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Rea
,
Gladys
Clark
Birth and Death Dates
1910-2002
Call Number
MSS
SC
1025
Material Type
Autobiography
Biography
Gladys
Clark
Rea
was
born
July
8
,
1910
in
Sydney
,
New
South
Wales
,
Australia
to
Ethel
Maud
Westwood
Clark
and
Charles
Clark
. In her
early
childhood
,
Gladys
lived
at
Yergona
in the
suburbs
of
Brisbane
. Then her
family
moved
to
Maryborough
,
where
they
lived
for
another
two
years
. They
moved
back
to
Brisbane
and
Gladys
graduated
from
high
school
there.
During
her
last
year
of
high
school
,
Gladys
became
interested
in
different
religions
and
started
attending
meetings
of the
New
Apostolic
Church
with a
friend
. She
said
, '
I
found
them
very
friendly
and
kind
, and as
I
was
very
lonely
I
joined
and was
baptized
in a
creek
outside
of
Brisbane.
' She
enjoyed
their
association
until
she
went
to a
meeting
where
members
rolled
on the
ground
and
claimed
to
speak
in
tongues
. She
quit
attending
their
meetings
after
this. A
few
months
later
she
met
her
future
husband
,
Royal
McGregor
Bannerman
Rea
, at her
aunt's
house
where
he was a
visitor
. They were
attracted
to
each
other
immediately
, but she
did
not
see
him for the
next
six
months
.
During
this
time
Royal
met
the
Mormon
Elders
and was
converted
to the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
.
Gladys
began
attending
church
meetings
with
Royal
and
reading
the
Book
of
Mormon
.
When
she
told
her
family
about
this, she was
surprised
at their
negative
reaction
,
so
she was
baptized
in
1928
without
telling
them.
When
they
eventually
found
out
Gladys
had been
baptized
, they
told
her to
give
up
the
church
or
leave
. She
left
and
found
work
as a
nurse
, and then as a
representative
for
Ladies
Foundation
Garments
Firm
,
until
her
marriage
to
Royal
in
1929
.
Gladys
was not
reconciled
with her
family
for
many
years
.
Royal
and
Gladys
lived
in
Brisbane
for
four
years
, and then
Royal
was
transferred
to
Murgon
to
assist
the
Senior
Telephone
Technician
there. They
stayed
there for
three
years
, and then in
1938
decided
to
buy
a
30-acre
farm
at
Lower
Tivoli
near
Ipswich
. They
made
this
decision
because
of the
First
Presidency's
counsel
for
families
to be
self
supporting
, and
because
Royal
came
from a
farming
background
and
believed
that a
farm
was the
best
place
to
rear
a
family
. Of this
move
Gladys
said
, 'This was the
changing
point
of
my
life
[...]
Having
been
city
reared
I
was not
prepared
for what
confronted
me.
' They
raised
their
nine
children
on this
farm
and
lived
through
WWII
,
several
times
of
drought
, and
many
technological
changes
. In
1954
, they
expanded
their
farm
by
buying
300
acres
of
land
nearby
that they
used
for
grazing
their
herd
of
milking
cows
.
50
acres
of this
land
were
hilly
and
barren
, and the
family
considered
this
waste
land
. But in
1959
a
man
came
and
told
them that this
land
had
good
gravel
for
making
roads
, and
asked
if they would
sell
the
gravel
to the
Shire
Council
. With the
money
from this
sale
, they were
finally
able
to
go
to the
New
Zealand
Temple
in
1960
and be
sealed
together
as a
family
.
Gladys
passed
away
on
November
8
,
2002
.
Abstract
This
collection
was
submitted
for the
Women's
History
Archives
at
Brigham
Young
University
.
It
contains
three
photocopied
pages
of
unlabeled
photographs
; 'The
Story
of
My
Life,
'
Gladys
'
29-page
,
typewritten
autobiography
;
two
photocopied
pages
of
handwritten
material
that are
mostly
unreadable
; a
six-page
script
of a
play
entitled
'The
End
of the
Line
'; and
newspaper
clippings
relating
to her
husband's
reenactment
of a
450-mile
expedition
to
construct
a
telegraph
line
in
Queensland
.
Gladys
'
autobiography
is
divided
up
into these
chapters
:
Early
Years
,
Days
of
my
Youth
,
Apostolic
Other
Church
,
When
I
First
Heard
the
Gospel
, How
I
Joined
the
Church
,
First
Years
of
my
Marriage
and the
Church
,
Experiences
on the
Farm
,
Drought
,
War
Years
,
Faith
Promoting
Stories
,
Power
of the
Priesthood
,
Happy
Days
,
Temple
Visit
Made
Possible
,
Genealogy
,
Changes
,
Family
, and In
Retrospect
.
Gladys
begins
her
autobiography
by
saying
'this
is
the
most
exciting
and
surprising
thing
I
have
ever
been
asked
to
do.
' She then
recounts
her
life
experiences
in a
delightful
writing
style
that
captures
her
personality
. For
example
,
Gladys
wrote
of their
first
week
on the
farm
, 'A
Plague
of
fleas
invaded
our
home
! There were
millions
of them
everywhere
,
inside
and
outside
.
We
were at
wit's
end
to
know
what to
do
. The
fleas
enjoyed
our
company
immensely
,
we
did
not
enjoy
theirs
one
little
bit.
' The
move
to the
farm
was a
large
transition
for
Gladys
and for the
children
, and
it
also
made
Royal's
workload
much
heavier
.
Gladys
had
no
laundry
or
bathroom
facilities
in the
house
, and
Royal
had to
teach
her how to
keep
food
fresh
there. '
I
soon
learned
all
the '
Ëœtricks
of the
trade
' and
settled
down
to
become
a
real
country
house-wife
,
readily
accepting
the
many
changes
that
came
into
my
life.
'
Gladys
'
conversion
and her
experiences
on the
farm
make
up
a
large
portion
of the
autobiography
.
Gladys
speaks
of the
growth
of the
church
in
Ipswich
, and
writes
about
the
different
buildings
they had
church
in. She also
writes
about
the
changes
that
WWII
brought
. Her
husband
was on
call
24
hours
a
day
because
he was in
charge
of the
Lines
of
Communication
at
Amberley
Air
Base
.
Purchases
were
restricted
, but their
family
did
all
right
because
of their
food
storage
.
Windows
had to be
blacked
out
, and
when
they
heard
the
Air
Raid
Sirens
Gladys
and the
children
would
run
out
into the
bush
.
Gladys
said
of this
time
, '
I
was
always
extremely
worried
over
my
husband
as the
Base
was a
place
most
likely
to be
bombed.
'
Gladys
also
recorded
incidents
where
family
members
were
blessed
by the
power
of the
priesthood
.
Once
, their
son
Royal
Jr
. was
kicked
in the
chest
by a
horse
, and his
heart
stopped
beating
.
After
he was
administered
to, his
heart
began
beating
again
.
Another
son
had an
accident
while
repairing
a
motor-bike
and
suffered
severe
third-degree
burns
over
his
body
.
After
being
given
a
priesthood
blessing
, he
recovered
and was
able
to
serve
a
mission
.
Gladys
also
writes
about
the
genealogy
and
temple
work
that she has
done
and
about
what her
children
have
accomplished
in their
lives
. She
ends
the
autobiography
by
sharing
her
testimony
of the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
and
expressing
appreciation
for
being
asked
to
send
in her
life
story
.
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