WE ALWAYS RAISED A GARDEN AND IT HAD TO BE HOED. WE CANNED, CANNED AND CANNED. I SAID THAT WHEN I GOT MARRIED I WAS NEVER GOING TO HAVE A GARDEN OR CAN ANYTHING. THANK GOODNESS I MARRIED A MAN WHO DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HAVING A GARDEN OR ABOUT ME CANNING ANYTHING. WE PLANTED A GARDEN THREE TIMES BUT NEVER RAISED ANYTHING BUT SOME YELLOW SQUASH. WE RAISED ENOUGH OF THAT TO FEED AN ARMY.

WHEN RUBY AND WOOD MARRIED. THEY MOVED TO THE INDIAN LEASE WHERE GRANDPA AND GRANDMA HAD LIVED. AFTER GRANDPA AND GRANDMA HAD TO GIVE UP FARMING AND MOVE IN WITH THEIR KIDS, DADDY LEASED IT AND WE FARMED IT FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. GRANDPA ONLY LIVED A SHORT WHILE. HE DIED AT OUR HOUSE. GRANDMA LIVED SEVERAL MORE YEARS AND SHE DIED AT OUR HOUSE. AUNT ALICE LIVED AWHILE LONGER AND DIED AT OUR HOUSE TOO.

FOR ENTERTAINMENT WE HAD PLAY PARTIES AND WENT TO OTHER HOUSES FOR PARTIES. WE PLAYED GAMES THAT WERE A LITTLE LIKE SQUARE DANCES. THERE WAS "SKIP TO MY LOU'' "MILLER'BOY'' AND SOME I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAMES OF. WE PLAYED ''SNAP'' -I CAN REMEMBER IT WAS LOTS OF FUN BUT I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER NOW WE PLAYED IT. TWO DEEP WAS LOTS OF FUN, SPECIALLY WHEN YQUR FAVORITE BOY FRIEND GOT TO STAND BEHIND YOU--HE WOULD PUT HIS ARMS AROUND YOU--IF THE PARENTS WEREN'T OUTSIDE WATCHING. WE LIKE "SPIN THE BOTTLER" BECAUSE WHOMEVER IT POINTED TO USUALLY HAD TO KISS SOMEONE OR WALK AROUND THE HOUSE WITH SOMEONE. IT WAS REALLY GREAT IF YOU GOT TO KISS OR WALK WITH SOMEONE YOU LIKED BUT NOT SO GREAT WHEN IT WAS SOMEONE YOU DIDN'T LIKE. DADDY DID FINALLY LET US GO TO COUNTRY DANCES.

WE WERE ALL SO EXCITED WHEN MYRTLE WAS BORN. WE HAD BEEN WANTING TO BE AUNTS AND UNCLES. I WOULD WALK DOWN TO THE INDIAN LEASE AND GET HER AND TAKE HER TO THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THIS WAS AFTER I HAD GRADUATED. MYRTLE AND PHYLLIS WERE BOTH BORN ON THE INDIAN LEASE.

WHEN I WAS BORN DADDY HAD A BLACKSMITH SHOP IN CEMENT. I THINK HE AND MR. HUGGINS (UNCLE LUTHER'S DAD) WERE PARTNERS AND THEN HE BOUGHT MR. HUGGINS PART. DR. BIRD OWED DADDY A BLACKSMITH BILL SO THEY GOT HIM TO DELIVER ME. DR. VANN DELIVERED ALL THE REST EXCEPT ELMER (BORN IN COLORADO) AND RUBY. DR. DALE DELIVERED HER.

DADDY STARTED WORKING IN THE OIL PTELD AS A TOOL PRESSER. THAT'S WHERE HE GOT THE NICKNAME OF TOLLIE. HE ALWAYS WORKED IN THE OIL FIELD BUT ALWAYS HAD LAND LEASED TO RAISE COTTON--HE SAID SO HIS KIDS WOULDN'T BE ON THE STREETS.

IN THE SUMMBR THERE WERE BRUSH ARBOR REVIVALS AND ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WENT--NOT FOR RELIGION BUT I'M ASHAMED TO SAY FOR FUN. THE YOUNG PEOPLE USUALLY SAT IN CARS--AND SMOOCHED A LITTLE.