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Show h REMEMBER" BY THE OLD TIMERS I. 1 From Mrs. E. E. Brown, Hannibal, Hanni-bal, N. Y.i I remember when Mid-dlcsborough, Mid-dlcsborough, Kentucky, did not have house enough for Its residents resi-dents and I lived with my parents ! In a tent furnished by tha State of Kentucky. We lived on what was then known as Queensbury Heights. My parents were employed by making their home at Salinas, Calif. STUDY GUILD Copperton Study CJuild will meet next Monday evening, March 23 at 7 p.m. at the Copperton Cop-perton grade school according to Mrs. Maxine Gaythwaito, program pro-gram chairman.. Hostesses will be 1 the Copperton Girl Scouts with I the Boy Scouts aiding in the pro-1 gram. All members are cordially j invited. I New members welcomed into the club at the last meeting were Mr. and Mis. Carl Calderwood and Robbie of Provo and Mrs Daisy Draper of Orem Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cowdell visited vis-ited in Riverton with Mr. and Mrs. Monte Jones and Denny on Wednesday. Week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David O. Stoker and family were Mr. and Mrs. John Christensen and daughter, Joline, of Logan. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Diederieh and daughter, Nancy, and sons, Bob and Roy of Salt Lake City, Mrs. W. D. Kidd, Mrs. Guy Delia Lucia, Mrs. Ernest Simkins and Mrs. J. C. Landenberger Jr., an old member welcomed back. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cowdell of Riverton and Mrs. John Ott, Dennis Den-nis Ott and Max Stucki of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Ray Cowdell visited Sunday afternoon with I W t 1 1 IZilVia Oi tUI. flllV.1 A. Diederieh and family Sunday afternoon. A lovely Mother's and Daughter's Daugh-ter's tea was held at Copperton LDS Ward Tuesday, March 17. 'Guest speaker was Mrs. Childs who is the church Mia-Maid leader. lead-er. Light refreshments were si r- jved. Maikne Diederieh came home to spend the week end with her parents and sister and brother, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Diederieh, Ann and Don. Marl-'iie is attending attend-ing USAC at Logan. Copperton Ward Relief Society will meet at 10 o'clock next Tuesday Tues-day morning with Mrs, Fawn Price to give the lesson. Everyone Every-one is invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cheever w ere dinner guests Sunday at the home of their son, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cheever and sons of Ogden. Shirley Cheever, who is attending at-tending BYU at Provo, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cheever. "The Mlddlesboro News" the town's first newspaper. From Nancy Ingle, lendrlck, Idaho: I remember when women horseback riders rode only "side saddles" with the right leg thrown over the saddle horn, and only the left In the stirrup, with the dresi always covering the shoe top. Never Nev-er must she ride astride that wa for men and boys only. From Mrs. O. M. Houck, Hastings, Hast-ings, Pa.: I remember when mother scrubbed the bare wooden floor of our kitchen, using homemade home-made lye soap, and the floor was as white as a polished bone. From Lewis B. Avery, Clinton, Michigan: I remember In the 1870's when some of us boys wore red top boots, and that we were always outgrowing them, so that before they were worn out, we had a whale of a time putting them on and off; and when my grandmother made tallow candles, 12 at a time with candle molds; when my mother was always afraid of kerosene kero-sene lamps, because of the reputation repu-tation they had for exploding as a result of the oil not being sufficiently sufficient-ly free of gasoline; when matches were scarce, and my grandfather one time borrowed a shovel full of coals to start a tire In our kitchen stove; and when sleigh bells were frequently used on horses in the winter time. I also remember my father's old musket and his light green overcoat with cape to cover the shoulders, which he used during dur-ing the Civil War. Send contributions to The Old Timer. Community Press Service, McClure Bldg., Frankfort. Ky. |