MARCH 1980

Apache Junction
March 4

Yesterday on T.V. on a talk show they had the General President of the Relief Society.  Sister Smith and a lay members.  They talked about the Equal Rights Amendment.  A Mrs. Johnson who had been excommunicated had been on the show before.  She said she had been excommunicated because of her role in E.R.A.  The sisters did very well.  They talked about the family unit and if ERA were adopted we may lose our freedom to choose to be a woman and the family would suffer.  They opposed women in the armed forces.  A woman should have a choice, not forced to be in the armed forces.  People from the audience asked questions, they handled it very well.  A Catholic priest asked about our excommunication and how they were handled.  I am sure the ERA will be an issue which may cause heartache to many people.  We have some lovely granddaughters and we pray that this tool of Satan's will not hurt them or cause them heartache or unhappiness.

March 26

Monday morning we arose early and picked up our friends, George and Margaret Ricks, in Mesa.  We went to Mogales, Mexico.  We stayed all night on the American side of the border and returned yesterday afternoon.  George and Ida took their car.  We had a wonderful time.  We bought a few things in Mexico but mostly enjoyed the camping and the things we saw.  (George & Margaret Ricks are distant relatives to Wallace)not correct.
On the way home we visited Tumacacori National Monument.  The missionary church of San Jose De Tumacacori located on US Highway 89, in Santa Cruz County, was built by Spanish Franciscan missionaries and Indian natives about 1800.  The church was abandoned by 1848 and the National Park Service administrates and protects it as a historical site.  It was a very nice trip.