November 7, 2012
Martha's song
Only song Grandma Martha Parsons sang: "The north wind doth blow, / And soon we'll have snow, / And WHAT will the Robin do then? / Poor thing. / He'll sit by the barn / And keep himself warm / And HIDE his head under his wing. / Poor thing."
November 6, 2012
Scotty
(1993 July, Parsons memoirs)
Then there was Scotty, Aunt Lois's wild horse. Her husband got the horse for himself, and she thot what he drove she could too, and she did [from Fond du Lac] way out to our house in the country [at Green Lake? or just Ruepings?], in her wide hat, long skirt and shirt waist. We gasped. But she was walways OK.
Then there was Scotty, Aunt Lois's wild horse. Her husband got the horse for himself, and she thot what he drove she could too, and she did [from Fond du Lac] way out to our house in the country [at Green Lake? or just Ruepings?], in her wide hat, long skirt and shirt waist. We gasped. But she was walways OK.
November 5, 2012
Studies first
(1993 July, Parsons memoirs)
When Grandma Parsons died [in 1923], I was at Ripon, and Cousin Frankie [with whom I lived] got the message over the phone in the morning but kept it from me all day in case it would interfere with my studies. The next day I took the bus home, tho.
When Grandma Parsons died [in 1923], I was at Ripon, and Cousin Frankie [with whom I lived] got the message over the phone in the morning but kept it from me all day in case it would interfere with my studies. The next day I took the bus home, tho.
November 4, 2012
Lois
(1993 July, Parsons memoirs)
[Martha's] daughter Lois was "the smart one" and married Ad Brower, a man I never remember seeing. She divorced him because he gambled; and married Bill McWhorter, a fat, bald engineer on a railroad. In both of these marriages Lois never left home. I always thot him not a very nice person, sort of a low thinker and speaker.
[Martha's] daughter Lois was "the smart one" and married Ad Brower, a man I never remember seeing. She divorced him because he gambled; and married Bill McWhorter, a fat, bald engineer on a railroad. In both of these marriages Lois never left home. I always thot him not a very nice person, sort of a low thinker and speaker.
November 3, 2012
Grandma's advice
(1993 July, Parsons memoirs)
[Martha Parsons, my grandmother,] was always lots of fun, and I would stay with her while the rest went to the movies. She could not stand them.... So she would give me money for a quart of ice cream and we would put our feet on the glowing coal stove and tell stories. "Do the boys try to put their arms around you and kiss you and all that?" she would ask. "No" I would answer, wondering how it would be. "Well, they will! And don't let 'em." I said all right and we got on another topic.
[Martha Parsons, my grandmother,] was always lots of fun, and I would stay with her while the rest went to the movies. She could not stand them.... So she would give me money for a quart of ice cream and we would put our feet on the glowing coal stove and tell stories. "Do the boys try to put their arms around you and kiss you and all that?" she would ask. "No" I would answer, wondering how it would be. "Well, they will! And don't let 'em." I said all right and we got on another topic.
November 2, 2012
Martha Parsons
(1993 July, Parsons memoirs)
[To her Rueping memoirs, Polly added a few scattered recollections about her own family.]
[Martha Newton Parsons was my father's mother.] She was illiterate, and Aunt Lois [her daughter] used to say she could get the Martha all right but when it came to the Parsons would just write a big P and trail off the rest. I think Lois wrote it over and explained so she could get her pension from her husband [William Henry Parsons] from being a soldier in the Civil War.
[To her Rueping memoirs, Polly added a few scattered recollections about her own family.]
[Martha Newton Parsons was my father's mother.] She was illiterate, and Aunt Lois [her daughter] used to say she could get the Martha all right but when it came to the Parsons would just write a big P and trail off the rest. I think Lois wrote it over and explained so she could get her pension from her husband [William Henry Parsons] from being a soldier in the Civil War.
November 1, 2012
Boo boo
(1993 July, Rueping memoirs)
One day when we were playing hide and seek and hiding by pairs, I was with young Rueping. I think they called him Boo Boo [Bube] - it meant boy in German (?) - so we were hiding and he softly kissed me on the cheek and said, "Your're my girl now." I did not reply in any way but thot, "What is going to become of this?" Not a thing ever did nor did I ever tell anyone until this instant but - was I prepared to be a millionaress? Not exactly, I guess.
One day when we were playing hide and seek and hiding by pairs, I was with young Rueping. I think they called him Boo Boo [Bube] - it meant boy in German (?) - so we were hiding and he softly kissed me on the cheek and said, "Your're my girl now." I did not reply in any way but thot, "What is going to become of this?" Not a thing ever did nor did I ever tell anyone until this instant but - was I prepared to be a millionaress? Not exactly, I guess.
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