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Title A name given to the resource From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (2) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to title page of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover 1800's to 1900's By Bernard and Lola Dell Searles Community Library Sunbury, Ohio 1995 http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/8e98312405c6920643393ca5693cdcd6.jpg 1a45b8709b7a85f5ed7ea38a6abc61e1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (3) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to Acknowledgement page of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Acknowledgement There are several people that have been instrumental in aiding me in the writing of my "epistle'. First of all, I thank Bob Green for his book To Our Children's Children. Without Green's direction through the questions in his book, my memories would never have been written for the future family generations. Those questions were like a spring board for my project. Second, I than my husband, Bernard, for his patience with me while relating his experience growing up and especially while reliving his army trama and travels. Third, I am deeply grateful to Polly Horn and Marian Whitney of the community Library for their direction and actual printing of the memoirs. Last, but not least, my thanks goes to grandson, Jay Wampler, for making the family tree on his computer and for drawing the cover, "From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover." My deepest gratitude to all of you! Lola Dell (Lolly ) Searles http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9df5eb848f37a37751065b8b9284a5df.jpg d28a62a7fd67c2964e099d3810224da6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (4) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 1, Table of Contents, From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I - Lolly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Story of Jennings Family and Lolly from Birth to 5 years. Chapter I I - Bernard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Story of Bernard from birth to 6 yrs. and his family story. Chapter III - Elementary School - BJ - Lola . . . . . 22 A comparison and contrast of our elementary years. Chapter IV - Holidays and Celebrations . . . . . . . 25 Special holidays as they were celebrated in our separate families and our own family. Chapter V - High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Both of our experiences as we attended and graduated from Sunbury High School. Chapter VI - The Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Lola's experience during college and teaching during the war years. Chapter VII - An all Expense Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 BJ's army experiences 1942-1945 Chapter VIII - Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Our experience of almost 50 years of marriage. Chapter IX - This and That . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Individual stories too important to omit .1. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/ef032a937d93c6cab91a57f87ee92a24.jpg c11bb4cc9a40c9e9d9848859880e1527 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (5) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 2 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover FORWARD This "epistle" is written for pure enjoyment, using simple and easy to understand words and sentences. It is not to be rated, criticized, nor used for solving arguments. Bernard and I have shared our experiences, good, and bad, with you. We hope they bring more smiles than tears, but remember we were never promised a rose garden without thorns. Throughout the story Bernard or B.J. and Lolly or Jen are synonymous, so we have interchanged them often. Lolly's story is told in first person; B.J.'s is in third person as he related it. During our married years "I" and "he" became "we" and "us." We also added a "This and That" chapter of happenings that we forgot as we wrote the manuscript. The last 49 years of married life have been full of love, loyalty to each other and family, and a laboratory of laughter and mistakes. Now as we come to the winter years of life, Barnard says, "The old pioneer is heading for the frontier that is no longer there." Jen is in his shadow. .2. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6e1cc397fb39bd17e39e9c17324fbe85.jpg 10bb2ddf924030aa77ed5ef8bcc20057 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (6) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 3 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover LOLLY Second Sunday, October 10, 1915, a little greenish blue eyed girl was born to Bessie Farris Jennings and Daniel Oscar Jennings - little Lois Dell, a Libra. I have been told that I was a fussy baby, but I really don't believe that myth. My mother died in February 1918 during the flu epidemic of WWI. A week before I was five years old, Dad married Millie Leach - the best step- mother that was ever created. Mother and Dad had two children, Raymond Leach (Ray) and Mary Elizabeth (Lib). We never used the word "half." We were brothers and sisters. I always said that I was there first, so they didn't know I was a "half." What a lucky girl I was to have grandparents living very close to our family. My birth mother's parents, Anna Culver Farris and Daniel Farris lived about an 1/8 of a mile from us. Since both my dad and grandfather were named Dan, people called them "Dan and "Old Dan." As a result I called them "Dad and O'dad." From then on, Grandpa became "O'dad" to everyone. My step grandmother, Sophia Leach, lived in Canal Winchester, and that was a day's trip, so I didn't see her too often. Her husband was dead when Mother and Dad were married, thus I never knew him. Grandad Jennings's father John was married to an Indian. Notice the high cheek bones in some of our relatives. Grandad (Jerry) had two brothers, Dan who went west on the Gold Rush of '49 and was never heard from again, and Oscar who lived on the Knox -Delaware County Line Road. Uncle Oscar had a music box with big copper disks. As a child I loved that music box, but it was sold at an auction .3. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/a416f919cda6ee0f6f39af73940c66fd.jpg d49204000264759b99abf65a77f57fbe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (7) Description An account of the resource From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover to Oatfield Whitney, Sr. I hope someone in the Whitney family still has it. Dad was named after these two uncles. Grandad married Mary Elizabeth Williamson and had four children - John, deceased at age seventeen, Dad, Netta (Kirkpatrick) and Eve (Stockwell). I had many aunts and uncles from three families. My birth mother's sisters and brothers were close to our family as were Dad's siblings. The Farris family was Mae, a maiden lady who lived with Grandma, my namesake, Lola Dell who died in her youth of scarlet fever, Wello and George. Uncle George lived in Philadelphia, and when he visited everyone was ecstatic. Mother's Leach family was quite large. Ray who was killed in WWI, Emerson who served in the Rainbow Division of WWI, Harold, Tom, Mary, Nan, Alice and of course Mother. It was a true excursion when we visited Uncle Harold family as they lived in Dayton. Grandma Farris's brothers and sisters, Jay Culver, Belle Gorsuch, Bertha Headington and Erne Culver, were very close to our family too and were always included in family dinners - especially at Christmas. Uncle Jay helped Dad with the farming, gardening, butchering, etc, but his love was fishing. He caught fish were no one else could. I have the application for his 1913 fishing license which I'll give to grandson Jay someday. Uncle Jay's favorite saying was "By Jolly." He prefaced almost any statement with "By Jolly." There is quite a story about Aunt Bertha and Uncle Erne that embarrassed the family through the years. Aunt Bertha's first husband Howard Trimmer, .4. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3cf6734f53546cc92aa53b7743fab6d5.jpg ec5be6a72f198da658ee3f027734302e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (8) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 5 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover ran off with Uncle Erne's first wife Lucille. That wasn't done in those days! Grandma always said "To boot, Howard took the best horse and the fancy buggy leaving Aunt Bertha with a nag and a clunker." By the time I was old enough to remember, Aunt Bertha had married Fred Headington and Uncle Erne had Blanche as his mate. My grandfathers were both characters. O'dad Farris was a painter and plasterer. He always had a big garden, but on a painting job he fell from a ladder and had to let Grandma take over the garden. He loved baseball! Every fall he and mother would listen to the World Series on the radio. O'dad's brother was Hi Farris who was Ethel Wilcox's grandfather and Mardell Shultz and Bonnie Higgins' great grandfather. Grandad Jennings was a widower and in his 70's when I was a child. He lived with us the last twenty years of his life and died at age 93 when I was a freshman in college. In his youth he was a Pony Express Rider. We kids were told big stories about his experiences, but when we researched we found he had ridden between Columbus and Newark. At our house, he drove a horse and buggy, picked berries, hunted yellow root, ginseng, etc., and sold them to our local drug store. He had no teeth but could eat anything he liked. He'd say "I better eat it, or it'll spile." He chewed tobacco constantly, but in the house he never spit. (Mother would have exploded!) During the summer he sat outdoors under a shade tree and spit a good long spittle. One summer he was sitting under the maple tree when a load of gypsies in a big black car stopped. One woman tried to touch Grandpa's pocket watch, he grabbed his cane and said, "You .5. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/40cfe3a76763ca7e0a0162caf0fa2a34.jpg 19a5e5a6a62f00698a2048432d17b866 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (9) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 6 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover x+x+x-bitch, back off or I'll knock your head off." She must have believed him as she went back to the car and they left. Two grandparents so different, but we loved them both. I had a cousin, Honor Farris (McClenathan), who as a child came to stay every summer with Grandma. She and I played house in O'dad's corncrib. Our house was special with spool telephones and an outside sun oven where we baked our mud pies and cakes and decorated them constantly with weed seeds. I'd go stay with her in Edison later, but no mud pies. Dad's sister, Aunt Eva, lived in Berkshire. I went to stay with her for a week but got so homesick Dad had to come get me after 3 days. Dad's sister Nettie Jennings Kirkpatrick had a large family. Russell, her oldest died quite young. Her sons Don and Gerald were near my age, Cecil was Ray's age, and Doris was Lib's age. We had lots of fun with that family, but we lost track of the younger ones, Dorothy and Leah, after Aunt Nettie's death from meningitis after having her teeth pulled. Aunt Eva had one son, Lawrence, who was so much older than we were, we thought of him as uncle. Her husband, John Stockwell, had been killed when his steam engine went off the old Alum Creek bridge on Rt. 37 years before. We really had no family reunions - but we always celebrated Christmas with the Farris family. What fun we had. In the summer we had Jennings family picnics and in the fall - Leach Family picnics. The Kirkpatricks and Jenningses made a big group! Our family were all Presbyterians and faithfully attended church. Dad was a trustee and .6. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/28768be563a24ac473f57acfaa96d672.jpg 743a268c0a1916ea75e99642ce8b47bd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (10) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 7 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover later an elder. He always said the preacher couldn't flush the toilet unless he called Dad. We kids rode to Sunday School with Grace, Edgar and Clara Condit. When I was a child, I rode with them in a surrey with the fringe on top. One of the important events of my youth in church was Children's Day. We didn't have Daily Vacation Bible School, but we spent many days practicing for our Children's Day Program. We always had new dresses then rather than at Easter. The finale of the program was a "Drill" that Miss Carrie Wilson taught us. I can hear her yet "1-2-3 turn" etc. She was strict. Even I didn't giggle. Our family never took vacations when I was a child. My Dad was a farmer and always had cows to milk night and morning every day! Once in a while, he'd get a neighbor to do chores, and we'd visit a step uncle, aunt or grandma. One thing we did every year was our State Fair trip. We left after the morning chores, took a picnic lunch, left it at the Dispatch building for safe keeping and went on our way to see all the sights of the fair. After we had eaten our fried chicken picnic supper, we trekked to the Grandstand for a great program and the big finale of fireworks. What a great time we had, and the ride home was so peaceful for our parents, as the kids were asleep. An important person in my childhood was my Grandma - how I loved her! When we had housekeepers after mother's death, I spent many days and nights at Grandma's. In the summer we ate in a summer kitchen with a four burner kerosene stove. There were no screens on the windows or door, but Grandma had a big fan she used to keep the flies away. I loved it! However, after Mother .7. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/74ca58cdb99e790c9b305a14c960da89.jpg 06544d62be50c80b42cf32293b5aec27 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (11) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 8 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover came into the family, she didn't approve, but she always let me go to Grandma's. Grandma in her sunbonnet, Aunt Mae in an old straw hat, and I picked blackberries together in the woods which happens to be on our farm now. Grandma could jump a fence like a deer. Grandma and I fished together at the same place Uncle Jay caught big bass, but we caught sunfish and bluegills - lots of them. She would fillet every one of those fish and we'd have a feast! Grandma always helped with the butchering at our house. She let me clean the hog intestines (tripe) and help stuff them for sausage links. When Dad threshed the wheat, Grandma would bring her straw tick down to fill it with fresh clean straw; then she and I hauled it on my little red wagon up the road to her house - giggling all the way! I know now that Dad was the boss of the family - but a loving one. He handled all the finances and was always telling, "We missed the sheriff's sale this time." He shaved with a straight razor and honed it on a big razor strap (actually 2 fastened at one end). I can't ever remember his ever hitting us with it. All he had to do was crack it together! He did "skutch" me (as he called it ) once with a corn stalk all the way home from our neighbors for running away. That corn stalk hurt nothing but my pride, especially when the folks from the Condit Store came out on the porch to watch Dan "skutch" that kid. Mother never worked outside the home, but worked constantly at home. She was an outstanding cook and baker. Too she mended everything we had! I know now what an effort that was as she hated to sew and actually didn't know how, but she could .8. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/7b6292f7e937aa512b6bae7d0041144e.jpg 90abe37c0e5929173427ddb04e59cca4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (12) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 9 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover darn socks and patch overalls. Mother had one method for her own money. The egg money was hers for groceries, but her big money maker was raising ducks every year for her Christmas money. I remember one July I came downstairs as a youngster seeing Mother pitting cherries with tears running down her face and dripping into the pan of cherries. A mink had been in the duck pen and killed every duck by biting it through the throat. There went her Christmas money! Our family always ate meals together. Dad set at the end of the table, Mother on one side and Grandad opposite her. The youngest always sat on the right of Dad between him and Mother, the next older sat on Dad's left. I sat at the end opposite him. Ray thought he was big stuff when he moved to Dad's left. Grandma Farris was the seamstress in our family. She made almost all my clothes - many of them from Elizabeth Ketcham's hand-me-downs. Ironically she was the daughter of the family who owned our present home. Grandma always had trouble keeping me quiet as she tried on my cloths. She'd say. "let it go - it'll never be seen on a galloping horse anyway." Mother wanted me to learn to sew and had me join 4-H. Grandma and I got A's easily. When Lib was four, I made her a dress in 4_H. Grandma had me rip out the tucks on the shoulder so much she had to patch it, but we got an A. Lib became the seamstress in the family. She tailors shirts, suits and makes beautiful dresses. Too she is an outstanding quilter and teaches a class in our church. The Great Depression affected everyone, but some how we kept our farm payments paid and always .9. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/5b4266b5a14f42fbd8326b4cdc0b6294.jpg 09c95ce5ad0b5c1a0cf79503b5438b6c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (13) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 10 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover had food, vegetables and meat as we raised them. Hog butchering day was a fun time, but lots of work! Uncle Jay and Dad built a fire and put a big iron kettle of water over it to get it boiling hot. After the hog was shot, they poured the boiling water in a barrel to scald the hog. To do this they slowly dipped the hog in the barrel scraping it across the rim to loosen the hair, repeating several times until the hair could easily be scraped off the skin. Then they raised the hog with a block and tackle and gutted it. They tried to choose a sunny but cold day so the hog would "cool out" fast. However the process took an entire day. The next step was to cut it up into hams, shoulders, side meat, back bones, ribs and tenderloin. Plus all the fat was saved and the next day Dad and Uncle Jay rendered lard from the fat in that same big iron kettle. Lard was our shortening in those days. From this rendering came pork rinds or "cracklings" - Oh so good! Dad cured the hams, shoulders and some side meat and stored it in the cellar. Some of the meat was brought into the house to the women who ground it into sausage. Grandma and Aunt Mae came to help Mother - maybe several days. One of the duties of the women was to clean the tapes (intestines) and soak them in salt water for stuffed sausage. We had a sausage press which pushed the ground sausage through a tube to which the tape was fastened - presto sausage links! Grandma and I had that job, but we made it fun and giggled through the process. Some of the sausage was made into patties which Mother "fried down" and canned, covering it with grease to preserve it. Too, she "cold packed' the tenderloin. This was .10. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/087909b32683719c6e140ff2325b158d.jpg de86ca4bfc5ff0a9dca795e6a667e23a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (14) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 11 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover the method of putting the tenderloin in cans then putting then in a water bath in a wash boiler and boiling for three hours. Delicious! When we butchered a beef, the front quarters were cold packed, but the hind quarters were kept in a cold room where Dad cut roasts, steaks, etc. as we needed them. During the Depression we used feed sacks for everything. Mother boiled the plain sacks until they were pure white as snow and Grandma made sheets, pillow cases, and towels from them. The printed sacks she made into aprons, and Lib and I even had dresses from them. We didn't feel under privileged as everyone we knew was doing the same thing. We were always a happy family although we worked hard but we enjoyed it and always had the necessities of life. Dad and Mother belonged to a community club that played "Rook" and to the Guild of the church, a social group for families. Dad was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Sunbury, but Mother never joined Eastern Star. Mother belonged to the "Larkin Club," a group of community women who had social meetings, ordered from a book almost anything they wanted and somehow received prizes for certain orders. Mother did her mending at the meetings: Mother mended something constantly. No one in our family caused trouble. Ray had a temper but Dad controlled that early on. Ray teased Lib a lot - but Mother didn't understand. As a child Lib loved to color pictures with crayons, and she was very particular about staying in the lines, etc. Ray would take a pencil and hit her crayon just enough to send it out of the lines. Lib would cry and say, "Ray's mean to me." Mother .11. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/38647aa743e4e0f4be9c7076c551ba2f.jpg 12c39220f90679afa61072bc2cc7b5e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (15) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 12 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover immediately called from another part of the room, "Raymond, don't touch Elizabeth. "Ray did not tell a lie, he'd say, "I didn't touch her!" He didn't but his pencil was surely knocking that crayon around ruining her pretty picture. Dad worked hard, but always took an hour at noon to rest and smoke his pipe. We had one chair in the house that was Dad's. Whoever was sitting in it was up immediately when Dad entered the room. He'd say "Sit still," but believe, no one did. His theory was - 'It doesn't pay to sit around worrying. If you can do something about a problem, get busy and do it! If it's beyond your control, let it be!' Also he believed a person had to take a stand on his beliefs, but never be disrespectful in doing it and be able to take criticism. He always said, "You never find rocks under a green sour apple tree." Aunt Mae just didn't understand Dad's theory about worry and said, "no one down there ever worries, so I have to do it. Someone has to take care of them and do a little worrying." We always had pets growing up. Our old dog "Watch" lived to be very old. Our cats were barn cats. I can remember Dad squirting milk, and the cats sitting there by the cows catching it in their mouths while he was milking. I was born in a big square white house which still stands on Rt. 61 just north of and on the same side of the road as the Nazarene church, but we moved a year later to our family home old 3C, the first house east of the junction of old 3C and Condit Road. It too was a large two story white house with three porches, a summer kitchen and an attic. After my mother died, Dad sold the place, all the animals, etc., and we lived with my Uncle .12. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/1e5ff4872b3f14d74c444e29cdf7afb4.jpg 9a4e3ecfd1d76cc9ed1dc420eb987777 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (16) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 13 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover George in Columbus. I'm not sure of the story, but in 3 months Dad had bought back everything, and we moved home. When I was teaching in Miamisburg in 1942, a group of us went to a fortune teller who told me the above story which I had never heard. When I asked Dad he said, "Yes that happened, but I never told. you. You were too small." Scary, huh? I can never remember having our back door locked. In fact - we didn't have a key. After the 3-C was built, our front doors were kept locked, but no one ever used them. Everyone followed the stone walk to our back door. Until after I graduated from college, our kitchen and dining room were combined in one room with a walk in pantry off it. As a child I do not remember an ice box. We would hang our food down in the cistern in a bucket to keep it cool. Too, our "cellar" was cool, and we kept some foods plus all our home canned goods down there. That cellar had 12 inch square black walnut beams in it. We had a "Watkins Man," Dave Allison, who came by to sell us vanilla, spices, and liniment. "Nan, he was your friend, Joyce Edwards' grandfather." He seemed to manage to arrive at our house about noon and ate many meals with us. Another huckster who dealt with us was a man named Hogue who sold fresh fish. Mother always bought or traded eggs with him for fresh pickerel. I think they are called walleyes now. Mother saved her egg money and on Saturday nights we went to town to buy our groceries. Until I went to high school, we shopped at MacGuire's grocery, and Miller and Tuttle Department Store in Centerburg. After I started high school in Sunbury, our family traded at Kroger's and Root's Department .13. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/703baa4327b9aa963472a123f4ad0723.jpg 9131d89b3bca979cecb8c0e496c36a8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (17) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 14 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Store in Sunbury. The eggs that we didn't sell along the road, we'd trade to Kroger's for groceries. Saturday night was a big night as I could meet friends and walk around the square while Dad and Mother shopped. I'm sure I walked a hundred miles during those years. Eddie Haller had a popcorn machine and sold popcorn on the street. Somehow he liked me and would give me a couple sacks every Saturday night to munch on as we walked. We lived on a farm in Condit on the 3-C Highway. In fact Dad helped build the road in 1922. Of course that road is now called old 3-C as we have a new Rt. 3. Dad used his horses and a bit slip shovel to move dirt for the road bed. Mother hated it as everything was covered with dust the entire summer and Ray was a baby. Turnbulls, who had two daughters Emogene (my age) and Marjorie June (Lib's age), lived on the corner of Rt. 3 and Condit Road. Francis Ryan, Ray's friend, lived close by, too. In summer we played croquet - never took the set down except to mow. We girls swam in the creek down by Turnbull's bridge. Emogene saved Lib's life there. We held on to a board to swim in deep water. When Lib fell off, I just screamed, but Emogene pulled her out as she was going down the third time. Eloise Tucker was another childhood friend with whom I played. One day she sat in a cow pie (by mistake). I used Mother's spatula to try to scrape it off, but couldn't. We took her clothes to her house and put them in the washer with cold water. Needless to say we were in BIG TROUBLE! An event I'll never forget was the Klu Klux Klan renting a pasture field from Dad and burning a .14. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/2ca11c45bb2096132df70417164a6b44.jpg b898ad94d59cec75aa0be7c651b476de Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (18) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 15 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover big cross. There were hundreds of people there. Only a few wore Klan outfits, but it was the biggest celebration of the time. Why Dad let them do it I do not know. Our corner grocery was across from Turnbull's house. We ran a running bill which Dad paid every week. Charley and Lucy McElwee (Mr. and Mrs. to us) owned the store and always gave us candy. Once when Ray wanted something and Mother said we didn't have the money, he said "Go to McElwee's. We don't have to pay for it there." We lived so close to Grandma and O'dad Farris that I was at their house as much as at home. O'dad died in 1933, just before I started college, Grandma in 1940. when Grandma died, my Uncle Wello gave me a black ugly stand which I didn't want, but Mother made me take it. Many years later when I married, she gave me the stand. Again, I didn't want it, but Bernard said, "We'll take it," and now it is one of my most prized possessions. Bernard took the black paint layer off with a toothbrush. It has birds eye maple insets which couldn't even be noticed when it was that awful black. Also I have 6 handmade chairs that were my great grandmother Culver's. My grandma always wanted them, but one of her sisters, Belle Gorsuch, had them. She willed them to another sister, Bertha Headington, who later willed them to me. Poor Grandma was gone, but I have the chairs. .15. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/39ddba9397f327cfbd232bf40a33f2db.jpg 39c28d63450fafe94990d83c2670877b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (19) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 16 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover BERNARD Five Searles brothers come to New Jersey and each went to a different state. Frank Peter (Bernard's great grandfather) came to Paulding County then to Croton and next to Delaware County in 1826. November 18, 1914, Bernard Jay Searles was born to Minnie E. Mead Searles and Jay M. Searles (Peter's grandson). He joined his brother Arlo and sisters Lillian and Mildred. Bernard's grandparents all lived close to him. His grandfather Theodore Peter Searles and grandmother Helen Searles lived just a half mile down the road from him, so he could always get Grandma's cooking including her cookies that she kept in her special cookie jar. Grandpa kept dried beef (which Bernard loved) hanging behind the stove, but Bernard never learned Grandpa's method of drying meat. Grandpa Searles was in the Civil War in Co. H 121st Infantry of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He never wanted to talk about his experiences in the war but he said to Bernard, "Son, someday you'll be in one." Bernard was in WWII. Bernard used to sit on a block of wood beside his grandpa to listen to many stories after he had helped with chores - shelling corn for the Plymouth Rock chickens, sawing wood with a cross cut saw, and gardening by learning to plant by the signs of the moon. Grandpa also taught Bernard weather signs - mare's tails, mackerel skies, rings around the moon, and rainbows. For some reason neither ever found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Some of Grandpa's sayings that Bernard remembers are: "Take anything that anyone gives .16. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f646667a05ead2a54a2b5f10cfdf523c.jpg 74cf8a949a5e8f1267bcab5d4d71c924 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (20) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 17 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover you, even if you throw it away on the way home" and it's a damned poor ride that doesn't beat a walk." Every fall these two buddies gathered walnuts and hickory nuts for Grandma's goodies. The Mead grandparents, Bailey T. Mead and Eva Orcutt Mead lived in Sunbury on Columbus Street. He was a painter and paper hanger. However, Bernard didn't enjoy the profession. He worked for two weeks for this grandpa and never received even a "thank you," so he quit! Dad Searles' sister, Ora Searles De Haven and daughter Helen of Cleveland visited the Searles' farm for several weeks each summer. During that time other aunts and uncles including Mrs. Searles' sister, Pearl, and husband Walter Engel came for a big picnic. The Searles family all attended and were members of the Methodist Church in Berkshire. The kids walked to Sunday School every Sunday to earn the special attendance pin. Berkshire also had Children's Day celebration for which they practiced and again the Searles kids walked in the hot sun to practice. This was not Bernard's favorite event! Bernard realizes now that his father handled the money in the family. Times were rough, especially during the depression. He also ruled the family with a kind hand. There was a big cherry tree in their back yard, and when Bernard was big enough to pick cherries, he had to use a ladder because the first cherry was 30 feet above the ground. He was sure this was caused by dad pulling sprouts off to switch him for "little" mistakes, so when he picked that first cherry he ate it! You see his dad had killed a peach tree from pulling sprouts. What does this tell you .17. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6b75e2c194d26f14aa15d12aedbabef9.jpg 88eab8f350e5f413cdc71dafb30e522a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (21) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 18 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover about young Bernard? There must have been many "little" mistakes! Since Bernard was the baby of the family, he was bossed by everyone, or so he felt. Older brother Arlo caused BJ trouble until he was big enough to get control of the situation. One escapade that Bernard remembers is the horse purchase. Mr. Searles bought a horse at a sale about 15 miles from their home. Early the next morning Bernard was supposed to lead the horse home, but after several miles he was so tired that he stopped the horse by a culvert and crawled on to ride. Everything was going well until Dad Searles arrived with a sandwich for Bernard's lunch. Mr. Searles was not a happy man! He made BJ get off "skutched" him, and said "I don't want you to ride this horse, lead it!" Again poor Bernard wore out and started to ride. In fact, he rode that horse up to the barn door. Mr. Searles said nothing. Do you think he realized at that moment that Bernard had a mind of his own? The family dogs, Old Fannie and Old Shep, were like family members. Do you think they were called "old" as pups, or was that word added in honor of their age? Once a bull put Mr. Searles up a tree until Old Fannie heard him calling, "Fannie Fannie." She came running, took the bull by the tail and chased him across the field so Dad Searles could get down and out of the field. All the family credit Old Fannie for saving Mr. Searles' life. BJ's mother was a good seamstress, sewing not only for her family, but for many people in the community. She also did beautiful needlework which her daughter Lillian learned well from her. Everyone in the family has a doily or scarf as a .18. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6b1fdf359b1f4598e44fa770ba3bffa7.jpg 53c6915bc52a089c96a713898f6ea9b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (22) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 19 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover keepsake. Also Mother Searles controlled her part in the family. They always had their meals together, and when she rang her dinner bell, everyone headed for the house with no questions asked. Anyone who didn't come when the bell rang. didn't eat! She fixed a meal one time and one time only! Also each person had a special place at the table. Bernard sat between his mother and dad. BJ is sure that his parents were happy although they had to work very hard and be very frugal. They belonged to community clubs and enjoyed those social times. Dad Searles belonged to the Masonic Lodge and both belonged to the order of the Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron, and in later years Dad Searles served as Worthy Patron for his daughter Lillian. Bernard remembers his dad believed hard work was good for a person and always said that a man with a gun and/or a fishing pole would never amount to a damn. Peculiar, as Bernard loved to hunt and trap and was an avid fisherman, and surely was not a failure! The Searles home on south Galena road about one half mile south of Berkshire was a big brick house with four bedrooms upstairs and a living room, parlor, kitchen and dining room on the first floor. Everyday meals were eaten in the kitchen, but Sunday, company and thresher meals were always in the dining room. They had a solid oak table that would extend to seat fourteen people. Nan and Keith have that table as their dining room table. now. The Searles' had a piano in their parlor which Bob Searles has now. It is a beautiful piece of furniture. Both BJ's mother and Lillian played the .19. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/15a323d23b3c2308d0c3d9dcafd53882.jpg c55f1bdc5b8ef372d65a1dfdcbe5b33a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (23) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 20 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover piano, and Bernard took lessons, but he hated every minute as he couldn't understand his teacher who had no palate. She was the daughter of Frank B. Willis who was running for president but had a fatal heart attack on the stage at Ohio Wesleyan while giving a campaign speech. There were five fireplaces in the house, but they were all blocked off as they were not heat effective. However, they made good places to hang Christmas stockings. The Searles' front doors were always locked as the house was so large that no one could hear the front door opening . They kept their food in a well as my family did until BJ was a freshman in high school. Then they had an ice box and the ice man, Wello Crowl, delivered ice once a week. Of course living in the country, they had their mail delivered by John Domigan in a horse driven buggy. However there was not so much junk mail as today. Dave Allison sold them Watkins goods too, but BJ doesn't remember having him stay for lunch. Bernard's family traded eggs for groceries at the Red and White Store on the corner of the east side of the square. The Searles family farmed, milked cows, and raised turkeys. Bernard says that his mother raised Turkeys and he chased them. He had many chores even as a young boy both morning and evening with the light of a kerosene lantern. On chilly mornings when he went after the cows barefooted, he'd run from cow to cow and stand, where it had been lying to warm his feet. An old gentleman, Emery Young, gave Bernard an old ewe, and from that old ewe he had a flock of 33 sheep which he sold when he left the farm to work .20. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/10d0381072e54815c9098000a6996b66.jpg 7e48e7a272c57a5e0c3bb7066675047c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (24) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 21 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover at Sears after graduating from high school. As a young boy BJ mowed with a real type mower, the big yard which surrounded their house. He mowed not only his yard but also his grandfather's and a neighbor's (Roland Neilson) who gave him $.50 for mowing a BIG yard. Two events of Bernard's youth impressed him all through the years. First is the reading session his mother had every time the Ohio Farmer arrived. Zane Gray had a continuing story about Indians and settlers in the magazine. Mrs. Searles read the story by kerosene lamp to the entire family, and everyone looked forward to the arrival of the magazine. The second is seeing the burning of the effigy of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany in the Sunbury square after the end of WWI. Sitting on his father's shoulders he could see and hear the entire celebration. Two of Sunbury's businessmen, Herb Irwin and Chan Root, were standing on either side of Mr. Searles. They each patted Bernard on the shoulder and said, "You'll never forget this as long as you live," and he hasn't. As a small child Bernard like to run away and see his neighbors, as I did. The neighbor always called his mother, and someone would go after him. His mother stopped that by tying him to the clothesline! Although there was a group of boys who played together, Carl Hough and Alton Wigton were his best buddies. They swam in the creek and slid on the ice in the winter. These activities were only when there wasn't farm work to be done. .21. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/187b2b3777924c0989024d46ec2500f4.jpg af66abd522665dab2fa90d5556a651e6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (25) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 22 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - BJ AND LOLA Bernard went to Berkshire Elementary School which still stands on Rt. 37 across from the present Bent Tree Golf Course. His neighbor Paul Curtis Williams started in first grade with him and graduated with him 12 years later. Kindergarten was not heard of in those days. When a child was ready for school he went. Of course Bernard walked to school with the other neighborhood kids for the first four years. The school was consolidated with Sunbury just before his fifth year, and he rode the bus from then on with his dad as driver. Since there was no cafeteria, Bernard carried his lunch, and he says he lived on cheese and bologna sandwiches. I guess Condit wasn't as advanced as Berkshire as I went all eight grades to country school about 1/2 mile from my childhood home. In fact it was next door to our present home at 4568 North State Route 3, and the kids carried water from this house to the school for our big common water jar with its dipper. Condit was proud of that one room brick schoolhouse with the big round stove in the center which the teacher fired. In my eight years, we had five different teachers who not only taught but acted as janitor too. A coal shed and two outhouses completed the school "campus." Of course I walked to school too with a group of kids from down the road. We had no Phys-ed in those days and didn't need it. Although I started school in September and wasn't 5 until October, I made it! I was driving my Dad crazy so the teacher, Mabel Huffman, made a deal. She'd let me try, if it worked OK, if not I'd repeat the grade. Everything was easy and so much fun! As a result, I passed .22. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6ef37a133ea7b5d527ba10501c01b21d.jpg 6027d3594316800517e8d7d1a5ef47da Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (26) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 23 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover every year and graduated from high school at age 16. One of our games in elementary school was "ante-over" the shed. The bigger boys played it over the school house. Tag, Run Red Rover, Hide and Seek were good games too. In winter we slid down the hill in a field near the school house. I was very cold in the winter so Mother made me wear long underwear. When I got to school, I'd go to the "outhouse" and roll my underwear above my knees. Sometimes I'd forget to put them back down before I left school, so I'd have to fix them while sitting on the front porch before going into the house. As I look back on it, we had some strange people in our school. We had a bully in our school, Hezz Conner. One day as we were lined up to march into school at recess, Hezz set Violet Condit Lee's hair on fire. The last I heard of him he was in jail. We had 2 brothers (Forest and Jim Edwards) in school who really disliked even the idea of going to school. In the spring and fall during good weather, they'd jump out the window and go home. No one ever did anything about their escapades. One fall a boy, Willard Schoonover, ran away from school out into a corn field where he sat beside a big cornshock. A storm was brewing so the teacher took the entire school, all 15 of us, out to hunt him. When we found him, he picked up a big, big rock and holding it over his head said, "Don't come near me or I'll drop it!" The teacher made us all turn around and go back to the school. All the way back I kept thinking, I'd have said, "Go ahead!' and I'd have gone right up to him. .23. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/474ba0883de1ffd8a56c1636f367ff59.jpg 315e9718a1c2a2ce964f5253df908a60 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (27) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 24 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover I'm sure he was bluffing. Later during the storm Willard came in dripping wet to sit by the big stove to get dry. We always had programs at school which the community attended. One Christmas, Dad picked up all the neighbors in our big sled pulled by two horses to take them to the school program. The program was so long and the students had to stand on the stage the entire time. I had to go to the bathroom so bad, so I did! My long underwear was really absorbent, so nobody knew! BUT after that cold sled ride home, the long johns were frozen stiff when I took them off. Even Mother thought it was funny! .24. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/91cd24d06eb152e77b9390e97afe0368.jpg ad70ee4d8711952580cddcea4c08f02b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (28) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 25 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS I can't remember birthdays when I was very young, but during my teenage years I always invited friends for a meal. Mother was an exceptionally good cook and loved making special dishes. One time 4 girls were birthday guests. They weighed themselves before dinner and after. Each of us gained either 4 or 5 pounds. As I grew older I always helped Mother celebrate all birthdays. Christmas was a great time at our house. We always had a real tree with popcorn strings, and beautiful glass balls, and real candles. Dad let us light the candles once on Christmas Eve, but he stood by with a bucket of water to douse it in case of fire. In 1934 Columbus and Southern Light Company came to the corner below our house, and Dad built his own electric line to our place. From then on we had electric Christmas lights. However, we always had a real tree. Mr. Searles and the boys cut their Christmas tree from their own woods, and Mrs. Searles and the girls decorated it. Bernard made paper chains and sewed popcorn strings but ate more than he strung. They had no lights or candles - too dangerous. With all their fireplaces there was plenty of room to hang their Christmas stockings. Each sock had an orange, some candy and a surprise. Even after Bernard and I were married until Nan was married we still had real trees. After her marriage in 1969, we bought an artificial tree for $13.95 on sale from Sears (their first). Now the same tree is $89.95, but we still have our same .25. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6ae96c2529968b371c68f9202e836f6e.jpg 55b0145733ea2e385cce556f1d190463 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (29) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 26 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover tree. However, last year, 1994, we did not put up a tree - we missed it! Every year Mother made pounds of homemade candy - chocolate drops, stuffed dates, divinity, chocolate and peanutbuttter fudge. She'd hide it from us until she was ready to use it, and we never did find her hiding place, but we tried! Too, she bought nuts in the shell - pecans, English walnuts and Brazil nuts. Oh, were they delicious! Bernard's mother made pounds of candy, too. H e especially remembers peanutbrittle and seafoam that melted in your mouth! Christmas morning, Mother and Zada Longshore raced to see who could call and wish the other "Christmas Greetings" first. Zada kept that tradition with me until her death. Our Christmas dinner was always at Grandma Farris's place with my birth mother's family as the Leach tribe (Mother's family) were too far away. I know now that Mother was really closer to my birth family than her own because of the distance. The Searles and Mead families always came to Bernard's parents for Christmas dinner and gift exchange in the afternoon. It's kind of ironic that all of us had big Plymouth Rock roosters roasted and stuffed with dressing. Neither family had turkey. Grandma's house was small, but the joy and love were big-big! After I began teaching, I bought enough gifts for Lib so that she could open one each day from the day I arrived until Christmas. She really enjoyed the times I had early dismissal for Christmas. The year Ray graduated from high school he .26. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/b46332a1a6206d2f97c5f4bcd3f91d9c.jpg a98424f3b6f0284156352be35cece3d8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (30) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 27 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover wanted to give his senior picture to his girl friend. He was to take my car and pickup his picture in Delaware. We had a terrible ice storm, but Ray couldn't take "No" for an answer so we slid all the way to Delaware and back, but Ray got his pictures. Years later Bernard wouldn't take "no " for an answer either. Dad told me to call Bernard and tell him not to try to come out on the ice on the Christmas Eve of 1945. He came, he fell, he conquered! In spite of falling flat on his rear in our driveway, he brought my present, stayed a while and spent an hour getting back to Sunbury (4 miles). I was sure he had had an accident, but he made It! We never celebrated Halloween as a family, but when I was in high school, I'd stay overnight with my good friend Mildred Gelston Amstutz, and we'd get a group to go around Sunbury, ringing doorbells, throwing shelled corn on porches, and turning over chairs. We thought we were big stuff! The high school boys often went out in the country and tipped over "outhouses." In fact when I came back to teach in Sunbury and lived at home, some boys tipped over Dad's "two-holer." Of course it wasn't used any more, but Dad was angry! Bernard went Hallowe'ening with his buddies in Berkshire, but they were never destructive nor did they tip over "outhouses." There was no such thing as "trick or treat" during our youth. By the time Nan was a child, "trick or treating" and dressing in costume was the custom. Even in the country parents drove their children around the neighborhood. I always took Nan as Bernard was milking cows at that time. Later when she had Jay .27. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/1bc1afef28cde7b1e39112a5f0e11b02.jpg a20a69ceab6012945a4ebb99e17e7c9a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (31) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 28 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover he enjoyed "trick or treating" too. After Nan was older the community children came to our house. The news traveled fast that Lolly had homemade popcorn balls. Kids took for themselves and their parents. Both Bernard's and my families had lots of Easter eggs. Our mothers colored the eggs and hid them in the yard. Also both mothers made their own chocolate covered candy eggs. - delicious! Since both families were church oriented they stressed the Christian beliefs of the Easter story. Fourth of July was a big day in our community. A huge celebration was held every year at the Charley Rinehart home on Centerburg Road. The Mt. Pleasant Church had a program, homemade ice cream, cake and pie and fireworks for a finale. Everyone from surrounding communities came, except Berkshire. Bernard had never heard of this big affair. His family always had their own celebration with firecrackers and homemade ice cream. One year at about age eight, I remember in particular; I was the center of attention. A couple days before, I had been wading in our creek and cut my foot very deep. I was determined to go to the Rinehart celebration, so Dad made me crutches out of croquet mallets. What a night but it was fun! By the way, I still have the scar from that cut! As a child I enjoyed this fireworks , then as a teenager I enjoyed meeting the gals and guys and having fun! When Nan was in high school, she was a life guard at our local pool with Polly Whitney Horn. Polly organized a synchronized swimming team which gave a program on July 4th weekend. Nan and Malinda both participated in this production which .28. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f0636a21aa9966f0384f437573eac56b.jpg 0ce367e88c11e9258b4bade5fa20a488 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (32) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 29 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover was outstanding. Several years later Sunbury had a Flea Market, food, program and fireworks at the high school. Our Sesqui and Bi-Centennial programs were very special. Bernard and I were co-chairmen with Bill and Margaret Fisher for the Bi- Centennial. However Dan and Eva Jane Williams helped much more than the Fishers. Mary Perfect had charge of the Flea Market. For the Sesqui Lucille Peregrine Campbell and I wrote and directed a play "Our Town - Sunbury" which surprised many people. The closing scene was of Nan portraying the Statue of Liberty with a big flag from FT. Hayes behind her - very inspirational! .29. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/74093c616f1f096b5af53606661c14c0.jpg 779e3c25773fbe2e585f296f84149558 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (33) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 30 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover HIGH SCHOOL Bernard and I both went to Sunbury High School (now an elementary school) on Harrison Street and graduated together in 1932. Our class rings cost $12.25. Mine was the smallest and Bernard's was the largest. I could put my ring inside his easily. There was no school bus in my area my freshman year, so I rode with Wendell Day. He took Pauline Lane Reuwee and Merrill Courter, too. Wendell played all sports, so we were always late getting home. One day Pauline, Mary Hayes and I decided to take a ride in Wendell's car although neither of us had ever actually driven a car. I shifted gears, Pauline steered, and Mary put on the brakes. For some reason we never got out of the school yard as one of the trees got in our way. It dented a fender - well crumpled it. Mr. Day made us pay for it or he said he'd tell our parents. I had to get that money from Dad, but I couldn't ask for a large amount, so I talked Mr. Day into paying on the installment plan and never mentioned "fender" at home. I bought so much paper, pens, pencils, etc., but they finally paid the bill. Mother was glad to see the big yellow bus the first day of school my sophomore year. Pearly Stockwell was our bus driver and was still driving the bus when Nan went to school. Bernard's dad drove his bus. Actually sometimes Bernard drove for his dad in emergencies. Bernard had a trap line which he ran night and morning during his high school years. He caught mink, muskrat, skunks, coon, and possum. After skinning and stretching the skins on shingles, he sold them to a fur buyer. He bought his own clothes and some "spending money" - fun money. .30. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/e22091487898574b8a4023e4338d3df6.jpg 730422416f048b46c9199f76dcb2af42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (34) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 31 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover My spending money came from my summer jobs. Our neighbor Charley Lane, paid me 2 cents per quart to pick strawberries for him. Money didn't add up very fast. Too, I dressed chickens for a couple of ladies for 25 cents a chicken. I was in the money! We had a class of 25 people who graduated. Our class was the first to wear caps and gowns. Bernard was so angry as he had worked in a stone quarry to get enough money for a new suit and had to cover it with an ugly gray gown. We had no Jr..-Sr. prom our junior year as one board member would not let us dance in the school building. We had a big party at Annabel Mundy's home, a big brick house in Berkshire which was later the Berkshire Nursing Home. We thought we were big stuff! We'd shown Henry Wilson, Sr. that he couldn't boss us! Since we had no Jr.-Sr. prom to finance, we had no Junior play, but we had a senior class play and I had the role of Patsy - the slowest hired maid in the world. That was surely not type casting, but I had so much fun doing the part. Bernard also had a part but his was a handsome young man. He didn't have to act! School was easy for me, but I was only salutatorian of our class. Mildred Gelston was .3 points ahead of me. We were best friends and I spent many "overnights" with her to go to ballgames, parties, etc. I loved school - enjoyed studying but also had lots of fun. My social life didn't include dating per-se as Dad thought I was too young, and I was! I was not a rebel, but I was mischievous- doing things like putting a tack on our principal, Homer Fisher's, chair, setting an alarm clock to .31. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4d65e0d8ae1cde4423ccdd8e0eaac45e.jpg 7cc7c43d493b573ecad7acb72d8fe2ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (35) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 32 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover ring in Glenard Buell's history class - but putting it in Lucille Cornell Bailey's desk. That time I got the giggles early and was sent out of class before the alarm rang. I missed all the fun! Bernard always said that I had good discipline when I taught because I had done everything in my high school years and knew what to expect. In the ninth grade, Bernard broke his right arm cranking a Model T Ford school bus. He had to use his left arm for a long time and tried to do his homework although it was unreadable. Teachers gave him good grades for his efforts - especially the algebra teacher, Miss Huston. Bernard was her pet! This same teacher caused me to have the nickname "Lolly." She insisted on calling me Lolla Dell. She'd say "Lolla Dell, go to the board." Of course the boys made it Lolly Dell, then "Lolly" which has stayed with me all these years. However, Bernard has always called me "Jen" from Jennings. Bernard says that he never liked school, but he was always there. He never skipped even one day. I skipped school 1/2 day my senior year. Junior Whitney, Bess Ross (later his wife) and Snooks Baker and I went to Alum Creek and skipped stones in the water. The ride was the most fun as Junior had an old Model T - no top, no floor boards, painted in wild colors. The gas was controlled on the steering wheel by a lever that was worked by hand. What a bunch of junk, but we had fun! Of course our superintendent, Mr. G. E. McFarland, caught us, and we had to make up our time after school. Luckily I was a helper on the Debate Team, so I had excuse to stay with Mildred Gelston. I know it seems strange now, but we didn't .32. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f08a9e3d8e7d7d3d3972439038a91a5a.jpg e9ad62f6db8ea5e10d50c846d73745af Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (36) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 33 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover have gym classes in high school. Our principal was our science teacher (all classes), and the superintendent taught the high school math except algebra and practical senior math. Miss Carey, our English teacher, had a maroon corduroy suit that she wore every day from October to May. The boys made fun of her all the time. Right then I vowed that if I ever became a teacher I'd have enough clothes to wear something different every day for a month, and I did! After Miss Carey left we had an outstanding English teacher, Angeline Stanforth, who inspired me to teach English. Bernard and I both were brown baggers with the most boring lunches, - peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches for me, and peanut butter and cheese for BJ. As bad as it was, neither of us would carry a lunch bucket so we could have a variety. Most of my friends were town girls, but I had my country lunch group too. Truthfully, I guess the town girl group was a clique. Bernard's friends were the boys in the Ag class. Since he worked so hard, he never had time for sports. I had an extra year in high school as Dad thought I was too young to to go to college plus money was scarce. During that year I took typing and Spanish and acted as an aide to the teachers. Mr. Roland Neilson was the 8th grade teacher, but also the high school music teacher. Whenever he went to the high school music class, I was sent to the 8th grade class and actually taught some classes. The fall of '33 I enrolled at Otterbein College in Westervile. Bernard farmed with his dad for several years until he got a job at Sears. Later he drove truck for John Shultz and visited every state in the U.S. at that time. He worked .33. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/bd059b4a91daaa8ced9ae35768aeccea.jpg 01beaa9378b7e50a7599703059c7073b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (37) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 34 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover for Shultz until he received his Greetings letter saying "Your friends and neighbors have selected you to to serve your country." He says he's still looking for those "friends and neighbors." From 1933 to 1945 our paths did not cross although we did correspond during the war. .34. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f4d7437370e3f2616a1ad29b1f5b7352.jpg 0ca031931a975d9dd034614ea3979c6e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (38) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 35 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover THE INTERVAL When I entered Otterbein, a friend of Mother's (Esther Moore) made arrangements for me to live in a dorm (Saum Hall) where the girls did their own cooking. Pauline Barton and I were roommates our freshman year, but she didn't like the cooking aspect and moved to another dorm. Ruth Morrison Johnson became my roommate the rest of my college years. We ate more burned toast and burned beans than I knew existed. My sophomore year was an experience I'll never forget. Second and third floors had a feud - only at nights! During the day we were friends, but oh, the nights! We really did some crazy things like cooked spaghetti in beds, mattresses carried to the storage room. and rubber bands around the middle of our clothes, for a few. Ruth and I cinched it when we took clothes to another dorm stuck them in closets at random. That ended the feud and almost ended us. When our antics became too noisy, Ma Ferguson, dorm matron, would pull the switch to darken the entire dorm except the bathroom lights which had to be lit. Many a night Ruth and I took our blankets and math books to study math in the bathtubs wrapped in our blankets. We just had to have our math for our tough Professor Glover who still graded on the curve in his math classes. The next year Ma Ferguson made me her assistant for which I received room and board, so I ate at Cochran Hall. Too I was moved with Ruth to a downstairs room. Ma said she had to bring the noise downstairs. One of the requirements at Otterbein was Chapel every day at 11:30 A.M. with 3 cuts allowed a semester. We were seated .35. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/362feb189eb87888be46a8eac5ff7f01.jpg 7f040fabf22b8c5e16dfeb969aa5532e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (39) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 36 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover alphabetically and roll was taken very easily and thoroughly. Otterbein was such a friendly school and small enough that every one knew everyone! As a result I was active in many organizations. There were no national social fraternities and sororities, but local. I joined Kappa Phi Omega (ΚΦΩ). We had a large pledge class and kept the actives busy. Of course they retaliated with stupid ideas like asking for hair from each of the professor's dogs, asking for a nickel's worth of ride on the Greyhound Bus then having to walk back to town. Our motto was and is "Sisters and friends until the end." Although there aren't many of us left, we're still sisters and friends. During my years at Otterbein, I was active in the Drama Department and a member of Cap and Dagger, honorary drama and speech organization. My favorite professor was Prof. John Smith, my speech teacher. He not only taught the principles of speaking; he also taught the principles of living. One of the plays I remember best was "She Stoops to Conquer" produced in the band shell in the park by the Alum Creek. I had a fun part in that play. I worked on the school paper "The Tan and Cardinal" for two years. Too, as a member of WAA (Women's Athletic Association), I played intra- mural sports; namely - basketball, volleyball, and cageball. My junior year I was chosen as one of the Winter princesses for basketball homecoming. As a senior, I was one of five chosen to be a part of "Who's Who in Colleges and Universities." This was indeed an honor. One of my best friends at Otterbein was Mary .36. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/fc7fed432aa85f83856ba70ecaad0020.jpg 991dac3bc77103c18880d44e863dfd58 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (40) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 37 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Otsuki, a Japanese protege of an outstanding minister of the times in Columbus, Dr. Roy Burkhart. Mary taught me a great deal about caring, prejudice, and true friendship. When I wanted to bring her home, Dad wasn't sure, but he learned to love Mary as did everyone who met her. We had several foreign students at Otterbein who taught me many new ideas of different cultures and made me see the wrongs in our own culture. For instance, we had an African Prince who could not go to the local movie at Kaufman's theater, unless there was a white person on either side of him. If he ate at Williams Grill better known as Willies," the college hangout, he and his companions had to sit in a rear booth. Too "Willies" would not sell a bus ticket to black or oriental students. They had to buy them from the bus driver. During my junior year of college, we had problems at home. Mother had gall bladder surgery at Mt. Carmel hospital. Three days after her surgery, Lib ten years old, had an acute attack of appendicitis and had surgery at Mt. Carmel too. I stayed in the hospital with Lib overnight and visited Mother as I could. Dad said he paid for 1/2 of the new wing of the hospital that was built that year. There was no hospital insurance in those days. In the midst of all these happenings, I had several jobs to help with college expenses. I baby sat for professors' kids, ironed white shirts for a very "persnickety" lady, cleaned house for a lady who kept her table set for her dead son who had committed suicide, and worked as a waitress at Willie's for banquets and special parties. However, my social life didn't suffer. I attended .37. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/26dd7c226eac60379a99f7baccd6b232.jpg 35b5b04204b70fa51643d7d600ce175b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (41) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 38 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover most of the fraternity dances and parties but never had a serious boyfriend - just friends. During the summers a group of Otterbein students worked at Seaside Hospital at New Dorp, Staten Island, N. Y. Otterbein let us take exams early, and we traveled by bus to New York, then by ferry to Staten Island and then by a small train to New Dorp to this big charity children's hospital on the beach of the Atlantic Ocean (Seaside). Student nurses from a Catholic hospital in upstate New York took their pediatrics training there. The children brought there lived in the slums of New York and many had never seen green grass. They came on a Sunday, had tonsillectomies on Tuesday and left the following Saturday. Then there were two wards, an orthopedic and a cardiac ward, that stayed all summer. The experience in that hospital almost changed my career. When I returned to Otterbein my senior year, I worked for and received a scholarship for Western Reserve Nurses Training in Cleveland. My dad said, "I spent this money. You teach one year; then if you still want to be a nurse, we'll talk." So I started looking for a teaching job and found one at Miamisburg, Ohio. In those days (the dark ages) women could not teach if they were married, and my good friend Evelyn Nichols was planning to be married, so she gave me first chance at her job - even before she resigned. Another dear friend, Ella B. Smith, was teaching music there and put in a good word for me. After twenty attempts, I wrote a perfect letter of application and was given the job for a salary of $1035 per year teaching 8th grade arithmetic, English and penmanship. Had I known about the penmanship .38. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/c098fe738bee2ab58541d4c061d413ae.jpg 7913cc46edeff7ed76bb58e9567424b3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (42) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 39 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover class, I wouldn't have had such a perfect letter. I was the first person in the class of '37 to have a job before graduation, thanks to my friends. Dad was an intelligent man. He knew I'd get involved besides getting in debt and would forget nursing. My days at Otterbein were very happy days, plus I received a good Liberal Arts education with a B. A. degree in Education, credited to teach the following subjects: English, Speech, Mathematics, French and Social Studies. Friendships made at Otterbein have been lasting through the years. For 7 years I taught at Miamisburg from 1937 - 1944. Four other teachers and I lived with a wonderful woman, Rose Murray, whom we all called "Mom." I paid $8.50 a week for room and board - cooking like my mother's. She treated us all like her daughters which we enjoyed. Her own daughter Helen lived with us until she married. Those Miamisburg days were good ones, and I still have visits from some students there. The summer after my first year of teaching I returned to Staten Island, but the next summer I started graduate school at Ohio State which I never completed after that term. During the summer of 1939, Mom Murrays's daughter, Helen, and ex-daughter-in-law, Lila Mae, and I went to the World's Fair in New York City. The next summer I spent a great deal of time helping care for Mother's sister, Alice, who was ill with terminal cancer. She was being cared for by Mother's other sister and husband, Nan and John Pierson, in Canal Winchester. I came home on weekends but spent the rest of the time with the Piersons. Their daughter, Evelyn, and I became very close and I later taught in Sunbury for her .39. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/bbb10a5909df44672aeb3f074035a188.jpg 87e76536e5ea1f78f50306efdc25c2e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (43) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 40 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover husband, Tommy Lang. In 1939 I bought a new Chevrolet Coupe from Wllliamson's in Sunbury for $939 financed through General Motors. Can you believe I was naive enough to let Dad and Ray convince me that Ray should put the first 1000 miles on my new car? I loved that car and still had it in 1946 when I married Bernard. Cars were not available after the war. A person had to put his name in sort of a lottery and hope he was lucky, as each dealer could get only a few cars. Bernard had his name in with two dealers but no car! My old Chevy kept us going for several years. Soon after my car purchase, World War II came along. I can remember as if it were yesterday when the news came over the radio on December 7, 1941, of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I was grading papers as usual, at Mom Murray's desk. Both of us started to cry. We were sure we were doomed! The next day President Roosevelt declared war. Immediately our lives began to change. Rationing was set into place with shoes, gas, sugar, meat and butter available only through stamps. Our school was closed for several days as the teachers gave out the stamps in the Miamisburg area. The stamps were rationed according to need, size of family, occupation, etc. it was really difficult as no one was happy with his/her allotment. Some of the rules were very strange. For example, the school was not given gas stamps to use the buses for athletic events, but teachers were given extra stamps if they would drive different teams to events. I drove the first string basketball team to every game. .40. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/fe8bc8c20766e60e5c9299192c455f96.jpg 1239afc11beeb6b97e045ff747085187 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (44) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 41 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Since my parents were farmers and had their own meat and butter, they gave their meat and butter stamps to Mom Murray, so we ate well. Shoes were a problem for me but manufacturers began making shoes with synthetic soles - no leather. They didn't last long, but I had shoes! Up to this time time women wore silk hose but they couldn't be found, so nylon hose came into existence. How we hated them! In the summer girls "painted" their legs with regular leg make-up. That worked well unless the gal was in the rain - oh me, streaked legs! Since Miamisburg was so close to Wright Patterson Air Force Base, we had air-raid drills every week. One drill which consisted of getting the kids out of the building and into to nearby homes was to be used if we had an early warning. The other, getting the kids under the desks, was to be used when their was no previous warning. The kids took the drills seriously as the propaganda was indeed specific and graphic. All the eligible men teachers were drafted or volunteered leaving the women with many jobs. For instance, besides my regular teaching duties, I acted as treasurer of the high school activities accounts and as truant officer for the entire system. Also I was score keeper for all basketball games with no remuneration for any of these extra jobs. Many of the high school boys worked in the factories in Dayton that had been converted to make war materials. Those boys made enormous salaries plus were in school full time - when I, as truant officer, forced them. My principal, Frank Young, and I spent several days in court to keep the boys and .41. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3414261aa94e5207bf1c9251a45154e7.jpg 2faf9f32484804fa3c356a8f0703422c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (45) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 42 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover girls in school. I had a special friend whom I met at Seaside Hospital that became a captain in the infantry. When he was on leave he visited our family in Condit, and I went to Chicago to bid him goodbye when he went overseas. He was critically injured at Normandy. To help morale (or so I said ) I wrote to many boys from home and from Miamisburg. One day a group of us gals went to a palm reader in Dayton, and she told me that I would receive a letter that day from the man I would marry. When I picked up my mail, there was a letter fro M/Sgt. Bernard Searles. I said, "Little does she know' we'd never marry!" Well, we married - 49 years of marriage this May - 50 in 1996. I taught at Miamisburg for seven good years for a principal who taught me to be organized, punctual, responsible, and yet have fun teaching. Surprisingly he had retired from Miamisburg and was Nan's supervisory professor when she was a student teacher at Otterbein. In 1944, Mother had a severe heart attack and Dad needed help at home although Lib was there. There was an opening at Sunbury High School on Harrison Street in the same building where I had attended high school. Tom Lang (my step-cousin-in- law) was Superintendent. He hired my for $2000 a year and at the same time he hired Helen Griffith as home-ec teacher. We became the best of friends and worked on many projects together, such as team dinners before games, washing the basketball suits, selling tickets at all games to name a few. These duties were over and above our regular teaching duties and all without pay! .42. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/dec72ff0d37905fc92f0c0ed00dc12bc.jpg 8587a93fb459b492177f2c1f59e7fd28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (46) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 43 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Mother improved from her heart attack and was able to enjoy grandchildren in later years. Lib worked at the Farmer's Bank - now City National and rode with me. The only time we ever quarreled was when she was late. She'd brush her hair and fiddle around until one morning I left her. Oh, that caused trouble as Dad had to stop milking and take her to work. He yelled at both of us! April of 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died, and we were sure we'd lose the war but the war was beginning to wind down. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered, that day is Known as VE Day. On August 6, 1945, the first Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan; then a second on Nagasaki, August 9. Japan surrendered August 15, 1945! Those were big days in our lives at that time. Many of our friends from home, college and Miamisburg were killed or injured. We who went through WWII never want to do it again! That fall I went to see Lillian Searles, a dear friend of mine, and guess who opened the door? M/Sgt. Bernard Searles. He says that I told him I came to see Lillian - not him! Maybe I did. Before this story continues I'm going to have Bernard's army experience chapter that will bring him up to date when he opened the door for me. .43. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/28341d72fa8385a37acf372e9276ce6a.jpg c396573ca9b74f7f552fadd8db27c967 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (47) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 44 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover AN ALL EXPENSE TOUR Related by BJ In the late 30's Bernard quit working at Sears and began working for John Shultz who had a trucking business in Galena, Ohio. It was while working there that BJ received that infamous letter from Uncle Sam stating, "Your friends and neighbors have selected you." In March 1942, Bernard was inducted into the U. S. Air Force at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, and was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, for basic training. His next stop was Airplane Mechanic School at Englewood , California, from which he graduated with honors. The government enjoyed giving the men travel experience, so it sent BJ's group back to Columbia, S. Carolina, where they were formed into a cadre for the 340th Bomb Group of the Twelfth Air Force. Also at Columbia they were visited by a violent hail storm that ruined fourteen planes. Thanks to the ground crews of which BJ was a part, the planes were repaired in a few days. The next move was to Walterboro, S.C., where the group received "overseas" training for running missions. January 30, 1943, the group climbed into waiting trains and headed for a secret destination, which everyone knew was Camp Stoneman at Pittsburg, California. Bernard called this the monsoon season as it rained every day. In spite of all the rain and inclement weather, the group had days of stiff tests, including imaginary air raids, debarkation nets, obstacle course, and twelve mile hikes with full packs. The men were issued heavy cold weather clothes, and rumors flew fast. The flight crews left first, and on Valentine's Day the ground crew .44. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/43280fc0547b089493ffe4cd66ab1a9d.jpg 6a37ac2cc5a9090ca24660a283bae0b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (48) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 45 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover marched on to a G. I. Ferry, sailed down the bay to board the U.S.S. West Point wile the band played "Auld Lang Syne." For the next forty-two days the group enjoyed (?) and all-expense-paid tour of the Southern Hemisphere. Bernard was seasick for may of those days. They stopped at New Zealand to drop off and pick up mail, then went on to Australia where they picked up some food -"bully" beef and catfish. After one day on land, again they headed to sea to their next stop Bombay, India, where they smelled the smells and saw the sights. Bernard has trouble describing the filth there. The GI's were told to walk always in groups of three. As BJ and two other fellows were walking along a street, a small boy kept bothering them, so one guy gave him a penny to scram. He left but soon came back with a baby saying, "Yours - you paid." Some how the men got rid of him. The men were also told to eat only what could be peeled while they were off the boat. In spite of the advice many became victims of the GI's." They soon learned that "FAYN-mo-ra-HEED?" meant "Where is the toilet?" Finally the 240th reached their destination - Suez. The boat anchored of shore, and they were taken ashore in rickety native boats. On shore they were herded into rickety trains that took them to their field-camp, El Kabrit, Egypt, on Little Bitter Lake beside the Suez Canal. Kabrit was a big camp with buildings, but they had so many shrapnel oles in the roofs and sides that the birds had taken over. There was sand everywhere - not a tree in sight - which made it very difficult to set up tents. They had their first mail call .45. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/84e2f1d9199775b3f8edd04be129912a.jpg fd03c6f27e1c764f5148ac5925d6e8cd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (49) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 46 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover there plus a shave and haircut for twelve cents. Bernard had quite an experience at Kabrit during a rip-roaring sandstorm. BJ and another GI were sent to the airstrip to moor down the planes. The sand was so fine and the wind so strong that the visibility was practically zero. BJ heard a human cry and told his buddy to keep talking so he could follow his voice to get back from investigating the cry. He found a little boy sobbing his heart out. The child had come into the air strip through a hole in the fence but could not find his way back. The sand and tears had made mudballs on his eyes. Neither could understand the other, but BJ made the child understand to trust him. Bernard took water from his canteen, washed the child's face, put a wet handkerchief above his eyes, and started back to his pal, following his voice. The little boy clutched BJ's hand until they got back to headquarters where an interpreter learned where the boy lived, and he was safely returned home. At this camp in Kabrit, in between repairing his plane to chase Rommel across the sand, Bernard went to see the Sphinx and the Pyramids, plus rode a camel. He has the picture to prove it. British soldiers were helping in the Rommel chase, but the 8th Army got most of the credit. Later at Medenine, Tunisia, the men dug their slit trenches and tent "cellars" in the hardest ground they had seen. Too, this place had been a mine field, supposedly cleared, but the men were very careful withtheir shovels and feet! They were just getting settled and feeling halfway comfortable, when (you guessed it) they had to move. .46. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/5508d49bf356469c2b19575a39531e62.jpg ce44a44a32a10bf638184c6b0cf62411 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (50) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 47 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Their new home (?) was in Sfax, Tunisia, in the midst of an orchard of peach, apricot, almond and olive trees and many grapevines. Bernard said the grapes were bigger than his thumb, purplish-green in bunches about a foot long - delicious! The fruit diet was welcomed after their mess hall food. BJ said he lived on grapes for a week. They also found beans, giant peas, and scallions ready for picking. The Germans had left in such a hurry they didn't have time to pick them. Easter Sunday was a bad day for the 340th. It dawned bright and sunny, but turned out to be black! Church was held in a poppy field under the wings of planes. Just after noon they were briefed for a bombing run, and as the planes circled the field, two collided, plummeted to the earth, and burned killing both crews. A good friend of BJ's was killed in that collision. Soon after that a colonel's ship took a direct hit, killing all the crew, they thought, but later several were located in German hospitals. They had settled down into the business of real war! Night after night they hit the trenches when raiders came over, and the ack-ack started. By May the enemy had been driven into the Cap Bon peninsula, so the 340th left the cleanup to the infantry and began destroying coastal batteries at Pantelleria. The result was the demoralizing of practically all defenses. After this drive, "The first all out aerial offensive" white crosses of surrender were displayed on the ground, and the ground forces occupied the island in no time. When the 340th left Cap Bon, the Germans started on Enfedaville. They were warned to surrender to the "Golden 18" (their name for the .47. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/0fc90491ad5cf6fe6ddef06624fad79b.jpg 9141918884d0f43cd1c22c5c43fa2b5c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (51) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 48 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover 340th B-25's) or they'd be "done in" within 20 minutes. They didn't; the 340th did, and the battle of Africa was over; the Axis folded in Tunisia. The rest of the stay at Sfax was uneventful except for the horror of the war known as the "GI's." Two necessary elements for this were speed and accuracy. Some made it; some didn't; some didn't try and bought new underwear and pajamas. Next thing - it was moving day again. The next stop was Hergis, Tunisia, which was and is all sand, thistles, and cacti close to the Mediterranean Sea with a mountain range in the back. While here at Hergla, they picked up a donkey and took him with them from then on. Life at Hergla was crazy. In the morning there were gnats; during the day, flies, lizards, scorpions, and mice and at night mosquitoes and desert rats. After supper one night a group of US B-25's bombed Lampedusa, and with the help of the RAF they had cleaned up Africa, Pantelleria, and now Lampedusa. For the next three weeks they worked hard getting eggs at 25¢ each and watermelon at a dollar each. July 3rd they began bombing Sicily, calling it the Sicilian Shuttle Service. To get close to their targets, they moved again this time to Comiso, Italy. Comiso had been a regular Italian airfield well equipped with permanent buildings, but when the 340th arrived the buildings were shells. Little did the guys know when they previously bombed the place that they'd later have to clean it up. They found lots of Italian and German planes that had made their last landing and had been left .48. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/85972939b0eb7aaff2c3066ac551b6b9.jpg a36b8b0c91168ff342731a622c4a4b5b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (52) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 49 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover crippled. Those Americans GI's reconditioned the enemy planes and soon had them ready to fly with the allied insignia. Jake Morgan, BJ and Rocky Petrozzi fixed one. Rocky was the only one who could read Italian to decipher parts, etc. Many missions were flown from Comiso to spots like Randazzo, Adrano, and Messina (at the time "the most heavily defended spot in the world"). Between missions the men relaxed in the grape arbors. After the dust and the "C" rations at Hergla, the free fruit and clean air made Comiso seem like GI paradise. August 25th the group held a birthday party, and everyone was sure that after entertainment and eats, they'd be moving, and the next day they did! They went to Catania, Sicily, only to find the British Eighth Army camped all over the place. The place was on a big crater, and the buildings were shells. The group "sort of" pushed the British over enough to get room for the 340th. They missed the orchards and vineyards, but they had a sandy beach nearby. Just as they sat down to dinner one night, the Germans surprised them with a raid, but British guns all around the area opened up and not too much damage was done. They went back to meat and vegetable stew without much meat. They had frequent Jerry (German) raids with not much damage, and the 340th flew quite a few missions to Italy with they-hoped much damage. Again came order to move. The A party left with the tents, and for three days the rest found shelter wherever they could as it poured rain and the mud was deep. At San Pancrazino, Italy, the only difference was that the mud was blacker. For the first time .49. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6cc31ef898828a2e78553f0e26a15e2e.jpg 17967ef9bc94ccfb38fd3ef3256e6405 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (53) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 50 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover they were out of tents and into buildings. The weather was cool and cans of every kind were made into stoves. Bernard took a pipe from a wrecked plane and made tubing to run gas through to his group's stove. The first Christmas packages arrived here. Bernard's friend Joe Blanche had two sisters who were nuns. They sent a card board fireplace and Christmas socks filled with goodies. Lillian sent Bernard a big book of cookies and goodies which were completely ruined from getting the box soaked with fuel oil. Again the group moved to Foggia, Italy, but the 340th was scattered all over southern Italy for almost a week. Rain had everything a mess! Some trucks were stalled on roads, some skidded into ditches, and no one wanted to feed or help them. When they finally got off the highway and into Foggia, mud came half way up the jeep radiators. Some of the guys used farm buildings instead of tents, but it was a toss up - mud on the outside or manure on the inside. Bernard chose inside, manure and all! At night the guns of the Adriatic seemed too close for comfort. Finally the 340th got their planes in the air., sending missions to Sibenik, Jugoslavia, Port Gruz, Albania, and Guilianova, Italy. Thanksgiving came and went. Some of the fellows found sleeping quarters in a farmer's farm building. Bernard and Jake Morgan found a famer who sold them straw to fill their mattress covers for a good warm bed. Soon everyone was following suit. Christmas Day was like any other rainy day. Bernard remembers eating his Christmas dinner on a manure pile at one of the farms. The group still .50. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/8d51958d23b173066c70183176c74f53.jpg c814c1cbb158d7d29e98f6a3f60e4dbc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (54) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 51 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover had their donkey, and he was getting fatter everyday. In fact, he was kind of a pet. New Year's Eve - rain again! However at midnight every gun and rifle let loose. New Years Day, 1945, was a mess! A gale sept in over the sea; tents were down; men wallowed in the mud, but the chow lines were a quarter of a mile long as usual and ankle deep in mud. Later good weather set in, and they got settled for the winter - they thought. - Wrong! Orders came to move to Pompeii, Italy. At Pompeii their airfield was cut into the grape orchard and vegetable farms of Terzigno at the base of Mt. Vesuvius. There was always a halo of smoke over the crater, and at night the bubbling lava sent orange spurts up into the sky. They felt safe though - safer than from the German bombs. They were bombing Naples just twenty miles away. The Anzio beach head was opened up by the Fifth Army. The 340th lost more than a dozen planes on that beachhead. On March 15, 1945, the 340th was told to level Monte Cassio Abbey because the Germans were entrenched there and were killing too many Americans. They had a little help, but the mission was accomplished. The next night thirty-five German bombers went over the camp on the way to Naples and left some calling cards. Bernard and Jake visited Mt Vesuvius, looked down in the crater just before leaving for R. & R. The next day, Vesuvius erupted, 340th lost many planes and had to evacuate. Axis Sal announced that the 340th was "finito." She didn't know the 12th Air Force. Of course, they had to move to another location. They missed their donkey and that night they had steak and gravy. Bernard .51. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/aec2c8d30de93a438684acbf991505bf.jpg ab550ea645dc928921b5b8a94221bae9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (55) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 52 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover swears they ate the donkey, but says it was good, even if it was tough, The next stop was Paestum, Italy. the men thought they would have at least three weeks rest before planes could be replaced, but in three days they were operating full scale. They began bombing transportation and communication targets - tunnels, railroads, and highways. As the Germans repaired the damage, the U.S. would bomb again. The weather was great - sunny Italy. The Germans had an all out raid on the camp; once more they were practically wiped out. Again the 340th came through and by July they had an all time high for "hits." The group received Bronze Star citations for participating in major battles. Germany had surrendered in May, the war clean up was winding down in Europe and by the end of July men started going home. In August many of the 340th were leaving. Bernard let Rocky Petrozzi to early as he was so in love with Minda. In fact they were married before BJ arrived home. Bernard's tour of duty was almost over. He had started as a crew chief with one plane the "Sahara Sue" as his responsibility, then flight Chief with 6 planes and finally Line Chief of the 486th Bomb Squadron, with all twenty-eight planes and their ground crews under his supervision. From private he rose to Master Sargeant, the highest rating for a non-commissioned officer. Finally Bernard was at the dock ready to board the boat for the U.S.A. The Inspecting Officers checked his bags and said that he had to turn in his prize gun, a little Italian Beretta. Bernard said, "If I can't have it neither can you." With that he threw it in the bay. The second day out he .52. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/d797f6c91c046743b96d688407304249.jpg db9398224aea983a22a920a6ce2191ea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (56) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 53 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover heard "Sunbury!" There was Jack Hedden a hometown boy who was cook on the ship. He fed the guys ham, ice cream - all kinds of food they hadn't had for three years. You guessed it! Everyone was sick plus had the "GI's" - what a mess! The first Atomic bomb was dropped on Japan August 6 while BJ was en route home, the second on August 9. He landed at Norfolk, Va., then was sent to Camp Attebury, Indiana where was released from the service a free man! Bernard arrived in Columbus August 18, 1945, with no one to meet him. He went to Mildred and Dwight Satterfield's to find that sister Mildred was expecting twins who were born the next day August 19 - Larry and Lora. Next stop - Sunbury where in a few days, he says Lola knocked on his door and said, "I didn't come to see you, I came to see Lillian." After giving three and a half good years on his life to his country, he was ready to forge on. .53. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/d5646656928a38341104f500b5c8e0a3.jpg 23dbbba7b0bc12a5aa072edb1e83dc5c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (57) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 54 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover MARRIAGE On November 18, 1945, Bernard's birthday, he called for a date. From then on we dated steadily, were engaged in March, and married May 26, 1946, in the Condit Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Hugh Ash officiating. That ended my teaching career temporarily as married women could not teach in those days. We had to have the wedding on Sunday as we had had a very wet spring, and Dad didn't want to take time off for a wedding in case the ground dried and he could plant corn. Since no one worked on Sunday, that was a safe day. Our wedding was to be very simple. I hand wrote twenty-five invitations to family and close friends. Lib was my only attendant, and Carl Hough was Bernard's best man. I didn't want a formal wedding dress, so I bought two "simple" dressy dresses, blue for me and gold for Lib, made exactly alike. We both wore headpieces to match and long white gloves that went above the elbow. I carried my Eastern Star Bible with a beautiful white orchid which I later wore as a corsage. Bernard and Carl wore navy blue suits. Roger Day, Hal Tippett and Bob Burwell, all my students, were ushers. I walked down the aisle myself as I didn't want Dad to give me away. Even at the age of thirty I couldn't accept the thought of being given away. It could have been because of the trauma of housekeepers after Mother's death. Naturally, I was a little nervous as I started down the aisle as the church was full; people were even sitting in the windows. Just as I stepped in the door, Morgan Chamberlain whispered in a voice that could be heard all over the church, "You should'a been a preacher!" I ain't never seen a crowd like this in .54. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/cbc53d58528e3406fc68a16005339e74.jpg 0ff1b36eb96bbe1379695ec111be6af6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (58) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 55 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover this church!" My nervousness left me! Our reception was in the big Sunday School room as the basement had not been built yet. My neighbor teenagers, Iris Spences and Evelyn Shoemaker who were also my students, helped my friend Mildred Gelston at the hostess table. Mr. Gelston, Milly's father, a professional baker, baked our wedding cake. The person who found the tiny wedding ring, baked in the cake, was to be the next bride. Milly found it, and everyone cried, "Foul!" People were sure she knew where the ring was, but actually she had no idea. No one used paper plates in those days so I borrowed dishes from friends, but Mary Ellen Miller was the main lender. The workers had a problem as they had to heat water on a kersone burning stove, wash and dry the dishes by hand, and serve from a tiny classroom, but they made it. Bernard and I didn't wait to witness the clean-up. We took Carl Hough and his wife to the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus for dinner. We left them soon after dinner and headed for the first night of honeymoon (I knew not where) in a downpour of rain,. Bernard had reserved us a hotel room in Wooster, Ohio. The next day we went on to Niagara Falls - the popular honeymoon site in the 40s. In the center of the city was a building that looked like the subway stations in the middle of New York City. After much begging form me, BJ and I decided to go to this building and ride the Subway. To my chagrin, we found it was a public toilet. BJ's never let me forget that episode! The honeymoon was great, but we were eager to get back to our own little house on Morning Street in Sunbury. We bought it from Mrs. O.W. Whitney .55. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/591a53931f477ef26f30b14230188f7b.jpg 70012b62c13fa5b1f9b1ff391849790b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (59) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 56 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (Pearl) agreeing to pay $25 a month until cleared. Bernard saved money in the army from his pay and poker winnings, so we completely furnished our house with brand new furniture - all paid for and ours! Bernard had worded for weeks before we were married painting, sanding, and varnishing. He even built a dining booth in the kitchen. Everything was so new, so beautiful, and so perfectly finished! Bernard managed John Shultz's big hardware store in Galena, and his dad sold machinery for Shultz. Several months after our marriage, BJ came home early and wanted me to go to Delaware with him. I jumped at the chance, as I was home alone all day. As we were coming home, I remembered that I had eggs and potatoes on the stove cooking for salad. Well - we didn't have potato salad that night; the eggs had exploded and were splattered on the ceiling. The potatoes were burned to a crisp as was the the beautiful new copper bottom stainless steel pan. One shower present to the dump! Lib and Tom Brenner were married in September of '46 after he came home the Navy. She made a gorgeous dress from from a parachute that Tom had sent home. We went through the borrowing of dishes, etc., for her wedding too. I was always upset about her always being late and had said she would be late for her own wedding. She was on time, but the florist brought in the flowers after the guests were there. Bernard and I wanted a baby so much and we were really happy to find that I was pregnant in November, but surprised to find that Lib and Helen Jennings had both been pregnant since September. I think I was sick every day of my pregnancy. My .56. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/0406b4be5fc01a2275b7f4037a7099c0.jpg 9442a1d513c4c4c66695c03dfd0a7cae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (60) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 57 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover favorite food was popcorn and coke (cola - not drug) which I kept close by me - even by my bed. Lib and Helen had their boys Jerry and John in June. I guess Nan couldn't wait until August as she was born July 17, 1947 - Evelyn Anne Searles. Her birth was a surprise as we had been in Dr. Livingston's office on the eve of the 16th, and he said, "You're doing fine, but you have a month to go and you'll gain more weight." I had gained only 13 pounds and weighed 115 lbs. When Bernard called the doctor at 2:00 A. M. he couldn't believe him, but sent us to White Cross Hospital on Buttles Ave. in Columbus. There were so many post-war babies the place was overcrowded. Everytime BJ went out for a smoke, he'd lose me as I would be in another hall. These escapades went on all day and until 11:30 PM July 17th when Evelyn Anne Searles, 5 lbs. 2 oz. and 18 inches long finally decided to be born with the help of doctor's forceps. She had a bruised eye and and a funny shaped head because of the forceps, but she was our baby! Everything was soon "normal," but her eye turned blue in cold weather until she was 5 years old. She lost weight in the week at the hospital and weighed only 4 lbs., 8 oz. when we brought her home. We all carried her on a pillow as she was so tiny! She was our pride and joy! For six week she cried! BJ says that we wore a path in our dining room rug walking the floor with her. Ray had told Mother we were spoiling her. When she was six weeks old, Mother had a family dinner, and I told Bernard not to pick her up even if she screamed. She did! Finally, Ray picked her up, took her to the kitchen, weighed her and brought back a formula saying, "Fill this before .57. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/851b64ccd4eb2723f88343b46eeeebc4.jpg 722f40c6cb27b8730a492a15c43488aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (61) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 58 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover you go home and feed her tonight." We followed his instructions, and she slept through the night -- first time in six weeks. Dr. Ray Jennings had diagnosed correctly! I was told that I was like a holstein -- plenty of milk, but no butterfat or nutrients. iIstopped nursing her immediately! Dad kept talking to Bernard about the the Ludy Ketcham place and wanted him to buy it. B.J. and Dad made all the arrangements, and Bernard bought the 76 acre farm--- machinery and animals. The cattle were used to no one but Mr. Ketcham, so no one could ever milk them. Burr Edwards bought the cows out of the stanchions. He backed the truck up to the barn door, stepped in the milking parlor, pulled the rope to open the stanchions and whoop -- - they all dashed into the big truck wilder and more scared than a wild beast. In February 1948, we moved to the farm. It was awful! The house was dirty; the yard was brambles and weeds; the wild cows were gone, but it was still awful! Now 47 years later we are still on that same farm. the house is comfortable; the yard is beautiful; the barn is empty except for groundhogs. It is home- sweet-home! How well we remember cleaning the grimy walls! Tom and Lib helped us scrub. We put Jerry and Nan in a play pen while we worked. Ketchums had had a kerosene four burner stove that sent film and dirt everywhere! After we scrubbed the walls, we papered. In time that oily film came through the paper, so we scraped and dug off all the paper and painted. Again the oily film filtered through. Now this was not an overnight project. It took years! Finally, by 1969 when Nan was married, .58. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/d2dd7f7bcbc55d52265d87df510bafc0.jpg 5feef340bfcfb1071aa8260192f9aedd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (62) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 59 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Bernard had finally paneled the downstairs. B. J. conquered again! In our early married years we labored! Bernard still worked for John Shultz, farmed at night, milked cows, and raised sheep. I tried to raise chickens (hated them) and had to chase sheep, it seemed constantly. The fences were bad on the whole farm. Soon Bernard had to quit his hardware job to farm on his own and with Dad on rented land. On a hot, sunny afternoon while Dad and Bernard were making hay, I took Mother to Centerburg to get groceries. Two-year old Nan was standing in the back seat with a balloon which flew out the window as we went around a curve. Truthfully, I do not know what happened, but I was told a tire blew out. Anyway we went into a ditch, hit a culvert, which pulled the rear wheels off the car, turned us over on our side and threw Mother across the road. Nan and I were not hurt except for a cut on Nan's knee from which she still has the scar. Mother was bedfast the rest of the summer. We just couldn't get her to walk. I was devastated! Ray and Helen were in California where Ray was stationed in the service. He called in early fall and said that he was coming home and wanted Mother to meet him at the pump at the end of the side walk. Lo and behold by the time he arrived, she met him at the pump. The Reppart families, Wayne, Gerry and Bonnie and Sam and Mary Margaret (Mayme) and boys, Bob and Harold, were our best friends. Wayne, Gerry, BJ and I used to play canasta until 2:00 A.M. We'd put Bonnie and Nan to bed and play away. Of course, the men were the ones who had to get up and milk. However, they wouldn't quit while we girls were ahead. Soon we got six couples together and .59. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/b164ab241ebe82d138190693e2c5a6e9.jpg c633f039ce44348bdd677578de6b603b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (63) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 60 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover started "Card Club." From the original group including Dale and Lucille Bailey, Wendell and Doris Day, Wayne and Gerry Reppart, only Sam and Mary Margaret, Dud and Gladys Townley, and BJ and I are left. We have added other couples, but always we're losing more. Ray had a cottage (??) on Lake Erie that was large enough to sleep the entire card club. For several years in August when the cows were dry, all of us spent a week-end there, playing cards, eating, swimming, and enjoying one evening at Cedar Point. Stories, food and laughter did abound! We always thanked Ray for those fun times. By the time Nan was three years old, married women were teaching, and Sunbury asked me to substitute. Bunice Hicks (Bunie, to Nan) was thrilled to keep her and loved her as her own, so I did substitute work. During the summers we had kids here all the time. Jerry and Malinda Brenner, Lib's Children, spent a lot of time with us. I had Jerry on a chair in one room and Nan on a chair in another room half of the time. They said Linda was my pet. Lillian invited Mildred and Dwight's kids, Nancy, Carol, Larry and Lora, to stay with her, but after two days they would come to our house for two or three weeks. I think that all these cousins helped to keep Nan from being spoiled. She always had to share. New Years Eve of 1949 Dr. Livingston spent the night until 4:00 A.M. at our house. Yes, Doctors made house calls in those days. Doc had given Nan a penicillin shot to which she violently reacted. He never left her side until she was out of danger. His comment was, "I missed a party, but I'll .60. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/2903f5fe49c24a3fa8b5bb768d285f89.jpg 53d61d707efcb7b10ed6b2e12e4d80f6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (64) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 61 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover probably feel better in the morning." The most traumatic event in our first six years was the death of Dad Searles. We knew he had leukemia, but for several years blood transfusions kept him able to function well. In August 1952 he became very ill and was in the hospital but wanted to come home so badly. The doctor warned us that his death could be devastating to watch, but Bernard took the chance and brought him to our home. The entire family, kids and all, were here for the three weeks that he lived, except the last week Dwight, Mildred and family went on a vacation which had been previously planned. We couldn't get in touch with them in time for them to get here before his death. Contrary to the doctor's prediction, Dad just slept away. This house was like Grand Central Station, people coming and going at all times, sleeping anywhere, eating constantly (so it seemed). Bernard and I were exhausted! After Nan started to school, I substituted regularly, sometimes six weeks at a time. Mother was not well, so I helped down home as much as I could. Bernard says that my constant message to him was a note saying "Hamburg's on the counter. I'll be down home." Bob Searles was living in Newark and somehow contracted meningitis. Arlo and Alice had to stay with him in isolation, so Bernard did Arlo's feeding of his rabbits and calves. Minetta, Phyllis and Joan stayed with us for six weeks. Joan and Phyllis constantly quarreled until I laid the law down saying that we did not fight at our house. After that was settled we had a good time. Bob recuperated fast and was able to start Barber School in 1957. Later when he took his State Board .61. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/bcaaff9cecbc3e0800cd4a83723ab72f.jpg a7260beab31cbbdcb375b1eed7fa3933 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (65) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 62 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover tests, Bernard was his subject. Bob passed with flying colors. He started a barber shop in Sunbury and attended Ohio State majoring and graduating with a degree in accounting. Today he still has his barber shop and an accounting office side by side on the west side of the square in Sunbury. The summer before Nan's fifth grade we took our first real vacation. Ray, Helen, and their three kids, (Karen, John and Steve), Bernard, Nan an I spent two weeks in Canada at Moredolphen Lodge on an island in McGregor Bay. Helen had told me that we were being picked up in a yacht and taken to the island. Her yacht turned out to be 2 rowboats paddled by Indians whose only comments were "Ugh." It was eleven o'clock at night, pitch dark no moon, scary. Eight of us plus the Indian were in one boat, and all our gear was in the other one. When I asked the Indian if he where he was going, his only answer was "Ugh." I put my hand on the rim of the boat, and my fingers touched the water! I told Helen. Her answer was, "Lolly, our life jackets are in the other boat." What an experience! We did have a great vacation, and when we returned home and were opening our mail, I saw a letter from the Big Walnut Board of Education. Just then the phone rang, and Supt. Marvin Miller said, "Searles, we hired you while you were gone." I didn't want to teach full time, but he talked me into starting the year, as he had no sophomore English Teacher. His famous line was that as soon as he found a teacher, I could quit. Twenty years later the board had not found a teacher and didn't want to accept my resignation, but I forced them! When I started teaching full time , our home was .62. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9c87184842c257acc035fbebf6ab2482.jpg da3efed86fb7fcf41c3813fb0d377971 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (66) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 63 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover hectic at times, but we all cooperated and life wasn't too complicated. That first year, the spring of 1958, Dad and Bernard were in an accident. B.J. hit the road so hard on his butt that he bruised his brain. Evidently a blood clot was formed in his hip and moved to his lung. Ray sent him to the hospital as an emergency case and 33 days later he came home. I never missed a day being there with him. I made Nan ride the school bus as I didn't want her to think she was above the other kids, but after she started high school we rode together. In the mornings we never said a word to each other until we reached school. As she got out of the car, she'd say, "See You," and I'd answer, "O.K." but after school ---Oh me! We both talked a mile a minute, and sometimes one of us would know something the other hadn't heard. Bernard says that he never knew what was going on as we completed our discussion before we got home. Weekends at our house were full of kids. I made chicken sandwiches by the dozen. On Nan's 16th birthday, Bernard put up a big tent, and we had 16 girls for a camp-out-birthday supper, and the works! About 2:00 A.M. we heard a blood curdling scream. Bernard grabbed his pants and dashed out to the tent. There were two high school boys on motorcycles trying to crash the party. Bernard walked up to them and asked, "Were you boys invited?" They didn't look up, but shook their heads, "No." Bernard just said, "Then, boys, there's the road." We had no more interruptions that night. Mother's condition was worsening, so Dad found someone to stay with them during the week. On .63. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4716dd42430029e3857b5eac7f9a18c3.jpg a91bb35e462bf5e9b7a5c95ef9effe04 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (67) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 64 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover weekends, I cleaned their house and fixed meals. Lib did the washing. Finally Mother was bedfast, and the last several weeks Lib and I stayed every other night so Dad could get some rest. We'd lie on the floor on either side of her bed so we'd be sure to hear her. The last week Dad and I actually sat and waited for her to stop breathing. In February 1963 she finally got to rest. Wayne Reppart stayed with Bernard the day of the funeral as BJ was very sick with the flu -- actually fell of his chair that morning. November 1963 was a traumatic time for all Americans. Pres. John F. Kennedy was shot and killed. The news came over the P. A. systems at school and a hush fell on every classroom. School was dismissed for the next few day until after his funeral. Dick Starkey was here cutting wood with Bernard and they wouldn't believe Nan and me when we came home and told them. It was a new experience for all of us. In 1964 Bernard was sent as a commissioner to General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Oklahoma City. When he came home, his comment was, "I can't believe the politics in the Presbyterian Church." Nan was very active during her high school years in several school organizations plus 4-H and Youth Fellowship in Church. She played the clarinet and was a majorette in the band. The summer of '63 she was chosen as the first Hartford Fair Queen. What a time! She had her hair done at Brigitta's Beauty shop -- came home upset ---wet it --did it over very agitated. Finally we arrived at the Fairgrounds late, but it didn't matter. There had been a terrible wind storm which had blown down tents .64. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/c66a1f367e87d5a7fb33635149ca1d0c.jpg 971171313455cf56501f67003d817c32 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (68) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 65 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover with rain and mud. It was awful. The only good thing about the entire night was Nan's being chosen queen. Bernard said, "If the good Lord forgives me, I'll never go to the Hartford Fair again!" Nan and Keith became good friends when they took Algebra II together. Keith came out and I'd help both of them. If he was here after 9:30, his mother would call and say, "Is Keith there? Send him home right now. His curfew is 10:00 P. M." During her senior year she and Keith began dating. Nan and Jerry Brenner graduated together in June 1965. We had an open house here for both of them. During Nan's high school years Bernard began working scales at Mt. Vernon Stock Yards. By 1965 he was offered a job as Livestock Inspector for the state of Ohio which he accepted. My dad thought he had done the wrong thing, but it was the best thing that ever happened to us. Bernard felt that he had to take the job to be able to send Nan to college. The fall of '65 Nan entered Otterbein College. She was not permitted to come home the first six weeks, but we could visit, so one Sunday we went down to take some goodies. Bernard stayed in the car while I went up to her room in Cochran Hall. As I opened her door, she burst into tears, sobbing, "I hate this place!" Her roommate was very homesick and was going home, giving up on college. Immediately I suggested that if Nan hated it, maybe she should also quit before we had to pay more money. I can hear her now sobbing and saying, "I never quit anything in my life. I'm staying." After her roommate went home , her friend , Joan Shultz Fuller, became her new roommate and life became beautiful. They had a great time for the year-- even bats flying in their room. .65. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/dd49615c9a542ad0bb5b9896d8dd8c07.jpg b250df773bae3933fca0f5b336b84adf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (69) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 66 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover The freshman year was exciting for Nan, but also rather traumatic. I had gall bladder surgery in the fall; then in February I had a complete hysterectomy. When Dr. Livingston first examined me, he said, "Lois Dell, you're pregnant." B. J.'s comment was that can't be at age 51. Mayme took me to a specialist, and as we went through Westerville, we saw Nan and Joanie, I told them the news and Joanie was ecstatic, "isn't that wonderful, Nan?' Nan's comment, "Yeah, I guess." No need to fear -- no need to fear -- a tumor the size of a football ---no malignancy. surgery went well, and I was back teaching soon. Joanie quit school so Nan's sophomore year she moved to Clements Hall with another roommate. Linda Brenner graduated from high school the spring of '67, so we took her with us on a vacation to Virginia Beach as her graduation present. Everywhere we went people thought she was older than Nan, the college sophomore, which upset Nan. They had a great time at Virginia Beach, but Linda got a painful sunburn. During 65-67 Keith was in the armed services and spent time in Viet Nam. Nan's junior year she was made counselor to freshman girls in King Hall. Her junior year was both traumatic and exciting. The first traumatic event was the sudden and unexpected death of my dad in November, 1967. Dad and Dick Spearman were picking corn with Dad driving the tractor and Dick on the wagon. Dad called back to Dick saying, "I'm making one more round; then I'm quitting." At the end of the round, Dick went around the wagon; there lay Dad on the ground - dead. Evidently he fell from the tractor. As he lay on the ground .66. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/530e2fd2e30555e7af9c15f0843bad65.jpg d81bdf72f9a9e1df47eea702080cb93f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (70) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 67 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover with his 5-buckle arctics on, all we could say was, "He always wanted to die with his boots on." In March of 1968 on a serene Sunday evening Nan and Keith were traveling down Rt. #605 minding their own business when a Holobaugh boy backed out of the drive right in front of them. Keith took to the ditch to miss him and would have been fine if a culvert hadn't stopped him very suddenly. There were no seat belts in those days, and Nan lunged into the dashboard ruining her two front teeth. We contacted Dr. Terry Day who came to his office and started a long and painful process which after several weeks left her with those two front teeth capped. Another exciting event of '69 was the engagement of Nan and Keith. They came to tell us of their plan which was not to be married for at least a year. The other exciting and important events were the completion of her college work at the end of the first semester of the 68-69 year and Worthington Public Schools hiring her as a full time teacher at Worthington High School beginning the second semester of the 68-69 year. This year (1995) she just completed 26 1/2 years at Worthington, teaching in the new Worthington Kilbourne High School. She must be doing something right! Oh, yes, she received her B. A. degree from Otterbein June 1969. Best laid plans are sometimes changed. On July 20,1969, (the day Armstrong walked on the moon) Nan and Keith were married in the Condit Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jim Dowd officiating, assisted by the Rev. Doug Orbaker (at Lola's insistence-- a mistake). When Nan and Keith met with Orbaker in a pre-marital conference (another of Lola's .67. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/a447e4ad7f8249f04d4825c69e823313.jpg d82279d3e8c465db436424397776c464 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (71) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 68 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover mistakes), Nan asked him a question, and his answer was, "Ask your dad; he knows more about Presbyterian rule than I do." Lib made --no, styled--- Nan's beautiful wedding dress. I can see them yet in our living room with Nan holding the end of a bolt of material gathered in her hands at her waist. Lib asked, "How long do you want your train?" Nan turned turned and pointed in an arc around the floor, and Lib started cutting. I couldn't believe it, but all turned out perfect! Nan and Lib visited several stores and picked out the good points of several wedding dresses and from pictures, word descriptions, etc. (no pattern) Lib styled a beautiful gown. She also made all the attendants gowns with 'floppy" hats to match. Many showers were given for Nan by friends in Condit, Westerville, and Worthington. She had so many lovely gifts that we cleared an upstairs bedroom and used it just to display her gifts. Keith's mom, Virginia Wampler Ward, assisted by her sisters, had the rehearsal dinner at her home. Not only was it a beautiful affair, but also the food was delicious! Mom Shaffer, the mother of my deceased best friend from college days was here for the wedding and of all things made applesauce for the freezer the morning of the wedding. Those apples just couldn't spoil! The good thing about the moonwalk on the kid's wedding day was that people didn't linger at the reception. Everyone including the family wanted to see the moon spectacular televised. Keith says he never forgets their anniversary as there is always a newspaper article about the event. (moon walk --not anniversary). After the honeymoon, Nan and Keith lived in an .68. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/ef6a871087d81323faaa584935b023ce.jpg 0a9b39ebfb919616da6050ff6d2f5767 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (72) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 69 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover apartment in Worthington, but soon with our help bought Grace Condit's little house in South Condit. Keith enrolled in the Newark Branch of O.S.U. and was on their golf team. The kids decided to surprise BJ and me for our 25th anniversary, May 26, 1971, with an open house at our place. Nan said they were celebrating 25 as we'd never make 50. We may fool her as we have just one more year. There was such a big crowd at our party, people everywhere, and we received many lovely gifts. As usual Dwight had his beer in his camper. Even the children noticed his many trips to check the camper. I would never let him keep his booze in my house, so all through the years he brought his supply in his camper. In spite of his faults, we liked Dwight and had lots of fun with him, Mildred, and the kids. He was so good-hearted and would do anything for anybody. As usual, when things are going great, something happens. Keith was in the hospital for testing on his back when a young intern found a lump in Keith's throat. Result-- May 1972 surgery--which proved to be removal of his thyroid--with that terrible word "cancer." Dr. Joe Bonta, an excellent surgeon, performed his operation. He was good, but his bedside manner with anyone but Keith was awful! Definitely he didn't care for mothers-in-law! Keith came through the ordeal, and because of his problem, his brothers and sisters (even cousins) were saved through surgery, too. Later in 1975 both he and his brother--Jim, had to have their adrenal glands removed-- another traumatic time for the family. July 8, 1973, BJ and I had just returned from a .69. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6bd4d918770a0d5e21a36bef5c53c198.jpg 35249ac9711d38ae7d77e85981151785 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (73) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 70 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover week's vacation at Paradise Lake in Michigan, dead tired. At 1:30 A.M. we were awakened by a call from Lillian. By the time we got to her house she had had a stroke. Her husband, Luther Carnes, was shaving before he could call the squad. For days she lay in Grady Hospital in a coma. When she regained consciousness, she was paralyzed and taken to the Condit Nursing Home. After a few days Luther had her moved to the Salyer Nursing home in Centerburg, her home until her death in 1980. In December of '73 Keith had to have another surgery to remove abnormal tissue from under his chin. In spite of all his health problems, Keith graduated from Ohio State and was hired the fall of 1974 by the Granville School System as a phys-ed teacher in the Middle School. He had coaching responsibilities too, so they sold their Condit home and bought a house on Sunset Drive in Granville. We had several fishing vacations with Nan and Keith their first eight years of marriage. There was Otsego, Michigan; Big Sandy, Tennessee; Kentucky Lake; and the Deluxe at Gaston Lake. Each has a memory! At Otsego we seined minnows with a big net held by several people who waded out in the water, and we really caught the minnows which the group used as bait. Big Sandy had willow flies that helped BJ and Keith catch Big blue gills by the dozen. Nan caught the big bass at Kentucky Lake. Jim and Jane Shriner went with us to Gaston Lake. The whole trip was unbelievable! To begin with, I was afraid we'd have primitive conditions - - what a mistake! We had a beautiful cottage, screened in porches, two bathrooms, and three bedrooms. The water skiing was great, and the .70. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/40516335fac1f4206f2552f4bc3165bd.jpg 76cc3f3c557fe5e3a92379ada47c478d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (74) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 71 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover fishing was unbelievable. Did I get razzed about primitive housing?!? In August of 1975 Don Hood and Linda Brenner were married in the Condit Presbyterian Church. There was a small conflict about the American flag. Someone carried the flag out, and B.J. carried it back in, but it was out during the ceremony. I had the rehearsal dinner to help Lib, as Don's parents did not offer help in that area. Our new room made from our porch had no rug yet, but it had windows and screens so we used it. We had thirty people here, and we had a feast. Keith and Nan washed all the dishes. In early fall of 1975 we had a call from Paul and JoEllen Elfrink, neighbors of Luther Carnes (Lillian's husband). They were very upset and nervous, as Paul had found Luther hanging in the barn. He had committed suicide. They had called his daughter, Wilma and she said, "Call Bernard and Lolly. They know what to do." of course, we went up to the place immediately. By the time we arrived, the sheriff and Funeral Director were there. What a mess! We all were in a dither, but I called Wendell (Luther's son) and he promised to start immediately from his home in Cordova, Tennessee. The next morning someone had to go to the nursing home to tell Lillian. Guess who? You're right, Lola Dell had to do it. Poor Lillian was devastated! The day of the funeral another travesty happened. Someone broke into Luther and Lillian's home. Wendall had sent Lillian Hummels through the years which were placed alongside cheaper figurines. Only the Hummels were taken. Antique picture frames were taken, but picture .71. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f1c44b019ce62dec52943a180f05c06a.jpg e4c714faaf43235103460603340bf8b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (75) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 72 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover had been ripped out and left. Silverware and china plates that had belonged to Wilma and Wendell's dead mother were taken, but no ordinary dishes or pots and pans. To top it off beautiful quilts that Lillian and her mother had made were taken. No modern things like TV's or radios were bothered! None of these items were ever recovered. In November of 1975, Bernard had to have a lump removed from his throat, but no malignancy. Dr. Bonta was his surgeon and actually treated me like a human being. The year 1976 was a busy one! In February Keith had back surgery which was very painful. March15, 1976 a beautiful tax exemption came to Carl and Betty Cocklin's, our god-daughter, Kelly. When the phone rang early that morning, I thought it was a teacher calling to say he was sick, I answered the phone with "What now?' Betty very gently and softly told me she had just called to tell me she had a baby girl. June of 1976 I retired from teaching---finally! When I handed in my resignation, the board would not accept it, but Sam Reppart said, "You might as well, she's made up her mind." That spring there were many parties and dedications to me. The senior class dedicated the year book to me. At the choir concert, the group dedicated a song "Lolly Come a Runnin'" and gave me yellow mums. The FHA had a surprise "This Is Your Life" and everyone from A to Z was there. It was great. They gave me a charm bracelet filled with charms to remind me of teaching years. After the dinner, Nan and Keith with the help of Mayme had an open house at the Repparts. The faculty retirement party was at LaScala's. Mr Burt was also an .72. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/0ebf55f5b5641e9108416bfd23232014.jpg f0a9a86254fe0f6d0a882b7524a38f2d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (76) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 73 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover honored retiree. Later in the summer Beulah Fritsche with the help of Rusty Slack and Bill Fraley, had a surprise chicken barbecue. That was a lovely party! To top everything America was celebrating its Bicentennial, and BJ and I were co- chairmen of Sunbury's celebration. Busy-- Busy! After such a busy summer we decided we needed a vacation. January 5, 1977, we left with Sam and Mayme Reppart for our first trip to Florida. For two weeks we toured every mile and saw every attraction from Jacksonville to Key West, down the west coast and up the east coast, and around the middle. More exciting events happened than I can put on paper. One that just can't be omitted it the saga of Mayme's underwear. She had her packing finished---- even had to sit on the suit case to get it closed -- was dressed, girdle and all when she saw a pile of underpants she had forgotten. She couldn't open the suitcase, so she just put them on--one at a time over the girdle etc. At our first stop, she was telling me the story, not knowing that the men could hear every word! When we came out, BJ began to razz her about her escapade. To this day he reminds her to be careful how she packs. We spent a couple of days in Leesburg, and the men fished with Leon Campbell while Mayme and I shopped with Lucille. At night they taught us to play 6 handed bid euchre--what a game! Leon was slightly deaf, but he told the men to listen for Big Jim, an alligator that stayed near an island in the lake and he roared unbelievably loud. They were fishing in a fiber glass boat which reverberated sound greatly. Bernard has always had gas problems, and we had had baked beans for lunch. .73. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/62a2947675463ed7f68259f5e59f0c2a.jpg 6a246a38a344b19e888e6394765a1b87 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (77) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 74 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover As they floated quietly by the island, Bernard had a problem. Need I say more? Leon shouted, "Thats Big Jim! Listen, there he is!" Not only once did the sound reverberate but quite often as they sat and fished, Leon would say, "There he is again: there's Big Jim, but I can't see him!" Sam and Bernard just laughed; they knew! The guys couldn't wait to get to the motel to tell Mayme and me about that experience. You know, we heard Big Jim quite often as we traveled around Florida. All the time we were there it was cold and windy. Sam and BJ both wore their pajamas under their trousers. When we stopped at Sarasota to see Wendall and Doris Day, we had to scrape ice off the windshield. That trip was one we will never forget! In June of 1977, Lawrence Stockwell hurt his leg. I had to change bandages quite often, take food to him, and try to clean his house. It was awful! Nan couldn't take it. Also Arlo was very sick at Riverside Hospital with cancer of the back. Poor Leona (his second wife) didn't get much cooperation from his family, so we helped all we could. On June 11, at 1:00 P.M. he died. Only Leona, BJ and I were there. We took Leona home, tried to call his kids, went to tell Lillian; then when we finally arrived home, Wendell Carnes had come in so I fixed him a meal. What a day! On June 13 between calling hours for Arlo we had twenty-five for supper. After calling hours thirteen came back. All that time, we were picking peas when we could, and Zada Longshore was hulling them for me. What a lady! The winter of 77-78 was snow, snow and more snow! Jan. 26 to Jan. 29 was the "killer Blizzard of '78" We were without electricity, heat -- .74. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/644162740ab9aa060498abe2fec02e2b.jpg 4f912a1eca30cee839f1466fe78e0881 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (78) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 75 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover water. All roads were closed. Zada Longshore was in a panic but we couldn't get to her. Finally Dud Townley and Wayne Reppart got through the drifts and took her to Wayne's where they had a wood- burning stove. BJ and I made it to his shop where he had a wood burning stove. We were like marshmallows; we'd toast on one side a while, turn and warm the other side. We could heat water and soup. All my house plants froze. Thank goodness, Lawrence was in Florida or he would have been in trouble. By March the weather was better, but we were still having snow. I was cleaning our walls, stepped crooked, and broke my right ankle. Dr. Stout put me in a cast to my knee. What a time I had! Crutches were impossible for me to use. I fell with one leg up on the dryer and the other in the air--- what a mess. Bernard had an interesting experience while I was incapacitated. Now BJ is a good cook, but I guess communication was our problem. He was making dried beef gravy and asked how much flour to use. I have a 1/4 cup measure in my flour bin and told him to use not quite a cupful--- meaning the 1/4 measure. Before long I heard him banging pans and muttering, so I asked what was wrong. He said he was just getting a bigger skillet; then he said the stuff was too thick -- like paste. I told him to add milk. Next I heard, "Jen, Ive got to go to town for more milk!" Again he was getting a bigger skillet. I hobbled out to the kitchen. Instead of my flour measuring cup, he had used a cup! Even the cats wouldn't eat it. Later I had a walking cast and a walker, and I was raring to go! The big day in 1978 that surpassed everything .75. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/7ade9cff6915933022e589eb518a74dc.jpg 136bc471aaac92fdda848e7d5b6321ba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (79) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 76 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover was August 9 when Nan and Keith brought Jay Ryan home --- 3 days. He had been born August 6, 1978 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Both Nan and Keith were in summer school working on their Master's Degree, so I went over every morning at 6:30 AM for two weeks and kept Jay. He was such a doll and so good. I say that the reason he's so smart is that he and I talked all the time his first two weeks. Well, I talked and he smiled. Keith finished his Master's at Ashland, but Nan waited until Jay was older. At Keith's graduation as he walked across the stage to get his degree, Jay, about two then, stood up on my lap and yelled, "That's my daddy!" 1980 was quite a year. In March we went with Sam and Mayme to Florida to try to find some warm weather as it had been so cold when we had gone earlier. Nan called us to come home as Lillian was very sick with Leukemia. We raced home, arrived March 18, and went to Mt. Vernon Hospital to see Lillian; she was not good, but was so glad to see us. The next morning March 19, 1980, the hospital called us, but by the time we arrived she was gone. We felt she just waited for us to get home. In August of 1980, Mildred Satterfield had a cerebral hemorrhage and lived just a short time. Bernard lost two sisters within six months. He is now the only one left of the Jay Searles family. Bernard retired from the Ohio Department of Agriculture in December of 1980. They had a big party for him at Berwick Party House, even had Nan and Keith as special guests. He received a beautiful engraved watch, a citation from Governor Rhodes, cash to buy his choice of fishing rods, plus the prize gift ---a cow pie that had been .76. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/7325d939687da2f9db1e4f14c85b106b.jpg 79834daff1e0caca812b5fec3b58dcf0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (80) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 77 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover dried and varnished with a fountain pen in it. They called it the "Bull-Shit Pen." Sometime during June of '81 Bob Searles and Joyce were married. She's a good gal and will be good for Bob. The summer of '81 Nan and Keith sold their house so fast they couldn't get in the one they were buying, so they stored their stuff and moved in with us from June 19 - July 29. At times it was a little crowded, but we made it. Jay was so much fun. When they moved to Spring Valley Drive, their present home, he kept wanting to go home. Now he doesn't remember that home on Sunset at all. December 22, 1981, BJ got up acting very strange -- no coordination --- slurred speech, etc. Dr. Rupp sent him to Riverside where they diagnosed-- stroke. I had planned to have Christmas dinner, so I sent the turkey and all the trimmings to Lib, and she had the dinner. BJ and I spent Christmas and New Year's Eve in the hospital, but he came home Jan. 1, 1982. When the kids came over, Jay asked, "Grandpa, where'd you get this stroke? You sure messed up Christmas!" He recuperated very well, and by March we were ready to go to Florida, but we stayed at one place, Clermont, and did a lot of resting and walking. During the spring of '82 Keith took another turn in the hospital. He, BJ and Keith's brother, Jim, had what they called hospital wear (several pairs pajamas and a robe). Whoever used them last kept them until the next fellow needed them. Keith had to have his thyroid roots removed. Truthfully, he used the hospital wear more than the other two. Again Dr. Bonta performed miracles, He was good-- even if I didn't like him personally. .77. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/93383b5cfca70ee08381cce1c5872178.jpg 5a4887c88b32a43ad6831292a416f9b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (81) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 78 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Things moved along rather smoothly. Jay was growing cuter every day. He had a great baby- sitter, Di-Di, whom he dearly loved. After a year or so she had a little boy who was a good playmate for Jay. Nan took Jay to nursery school in Worthington and continued his kindergarten years there. We went to his graduation from kindergarten with cap and gown and the works. The summer of 1984 was quite an experience. Nan, Keith, Jay, Bernard and I took a month's vacation touring the West. Bernard bought a new van, Nan planned the trip, Keith did most of the driving, and Jay and I played. We saw beautiful scenery, took many pictures, and even visited friends ---Bill and Helen Bingman and Ron and Miriam Moore. Too we spent the 4th of July week- end with Jerry, Cheryl Brenner and family. Points of interest were: The Corn Palace, Yellowstone, Old Faithful, Black Hills, Tombstone, Tucson Outdoor Museum, Jackson Hole, Tetons, Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, and Wall Drug Store to name a few. After we were home a few days, BJ and I went to Princeton, N.J. for Tom and Ann Warner's wedding. Also we hit the Outlet Stores in Lancaster, Pa. On the way home we stopped to visit BJ's army buddy, Rocky Petrozzi and wife, Minda, in Mingo Junction, Ohio. What happened I don't know but my hip began hurting. I could scarcely walk. Dr. Rupp said it was a swollen hip joint pressing on the sciatic nerve -- bed rest for five weeks. I ended up getting a back brace which I wore for several months. We had to give up going to BJ's army reunion in Indiana. December 20, 1984, Jay had tubes put in his ears and adenoids removed and ate .78. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/ed162df961e8a1009fd08925eb51051f.jpg a203fa32d553c3b173db9d4a75092bac Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (82) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 79 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover chicken at night for supper. Some kid! September of '85 Bernard had to have surgery on his carotid artery -- 95% clogged. Since the one had been 100%, it was a must! He came through surgery fine, recuperated fast, and we were ready to have some good days, and we did! For several years we had great times playing 6- handed euchre with Sam, Mayme, Leon and Lucille Campbell, also with Dean and Jane Cockrell and Howard and Thelma Link. Of course, we had card club in there quite often too. Sam's, Leon's and we spent some good times at Scioto Downs at the races. One of our greatest thrills in 1985 was because of Keith and his basketball team. Tech Granville Blue Aces were the Sectional champs and went to the District at the Coliseum. Sam, Mayme, BJ and I never missed a game. After they won the District, the players held Jay up to the basket to help cut off the net. The next step was Regional at the University of Dayton's gym. Again we followed the team. the last game of the Regional they lost the game, but they finished the season tied for 5th in the state. They went the farthest any Granville team had ever advanced. I tell you, the games were thrillers -- nail biters -- whatever. Three of them were won in overtime. One night during the tournament game, the Newark radio announced, "All of Granville is going to the tournament. Will the last one out of Town turn off the lights?" The summer of '86 both Nan and Jay became Thespians. We went to every play, but our favorites were Jay in Tom Sawyer and Nan in the female version of The Odd Couple. Both did outstanding jobs; we were so proud! Bob and Joyce went with us and were really impressed! .79. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3c156cecf2c47ff91c9ee8b93c2d3abc.jpg 5f95d77d20604ca979538297ef95416b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (83) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 80 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover The last day in May in 1987, our neighbor, Kathy Klamfoth, bought us a puppy, a pure white German shepherd, and so cute. he looked like a puffy snowball. Bernard named him immediately -- "Frosty." Through many days of patient (?) training and discipline by Bernard, Frosty became a well trained and intelligent dog. From that little fur ball he developed into a 140 lb. mass of muscle. When he stood on his hind legs behind me, his front paws were over my shoulders. In 1989 Keith had to have more back surgery. How that boy came through all his surgeries and how Nan handled the trauma, I'll never know. In 1990 Keith began having what the doctors call atrial flutter. The top of his heart beat much faster than the lower part. He had to have his heart stopped and put back in sync at least four-five times the next five years; it worried me, and I'm sure it upset Nan and Keith. We enjoyed Frosty so much, but all good things come to an end --December 16, 1992, he had cluster seizures one after another until finally, he couldn't take it any more. He had been on medication for a couple of years, but this time neither the vet nor medication could help him. Gene and BJ buried him down in the field where Dusty and Jay's dog Patch were buried. We surely did and still do miss him. We had many dogs during the years, Judy, Tippy, Ginger, and Dusty. We loved them all, but Frosty was different. The next summer Sara fuller brought Bernard two kittens supposedly to take Frosty's place. Those kittens were cute, but they soon became cats who had kittens who became cats who had kittens and so on! We gave one cat and kitten away, but in 1995 .80. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/efc4e9eb7946082a3d72995f5cade24f.jpg cc18af74e960b7d4acca354788f08673 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (84) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 81 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover we still had 2 cats and 8 kittens plus 3 male cats. We took all but the three males to the Humane Society. Maybe now we're safe. Just before Christmas (three days before) in 1993, as I was backing out the back door with my hands full, I fell kerplop on my back because of cats at my feet. PAIN! I couldn't let BJ touch me, but some how he did get me up. Nan and Keith took me to the emergency while Jay stayed with Bernard. I floated through Christmas and New Years on pain pills. Nan, Keith, and Jay kept everything on an even keel as they were on break. I finally was able to walk, but the damage has never been cleared, but I'm walking! By March of '94 I was able to have a cataract removed and a lens implant in my left eye. June 17-27, 1994, Nan and Keith celebrated their 25th anniversary by taking a two week trip to Hawaii with a cruise of all the islands. Jay stayed with us, but attended a Sports Training Camp at OSU for almost one week. He is such a great kid! August 6, 1944, Jay celebrated his 16th birthday and got his driver's license. He had already taken driver training and passed that with flying colors, so August 6, was the Big Day! The fall of '94 I began falling quite often -- seemingly for no reason. However, in October I blacked out; Joyce took me to the Emergency at St. Ann's and they kept me. After a week of testing, I was sent to Mt. Carmel for the insertion of a pace maker. The bionic woman is on the go again! Again Keith was having heart flutter problems and insisted he have a stress test. Result -- in three days, Feb. 13, 1995, Dr. Dan Watson was doing a a triple by-pass. Two arteries were 100% clogged and .81. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/c51bf83925c044cbc455155c2c6015ec.jpg 18e1169c232b849f16f58b38948f58d1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (85) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 82 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover one 85%. May 1st, though, he was able to be back teaching and said felt better than he had for five years. Talk about trauma ---Poor Nan!. Keith was just starting therapy and on his way home from the first treatment, saw their car out in a field. When he stopped, there was Jay on a stretcher with blood running down his face. Nan came home from school to see a note on the garage door saying "Go to Licking Memorial --Jay in accident." That was quite a day! Jay was not seriously hurt physically, but he was hurt. We hope he has had his first and last accident. I wasn't there, but although Jay was cited, Grandma says it wasn't his fault --just an accident. Here we are June 1995, but the story doesn't end here, Nan and Keith are thinking about retirement, Jay is just thinking; we're pausing for the time being in the story; the rest is up to you. The future is approaching, and you readers are the ones to continue the story. BJ and I hope you have as full a life as we have had. Remember, the sad events make you appreciate the happy ones. .82. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/19abf291d950d0410bab0d1b9b77b0f5.jpg 18e4205bbcba3c9d88992812d2397103 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (86) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 83 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover THIS and THAT Bernard and I have experienced so many happenings that really don't correlate with other events, so as we reminisced we jotted them down here and there. In this chapter we're sharing them with you with no particular rhyme nor reason. They may be "one-liners," paragraphs or a page or two--- just as they happened. Believe me, they go from the ridiculous to the sublime! Isn't that life? * * * In 1948 when we moved to our present home at 4588 N SR 3, Herb Brenner (Tom's brother) helped us move. As he walked down the upstairs hall, we heard him yell, "Wow! Lolly's got an electric privey!" * * * I'm sure you have heard the statement "Enough food for threshers." This statement originated years ago. Farmers had no combines back in BJ's and my youth. Instead was a machine called a binder used to cut wheat and oats. It cut and bundled and tied the grain. The farmers took the bundles (sheaves) and placed them in a shock-- four sheaves in the middle, one on each side, and one on top. If these were made correctly, the grain stayed dry even during a rain. Both Bernard and my dad were good "shockers." After the grain was thoroughly dried, it was threshed by a machine which separated the grain and blew the straw and chaff into a big pile to be used for bedding in the winter. Frank Gallogly was the separator operator and owner in our community. Dad thought he was the best! He could manipulate the blower to make an almost perfect cone-shaped straw pile. In .83. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/355defef77b5c3354c57f8a452e1ab14.jpg 2a568bf048b4a7b9a191d169705f20c3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (87) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 84 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Bernard's area Lou Girberd and Lester Hoy had the threshing outfit. For years it sat at the Girberd place at the corner of Rt. #3 and Lewis Center Rd. The threshing was done by a group of neighbors who went from farm to farm, taking their wagons to the field, hauling in the sheaves, then pitching them into the separator. The Threshing crew (about 12-14 men) were big eaters, and the women cooked great meals for them. Remember no refrigerators and hot weather, so everything had to be done in one day. They women were up early, killing and frying chickens, making pies, cooking vegetables with good old mashed potatoes and gravy --"meat on the bones food!" Grandma and Aunt Mae always helped us. If it rained, we were in trouble! Understand now what "Food enough for Threshers" means? * * * One day Dad Searles was cutting wheat with the binder when a bad storm was brewing. Dad sent BJ and Arlo on to the house and was opening a wire gate at the line fence when a bolt of lightning struck a tree, jumped to the metal fence posts, traveled down the fence, knocked Dad Searles down so hard he rolled, and burned an imprint of a file he was carrying in his pants pocket on his leg. That imprint was on his leg for weeks. He also had nerve reactions from the strike. * * * Dogs have played an important part in our family life. I have told you about our last dog, Frosty, but several others were very meaningful to us too. Tippy was a German Shepherd that was very .84. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/bc5f836a2104a0094ab0c89c7ea632de.jpg 82da236190ea0c696ee0e45e4a8e4c03 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (88) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 85 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover protective of Nan and me and our property. When Craig Hicks tried to help us by doing the milking, Tippy wouldn't let him pick up the pails and milkers. One time he jumped through a glass window and chased Wendell Day back into his car. We never felt afraid, but one evening Bernard was gone, and a hobo started walking into the yard. Nan called, "Here, Tippy! Here Tippy!' The next thing I knew the hobo was saying, "Here, Tippy," and there they came up the yard with Tippy licking the man's hand. I fed the guy fast and sent him on his way before dark. Our Irish sett -- Ginger -- came to us I guess because she loved us. She jumped in Bernard's trailer and came home with him from the mill. We found that she belonged to the Allen Fisher family, so we contacted them and Allen came and took her home on a Saturday morning. On Sunday when we returned from church, she was lying in our front yard and greeted us with much tail wagging and barking. Again we contacted the fishers, but when Allen came after her, she sat behind Bernard and would not move. Allen finally said, "She likes you better than us, so I'll send you her papers." She never left our yard! Ginger would lie on the floor; then Nan would lay her head on Ginger, and they'd take a nap together. It was ironic how she was critically hurt. A strange old white cat came here, and Ginger was chasing it out of the yard just at dusk. Ginger could go only to the driveway edge, but the cat darted into the road. An oncoming car saw the cat, swerved into our drive to miss it and hit Ginger. We were all heartbroken. We had a German shepherd dog, Dusty, who was very intelligent. BJ had trained him to shake .85. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/94d52635b9e0893fa0d1c7208325951c.jpg c28931e38354c15187f9a757977ea201 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (89) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 86 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover hands among other things. When we ate our meals, Dusty sat on a chair near the table. One day as we were eating lunch, our neighbor came in. Bernard said "Dusty, this is Lee Ball, shake hands with him. Dusty flipped that paw out to shake. Lee said, "By Gawd, that's the smartest dog I ever seen!" Another day I had baked a butterscotch pie for dinner. Bernard was teasing Nan that it was his, and she'd pull the pie near her. They pulled the pie back and forth until kerplop-- it fell to the floor. Dusty was off the chair, gave three gulps - - no more pie! Both Nan and BJ were a little ashamed. * * * All the kids have "barefoot" stories. I couldn't wait to go barefoot, but I'd stub my toe the first day -- enough for me! My dad always said that my feet were so narrow because I never went barefoot. BJ loved to go barefoot, and his feet were so tough he could chase rabbits across wheat stubble. * * * Through the years, Bernard had many people working for him during hay making. Some were students of mine; such as, Keith Wampler who became our son-in-law (no connection), and Glen Evans who went to school and said, "You know Mrs. Searles can cook!" Some were older men. There was Clyde Nichols who chewed big wads o f gum although he didn't have a tooth in his head. When he'd come in for dinner, he'd plop his gum on a fence post, then pick it up as he went back to work --- chewing or .86. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9d3777f51c73c25c82362ea4af81e0af.jpg 30975d9a33c40b9561f3893a8f1853da Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (90) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 87 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover "gumming it with a grin. One time it rained and for three days the men couldn't work. The first day back to work when Clyde came out after dinner, he spied his wad of gum on the post and said, "By Golly, there's my wad! and stuffed it in his mouth and began to gum it! * * * One of the ironies of World War II was the rationing program. Those of us at home never had enough gasoline, our rationing stamps were always too few and many trips had to be cancelled. On the other side, BJ said they wasted gas using it for everything from cleaning their uniforms to piping it to their tents for cooking and heating. We willingly went without meat, sugar, and butter so the soldiers could eat well. Bernard never saw sugar, butter nor meat (except Spam, dried beef and their special donkey) until he was on his way home. The black market took care of that! * * * Our grandson, Jay, about to be seventeen, has been our pride and joy since day one. if some day his children read this book, believe, he was a good kid! As a child, he had some choice sayings which I'm calling "Jay-isms" Jay had spent several days with us and had been a very good boy. I asked him if he was always that good. He said, "Yes, I am, Grandma, but sometimes my parents get confused and think I am not." * * * .87. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9f765a1644ec9ad4ca15317f5b6df155.jpg 55a4216d5a65fd8817430daa9745ed0f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (91) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 88 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover A dear friend of mine died, and Jay, as a little boy, was concerned about the burial. "Grandma, you mean they put her in the ground?" When I tried to explain, he said, "Well, when I die, I'm going to take a flashlight so I can see where I'm going." On that same topic, he was curious when we bought a cemetery lot and put up a monument. "Why did you buy such a big lot?" he asked Bernard. Bernard told him there would be room for BJ and me, his dad and mother, and for him and his wife, if they wanted to be buried there. He said, "Well, I don't know about Mom and Dad, but I want me and my wife there." I asked him what about his kids. He said, "They can look after themselves." * * * One day Nan and Jay were shopping, and everyone they met seemed to know Jay and talk with him. Nan couldn't understand and said, "Jay, how does everyone know you and like you?" "Oh, Mom," he said, "I'm just a lovable guy!" He was -- and is! * * * At age six, Jay had to have a large mole removed from his stomach. The doctor used a local anesthetic, and the procedure was slightly bloody which he mentioned to the attending nurse. Jay retorted in a second, "Doc, you made the mess, you clean it up." * * * On the wall in an upstairs bedroom, I have my dad and mother's wedding certificate framed with their picture. Jay asked me years ago who they .88. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4923c4747db2b7df3d59997fc533c75a.jpg 275ee199ff771fd04800b512708cade8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (92) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 89 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover were. I told him it was my dad and birth mother. His eyes just shone as he asked, "Grandma, were you adopted?" When I told him that my mother had died and that I had a step-mother, he said, "Boy am I lucky! Step-mothers are mean!" Of course, I explained that my step-mother had been wonderful to me. * * * When Jay was in the seventh grade, he was very small, but he wanted to go out for junior-high football. This coach made this little guy the center. I couldn't understand why the smallest kid on the team was center. Jay said, "Grandma, I'm the only one that can remember the plays." Later in the season he was telling me about his game saying, "Grandma, when you're center, and everyone falls on top of you, Boy, it's dark down there!" This year he'll be an eleventh grader and is going out for "Receiver" on the team. I wonder what he'll say to be put in the next book? Not long ago Nan asked Jay to do a task he didn't particularly enjoy. He reacted by saying, "Why do I have to do that?" Nan gave him that look which means you're on the edge, Bud, and said "Because I am your Mother!" Jay understood that look and the message and smiling so sweetly said, "Okay, I can handle that!" * * * When Bernard had his stroke, we postponed our Christmas party until he was able to enjoy it. When we finally had our dinner ad gift exchange Jay asked, "Grandpa, where'd you get that stroke? .89. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/54c517780690dd1b9226f190489c28bf.jpg 90e3bbe44cbd6f07932b13511668449c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (93) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 90 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Bernard said, "I sort of messed up Christmas, didn't I?" Jay said, "Yes but that's O.K. Just don't get any more strokes." * * * Just before Jay started school I had him at Lazarus letting him pick out some clothes for his Birthday. He chose the loudest and brightest "Jams" that anyone could imagine. As I went to pay for them, the following conversation took place --- Grandma -- " Jay, they won't let you in school in these!" Jay -- "Oh, they'll let ME in!" Clerk -- "What makes you so special that you'll get preferential treatment?" I thought, Oh dear, here it comes. My Dad's the coach. Jay -- "Ma'am. I am special! I'm adopted." (I could have kissed him) Complete silence -- Jay walked away, and the clerk was very apologetic,. I was very proud! * * * My dad could sell Eskimos ice, I do believe. We sold eggs along the road, and Dad was proud of his salesmanship. One day a bashful young man stopped, and after talking with him for half an hour, Dad sold him two dozen eggs. The next day when we walked into church, there was the young man in the pulpit. He was our new minister who had come to make a pastoral call on our family. Dad never let him get past the pump in the backyard, but sold him two dozen eggs the poor man didn't want. * * * .90. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/8ce26ebf1b5b6114d3be7fe8a5ca50a6.jpg e139569c5fde02eced5d2bddcdd4a2e6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (94) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 91 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover While Bernard served in the army, he had some interesting experiences that had nothing to do with the war. He and several buddies had a chance to go to Rome where they saw the ruins of the Coliseum and to the Vatican where the Pope had a special audience for the American GI's. Many of Bernard's friends were Catholic, So Bernard felt a little strange as he didn't understand everything. However, it was a special feeling when each one held up a coin that the Pope blessed by touching the coin gently, saying a few words in Latin. Another time he had the privilege of visiting the Dead Sea, Jerusalem, the Garden of Gethsemene, and Bethlehem. At Jerusalem there were orange groves with oranges as large as IGA's ($1.00) muskmelons. When he went to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, He scratched his name with a pocket knife on the wall. As they visited Bethlehem, the guide would always say, "As the story goes, "this is where such and such happened. Christ's birthplace was impressive because of the simplicity but the guide would not be specific. * * * When Bernard's sister, Lillian, married Luther Carnes in the early 50's, we not only gained a new brother-in-law, but also a niece and nephew, Luther's daughter, Wilma, and son, Wendell. Wendell had always been close to us. He graduated from Ohio State, was a pilot in the Air Force, and after leaving the service, worked for Federal Express, first as a pilot, and now as a flight engineer. He has a pace maker exactly like mine. Many of the spoons in my spoon collection were .91. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/fb9618f1a4ca4518f9da84a844236478.jpg bdc1611c7c807f1cdcb41af698ba75dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (95) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 92 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover given to me by Wendell from all his travels to different countries through Federal Express. Wendell Carnes is very special to us because of his kindness to Lillian, his generosity to our church, and his thoughtfulness to Bernard and me. * * * We were honored to be chosen by Carl and Betty Cocklin to be god-parents to their baby girl, Kelly. She calls us Grandpa Bernard and Grandma Lolly, but writes G-Ma and G-Pa which, that plus our address brings us mail from her where'er she may be. Kelly spent a year in Norway her junior year in high school and has just finished her first year at Toledo University in Ohio. Many popcorn balls and pounds off fudge went her way during those two years. Kelly's grownup now, but when she was a wee little girl, she ad Betty were driving home from Sunday School when Betty heard her mumbling and asked, "What are you saying, Kelly?" "Oh," said Kelly, "We're learning a big prayer. It starts, "Our Father who are in heaven. How'd you get your name?." Good question, Huh? * * * When I bought my car before I was married, Tom Brenner's trunk key to his Chevy fit the ignition of my Chevy. Now this caused some interesting situations. Tom and Kenny Feasel were the best of friends, and what one didn't think of, the other did. I never knew where I'd find my car. One incident I'll never forget. I took Lib and her girl friend to a movie at the Palace Theater in .92. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/adff38339fe7120c19dd931029b26e09.jpg f29dd560ab42997d8a7df2cd06021f18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (96) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 93 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Columbus. After the show about midnight when we went to the parking lot to pick up the car, there was no car! We looked and looked and were just ready to call the police when Tom and Kenny came driving up, laughing their heads off. I didn't laugh! The strange thing was that they didn't know we were in Columbus, but just happened to drive by, saw my car, and had a bright (?) idea. * * * Bernard and Dad worked together for many years. Bernard always took water to the field, but Dad couldn't be bothered. However, he'd drink Bernard's water all the time. Bernard bought at least 20 thermos jugs, as he'd set them under the wagon out of the sun, and Dad would forget, back up the wagon, and crash bang another thermos was broken. The worst part was no water until Bernard bought another thermos. Dad would say, "Boy you're going to have to get another jug; something happened to this one." * * * Speaking of water - - - we had ice water with all our meals. One day Nan was dressed in her majorette uniform to go to a football game as soon as she finished her dinner. She sassed her dad not once, but twice, but after the second time, BJ flipped his glass of ice water in her face. After she gasped for breath, not saying a word, she went upstairs to dry her clothes. When she came down, she said, "Mom, will you take me?" I quietly answered, "No your dad will take you." Bernard said they had a very quiet ride. .93. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/794cad3a93c2762cb79fc73de3c23e46.jpg 17d270e5daddd9ca204418f9952a420e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (97) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 94 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover The incident was never mentioned again. In fact, I had forgotten about it until two years ago Nan said, "I told one of my kids today that he should have my dad. He'd learn to control his mouth." She even told her class what had happened to her and the lesson she had learned. The kids enjoyed that little "gem." * * * On summer when Jerry and Nan were six and Linda was four, they were here playing and wanted to go to the creek, and as usual, I warned Nan and Jerry to watch Linda carefully. They had been down by the creek about 15 minutes so I called them to check. Jerry and Nan answered, but no Linda. They hadn't seen her leave. I was petrified! We went up and down the creek bank, calling constantly. I looked in the barn, around the yard, and came in the house to go to the bathroom. We had only one upstairs in those days. There was Linda on the stool smiling sweetly. She had been watching out the window, but never answered our calls. I could have choked her! Believe me, Jerry and Nan didn't accuse me of having her as my pet that day! * * * We had another bathroom experience. One summer night about 11:30 a car drove in our drive, stopped, and a woman got out, so Bernard went to the door. The woman opened the storm door, barged by BJ and headed for our downstairs bath -- no lights anywhere except in the bathroom. We were so dumbfounded that neither of us could say a word. Then she came out, sat in B. J.' chair, and .94. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/442f579e447e96ec892bedafdfec46da.jpg 02ec4fa04ef7869ece1208561516e670 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (98) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 95 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover started to make a phone call. Bernard did say, "Where are you calling?" It was a call to her boy friend in Fredericktown, and she needed him to help her as she was having car trouble. Bernard said, "That's a toll call." She assured us she would pay and gave us a reference. She was a bar tender at a bar on East Main Street, Columbus. The boy friend came; they stayed in the car until 2:00 AM. We stayed up too, but we never found out whether he helped her or not, and we never saw any money for the call. * * * When I went to Otterbein the depression was just ending, but money was tight. Money was scarce at the Jennings house, so Dad made an agreement with the treasurer that he'd make payments whenever he sold hogs or cattle. Can you imagine colleges making agreements like that today? * * * I have mentioned the housekeepers we had after Mother's death. The last people who stayed with Dad and me Clyde and Helen Carpenter, newly married couple. I loved both of them! Since it was summertime, we ate in the summer kitchen on a table that had leaves held up with a bar, but that table was very unsteady. One day Clyde leaned against the leaf, upset the table, and broke every dish on it! I was so scared, but I guess Dad was so in love, as he was soon to be married to mother, that he never said a word. Helen cried, but I do remember Clyde saying, 'Accidents do happen." Dad still never said a word! * * * .95. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/e7233894524e4d65810cf0d7cc5d2f5f.jpg 0ab26bb7f34914d0ce96df467a69ada7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (99) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 96 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Today kids have cars soon as they reach 16. Bernard had to wait until 21 and then he had to buy his own. On his twenty-first birthday, he bought a used Model A Ford Roadster from Mack Blayney at the Junk Ford Agency in Sunbury. He paid $90, but not in one payment, but in payments of $5.00 a week. You see he was making only $14.00 a week at Sears in Columbus. He kept that car until 1939 when he traded it to Brake's Garage in Sunbury for a '38 Plymouth. During the war, Dad Searles couldn't buy a car, so BJ wrote a letter to the courts to transfer his car to his dad which the judge did. * * * Nan was baptized December 28, 1947, at the Condit Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Joseph Lindsay. That kid screamed through the whole ceremony. As we were leaving the church, Rev. Lindsay said to Bernard, "You know the child gets her disposition form the father." BJ never cared for that minister after that day. Later, March 30, 1958, she joined church on her own and never screamed once. Bernard was a member of the Berkshire Methodist Church when we were married, but joined the Condit Presbyterian Church soon after our marriage. I had been a member since December 1923. Bernard served as both trustee and elder. I never held an office, but I taught Sunday School, led Youth Fellowship, and taught Bible School for many years. As of December 1995, I'll have been a member at Condit for 72 years. Miss Grace Condit was a 75 year member. That's my goal! * * * .96. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9306a64ae99f89b4dd216a89b58ef781.jpg 4e1f1e9392bbd5723263aeb4fb6700a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (100) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 97 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover When I was a teenager, our minister, The Rev. Thomas, helped the youth make an outdoor basket- ball court which is now a parking lot. We had league games every week with other church teams and a tournament at the end of the season. Those games plus our Christian Endeavor (youth fellowship) made up my social calendar for the summer. * * * When Nan and Bonnie Reppart Caudill were small, they played together a great deal. One day they were playing in a wading pool, stepping out on cement, making foot prints. All of a sudden Nan came crying into the house. Sobbing her heart out, she cried, "Mom, Bonnie says I have flat feet, do I, Mom?" * * * There were three Grace Condits in our community, so they were identified by their husband, or a lack of one. Dane's Grace was leader of our church choir and tried her best to teach me to play the piano, but I wasn't a very receptive pupil. Ed's Grace was our next door neighbor, and after her husband's death rented her farmland to Dad and Bernard. To this day Bernard can picture her peeking around the window curtain to watch him go to the field. For some reason, don't ask why, the fuses for electricity to the barn were in the house. One day a storm was coming; BJ was unloading baled hay into the barn when a fuse blew and the loader quit. He went to the house, knocked and knocked on the door, but Grace wouldn't answer. He had to walk home, .97. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/fb8f3f01a0898880366531b8dace90fe.jpg fcff99998fce9d56b7d6cd92ffaa1237 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (101) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 98 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover call her on the phone, and ask her to please let him in to change a fuse. She did, but BJ was upset! Then there was Miss Grace Condit, a pillar of faith, who lived with her brother and sister, Edgar and Clara Condit. After their deaths she lived alone in a big old barn of a house, all made from black walnut. One evening, we had a terrible storm -- hail, wind and rain. As soon as we could we went up to check on Grace. There was a big tree blown across her driveway, the whole top lying on the roof of her house,; the chimney had been broken off and bricks were lying everywhere. We ran to the back door and called for her. She answered cheerfully, "Come on in." There she was sitting in a rocker reading a book by the light of a kerosene lamp. We told her about the tree, chimney, etc. Her answer was, "I know, but the roof didn't fall in, so I couldn't see that I should get upset." Bernard also farmed her farm. By this time farmers were using combines. It seemed one year that during the week we'd have rain, but on Sunday the wheat was ready to combine. For several weeks this happened. Finally, Bernard said, "Grace, if the wheat's dry next Sunday, would you mind if I combined it?" You see her family never worked on Sunday. They milked their cows, but wouldn't ship the milk. The ate Sunday meals but did all the cooking on Saturday. Can you imagine her answer? She said, "Bernard, I think there will be another day; if there isn't we won't need the wheat." The next week the combining was completed. After she sold her farm she bought a little house in South Condit. A neighbor found her sitting in her rocking chair where she had peacefully died with .98. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/e098eda9d1d26285aefd143b9af9abfe.jpg 70ba82333fd65e8d6af92f954de4d432 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (102) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 99 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover the Bible in her lap. Ironically, that house was Nan and Keith's first house. During our growing up years there were Blue Laws which prohibited dancing, shows, sports, business, etc. on Sundays. No one worked on Sunday except to do the very necessities. No stores or gas stations were ever open on Sunday. It was the Blue Law that Miss Grace Condit's family adhered to more strictly than many of us, as they were of the Puritanical Presbyterian Church. The first year my dad planted corn on Sunday because of a wet spring, the community was sure that none would grow. All the people planned their shopping so their shelves were full over Sunday. Probably that's why we went to town every Saturday night. How times have changed! Now, Sunday is the biggest shopping day of the week. By the way, I have never heard of the repealing of the Blue Laws. People just began ignoring them. * * * When I was about 4 years old, I was traipsing after my dad who was cutting hay with horses in a field by my grandma's. The horses stepped in a bumble bee's nest which caused havoc. The horses went wild as they were getting stung. So was I! Dad yelled, "Go to grandma's. The darned bees were in my curly hair. I was crazy! Grandma took care of me, but I was badly stung on my head. I couldn't stand to have my hair brushed for days. To this day just seeing a bee makes me shiver. It's ironic, but when Nan was 4 years old, she was in the barn with Bernard when a bumble bee stung her on the tummy. She immediately began swelling .99. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3b10a4642aad4df67b3060a3e531e1ff.jpg dbcc48a6b00c5a021127f6349c58b8af Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (103) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 100 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover from her stomach to her knees. The doctor had to give her a shot. So --- both of us stay away from bees. * * * July 4, 1959, Bernard won his first and last prize. The firemen had a raffle for an aluminum boat, 5 horse motor, and boat trailer at $1.00 per chance. Eldon Frakes had one ticket left just before the drawing. BJ had 90 cents: I gave him a dime. The M.C. drew the winning name ---Bernard Searles. I went flying up to steps to the stage, but Chuck Nettelhorst wouldn't give me the prize -- my name wasn't Bernard. June 21, 1995, Bernard gave the outfit to Carl Cocklin who loves to fish. * * * In September 1985, Bernard had surgery to his right carotid artery. Since the left side was 100% clogged and had already caused his stroke earlier, he had to keep the right artery clear. He didn't know it, but the surgeon had to stop in the middle of the surgery as his blood pressure went so low. He came through the surgery, though, and is still going strong. His big problem is in the back and legs -- probably poor circulation. * * * In 1994 Bernard bought new choir robes for the entire adult choir at our church plus an organist robe for Bonnie Caudill. They are beautiful. Presbyterian blue! * * * .100. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/82ce2f64f52cedc34a1d7147e73a20d7.jpg 9a507fdaa700c94c503d1f75cf1f1ae4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (104) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 101 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Bob Searles has been very close to Bernard through the years. When he was a kid Bernard was teaching him to fish. One day they were at Lime Rock just east of Sunbury which was deep -- deep then. Bob caught a nice fish and was pulling it in when he lost it -- just at the top of the water. Before Bernard could do anything , Bob had waded in after that fish and was blubbering in water over his head. Bernard retrieved him , but that ended the fishing that day. Bob's fist marriage to Deana Ball ended in divorce after fifteen years, but they had three lovely children, Teri, Tami, and Bobby. During these years they were at our house at least once a week, and the kids were like our grandchildren. We had a tradition on Christmas Eve that they all met us at our church for candle light service, then came to our house for chicken sandwiches and goodies plus a gift exchange. After the divorce Bob tried to keep the tradition, but we soon lost the girls which hurt us very much. We weren't even invited to their weddings, nor have ever seen their children. These things broke our hearts. However, Bobby has always stayed in touch. He had a beautiful wedding (which we attended) marrying his wife, Linda. They with their darling Elizabeth Ann join us with Bob and his present wife, Joyce, some time during the Christmas holidays. Joyce has been an integral part of our family. The first time Bernard met her at the State Fair, he came home and said, "Well, Bob's finally found a gal with some sense." She very seldom misses a week that she's not out here to check on us, and we've really had some fun-time shopping trips. * * * .101. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/c3a552f9b67ce89599c479fa04704f38.jpg 717c6c39a5a453c1205add5b9e9740da Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (105) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 102 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Jay asked that this event be included in the book, as he feels the punch line is important. One day Bernard and Jay were putting a toy boat together. They zoomed through the project but had two pieces left over that were needed to make the boat run. So --- they ad to take it apart and start again. Bernard said, "Jay, let this be a lesson to you. Always read the directions before you start a project." "Always read the Directions" has become a slogan for the Searles-Wampler family. * * * Nan is very appreciative of the fact that Marian Whitney gave her a thorough background in music. For several years, Marian taught Nan not only to play the piano and read music, but also to understand music theory and to appreciate all types of music. * * * The absolute worst thing that has ever happened to me happened at Seaside Hospital. I was working the cardiac ward when a small child, probably 6-7 years old, became very nauseated. A nurse had me pick her up and hold her in my arms while she changed the bed. all at once the child's eyes rolled back in her head; there was a tremor all through her body. I'll never forget it! My arms shook , and I could scarcely call the nurse. She took one look and went for a doctor. I was still holding the child while her muscles jerked involuntarily. The doctor came and pronounced her dead. BUT he had me carry her down to the morgue. She was so tiny and thin, and now her body was limp. I couldn't talk about it for day days, and now .102. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9588f68c00ac939b1f752dfa7ff69ad1.jpg 871f16edfeb33beea0fb47f5ee908b86 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (106) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 103 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover as I write I have goosebumps thinking of the tremors. * * * Our Canadian vacation with Ray, Helen, and kids was full of exciting events, but Karen had an experience that she remembers yet after almost 40 years. Each day the camp gave a prize for the largest bass caught. also the lodge prepared a lunch -- without any meat -- for the guests who went fishing. Everyone was supposed to catch fish and fry them for lunch. Ray, Helen, John, and Steve went in one boat, but we met at noon for lunch. Fishing this day had not been good, but Karen hooked a nice one. she listened so carefully to Bernard as he'd say, "Give it a little line. Reel in slowly. Ease out a little. Hold it! (etc-etc- finally) Yank! Reel in!" Karen landed a 14 inch bass. She was so proud! Alas, when we met Ray's boat, no one had a fish but Karen. she was not going to let that fish be eaten, but smooth Ray convinced her that her fish couldn't win the prize as it wasn't big enough. Karen cried; Ray and Bernard consoled her by taking her picture with the fish in several positions: we ate the fish! After fishing for a while, we went back to the lodge for the awards. The fire flew! No one had caught a bass all day. There were pike-- nice ones -- but no bass. Karen would have won the prize -- oh, what an unhappy girl. Ray was a sad father, and to this day he hasn't been able to get Karen to say, "It was O. K. Dad." no Sir! We ate her prize! * * * .103. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/e4290c5b8eb14babd8010b4f55466698.jpg 8c962c28a95b02f749192f60573a90f2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (107) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 104 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover When Bernard and I were first married, he was Master of the 400 F&AM Masonic Lodge of Sunbury, then went on to be a 32 degree Mason in Scottish Rite and a Shriner. He is a 50 year member of the Sunbury Lodge, but is not able to be active any more. He is proud of nephew Bob though who is a 33 degree Mason and still going strong. Both of us are members of Sunbury Columbia Chapter #33 Order of the Eastern Star, and I am a 50 year member-- not active either. It think it's old age. * * * Lib was about 4 years old; I was a teenager and easily embarrassed. We had a minister whom I admired very much, but I made the mistake of saying in front of Lib that he wore a hair piece. One day when he visited us, Lib said to him, "Mr. Rice, Lolly says you wear a wig, do you? I could have died right there! Without any embarrassment, Rev. Rice took off his toupee and said, "Yes Lolly's right, do you want to touch it?" We were having troubles in our church, he was sent to Condit to heal the church's wounds. Do you understand how he could do it? He was a special person. * * * Karen requested that this story be included in "the book'. Before Aunt Eve (Dad's oldest sister) died, she gave me a small Indian pouch which according to the family story was given to her by her Indian grandmother. I have given it to Nan to keep for posterity. We don't know whether the story is true, but we do know that the pouch is very old, badly worn, had made from a strange material, has little beads making Indian designs, and was Aunt Eva's prize memento. That's good .104. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/c210483bb078de5d11d626463c8b7212.jpg 5dab65c2c4a493ee33911617d106ba4a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (108) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 105 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover enough for us! Some of my ex-students want me to tell you some school stories -- just two. One Hallowe'en someone (no one could find out who) drove around the Big Walnut High School and shot holes in the windows. My room was one that was hit. That winter we were having a snow storm, and Bill Sherbourne was sitting in the back of the room in front of a window. All of a sudden, he raised his hand and asked to move as the snow was coming in the holes. Before I could say a word, Ralph Smith said, "Sit there! If you hadn't shot holes in the windows, the snow wouldn't be blowing in." I said, "I guess that's it, Bill.' Principal Estel Miller was glad to hear the story. * * * My speech class was in charge of all the assemblies and chapel programs at Big Walnut. We gave plays at Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving assemblies, some serious and some "funny". We did everything from Red Baron to Christmas Carol. In one Thanksgiving play Jim Holobaugh as John Alden was showing how sharp his knife was for carving the turkey. He took a hair from his head to split with the knife, hit his finger, then left the stage. As he came back stage, blood was spurting from his finger. He took one look and passed out. I turned to my student teacher only to see her sliding down the wall. I gave every one I could an ammonia capsule and started working on Jim. The play was progressing on stage, and the kids had to ad-lib as Jim was supposed to return. Jerry Brenner came to the door, looked back stage and saw me working with .105. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/a2ccb91b22dbe468ef2ca281f66c7f28.jpg b2e136c330c5eb1f06b118353d2ef836 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (109) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 106 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Jim. Jerry said, "John Alden is real busy -- he won't be back for a while." I got Jim awake, gave him an ammonia capsule, and sent him back on stage. Jerry said, "It's about time you got back here." We got through the play! The audience never knew our problem. * * * After Bernard had been overseas for a couple of years, he sent me a letter saying that when he got home, he was going to buy an airplane, set it outside his bedroom window, and throw rocks at it every morning. That's one goal he never accomplished! * * * 1995 Teen Age Humor Jay asked me what the height of conceit is. I couldn't answer. He said, "A fly lying on his back, in the water under a bridge yelling, 'Raise the bridge!' July 15, 1995, HOT! Nan, Keith and Jay had a yard sale in our front yard. The humidity was so high that the heat index was 114 degrees. Jay said, "you know it's hot when Grandma fans with a fly swatter." * * * Jerry Brenner stayed with us the first four weeks and the last six weeks of his first grade in school. Danny was born September 5, 1953, so we kept Jerry. Tom and Lib moved to their present home on Hartford Road in the spring of "54, and as a result were in the Croton school district. They didn't want to move Jerry, so he stayed with us. The fist day of school Jerry got a paddling for running the hall. When he came home and told .106. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/837cfe84b4513a214e9596083a66075b.jpg bcd8b8e9de0b6d2f25cb651ab17271cc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (110) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 107 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover us, Bernard told him not to worry, he had just made a mistake. That evening we went down to see my dad and Jerry told him about the paddling. Dad said, "Young man, come here!" He turned him over his knee and really paddled him, saying "When you get a paddling at school, you get one at home!" Poor Jerry , he was so upset. The last day of school I was getting Jerry's clothes ready for him to wear. All at once, Jerry began to cry and said, "Please, Aunt Lolly, don't make me wear that shirt. That's my paddling shirt!' He wore a shirt of his own choosing. Don't tell me that paddling doesn't make an impression! * * * As I have mentioned several times throughout my writing, the Condit Presbyterian Church has been a vital part of our lives. How I could have forgotten the wind storm that almost destroyed our church building I do not know. The Rev. Larry Warner was our minister and Bernard was chairman of the trustees when the catastrophe happened. The wind blew out part of our beautiful stained glass window of Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane and twisted the frame of the building. The whole eastern section of pews was ruined by rain and debris. The congregation was devastated, but immediately joined with the trustees to try to repair the building. A contractor, Mr. Lowendeck from Newark, was hired for the job. In the meantime we had church in the gym of what is now the Harrison Street Elementary School. The contractor straightened the building and pulled it together with cables which still hold it. When you look up to the ceiling and notice "beams" .107. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/d97b2a6df379888f80df13ecceebcf53.jpg c8a358e22f433c13810b6f6fa0649187 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (111) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 108 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover --no- no-they are boxes holding and concealing the cables. The broken parts of the window were replaced and are not noticeable. The congregation donated money for pews spirited by Bill Whitney who donated the first pew for his family. When we "oldies' say we have a church pew, we really do. The old pews that were usable were sent to a Methodist Church in West Virginia, thanks to Larry Warner's idea. Is it any wonder that we are proud of our church-- the people-- and the building? * * * We have proof that Indians inhabited our farm many moons ago. Bernard and Jay have found flint, arrowheads and small tools, but Bernard plowed out the great one right in front of our barn. It is a stone ax weighing eight pounds and in perfect condition. An archeologist dated it as being about 5000 years old. Bernard was offered $500 for it, but he said, "I'll keep for grandson Jay." * * * Here we are in 1995. BJ and I have tried to give you a glimpse of life from the horse and buggy days to the space program and the walk on the moon. The future is open to you. Keep busy both mentally and physically; keep a sense of humor, and above all, keep the faith! Bernard warns, "Don't be so heavenly perfect that you are no earthly good." Our love pours out to you and yours. .108. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/47b0fe864b316efcf704e45d66b06f33.jpg 3fca733946cf43b34d623d27b36693a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (112) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to unnumbered page 109 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover The Sunbury News Thursday, September 21, 1993 Preserving local history with memoirs by Brian Miller "The most precious commodities of all- peoples' own recollections of their worlds - seldom get preserved at least in a proper and permanent way." So writes Bob Greene, columnist for the Chicago Tribune, in the introduction to his book, "To Our Children's Children: Preserving Family Histories for Generations to Come." His book inspired Polly Horn, director of the Sunbury Community Library, to get local residents going on writing their own memories.. "The people that are doing it are just having a wonderful time, bringing back things that they haven't talked about for years and reliving a life they had forgotten about," said Horn. Two of those doing it are Lolly and Bernard Searles, Ohio 3 in Trenton Township. Lolly, 79, is a retired school teacher, and her husband, 80, is a retired livestock inspector and mail carrier. They worked on it throughout the summer. Now in its very final stages, it is 125 typed pages. They worked together on it in the evenings. She did the writing since she is more comfortable with that skill. But Lolly said; "Bernard has a memory like an elephant. He remembers things I don't. Sunbury resident Marian Whitney, retired former editor of The Sunbury News, is the first person to finish hers. She said as you become more aware of your past you remember things you hadn't thought about in years. Whitney, 85, recalled a packaged flower garden, a sheet that had seeds implanted in it that you spread out on the ground. "It was on of the highlights of my childhood," she said. Greene's book is designed to trigger the memories by asking questions on various topics and times in ones life. It contains sections such as "the house you grew up in", "childhood neighborhood", "romance and relationships" and holidays". Lolly says straight out "if it hadn't been for the book, she never would have done the project." The book of memories are individual works and they bear the personality of the authors. Whitney included pictures with hers: Lolly and Bernard had no pictures. They designed their own covers. Lolly and Bernard's has a horse and buggy on the top and a moon rover on the bottom to signify the two centuries the book represents: the 1800s to the 1900s. It was made by their grandson. Whitney included several family recipes in back such as "Marian's bread and butter pickles." "Everybody can do their own thing," said Horn. Both the Searleses and Whitney said they did the project to preserve memories for their families. The Searles' daughter, Nan, has read it, said Lolly. Whitney said her favorite things is seeing the reaction of her children and grandchildren to it. All of her five children and all but one of her 15 grandchildren have read it. "It's the little things, the insignificant things, that seem to mean a lot to the grandchildren," said Whitney "Not the facts of life." Lolly remembered butchering hogs and the aftermath, hanging up and scalding the carcasses, and rendering the lard. She also remembered from her days as a student at the Condit grade school bringing buckets of water from the house they now live in to the school, which did not have its own supply of water. The pupils all drank out of one dipper. Bernard had many memories Please see MEMORIES, Page 2 Photo : Lolly and Bernard Searles look over a notebook into which Lolly wrote down their memories. The notebook later became a book of memories and will be preserved in the Community Library. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/dd10632c2c9b5e1017b4ddc34a550406.jpg 2f5cee186b0fe4655f4922429b5c978d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (113) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to unnumbered page 110 of From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover MEMORIES (continued from Page 1) about his four years in the armed services during World War II and about time spent with his grandfather, a Civil War veteran. Several people are in various stages of writing their books of memories, according to Horn. Horn said most of them are comfortable writing longhand, rather than on a computer. She had supplied them with shorthand notebooks, which have two columns. They write in the left column, and when they reach a stopping place submit it to the library, and a typist puts it on a computer. It is sent back for additions, corrections, and changes, and then resubmitted for more typing into the computer, and so forth. The left column gives them a place to put things they remember later and want to insert in the book, Horn said. The end result is a laser-printed hard bound book of memories that is kept in the library's collection. The library sponsors a group that meets once a week to help people get going in what can be a difficult process. "The hardest thing for people to do is to think back," said Horn. "You get so caught up in today you forget what you did as a child and yet your memory is really in good shape, if you can get back there." The meetings play an important role, Horn said, in helping people overcome their fear of writing. "It may take them four or five meetings before they write a word," said Horn, who said the meetings give people a chance to talk about their writing. There are about 12 people who are regularly attending the meetings, Horn said. The meetings take place on the second Wednesday of each month at 2:30 p.m. at the library. The library bought 25 copies of Greene's book, which Horn said people can keep as long as they need to. As far as the books or memories, Horn plans to put them on the library's shelves , as long as the authors don't mind. "I let them circulate to let people get ideas on on their own," she said. "I want one of them to be put back because it's a part of our history that's lost to the community. http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4c4d8ae622b1efc75746fcc6666d890f.jpg 03cdffba36c245281324fbf79ba3c0cd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover (114) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Family Histories Description An account of the resource This collection contains family histories that have been written by residents of the Big Walnut area. Items in this collection generally contain genealogical information about the families, personal anecdotes, and images of family members. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Horse and Buggy to the Moon Land Rover Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bernard and Lola Dell Searles Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 31089453 Subject The topic of the resource Farris family--genealogy Jennings family--genealogy Leach family--genealogy Local History--Ohio--Delaware County--Sunbury Personal narratives--Bernard Searles (1914-1999) Personal narratives--Lola Dell Jennings Searles (1915-2001) Description An account of the resource This is the family history of the Bernard and Lola Dell Searles' families. Narrated by Lola (Lolly ), she describes their childhoods, family celebrations and holidays, education and professional careers, as well as Bernard's time spent in WWII. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Community Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Editor Marian Whitney; Community Library, Sunbury Ohio Editor Polly Horn; Community Library, Sunbury, Ohio