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Merrit Carling and daughter Leora
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When Grandma Leora was about 4 or 5 years old, it had been predicted that the world was going to come to an end on a certain day. She doesn't remember who made the prediction or why but most everyone in town believed that it was true. A good portion of the residents of Fillmore decided they wanted to go to the mountains to wait for the end of the world so they could be closer to the Lord. Grandma said she watched out the window while numerous horses and buggys went by heading for the mountains. Her Father Merrit Carling wasn't quite sure if he believed the prediction or not. But he was not going to leave his house and head to the mountains. He was going to stay in his own house and wasn't going anywhere. He said he would wait for the Lord in his own house. Grandma was terrified of what was going to happen, but they all went to bed. The next morning they woke up and were surprised to still be there. Grandma Vilate made the comment, " Well were all still here and we never got blown up!"
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