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Memories from Jo Alice Hodges

A Memory from Jo Alice Hodges

      Orange Grove, Texas:
      -Grandma's kitchen
      -baking tea cakes
      -taking a bath in the pantry in a #2 wash tub
      -sitting on wooden benches at the table
      -spreading apple butter on toast
      -home churned butter
      -Grandpa's big truck for hauling grain
      -the mean rooster down at the barn
      -buying watermelons in Sandia to cool in the shade under the porch
      -the sound of the wind
      -sleeping on sheets made from flour sacks
      -Grandpa's peppermint candy cane
      -lining up before bedtime to walk to the house

   I was seven when Grandpa and Grandma moved to Peach Creek Farm in Wharton.  We had picnics while picking up pecans to sell and shell.  Grandma sewed my doll a quilt, pillow and case on her treadle machine.  It was fun to be able to spend the night at the farm.  The creek was a special attraction.  Grandma gave us pieces of bacon and string and a can to go craw fishing.

   The best time was when the cousins came to visit, especially Christmas and summer.