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Welcome to the President's PageNovember 2007 |
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| Barbara Wilson
It's another month and time to pique your curiosity. Are you old enough to remember these facts? GRANDMA'S
APRON
The principle use of
Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that,
it served as a holder for removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's
tears, and on occasion was
even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy
chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming
oven.
When company came, those old aprons were ideal hiding places for
shy kids and when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her
arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow bent over the hot
wood stove.
Chips and kindling-wood were brought into the kitchen in that
apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables.
After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, it was used to bring in apples that had fallen from
the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how
much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out on the porch and
waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields
for dinner.
It will be a long time before anyone invents something that will
replace that old-time apron that served so many purposes. ~ Author Unknown More to follow! SPECIAL THANKS Under the
direction of PHIL RICE as Project Chairman, the 19,000+ handwritten
burial records of Sunset Memorial Gardens, Odessa (from its inception in
1953 through December 31, 2006) were transcribed by these dedicated
persons, who spent numerous hours at their computers: Frances
Adams * Vincent & Ann Becker * Patsy Cohen * Roger Corzine Barbara
Davidson * Jenola Flowers *
Don Forrest * David Hess *
Tracy Howard Diana
Ingram * Linda Ireland * Carolyn Johnson * Ben McCrary * Mary Ann Miles Toni Miles
* Rosemarie Myers * Zack Taylor * Dean
& Irene Tittel * Brian Wright SPECIAL
THANKS to: PHIL RICE
for coordinating the project (many, many trips to Sunset Memorial Gardens
to work with their personnel, organizing and delivering the scanned pages
to the various typists, and preparing the final copy for inclusion on our
web page). SPECIAL
THANKS to: DAVID
HESS for locating a useable scanning device which would read the
handwritten records, and BRIAN
WRIGHT for many hours spent scanning the pages. SPECIAL
THANKS to: GARETH
POLLARD for formatting the information SPECIAL
THANKS to: CHARLIE
VAUGHT (now deceased) and the staff of Sunset Memorial Gardens for
their cooperation in allowing our Society access to the records. WITHOUT
THE JOINT EFFORTS OF OUR MEMBERS and OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS, THIS
PROJECT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED! AGAIN,
THANK YOU!!
WALTER &
BARBARA WILSON *If we have
inadvertently omitted someone, let us know and please forgive us. Are you having problems
verifying your relatives using the Census?
Welcome Visitors and Guests The following
officers were elected in October meeting. page updated Nov. 1, 2006 More Data coming from Barbara as time permits. 11/23/07
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