It was a beautiful morning when we got up. We had a wonderful day and enjoyed camping. We stayed around the camp site most of the time. I did take Sandy, Shellie and Mike down to the creek fishing. We only caught o fish so I put it on Mike’s pole and let him fight it in the water. He was excited! In the evening I again went fishing and caught 10 fish with one of the about 14 inches and weighed about 1 ¼ lb. The ranger stopped by to let us know that they hadn’t caught the bears yet. We again put the food up the tree, for the night.
Thursday, August 17, 1972
We again had a wonderful day camping. There were signs that the bears had came into our camp last night but they didn’t get into our food or cause any harm. This evening I again caught my limit in fish. The ranger came by and told us that the bears had gone into a camp on the other side of the highway and the old sow had started after a child. The child’s father retrieved a 12 gage shot gun and killed the bear. Also the tree cubs had got into the traps and the rangers hauled them away. That was a relief to have that worry taken away. We did still take percussions by putting our food up the tree, but we slept better.
Friday, August 18, 1972
Irven, Sandy and their family got here about 8:30am. We had a very enjoyable day. Irven and I went fishing and did very well. Irven caught one nice fish that was about 14” long. Mom and Dad Jensen ; Bob, Carroll and their family; Uncle Irven and Aunt Bernice; Leslie, Marsha and their family, all got here this afternoon.
Saturday, August 19, 1972
Several of us went out fishing early this morning. I caught over 21 fish this morning and then in the afternoon I caught 6 more. When we came back in the afternoon, Phil Winterowd returned about the same time. I asked him how he did and he held up 4 or 5 beautiful fish that made my 6 look like minnows. I asked him how he caught such nice fish. Did he release the small fish, to which he replied, “No, I don’t catch small fish.” I then asked him how he did that and he said that you can tell by the way the fish takes the bait, a small fish will dart and grab the bait, while a large fish will gently take the bait and then settle to the bottom of the creek.  I guess I am not that skilled. Many of the living descendents of William and Zinna Hill gathered with us today. It rained this afternoon but cleared by evening. Uncle Albert had taken a walk out of the camp area just as it was getting dark. He heard something in the bushes making a grunting noise and thought it was Billie, his oldest son, called to him. When he didn’t respond he called to him again and said that he should quite fooling around. He almost through a rock in his direction but changed his mind and came back to camp. When he walked into camp, the first person he saw was Billie. We didn’t know what was in the bushes, but maybe it was a bear. We all assembled around the campfire for a Family meeting. It was a great Family Reunion.
Sunday, August 20, 1972
All the Family gathered around for a Sunrise service at 7am. Aunt Vida told us of some of the Hill Family history. Eddie Actison, Margaret’s husband, told some of his experiences as a Rodeo Cowboy. Uncle Irven and also I each spoke for a few minutes. The family then broke up and everyone left for home. When we got back to Idaho Falls, Mom and Dad took my family to the airport. We flew to Boise and then to Salt Lake, where Mom and Dad Porter met us. Mae and our children went with Mom and Dad Porter and I caught a flight back to Phoenix.
Monday, August 21, 1972
I had a busy day at work. After work I went over to Larry and Tammy’s for dinner and to visit. I came home about 10:15PM. The house is sure lonely without Mae and my children.
Tuesday, August 22, 1972
I worked late this evening, getting home at 9PM. Work had gone well, but just a lot to do. I called Mae just to talk to her. It was good to be able to visit with her. I sure miss my family.
Wednesday, August 23, 1972
Work went well today, although I did work late, getting home at 8PM. The light went out on our Taunus as I was driving home.
Thursday, August 24, 1972
I worked late again tonight. At 10PM I picked Mae and my children up at the airport. It is sure good to have them back home.
Friday, August 25, 1972
It has been a busy day at work today, but we finally got some problems corrected and I was able to get home on time. When I got home, Mae had a nice dinner ready. Mae had gone shopping and rented a TV for a few days. We watched some TV and were quite late before getting to bed.
Saturday, August 26, 1972
We slept in this morning. After breakfast I mowed the lawn and trimmed some of the bushes. I then changed the oil in the Chevrolet and then did some work on the Taunus. I went up to the Spaw to work out for a little while. When I came back I went over to Bob Allen’s and helped him build a partition. Mae and I watched a show on TV again this evening.
Sunday, August 27, 1972
I attended meetings most of the day today. This evening Mae and I went over to Deloy and Lois Porters for the evening. We visited and played games.
Monday, August 28, 1972
After getting home from work and having dinner, we held Family Home Evening. I explained the Priesthood and its purpose to the children. Following I gave Sandy, Shellie and Mike a Fathers Blessing. I believe we had Sandy tend Mike and David as we had put the boys to bed. Then Mae and I took Shellie over to the Braithwaite’s, so that Shellie could spend the night with Hollie. Of course Mae and I stayed and visited with Larry and Tammy for a little while.
Tuesday, August 29, 1972
After work I stopped at the Spa for a short workout. I then came home where Mae had dinner ready. Following dinner I went over to our ward house for meeting with the Bishopric. This evening Mae attended a baby shower fro Sister Marsden.
Wednesday, August 30, 1972
I came home from work with a bad cold. I went to bed early.
Thursday, August 31, 1972
I went to work although I still am not feeling very well. After work I went to the Spaw and worked out for a little while before going home. I went to bed early but didn’t sleep very well, being worried about our financial situation and also about work. I am not sure just what the future holds!
Friday, September 1, 1972
Scott Fry called me into his office today. It was for a good surprise, I was promoted to a Senor Programmer and given a $45.00 a week raise. That sure changed my attitude from yesterday. I had to call Mae and let her know the good news. This evening I helped Mae prepare a nice meal as she had invited Larry and Tammy and their children over to eat with us. We enjoyed visiting and being with the Braithwaite’s as always. I sure have a wonderful wife and sweetheart!
Saturday, September 2, 1972
This morning I went to the Health Spa with Larry. After returning home I replaced the faucet on our bathroom sink. This evening Mae and I went to the show, “Fiddler on the Roof” and really enjoyed that.
Sunday, September 3, 1972
We attended meeting today, in Fast and Testimony both Sandy and Mae bore their Testimonies. This evening I helped Mae with some Primary work. Mae and I were up quite late tonight talking. I sure love that girl.
Monday, September 4, 1972
We slept in until 8 this morning. After breakfast I worked in the garden and cleaned our storage shed. Mae also clean the house and packed a lunch for this evening. At 4PM we went with Larry’s family to Canon Lake. We didn’t get home until about 8PM.
Tuesday, September 5, 1972
Sandy and Shellie started school this morning. After work I met Larry at the Health Spa and we worked out for a while. When I got home Mae and I went up to the hospital to visit Lois Porter and their new baby. I then took Mae back home and I went up to the Bishop’s office where we held Oral Evaluations with the Elders Quorum Presidency.
Wednesday, September 6, 1972
Work went well today. I had a little time with my family after returning home and having dinner. This evening I attended Bishopric meeting. Mae went to a Wedding Shower for DeAnn Van Beecum, this evening. Sandy tended the children while she was gone.
Thursday, September 7, 1972
After work I stopped by the Health Spa for a work out. When I got home I tended the children while Mae attended a Choirs Practice.
Friday, September 8, 1972
I went into work this morning and worked until Midnight on the Freight Cargo Accounting System.
Saturday, September 9, 1972
I went to work with Ron Shumway, putting an addition on a home. We work about 9 hours, laying block. A barbeque was held to express apparition to the outgoing Bishopric. It rained quite hard before we returning home.
Sunday, September 10, 1972
I started meeting early this morning. Mae called me, telling me that I had received a call from work and they needed me to come in to solve some problems with the Freight Cargo system. I was able to get the problems corrected and back home in time to attend Sacrament meetings. We had no sooner returned home from meeting when I got another call for the office needing me back again.
Monday, September 11, 1972
I work at Air West until 1AM. I came home and got a little sleep but Ron and I had planned on working on the remodel job for Warner’s for a couple of hours. We did that and then I took the rest of the day off work at Air West. Mae and I wall papered the children’s rooms. This evening we had a nice Family Home evening.
Tuesday, September 12, 1972
After I got home from work, we took our family to Pioneer Park. There we met Larry, Tammy and their children and we had a joined Birthday Party for Jody and David. After eating, Larry and I went over to the Health Spa, where we worked out for a little while. We then went back to the park where we joined our families. It was a very nice evening.
Wednesday, September 13, 1972
Work went well. This evening I attended Bishopric meeting. Mae worked on her Primary responsibilities.
Thursday, September 14, 1972
I took the day off work at Air West, as Larry needed some help. I worked 9 hours for him today. After work, Larry and I went over to the Health Spa and worked out.
Friday, September 15, 1972
I went back to work at Air West this morning. Mae had a busy day, she took care of getting me and the children off to work and school. She then cleaned the house as she had a Primary preparation meeting, plus she packed for her and David to go to Utah. She then drove over to the office so I would have the car. I took her and David to the Air Port Terminal where they took the 3:25PM flight to Salt Lake. When I got home I went up to Dr. Opie’s for a treatment. The kids and I went out and bought hamburgers for our dinner plus we rented a TV for the evening. I did not indicate why Mae went to Utah but that would have been the season for peaches to be on and Mae went up to help her mother with peaches. She would take an empty suit case with her and bring it back, packed with fresh bottled peaches.
Saturday, September 16, 1972
I slept until 8AM before getting up and preparing breakfast. I went over to Tempe where I got some table paper to cover the banquet tables at the Ward. After getting back home I started working on our car. This afternoon I went up to the church and helped prepare for the Ward Banquette. I came back from there and got my family, going back to the Banquette. When we got back home, I called Mae and visited for a few minutes. I then went out and worked on the car again.
Sunday, September 17, 1972
I went to my morning meetings. I had arranged for Brother and Sister Sherman to pick up my children and bring then to Sunday school. After Sunday school we came home and got some dinner. I then finished the work on the car. The children and I went to Sacrament meeting but when we got home the water pump was leaking. I had to work on that some more to get it to stop. This evening Brother Porter called me and asked if I would assist him in Blessing their new baby. After that I went over to the Air Port where I picked up Mae and David. It has been a busy day, but I am glad to have Mae back home!
Monday, September 18, 1972
Work went well today, and after getting off I went into Dr. Opie and got a treatment. We had a nice Family Home Evening tonight. Mae and I watched a late show on TV before going to bed.
Tuesday, September 19, 1972
I flew to San Francisco this morning on business. The purpose of this trip is to teach the Supervision in our San Francisco Data Input department, about the Tape Library System. After work I found a Health Spa in San Mateo where I was able to work out. I stayed the night at the Hyatt Motel. I had a very nice dinner this evening, but it is sure lonely staying in a motel room without Mae being with me.
Wednesday, September 20, 1972
I continued working at the Head Quarters Office for Hugh Air West Airline in San Francisco today. I took the 5PM Flight to Phoenix. I got at 7PM and then went right up to Bishopric meeting. I got home about 9:45PM from that meeting. The children were already in bed, so we let Sandy stay with the children while Mae and I drove up town and got an Ice Cream Sunday. It is sure great to return home from the business trip. I enjoy these business trips but the night time is for the pits!
Thursday, September 21, 1972
This morning started out about normal at work. Then my phone rang and when I answered it, Ron Shumway asked me to come down to his office. When I opened the door to Ron’s office, the room was filled with several men, who were all looking at me. My first thoughts were “Oh Boy, what have I done!” Ron just handed me a envelope, which I slowly opened. As I looked inside the envelope, I could see that it wasn’t a “pink Slip”. I pulled the letter out and read it. The letter was from the Federal Aviation Commission in Washington D.C. and they are requiring certain data to be sent monthly to them, concerning Freight Cargo transportation from every Airline in the United States. It also requires that a reprehensive from each Airline be in attendance at a meeting to be held in Washington D.C. I then folded the letter and put it back inside the envelope and handed it back to Ron. Ron then said “Well!” I responded back “Well what?” Ron asked if we had a system that could provide that information. I told him “No we do not”, to which he asked if we had a system that could be modified to supply that information. I again replied “No, we do not. I told him that the system that should supply that information was the Freight Cargo System, but that system could not run properly even now, but if it was totally rewritten it could meet all the requirements that were needed for the operation of Air West as well as the new requirements requested by the Federal Aviation Commission. Ron then looked at the other men in the room for a minute, then looked back and asked if it could be done by the given dead line. The Dead Line was approximately 1 year from the date of the letter. I told him that I was sure that it could. He then told me that I had total authority to rewrite the system and would be given whatever assistance I felt I needed. Then he added “Your it.” I responded back “I’m it what?” To which he told me I would also be the representative for Hugh Air West to attend the meeting in Washington D.C. I was then excused from his office. Wow! What did I just get into? From work this evening I went over to the Health Spa and worked out for a while. After dinner this evening, Mae and I watched the last of a show on TV. After the children went to bed, I explained to Mae what had taken place at work today. She totally gave me her support and confidence that I could do the job. She certainly is a wonderful wife and sweetheart!
That is certainly an expansion from the original 4 short lines in my Diary. I believe it to be a fairly accurate entrance.
Friday, September 22, 1972
After work I went into Dr. Opie’s for an adjustment. When I got home Mae took the car and went to the Health spa. When she returned home, she and I went over to Karen and Jerry Young’s to see their new home and to visit for a while.
Saturday, September 23, 1972
I got up this morning and went to the Mesa Temple. There I attended two Endowments sessions. After leaving the Temple I went over to the Health spa to workout. At 5PM Mae and I attended a Stake Leadership meeting, having Sandy tend the children. When we got home we took the children out for a Ice Cream treat, as they were so good for Sandy while we were gone. When we got back home and got the little ones down to bed, Mae and I went over and visited with Lois and DeLoy Porter for a few minutes.
Sunday, September 24, 1972
We attended Stake Conference this morning. It was very good. After returning home, I went into a Ward Council Meeting. Mae and the children came up to the church so we could attend Sacrament meeting. That was also a very good meeting. After putting the children to bed this evening, Mae and I set up and read for a while.
Monday, September 25, 1972
When I came home from work, Mae was still at the Health Spa. I went to work and prepared dinner and had it ready when Mae came home. After eating Mae said that she would clean up the dishes, so I took the opportunity and played with the children. We then held an enjoyable Family Home Evening. After getting the children down for the night, Mae and I worked on our budget before we went to bed.
Tuesday, September 26, 1972
After work I had a Doctor’s appointment. From there I went over to the Health Spa for a while. I then went to Bishopric meeting. It was almost 11PM when I got home.
Wednesday, September 27, 1972
After work I went over to Dr. Opie’s for another treatment. We relaxed and watched TV as a family this evening.
Thursday, September 28, 1972
After getting home from work and having dinner, then I went Home Teaching this evening. I was able to have a nice visit with each of my families. Larry and I then went to the Health spa. We took Larry’s cousin Gary with us on a guest pass. Because I brought a guest with me I was given a Gym Suite.
Friday, September 29, 1972
After work I went into Dr. Opie’s for a treatment. Mae and I then went with Jim and Marion to the Temple. While we were at the Temple we saw Mollie and Hal Ashcroft also attending a session. After the session the six of us went out for some pizza. After Mae and I got home we watched a show on TV before going to bed.
Saturday, September 30, 1972
Sandy put together a Back-Yard Carnival this morning so we had to stop what every we were doing to see that. All the children enjoyed that time. Sandy is a very creative child and is getting to be quite capable of caring and entertaining the children. Larry came over to visit with me about a possibility of a part time job for me. He had contact with a person that needed some special shipping crates built for shipping a special milled part for space rockets. The parts were milled to a very precise calibration and had to be packed in a shipping crate that would be padded so that there would be no chance of the part getting bumped in any area. He had a drawing of the exist detentions and padding of the completed crate. We estimated the cost of building such a cart and figured the equipment we would need to cut and form the crate. We also estimated the man hours each crate would require to build each crate. We also determined that we could use Larry’s construction listen and Business Name but I would be in complete charge of the project. After talking it over with Larry and talking it over with Mae, Larry would write up a bid and turn it in to the Company for approval. This evening Mae and I attended a Relief Society Opening social.
Sunday, October 1, 1972
Today I started meeting with the Bishopric at 5:30AM and continued meetings until 2:30pm. Mae had invited the Full Time Missionaries over for dinner this afternoon. Mae and Sandy cleaned up after the Elder left. I took a short nap. After getting up we took all our family and went over to Larry and Tammy’s for the evening. It also gave Larry and I to go over our thoughts and plans for the crates. This could lead to other possibilities, even a full time business.
Monday, October 2, 1972
After I got home from work this afternoon, Mae and I went over to Dr. Opie’s for treatments. After dinner we held a nice Family Home Evening. Mae then went to the Health Spa. I worked on some storage rack I am designing and building. The unit will fit under our bed and will replace the bed frame. It will have two layers of slots that will allow canned foods to be loaded on one side of the bed and will roll to the oppose side. We came up with this idea because we have little storage room in the house and it is too hot in our carport shed to store food there.
Tuesday, October 3, 1972
I left work early so that I could go to an interview with First National Bank of Arizona. They have a position open in the Data Processing Department. I found out, in the interview, that they are not offering enough for me to consider the position. This afternoon I took DeLoy Porter to the Spa with me. Because of that I won another gym suite. This evening I attended Bishopric meeting.
Wednesday, October 4, 1972
After getting home from work, I was able to finish the food storage rack that I designed to replace our bed frame and springs. I also build a head board for the bed. Now the problem will be to buy the food to fill the shelves. Mae went to the spa this afternoon.
Thursday, October 5, 1972
I took the afternoon off from work as Mom and Dad Jensen flew in at noon and I picked them up. After dinner this afternoon, Dad and I went to the spa and had an enjoyable time. This evening we set up and watched a show on TV before going to bed.
Friday, October 6, 1972
It has been raining since Tuesday and is expected to continue longer. This evening Mom and Dad Jensen, Jim and Marion Frazer, Mae and I went to the Temple. After getting home and everyone else had gone to bed, Mae and I set up and watched a late movie on TV.
Saturday, October 7, 1972
It finally quit raining this morning. Dad Jensen and I went to the Health Spa for a while this morning. After we got home, all of us went to Dale and Peggy Dransfield’s place. They had invited us out. They took us out to a very large cattle feed yard. I and Dad Jensen were quite impressed with the operation. From there they took us to the Air Force Base in the Queen Creek area. That is the base where Dale is receiving Pilot Training. The airplane that he is training in is really a very light weight rocket to deliver bombs to a target with a pilot to guide it. The fuselage is aluminum and holds the jet engine. The cockpit sits almost on the engine like a saddle on a horse, except the pilot leans back farther. The wings are Styrofoam with a very thin covering of aluminum sheeting covering. That sheeting is so thin that the pilots are instructed that when they fill out their reports, they are to use a clip board and not put the paper on the wing as the pencil point might poke a hole in the wing. Under each wing were mounted 3 or 6 rockets (I don’t remember) with war heads. Inside the wings are the fuel tanks. They hold enough fuel for takeoff and reach flying altitude, where a refueling tanker is waiting for them to refuel. They can then fly to their target and dive while firing their payload. They again climb to flying altitude, refuel and return to base. Dale said that they did let family and friends come to watch the graduation flight but that on one such flight take off, the pilot pulled back on the stick too hard, the plane started to butterfly back and forth and the pilot ejected as the plane was tipped sideways causing him to shoot towards the grandstand and sliding to a stop in front of the audience. The plane continued, crashing on the runway. There was a policy that if a pilot wanted to resign at anytime during training, all he had to do was to go to the office and sign a sheet. That day, even though the pilot was ok, several pilots, with their wives on their arm, lined up to sign the roster. The tradition of guest being invited for the graduation was discontinued at that point. From the base we went to a park where we had a nice lunch. It has been an enjoyable day.
Sunday, October 8, 1972
This year we were able to get two Sessions of General Conference over the TV Broadcasting. Following the last session we attended our Wards Sacrament meeting. I stayed following that meeting, to meet with the Ward Council and then with the Bishopric. This evening we watched some TV before putting the children to bed. Mom, Dad, Mae and I stayed up visiting and playing Rook. We really enjoy having a glass of Postum with Ginger Snap cookies.
Monday, October 9, 1972
After getting home from work, Mae and I both went to Dr. Opie’s for adjustments. After dinner and for Family Home Evening we went to the Visitors Center at the Temple. That is always an enjoyable place to visit. After getting the children we again had our evening with Rook, Postum and Ginger Snap’s.
Tuesday, October 10, 1972
Mom and Mae had cut out and sewed Mae a very cute dress today. When I got home from work, Dad and I went over to the Spa for a little while. Mom and Mae had dinner ready when we got home. I went up to Bishopric meeting and it was late when I got home. It was too late for our evening of Rook, Postum and Ginger Snap’s.
Wednesday, October 11, 1972
I probably rode to work with Ron Shumway this morning. Mae needed the car today, to take Mom and Dad to the Airport. They are going to fly, first to Tucson, Arizona, then to Fresno California where they will spend a few days with Roy and Linda. Next they will fly to Salt Lake and spend a little time there with Margaret, Bob and Carroll and Irven and Sandy, before flying back home to Idaho Falls. We have sure enjoyed having them spend a few days with us. When I got home from work, we bought some Harmon’s fried chicken and took the children to the park to eat and play. Mae and I stayed up late watching a show on TV, after putting the children to bed.
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I am going to add some information at this point, concerning things going on with my job. I had not entered this information into my Diary due to so little space. My work with Hugh’s Air West has been very challenging but very enjoyable. I have really enjoyed Ron Shumway, not only as my boss, but also as a personal friend. A few months ago, while I was visiting with Ron in his office, about the Freight Cargo System, a phone call came on Ron’s phone. He answered it and recognizes Mr. Bared (I am not sure if that the correct name but it will do for now. Also I was only hearing one side of the conversation, so that is all I will put here.) “Yes Mr. Bared; I don’t know about that. Mr. Bared; I don’t think that we can do that. Mr. Bared; I don’t think that is legal. Mr. Bared; You can go to Hell, but I am not going to go to Jail for you. And he hung up the phone.” Needless to say, within two days Ron was demoted from Data Processing Manager to Data Input Supervisor. His replacement was from the planning department. He was a retired Sergeant from the Army and he was usually smoking a big cigar. When he came in the room you felt like he wanted you to jump to attention.
Also at this period of time, the Air West Mechanic Union had called for a strike of all mechanics. Just as they started the strike, President Richard Nixon had made an executive decision and put a freeze on all union raises. Without any real financial benefits to gain, the Union wanted to hold off any settlements until the President’s freeze would be released. So that the Union members could go back to work, they went on a slow down work until the freeze was lifted. That in itself, was a circus and caused all kind of confusion with the airlines.
Being that the programming department, along with the accounting department, were non-union employees, plus were salaried employees, that left us open to fill in where workers were needed. With long hours and bad management, moral fell. With my work on the Freight Cargo going well and about to conclude, I was still managing pretty well - until one morning. Jerry Hanselman, my co-worker, came back in our office after having been called into the manager’s office. When he walked in, I could tell that it hadn’t gone well. I asked him what had happened. He said that he was told that his vacation leave had been canceled. When he asked why, he was told “I might need you”. Jerry had scheduled this vacation over a year ago. He had made plans to take his parents to Europe, where he had spent 3 years in the military, and show them around. All plans had been made in detail with reservations already made and paid for. His parents were at that time already on a flight to Phoenix where he would meet them and then he and they would leave tomorrow. That really upset me and I suggested that he go to Mr. Bared and try to get the decision overturned. Jerry did and was given 1 week off instead of the 2 weeks he had planned on.
From the time of Ron’s release as manager and the new manager took over, almost every time a conversation started in our department, the subject became centered on the puzzling question as to what to do. Many were looking for other opportunities of changing employment. Several in our department had talked about joining a Union but no one had the nerve to do anything about it. I was in the final dead line stages of having a new Freight Cargo up and running.  My work was being hampered by others. Being upset, I called the union office. As soon as I told them that we might be interested in joining a union, I was told that I needed to be very careful and sure before making such a decision. I was warned that if this information was to get out before a union was officially in place, I would be fired. I was told that I would need over 50% (that % may have been 75%) of the department agree to hold a meeting which would be held off company property, for the Union to explain what they could do for us, should we decide to form a union. At that meeting we needed to have over 50%, in attendance, vote in favor of the union. I would need to furnish, to the office of the Union, a list of every person in the department, by full name and complete address, that worked in our department. From that list the union would send to each person’s home a card requesting them to sign and return by mail, indicating their willingness to hold the meeting. The card also indicated that under no circumstances, even should the case be taken to the Supreme Court, could anyone, including company attorneys, ever get access to the cards to see who had signed the card.
Although I was careful as I visited with every person in the department, excluding 3 (as I knew that they would not be in favor of the union) and got a very positive approval, if someone would make the initial venture. On one particular day someone found out that I had started the process and made a slip about it. At that time I said “No more! If this couldn’t be kept quiet now, I wasn’t going any further.” This individual and I had a private discussion for well over an hour before I was convinced to continue. Over the next few days I gathered the needed information and sent it into the Union Office. The card arrived at my house with Friday’s mail delivery. When I went into work on Monday morning, I noticed one of the 3 that I suspected, standing in front the Managers office door waiting for the manager to come to work. He had the card from the Union in his hand. Within minutes, from work starting time, everyone in our department was called into a meeting. Supervisors were stationed outside the doors to the meeting room and all phones within the room were disconnected. The Manager, with his cigar smoking and being chewed, informed us that someone was trying to organize our department into a union. He said that we had each received a card from the union and that if any one signed the card they were to clean out their personal belonging and leave the company property as they were fired. We were then dismissed to either go to work or to leave. As we left the room, almost everyone threw their card into the trash can. I later found that out of 36 (I believe,) only 3 plus myself sent out cards into the Union office.
At that point management started looking to find out who was the instigator.
Thursday, October 12, 1973
At work this morning I was told that management wants me to go to Boston on the 13th of November to learn the Siera Data Collection system. This system runs on a Honeywell computer that is in the San Francisco Ofice. There is no one in our programming staff that is familiar with the system. From the information that I was given this system has been given the company problems for some time. Ron Shumway had convinced the Honeywell Company that the problem was with the computer itself. Honeywell sent two representatives from their company to research the problem. The one programmer that was currently managing the system met with the two from Honeywell and said that he was convinced that the problem was in the programming. With that they picked up their bags and left. Ron was so upset with the programmer on our staff that he fired him on the spot. I am unsure what I should do, especially with the uncertainty with Air West. After getting home and having dinner, Mae took Shellie and Mike with her and went shopping. I stayed home with David and Sandy. We watched a show on TV. When Mae got home and we carried the groceries into the house Mae realized that she was one sack short. Mae called the store and told them of the missing bag and they told her that somehow her bag got mixed with another order. The lady returned to the store when she found the extra sack with her groceries. The store had Mae’s groceries, so she returned to the store and got them.
Friday, October 13, 1972
After returning home from work, Mae and I went to Dr. Opie for a treatment. This evening Ron and Audrey, Larry and Tammy, Mae and I went out to dinner and then to a movie. The show wasn’t the best but it was sure enjoyable to be with friends.
Saturday, October 14, 1972
I worked for Larry today and made $42.00 for the day. That will help our budget quite a bit. After getting home I went over to the Health Spa and enjoyed that. Lois and Deloy Porter asked Mae if she would tend their baby while they took an overnight trip to Old Tucson.
Sunday, October 15, 1972
I started quite early and was in meetings most of the day. This evening Mae and I went up to the hospital to visit Bob Allen, a neighbor and a member of our Ward. After returning home we watched a show on TV with our family. The Porter’s called to let us know that they had returned so Mae and I took their baby back to them and visited for a few minutes. This evening Mae’s back is hurting her. It couldn’t be because she is working to hard?!
Monday, October 16, 1972
Work went well today. This evening we held our Family Night at the park with the Braithwaite’s in honor of Hollie’s Birthday. After getting home, Mae went up to the Spa. I stayed home with the children. Mom Porter called to tell me at there was an ad in the news paper, requesting a manager for an apartment complex. I took down the information.
Tuesday, October 17, 1972
I went over to the Spa at 6:30AM and then went to work from there. This way it will give me more evening time with my family. At 7:30pm I went up to Bishopric meeting. It was 11:30PM when I got home. Mae was just going to bed. We stayed up later discussing the ad Mom Porter had called me about last night. We decided against applying for it. David has come down with a bad cold today.
Wednesday, October 18, 1972
David has been quite sick all day but he did sleep much better tonight. I went Home Teaching this evening. When I got back home, I tended the children while Mae went over to the Spa to work out for a while.
Thursday, October 19, 1972
It rained hard again today. This is the raining season here in Arizona so it is not something that is unusual for the long time residences. Most of the time the Salt River is a dry river bed, but with all the rain, is now a flowing river. Many of the roads that cross the river are closed to traffic, because of the water flow. There is one bridge in Tempe and then the Freeway is bridged over the river. The next closes bridge is quite a ways east. The other roads just drive down the river bank and up the other side. With those roads now closed to crossing it really hinders the flow of traffic. As I have to cross the river each morning and evening to get to and from work, it is requiring 2 or 3 hours extra each day. Also, due to the rains, many schools are closed. I guess that being raised in Idaho where schools often were closed due to snow storms, it seems strange to close school due to rain. After getting home from work I got a haircut. When I got home I gave Mike and David a haircut also.
Friday, October 20, 1972
Sandy and Shellie didn’t attend school today do to the rains, school was not held. It took me an hour and 45 minutes to get into work because so many roads crossing the Salt River were closed due to flooding. Getting home this evening was also a challenge. After getting home all of my family had appointments with Dr. Opie. After eating dinner, we all went over to Larry and Tammy’s for a visit. We all enjoy being with the Braithwaite’s.
Saturday, October 21, 1972
Larry and I checked on a building that we are interested in renting. We are looking to the possibilities of starting up a side job. The building belongs to Bishop Price, but he doesn’t have it ready to show yet. I checked and turned on our furnace today. I also did some work on our lawn mower. This afternoon we left all the children under the care of Lori and Sandy, then Larry, Tammy, Mae and I went for a ride. This evening all the Braithwaite’s came over to our place where we enjoyed the evening visiting and letting the children play together.
Sunday, October 22, 1972
We attended our regular Church meetings today. All went well, although Bishop Ries was out of town. Brother Opie conducted all the meeting today. We invited Jim and Marion Frasier over this evening. Jim, Marion, Mae and I walked over to visit the Freeman’s, a new family that just moved into our Ward. We enjoyed getting acquainted with them. It was an enjoyable evening.
Monday, October 23, 1972
I took of a couple of hours from Air West in order to have an interview at Air Research for a position with them in their Data Processing Department as a computer programmer. I won’t know the results for a day or two but I felt the interview went well. When I got home from work we took all our family to Dr. Opie for spinal adjustments. After dinner and holding F.H.E., I met with Larry Braithwaite and we discussed the possibility of starting a side Business. Larry had an acquaintance approach him about building shipping crates for the company he works for. The crates are for shipping highly accurate machined parts that are for the Space Shuttle, Space Program. They must hold the part, cushioned and succor during shipping and storage. The company presently providing these crates can only provide 1 to 2 crates per month and they are charging a very high price. As we discussed the idea we figure that we can provide 15 to 20 crates per month at less than ½ the current price. Larry will write up a purposed bid for the company and I will figure the machinery we will need to manufacture the crates. We will both look for a building in which we can rent for the operation. This could also expand to a much larger business by expanding to build pallets and shipping crates for other companies. It does sound quite exciting.
Tuesday, October 24, 1972
I didn’t do much at work today. That doesn’t set very well with me as it is just not my nature to work that way but I am quite discouraged with the way things are going with work. At home I just watched TV and tended the children while Mae went to a home decorating party.
Wednesday, October 25, 1972
Today both Ron Shumway and I received offers to go to work for Hugh’s AiResearch Co. located here in Phoenix. The offers come on condition of physical examinations. I had not known that Ron was also applying for a position with Hugh’s Air Research Co. Shortly after I got to work Ron called me into his office and told me that he know that I was receiving an offer for he had also received an offer. He will be one of three supervisors and I would be assigned as a programmer under one of the other two supervisors.
This evening I attended Bishopric meeting which lasted quite late. It was about 11:40PM when I got home. I am not feeling the best tonight. I feel that I might be getting a cold.
Thursday, October 26, 1972
I didn’t feel very well this morning but went into work anyway. When I got home this afternoon I went right to bed. I woke later and got up to have something to eat. I then figured our bills and watched some TV while Mae and the children went shopping.
Friday, October 27, 1972
I went into work this morning and shortly after getting there I received a call from AiResearch notifying me that I had passed my physical examination. I drove over to AiReasearch and signed the paperwork to start work with them on November the 13th. Just before leaving work I went into my boss’s office and turned in my resignation notice that I was quitting my position with Hugh Air West as of November the 10th. A few minutes later Ron called me and asked me if I would come into his office. He said that he was told that I had turned in my resignation. He also informed me that he was going to turning in his resignation Monday Morning. As we visited I mentioned that my one regret was that I would be losing my flying benefit. One thing lead to another and we decided that since he hadn’t turned in his notice, he could apply for tickets for 4 for Hawaii. I called Mae and asked her if she would like to go to Hawaii before I left the airlines. She of course was all for that.
(At that time I felt that I was making the right decision but every since then I have questioned that decision. Even now as I retype these journal entrances some 42 years later I still wonder what changes it would have made to our lives. That I will probably never know until after this life is over for me.)
This evening after dinner we watched some TV with the children. After putting the little ones down Mae and I went for a ride with DeLoy and Lois Porter.
Saturday, October 28, 1872
I went to work for Larry on some apartments he is framing. After work I went to the health spa and relaxed. The rest of the evening I spent with Mae. She is so supportive with me! Mae is such a wonderful wife in every way and so beautiful. I was sure blessed when she married me.
Sunday, October 29, 1972
It was a standard Sunday morning. When I got home I had a headache so I took a nap. After Church this evening Mae and I visited with the Weight’s for a little while. This evening Mae didn’t feel the best so we went to bed early.
Monday, October 30, 1972
When I got to work just before 8AM, my phone was ringing. I quickly unlocked the door and grabbed the phone and answered, the voice on the other end of the line said “Ken, what are you doing”. It was Jay from the San Francisco main office. Jay is the manager of the Air Line Accounting department and I have worked very closely with him on the re-write of the Freight Cargo system. My reply was, “I am breaking my neck trying to answer my phone that is ringing before 8AM.” “No, he said, what is this I have heard you have done?” To this I replied “If you are asking about what I think your are asking about, how did you find out so quickly?” He then told me that before quitting time in San Francisco, the news of my resignation was all over the main office. He then said, “You have got to be nuts to quit, with the completion of the new Freight Cargo System, you have just made a name for yourself that is known throughout the Airlines main office. Knowing Jay the way I have got to know him over the past several months I know that this conversation would go no further than between he and I. I therefore told him how I had tried to get the union in to represent the programming staff. After telling him this he just replied “Good Luck Ken, it has been good working with you”. He know as well as I did that if I tried to stay with the Airline it would only be a matter of time until management found out that it was I that had contacted the Union and I would be fired. A few minutes later Ron called me into his office and said that our tickets to Hawaii had come. We were excited and started making plans. I called and made reservations at a hotel in Hanalei, located about 2 blocks from the beach. It was cheaper than those located on the beach. I also called a car rental that was advertised on the bullion board in the lunch room at work. It was exciting to be making these plans. This evening after dinner we held Family Home Evening and for the activity we carved Jack-A-Lanterns. The children really enjoyed that.
Tuesday, October 31, 1972
Work went well today. After work we, all my family, went to our Ward Carnival. Mae has been at the chapel most of the day helping with preparations for the Carnival. I was asked to take care of the ticket sale and did that most of the evening. The carnival was held as a fund raiser for our Ward budget. At the conclusion I felt that it had been very successful.
Wednesday, November 1, 1972
After getting home from work we took all our family over to Dr. Opie’s for treatments. Mae had gone shopping today for a few items for our trip to Hawaii. This evening I attended Bishopric meeting. After that I went over to Larry’s and borrowed $300 from him for us to have for our Hawaii trip. Mae and I got most of our luggage ready for our trip. We had previously visited with Larry about the loan and Mae had also talked to Tammy about tending our children for us while we are gone. They are such good friends.
Thursday, November 2, 1972
Mae, Audry, Ron and myself left Phoenix on Air West for San Francisco on Hugh’s Air West. We then transferred to United Air Lines, flying out of San Francisco on a 747 for Hawaii. We got to Hawaii at 10:30pm and went directly to the Hanalei Hotel to check in. We were told at the check in desk that they did not have our reservation, however as I had the reservation information, they apologized and asked us if they could change our accommodations for the night to the Princes Quanta (I believe that is correct) hotel which is a sister hotel. We agreed and they took us to the hotel. This hotel is located right on the ocean beach. If I remember right Ron and Audry’s rooms were located on the 7th floor and our room was located on the 9th floor. From our balcony we over looked the ocean beach and was just higher than the palm trees on the beach. It was a beautiful room. After getting settled in our room we met Ron and Audry and went for a walk along the beach. It was a beautiful evening. I don’t think that Mae went to sleep but after I fell asleep she set out on the balcony just enjoying the view.
Friday, November 3, 1972
When we got up, I called Ron and asked them how they liked their room. They said it was perfect! With their approval I called the Hanalei Hotel and asked if it would be possible to pay the difference in the cost of the rooms and just stay at the Princes Quanta. The clerk said that if we were ok with it they would just leave us there and there would be no additional cost. That was a joyful new to us. We met Ron and Audry for breakfast. We went to a Fruit Buffet, just across the street from the front door of the hotel. It was wonderful. We then went back to our rooms and changed into swimming suits and met on the beach. Ron and I decided to try surfing and so rented surf boards and started out to sea. Ron is almost blind without his eye glasses and had forgotten to bring his sport strap, so he left his glasses with Audry.  When the first wave started towards us I started paddling but when the wave came it just lifted me up and went on. I decided that I must need to paddle sooner and harder, so when I saw another wave coming I started paddling. This wave didn’t only lift me up but flipped me head over heal and I went under the water. For a little while I wasn’t sure which way was up and when I came up I hit my head on my surf board. Gasping I caught hold of the surf board and having all I wanted of that I swam back to shore. As I approached the beach, Audry came down to the water edge and asked me if I had seen Ron. I told her that the last I had seen him, was that he was going to go out further to where the big boys were. Audry said that she could see an empty surf board but couldn’t see Ron. She said that without his glasses he couldn’t see 50 feet. I started back out and after several minutes I saw Ron swimming toward shore. He was about excused. I had him get on the surf board with me but the board wouldn’t hold both of us up. I therefore slid back into the water and had Ron rest on the board while I held to it and paddled. After resting for a little while we took turns paddling. Just before getting into shore, as I kick to paddle, my foot struck something sharp. When we got to shore blood was running down my leg. We found someone form the hotel and asked for a band aid. He got a band aid and some alcohol and cautioned me that if redness started around the wound I should get to a doctor. He said that most likely I had cut myself on coral and coral is very infects. We then dressed. Ron and I then met someone from the car rental at which I had reserved a car. We were taken, along with several others, in a long van to the rental office. As we went into the office, a lady called to get everyone’s attention and asked that at least one person for each car come over to where she was. Ron went as I took care of registering for a car. She took a large map of Honolulu and drew circles around every place that was worthwhile seeing or visiting and a large X over everyplace that was a tourist trap or of little worth taking time seeing. After she finished she said that anyone that wanted could take a map and copy her suggestions. Ron asked her if he could just take the map she had filled out, to which she said that he could as soon as everyone that wanted to copy it had done so. We finished with the car registering and went back to get the girls. I then became the driver and Ron became the navigator. It really worked well and we had a great day. We follow the map carefully and there wasn’t any place that circled that was just great. One of the main places that we were told to see was the Hawaiian Polynesian Center, but cautioned not to eat there because they didn’t use enough seasoning in their foods. She also recommended a sunken garden restraint on the south east corner of the island that was very, very enjoyable. We went to a bird refuge which mainly featured parrots, this we all enjoyed except that parrots seem to take a dislike to Audry and started chasing her. We had to hurry and get her out of there. We tried to go up a mountain where by legion a Princes was to be sacrificed, but when she was thrown over the cliff, the winds blow her back to safety. However we could not go there as the road was closed due to high winds during the night had blown trees over the road blocking travel until road crews could clear the trees off. It was an absolutely wonderful day in Hawaii.
Saturday, November 4, 1972
As I got back and try to better elaborate on my Five Year Diary, I am not sure if my entries of our daily activities, I indicated that we went swimming on this morning. I don’t know if that is correct or not. Mae also feels that we only went swimming and surfing the one day and we believe it was yesterday. Anyway we again had breakfast at the Fruit Buffet, then Mae and Audry went shopping for a little while. We again went sightseeing, going up the West side of the island. We went to a pineapple farm and while there we bought two cases of pineapples. We went across the north end of the island and saw the area where the main surfboarding contests are held. Ron said that he would like to have a coconut. We stopped at a store where he and I went in to see where we could purchase a coconut. We were almost laughed out of the store. They told us that you didn’t buy coconuts on the island but just went to where coconut trees grow and pick what you want from off the ground. We soon saw a empty lot with coconut trees growing in it so we stopped and picked up several coconuts from the ground. They still had the husks around them but yesterday at the Hawaiian Polynesian Center, we were shown how to break the husk off. We needed a strong stake in the ground and on the other side of the road was a T post. We figured that it would work for a stake and so went over there and started breaking the husks off. There was a man that came from a home deep off the road walking towards us. He asked us what we were going to do with the husks. We said that we planned on taking them back across the street and leaving them under the palm trees. He said that would be fine and then started to leave. He turned back and asked if we had checked the coconuts to see if they were still good. We said no we didn’t know how to do that. He explained that we should shake the coconut and if we could hear the milk slosh, them they were good. He further explained, asking if we had heard of the Tawana Revenge, (which being from Arizona we had), he added that if we ate a coconut that was spoiled, we would think it was a Sunday school party compared to the sickness we would have from eating the spoiled coconut. We were sure glad because 4 out of the 6 coconuts were dry. We threw the four coconuts away and got 4 more that tested ok. We also stopped at a Sugar Cane plantation and got some samples of sugar cane. We stopped at the Hawaii LDS Temple and walked around the grounds but we did not go in as the Temple was closed. It was another wonderful day in Hawaii.
Sunday, November 5, 1972
After getting up we met Ron and Audry and again went to the Fruit Buffet for breakfast. We then took another walk on the beach, did a little more sightseeing and then turned the car back in before noon. We checked out of our hotel rooms and went to the airport. I had taken 3 or 4 rolls of film with our camera but when I loaded the next roll, for some reason I looked inside the empty camera and clicked the shutter. Nothing happened! I repeated the process several time but each time the shutter remained closed. We didn’t know when the camera had failed but after returning home, we developed the 4 rolls of film and gound that we didn’t have one picture of our trip. We left the Hawaii Airport at 3pm. We got us hotel rooms in San Francisco, rented us a car and went to the Warf where we had dinner. We did a little sightseeing before going to our rooms for the night.
Monday, November 6, 1972
I took Ron and Audry to the airport where they had to fly back to Phoenix as Ron had a meeting he had to attend at work. Mae and I remained in San Francisco going back to the Warf for breakfast and more sightseeing. We rode the trolley on a tour through San Francisco until we returned back to the Warf. We then drove throw China Town, then up a steep hill that Ron had shown me on a previous business trip in which it came to a dead end. The problem was that the road was so steep that you were afraid that the car would roll over when you turned it around. We then started for the Golden Gate Bridge, but was having trouble finding directions from our map. I stopped the car to the side of the road and before I could even look at the map a police officer was at my window asking if he could be of assistance. He showed me on our map, where we were and drew out the directions to the Golden Gate Bridge.  On the way back we had the windows down and we passed some crews that were sand blasting the bridge and repainting it. As we passed them Mae felt something fly into her eye. We couldn’t get it out, so it was a little uncomfortable the rest of the day for her. This evening we flew back home and it was good to get back home and get our children around us again. It was a remarkable and unforgettable trip.
Tuesday, 7, 1972
I went back to work this morning. Mae had to go into a eye specialist, this morning and have a piece of steal removed from her eye. That is what blow into her eye yesterday when we drove across the Golden Gate Bridge. Both Mae and I went into the voting precinct and cast our ballets after I got home from work. We haven’t studied the candidates and issues very well and so weren’t very informed, but I always remember what my Grandmother Hill told Uncle Lee when she asked him if he had voted one election. He remarked that he didn’t know anything about the ones running for office, so why waste his time to vote.  I attended Bishopric meeting this even. When I got home, Mae had me look at a lump on David’s chess. She had noticed it before but it is getting larger now.
Wednesday, November 8, 1972
When I got home from work, all the family went into Dr. Opie for adjustments. While there we asked him what he thought the lump on David’s chess was and he didn’t know. This evening Mae and I went to the Mesa Temple and went through a Endowment Session. Afterwards we stopped at a Pizza shop and bought a pizza. We had left Sandy to tend the children. She is getting old enough and she wants to tend them. The children prefer that Sandy tend them than us getting another sitter. We told Sandy that if she did a good job tending the children, then we would pay her what we normally would pay a baby sitter. Sandy protested, saying that she didn’t want to be paid. We compromised, saying that if she had an opportunity to tend someone else’s children but we needed her to tend, then we would pay her. She felt that that would be ok then.
Thursday, November 9, 1972
After working today, I went from Air West to the Spa for a work out. I then came home and Mae had dinner ready. After eating I worked on the Church Magazine subscription drive. I then called those, which had been suggested by the Bishopric that was to help with the drive. Almost all of those called agreed to help with the drive. It was late when Mae and I got to bed. Mae is sure a sweetheart and a wonderful wife and mother.
Friday, November 10, 1972
Today will be my final day working for Hugh’s Airline. I got all my work turned over to others and finished signing all my final papers before quitting. Working for Hugh’s Airline has been one of the most enjoyable jobs I have had, with the exception of the last few weeks. I have never enjoyed working under the direction of anyone as I have working with Ron Shumway. For the most, my team workers have been special friends. Scott Fry, my Programming supervisor and Scott ??? my Sr. Programmer, have been great to work with. Jerry Hanselman who shared our small office together, became a great friend. At lunch time all the Programming staff took both Ron and I out to lunch. I left Hugh’s Air West office about 2:30pm with a heavy hart. (It is interesting that the 2nd Scott, I cannot recall his last name. He was the one that convinced me to try getting the Union in and the first one to throw his Union card into the trash can when we were threatened with being fired if we signed those cards.) I stopped at an automotive supply store and bought some parts for our car. Mae has been busy all day with kids and house work. After dinner we took all the children and went to a good family show.
Saturday, November 11, 1972
This morning Ron Shumway and I lay out and formed a patio that Ron will pour next week. We then looked at two other jobs and figured a bid on them. When I got home I put new spark plugs in our Chevrolet, also changed the oil, filters and lubricated both of our cars. This evening we took our family over to Larry and Tammy’s. This is one of the delights all of our family enjoys. Later this evening Mom and Dad Jensen arrived at our place. This time they had to drive down as with me leaving the Airline, they also lost their Fling privileges. We will all miss that privilege.
Sunday, November 12, 1972
I spent all day at the Church, either in meetings or involved with Executive Secretary assignments. Mae, Mom, Dad and the children spent a Sunday without me. This evening Mae and I attended a Young Married Fireside.
Monday, November 13, 1972
I started work with Air Research, as a computer programmer. Air Research is one of the companies that also belong to the Howard Hugh’s Corporation. Their main production is producing turbo jet engines. My starting salary will be $950 a month, the same as my ending salary with Hugh’s Air West. Ron Shumway also started work for Air Research as a programming supervisor. I will not be under Ron’s group, but my supervisor is John Brown. There are three Supervisors, each with their group of programmers. I found out today that Scott Fry also left Hugh’s Air West and will also be a programmer under the 3rd supervisor. After finishing the day at Air Research, I went to a remodeling job in Tempee. I worked about 5 ½ hours on this jobs, getting home about 11PM. Mae, Mom, Dad and the children held Family Home Evening without me and the children were to bed when I got home. I visited with Mom and Dad for just a few minutes before we all went to bed.
Tuesday, November 14, 1972
Work went well today although I mainly studied the features and capabilities of the new computer. This computer has more memory and greater capacity than the one at Air West. I have my own desk cubical, which makes it a little more privet than at Air West. After finishing at Air Research I went directly to my job in Tempee. I finished that job and got home at 8:30PM. Mae had gone out Christmas shopping. After eating, I worked on the magazine drive getting it ready to go. Mom and Dad went over to some friends from Idaho Falls, that come to Mesa every winter. They had invited Mom and Dad to stay with them this winter.
Thursday, November 16, 1972
At work I feel much like I did when I went to work at Air West, there I was left to study for a few days until I went to my supervisor and asked for an assignment so that I could get busy. That is the way I feel now, like I am useless and I don’t like that feeling. This evening we went over to visit Mom and Dad Jensen and to become acquainted with their friends.
Friday, November 17, 1972
Mae took David into a Pediatrician today and asked him about the lump on David’s chess. He didn’t feel that it was anything to worry about and said that the lump was commonly referred to as a chicken breast. I had to buy a new battery for the Tannus, this is a car that was given to us by a family that lives in our Ward. This evening Mom and Dad Jensen came over to visit. I think that Mae, Mom, Dad and I played some Rook and probably had Postum and Ginger Snap cookies. That was a favorite snack while we played Rook. We had an enjoyable evening.
Saturday, November 18, 1972
I went to the Mesa Temple to help with performing Baptisms for the Dead. (I believe that on this occasion, our Ward was asked to bring our Young Men and Young Women to the Temple to perform Baptisms for the Dead. I volunteered to help with transportation. When we got their and took our youth into the Temple, the officiator asked if any of the men would like to assist in the ordinance? I indicated that I would like to and so they had me dress in white. During the ceremony I got the opportunity to be mouth. The Brother in charge, in checking that everything was going properly heard me giving the Confirmation prayer. He later asked me if I had participated in the ordnance before, to which I told him I had worked in the Logan Temple as a substituent while we lived in Ogden. He asked if I would like to work in the Temple again and I told him that I would.) After finishing at the Temple I went to the Spa for a work out. Mae took the children to town so they could do some shopping for Sandy a Birthday present. This afternoon I dug up our garden area. Larry came by and helped me clean out my shed. I think the main reason that Larry stopped over was to finalize plans for me to ride with them to Utah on Wednesday. With me leaving AW, the cost of flying to Utah is a little hard on our budget. This way it will save one adult fare. This evening we stayed home and prepared for Sandy’s Birthday party.
Sunday, November 19, 1972
Today was a normal Sunday with meeting most of the day for me. This evening Mae baked and decorated a Birthday cake for Sandy. While Mae did that I made up a Treasure Hunt for the children to enjoy. We are celebrating Sandy’s Birthday tomorrow afternoon as Tuesday Mae and the children are flying up to Utah for Thanksgiving.
Monday, November 20, 1972
Today was very slow for me at work. I don’t like just studying but would rather have an assignment to get started on. I remember that that is the way it was when I started working at Air West so finally I went to my supervisor and asked him for an assignment. He gave me one and I learned quickly how the computer works. That seems to be the way I learn, doing! I may have to do the same here. When I got home Mae said that she had been busy all day, getting ready and haveing a Birthday Party for Sandy, along with packing for the trip to Utah for Thanksgiving. Mom and Dad Jensen stopped over for a few minutes this evening. They enjoyed having some cake and ice cream for Sandy’s Birthday, with us. After that we went over to Larry and Tammy’s as Bob and Pauline Hein’s had un-expectantly came down for a visit. It was late when we came home but after putting the children to bed, Mae and I stayed up and packed.
Tuesday, November 21, 1972
I took Mae and the children to the airport where they flew up to Salt Lake. Mom and Dad Porter will meet them at the Salt Lake Airport. I then went into work. After work I went to the Spa and worked out for a while. When I got home I finished packing my things for going to Utah.
Wednesday, November 22, 1972
Work went much better today at work for I was given an assignment to work on. I left work a little early and at 3pm I left with Larry and Tammy and their children for Utah. We arrived at Ephraim Utah at 1am Thursday morning, at Larry’s parents, where I was invited to stay the rest of the night.
Thursday, November 23, 1972
This morning I enjoyed a nice breakfast with Larry’s parents. After breakfast Lynn, Larry’s father, Larry and I went out pheasant hunting for a little while. At 10:45am, Bryce and Deanna came for me and we drove to Mom and Dad Porters in Clearfield. At 1PM we joined Mae’s family for a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner. I believe that all of Mae’s family was there. If I remember correctly we set the dinner table up in the family room downstairs using the Ping Pong table as the dining table. It was a very enjoyable day.
Friday, November 24, 1972
We slept in and when I got up I went for a haircut. We then went over to Bob and Carroll’s for another Thanks Giving dinner with their family. After dinner, Bob took me to Salt Lake where I had a job interview with Skaggs. With me not working for AW and not having fighting privileges, Bob would like us to live closer. The interview went ok but no offer or commitment was made on either side. When we returned to Bob’s, Irven and Sandy were there and we spent the evening playing games. I believe that this might have been the time when my Browning felt Sports Hat got wrecked. When we came into the house I had removed my hat and set it up on the back of a chair. Bob seeing it there was concerned that one of the children might knock it down and it would get crushed, he therefore put it on top of a floor lamp, this way being out of reach of the children. As the evening came on someone flipped the light on and within a few minutes we could smell smoking felt and leather. The hat was totally ruined. Bob sure felt bad at that.
Saturday, November 25, 1972
Mom and Dad Porter took Mae and I to the Ogden Temple where we enjoyed doing an Endowment Session. Being that we had moved to Arizona during the time the Temple was erected, this was the first Mae and I had the opportunity to go into the Ogden Temple. It is sure a beautiful Edifice to Our Lord. Following the Temple Session we stopped at Bishop and Sister Moulton’s and enjoyed a short visit with them. This afternoon Dad Porter, Bryce and I went into a health spa for a short workout. This evening Irven, Sandy, Bryce, Deanna, Mae and I went to a Clearfield Stake Dance. There we enjoyed meeting many of our previous friends and acquaintances. We sure enjoyed the dance and when we got home we packed for our return trip home.
Sunday, November 26, 1972
Bob picked Sandy and I up at Mae’s parents at 7AM and drove us to Ephraim to Larry’s parents. From there we drove back to Arizona with Larry and Tammy and their children. We left Ephraim at 10AM. We stopped a few time along the way, but got home at 11PM.
Monday, November 27, 1072
Mae called to let me know that the flight from SLC to Phx was full so they got bumped from the flight. She will have to try again tomorrow morning. Sandy said that she would be ok to stay at home and would call me if she needed anything. I then went into work. It went well and when I got home this afternoon, Sandy and I went shopping for some Christmas ideas. We then went out to eat. It was good to have some “one and one” time with Sandy. Mom and Dad Jensen stopped over to visit for a few minutes this evening.
Tuesday, November 28, 1972
Mae and the kids were able to catch the morning flight to PHX and so I took off work and picked them up at 11:30am. I took the rest of the day off and it is sure good to have all my family together again. This evening Mae went with me Home Teaching. After that I went up to the Bishops office for our regular Bishopric meeting.
Wednesday, November 29, 1972
After finishing a day’s work at Air Research I went over to a Dr. Young’s home in Mesa. His wife had called me yesterday, having had someone refer me to her that I did handyman work on the side. They had a back door to their home that needed replacing. When I got there, she explained that someone had broken into their home two or three week ago. The police suspected that they were looking for drugs. She said nothing else was taken and they didn’t find any drugs, as her husband never kept drugs in their home. Her husband had gone to a door shop and purchased a solid core door and new lock sets. She also said that they had hired a carpenter to replace the door. When the carpenter came he started work on the door. He had removed the old door, measured the opening and cut the bottom off the new door. At that time she had an appointment in which she had to attend and the fellow indicated that he would be ok without her there. Before she left, he was getting ready to drill the door for the new lock sets. When she returned from her appointment, the old door was re-hung and a new door that had not been cut or bored was leaning against the wall. She said that there was no note of explanation but the fellow never returned. When they tried to contact him, he would not return their phone calls. A friend then gave them my name and they called me to do the job. I started on the job, first removing the old door and as it did fit the door frame opening, I used it for a pattern to lay out the new door. As soon as I laid the old door, on the new door, I immediately realized what had happened with the other carpenter. Only one side of the old door was cut straight and square. The other three sides were all custom cut to fit the frame. I presume that the other carpenter had just measured the height and width and then cut the door. With the door being cut square, it now would not fit the opening. He had wrecked the door and now he had to go to town and buy a new door. That would have cost him everything he would have made from doing the job, so he just bought a new door and went home. The job still took me four hours to get it installed but when I finished the door fit and operated properly.
Thursday, November 30, 1972
After getting home from work, eating dinner with my family, I went into the Mesa Temple where I worked in the Baptistery. Tonight I was assigned to be the Baptismal Font Recorder. Working in the Temple Baptistery is an experience that I look forward to. Mae is in the Primary Presidency and this afternoon they held a special 100% Attendance Day and they were quite excited that today they had all but two children in attendance and those two children’s mothers called and said that they were both sick.
Friday, December 01, 1972
This evening Mae had invited Mom and Dad Jensen to come over for dinner. After eating Mae and Mom went over to the Spa for a while. Dad and I enjoyed visiting while they were gone. This evening I figured our budget and it doesn’t look like we are doing very well. Mae and I have been discussing the possibilities of getting an offer with Skaggs Drug Store Co. I think Mae is against moving to Utah.
Saturday, December 02, 1972
This morning, at 7am I went into the Spa to work out. At 9am I went to the Mesa Temple to help perform Baptismal Ordinances for the Dead. We never finished up until 3pm. When I got home I took a nap and then we took our family to the Primary Christmas party which started at 7pm.
Sunday, December 03, 1972
This morning I attended a Bishopric meeting at 7am. During Sunday school time I taught Brother Porter’s Sunday school class for him. Mae had invited Larry, Tammy and their family to have dinner with our family and to spend the evening. Later this evening I went with Bishop Rees and Deloy Porter to administer to someone in our Ward.
Monday, December 04, 1972
Mae was tired when I got home from work so I suggested that we go out to eat. We took all our family, plus we invited Mom and Dad Jensen to go with us. Larry came by this evening to let me know the outcome of a project we have been looking into. Larry had approached me with an idea a couple of weeks ago. A fellow in his ward had approached Larry asking if he could build shipping crates for the company he worked for. The company, which this fellow worked for, machined parts for N.A.S.A. These parts are machined to a very fine tolerances and are very susceptible to be being damaged during shipping and handling, so each part had to be placed into a special shipping box in which the part is padded and could not move or be jarred during transportation and storage. Presently they have a crating company that produces a crate for them, but charges over $250 per crate and would only produce 1 to 2 crates per month. The machining company needs more than 12 crates per month. Larry and I figured material and labor to manufacture the crates and we put a bid in to build them for about $175 per crate and could produce whatever quantity they needed. Our thoughts were that I would run the shop, with Larry backing it with his financing. We figured the tools we would need and even located a building we could rent for the shop and even took some tools over to the building. This project could get us initially started and we could expand from there. I even started contacting other companies that might need our services. Larry wrote up a proposal and turned in our bid. We have been waiting to hear back before making any solid investments and commitments. However, Larry received word back today that a Boys Youth Training Program, that was Government subsidized, had put a bid to provide the crates for $45 each, so we lost out. We had figured that the materials themselves would cost more than that. Oh well! That’s life.
Tuesday, December 05, 1972
This morning I was given a call from Skaggs Drug company giving me a job offer. I had interviewed with them while we were in Utah for Thanksgiving. Since the interview had ended without offers from either side, Mae and I have discussed, prayed and Fasted concerning the move. Mae is especially against the move. We decided against the offer and so thanked them for their offer and consideration. This evening we took our children to town to see Santa Claus, but found out when we got there, that we were too late. We will have to work that in another night.
Wednesday, December 6, 1972
After I got home from work, Larry and I went over to the building that we had rented. We removed some of the equipment that we had put in the building. We talked to the person that we had rented the building from and explained the loss of the contract that we were planning on. He was understanding and let us out of our rental agreement. We thanked him and returned the keys to him. This evening after dinner I went to Bishopric meeting. It was 11:45pm when I got home. Mae and I set up for a while talking about my job and trying to decide just what we should do.
Thursday, December 07, 1972
After returning home from work this evening and having dinner, I went to the Temple. Tonight in the Baptistery I was assigned to be the baptizer. Tonight I baptized youth for the Dead, performing ordnances for approximately 200 persons. While I was gone this evening Mae and the children attended a Ward dinner and Christmas party.
Friday, December 08, 1972
After returning home from work, I put the outside Christmas light up. We then took our children downtown to buy a Christmas tree. We were able to find a tree that cost us $12.00. Mike hasn’t felt good most of the day and is running a slight fever.
Saturday, December 09, 1972
With the concerns about my employment, Mae felt like she would like to go to the Temple. I stayed home with the children so she could go. We brought the tree in and got it stood up in the stand while Sandy prepared breakfast of hot cakes. She is getting to quite a young lady. Mom and Dad Jensen came over about noon. Dad asked if I could change the oil and grease their car. While Dad and I worked on the car, Mom and Mae made a cake and some homemade candy. Mae and I went Christmas shopping for a little while this afternoon. This evening I went to an evening Stake Conference meeting.
Sunday, December 10, 1972
This morning we attended the Morning session of Stake Conference. This afternoon Mae and I went into AirResearch’s Employee Christmas party. We didn’t stay very long and came home to attend Ward Sacrament meeting this evening. At 7:30pm Mae and I left Sandy in charge of the children and we attended a fireside.
Monday, December 11, 1972
After I got home from work, Sandy and I picked the oranges off our tree. We picked them because the weather report indicated that we were likely to have frost tonight. After dinner this evening we held Family Home Evening, discussing the purpose of the Christmas celebration. After butting the children to bed, I wrote a letter to Bruce and Mae did some Christmas sewing.
Tuesday, December 12, 1972
I am really not been very excited with my job at Air Research. As I transfer my “Diary” information into a more detailed “Journal” format, it is evident that I haven’t entered much about my job. My time at Air West was exciting and I felt that I was contributing to a worthwhile project, but at Air Research I am accomplishing almost nothing. This evening after dinner I took the children shopping for their Mothers Christmas presents, of course we took Mae with us also. On the way home we stopped at a ice cream store and bought each of us a ice cream cone. After putting the children to bed, Mae filled out Christmas cards and I figured bills.
Wednesday, December 13, 1972
At work today Christmas Bonus’s were passed out to all the Employs. I don’t know how the bonus was figured but I received a check for $15.00, which is ok. After dinner this evening I did some assembling of Christmas bikes. This evening was also Bishopric meeting and I didn’t get back from that until 10:45pm.
Thursday, December 14, 1972
This evening I worked at the Temple. Tonight I was assigned to perform conformations. We performed about 300 ordnances this evening. When I got home, the children were in bed and Mae was sewing on Christmas clothing. I went to work on assembling bikes again.
Friday, December 15, 1972
Mom Jensen came over today and helped Mae make Christmas candy. After dinner this evening we enjoyed watching a Christmas show on TV with the children. After putting the little children to bed, Mae and I went grocery shopping. When we returned I took Sandy over to Larry and Tammy’s where she staid over night with Lorie. When I returned home Mae and I watched a show on TV.
Saturday, December 16, 1972
I went to work for Larry today, doing drywall tapping. I worked 11 hours and by the time I returned home I was very tired and sour. When I got home I showered and changed, then Mae and I went out with Larry, Tammy, Ron and Audrey for dinner. We went to the Last Eskimo Restaurant, it was sure good. Today both Mike and David have been down with colds.
Sunday, December 17, 1972
I attended early Bishopric meeting along with the Priesthood and Sunday school. Mae stayed home with the boys. After dinner I took a short nap. Mom and Dad Jensen came over this afternoon and ask Mae and I to go with them to look at a home that is for sale. With this warm Arizona winter weather, I think they are giving some thought about moving down here. This evening I stayed home with the boys while Mae and the girls attended Sacrament meeting. When they came back home, we had our normal peaches and toast for super and then we relaxed and watched a TV show.
Monday, December 18, 1972
After getting home from work, Mom and Dad Jensen came over and spent the evening with us. After a nice dinner we held our Family Home Evening. The lesson was based around the meaning and purpose of Christmas and giving of gifts. We had a nice time and enjoyed having Mom and Dad here with us.  Mae and I took turns being up with David.
Tuesday, December 19, 1972
Mae took David into Dr. Opie this morning. When I got home from work, I took him back into Dr. Opie for another treatment. I also took Sandy Christmas shopping this evening. Mae made a batch of homemade candy to take into work tomorrow. David slept quite a bit better tonight.
Wednesday, December 20, 1972
After getting home from work I went Home Teaching. While visiting the Essley’s, Sister Essley gave me a copy of a talk given at a BYU Devotional, entitled “The True Story of Christmas”. After finishing my Home Teaching I went up to the Bishop’s office and attended Bishopric meeting. I got home a little after 10PM and when I came in I found Mae busy sewing for Christmas. While she worked I sat beside her and read the story to her.
Thursday, December 21, 1972
Today at work they held a Christmas party, which I really didn’t enjoy and when I could I slipped out and came home. After getting home I went up to the spa and worked out for about an hour. I then went to the Temple where I worked in the Baptistery. When I got home I had quite a bad headache so I soon went to bed. David is still sick.
Friday, December 22, 1972
The company gave us the day off. I spent most of the day assembling bicycles for Shellie and Mike, prior to Christmas Eve. We invited Jim and Marion Frazier and their girls over this evening. We enjoy the friendship we have developed with them. While we were visiting, our door bell rang and Santa Claus (Brother Lannie Owen) came in and visited with the children. We had a very nice evening although David and Mike are still sick.
Saturday, December 23, 1972
Both Mae and I worked for Larry today on a home he is finishing up. We did painting, putting and installing door hardware. Mom and Dad Jensen came over and stayed with the children for us. After dinner this evening I did some Christmas shopping. When I returned home we watched a Christmas show on TV as a family. We then put the children to bed and Mae and I stayed up until after mid-night working on Christmas peperations.
Sunday, December 24, 1972
We attended Sunday morning meetings. This afternoon Mae sang in our Ward Choir as part of the special Christmas program held in conjunction with our Sacrament meeting. It was a very enjoyable and Spiritual meeting. We invited Mom and Dad Jensen to spend Christmas Eve as well as Christmas day, with us. This evening Uncle Van and Aunt Allison and most of their family stopped by to wish us a Marry Christmas. It has been special having them living down here with us. Uncle Van is finishing his Masters Degree at Arizona State University; this will be his last year before graduating. We got to bed about mid-night knowing that the children will be up early.
Monday, December 25, 1972
We got up about 5:30am to open gifts. Our main family gift was a stereo. Shellie and Mike were especially excited with bicycles and being in Arizona it wasn’t long before they had them outside to ride. Mae had sewn pajamas, dresses, pants and pajamas for most of us. The children were all excited with their gift exchanges to each other. Although it wasn’t an elaborate Christmas we all enjoyed it. We are still doing a Gift Exchange with my siblings and this year Roy and Linda had our name. They sent us a nice box of Cheeses. I am always in favor of cheeses although Mae doesn’t enjoy them that much. After enjoying a very nice Christmas dinner we took all the family to visit Larry and Tammy’s family. We stopped over and visited the Shumway’s and Uncle Van’s family. It has been a great day with everyone tired and ready for bed this evening.
Tuesday, December 26, 1972
Air Research also gave us today off for the holidays. We enjoyed a leisure morning. After breakfast I gave both Mike and David haircuts. I then gave Mae a hand with the house work and vacuumed the floors for her. Sandy and I then went outside and played ball for a while. I took a 2 hour nap after lunch. Then I trimmed and cleaned up our roses. It is a beautiful day and so pleasant. This evening we invited Mike and Donna Young, neighbors that live across the street from us, over to play some games. We also got out the box of cheeses to snake on. In the conversation, Mae commented that she really didn’t like cheeses and when they got ready to leave Mae offered then some cheeses to take home. I am not just sure how the offer was taken but they took the hole box and left. I just stood there with my mouth open. Mae apologized to me after they left as she only expected them to take a couple of small packages, not the whole box.
Wednesday, December 27, 1972
Work went quite well although I didn’t feel the best. I was glad to return home and after dinner I soon went to bed. I am concerned about getting a head cold. Mae has been busy all day working around the house. I sure love that girl!
Thursday, December 28, 1972
I felt much better this morning and went to work. Work went better today and I feel some better about that. When I got home, Mae seemed to have had a good day. She and the children have been sewing most of the day. Mae made her a blouse and me a couple of neck ties. Work went some better today and I am feeling a little better with my job. This evening Larry, Tammy, Ron, Audry, Mae and I went out to dinner for Mae’s Birthday. We probably went to a Chinese Restraint East of Mesa. Ron had found this restraint a couple of months earlier and all of us really enjoyed. We would ask for the owner to take our order and when he came we would just ask him to bring us dinner for as many as were in our party. Whether it was on this occasion or another time, when the food was brought to our table the owner would use a little pen light and shine on each plate and tell us what is was. On the one occasion as he ended the pointing and telling what the food was, he said that this is our Dog Food. We all got quite a chuckle over that as recently someone reported that they thought one of his foods contained car food. When we asked him if the article hurt his business, he responded that if another article like that came out he would have to open another Restraint to handle the custumers.
Friday, December 29.1972
Work went well today. Mae had dinner ready soon after I got home. I figured our budget and then joined Mae and the children in playing games. At 9:30PM Mae and I went up to the Chapel where the Lehi 3rdward was hosting a dance. After getting there we changed our minds and returned home.
Saturday, December 30, 1972
I worked for Larry for a while this morning. When I came home I trimmed more of our rose bushes. After dinner this evening we were going to take our Family to a movie. We were unable to find a movie that we thought was worth watching so instead we stayed home and watched a show on TV with our family. Mae is sure a great wife, mother and sweetheart!
Sunday, December 31, 1972
We attended Church meeting as normal. This evening Mom Jensen came over and tended the children for us, just staying the night. Larry, Tammy, Mae & I went out to eat and then came back to Larry & Tammy’s where we visited and played games until 2:30AM. Happy New Year!!


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CSPICE_DSKX02 determines the plate ID and body-fixed coordinates
of the intersection of a specified ray with the surface defined by a
type 2 DSK plate model.
Given:
handle the handle of a DSK file containing a type 2
segment from which data are to be fetched.
[1,1] = size(handle); int32 = class(handle)
dladsc the DLA descriptor associated with the segment
from which data are to be fetched.
[SPICE_DLA_DSCSIZ,1] = size(dladsc)
int32 = class(dladsc)
vertex is the vertex of a ray. `vertex' is expressed relative
to the body fixed reference frame associated with the
target body. This reference frame is the same frame
relative to which the vertices of the plate model are
expressed. Units are km.
[3,1] = size(vertex); double = class(vertex)
The vertex is required to be outside the target body.
raydir is the ray's direction vector. `raydir' is expressed
relative to the body fixed reference frame associated
with the target body.
[3,1] = size(raydir); double = class(raydir)
the call:
[ plid, xpt, found] = cspice_dskx02( handle, dladsc, vertex, raydir)
returns:
plid is the ID of the plate closest to the input ray's
vertex at which a ray-surface intercept exists.
If no intercept exists, `plid' is undefined.
[1,1] = size(plid); int32 = class(plid)
xpt is the ray-target intercept closest to the ray's vertex,
if an intercept exists. `xpt' is expressed relative to
the body-fixed reference frame associated with the target
body. Units are km.
[3,1] = size(xpt); double = class(xpt)
If no intercept exists, `xpt' is undefined.
found is a logical flag that indicates whether or not the ray
does indeed intersect the target. If the ray intersects a
plate, `found' is true. Otherwise `found' is
false.
[1,1] = size(found); logical = class(found)
Any numerical results shown for this example may differ between
platforms as the results depend on the SPICE kernels used as input
and the machine specific arithmetic implementation.
Example (1):
Look up all the vertices associated with each plate
of the model contained in a specified type 2 segment.
For this example, we'll show the context of this look-up:
opening the DSK file for read access, traversing a trivial,
one-segment list to obtain the segment of interest.
function dskx02_t( dsk )
%
% MiceUser globally defines DSK parameters.
% For more information, please see DSKMiceUser.m and
% DSKMice02.m.
%
MiceUser
NLAT = 9;
NLON = 9;
TOL = 1.e-12;
%
% Open the DSK file for read access.
% We use the DAS-level interface for
% this function.
%
handle = cspice_dasopr( dsk );
%
% Begin a forward search through the
% kernel, treating the file as a DLA.
% In this example, it's a very short
% search.
%
[dladsc, found] = cspice_dlabfs( handle );
if ~found
%
% We arrive here only if the kernel
% contains no segments. This is
% unexpected, but we're prepared for it.
%
txt = sprintf( ['SPICE(NODATA): ' ...
'No segments found in DSK file %s.\n'], dsk );
error( txt )
end
%
% If we made it this far, DLADSC is the
% DLA descriptor of the first segment.
%
% We're going to generate the intercept points
% using a set of rays which point toward the
% origin and whose vertices are on a
% specified lat/lon grid. To start out we
% must pick a reasonable range from the origin
% for the vertices: the range must be large
% enough so that the vertices are guaranteed
% to be outside the target body but small
% enough that we don't lose too much precision
% in the surface intercept computation.
%
% We'll look up the upper bound for the target
% radius, then use 2 times this value as the
% vertex magnitude.
%
dskdsc = cspice_dskgd( handle, dladsc );
maxr = dskdsc( SPICE_DSK_MX3IDX);
r = 2.0 * maxr;
%
% Now generate the intercept points. We generate
% intercepts along latitude bounds, working from
% north to south. Latitude ranges
% from +80 to -80 degrees. Longitude
% ranges from 0 to 320 degrees. The increment
% is 20 degrees for latitude and 40 degrees for
% longitude.
%
for i = 0:(NLAT-1)
lat = cspice_rpd() * ( 80.0 - 20.0*i );
for j = 0:(NLON-1)
lon = cspice_rpd() * 40.0*j;
%
% Produce a ray vertex for the current
% lat/lon value. Negate the vertex to
% produce the ray's direction vector.
%
vertex = cspice_latrec ( r, lon, lat );
raydir = -vertex;
%
% Find the surface intercept for this
% ray.
%
[plid, xpt, found] = cspice_dskx02( handle, ...
dladsc, vertex, raydir );
%
% Since the ray passes through the origin on
% the body-fixed frame associated with the
% target body, we'd rarely expect to find that
% the ray failed to intersect the surface.
% For safety, we check the FOUND flag. (A
% "not found" condition could be a sign of
% a bug.)
%
if ~found
fprintf ( ['\n' ...
'Intercept not found!\n' ...
' Ray vertex:\n' ...
' Longitude (deg): %f\n' ...
' Latitude (deg): %f\n' ...
' Radius (km): %e\n' ...
'\n'], ...
lon * cspice_dpr(), ...
lat * cspice_dpr(), ...
r )
else
%
% This is the normal case. Display the
% intercept plate ID and the intercept
% point in both cartesian and latitudinal
% coordinates. Show the corresponding ray
% vertex to facilitate validation of results.
%
% Use cspice_recrad rather than cspice_reclat to produce
% non-negative longitudes.
%
[xr, xlon, xlat] = cspice_recrad( xpt );
fprintf ( ['\n' ...
'Intercept found:\n' ...
' Plate ID: %ld\n' ...
' Cartesian Coordinates: (%e %e %e)\n' ...
' Latitudinal Coordinates:\n' ...
' Longitude (deg): %f\n' ...
' Latitude (deg): %f\n' ...
' Radius (km): %e\n' ...
'\n' ...
' Ray vertex:\n' ...
' Longitude (deg): %f\n' ...
' Latitude (deg): %f\n' ...
' Radius (km): %e\n' ...
'\n'], ...
plid, ...
xpt(1), xpt(2), xpt(3), ...
xlon * cspice_dpr(), ...
xlat * cspice_dpr(), ...
xr, ...
lon * cspice_dpr(), ...
lat * cspice_dpr(), ...
r )
%
% Perform sanity checks on the intercept
% coordinates. Stop the program if any error
% is larger than our tolerance value.
%
if ( abs(xlat-lat) > TOL )
disp( 'Latitude error!' )
end
if ( (xlon - lon) > cspice_pi() )
xlon = xlon - cspice_twopi();
end
if ( (xlon - lon) > TOL )
disp( 'Longitude error!' )
end
if ( xr > (1.0+TOL)*maxr )
disp( 'Radius error!' )
end
end
%
% End of longitude loop.
%
end
%
% End of latitude loop.
%
end
%
% Close the kernel. This isn't necessary in a stand-
% alone program, but it's good practice in subroutines
% because it frees program and system resources.
%
cspice_dascls( handle );
Matlab outputs:
dskx02_t( '/kernels/gen/dsk/phobos_3_3.bds' )
Intercept found:
Plate ID: 306238
Cartesian Coordinates: (1.520878e+00 0.000000e+00 8.625327e+00)
Latitudinal Coordinates:
Longitude (deg): 0.000000
Latitude (deg): 80.000000
Radius (km): 8.758387e+00
Ray vertex:
Longitude (deg): 0.000000
Latitude (deg): 80.000000
Radius (km): 2.802354e+01
Intercept found:
Plate ID: 317112
Cartesian Coordinates: (1.189704e+00 9.982799e-01 8.807772e+00)
Latitudinal Coordinates:
Longitude (deg): 40.000000
Latitude (deg): 80.000000
Radius (km): 8.943646e+00
Ray vertex:
Longitude (deg): 40.000000
Latitude (deg): 80.000000
Radius (km): 2.802354e+01
Intercept found:
Plate ID: 324141
Cartesian Coordinates: (2.777752e-01 1.575341e+00 9.072029e+00)
Latitudinal Coordinates:
Longitude (deg): 80.000000
Latitude (deg): 80.000000
Radius (km): 9.211980e+00
Ray vertex:
Longitude (deg): 80.000000
Latitude (deg): 80.000000
Radius (km): 2.802354e+01
...
Intercept found:
Plate ID: 1893
Cartesian Coordinates: (-7.783952e-01 -1.348220e+00 -8.828997e+00)
Latitudinal Coordinates:
Longitude (deg): 240.000000
Latitude (deg): -80.000000
Radius (km): 8.965198e+00
Ray vertex:
Longitude (deg): 240.000000
Latitude (deg): -80.000000
Radius (km): 2.802354e+01
Intercept found:
Plate ID: 2467
Cartesian Coordinates: (2.666822e-01 -1.512430e+00 -8.709738e+00)
Latitudinal Coordinates:
Longitude (deg): 280.000000
Latitude (deg): -80.000000
Radius (km): 8.844099e+00
Ray vertex:
Longitude (deg): 280.000000
Latitude (deg): -80.000000
Radius (km): 2.802354e+01
Intercept found:
Plate ID: 3187
Cartesian Coordinates: (1.132409e+00 -9.502036e-01 -8.383597e+00)
Latitudinal Coordinates:
Longitude (deg): 320.000000
Latitude (deg): -80.000000
Radius (km): 8.512928e+00
Ray vertex:
Longitude (deg): 320.000000
Latitude (deg): -80.000000
Radius (km): 2.802354e+01
This routine solves the ray-surface intercept problem for a
specified ray and a surface represented by triangular plate model.
The surface representation is provided by data in a type 2 segment
of a DSK file.
This routine does not assume that the segment from which the surface
model data are read represents the entire surface of the target
body. A program could call this routine repeatedly to find the
surface intercept of a ray and a shape model partitioned into
multiple segments.
In general, this routine should be expected to run faster when used
with smaller shape models.
For important details concerning this module's function, please
refer to the CSPICE routine dskx02_c.
MICE.REQ
DAS.REQ
DSK.REQ
-Mice Version 1.0.0, 30-MAR-2014, EDW (JPL), NJB (JPL)
plate and plate model point intersected by ray
intersection of ray and surface
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Day/Hours
Gym
Monday-Friday 6am-10pm Saturday 8am-8pm Sunday 8am-5pm
Pool
Laundry
24/7
Please do not allow people you do not know to use these facilities.