Jove and spoil the children, and my husband straightens them out,” says Mrs. Osmond. He is a good disciplinarian, firm, but kind. He helps me in everything, she said.A trained secretary, who once worked in the Adjutant General’s office in Ogden, Utah, Mrs. Osmond attended the University of Utah and received her nine degrees at home, she said jokingly.At the close of each day, whether they are in their own home or on tour, their singing sons Allen, 19; Wayne, 17; Merrill, 15; Jay, 13; Donny, 11, and Jimmy, 5 and Marie, 9, who occasionally performs with the group, gather with their parents for a family conference of the day’s problems, plans for next day, and a reading from the Scriptures. As participating members of the Mormon Church, the family takes these moments seriously.We are a little bit old fashioned,” Mrs. Osmond staled.Reunion plans are uppermost in the mind of Mrs.
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Red Bank Register
Red Bank, New Jersey, US
Thu, Aug 08, 1968
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