Thursday, January 30, 2020

1937 - Helen Rex's trip to Los Angeles to visit her fiance Glenn Frazier

Helen wrote:
We surely had a Grand Time. I mean Glenn and I.


My father, Glenn Frazier moved  from Woodruff, Utah to Los Angeles, California in 1936. There he lived, attended school, and worked.  He left his girlfriend, Helen Rex behind in Randolph, Utah. There she worked in the Rich County Court House where she saved and planned for their future marriage.

Both on Bridge of Los Angeles River
 where it goes into the ocean May 19, 1937

In May 1937 Helen vacationed  in Los Angles, California with her fiance Glenn. Upon her return to Randolph she wrote a three page letter to her brother Harold Morgan Rex. He was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil. The pictures she saved and her letter to her brother described her WONDERFUL trip to California.  Grateful I am to her brother and family for saving her letter for me.  And for Helen!  I'm so PROUD of her for pulling off that dream trip.  



Helen at Forest Lawn Memorial Park May 16, 1937. 
The pool with "Finding of Moses"

May 18, 1937 Charlie Chaplain's home


Long Beach Hotel
May 19, 1937 

Ronald Coleman's home
May 18, 1937

4062 Oakwood Ave., L. A.
May 23, 1937
Glenn Frazier on left. I presume this man is his room mate.
I don't know his name. 
Helen wrote her brother Harold: "A fellow from Mississippi is living with him, and he doesn’t even have any kind of work. So Glenn does feel pretty good about his luck."  

Glenn at  Temple of Santa Sabina, 
Forest Lawn Memorial Park

 Helen with Glenn's friend in front of apartment

May 19, 1937
Soldiers at Long Beach

Long Beach
May 19, 1937
'I got my 1st sight of the ocean. I was surely thrilled."

4062 Oakwood Ave., L. A. 
Glenn and friend

Long Beach, May 19, 1937
Officer's boat from Battle Ship Utah

Santa Monica
May 21, 1937

Ocean Park
May 21, 1937
Pictures and their descriptions from Helen's scrapbook.