Ed. note: As we learn more of the Noels and her creek playground, Pearl describes a bucolic Springtime with no worries. But, dark clouds of WW I are rising over America, as the U.S.A. entered the Great War and it impacts the family. RAN As we became better acquainted with the Noels, we beganContinue reading “Chapter Twenty Four-Spring 1917, making friends, revisiting Valley View, WW I reality comes home.”
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Chapter Twenty Three: Winter 1916-1917 brings harsh weather.
Editor Note: Pearl is almost twelve years old at Christmas, 1916. They have just moved onto their own farm in November. Rita (pron. Right-uh) School has two teachers for eight grades; both are women which is unusual. Pearl makes many new friends including the Noel girls who live nearby. You will enjoy the many discoveriesContinue reading “Chapter Twenty Three: Winter 1916-1917 brings harsh weather.”
Chapter Twenty Two:Home at Last to their own farm
Ed. note: Thus, begins life on Cooper Creek Farm where Pearl experienced her adolescence into mid-teen years and romance. Enjoy! (This section of Pearl’s narrative was published earlier and is now republished as Chapter 22 in chronological order.) RAN Continue reading “Chapter Twenty Two:Home at Last to their own farm”
Chapter Twenty: Spring of 1916, Pearl enjoys debating in seventh grade
Editor’s note: Pearl recalls many interesting activities around her farm home. School is getting more demanding. Enjoy!RAN I remember a winter night, sitting by the heater, Papa was helping Billy with his reading, he was probably in the first grade. We had a large “ash can”, which we all still remember the type:Continue reading “Chapter Twenty: Spring of 1916, Pearl enjoys debating in seventh grade”
Chapter Nineteen: Early 1916, Pearl is now eleven and discovers an interest in writing.
Editor’s note: Pearl is now in her adolescence and school friends are important. She is recalling many enjoyable, some frightening, family and community experiences. We learn about a newfound love for writing composition. Enjoy! RAN Along in January or February of the new year, 1916, there came a sudden cold wave, a blizzard, inContinue reading “Chapter Nineteen: Early 1916, Pearl is now eleven and discovers an interest in writing.”
Chapter Eighteen: Spring through Christmas of 1915 brings many memories for ten year old Pearl.
Ed. note: Pearl takes us through late Summer of 1915 into her sixth grade in school. She has many interesting observations about her new “two room” schoolhouse, a new teacher, new fellow students, some “spooky” experiences. Enjoy. RAN I have mentioned before that our large windows had no shades nor drapes to cover them, andContinue reading “Chapter Eighteen: Spring through Christmas of 1915 brings many memories for ten year old Pearl.”
Chapter Seventeen: Summer of 1915 is filled with family visits and delightful adventures for ten year old Pearl.
This section of Pearl’s memories cover the end of school in the Spring through the late Summer of 1915. Many discoveries and novel experiences are shared with her readers about growing up in the new and developing state of Oklahoma. Enjoy. RAN A humorous incident occurred that spring which involved the Lents family and theContinue reading “Chapter Seventeen: Summer of 1915 is filled with family visits and delightful adventures for ten year old Pearl.”
Chapter Sixteen: A new baby arrives, Pearl turns ten and has many memorable days.
Ed. note: This chapter covers about 7 months from before Christmas, 1914 through the Spring of 1915. Several significant things occur which Pearl finds memorable and she makes these events come alive for us over a century later. Enjoy. RAN “AND BABY MAKES THREE (OF US)” I remember the day the new babyContinue reading “Chapter Sixteen: A new baby arrives, Pearl turns ten and has many memorable days.”
Chapter Fifteen:Pearl’s completes her first full year in Valley View School community.
Pearl is now in the Summer and Fall of 1914. She is nine years, going on ten. Billy is now five, and they adventure together. She relates the pleasure of discovery with her neighbors and family and in one room school near Randlett. We are told about a “party line” telephone service. We encounter seriousContinue reading “Chapter Fifteen:Pearl’s completes her first full year in Valley View School community.”
Chapter Fourteen: Settling into Randlett Community in 1914.
Pearl is very pleased with coming west, as the end of Chapter Thirteen suggested. Randlett is somewhat settled and a new comfort in their daily routines is noted. She is now nine years old and in fourth grade and reads well and eager to learn and observe and make new friends. RAN, Ed. Pearl’s narrationContinue reading “Chapter Fourteen: Settling into Randlett Community in 1914.”