Biography
Batt was born in Wilder, Idaho. The fifth and youngest child of John and Elizabeth Karn Batt, he grew up on a farm near Wilder in southwestern Idaho. Though his paternal grandparents were Mormon missionary immigrants from England, Batt was raised a Baptist, as this was his mother's faith. Due to a shortage of students, he started first grade early (age 5.5), but later missed a fall semester in high school during World War II to help his father with the harvest and graduated mid-year during the 1944–45 school year.
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