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ing. Our neighbor came by and he and Otto took our car away July 27 1930 on her 52 birthday on a Wednesday.
(a Ford sedan) and started to the schoolhouse for the chil- After the funeral on Sunday, the relatives from Eastern
dren and teacher. The neighbor had two girls in school too. Kansas left and took Grandpa with them to Holton.
They got almost to the schoolhouse when the car stopped
Another harvest and summer passed. School again. Cecil
therefore they walked on to the schoolhouse. All started
was 6 years September 30 , so he started to school. I took
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for home afoot by holding on to each other they made it
the children to Sunday School quite often. We had to go
home. The teacher frosted the backs of her legs quite bad-
about ten miles and we went beyond Otto’s home place
ly, but otherwise all were fine. Jim Coberly and his girls
and where he used to go to Sunday School.
walked on home which was about ½ mile farther.
The measles got into the school the latter part of the term
School was soon out as we still had only the seven months
1932. Edward got them first – then Cecil
of school. Spring work was upon us again,
and Larena got them, and later Otto and
putting in spring crops, raising chickens by
Ramona got them from the “kids”. Otto was
setting hens, etc. Also the garden had to be
awfully sick with them for about a week. I
put in. the crops looked real good again
had nine cows to milk, separating the milk,
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this year. On July 24 , Dad decided to take
feeding calves and hogs and chickens be-
Mother to the hospital for a goiter opera-
sides the housework, cooking, and taking
tion. So they left Grandpa Shields with us.
care of the sick. Edward helped a lot but we
He had been spending the summer with
hadn’t learned him to milk cows to speak
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them. He was nearing his 80 birthday.
of yet. It was awfully dry and even in May
Mother came thru the operation okay but we had hot winds. When Otto got able to

double pneumonia set in and she passed Garrot William Shields get up and out to look and the wheat it was

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