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Opening Song- My Heavenly Loves Me
Scriptures: D&C 88:78-80, D&C 88:118; D&C 90:15
Lesson:
The amazing American scientist George Washington Carver (1864-1943) had a great
thirst for knowledge. At the age of eight, this small, thin son of
former slaves was growing a large botanical garden of unusual flowers and
plants, just to satisfy his curiosity about them. His father found a spelling
book for him so he could learn to read and find answers to his questions about
flowers.
At ten he learned of a grammar school some eight miles from his home. He was
penniless and had nowhere to stay, but he headed out anyway to find an
education. When he arrived at the town he found the school, registered, and
immediately began looking for odd jobs (mostly cutting wood) to earn money
for food. Within one year, he had learned all the schoolmistress could teach
him. She then helped George locate a high school some sixty miles from his
home. Again penniless, this eleven-year-old boy walked to a new school. He
spent six years as a student at that school, graduating with honors at
seventeen. He supported himself with a laundry business and was thrifty
enough to save money to go away to college.
Eventually he became one of the world's most renowned scientists, being
recognized for his work with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and pecans. From
peanuts alone he developed over three hundred by-products, including ink,
butter, milk, soap, and breakfast cereal.
. What impresses you most about George Washington Carver?
Thinking questions:
. How important is learning to you?
. Do you thirst for knowledge?
. Would you have been willing to go on your own at the age of ten to get
an education?
Activity: Family Night Phantom
THE FAMILY NIGHT PHANTOM
On Family Night, the night for fun.
From us to you we leave this treat
To make your Family Night complete.
Next week's Family Night it falls on you,
The Family Night Phantom's job to do
Just pick two families (not on your street)
And leave a treat that's nice to eat.
Deliver the treat with special care;
Run back to your car and vanish into thin air.
Important: With the treat, leave this note at each door
So the Family Night Phantom can strike twice more.
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(gift tag on package)
Closing Song: For Health & Strength
Refreshments:
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Bars
Ingredients
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/3 cup butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/3 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Directions:
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 In a large bowl stir together the peanut butter, the butter or margarine,
the brown sugar, the syrup and the vanilla until smooth.
3 Add all the other ingredients. Stir well.
4 Press the mixture into 13 x 9 inch greased pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Let cool on wire rack before cutting into bars.
Makes 32 bars
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