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two children went to Copeland School. Ramona wasn’t old In 1938 we decided to go back and try in again on the home
enough to go. A homemade bus on a truck picked them place. We left here in June, all except Edward, he wouldn’t

up at the highway. The children called it the chicken coop. go, he worked in the woods here and was on his own.
Otto made up some wood. Our winter wasn’t too cold and
We got moved back to the Holmes place once more. It was
soon the spring of 1936 was here. Otto got work in the val-
dry, the wind blew nearly every day. We were pretty blue,
ley to support us. We cleared enough land for a garden, but
in fact, I think I cried nearly every day. I worried about Ed-
it didn’t do too good on new ground. We also set our straw-
ward too.
berry plants as soon as we could clear a place to plant them.

We bought five milk cows and got some chickens to help
I helped organize a ladies community club at our home.
meet expenses. The dirt started to blow and it was cold and
Soon we had it going and still is today, 1965.We missed go-
disagreeable all fall. We got enough of it by November. We
ing to Sunday School (the children and I) but we went a few
sub-rented the place, sold our cows and chickens, traded
times to the Mormon Sunday School near us at that time.
the care in on a new Ford pickup, loaded up the pickup and

Summer passed. Autumn came and Larena, Cecil, and Ra- trailer and headed for Idaho once again. Got to Idaho at
mona all started to school again. We had a big snow that our home December 1, 1938. It was cloudy, not too cold.

winter. I remember it was so high as the garden fence posts. We had come thru a near blizzard in Wyoming. We always
stopped at my father’s and stepmother’s for a visit going
1938 came, the district Otto worked in flooded, so there
and coming from Kansas. They lived near Pearce, Colora-
would be no crop to harvest. Otto had went back for the
do, north of Greeley.
1936 harvest in Kansas as he had put wheat in the fall of

1935 (he, Ramona, and I went). The others stayed here. Otto worked all winter in our woods clearing land. I helped
Guy and Vera stayed with them. He also put wheat in, but most of the time. He went to work in the valley again in

we didn’t get any crop to speak of either year so gave up. the spring and worked every spring, summer, and fall in the

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