Chapter 44- 1929 A Big Family Journey to West Texas Ed. note: Frank is succeeding in farming on Oklahoma-leased Indian land, with an uncertain futureContinue reading “Chapter 44- 1929 West Texas Farmland Beckons Again”
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Chapter 43- A Joyful Celebration of Childhood in 1928-29
Chapter 43: 1929 Brings Precious Moments in Pearl’s Young Children Ed. note: In late 1928 into 1929, prosperity came from good farming practices on Frank’s farm, in company with some delightful and frightening recollectionsContinue reading “Chapter 43- A Joyful Celebration of Childhood in 1928-29”
Chapter 42: 1927 Brings Prosperity, School, A New Car; Austin Aspires to be a Doctor
Chapter 42: 1927-1929 Brings Prosperity, School, A New Car; Austin Aspires to be a Doctor Ninteen Hundred Twenty-seven was a prosperous year for the farmers. TheContinue reading “Chapter 42: 1927 Brings Prosperity, School, A New Car; Austin Aspires to be a Doctor”
Chapter 41: Many of the Noel family moves to Carnegie, Oklahoma
Chapter 40: Summer of 1925-Mineral Water Cures and Learning to Drive
Chapter 40 Summer of 1925 – Mineral Water Cures In the spring of 1925, Mandy, still feeling the weakness of her broken leg, began to think of going to Mineral Wells, Texas, to get some treatment for her leg and her health in general. She had nephews and nieces in Mineral Wells, as well asContinue reading “Chapter 40: Summer of 1925-Mineral Water Cures and Learning to Drive”
Chapter 39: Summer, 1924–Back Home to Tillman County Family
Chapter 38: December of 1923 to Mid-Summer of 1924-Four Moves, Five Homes.
Editor’s note: I begin this chapter with an image that Pearl labels as ‘our first home’, named romantically “little grey home in the west” in Chapter 33, where Mama wrote about the first year of their marriage. After staying for the first month with Grandma Noel and family, they moved on Feb 25, 1921,Continue reading “Chapter 38: December of 1923 to Mid-Summer of 1924-Four Moves, Five Homes.”
Chapter Thirty Seven: The “Combine”, “Revival” Experiences and A Medical Crisis
Editor Note: This chapter begins in June 1923, with the ripening of farm wheat crops in the Southern Great Plains. Approaching Grandfield, Oklahoma today on U.S. 70 from the east, as in my teen years of the 1950s, there stands a sign that proclaims, “Where the harvest begins”.Continue reading “Chapter Thirty Seven: The “Combine”, “Revival” Experiences and A Medical Crisis”
Chapter Thirty Six: 1922-1923 Four Noel families are on the scene.
[Ed. note: In Chapter 36 Frank discovers “roll your own” cigarettes; Pearl helps a neighbor who delivers a baby at home; Mandy breaks her leg; and many stories involving four different Noel families living nearby in Oklahoma rural farm life. Enjoy. RAN] Frank Noel and our new neighbor, Orb Hurley, soon began toContinue reading “Chapter Thirty Six: 1922-1923 Four Noel families are on the scene.”
Chapter Thirty Five: Late 1921 and Baby Arrives
Editor’s note: Late 1921 we find Pearl and Frank becoming parents, with all the joy that brings. There is a “butchering the hog” happening in the days following Mildred’s birth, surprisingly. Then, the stories of a young couple living nearby and sharing some evenings together. Also, some recollections of trading automobiles and the radio beingContinue reading “Chapter Thirty Five: Late 1921 and Baby Arrives”