tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post1253646281034651965..comments2024-03-18T07:38:53.380-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Personal History questions - School MemoriesRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-834489997147202422009-06-22T07:38:06.472-07:002009-06-22T07:38:06.472-07:00My mother, Johnsie Jo Posey died on April 10, 2009...My mother, Johnsie Jo Posey died on April 10, 2009 at the age of 89. She was so happy that you remembered her. Thank you. Lisle R. PoseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-10354764106674544092007-10-07T08:29:00.000-07:002007-10-07T08:29:00.000-07:00Lunch sack we got at local grocery and miscellaneo...Lunch sack we got at local grocery and miscellaneous store..where it seemed one could go visit on Friday or Sat night. Peanut butter the staple then. Fruit jellies with summer harvest as we lived on an orchard farm. <BR/><BR/>Walked 3 miles to school and often didn't have socks on our feet or gloves to wear.<BR/> My brother was the one to get the school fire going and he put a dead owl he found enroute to school one day in the furnace..a pot bellied big round thing that had an outer jacket around it to keep us from being burned. School was dismissed that day when the teacher arrived and the stench was too great to have school. <BR/><BR/>We had ballgames and school chants of "Red Hot yellow Banana. I'm from Sullivan Indiana. that's a lie that's a bluff. I'm from Brush Creek that's the stuff."<BR/><BR/>Mom used to go into Oblong, IL and have our wheat ground for flour and I got to tag along. <BR/><BR/>In 1953 Brush Creek School closed. Recently we went by and the school was still standing. The homeplace has been remodeled to make it warmer for the winter. Our old table and buffet were still in use in the home.<BR/> The yard seems so much smalller now than when we lived there. The tree we used to call Twig and Tway is still standing too and the building where we kept all our canned goods.<BR/> We used to have a motorized washer that mom put fuel in and we would kick start that to do the laundry at home.<BR/> We drew water from the cintern an heated it to do our laundry. We had a well out front for drinking water.<BR/><BR/> We had such a grand time living on this farm. We watched fireworks from the 2 story roof top many a year. We climbed trees but only Dad had a fit about that. Big ole barn we played in and chickens to tend and lots of fruit trees we loved. <BR/>Odd that the name of it was called Saxton Farm which I later learned was built by one of my ancestors on my father's side.<BR/> We moved several times but this place was home to us. The family who lives there allowed me to go in to see what they had done to it. Stovepipes thru the floor were our upstairs heat source for winter heat and feather ticks.<BR/><BR/>All of the trees that were in the front yard remain. The big orchard gone but the fruit trees by the house remain. <BR/>The old pear tree with a metal plate fixed over the limb that a storm took off still remains. Like us, it seems they want to help keep our memory alive.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802249453224682354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-72877931101068923422007-10-01T12:14:00.000-07:002007-10-01T12:14:00.000-07:00Randy, I enjoyed your personal history so much ---...Randy, I enjoyed your personal history so much --- and feel that I know you so much better than before reading. Thanks! And you've inspired me to follow Juliana Smith's prompts --- will give it a try at Hill Country.<BR/>Terry Thornton<BR/>Hill Country of Monroe County, MississippiTerry Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251750196282728118noreply@blogger.com