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Cherry tree at corner of the house Don’t know what happened to the chair, it was in photo of one brought from OK

Phyllis and Marjorie later used the BB carriage without wheels or top for their large dolls

Phyllis

Vernon’s moved and Wichham’s rented the house, Buril Wicham milked cow in the barn at left.

Mill in background was a full up flower mill, with two upper floors on left full of flour processing equipment, all operated via line shafting and flat belt powered by a single engine with huge flywheel at ground level in back. Horses would dash out of elevator passage way, back right, knowing the heavy wagons they had pulled to town were now empty – farmers would ride wagons standing up as if on a racing chariot – I was always fascinated by the sight. Mr Vernon took me to the top of the cupola on top so I could see out over the tops of homes below.

Phyllis

Marba Jean, Geraldine Bobbitt & Phyllis Landau Oak chairs were wedding gift from Rell’s family

Initially water faucets were mounted as above so buckets could be readily filled. They soon learned water would freeze in the pipes and mounted them in basement wall’s on newer houses.

Phyllis, probably at one year.

Darrell, Myron Johnson, Vincent Landau Darrell on Norton Kesler’s horse “Goldie”

The cousins three photo was taken at the Johnson’s in Kanona KS. Darrell became engineering officer in Army Air Corps, Myron in Patton’s Army in Europe, Vincent a Navy carrier pilot in the Pacific was shot down off the coast of Japan at the end of the war.

Goldie was often left in the street in front of our house. I’d go out and pet her, and feel the softness of her nose. When the flies were bad, she’d wiggle the skin of her front leg to shake them off, when that didn’t work she’d stomp her foot. Standing close to her, her foot unexpectedly came down on the top of my bare foot – I was crushed at first, thinking she was mad at me – until I realized she was fighting off flies. It pealed skin from the top of my foot and my toes hurt for a long time. I forgave Goldie and after a day I could walk OK.

Mrs Kessler a very nice lady

Darrell’s new cap came with a pair of “Nicker” pants, a kind golfers sometime wore, I disliked them, parents finally gave up on trying to get me to wear them.

Phyllis with Rell’s sister Nina Landau The families new dark green 1928 Model-A Ford. Margaret (Bobbitt) Barclay holding Phyllis, Rell holding Marjorie. When living at 306 W. Oak St, that car carried Rell, Ila & Darrell on trip to mountains in CO. Ila brought back two large dolls for each of the girls, the dolls were almost as big as they were. The car was traded in to Lee Kump on a 1936 Ford and Lee sold the car to the George Erickson family, for Eulain and Fern Erickson, then school teachers to drive to school.