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Title A name given to the resource The Sunbury News, 2008-03-27 Description An account of the resource Williams indicted on two counts of rape, sexual battery Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Sunbury News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-03-27 http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/76fdc83f6642fe5ba39e74200f7847b9.pdf b7772d4bf6809598597e98c9c4750915 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspapers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource The Sunbury News, 2008-04-10 Description An account of the resource Sunbury Council looks at Ohio 37 hill ... again Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Sunbury News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-04-10 http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/fbef65867f1c5907a4e043827a8f0c6a.jpg 04f2bdb2d72831ae560a8b59b9664596 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (1) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to cover of A Little Bird Told Us http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/91e576833ba14e797d1ccc26478782cd.jpg e47f59911c5936ca66c6c72fa7ac0504 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (2) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to title page of A Little Bird Told Us By Eskham and Ethel Hayes Community Library Sunbury , Ohio 1995 http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/d8cef1887a2e19a51711ddf36610a1f1.jpg db0db597c149ab8f40b3f71a49c15882 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (3) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to photo of the authors of " A Little Bird Told Us" Ethel & Eskham 1992 http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/fec52b658a2011cfcccbe1903ce017e6.jpg 59a91b0a5ab95ce3137582b9e409af90 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (4) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to Preface of "A Little Bird Told Us " Preface In April 1995, I started a program at the Community Library called 'For Our Children's Children' using Bob Greene's book, To Our Children's Children, as a guide. many members of the community were asked to come to the library, pick up a copy of the book and begin a tour down memory lane. Eskham and Ethel Hayes attended that meeting and when it was over they were still sitting with their heads together discussing his first Valentine of which she knew nothing. Thus the journey began. Monthly, Eskham and Ethel attended an open discussion group to help trigger the memories and erase the fears of committing them to paper. It has been a long process as their notebooks traveled to the library to be input into the computer, to the Hayes' household for editing, back to the library for computer corrections, etc. You are holding the end result of a seven month labor of love. You have a rich family heritage and I hope this will start each of you on your own journey as you continue the tradition. Enjoy! Polly Horn Community Library Director http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9d3f913139af9275f65d3dd898d4b77e.jpg 176c68d30839e42de5a34af7ca0ffb5f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (5) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 2 of A Little Bird Told Us Ancestors Ethel's Grandparents Great, Great Grandfather Samuel Gilmore was born at sea 8 days before landing from Ireland. Grandmother Nancy Stephens married Andrew Rich March 1860. They had one daughter, Ella Rich. Grandmother then married Samuel Gilmore who had two children, Wesley, and Sade. They had daughters, Mary Elizabeth Jane and Louisa Belle. Twin boys died at birth. My mother's mother lived on Frambes Avenue in Columbus. She and my aunt took in students as roomers to make their living. I never enjoyed going there because I always had to be quiet. My grandmother had a piano and I really wanted to play it but I had to be quiet because grandmother was old (she was 86 at death) and I couldn't disturb the students that might be studying. I did enjoy sitting on the front porch and swinging while I watched the people go by. My grandmother always wore a black or dark dress and always a lace trimmed black bonnet. She had one with no lace that she wore at night. My grandmother Gilmore was always known for being very frank. She only said what she thought regardless who was around. When I was a small girl she was at our new home one time and a couple came to buy sheep from my Father. Pictured top right is Nancy Rich Gilmore Ethel's Grandmother .2. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/33051360bc2f424ca3546a704ba6d88c.jpg 6fc7c5bd19aad829f15ae16ed51fcc69 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (6) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 3 of A Little Bird Told Us The man went to see the sheep and the lady was invited in the house. She had on riding britches and when she sat down she tried to wrap her coat around her legs and my grandmother said, " I think I would try to cover them up too." When my parents were first married my father didn't like fat meat and she told him he would see the day that he would be glad to have a piece of fat meat. Another saying of hers was that she told my father that any woman could and would be a good cook if she had plenty of supplies to run to. I have been told I am like my grandmother Gilmore because some times I speak and then listen. My grandmother Gilmore died when I was in the 4th grade. And I remember going to Monroe County to her funeral. We went by car as far as Quaker city and from there to the cemetery we rode in buggies. The road was nothing but mud. I don't remember riding in buggies before we got a car. Our first car was an Overland Sedan. It had side curtains you put on if it rained or in the winter time. I can remember they used to leave one curtain off in winter time or I would get sick. We didn't go much in the wintertime. When he completed the local school, my Father went to Lebanon, Ohio, and took a six weeks course. He passed his test and he went back to Calais and was hired to teach in a one room school. I think he was paid $15 a month, walked 5 miles to school. He was janitor as well as teacher. My mother just attended the local school. .3. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/26e33bfa10660292b5450c8f2bd1b33c.jpg 59940694121c20ef87218a4f2e3838f5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (7) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 4 of A Little Bird Told Us Ed's Great-Grandparents The story has been passed down through the years is that Bazeal's real family name is Hohimer. His father suppossingly died and his mother brought his sister and him to Kentucky from Virginia. Then she married Isaac Hayes who reared Bazeal. Bazeal was born March 28, 1806, but no other record has been found. Bazeal Hayes 1806-1877 1. Married Sarah Pack in 1825. Had 13 children in 25 years. Sarah died in 1849. He was without a wife 3 1/2 months. 2. Married Ardelia Bowling in 1850 when she was 14 years old. They had 14 children including one set of twins, Walter and Matthew. Bazeal Hayes is buried between his two wives in George Creek Cemetery in Kentucky above Charley on a hill above Mary Church. EB and I along with Jeffery Stimmel and Ralph Boggs visited the grave. His second wife, Ardelia has to be admired for accepting such responsibilities. Three of his children were married, two were older and one the same age as she, one was only two. She was mother to 10 when she got married. In the first four years she had two pregnancies that ended in miscarriages. Then she had eleven more. Her last child was born when Ardelia was 42 and Bazael was 71 years old. This child only lived 5 months. There was one set of twins. Pictured lower left is Ardelia Hayes Bazeal Hayes' wife Eskham's Great - grandmother .4. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f19886ea2cc9a50d8a3b051f04341915.jpg cb29a7070a470dfb2fcc5c324b51f946 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (8) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to title page 5 of A Little Bird Told Us They were not identical, Walter and Matthew. She told EB's Aunt Eva that her grandmother Ardelia told her Walter came first and the doctor said, "there is another one and I laughingly told him I don't want it." The twin named Walter was Eskham's Grandfather. Walter Hayes (12-6-1865 to 8-23-1930) married on 3-19-1885 Sarah Frances Daniels (3-25-1867 to 1-6-1932) 1. Linzie Hayes (2-6-1886 to 7-18-1972) Married Maude Preston (1-24-1886 to 9-16-1973) 2. Bazeal (Bas) Hayes (5-27-1888 to 10-24-1965) Married Amanda Alice Ramey (6-20-1890 to 7-11-1862) 3. Eva Hayes (3-10-1893 to 5-25-1985) Married South Dixon (5-8-1889 to 3-24-1957) Pictured top right Walter Hayes (twin) Eskham's grandfather .5. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/bed2733fa2b73fbe498670a01f5a488e.jpg bba27cc2d4e2f66fb0ba18cde4fc0774 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (9) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to 6 page of A Little Bird Told Us Ethel's Family Mordecia Harvey Warner 9-5-1871 to 3-25-56 Married 8-31-1892 Louisa Belle Gilmore 4-17-1874 to 6-28-36 1. Mildred Elvira Warner (5-23-1895 to 7-11-1907). Burned to death when 12. 2. Rodney Johnson Warner, twin (9-16-1897 to 12-11-1969). Married 9-9-1920, Esther Mae Winget( 5-6-1893 to 4-17-1983) 2. Roger Barton Warner, twin, (9-16-1897 to 11-20-1983). Married on 1-2-1920 a. Jessie Von McAdams (8-31-1900 to 6-12-1936) Married on 12-21-1940 b. Gladys Marie Jacoby (11-21-1898 to 2-5-1988) 3. Thurman Gilmore Warner (5-20-1902 to 12-29-1982) Married on 10-31-1921 Josephine Olney Woodward (11-26-1906 to 2-6-1986). 4. James Hubert Warner (11-5-1904 to 9-26-1988) Married on 6-20-1929 Helen Louise Borst (4-9-1904 to 1-6-1984). Pictured is Harvey Warner, Ethel's Father 1938. Louisa Warner, Ethel's Mother 1931. .6. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/725785ba6e9dce76b07a0a5b19b18938.jpg f71c711d13237d94d23abdb89ff573c5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (10) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 7 of A Little Bird Told Us 5. Hildred Harvey Warner (7-22-1908 to 12-30-1991) Married on 11-26-1932 Helen Rhuemilla Arthur (4-8-1910 to 3-19-1995) 6. Shirley Ethel Warner (6-29-1913 - ) Married on 9-4-1937 Eskham Bas Hayes 10-24-1911 to - ) Ethel's Parents Before Marriage Pictured at left is Louisa Belle Gilmore, Ethel's mother. Pictured at right is Harvey Warner and Louisa Gilmore. .7. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/5508bd79f745ff2aaf75c39c59feb6d4.jpg 606afa2d39e0b40fe81d0f8f54703201 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (11) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 8 of A Little Bird Told Us Ethel's Parents Wedding Picture Pictured is Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Warner .8. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/e8ec5fd51e214a3f3e822176f95d5b8e.jpg 191eb85edf3b0b2967da5d8ec89e9150 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (12) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 9 of A Little Bird Told Us Eskham's Family I. Bazeal (Bas) Hayes 95-27-1888 to 10-24-1965) Married Amanda Alice Ramey (6-20-1890 to 7-11-1862) A. Walter Douglas Hayes (8-6-1908 to 9-3-1977) Married on 11-3-1928 Charlotte Rhoads (10-21-1909 - ) B. Aubrey Hayes (10-9-1909 - 12-7-1995) Married 10-21-1939 Julia Ann Smee (3-11-1920 - ) C. Eskham Bas Hayes (10-24-1911 - ) Married 9-4-1937 Shirley Ethel Warner (6-29-1913 - ) Our Family a. Mary Louisa (6-12-1938 - ) Married on 8-10-1958 Kenneth Mackley (7-20-1938 - ) b. Alice Maxine (6-23-1939 - ) Married on 8-30-1959 Jack Leroy Stimmel (11-12-1935 - ) Pictured is Amanda Alice Hayes, Eskham's mother. .9. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/40781f318f5b3a90ca6f9aea17f4bc1b.jpg e8e9654b406f9c6534cd1b9fc8129ccc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (13) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to title page 10 of A Little Bird Told Us c. Eskham Bas Jr. (7-31-1944 - ) Married on 5-22-1970 Clarice Jeane Disbennett (5-22-1949 - ) d. Shirley Juanita (8-20-1945 - ) Marred on 9-6-1964 a. Michael Lee McMullen (11-24-1944 - ) Married on 4-5-1986 b. Patrick M. McFadden (11-25-1946 - ) Eskham's Family Pictured is the Hayes family - Eskham, Aubrey, Walter, Mother and Father .10. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/ae5fa4e6831052faf5d5417b4f3d19d9.jpg e8f71891b00071b10c835cdc00507104 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (14) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 11 of A Little Bird Told Us Eskham and Ethel Remember I have very poor memories of grandparents. all I remember of my father's father was going back to his funeral. Rodney carried me upstairs to see My Aunt Jennie who was bedfast. they wanted me to talk to her thru a funnel connected to a tube and she had the other end of the tube in her ear. She was very hard of hearing. I wouldn't talk to her. I don't remember even seeing my Grandfather. I remember being at Grandmother's once and she was preparing a chicken. She washed the chicken with soapy water to be sure it was clean. The when she cut it up she pulled the lining from the intestines and fried them in a skillet until they were real crisp. They sure were good. Eskham had fond memories of visiting all of his grandparents. His grandfather Hayes fell from the back of a pick-up truck and was killed. His grandfather Remy lived in southern Ohio. We visited him when the girls were about 2 and 3. He had a lot of black hair, snappy black eyes and was 6 feet tall. He asked EB to go to the garden with him and tell him what was wrong with his ground. His sweet potatoes were so large the ground was cracked about the ridges. They were sure good sweet potatoes. At that visit I admired a beautiful small pedestal cake plate that was in his cupboard. He gave it to me. We went down to buy some sorghum molasses and Grandfather took us to a neighbor to see some. He said it wasn't good because it had a "farewell taste". So we wet to another neighbor and bought 25 gallons. Of course, we shared it with my brothers. My father joined the Church of Christ when young. It was a church that didn't believe in instrumental .11. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/0fe6a51041f75636b2ebbf1f725895f3.jpg 168a8681b35c1c92a08ab3c2545f3ec1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (15) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 12 of A Little Bird Told Us music although they did a lot of singing. My mother was raised a Methodist. Mother always said they didn't like my grandparents to be together because they always argued religion or politics. The Warners were Democrats and the Gilmores Republicans and they were of different religions. There was only one church in Woodstock. It was Universalist. My dad didn't like that but Mother always encouraged me to attend the Sunday School. I wasn't until after we were married and had our children that our family was baptised as a unit and EB and I joined the Methodist Church in Sunbury. I think we joined in 1950 and have been active ever since. The children went thru confirmation classes and joined later. I always told everyone that it was tough to be raised by 5 older brothers. They were different personalities but I adored them all. Four of them were OSU graduates and all were school teachers at the same time. R.B. and R.J. became School superintendents. J.H, left teaching and became a County Agent. J. H. later became a beef specialist at O.S.U. R. B. was the first to combine Agriculture and Superintendent. H.H. left teaching and worked as a Armour meat salesman. T. G. quit school during his senior year because he got married. Josephine was a freshman. Thurman and Josephine weren't permitted to finish school because they were married. Josephine was an only child born after her father and sister died. She was raised by her mother and grandmother. Thurman and Josephine had 13 children, one died at 8 months. Thurman always farmed with our Father until he moved to Utica. Josephine was very active in club work and could do all kinds of handiwork. They came to Florida to visit us .12. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/0859ff64a12b390b9ae78e34cef8d804.jpg 962d294828297a6f2d01aac45f0fd2fb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (16) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 13 of A Little Bird Told Us one time and she taught me to 'tat' after I learned to tie many knots. I think for the knowledge of my grandchildren I would like to include the story of my sister. She was the first child my mother and Father had. She was a very pretty 'red headed girl' named Mildred Elvira. She was 2 1/2 when my twin brothers were born so she acted as their babysitter. When she was 12 1/2 Mildred was putting wood into the cook stove. The sticks were put in from the front and as she opened the door flames came out and caught her hair and dress on fire. She ran out the door and Rodney (only 10) ran after her and rolled her on the ground. Doctors did all they could to help her and she lived 21 days. I am sure with the new medicines we have today she might have recovered. Hubert was a baby when this happened. Hildred was born a year and 11 days later. Hildred is used for either boy or girl and that was near as they could come to Mildred. My brother Hildred was always disgusted whenever he got mail from some girls' school or cosmetic company. The fact that I was a girl when I arrived 5 years later made them happy. Pictured is Mildred Warner, Ethel's sister. .13. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/c18c83efbf6bcd652d89d2f9a0258b04.jpg 3a4a0ebf01de810df9574c37c9255c8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (17) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 14 of A Little Bird Told Us In the Beginning . . . The morning I was born my twin brothers were sent on horseback to notify the doctor. When the doctor left he asked my Dad what he was going to call me. He said, "Nancy Jane." About the time of our 25th wedding anniversary, we were required to get our Social Security numbers. When I sent for our birth certificates, I found that Shirley Ethel didn't exist. My father was still living and Juanita was working at the State office so we got it straightened out. My mother has told it took two weeks to settle on my name. EB's birth certificate was messed up, too, but he got his corrected. We didn't need them for marriage. It was just a government ruling. We told the children we had 4 illegitimate kids before we got our names straightened out! Pictured are Eskham B. Hayes (1911) on the left and Shirley Ethel Warner (1913) on the right. .14. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/7703247afdfbd23b0bce5b579ee76c9f.jpg 2f59cd13afbc635c5e4eff5dd825571f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (18) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 15 of A Little Bird Told Us My childhood time was spent in Woodstock. We moved there when I was 2 1/2. I remember going to a Red Cross auction during World War I and I rode on my father's shoulders. I don't remember my brothers being in the service, but they were on the train from Columbus to enter the war when it ended. They had their basic training in Columbus and were on their way to Chillicothe for the army assignment. I remember my twin brothers coming home from OSU and there was always candy, peanuts or gum in their pockets for me. At that time I wearing high top laced shoes and I always made them tie them for me. Thurman was the one that usually walked me to school. We lived in the last house that didn't get to ride the wagon. When the water was high under the bridge (RR) Thurman would ride with me on Ole Bill. I walked past an open field and when the snow was blowing it was just like pins being stuck into my legs. The area between my shoes and coat even hurt today when I see the snow blowing. Just before my mother's birthday, I was in Claypool and Weist store at Woodstock with Thurman. I saw a beautiful purse I was sure my Mother would love to have. It was gold rim clasp and a gold chain handle. It was made from a blue flowered silk lined with pink. It was so pretty I just had to have it for Mother. Father had Thurman take me back and get it. Mother was pleased but it matched my dress more than hers so she asked me to carry it. It really was a child's purse but I still remember how pretty it was. Eskham has a very vivid picture that he remembers as a child, 5 yrs. old. When they visited the neighbor the picture scared him. Mr. and Mrs. Bidwell were .15. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/071d12b629974b35f05251c767def57f.jpg c2258d75f9d4f13a91bfba992495be04 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (19) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 16 of A Little Bird Told Us quite old. This picture was depicting the end of the world. It seemed to be a big roller rolling over people and holes filled with fire. He never liked the picture. His family was husking corn across from their house when they heard all the bells ringing. That was the announcement of the end of World War I. One fall day seven of EB's friends became disgusted with school and everything so the boys decided to go west. They followed the tracks beyond Bush Lake and no slow freight car came by. Eskham suggested to the boys they should wait until warm weather because they weren't dressed for cold weather. They returned home. A few months later, a couple of the boys left. Kenneth Smith was my neighbor. He was a year younger than me. He used to carry a sack of hard tack candy in his pocket. I have eaten many a piece that he had sucked the outside coating from. This same Kenneth used a match to look in their gas tank to see if they needed gas. Needless to say, his face and hair were badly burned. My older brothers and Kenneth's older brother used to give us pennies if we would kiss each other. Those kisses didn't mean a thing to us. Kenneth Smith was killed in one of the first battles in WWII. The smiths owned a yellow car. It was the first I ever rode in. My dad hired Mr. Smith to take my grandmother and us to the Ohio Caverns. I got sick but I always said I got sick because the car was yellow. The first car I remember my Father had was an Overland with side curtains you buttoned on in winter. Eskham' s first automobile ride was with Dr. Baker from Mechanicsburg, Ohio, to Mount Carmel Hospital when he was 4 years old. He was operated on for appendicitis. His mother stayed with him. His mother .16. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6425e56e4260e4159b621264edbe1861.jpg 577a42460bd5848e410af44d48561144 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (20) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 17 of A Little Bird Told Us passed out and they brought her something to drink. When she smelled it she came to but refused to drink it. EB has a scar about 8 inches where they did the surgery. Eskham remembers another time when he was quite small that his mother had unbuttoned the back door of his underwear and he was running down the path to their outdoor toilet and an old gander tried to take a "chunk" out of his backside. He had a bruised place for a long time. EB made his first money by beating rugs, mowing yard or weeding a garden. You might get paid 50c for beating a rug or mowing a yard. He earned money picking cherries or grapes. His older brothers were working at a factory in town. The factory canned green beans and tomatoes. The first time he picked beans with his brothers the boss paid him the same as the others. This made him happy. He started delivering the Columbus Dispatch all over town. He had to meet the train at 6:06 where the papers were thrown off. He sold the papers for 2c. He got 3/4 of a cent for delivering the paper. In the fall when he was entering the eighth grade, he helped O. P. Smith pick up potatoes that he had plowed out. That evening Mr. Smith asked him if he would like to learn to work in the store. He worked there for the next 5 years. He was paid $5 a week. In the summer you open store at 7 and close at 9:30 p.m. During school you opened, returned at noon so the boss could go eat, and then back after school. At that time gasoline was 15c, kerosene 8c, bread 9c, round steak 25c per lb., 4 1/2 lbs. sugar 25c. When he was in high school, the kids, (including me) always liked to buy candy from him. He passed it out by "handfuls" rather than weighing. For 2 or 3 pennies you could get a couple handfuls of the best square fruit drops. .17. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9c644fa55bd0b96374f236fdb0527399.jpg 1f36c08731aaa57f18984f6463fbe934 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (21) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 18 of A Little Bird Told Us The store keeper was not so generous. EB has seen him weigh out crackers and he would break one in two to make the scale balance. This was a General Store that sold dry goods, shoes, tools, groceries, gasoline. One of the most embarrassing experiences in the store. A young married lady came in asked for something and he went behind the counter and got out a box of girl's bloomers. She was embarrassed too, because she was asking for balloons. This was a store where the clerk got every item you wanted and brought it to the counter. A short time after graduating from High School, EB cashed in on an insurance policy and bought a small meat market in Woodstock. He lost it because he gave credit to too many people and they couldn't pay. During the summer between the junior and senior year he told Mr. Smith he could get a job on the R. R. for $3 a day where he was only making $5 a week. He worked on the R.R. until school started. He said it toughened him up for the F.B. team The RR was laying new track through Woodstock. He worked at the grain elevator, unloading grain from farmers and unloading coal. It was during the depression and carloads of coal were shipped in and it was his job to unload. All done by hand with the use of a shovel. And the lazy bums that were receiving the coal sat uptown in the warmth and then came down for free coal. Made about $7 a week. Then he started working on the fence gang with his Dad. He was paid $7 a week plus room and board. And on it you worked from "sunup to sun down." They worked from "can see to can't see". They built fences all over the county for an Insurance company. It was the Northwestern Life Ins. on farms that they had foreclosed on during depression 1931-32. It was woven wire fence with board fence around .18. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/b1b910e2cc9b194719ea882763371ffd.jpg d601f8d429490e414dbe55f9c883a8d5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (22) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 19 of A Little Bird Told Us the barn lot. Some line fences were 1000 rods long. Some days, EB would dig 100 post holes and Aubrey (his brother) would follow him and tamp the poles in. In 1933 he started operating the drug store for Ruby Clark in Woodstock. Paid $8 a week. Did everything -- open and closing. While in the drug store he put together a radio- transmitter kit and he would tell his friend who was coming in and then the friend would call them by name and all the people would see was a small box on the counter and couldn't understand how they could talk to them. Before I started to school someone put on a Tom Thumb Wedding. E.B. and I both were in it but I didn't know him. Eskham sang a duet at the wedding. He was John McCormick, a great singer. He sang "I Want to Live in Loveland" with Dorothy Martin who became a very talented singer. James Kimball was in the wedding, too, and when they served us little dishes of ice cream, James didn't get a spoon so he held his dish up and licked it from the dish. His mother was very embarrassed. In December 1922, Mother and I went to Rodney's to care for Esther when their son James was born. Rodney was teaching school in Linden, in the north edge of Columbus. When we arrived I found sitting in a chair the most beautiful doll you have ever seen. It was a ma-ma doll, had painted hair and patent leather shoes. She was beautiful. Esther made a dress for the doll which she still wears. Many years later after I quit playing with dolls it was stored away upstairs. One Christmas I decided I'd like to have the doll down stairs so I brought her down and she was so cold I placed her close to the heating store. Before long we heard a loud crack and .19. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3840276c6f441fdcc33f3eda3ff52553.jpg 9f4ae481a9fe47967585370836c153a5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (23) Subject The topic of the resource Corresponds to page 20 of A Little Bird Told Us her head split. It was a big crack across her forehead and down her face. I didn't play much with her after that but she was so precious to me I wouldn't let my own daughters play with her for fear her head would come apart. She lays on my closet shelf and whenever I see her foot hang down, I get a little thrill about how happy my brother Rodney made me with one of the first ma-ma dolls. My brother Thurman had one question he never failed to ask me when we were in a group together. "What is that dirty spot on your hose?" My hose were alright, it was a brown birthmark on the inside of my left leg. Mother said when she first saw it, it looked like a freckle about the size of a pin head. Now it is about 1/2 X 3/4 inches. It has never bothered me. When I was quite small, perhaps 3, my cousin, Louise Hagedorn, who was a milner made me a hat and she put a bow with long streamers on the back. It made my hat very stylish but Mother thought they were too long for a little girl so she cut them off and greatly disappointed my cousin. During World War I there was an epidemic of influenza . EB's family were all sick and couldn't take care of each other. A neighbor lady about twice a week cooked a pot of oatmeal and set it on the back steps for them. For years none of them would eat oatmeal. My home was in southeastern Ohio where I was born. My family moved to Woodstock when I was little past two. My mother told me one time that one of the main reasons for them to move so far was because where they lived everybody was related to each other and she didn't want the boys to marry cousins. The twins were about 18 or 19 years old. When EB was a small child he was riding on a buggy with his mother. She was driving a horse named "Gyp". .20. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/38c743a624e2303e81b39dc5e726e3ab.jpg 94a785a96ef38de09f4ae90d4177da16 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (24) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 21 of A Little Bird Told Us He could hardly wait to get his harness on so he could run. His mother stopped the buggy real fast and EB fell out over the front of the buggy and his head landed in the spokes of the wheel. He said his mother really talked nice to Gyp to get him to stand still so she could get out and rescue him from the wheel or it would have broken his neck. Another time his mother took the three boys out of school and they walked about 4 miles to the train and went to Kentucky. They stayed about two weeks and came back on the train. I remember when our house was being wired for electricity. It was such a thrill to turn a light on at the bottom of the stairs and then run up and turn it off. They use to tell me I was going to wear the carpeting out going back and forth turning the light. Then when we moved to Sunbury there wasn't any electricity through the county. So we had our own Delco plant that generated our electricity. Whenever I washed or ironed, I had to start the motor and have it run all the time. Then in March R.E.A. came thru and we hooked up with it. Eskham used to wire some of the houses in Woodstock. He talked about stepping thru the ceiling light in of one house when he was putting the ceiling lights in. EB was always interested in flying. He took a ride one Sunday in a "barn storming plane." That was what they called a plane that would land in a field and take people up for a ride. He really had something to tell at sharing in school. The plane crashed in the afternoon after his ride in the morning! When he was in school he took a correspondence course for aviation. After he graduated he took some flying lessons in Columbus. The first time he was up the teacher asked him if he had flown before. He told him he had only book knowledge. After we were married, .21. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/5f5443958f174010dbf8088cc219f04e.jpg d50326edbeed894f5dd48dac5f530f3b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (25) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 22 of A Little Bird Told Us he couldn't afford any more lessons. Eskham remembers his first valentine. He was in the first grade and it came from a French girl. Her father spoke very poor English. He said he remembers her as a very sweet little girl. The night EB graduated form the eighth grade, he walked Dorothy Smith home and before she went in the house she gave him a big "smooch." The next morning she came into the store early and he chased her and gave her a couple more. This was his bosses' daughter. Rodney and Esther were married in Chillicothe. I got to be the ring bearer. I was only 6 years old. I went down with Rodney a couple days early. It was a long car ride. Mother packed us sandwiches but I got hungry and had to eat before we got very far from home. It was September 9th and Esther's folks had Concord grapes. They couldn't keep me out of them. Mother made me a yellow organdy dress with lots of ruffles. She said everytime she wanted me to try it on for a fitting, I would be out with the boys who were helping Father build a large barn. One time they called her out to see me. I was sitting straddle on the cone of the barn. Of course one of the boys was in the back holding me. They taught me how to go down the isle but I went so slow they let me get almost clear down before they started. After the wedding, they had a sit-down dinner and I guess I never had eaten where they served the meal in courses. I was sitting by my Mother and as soon as we sat down I saw the small dishes of appetizers and I looked up at Mother and asked if that was all we were going to have to eat. She really was embarrassed. One year when I was quite small I went to the Ohio State Fair with my folks. Mother and I were looking around in a building that was wall-to-wall people . I .22. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/d206c670b575a4eacef700a8a665931a.jpg 57ab6188f002fc376a0d57d3865b2cb6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (26) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 23 of A Little Bird Told Us got lost from Mother. I started to cry and a policeman came up and asked what was wrong. When I told him, he promised he would help find her. It wasn't long until we found each other. Mother always told me that policeman were there to help and not to be afraid of them. I always tried to tell my children that they are friends and not to be afraid of them. When my brothers were to come home on weekends in the summertime, someone always prompted me to take up a collection so we could make ice cream. That was always a special treat that we all enjoyed on hot summer evenings. We used to have an ice box which had an insulated box at the top that we could store ice in and keep the lower part cool for our butter and milk. We didn't have ice all the time because it was expensive and we could take our things to the basement by the well to keep them cool. And I really hated the trip to the basement because I had to go down the steps and back around them into another room where the well was. And our basement had an outside door into that room and I never liked to go there. These iceboxes had a pan under them to collect the water as the ice melted. Those pans usually ran over before we thought to empty them. When we were married EB cut a hole in the floor and put a funnel in it to catch the water and I never had to empty another pan of water. My dad and I had an automobile accident between my freshman and sophomore year. We had gone to eastern Ohio and brought back crates of blackberries. The crash caused the windshield to break and hit me in the face. I was taken to Grant Hospital and the doctor used 150 stitches across my face. He said he matched the freckles. He said he laid my nose back on my .23. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/665f952e000f18e2ea0ec733539f7b62.jpg 6fa7cf2cae3a0c7cac42b21f76d3ad05 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (27) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 24 of A Little Bird Told Us forehead to sew it together underneath. I have very little scar. While I was lying on the ground waiting for the ambulance, some woman said, "Her jugular vein was cut." That scared me but it didn't hurt. For years whenever I got real tired the scar would show. The doctor who did my surgery was killed in a hunting accident about a month after my accident. Eskham and I were in school from the third grade on. We only had 8 in our graduation class. We always had fun in school but always as friends. At our baccalaureate, the eight of us could sit in one church pew. I was between Eskham and Edgar Borst and all thru the service they kept bumping me with their elbows and sniffing, trying to make me cry - as the girls usually did. But I was determined not to. I played the piano for our school activities. I belonged to an orchestra that played during the summer. We practiced in the evening. I drove to practice by myself and just as I left town EB jumped up from the back seat where he had hidden. Said he just wanted a ride home. I let him out at his house. We weren't dating but we always had fun together. Pictured at right is Eskham B. Hayes , Graduation 1931. Picture at lower left is Shirley E. Warner, Graduation 1931. .24. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4d8c6c0c53ab147d11990b762100aea3.jpg f766500d3a6e05b0a0a5b945c6dd1928 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (28) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 25 of A Little Bird Told Us Picture of the Woodstock Football Team - 1927 Eskham in back row 4th from right. His brothers, Walter and Aubrey, 2 and 4 from right in front row. When we were in school we only had about fifty in our high school. The football team only had about 16 players. In 1928 they played the Urbana team as their last game for the season. Woodstock team had had an undefeated team. They won the game with three Hayes boys playing in the back field. Aubrey, was quarterback, Walter was left half, and EB was right half. They had only six helmets and old suits about 10 years old and very little padding. EB never wore a helmet. The Urbana team was a county seat town. They had new uniforms. At their games the Woodstock coach never sent any plays in. The quarterback called all the plays. Coach sat on the sideline and watched. I wasn't permitted to stay and watch the ball games because my brothers played. Hubert and Thurman both got injured and I cried when they took them to the hospital. Mother never wanted me to watch the games. .25. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4d25492815f042ff53aa69a4520192f9.jpg 00cd86f023e3135325cdb1a03148e449 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (29) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 26 of A Little Bird Told Us I only stayed after school for the games if I worked at the popcorn stand. While working at the store, they ground their own hamburg. EB's folks sent down a bucket full of pork to be run through the grinder. Instead of using the wood plunger to force the meat down, EB was in a hurry and was feeding it by hand. When he was about half through, he got his finger caught and it took off the end. Dick Lincoln took him to Lewisburg to get it stitched. His Dad wouldn't eat any of the sausage. EB one Monday morning in school told about taking an airplane ride. Everytime he saw planes taking up riders if he had enough to pay the charge he went. One year he took three rides. He said they only put enough gas in to run for a specific time. (That was so if they crashed there wouldn't be too much extra gas.) The gas was strained through a "shamy" cloth to take all foreign objects out. Before Hubert and Helen were married, he bought her a beautiful dresser set of a comb, brush, and mirror. I thought it was so very pretty and I was just 16 and I thought how romantic to be given such a nice gift from your boyfriend. I was permitted to help him wrap it an put on a bow but I was pledged to secrecy. Hubert always said he started to go with Helen so she would pass me from the 5th grade. She was E.B.'s and my fifth grade teacher. I don't think it helped because he didn't start until April and school was out in May. When I was about 13 or 14, I wanted a wrist watch. That was all I talked about and all I asked for for Christmas. When Hubert came home from college for Christmas, he brought a blue velvet box about five inches square and put it with our Christmas things. I was sure I had my watch. I was told I couldn't open it until morning. The next morning I got up real early .26. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f1de2ca5d1ed556fa499f57f3abb8a79.jpg 8ec156bda170329ea45d49725c3b012f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (30) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 27 of A Little Bird Told Us and opened my watch. It was a watch all right but one he had bought at the 10¢ store for a child's play watch. I went back to bed and cried and Mother came in and talked to me. Hubert was in college and money was scarce and Hubert had planned it as a joke. When I showed up at the breakfast table I showed them my new watch and I wore it for days. But many years later when he came to Florida to visit Eskham and I, he brought me another blue velvet box and this time it contained a lovely gold watch. It was a very eventful time when my first nephew was born. I was eight years old. Jessie was living with us while RB finished college. One evening Josephine and Thurman asked me to go home with them and stay all night at Josephine's mother's. The next day I went to school as usual but the boys Hubert and Hildred waited and walked home with me. I was only in the third grade and usually I couldn't keep up with them because they walked too fast. They started telling me about some thing special at home. Of course I guessed everything and finally decided they had made fudge the night before and it was put in the back bedroom to cool. When we got home, I went to the back bedroom and there was my little nephew Paul. I've always kidded him that I was disappointed because I didn't get the fudge. When I was keeping house for my brother RB, his son Paul had a paper route. He would usually come in the back door and drop his paper carrier right down inside the door by the window. I got tired of picking it up and walking about 5 steps to hang it in the basement hallway. So I Photo of Ethel and Eskham in 1937. .27. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/53f0226b01c5f3a9685e2dcccf9d6513.jpg 6631d08b6cf579c7e63da96c59f44e4e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (31) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 28 of A Little Bird Told Us warned him if I had to pick it up again, I would toss it out the backdoor. About the third time he picked it up out of the snow, he learned that he could hang it up himself. After my folks moved from Woodstock to Sunbury, I got to drive to Woodstock and then on to Champaign Co. Fair. I stopped at the drug store and saw EB. He couldn't get away right then from the drug store so I went on to the fair and he came as soon as he could get someone to take over. There was a plane there taking up rides. He finally convinced me to go up with him and two other boy friends. The boys kept holding the paper sack for me because they were sure I would get sick but I was determined that I wouldn't. And I didn't. Eskham and I dated for a month between our junior and senior year. He had been jilted by his girl friend at a last day of school party. So that night he called me and we went to Mechanicsburg to see a show. We had a few more dates and he went back to his old girl friend. Eskham always carried candy bars in his coat pocket at school. Miriam Turner used to take them out and then we ate them. I never took any out but I helped eat them. He finally broke up with his girl and two days before he was 21 he called me and asked me to go to a midnight show in Urbana. I accepted, which surprised him because he thought I was very involved with another guy. That night before the show, we stopped in at Islays in Urbana and got a big ice cream cone.Then we went together 5 years before we got married. We spent most of our time dating at home because my mother was bedfast and it upset her so if I left home. The reason he hesitated to call me was because he thought I was very involved with some else and I .28. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/58752b7f1187605fadf6f7b894480277.jpg d3ee34fb6e504214d2db59587e7117d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (32) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 29 of A Little Bird Told Us wasn't. Everett had brought up his mother's diamond ring and wanted me try it on to see how near it fit, and I refused to even try it on because I knew I wasn't going to get involved. I never liked the way Everett talked about his father and his sister-in-law. I visited his house about three times, was there for 2 dinners and I was never permitted to see into the kitchen. Everitt had a baby grand piano and played the violin. We did enjoy our music together. When I was a freshman, we had county Music Contest. At that time I was taking piano lessons from Mr. Synder, our music teacher. This contest consisted of vocal , male and female, duets, trios, and chorus and piano solo. He gave the piano solo to the Senior and Junior girls but they refused because it was so difficult He brought it to my lesson one night and told me to work on it and if I could master it I could play in the contest. It was Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". My dad even bought a recording so I could play with it. I really worked and I won the contest. It was a surprise to the others that played. I also played the piano for our school orchestra. I entered 4-H when I was 9 and I continued every year in sewing and cooking. I got a lot of A's on my sewing. I was also in the calf club. You had to lead your steer in the show. I admit I didn't do much of the feeding but I could always handle them in the show ring. I had one angus that was a real kicker. When we showed at Cleveland everyone had to show his own unattended. The only way you could keep this angus from kicking was hit him on the nose with a knot in the rope. I am sure his nose was sore when the show was over. He was 14 out out of about 100. I am sure he would have ranked higher if he would have behaved. I had a Hereford named Chubby that was Reserve Champion at .29. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/1466dc2fd14d483d62e380dacb0e7fc5.jpg 901b5ebab950b6dca5a1c6d01f766f05 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (33) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 30 of A Little Bird Told Us Ohio State Fair. He was only about 5th in the Cleveland Show in November. One year our club took our calves to Buffalo to the show. We had a charted train and everybody went together. These trips to Cleveland and Buffalo were lot of fun. One year we had our steer sale in Urbana and we took a trip to Chicago to the World Fair. I remember at the World's Fair a group of us weren't used to the big event. We went in one place to get a coke. It was "Ben and Bernie's Band" and the cover charge was $4. We left real quick before the waitress came to take our order. I continued in 4-H work until I became an advisor. I was leader several years while at Woodstock and then at Ashley and on to Sunbury when our girls were old enough. I put in 20 years and then quit. Whenever I see any of my 4-H girls today, they remember our motto "Rip with a smile." While attending our school '64 alumni banquet one lady came up and said I was her first 4-H leader and we had made an apron and tea towel. When I was in 4-H I always took cooking, sewing, and calf club. One year we had to give demonstrations. Winifred Clark and I won our local by making an angel food cake. Of course we had to practice a lot and it was a lot of fun. Then when in high school every rime Pictured above is Champion Chubby and Ethel. .30. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/77e76c735b3a80c6e81938b1939ac369.jpg b976edf690ec44ac102ff3c91719eb93 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (34) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 30 of A Little Bird Told Us we had a picnic. I was always asked to bake a an angel food cake. We didn't have mixes then. When Shirley was in high school she was in a cherry pie baking contest. She used Mary Ellen Miller's recipe for her crust. She even went to state level. Everyone enjoyed her pies because she always had to practice. Now she says she only bakes them when she knows her Father is going to be there. After graduation I attended Urbana Junior College for two years. During my second year my mother became bedfast and I stayed home to take care of her. I was starting to become a teacher. Mother was bedfast for about four years and I was her full time nurse. She got so couldn't get her breath when she laid down but she couldn't sit in a chair. The relief she got was when we were sitting on the the bed and let her lean against us. After mother died my brothers wanted me to go back to college but I didn't want to. I wanted to get married but I didn't for 15 months. While EB was operating his meat market in Woodstock, I would ago to town to get groceries and, of course, I wanted an excuse to get to talk to him but some of the other girls that always hung around the drug store would see me go in so I never had "time alone". One day he showed me a centerfold of a magazine of a girl putting "Ethyl" gasoline into her car. The caption was "You get better compression with high test Ethyl gasoline." He called me "High Test" and it wasn't long until that stuck as my nickname. Eskham was always called "Ikey" when he left it there. I never called him Ikey. Eskham says he was always a good boy when he was young but he laughs about how mad the mayor of our town .31. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/b4c494284a75f8f877bfef8a33d95f80.jpg a8117c6ed1182b3057017e9a203b5c86 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (35) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 32 of A Little Bird Told Us used to get at some of the boys. They probably ignored the stop signs and EB said he drove his car on the sidewalks one night. And then they would wait for a light to turn red and if nobody was coming they would drive there. There was never much traffic in Woodstock. After high school I attended Urbana Junior College for two years. I was taking courses headed for a teaching career like my brothers. I drove from Woodstock to Urbana about 15 miles each way. Claudine Dunham attended and rode with me. Coming home one day, my car stopped and I pulled in at a farmhouse. The man looked at my car and said it was the fan belt. He had a car just like mine, a Dodge. He took the fan belt from his car, put it on mine and told me to bring his back the next morning. He didn't know me and I didn't know him but he said he had seen me go past night and morning and he trusted me. Times have changed. At final graduation at Urbana Junior College, Clandine was graduated from the 2 year college. I didn't qualify for graduation because I hadn't taken the required courses as I was planning on going for Education some where else. But during my second year Mother became ill and we had a difficult time with me going to school and being her nurse. On graduation night, Thurman and Josephine took Eskham and me to the program. My friend Everitt had come too (uninvited) and he talked to Thurman at the door while Josephine, Eskham and I waited in the car. Finally Josephine said, "Some things sure stick like Fly Paper." That became a popular saying with us. Before we were married and still lived in Woodstock, E.B. was working with his Dad on the fence gang. At that time they lived in tenant houses if it was far from Woodstock. Then E. B. would "thumb" his way home on the weekends. .32. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9468d5d60866697297dc6334f1bcfac7.jpg d74637e5f6ad8cf74034a7dacf4542cf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (36) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 33 of A Little Bird Told Us One evening he was coming through Marysville and he saw Rodney and Esther pull into a gasoline station. He caught up with them and asked for a ride on on to Woodstock. He got out at his house but he was down to my house before Rodney left. Another time he was "thumbing" a ride thought Bellefountaine and there was a detour. He got about half way home and it started to rain. He started to thumb which ever way the car was going. On those weekends when he came home, he went back to his house and slept in a cold house. One evening when Eskham came down he brought me a two pound box of candy. He hid it on the porch before he came in. I think Rodney was there and he saw the box when he started to leave. He took it with him down to the road and then called me to come after it. That evening we opened it and each ate a piece. I started to take a second piece and Eskham said, "Wait, I don't think I'd eat." I looked down and there was a nice fat white worm crawling up from a piece. Poor EB was so embarrassed. He took it back to the store but they only had one pound boxes. So I was happy with a one pound box. The summer E.B. and I went together, we double dated with Hildred and his friends. One Sunday we went to Indian Lake. Hildred's girlfriend's Dad was the Lake Patrol. So he took us a ride in the patrol boat. E. B. and I had to sit in the back. E.B. had on a new suit and I had on a new hat. Needless to say we both got soaked, when we got out of the boat we didn't have a dry stitch on us. It was fun anyway. Pictured are Ethel and Eskham in1930. .33. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/fd2d5369004c3c44f373f2fde62db258.jpg fbb43c06ad6fc2b0b5f4044f9a3c81e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (37) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 34 of A Little Bird Told Us Another time we went to Indian Lake with three couples, all in one car. They were having a dance at the ballroom. We sat on the outside and watched the dancers. I couldn't dance so we just enjoyed the popcorn. When Mother first took sick, our doctor made housecalls. He was down one evening and mother needed some other medicine from Mechanicsburg. It was almost dark and I said I didn't want to drive down after dark. Before my Father could say anything, Dr. Sharp said, "Eskham was home when I passed, I'll stop and have him come down and go with you." So my father stayed with Mother and we got to spend the evening together. EB worked for a friend Leonard Ropp who had inherited some money and he purchased a small drug store on High Street in Columbus. EB was helping him run it. He wasn't able to keep it very long until he lost his investment. So EB started to look for a job. He went to Columbus Coated Fabrics at 6 A.M. and there was about a hundred there putting their applications. EB went back when the shift changed at 2 P.M. and there was only one other guy showed up. The man in charge asked EB if he could do heavy work and EB said yes because he had spent the summer building fences. So the foreman told him to report at 10 PM for work. He drove up to Sunbury, had supper and went right back to Columbus to go to work at 10 PM . He worked there about six years printing plastic and oil cloth. He didn't like the work but he was making a $1 an hour and that was good pay then. About six years later he heard Nestles needed an electrician's helper and he applied. They hired him for 60c an hour but it was better pay than Coated Fabrics because he didn't have the long drive into Columbus. As soon as he was hired at Nestles he went to Columbus to a book store and bought several .34. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/8f8476406ef637cde9a4317f171bc170.jpg f5f0e7752065df6e6644f8b2544e06de Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (38) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 35 of A Little Bird Told Us Electrician's books and he spent a lot of hours studying. While EB was staying in Columbus he would come up on Saturdays or Sunday but he would usually write during the week. In one letter he said the only reason he got hired at Coated Fabrics was he had marked he was married. Joy May, Lenabelle and Juanita was visiting us and they found the letter and read it. They though they really had something on me. They thought I was married and wasn't telling anyone about it. They were so embarrassed they never read anymore. EB and I took our first real vacation with Rodney and Esther. They planned the trip. Esther was great reading ahead about all the history of all the area we were passing thru. Her greatest delight was stopping in old "Cathedral" and big churches. EB said we stopped at a church in each town. Our first night we stopped in Washington D.C. EB and I had never stayed in a motel and while we were eating dinner, I was telling Rodney how the porter carried our bags in, turned on the bathroom lights and showed us where the towels were and I thought he would never leave. Rodney started to laugh and he said, "He was waiting for a tip." Guess we showed that we hadn't traveled much. We learned fast. While we were in Washington D. C., workman were tearing down seats that had been built for the inauguration services for President Carter. I have a piece of wood that I picked up from the extra seats they put in. Rodney took us thru the Chesapeake tunnel and I was really scarred. But we got thru O.K. Then we stopped at Elvira's at Newport News and Rodney was going to take us out for a lobster dinner. They had about a quarter inch of snow and everything .35. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/14b542cf5a14fd2c32e35de0bb0432a5.jpg 34e6c25503fde75aeb1739495e76c175 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (39) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 36 of A Little Bird Told Us was closed down because they didn't know how to drive in snow. I never did get my lobster dinner. We stopped at Kitty Hawk and saw Wilbur Wright's plane. We stopped at some place and walked down to the beach and Rodney got his feet wet and EB had to drive and Rodney dried his shoes under the heater. Rodney and Esther really showed us a wonderful time on our first vacation. When we went on our first vacation, Shirley was married and she came down and stayed with Eskham Jr. He kept up the service calls while we were gone. My nephew Harvey started out to be an opera singer. When he was small he like to sing. Between his baby days and little boy days, his mother had him trained to sing "When Its Spring in the Rockies" while she was changing his clothes. My nephew was very proud of his penmanship and he judged people by the way the wrote. I don't know what he would have said to one of his grandsons that told me he never like to write and for that reason he was going to be a doctor. I am sure Dave is a fine doctor but I understand he still doesn't like to write. When I was keeping house for R.B. he started dating Marie. Of course the family was all interested in his activities and they were asking me questions. I told the other brothers I'd tell them for a dime and then I'd tell R.B. I needed a dime to stop me from telling. We had a lot of fun but I never told any secret. R.B. and I used to take turns babysitting. Eskham and I would l keep the kids one weekend and he would the next. Sometimes in E.B.'s young days he obtained a silver dollar and he never spent it. He told me when we started going together that was the only thing that kept him form being broke. The engraving was .36. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/e12b1751fdf796e2fe47eca6b7b77f69.jpg eaa81c0f79eb72328851e53ec67d4e83 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (40) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 37 of A Little Bird Told Us completely worn off of both sides. He used it as a "worry stone" I think. One year while we were in Florida we had some car trouble and pulled over into the ditch. He laid down and crawled under the car but before he did he put some things from his pocket into my purse. The next time he changed clothes he realized that his dollar was missing. We searched his clothes and even went back to the spot where we had car trouble and searched the sand and grass. Some time later, I cleaned my purse and I found his silver dollar in my purse. It had slipped in with a folding magnifying glass. He felt like he had found his long lost friend. But a year later it disappeared again and we have never found it. Whoever found it will just think it is a smooth piece of metal because there are no markings on it. He thinks it fell from his pocket in a restroom because of the shallow pocket in his pants. The next year Shirley gave him a silver dollar (sealed) but he carries it in his billfold with his penny. While we were in Florida for Christmas 1982, Eskham, Jeanne and the boys came down. The weather down there was so nice that we went to the ocean in the afternoon of Christmas Day. On the 29th E.B. and Junior had gone to the mailbox and brought me a letter from Thurman. I was just putting dinner on the table and laid the letter on my plate and said I would read it when I sat down. I started to read the letter and Thurman was telling about his kids being home for Christmas and the telephone rang. I was the closest to the phone so I stopped to answer it. It was Hubert telling me Thurman had died that morning just as he sat down to watch the news. It sure was a shock. When I was growing up card playing and dancing were not allowed in our home. I can remember when I .37. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/130f3ffb9cf4a285eac08522d22a78b4.jpg ef48ed7a76f31f5cc14eb5407e6c2102 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (41) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 38 of A Little Bird Told Us was quite small, Thurman brought home a deck of cards. My dad just had a fit, and I can remember seeing him throw them in our heating stove. Mother and Father used to have a set of dominos that they played. It was too much math for me to like to play with them. For some reason they mellowed at one New Year's Eve, Jimmy Louden and I taught them to play 500 Rum. (That was the first New Years after I started going with Eskham. I thought sure he would be down but I found out later he went to Springfield with brother Aub and "others".) Anyway after Father and Mother learned to play cards, E.B. and I use to have to play. Mother always had a hard time getting my Dad to quit playing and to go to bed. And I confess, sometimes I regretted ever teaching them to play. Mother always enjoyed seeing people play games and dancing but my Dad though it was awful. Me being an obedient daughter, I never tried to dance while he was living. When Mary Lou and Kenny were dating, they often decided to make pizza at home. Of course Maxine, Shirley and Eskham Jr had to help them. Lawrence Welk was on T.V. and E.B. taught me to dance in our living room. E.B. had always liked to dance and had attended some dances. When we went to Florida at the park, they had dances about 4 times a year. I fear my Dad turned over in his grave the first time I went out on the floor and danced with E.B. I really enjoy it and we've spent some good evenings dancing. .38. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/44cfa2ef60ebdfbdd0b693c6936bb7b7.jpg 354635ac462930bd82725d9a11a9db95 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (42) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 39 of A Little Bird Told Us Marriage Ethel and Eskam Hayes After we were engaged EB said we couldn't get married until his weekly pay check was $25. He came to Ashley on Friday evening and said he had a $25 pay check. We were married three weeks later at the Church of Christ in Columbus by a Dr. Walker. Our marriage was announced by Roger by inviting my brothers and Eskham's family for a picnic supper. It was supposed to be a birthday party for my Dad. But he was suspicious of us and refused to come. The next Pictured are Ethel and Eskham Hayes in their wedding picture -1937. .39. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/59c011a12d3feacd5421573956929e38.jpg 76e6db11565b1f367bd0ace5c76b418c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (43) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 40 of A Little Bird Told Us day we went down to his house and he was reading the paper. I told him I had brought him a birthday gift and he asked me what. I said a new son-in-law. He kept right on reading and didn't say a word. We went to Lima the next day and stayed all night with Hubert and Helen. We came home on Monday and EB went to Columbus and I stayed at Ashley. He came back on Friday. First two years of our married life we lived with my father on 656 near 61. Then we bought a home in East Liberty about 2 miles up 656. We bought about 3 acres for $675. We made down payment with $25 we had saved in dimes. Our next batch of dimes we saved and used to help install a bathroom. I had prepared a company dinner (Smiths were coming up). I had fixed chicken and all the trimmings. I had it ready at noon and they weren't there so I saved everything for evening. Only one came was Eskham. So my father, EB and I sat down to a dinner prepared for eight. Later that evening I told EB I would give him a penny for his thoughts. He said give me the penny. He said he was just wondering if I would marry him. And he said no more. Two weeks later he did ask me and got his answer. We had a date during that time but he never mentioned it. He still carries his penny. My father, Mother and I moved from Woodstock on May 14, 1934 to Sunbury. I said it was the saddest day of my life. My mother was moved in an ambulance to Ashley. I went with her because she was bedfast. After we left, my father packed our furniture and household stuff and moved it to Sunbury. I cried from the time I left Woodstock until I got to Ashley. I thought my life was over, I knew EB didn't have a car and would have no way to come 45 miles to see me. Many keepsakes and antiques were left in Woodstock .40. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4136e3ea4f3f046c58b67386a4c25e69.jpg bc9956ff5113e731e4309afc3646e4a3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (44) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 41 of A Little Bird Told Us that I would like to have had. A coffee grinder and a couple of large floral pictures made from hair. My mother had been sick for a couple of years when we had the Ashley Doctor come down and met with Dr. Sharp to see what medicine he was giving mother. Dr Davis said he couldn't doctor my mother as she had been because he used different medicines. She lived two years after we moved, bedfast all the time. Dr. Davis said Dr. Sharp doctored with herbs. When Doctor Sharp gave medicine he asked for a 1/2 glass of water.. He would open several bottles of powder or liquid, pour a little in the water, he would stir it up and tell you how much to give and how often. I was engaged about 4 months before my mother died. She seemed more content when she knew what my future was going to be. She asked Eskham not to take me while she needed me. She died June 28 about 15 months before we were married. My sister-in-law, Jessie, died on June 12 and my mother on June 28. Jessie's death was unexpected and left RB with three kids, Paul 14, Juanita 12 and Harvey 6. I kept house for my dad and for RB during the summer. Finally I stayed at RB's most of the time. I started Harvey to school in first grade and he has always seemed as mine. When I was staying with RB's and EB came up, Harvey was very jealous. One evening EB slipped his arm around me while I was sitting on the davenport by him. Harvey threw a book across the room at him. He was very protective of me. The FFA of Sunbury had a plane come to Delaware and they took people rides over their own home. After EB got home from work in Columbus we went to Delaware to the airport to take a ride. It was an open cockpit. I had Shirley and Mary Lou with me. We could see the other plane all the time. We passed over our house and could see our dog in the yard. It was a nice .41. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/7d3d9bb74cea37af11548b7d521fe889.jpg 7bc0bdcdea16c9f715859fda6c9a02cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (45) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 42 of A Little Bird Told Us trip for all us. When Eskham was doing some service work on the side, I had a negro lady bring in a radio. I told her I could check the tubes and maybe that was all that was wrong. I sat it on the corner of the table and took the back off the radio. I saw something inside move and I suggested we take it out on the back porch. I cleaned out a small mouse nest with little ones and the lady was so embarrassed. She begged me not to tell my husband what I had found. I laughed and told her I wouldn't have to because the girls that were watching would tell him as soon as he got home. She left the radio for him to check. One night while Eskham was working at the Hydraulic we began to have some electric problems. The lights stayed on but there was a frying noise in our big panel board. It scared me so I made the kids and my Dad go to bed and I pulled the handle at the side of the box. I went to bed but I didn't sleep till EB came home about 4 o'clock. He looked inside and a lonely little mouse was fried across the bars. He flipped it off and we had lights. Marie had the same thing happen to her stove. When she would turn the oven on she could hear a noise. When Eskham took her stove apart she was really embarrassed, when he found it had been caused by a mouse. Before the high school building was ready to start school, they delayed school a week. That was when we took our trip to Niagara Falls. We stayed all night close to the falls and next morning we rode the "Maid of the Mist" in back of the falls. Then we crossed into Canada and went over toward Detroit and back to Ohio. We visited the Ford Museum and came back to Hildred's and spent the night. it was really our first family vacation. .42. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/2a04a907e59b39b4f3f26fa9b47d7c96.jpg e7774e563b71d3a34b1f5d68dc7d207e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (46) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 43 of A Little Bird Told Us The biggest explosion of our life took place on Jan. 17, 1952. The evening before we had a terrific thunder storm and lightning struck the maple tree in our front yard. EB and I were still up as he checked everything before we went to bed. He even looked back in the attic to be sure there was no fire. Our two oil burning stoves were turned down on pilot because it was so warm. At ten minutes before 7 A.M., the hot water tank took off like a rocket and went up through the house. It caused the living room floor to go up and hit the living room ceiling and mashed our furniture flat. As things came back down the things in the upstairs slid out into the front yard. The single beds the girls slept on slid out into the yard with the girls on them. A large chunk of the chimney was laying on one of the beds but it missed whoever was on it. The 2 x 10's that formed the floor Pictured above is Our Home on January 17, 1952. Pictured below is another view of the house. .43. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6451525d1bf6afeaf09616f5f102a3bb.jpg f7a1492f76aa09792b7b26c051da72da Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (47) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 44 of A Little Bird Told Us of our bedroom pulled apart and formed a V. I was under some but EB managed to get out and on the way out he found some pants. His first thought was to shut off the fuel oil that was running in from the outside tank. I was trapped in the basement until he came and helped move some of the timbers. While I was pinned down the thought ran through my mind (after smelling the fuel oil) wouldn't it be awful if I lost my life by burning since my sister had died because of a fire. I could move my hand around and I felt broken jars of peaches. Shirley was still sleeping in a crib bed and part of the spindles from her bed were stuck in the ceiling. She was folded in her mattress and was held by the 2 x 10's. EB climbed over them and handed her out of the window to a neighbor who carried her up to Mrs. Ruhl's. EB, jr., didn't have a basement under his room so he stayed in bed but he talked to me while I was pinned down. He said my curtains were gone, that they had blown out the window. Later we found a wire coat hanger buried in the wall about 6 inches by the side of his bed. It had been hanging on a rod on the door on the archway between our rooms. We never found one of EB Jr.'s shoes. I took him to town in the afternoon and Virge Edwards fitted him with a pair and wouldn't let me pay for them. The kids all went up to Mrs. Ruhl's to stay. I went back to the house and EB and I stood on what was our kitchen and looked into the basement. EB put his arms around me and said "We started out with nothing and now we have four kids." From then on we were at peace. At that time we felt as if "Someone" was guiding us so we started over. It it had waited until 7 A.M. the alarm would have gone off and Mary Lou would have been downstairs to put on the coffee water. Shirley refused to talk to anyone. Around noon I told EB he had to stop and go up and see her. When she saw he was O.K. she started .44. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/7b1c43e7c1866e57be205498d8210e27.jpg b26a8630b7f3dbc4368609b6b43e27aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (48) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 45 of A Little Bird Told Us Family Escapes When Explosion Rips House Blast Hurls Eskham Hayes Family From Bed: Explosion Rips Siding Off, Buckles Floors Six members of a Porter township family escaped with minor cuts and bruises when an explosion ripped their house to pieces and hurled them from their beds shortly before 7:00 o'clock this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Eskham Hayes' and their four small child- ren, Maxine, Mary Lou, Shirley and Eskham, jr. were all in bed when the blast struck. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, Shirley and Eskham, jr. were sleeping on the first floor and the two other girls were in the upstairs. The parents were dropped into the basement when floors gave way and crawled out through the mass of furniture and building material piled about them. Maxine and Mary Lou were rolled from their second floor bed and landed in the front yard unhurt. All of the front of the seven-room frame dwelling was blown off and pieces of material were hurled across the road. Every window in the dwelling was broken. First floor fur- nishings were piled into the basement and second floor con- tents were dumped to the first. Mr. Hayes is unable to determine just what caused the blast. He operates an electrical business at his home on route 656 in East liberty north of here. Neighbors started working early this morning to help clear furnishings from the wreckage. Walter Phillips pur- chased the Rush home across the road road recently and the Hayes family is moving into it today. The Sunbury News, January 12, 1952, front page .45. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/31f4013895529b50a6551d35af09c061.jpg b2d2209ed962fe2a9605e34240ca2e58 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (49) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 46 of A Little Bird Told Us The Sunbury News Seventieth Year Sunbury Ohio, Thursday January 24, 1952 Porter Family Wonders How They Escaped When Blast Did This newspaper copy of photo of the house after the explosion Under Roof One Moment-- In Yard Under Mattress Next. Girl Recalls Being Blown from House by Explosion. by Polly Whitney My class mate, Maxine Hayes in the seventh grade of Big Walnut elementary school, in Sunbury, was busy when she returned to school answering questions about their house blowing up last Thursday morning. Here is what she told me about being blown from the house: "We think the hot water heater caused the house to blow up. This is what happened. The side of the house just slide away. One moment I was under the and the next I was in the yard outside of the house", Maxine said. Maxine was awake when it hap- pened so she hung on to the mat- tress so tight that it couldn't get away. When she landed in the yard the mattress was on top of her. Maxine explained, "I screamed for mother and daddy when I got up. Mary Lou (her sister who was also blown outside the house on her mat- tress) and I both yelled for mother and daddy again. As soon as we heard their voices and found out that they were all right, we felt better. "Mrs. Hanson and Mrs. Boggs came down then. Daddy took their flashlight and got mother out of the basement. Then Daddy got Shirley and handed her out the win- dow to Bill Liming. Then Eskham got out and I found some coats and we went up to Mrs. Ruhl's." Shirley, 6, was trapped in her bed. She had a couple of cuts on her forehead but suffered from shock more than anything. Eskham, 7, was not touched. Mary Lou, the oldest girl, received a scalp wound. "Mother was hurt the worst but we were all lucky", Maxine told. She started a dog collection recently and lost most of the dogs in the explosion. DEMOLISHED--The above photo taken for the News by "Red" Sim- kins of Sunbury shows what was left of the Eskham Hayes house near Olive Green after the explosion last Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes and their four children were in bed when the blast struck. Maxine and Mary Lou were thrown with their mattresses from the second floor into the front yard shown above. Floors down- stairs dropped into the basement and you see the upstairs floor slanting toward the yard. "Everyone was wonderful to us. Walter Phillips let us have the house across from his feed store that he bought recently and we have cur- tains at our windows", Mrs. Hayes told. Only a stove and refrigerator were not damaged beyond repair in the blast. The house is a total loss. Many of their personal things and much clothing was destroyed. Neighbors turned out to help shortly after the blast and worked all day searching the debris for things that were lost. Many have viewed the damaged house and wonder how the family escaped without serious injury. .46. .45. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/5c1eaafe898bf36ca8bef685f71dff5a.jpg 8eff068839df7e1ebdc4b77f1659380f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (50) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to unnumbered page of A Little Bird Told Us Weather Fair tonight with low 22 to 23 Saturday increasing cloudiness and moderately cold. The Delaware Gazette Established 1818 No. 238 'We're So Thankful to Be Alive' Girl, 12, Tells of Soaring Through Air on Mattress by MAXINE HAYES (As told to Gazette reporter Lyn Doudna) (Twelve -year-old Maxine Hayes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eskham Hayes whose home just outside Olive Green on Rt. 636 exploded early yesterday morning.) I know I was awake, or at least partly awake, when the house exploded because I heard the blast. I remember thinking that it must be a bomb. Then I realized that I was flying through the air on my mattress, and I held onto the sides of the mattress. As I passed by the tree in the front yard, I realized it was something besides a bomb because the tree was still standing. I remember being scared, aw- fully scared, but at least I re- membered to hold on to my mat- tress. That's probably all that saved my life. And my sister, Mary Lou, (age 13) , held on to her mattress too as she was blown out the front of the house. Her mattress beside a great bis hole. If she had rolled off the mattress, I don't know whether we ever could have gotten her out. Daddy was blown outside too, or at least we guess he was. Any- way, he was outside and didn't know how he got there. Daddy ran right back into the house, what was left it, and down into the hole that had been the basement. We heat with oil, and it was pouring all over the basement. Daddy quickly shut off the oil and everything else down there, which is probably what kept us from having a fire. what kept us from having a fire. It's a good thing fire didn't start too, because Mother and my little brother (Eskham Kr., age 7) were trapped in the basement, and my sister (Shirley, age 6) was pinned in her bed. If a fire had started, Daddy just wouldn't have been able to get them out because it took him quite a while as it was. It was really awful, and we kids were scared, but Daddy was wonderful the was he worked to get my mother and brother and sister out and tried to keep us calm. Even though it was bad, we have a lot to be thankful for. It was just a miracle that none of us were killed, and we're very thankful for that. We think it probably was the hot water heater. At least that's when the mess seemed to be the worst. Wednesday night when it storm- ed we were certain that lightning struck the house. It frightened us kids so Daddy inspected the whole house to be sure that nothing was wrong, especially that there wasn't any fire any- where. We think that the lightning probably did something to the hot water heater which either caused it to build up pressure or caused gas to escape which brought on the explosion. We think the only thing that saved our lives was that we were still in bed. In another 10 minutes we would have been up and downstairs, and we probably would have been killed. I don't know how my mother and brother escaped being hurt seriously when they dropped into the basement, but none of us was hurt much. Mary Lou had a cut on her face, and I got a small scratch on my temple, but other than that we all seem to be all right. Maybe in a few days, when we've had time to get over being so frightened, we'll find out that we have more wrong with us than we think right now, but I hope not. We have a home in Olive Green, and Daddy already has moved us into it. My Mother and sisters are there now. My brother and I stayed here with Daddy to help get some of our things out. Of course a lot of our clothing was ruined, but Daddy says we still have enough. We're all so glad to be alive that we aren't complaining about anything. The neighbors have been won- derful. They have been here since soon after it happened, helping to get some of our things out of the mess. Some of the neighbors said they heard the explosion as far as a mile away. We certainly want to thank everyone who has come to help us in any way. When something like this happens, you find out just how nice people are. I'm still shaking, and I don't think any of us are going to be able to sleep very well for a long time. REPORTER DESCRIBES HAVOC OF RURAL BLAST By LYN DOUDNA What had been an attractive farm home painted yellow was a shambles with only the back porch still remaining in its normal position. The entire front of the house was either blown out into the front yard or had fallen into the basement. Furniture, parts of furniture, and clothing were strewn about the front yard and slammed against a big tree. Not a window remained un- cracked or unbroken in the main part of the house, Only the back door was intact. Entering the house from the back door, it was possible to walk about six feet over a warped kit chen floor before arriving at the big hole where the living room once had been. The second floor of the house was either blown away or pieces of boards were hanging down ready to fall into the hole which had been the basement. Standing just inside the back door, it was possible to look to- ward the front of the house and see cars driving along the road out in front. There was not a piece of furni- ture which had not been damaged in some way by the blast, which demolished the Eskham Hayes home in the early hours of Thur- sday morning. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/69942aaf87cac48b81afd0eab7cef2d4.jpg c80e5a62bf3ea26fd4c3cead1730f897 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (51) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 47 of A Little Bird Told Us Delaware Gazette Delaware, Ohio, Thursday Evening , January 17, 1952 Porter Family Escapes Serious Hurts in Blast A blast of unknown origin resulted in the near demolition of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eskham Hayes near Olive Green early today. No one was hurt seriously in the explosion, which occurred about 6:50 a.m. Persons visiting the scene of the Porter township explo- sion said that the front of the house had been blown away and that parts of the second floor crashed down to the first floor, which in turn crashed into the basement. The Hayes have four children. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes received only minor scratches and bruises and their only son, a second-grader in the Big Walnut schools, was uninjured. A daughter, a first-grader, was pinned in her bed by falling de- bris but was freed and escaped with only minor bruises. The two other daughters in bed on the second floor, one an eighth grader and the other in the sev- enth grade, were blown from the house and landed in the yard with their beds, mattresses and bed covers. They, too, escaped with minor injuries. Many windows in the six-room house were broken by the blast, the origin of which has not been determined. No fire department was called since no fire develop- ed after the blast. Mrs. Hayes is president of the Big Walnut PTA. Her brothers, who are twins, are R.B Warner, Elm Valley superintendent, and R. J. War- ner, superintendent at Xenia. .47. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/80ce17efa9d614821bd7182cefa9af1a.jpg dc526b59a31eba85cbaa3f21cd674c25 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (52) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 48 of A Little Bird Told Us Blame Lightening For Tank Blast That Ruined Home DELAWARE, OHIO. JAN. 18 --- (Special)---Lightning, which short- circuited control apparatus on two electric hot water tanks in the basement, was blamed today for a terrific explosion which yesterday wrecked the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eskham Hayes, near Olive Green, 10 miles east of here. Mr. Hayes told Sheriff Earl Fravel he believes lightening struck a wire outside the six-room frame house at around midnight Wednes- day. The hot water tanks continued to heat up until steam was formed. At 6:50 a.m. the tanks let go. They crashed through the home to the second floor. The second floor of the residence crashed through the first floor of the basement. The front of the house was blown into the yard. Mr. Hayes, 40, and his wife, Shirley Ethel, were sleeping on the first floor when the blast came. Their bed slid into the basement. Their daughters, Mary Lou, 13, and Maxine, 12, students at Big Walnut School were asleep on the second floor. Said Mary Lou, "Our beds just slid right out into the yard after the big explosion. My sister, Shirley, age 6, was sleeping on the first floor. Big boards fell across her bed, pin- ning her in. She didn't move and it was lucky she didn't for if she had gotten out of bed she would have fallen into the base- ment through holes in the floor which surrounded her bed." Eskham Hayes, Jr., age 7, was sleeping on the first floor in a room under which there was no basement. He was uninjured. The family of six escaped with only minor scratches and bruises. "the hot water tanks were found collapsed like accordions," Lou exclaimed. Part of the homes furnishings were saved. The Hayes family is living tem- porarily in a house owned by Wal- ter Phillips at Olive Green Mr. Phillips said he would rent the house to them until they can find a new home. Last night the Olive Green sec- tion was hit by a hail storm around 9:30 o'clock. Hail stones as big as marbles were reported. Lightning Blamed in Blast copied newspaper photo Lightning knocked out control apparatus of two elec- tric hot water tanks in the basement of the Eskham Hayes home near Olive Green, Delaware County. Five hours later the tanks exploded leaving the home in the shambles pictured above. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes and their four children escaped serious injury. .48. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/60a7a0a2425cdcea805e632920678f2c.jpg ca2bc35ae3f226068840306db94de550 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (53) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 49 of A Little Bird Told Us talking and we tell her she hasn't stopped since. But she has lost all her childhood memories. Her memory only starts at when we lost the house. Our place was like a county fair for days. A picture of our house was on the front page of the Col. Dispatch on Sunday. EB's brother, Aubrey, saw it in New Concord and he came right up. Some one called Dr. Livingston to come up but none of us needed any care. Shirley has a couple of scratches on her head from her hair fastener. I developed a beautiful black eye. I always told EB hit me on the way down. When EB went to shower that night, he had a large splinter in his back side. Everyone that came helped to pick up and they moved us into a house in Olive Green from which a widow lady had been moved to a nursing home. We lived there six week and the house sold so we moved across the street and lived in 3 rooms until Oct. when we moved into our own house. Six of us living in 3 rooms with a path out back. We had one oil painting (18 x 34) that we never found and a 10 gallon copper kettle disappeared. It was in the yard and I think someone took it. The only furniture we saved was stove, refrigerator, our beds, 1 chest of drawers. There was a piano in our bedroom and it had slid down on the 2 x 10 into the center of the basement. The dishes in my cupboard had been pulled out or just raised up and down and broke them. Most of our clothing was found but a lot damaged. The hot water tank was in the basement but the bottom of it which is usually curved upward was blown out in one piece. The pop-off on the tank was so corroded that it couldn't go off and the lightening had welded the thermostat on it so it just kept heating. The beam above the tank had just been replaced a few years before as we were in the process of remodeling. .49. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/b5984a3b53b412b17d18357445487561.jpg 23128c43f0114352dd4700924a2d3240 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (54) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 50 of A Little Bird Told Us So the house was very solid. Dr. Livingston was the only one who had a dryer so they took a lot of things and washed them. I was always embarrassed because they took quilts that were just stored between the springs and mattress. (That was where my mother always put old quilts) and she washed them!They were very holely and not usable. After we lost our home by explosion, EB spent a lot of time going through the stuff that went into the basement. One day he came home carrying the Bride and Groom that had been on our wedding cake. Juanita baked our wedding cake and R.B. had stopped on his way home from the wedding and bought them. It had been stored in an open cupboard on the stair landing. Along with it he found a record that I had had the children make for their Dad's Christmas. I had taken the four children to Columbus the day after Thanksgiving. They were prepared to sing one song. When we got to the studio they said we could record more. Eskham , Jr. didn't know the words but he sang anyway. Those were two precious possession that we did find. When we were building our house, I came down and helped as much as I could. I had to learn to read a rule and I learnt to saw a straight line with an electric saw. One day I was driving some spike nails into some 2 x 4's. I missed the nail and hit my thumb. I really saw stars. I laid the hammer down, went out and sat down on the front step. That is where Eskham found me. Several years earlier I tried some carpenter work when we were fixing the first house we had. Eskham made our kitchen cabinet doors out of 3/4" plywood. We had to use a file to help smooth the edges. I ran a nice block of wood (really only a splinter) under my thumb nail. We did have to go to Dr. Livingston to get it out. Eskham pulled on my arm and the doctor pulled the .50. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/32142ba6ebbff6d624279d75bab75645.jpg 6ad6bf0f17f6ccd3d65b7348b2d2237e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (55) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 51 of A Little Bird Told Us splinter. I still carry a mark of it. Whenever we crossed a bridge, we always said "Look at the yaa". That is what Mary Lou started calling water. We always called candy "c-d-y". When Joy May was little, when Thurman left for the groceries, Josephine told him not forget the C-A-N-D-Y. when he came home Joy May only about 2 asked if he had the C-D-Y. We used to laugh at the children how they could stay awake from Woodstock to Delaware, about 40 miles, to get ice cream in Delaware and they could eat their cones and be asleep before we got home and that was only 15 miles. They always enjoyed counting the Xmas trees as they would ride along the road. One time we were taking Thanksgiving dinner down to Woodstock and the girls remember the house where we turned around to go back after the turkey we had left at home. Mary Lou was born at home. We had a lady to stay with me. On Saturday E. B. and father planted cucumbers. We had a big patch and picked when small and sold them in Ashley. That evening EB called the doctor but he didn't come for hours. He said he knew I didn't need him right then. Mary Lou was born at 2 A.M. without any Lamaze training or pain killer. I'll never forget the wonderful look EB gave me after he first saw her. When the doctor left EB asked what he owed him and he said $25. EB paid him at once. A year and 12 days later Maxine arrived. She didn't give us much warning. EB was ready to go to work and I said "I think you had better wait a little". EB sent my Dad to get the lady and when he crossed 61 he was hit by a car. He didn't stop at 61. Someone brought Father home and EB went to call the doctor. He came at once but not soon enough. Maxine was born just .51. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/c3e6c3db945fb2755664349ab2626ccb.jpg 11246bc5ca308a6ddcce3aaa9bf66457 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (56) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 52 of A Little Bird Told Us as the doctor passed the house. My dad was sitting in the yard with his head bleeding but EB called the doctor and said he was needed inside first. Later he stitched up my Dad's cuts. Father always told Mary Lou that they got their noses cut off at the same time. The doctor charged $35 for delivering Maxine. Eskham was a little slower. He was due June 20 and didn't arrive until July 31. It was extremely hot weather and my legs got bigger and bigger as well as other parts got bigger. I went to the doctor on Friday and he told me to take 2 T. castor oil on Sunday. I went back the next Friday and he told me the same thing, and the next Friday he said to take 4 T. which I did but nothing happened. In fact that last Sunday I took 8 T. The first 4 came right up and I was so desperate I took 4 more. On Monday morning, the doctor came down and sent me to White Cross Hospital and at 9:30 that night I had my baby boy. The doctor kept me 9 days. On the 8th I sat on the edge of the bed and home on the ninth. A year and 20 days late our Shirley arrived. Two weeks Pictured at top are Maxine, Mary Lou, and Eskham. Pictured at the bottom of the page is Eskham B. Hayes, Junior. .52. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/04ad508327878ffbee17fec903e60813.jpg cb37658368567c7d313c33d67b4177bc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (57) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 53 of A Little Bird Told Us before my due date, the doctor sent me in to the hospital in care of the same doctor who delivered Eskham. They put me out and 23 hours later they told Eskham he had a new daughter. He had to wait downstairs in the waiting room. Shirley had been born about 3 p.m. but I didn't see her until they brought my supper and the doctor stopped in and I said I hadn't seen her so he got a nurse and she brought her in. At about that time EB asked downstairs and they let him come up. When the doctor had gone down to see him, he gone out to get something to eat and the nurses changed shifts so he didn't get the word. He sure looked good only he had a 24 hour shadow and had waited down stairs 24 hours. This time I was up the second day and sat and rocked Shirley every day until I went home. When going through some clippings. I found a receipt from Dr. English who delivered Eskham and Shirley at White Cross Hospital. It was a receipt for $150 for payment in full for delivery and including Dr. Fletcher who did some surgery following Shirley's birth. He was the same doctor that delivered Eskham Jr., a year and 20 days earlier. This didn't include the hospital bill. Pictured at top is Shirley Hayes. Pictured at the bottom are Eskham and Shirley. .53. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/2fa74234da6db9096d6bbb3744d95cbb.jpg ad825eab3ec1d249c154a455657496f6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (58) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 54 of A Little Bird Told Us When Mary Lou and Maxine were 2 and 3, they started singing together especially at Grange meetings. Their first song was "I'm a Little Teapot". One year they sang "Night before Xmas". It was quite a hit because it was a long song for them. Maxine shocked one of the bachelors by showing him her new panties. She was only about 2 1/2. Eskham Jr. was very interested in switches and wiring. His Dad had got him a 24 volt transformer and switches and bulbs to use on it. One Xmas he and Shirley got a doll house and barn and by evening EB had lights put in them. He was always drawing diagrams. One night after he had started to school he was having trouble getting asleep. I asked him why and he said "Mom, I've got so much to think about that I can't go to sleep." During World War II everyone made many sacrifices. We were very fortunate that Eskham didn't have to go to war. Everyone was rationed gasoline, workers were a always able to get to work. We were given stamp books for sugar, coffee, shoes, and gasoline. We got along easily because little ones didn't need the shoes or other things as much as adults. When Maxine started to walk she was almost as tall Pictured at top are Grandpa Warner, Maxine, and Mary Lou. Picture at the bottom are Maxine and Mary Lou. .54. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/64487dcac2096be3a70637af4f098cf8.jpg beb8ca26b68a9eed6b8278062abcc232 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (59) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 55 of A Little Bird Told Us as Mary Lou. My dad used to have Mary Lou do stretching exercises after every meal. She would lay down on the floor on her back and her arms above her head and he would really coach her to stretch. Of course, Maxine soon learned to lay down wit her. I made two dresses the same size for about 5 years, then when they started to school I made Maxine's a little longer. Maxine would get the prize of being the first to rip or tear or get something on her dress. One time EB and I came home and our Service Truck was gone but Mary Ellen Miller's car was parked our driveway. They left a note that the dairy was having some problems with their 3 phase current and needed someone to check it out. Eskham Jr. said he could check it but couldn't drive the truck down without a licensed driver with him. He didn't have his driver's license yet. Mary Ellen came out and rode with him and Shirley went along. When Eskham was playing outdoors with the girls, they made him sandwiches, (sand between crackers) and had their brother eat them. They thought it was funny until I found out. Our girls used to play with the Chandler boys up the road. They had a path thru Chandler's garden that was hard as cement. It didn't go straight down a row but would criss-cross in Pictured on the left are Eskham and Shirley. Pictured at the bottom are Maxine, Mary Lou, Shirley and Eskham,Jr. .55. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/57c51dad3dfb792ab23f240a7ecb775a.jpg b1311870369e48165ba76ead77077627 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (60) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 56 of A Little Bird Told Us the rows of corn. Bobby was only about three but he went home one time, told his mother the kids made him wet his pants. The girls were always impressed with the sandwiches the Chandler boys liked for lunch. They liked mustard and butter on their sandwiches. The year Maxine started school we had 4 cases of measles, 4 of mumps and 4 of whooping cough. It was really a year. Mary Lou had a bad cold but recovered quickly but when Maxine took it she seemed different so we took her to the doctor. It was diagnosed as scarlet fever. Then we were quarantined for three weeks. Maxine had to stay up stairs, she could come down to first landing and watch. I had to set her meals on the step and then she dropped them into a Lysol pan. EB wasn't permitted to go near her because he was working at Nestle's where they were handling coffee and baby food. Christmas came about the third week so we wrote letters to Santa to not come until New Year's Day. Maxine was never real sick but we followed all rules. Before she was allowed to come down I had to wash her clothes and all the toys she had played with and even wipe her springs and mattress with Lysol water. I don't believer she had anything different than Mary Lou had had but it was reported by the doctor and the county nurse took over. We followed all rules because we wanted Eskham to be able to continue working. We heard of one man who they made to stop working because his family wasn't taking the Pictured at top are Hayes and Chandler Playmates .56. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f35d2ac00312e20861868b3e979f5a7a.jpg ef17c54611d8fbd518d15f6286c4d930 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (61) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 57 of A Little Bird Told Us proper precautions. Christmas was a sad day. We finally turned the radio off because we couldn't stand the Christmas music. But we really celebrated on New Year's Day. Eskham remembered only one time he used a switch on Mary Lou. We lived down by 61 and she went down the lane alone and he got a switch and really switched her little legs as she ran back the lane. She never went down again. When the children were all small, Eskham worked full time and it was a real treat when after church he would decide to take time off. I'd pack a picnic lunch (usually Spam or Treet) and I'd make bean salad which Maxine detested but it was something I always had on hand,, and we would ride somewhere. One time we went north on 61 as far as it would go. We ate supper along Lake Erie and then came home. The first Sunday that Maxine was at Capital we decided to take the afternoon trip after Church. We asked Kenney to go along. I don't remember where we went but the weather turned cold. Kenny didn't have any Pictured at top are Eskham, Ethel, Maxine, and Mary Lou Pictured at bottom right is Eskham Jr. .57. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/72d53695e62fe4a50e73bd77d1f3bf36.jpg 16448be48104f3aee1ee8601037276c4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (62) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 58 of A Little Bird Told Us sweater or coat, so he used the tablecloth as a shawl. Shirley and Eskham Jr. sure teased him. The year Mary Lou graduated we had an international Farm Exchange student from Denmark to stay with us for thirty days. Her name was Gunver Graveston. The Co. Extension Agent brought her over for a picnic supper and before the evening was over the kids were grouped around the piano singing. We had a wonderful 30 days with her. The girls had summer jobs so she was with me during the daytime and spent the evenings with them. The kids one night went to Columbus for a hamburg and she thought it was terrible to drive 30 miles for a sandwich. We toured Ohio Caverns one day and she didn't know how to explain it to her folks because they didn't have a word for "cave". She ate her first watermelon and corn on the cob here on my birthday. She didn't like jello because it made her stomach feel funny when she saw it jiggle. She had a younger brother the same age as Eskham Jr., and he always called her "Bang Bang". Every time he did she would chase him around the house. He nicknamed her because he couldn't say Gunver plain. It was a wonderful 30 days while she was here. When she left we felt we would never see her again. But five months later, I came out from teaching my Sunday School class and she met me at the church. She was on the way back from the west and was visiting her first host family and they brought her down. The Pictured is Gunver Graverson 1964 .58. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/5389603a0dc1bc3bcbeb8934217bf8a2.jpg 6fda34797db96c8d0f55b4e868504df0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (63) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 59 of A Little Bird Told Us brother to her first host family told me he was going to do everything possible to bring her back here as his bride! I laughed at him. Gunver Graverson was an International Farm Youth exchange student. While in America she spent 30 days in 6 different homes, three in Ohio and 3 in the West. The brother of first host family became very attracted to her and three years after she returned to her home in Denmark, she married him, Bill Penton. Gunver's mother wrote to me and asked if Bill would ask to marry one of my girls would I give my consent. I did a lot of thinking before I answered her we even made a trip to Lorain to see him and his home and to meet his family. While there Bill showed us a ring he was sending Gunver's Father and he was going to call her on the phone and have her father give it to her when he asked her to marry him. Needless to say she accepted and asked me to make a crinoline like I made for Mary Lou to wear with her wedding dress. They spent their honeymoon in Europe and flew to New York and picked up their car. They really surprised us as they made a stop here at our home for a meal before they Pictured at top is Ethel, Gunver, and Eskham in 1964 Mary Lou, Gunver, and Maxine, Eskham Jr., and Shirley are pictured at the bottom right. .53. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3657442da828dad615d16dfd1f1bbb08.jpg 5eb1b0815ab902c979efa16c8903667d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (64) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 60 of A Little Bird Told Us went to Lorain. She and her children have really become a part of our family. She has remarried since Bill's death but her present husband has accepted us as American-in-laws. Gunver has always called us her American parents. Our family was going to Ravenna to Harvey's wedding. We picnicked on the way with Hubert, Helen and family. I had made some concentrated tea base so we could just add ice and water. We were filling a pitcher from the camp faucet and it foamed up about 3 inches. Some passing by people laughed and said they had never seen anyone put water in their beer like that. The kids had a good laugh over it. When we were spending our winters in Florida at a woman's meeting one day we talked about nicknames. And I told them about mine. The next time I went to the club house where there was a large gathering, one man called across the hall and said "Hello High Test". The name was out again but few used it except Don Boham. When Shirley was 7 or 8 she decided she was too grown-up to ask for a doll for Xmas. The day before Pictured are Maxine, Eskham Jr., and Mary Lou. .60. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/43241a38e8d3526273845c9fc5a423d0.jpg 6bdb2d8c35e4b2a3ebf259574798dc47 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (65) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to unnumbered page of A Little Bird Told Us Golden Anniversary Sept, 4, 1987 Pictured are Ethel and Eskham Hayes http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/d4a83abf24f1a1f45c7691b7c0d42ce5.jpg e4e5396422ead79dc539848e24dee7de Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (66) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to unnumbered page of A Little Bird Told Us Pictured are Ethel and Eskham's family and guests at their golden anniversary 1987 http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/1a9feb85653eee329dcabf6c852caa76.jpg a4f38d2231175310d835165975e2a834 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (67) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 61 of A Little Bird Told Us she cried because it wouldn't be like Christmas if she didn't get a doll. So Christmas Eve as we were going to Woodstock for our Christmas we stopped in Delaware at the drug store and they took a doll out of the display window so she could be happy. Jeffrey was our first grandchild. Maxine and Jack had gone to the hospital. I had to make a trip to Columbus and I didn't want to leave until I knew how things were. I was in the waiting room at Grady when the doctor came in and told Jack he had a boy. The doctor said his boy was born at 10:32 and weighed 7 lbs, 7 oz. After the doctor left, Jack looked at me and said, "Did he say 10 pounds 32 ounces." Of course that was too good not to tell Shirley and Eskham wrote "It's a Boy" in the dust on Jack's car. On our 50th wedding anniversary we had a big open house. Rev. Klempauer had us repeat our vows and he served communion to our whole family. We had a big crowd and 12 people came from the Bonfire Park in Florida. I attended some bridal showers for my grandchildren and I always remarked that I thought it would be nice for the grandparents to get to exchange for some of the new thing because I never had a shower. Laura Stimmel said she would see that I had a shower for our 55th. And she did. She sent out invitations and we really had a good time. I never had so many nice dish cloths as I have had since then. Pictured are Mary Lou, Maxine, Eskham Jr., Shirley. .61. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/b14a47fdae49280a5afdcfdf93b2b009.jpg b4555988863e0c8a045334ae49f62a85 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (68) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 62 of A Little Bird Told Us While we were living with my father, I convinced my father to go to Columbus and have a picture taken. We were to get them just before Christmas so we could surprise my brothers. The proofs came and I sent them back but the pictures never arrived. I fretted and wanted to call the photographer, but we didn't have a phone. Christmas morning I got a package that contained all the pictures. EB and Father had conspired together to keep me from getting the picture. One time EB and my Dad went to Eastern Ohio to install a Delco plant and they saw some funny looking chickens. They bought some eggs and brought them home and put them under one of our hens that was settling. Three weeks later they brought in some of the ugliest chickens I had ever seen. They had a little fuzz on their body but bare long neck and bare rear ends. I guess they were a breed called "turkens". Finally they confessed to what they had done. I thought I had deformed chickens. One time EB was working around in the backyard and he saw spots that looked like the grass was burnt. He wondered if someone had been playing with matches. He called for Eskham Jr. and he admitted he had been playing with matches. EB says he Pictured at top are Mary Lou and Maxine, Eskham and Shirley, with Specky, the three legged pet. Pictured at bottom is Eskham Jr. .62. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f5df9546041a623e536adf9a7f1ecd7b.jpg 2d4ec3e653a07e01c1286b7197008f2e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (69) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 63 of A Little Bird Told Us thinks that is the last and only spanking he ever remembered giving Eskham Jr. Later on Eskham Jr. was appointed to be the one to burn the trash. His Dad showed him how and he would always stand and watch it. We could never get Shirley to even strike a match. She would stand back and strike the match and throw it the minute it started to light and of course it would be out before it touched the paper. Saturday night we were always very busy. The three girls had to have their hair put up and Sunday dinner had to be ready for the oven so we could all go to church. and Mary Lou had to watch the wrestling on TV. She was never sports minded but she did love wrestling. When Maxine was attending Capital University we sent her some extra money so she could buy her brother and sisters a Christmas present before she came home. She went shopping but she bought herself a new suit. She said their Christmas was seeing her in her new suit. It really was a nice suit and she looked nice in it. When Mary Lou and Maxine were 4 or 5 years old, I had been sick all day. I managed to fix some cereal for them then I would lie down. I saw them talking and crying and I asked them what was wrong. I had usually had supper ready when their Daddy got home and it was time for him to come home. They said they knew they would starve to death because I wasn't able to cook. When Eskham came I told him and he fixed them a real nice supper. I don't Pictured are Maxine and Mary Lou .63. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/160f5b6f71c29f8688a2411a30c7cd0a.jpg b21bb3b19d9bb10cf3fec7fc50d65568 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (70) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 64 of A Little Bird Told Us remember what he fixed except some fresh fried potatoes that they loved. In a few days I discovered I was pregnant for their little brother. The Boggs were our neighbors. The kids use to come down and play ball in our field. One day Shirley went up to play on their swing with Myrtle Boggs. While swinging, Shirley fell out and broke her arm. She pent one night in the hospital. We always felt bad because Mr. Boggs took the swing down so they could no longer play on it. Several years later the daughter of the oldest Boggs' boy became my granddaughter, Jeff's wife Joyce. One morning EB and I were sleeping a little late. And Shirley crawled in under our bed. EB and I started talking about Shirley saying we didn't know what we were going to do with her that she was causing us so much worry. Shirley hurried back into her bed and really cried. We were some time convincing her that we were only teasing and that she was very dear to us. Eskham Jr. helped me make ice cream. We had a walk-in cooler in the basement so he carried the gallons of milk down. One day he fell and the glass cut his wrist. I couldn't get the bleeding stopped Pictured are The Look Alikes... Ethel Warner and Shirley Hayes in 1st Grade .64. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/80760e0c5bc47a2b4d1814edfe5519ff.jpg cf26695918df21d112db40e5e60cfea8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (71) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 65 of A Little Bird Told Us because it was deep. I asked Shirley to call the doctor but our line was busy and the girls who were talking wouldn't let her have the line. She came and held the pad on Eskham's arm while I asked the girls to give up the line. I handed the phone back to Shirley after I dialed Dr. Livingston's number. When he answered she told him to get things ready because I was bringing Eskham down. His Dad and I took Eskham to the hospital and he spent the night there. We always laughed about Shirley telling the Doctor "to get things ready." There was an elderly man who lived in Olive Green. He wrote a column for our local Sunbury News. At the time of Mary Lou's and Maxine's weddings he wrote very nice articles about them which we have reprinted on the next two pages. When Maxine got married I made clothes for her trip. The last day I stayed up late to finish an extra dress I wanted her to have. We had carefully packed her clothes in a hanging case but they were many miles from home before they thought about them. Jack refused to come back and get them so they did some shopping and she had new dresses waiting for her when she got home. Mary Lou went to Ohio University in Athens, On a Saturday we took Mary Ellen McClish and Mary Lou down and helped them unload at the dormitory. We got most of their things unloaded and then we went to Juanita and Marlon for lunch. Eskham Jr. and Shirley were with us. Needless to say we had a car full going down. Her dormitory was about two blocks from the main street. After lunch as we came from Juanita's, Eskham stopped the car and said the girls could walk the two blocks to the dorm. The girls got out quickly, said goodbye and Eskham drove on. It was a long time (maybe we were almost home) before I could get myself settled and realized he had done the right thing. .65. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/2e5edd1ba40030c561d8262ac2c00dac.jpg 5d170365e554ee4cdd903e4db13d00fe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (72) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 66 of A Little Bird Told Us THE SUNBURY NEWS WEDDING TAKES ANOTHER GIRL FRIEND; CUPID'S ARROW NEVER MISSES THE MARK By Fred McKay I have run out of exclamation points! Another of my girl friends is gone. She has become a victim to that ever busy little Cupid, who belongs to the oldest union. Speaking of nuclear missiles! This little fel- low's unerring arrows never miss the mark. Mary Lou belongs to the com- munity. She was born and grew up from where by taking a short walk, she could throw a stone into the main street of Olive Green. She is an accomplished musician and vocalist - Sunbury Hi grad- uate - finished a teacher's course at Ohio University. I just can't refrain from writing about how nearly she came to missing her wedding day on Sun- day, Aug. 10, 1958. Kenneth W. Mackley was the lucky man. Her House Blew Up One morning one of our neigh- bors stopped and said, "Hayes' house blew up." I took my walk to the bridge much faster on that morning and found out that every- body was safe. "He giveth His angels charge over thee". Now I'm going to look ahead. Before this happy couple celebrates their 50th wedding there'll no doubt be a bright golden haired little girl with waiting eyes look up and say "Grandma, tell us about the time your house blew up and how scared you were". Someone whispered to the groom that I'd tear him to pieces with my pencil. I had never seen him 'till on his wedding day. There was just one word came as I looked into his manly open face and it was = "trust". Miles, Miles of Lace The bride's dress was beautiful. All I could think of was miles and miles of lace. How many stitches of love it must have taken! The altar was decorated in beautiful green and white - 14 bright cand- les sent forth their beams on which is always a never to be forgotten scene. Maxine very touchingly sang, "Always", "Because", "I Love you Truly", "In My Garden" and with unusual solemnity and beauty sang the "Wedding Prayer" with bride and groom and attendants kneeling. I had never seen this before. Mrs. Warner Breece very artis- tically played the organ which brought forth all its sonorous joyous sounds - the tears - unbidden almost came - did come! I was much moved to see Eskham jr. escort his mother to her seat. These lines came to mind: "My son is my son till he have got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life". They were made one by Rev. George Pingle with a double ring. Rev. Richard Burns was best man. The bride's maids were Maxine and Shirley, Mary Lou's sisters, and Jane Debolt. Ushers were Eskham jr., Myron Warner, Dale Price and Bob Mackley. There was a load of presents. The reception held in the church basement was a jolly affair. Someone has said, there's always a place for tears at a wedding. It must be for the older ones. A glance back through the yesterdays of bygone days and for the parents, the memory of the bright eager faces of a little boy or girl starting to school. I have often said that they never come back but their memory is enshrined in our hearts that lasts all our days. Bright eyed beauties were there, old age was present and fondly loved babies too. None of 'em cried. My wish for this envied couple is that as they start down "the long path" together it'll lead through "fields of green and by the waters still", and when trouble comes, let it be a "shadow on the sun that shades the soul". Mackley and Hayes Wedding .66. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/1df7ed3f4bf62412311193d7f07973ac.jpg b9986fa237fdc051d122993a630bdd47 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (73) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 67 of A Little Bird Told Us I'LL NOT WRITE ABOUT THE TROUSSEAU - SOME- ONE ELSE WILL DO SO-FOR THIS WEDDING by Fred McKay I'll not write about the trouseau. Someone else will do so. I'm writing just for Maxine and Jack and the folks. "Hear the mellow wedding bells! What a world of happiness their melody foretells!" "The sunshine is gone from the old south room, Where she sat through the long bright, summer hours, And the odor is gone from the window flowers, And something is lost of their delicate bloom, And a shadow creeps over the house with its gloom. And a shadow that over our paradise lowers, For we can see her no more in the old south room." Tears of joy came to see her go. Even the clouds wept at her going away. "Sweet grief". The gently falling rain showered a blessing on them and the silver and gold sunset pronounced a benediction. Crusty old August's heart was melted and furnished an extra Sun- day just for Maxine and Jack who stand hand in hand with expectant feet happy - confident - unafraid. I envy them their youth, "When the days are short and the years are long". "Many waters cannot quen- ch love neither can the floods de= stroy it". Maxine has spent most of her young life near the banks of belov- ed Big Walnut where the "Fog comes on little cat feet". I did not wedding day. I had faith in him at first sight. While penning these lines I heard the most beautiful music. It came from a violin which always is filled with "sweet sounds". Beautiful screeching, wavering wails come forth - whistling, piping staccato! Then a sort 'o hushing and falling of drops of water on the dainties of silvery sheets and like the gentle dew upon the grass in every drop of which "All heaven is mirrored". Finally the softest murmuring., muffled tones like the sweetest of lullabies. Once the tears came! Maxine is a talented musician and vocalist. May their lives be happy and long together - even to the time "When the years are short and the days are long." Let's sing and shout, clap our hands and all wish them Bon Voyage. Their wed- ding was beautiful! I asked our little granddaughter Kathy what part she liked best. She said, "Max- ine's singing". Alice Maxine Hayes to Jack Leroy Stimmel Sunday, Aug. 30, 1959 Don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?" Stimmel and Hayes Wedding .67. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/045859dbef1a8826615adb2c9252380e.jpg 2682cd94aa0c386e5534ec6f54d159eb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (74) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 68 of A Little Bird Told Us The rule at the dorm was the girls had to stay the first six weeks. When Mary Lou did come home she asked for some unbalanced meals, she had been eating at the dorm and every time it was a balanced meal and she wanted some snacks. Kenny came up one week about the close of Mary Lou's second year. He said he and come to ask permission to give Mary Lou a ring and wouldn't leave until he got our permission. He hung on one hip and then the other until we finally gave him permission. We went to Niagara Falls one time with Mary Lou and Kenny. We spent our time at the Falls and in Canada and started to drive home late at night. We were on an interstate when I noticed the mileage for New York City was getting lower rather than farther away. We were on the right road but going the wrong way. There used to be a gift shop at the intersection of 61 and 95. We, EB and I, had stopped there and I saw some pretty Currier and Ives dishes. This was just after Eskham and Jeane were married and I thought it would be nice to have a place setting for each of us since we were alone now. I asked Kenney to take me up to get them before Eskham's birthday. They were going to charge me more for two place settings that for the full set for six. So I bought the full set. Then several years later when we began attending flea markets in Florida we saw many of these dishes on sale so I began to buy them. Plates were usually less than a dollar and I paid $5 for one box and got about 20 plus a lot of other dishes I needed to complete the ones I needed in Florida. Then we decided those would be nice dishes for our three granddaughters so we kept looking for dishes until we had over 300. Finally when they were all married I divided and saved enough for me to use. Now when you see the plates they are .68. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/0574b43ce0c0a0785bcb97b9174b15ca.jpg de82035d082bae5f16189f619da69cae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (75) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 69 of A Little Bird Told Us priced $10 each and big plates at $12 or &15. I still think they are pretty dishes. Family Reunion at Porter Grange 1954 Pictured on the upper left are The Inlaws: Hildred Warner Thurman Warner Ethel Hayes Hubert Warner Rodney Warner M. H. Warner Roger Warner Pictured on the middle right are The Outlaws: Esther Warner Rheumilla Warner Josephine Warner Helen Warner Marie Warner Eskham Hayes M. H. Warner Pictured on bottom left is Our Family: Mary Lou and Maxine Hayes Eskham and Ethel Hayes, M. H. Warner Eskham, Jr. and Shirley Hayes .69. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4f73c3b09bd7a2441a9e4f06daa190b2.jpg 88f919be4162254813a4d4b5ecd9bdba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (76) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 70 of A Little Bird Told Us After E.B. started doing refrigeration work, he sold a new Ice Cream Machine. He brought the old one home and put a new compressor on it. One year when we were having the Warner Reunion at the Porter Grange hall, we used to take the outfit up about 2 P.M. and serve ice cream to everyone. The little ones could have as many cones as they could eat. Eskham became known to a lot of nieces and nephews as the "Ice Cream Man." At that time I kept ice cream made and sold it by the half gallons. E.B. also took Dixie Cups of ice cream in a styrofoam packer to work with him when he was working on the Ohio State University Dormitory. Everyone helped themselves and put the money in a cup. It worked fine until a new group of workers came in and took advantage of him. When Eskham Jr. became old enough to help his Dad, I lost my help so I quit the ice cream business. Then a few years ago at our Reunion, one niece who is now married and has a son said she wished the Ice Cream Man would return. Since the next year we were hosts, we got the machine together and since then we have had homemade ice cream at our reunions. We have become known as the Ice Cream People at Sunbury since we have been making it for the church on Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. When Mary Lou and and Kenny decided to get married, the idea of a church wedding was quite a new experience for me. Mary Lou picked out a picture of a dress in the magazine that she liked so we went shopping. We made a beautiful dress and the bridesmaid dresses. About 10 o'clock on her wedding day it dawned on us that since Mary Lou had a short sleeved dress she should have gloves or mitts. So I used the leftover lace and made her mitts. Every thing was ready on time. Everyone told me I would cry at Mary Lou's wedding. I never even shed a tear even though my heart .70. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/15c431e55e675a91eb9daab66cf048f3.jpg 34ccc93a2138de278306e188033a643d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (77) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 71 of A Little Bird Told Us was over flowing but the next week, Lee Ellen Miller was married in the same church and I cried through the entire service. When Tim became old enough to comb his own hair he became aware that some hair on the crown of his head always wanted to stick up. So why bother, he just pulled it out. And before he was aware, his folks noticed a very small bare spot appearing on his head. After that he combed his hair differently. My niece Ruth was very slow learning to walk. She could walk around things but would not let loose. Her Grandmother Lena bought her a walker. A walker was an unusual toy then. Ruth took one look at it and walked to it and she has walked alone ever since. When Jack Bryan was little he would stay with me sometime and he was always close under foot. If I was baking he would sit on the cabinet and talk. and after every statement he would say, "Right Grandmother" and he would keep on saying it until you answered. Maxine had to keep her eye on Ted when he was in the kitchen. One day he had her Bible in a skillet and was going to fry it. Mandy was very attached to her blanket. She carried it with her all the time. One day I sat down to rock her for her afternoon nap and she didn't have it. She asked for it and I said "It flew the coop." She settled down and went to sleep and never saw the blanket again until her wedding shower. I think she still has it. When Eskham Jr. was younger he had a habit that always embarrassed me. When we ate at home we never thought so much about it but when we were eating somewhere else and a dish was passed to him he would always smell it first. And to this day I ask him to eat with his Dad and I he will say "What do you have to eat?" Also when he was small he always wanted catsup on everything. We had a cartoon on the refrigerator .71. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/cb4d06a6e9ef3fa34436efb4516e9c9e.jpg 6bb5caea3a3b9590500070e90ea506ee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (78) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 72 of A Little Bird Told Us When he was little that said, "If it wasn't for catsup There were a lot of things I wouldn't eat!" On the morning of Mary Lou's second birthday, Thurman came over and ask me to come and stay with Josephine while he went for the doctor. 61 was being built and he had to go the back road. No one close had a Sunbury phone. Before he got back Dick Warner made his appearance and I had the honor of picking him up first and smacking his little bottom. When Dr. Livingston arrived he took over and I went out to find Thurman and he was leaning over the back fence. I didn't remember if I ever spanked Dick any after that. After Harvey and Lucy were married her first teaching job was at Akron. Harvey was still in school. We had to make a trip to Akron to pick up some electrical heaters so we planned to surprise them. We found their home and were sitting in a swing on their front porch when we saw them coming up the street holding hands and very involved in conversation. Suddenly they saw us and I thought they were going to turn and run. We sat and talked for a long time until it was supper time. Finally something was said about eating but they didn't have food enough and only had two knives and forks. Finally Eskham went to the car and brought in the picnic basket and then everyone enjoyed themselves. We really made them nervous for a short time. We have seen holes cut in doors so dogs and cats could go in and out but on our last trip to N. Carolina we saw a door with the top corner cut off. It seemed Pat wanted to mount his two deer heads in a certain position on the side walls. When the deer were in place, Shirley couldn't open the closet door without hitting the deer's ear. So Pat cut a triangle piece off the door and fastened it to the door frame and now the door opens without hitting the deer's ear. I was down to Eskham Jr's the day after Jeanne .72. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/1bb34132bf7d86beb6f2581e982e5a7e.jpg 50e8c362552ef90230916547d9c41a5c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (79) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 73 of A Little Bird Told Us brought Jason home from the hospital. While Jeanne and I were in the kitchen and I walked into the living room and Eskham III had upset Jason's basket on himself and he was trying to crawl out from under the blankets. I had to dig a little to find Jason but he was OK. When Jason was small, I always referred to him as my Baby Grandson. He resented it during his teenager years but now I ask him who he is and he says Baby Grandson. The first time I realized I had any heart problems I was in Florida in a WalMart store. Maxine had come down to visit and we took Alice Morris and Rose Klafke out to our favorite eating place. I had their wonderful fish platter and I am sure "I ate the whole thing" then we went shopping. EB and I were walking back to my favorite spot, the yard goods department, and I felt dizzy and started to pass out. EB just helped me lay down in the aisle. I quickly came to and the store personnel helped me to our car. Maxine drove me directly to a doctor who ran a blood sample and test. He told me I had had too much sea food, of course he put me on medication. The next time I had trouble we were shopping again with Rose and Lou Klafke at the shopping mall in Ocala. I didn't pass out but I felt like I had a rubberband around my chest and someway it was getting tighter. We bought red zippered jackets and then I admitted I was sick. We sat down and rested awhile and then we decided we should start home. We had about 30 miles to drive to the hospital and we made it down route 27 in nothing flat. EB wished for a patrolman so we could have an escort. We made it and I told them afterward that I have never been undressed so fast. They sent me from the Leesburg Hospital to one at Orlando. Eskham Jr. and Jeanne flew down on four wheels and they took me to Orlando. Nothing developed as being serious, just put on medication and I am still doing my thing. .73. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/5e678b54c42b9b5cc178895f18e1e22c.jpg 07a34385a94a6fc5cee1eff5b5b36efd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (80) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 74 of A Little Bird Told Us Eskham had to get into the act so he decided to pass out in church a few months ago. A nurse sitting back of us saw the problem I was having trying to get his attention. She came over and layed him down on the pew. At first she didn't get a pulse and she started to loosen his tie. He came to and he asked if she was undressing him. Another nurse came with a cold cloth and he told her if something was going to happen this was a good place for it to happen. The minister stopped at the hospital after the service and EB said there wasn't anything wrong with him but he was hungry. We did stop at a restaurant on the way home about six o'clock and ate supper. We had spent six hours in the emergency room and still haven't found out the cause. While we were spending our winters in Florida, we had lots of company, and we enjoyed them all. Some say I enticed my nephews into activities that they didn't usually do. The Park always had Bingo on Monday night so Dick Covey decided he would go with me. He said he would play but he knew he wouldn't win. Elvira stayed at the house with Eskham. Dick had a good time and I think he won. A year or two later, Bob and Joan came with Dick and Elvira. Bob being a minister, didn't think he should go but he won the first game. And then they would spend their dirty money. Now I hear Dick is conducting Bingo games in the inner city of Jacksonville. Our Bingo games were just fun for Senior Citizens. Our regular activity when we spent our winter in Florida was visiting all the flea markets. You could go to one everyday that was in driving distance. Our favorite was the one at Webster every Monday. You could arrive at 9 and walk until you were tired usually around 2:30 or 3:00 and you hadn't seen it all. We did get some good ideas. At the flea market we saw 5 gallon buckets made into seats for children. We copied .74. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/21170fe02da1ec3364c15ad434ade606.jpg a8b7ee56d4648b6d33b9f5b79c14f9cf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (81) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 75 of A Little Bird Told Us the idea and have made seats for all our great grandchildren and several small friends. We improved on the original buckets by putting the children's names on them. We had one Grandson, my baby grandson, who had a hard time accepting himself. He had to learn to have a lot of self control. He always got sick at his stomach when ever he smelt a bad odor. He was very easy to toilet train. One time Jeffery and Jack carried him out to see their pigs. Of course the pen was hot and smelly and they quickly brought Jason back in. Holly was a climbing child. When her arms were wide enough to reach across the door frame she could climb to the top using her hands and feet. She told her mother one time that whenever she saw her up in the tree sitting she would know she was mad and to just let her alone. While we were visiting Shirley we learned that Jimmie had gotten married. Later on in the evening Jimmie and Kathy came in. E.B. and I were standing across the room and E.B. looked at me and said, "She is sure a long tall drink of water." Kathy heard him and came right over and said she had been called a lot of things but never that. It really broke the ice and she never forgot it. Eskham and I joined the Porter Grange over 50 years ago and were very active members for a number of years. We organized the Juvenile Grange and worked several years with the Drill Team. I joined the Eastern Stars while I was staying with Roger at Ashley and then transferred to Sunbury. Eskham joined the Masons in Sunbury. We are both Fifty Year Members but have never been active. I helped organize our women's club back in 1953. It is now the Tri Co Club. I always enjoy all the crafts. Eskham is always hunting for something he can do. .75. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/45af42cbc5a0fb00bad9b2c61accb6f5.jpg 2b39894219d60ed2a97b0e3fa585376b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (82) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 76 of A Little Bird Told Us One day he was cleaning the basement and he found some tiles that he had brought back from Columbus when he was working on the dormitories at O.S.U. He wondered what he could make from them. He came up with the idea of trivets, and that has developed into paper weights and worry stones. It is something we both can do together. We seem to always get a lot of phone calls to buy things. While in Florida we had a call and E.B. answered the phone. The sales lady was selling a lot in a Memorial Garden that they were starting in Leesburg. E.B. answered her by saying, "He hadn't used the lot he was given last year for Christmas." They quickly hung up. Elvira told me this story. She said she had used her Uncle Eskham as an example several times when she had had to give speeches. She used the example that EB did not let his blindness handicap keep him from doing some things. She said we were all at a family reunion and her family was wanting someone to take their pictures. Eskham and John Droke were talking and she asked them. Eskham was almost blind and John had one arm. So John focused the camera and EB pushed the button to take the picture. When Eskham learnt he was losing his eyesight, he started to study the cash money he carried in his pocket. It wasn't long before he could tell the pennies and dimes apart, and the nickels and quarters. He places the paper money folded different ways. While we were in Florida, the eye doctor told Eskham that he had macular degeneration in his eyes. He just got new glasses and before they came he couldn't see thru them because his eyes had changed that much. He started to adjust to his condition. He was driving one evening and shadows across the road were bothering him so he pulled over and had me drive. .76. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/15266d9393e2c2b8ac077cd1f5259591.jpg ea8162c533be18cbcb92689bb7ef7356 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (83) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 77 of A Little Bird Told Us It wasn't long before he quit driving. He said he didn't think it was safe for him to drive any longer. He continued to do other things. He used an electric saw and drills in fact he did about anything he wanted to do. When he was using a screw driver he didn't want you to help - just to give him time. The same is true about using a key. And one thing he insisted on was not to take hold of him and guide him. If we went into a house he would count the steps going in and then he knew how many he would have to go down. When he was doing something electrical he would talk me through the connection. I have really learned a lot about tools and really have learned patience. It is hard to stand by and wait while he struggles to get something together. But that is the way he is, very independent and very determined to do his own thing. I've already told you how he learned to handle money. His greatest joy now is having the Talking Book Program. I think I should write a paragraph and tell of all the kinds of jobs Eskham has had. It think it will take more than a paragraph, maybe a chapter and I'm not sure if it wouldn't fill whole book. He started delivering the Columbus Dispatch about the time he started to school. We figured he must have had a five mile route because he walked all the streets in Woodstock. For some of the old people, he took the paper up to the porch. For a couple of real old ladies, he would hand it inside to them if the weather was bad. During the summer he mowed lawns or picked cherries and strawberries. During the spring ladies liked to have help beating the rugs. We did not have a vacuum sweepers like we do now. Every spring our beds were taken apart and the feather beds were taken out of doors and hung on a line. Rugs were also taken up and hung on the line or layed on the ground and pounded. The floors were then mopped, clean paper put down for .77. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4083ef98e27d70794c88832c6a7fc468.jpg 5930ef9a2443eeba3d5a8f8886181371 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (84) Description An account of the resource padding and after all the dust had been beaten or pounded the rugs were put back on the floor. It always took a little time to browse through the dusty paper of a year or more. The beds and springs were always cleaned of dust before they were put back together. It usually took a day to do one room but how nice the bed was to climb into that night. Many women who didn't have boys were always looking for someone to help them do the heavy cleaning. Eskham beat many rugs and usually was paid 50 cents. Hildreths that lived at the edge of town had a large strawberry patch and they hired many boys to help pick. Eskham went down with a group of older boys to pick. He was small but Mr. Hildreth said he could pick. He remembers that he made $3.98 picking strawberries in one afternoon. We had a small canning factory in Woodstock that canned green beans and Bonnie Best tomatoes. Eskham worked on the planting machine that was pulled by a horse. He and another boy wold drop a plant into the holes made with the planter. They planted one row at a time. Later on there were tomatoes and beans to be picked. Eskham went with his brothers and Bob Lincoln told him he could pick, too. At the end of the week he paid Eskham the same as his brothers. Sometimes when Eskham was delivering papers he would deliver a short note in the paper. Claudine use to put the return note into a certain hollow tree that was near her house. Some times he wrote in Morse Code, which he knew, but he found out Claudine's father used to be a telegraph operator so that ended the secret code. The summer before the eight grade, Mr. O.P. Smith asked him to help pick up potatoes that he had plowed out. When they finished that day Mr. Smith asked if he would like to learn to work in his store. This was a .78. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/e5ba3ecf91faf539987a484a84931a6b.jpg c0a99da5f21924f3918d9004417bc39c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (85) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 79 of A Little Bird Told Us general merchandise store that kept groceries, meat, dry goods, shoes and boots, oils and gasoline. After he learned the job he would go in the morning and work till school time, it was just a couple of blocks from school. Then he would stay at noon while Mr. Smith went home for dinner, and return after school and work till closing time. He sold his paper route. He made $5 a week and worked six days a week. He did get time off for football practice. Between his junior and senior year the Pennsylvania Railroad was laying new tracks through Woodstock. He learned they were paying $3 a day, so he got a job working for the railroad. He said it toughened him up good for football. When the railroad job was over, Mr. Smith took him back and he worked for him for five years. During the time Eskham was working in the store, he was keeping time with the boss's daughter. They had begun to have some problems and one afternoon Eskham decided to go swimming instead of going to work at the store. The next morning Mr. Smith told him he thought the store could get along without his help. So he went next door to a meat market operated by Mr. Hahn. About six months later he borrowed from an insurance policy and bought the store. The meat market was really a butcher shop. If you bought steak it was cut right from the carcass that was hanging in the cooler. His brother, Aubrey, helped him work in the store. They carried a full line of groceries. They gave credit to too many people, it was during the depression, and after a year they closed their doors. My dad was one of their customers but he said he paid his bill but he did require it to be itemized. All accounts were totaled and just the date and amount was kept on their records. But when they made a sale to M.H. Warner's account they had to list every item. Eskham owed some companies that had supplies his store .79. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/1a6e45a07a7f66f0e2082d967e325eee.jpg da2743038f808d1ba3210f1fc80fe912 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (86) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 80 of A Little Bird Told Us and he paid the last one with a diamond ring that had been returned to him. In a short time he started working at the elevator where the farmers sold their grain and bought coal. The coal came in train cars and had to be unloaded by hand - sixty tons in each car. He would stand on top and throw off as much as he could until he could use a shovel. Many of the people who got the welfare coal would sit uptown in the warm building and then come down and get their free coal. This was depression times and a large insurance company in Columbus acquired many farms in our area and they hired Eskham's dad to repair and build fences on them. Eskham, his brother Aub, and a couple of cousins worked on the gang. When they worked a distance from home, Mother Hayes would go along and they would live in a tenant house on the farm. He got paid $7 a week and room and board. That was when they worked from "Can see to Can't see." Ruby Clark owned the drug store in Woodstock and she offered him the same pay to take over her store and operate it for her. It was mostly soda fountain, candy, tobacco, and some patent medicines. It was a full time job. He had an electric pop-corn popper at the store. He had this job after we moved from Woodstock. A friend of Eskham's, Leonard Ropp, inherited a sum of money and he invested it in a Pharmacy on North High Street in Columbus and he asked him to operate it. They had a lady pharmacist but Eskham took care of the rest of the store. After a few months Eskham realized that Leonard Ropp was going to lose his store, so he started to look for another job. Leonard Ropp, Aubrey and Eskham were living in an apartment on Seventh Avenue. Jobs were scarce so Eskham went to Columbus Coated Fabrics and put in his application at the morning .80. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f47996e9e6fcaf6437fcf8060c867665.jpg 401b1c2bc2b2c39d92f349a886727255 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (87) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 81 of A Little Bird Told Us shift. They handed out over a hundred applications at the 6 a.m. meeting. They were only hiring married men. Eskham went back at the 2 PM shift change and there was only one other man there. He said he was short and small. The foreman came out and asked if could handle large rolls, if so come back at 10 p.m. He was sure happy. He drove up to Sunbury and stayed for supper and went back in time to go to work at 10 p.m. He worked the night shift and would make $1 an hour. He worked there six years and hated very minute of it. When he came home he smelt like lacquer thinner. I am sure it wasn't good for his health. He was printing plastic and oilcloth. We were married while he still worked at Columbus Coated Fabrics. We heard that Nestlés in Sunbury was in need of an electrician. He went down for an interview and was hired for 60¢ an hour. He spent a lot of time studying some electrical books. It was less pay per hour but he didn't have the expense of driving to Columbus. He shortly received some pay increases and some overtime. While at Nestles he got some experience on rewinding motors, some work on steam boilers, and refrigeration along with all kinds of wiring. During World War II the boss came around and asked him if he was mad and wanted to fight. He told him no. A few days later he received his draft card and he had been moved down a notch. Nestlés was furnishing coffee packs for soldiers. The plant was awarded and E Award for Excellence. During the time the war was on Eskham was on call twenty-four hours a day and seven day a week. Two years he never took a vacation he just worked full time and received a check for his vacation pay. Whenever he had to go in at night he was always paid for four hours. Some nights he would make two or three trips, because he could get there before anyone else could. .81. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/7802ac89cc133466e21f6ac25d7bdc4e.jpg 906d3c9b75280ac1f667cf7a1ffa2f62 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (88) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 82 of A little Bird Told Us He started doing outside work in his spare time. It seemed a lot of people needed electric, motor, or refrigeration repair work done. The last year he took his vacation and then he decided I needed my tonsils out, so he asked for another week. Then he went back to work and it wasn't long until he asked his boss how much he needed to give notice of his quitting. He said two weeks and Eskam said to start counting. He had enjoyed working on his own so much he wanted to continue. We were doing fine when we were self-employed. I was able to run parts in Columbus part of the time and I did the book work. And taking care of the phone was almost a full-time job. Then we lost the house on January 17, 1952. After that Eskham tried to carry on his work and build our house. We only had $2000 insurance on our house so we really had our work cut out for us. We did much of the work ourselves. Mr. Crowl helped with the framing, Mr. Paskins and the Forman twins laid rhe bricks, Rodney and Roger helped put down the floors. We did the finishing ourselves. We moved in nine months but it was several years before everything was finished. A man from Hydraulic Plant at Mt. Giliad came down and asked Eskham to come do some electrical work. The pay sounded awfully good so he started working nights. He left before the kids got home from school and they left in the mornings before he got up. He only saw them on weekends and that didn't work very good. Walter Benedict, who was from Ashley, worked with him at the Hydraulic. He brought in an ad one morning that Percha Electric was wanting electricians and paying $2.92 an hour. Eskham came home changed clothes and went to Columbus and was hired to go to work on Monday. While he worked for Percha Electric he was foreman .82. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/7f20a344c14b7a2575739f2e31306d8d.jpg 0174f13b687e286d24750579350eb532 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (89) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to unnumbered page of A Little Bird Told Us Three photos of unidentified people other than Eskham and Ethel Hayes who are seated in front of four standing people, most likely relatives and friends. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3424fe77a797866d11b8a245873c7f32.jpg dd74c424f8468610b161b843d8ff490b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (90) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 83 of A Little Bird Told Us for the additions to the Sunbury Elementary, Galena and Center Village. He worked at the Art Building of E. Broad and several other schools in Columbus. Percha was going out of business and he returned to Arabia. While working for Percha, Eskham joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IBEW. He reported to the union that his work was finished at Percha. and three days later he was called by McCarty Brothers Electric. He worked for them about six years. While working for McCarty Brothers he worked on many schools, the eleven story dormitories at O.S.U. and Riverside Hospital. Eskham learned that McCarty Brothers were wanting to take on some apprentices because their business was picking up. Eskham asked Kenney if he would like to learn the trade. He went down and started his training. Several years later, Tim went down and followed in his Dad's and Grandfather's footsteps. Eskham worked for McCarty for six years and began to do more work at home. When Eskham Jr. graduated he wanted to work with his Dad and learn the trade. They were in business together until Eskham retired at 65. It was long and unusual hours but they enjoyed working together. Since Eskham retires be(he) had only worked here at home and there are still some Honey Do jobs waiting for him. I'll end with a paragraph about my contribution. I belong to the Roofers Union, it covered everything. After second year of college I was an unregistered nurse for four years and then waited a year and got married. In 1960 I took the U.S. Census in Porter Township. I substituted in the school cafeteria for two weeks and I worked on the election board as Judge about four years. I think I only got about 10 paychecks in my life. I spent my time, cooking, cleaning, sewing, .83. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/6461626432a05b0270537e973cb9f8aa.jpg 6d97ebd75dfb774b03e177cddacc3c66 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (91) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 84 of A Little Bird Told Us crocheting, knitting, counted cross-stitch, being a mother and wife. I feel I have had a very happy and fulfilled life being a wife and and companion to my husband. While Eskham was working on this fence gang, they were digging holes in some very hard ground. They got the idea to use some dynamite. They used one half stick and put it down about ten inches. They lite it and after the boom they had a big hole that had to be filled in before they could put in the post. * * * I always said the first half hour after the school bus arrived in the afternoon was wasted time. It really wasn't wasted, now I know it was very valuable time. Shirley, Eskham Jr. and Maxine all talked at once about school and what their friends were saying and doing. Mary Lou would usually go in and change her clothes and wait until the others had finished and then she would follow me around and tell her stories and she wasn't competing for my time. They really were four individual children. Eskham sometimes made a service call after supper and Eskham Jr. always wanted to go with him. At first we made him stay home and we would work on his homework. But I could tell his mind was with his father and not with me. We changed our schedule and decided he could go with his father when he wasn't going to be too late if he would get up early in the morning and we would do his homework. After Eskham left for work I would call EB Jr. and he would get up and we would work together, and his grades improves and he was a happier boy. The first year Mary Lou went to school she would walk down the lane and could hardly step up into the bus all by herself. The next year Maxine started. The bus went passed our house, around the block and picked up the children on the second round. We usually had .84. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4168416d8198c02f211d9f98e8044985.jpg a722441dd0fea6b971651284f88f1d77 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (92) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 85 of A Little Bird Told Us about 10 minutes warning that the bus was coming. During that time we had to keep the conversation light and funny or Mary Lou would be in tears. After she got to school she was fine until lunch time. Then the second grade teacher would always go over and get Maxine to come over and eat lunch with Mary Lou because she was crying. Maxine said one of the boys was always teasing May Lou until she told him to quit teasing her sister. I guess that ended the crying spells. I brought Shirley home from the hospital the day before Maxine started first grade. That may have been what made Mary Lou unhappy about school. But Maxine thinks her telling that boy off was what helped her. After the school years were over I still miss hearing someone say, "Here comes the BUS!" * * * One time when Jeanne was visiting before she and Eskham Jr. were married, she locked herself in the bathroom. She was very timid about calling anyone but finally someone heard her and went to her rescue. She vowed she would never lock the door again. Another time we were talking about changing the clocks at 2 A.M. so we would be on the correct time. Before Jeanne thought she asked if she had to get up and do it at 2 A.M. Of course every Spring and Fall we remind her that she must do it at 2 A.M. * * * I almost forgot one special family event that was started by my Father and we have continued. October is apple butter month. It has become an event we all look forward to as a family get together near Eskham's birthday in October. We started using just one kettle but as our family grew we started doing two kettles at the same time. Each family brings a bushel of apples made into sauce, ten pounds of sugar and some empty washed jars. I usually furnish the red hots and cinnamon oil. I use red hots to give the butter a good .85. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/0c501d80352f82998843e89cdcbd7f1d.jpg bd2346cff2f3fbeec615dd0e3afb3822 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (93) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 86 of A Little Bird Told Us Apple Butter Making Color and I like the oil so you can't see specks in the butter. We use all varieties of apples. We try to get the kettles on about eight and ready to take off before three. Everyone takes a turn stirring and tasting. Eskham is always the official one to taste for enough cinnamon and when it is done. Last year I sterilized 24 pennies and put them in the kettle. They helped to keep the butter from sticking in the bottom of the pot. When the apple butter has cooked long enough, we start an assembly line. One dips and fills jars, one cleans the tops, on puts on the lids, one tightens, and then one wipes the jars. Then the jars are counted, divided by the number that brought a bushel of apple sauce and that decided how many jars of apple butter each family takes. One time Tim went to a farm auction and bought two long handled stirrers. An elderly gentleman came up and asked if he knew what he bought. He said, "Yes, we make apple butter at my Grandfather's." Photo of apple butter making .86. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/2adc25d8233645a54d221970ef0b2f1a.jpg dd886b4423201494d0393d4c054cc0e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (94) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 87 of A Little Bird Told Us We have extra people bring apples and join with us. Last year we had about 60 people here during the day. We made 190 pints of butter using two kettles. We usually have a potluck at noon and sometimes some homemade bread to sample the butter. Two years ago. Shirley and part of her family were here for the apple butter making. We decided to have our Thanksgiving sit-down dinner that evening. We put up extra tables in the living and dining room and we all had a place to sit. The last couple of years, we have had the ice cream machine going and we had ice cream to eat all day. Eskham has made a free standing canopy from pipe and plastic covering that we use as our tent. It helps to keep the falling leaves out of the butter and also provides protection if it rains. We also use the canopy in Sunbury when the church sells our ice cream. When the children were little they learned to say grace at our table. They started with the rhymes that are usually used and then Eskham Jr. learned to say the Lord's Prayer. He enjoyed repeating it at dinner time. Sometimes the girls were in a hurry to go someplace and wanted to get our meal over and they would whisper to him to say the short one. He would slowly bow his head and repeat the Lord's Prayer very slowly and with a lot of feeling. They never said anything to him at the table but I am sure they got even with him some way. * * * One of our greatest joys has been having grandchildren and getting to spend time with them. We have loved and enjoyed everyone. (And may I add you will enjoy your great grandchildren even more. We do.) I always said I hoped my grandchildren remembered me .87. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/a6574e5c71673905141c698db4e0e850.jpg d47cd6c3da00b8d16c8a09e90a110f83 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (95) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 88 of A Little Bird Told Us with better thoughts than those I have had of my grandparents. Eskham had fond memories of times spent with his grandparents. I always made it a habit to spank each grandchild on their birthday. It was all done in fun, no child abuse. I spanked each one on their birthday until they were thirteen. I can see the thirteen year old boys laying over my lap, feet touching the floor on one side and hands on the other, while I spanked them thirteen times. The younger ones really enjoyed counting the spanks. When the first four or five became thirteen, I didn't think they had had much experience of going to a restaurant and ordering from a menu. So I suggested they pick the restaurant and we would all go together. Sometimes we were accompanied by other grandparents, aunts, and uncles. The first few times we went to Buns in Delaware. For Jack we went to Northern Columbus because it was Mother's weekend in Delaware and we couldn't reserve a room. When it was time for Holly and Mandy, it was a few days after Christmas and it seemed no one wanted a big meal, the girls decided to go to a pizza parlor in Delaware and they turned the basement over to our family after seven o'clock. Each one picked their own restaurant. I made each of my grandchildren a knitted sweater when they started to school. And each got a knitted sweater for their thirteenth birthday. Now I am having the pleasure if making knitted sweaters for my great grandchildren. I have already made three and have three more to make before Christmas next year. * * * Eskham and I took our first real vacation with Rodney and Esther. Shirley was married so she came home and helped Junior. Rodney was determined to show us everything in Florida and between here and there. .88. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/2d034eb6a019dafa3debdf031e86dd76.jpg 39493f55384bb9dc99bd338f9cb6fa2a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (96) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 89 of A Little Bird Told Us The next year we went by ourselves and made a figure eight in Florida and saw real Florida and less of the attractions. Eskham's brother lives in Leesburg but we stayed in a motel in Leesburg because of Julia's health. Leesburg is in Central Florida and you could drive to the attraction in a day. We stopped at the Candlelight motel. We got acquainted with the manager who was from Ohio. When ever we arrived they treated us like friends. It was a small motel, only about 12 rooms, but they always had room for us. At that time you weren't suppose to eat in your rooms but she brought us in a card table and let us keep our milk in her refrigerator in the laundry room. At first the rate was $6 per night but that gradually went up. We never did sign the register when we were ready to leave he would just say a lump sum and we would pay him. When we first went to Florida we visited some friends that lived in a mobile park. E.B. said I would never get him to live cooped up like that. There was barely room enough to walk between the houses. One year we went down through Missouri, Kansas and Texas. We stopped at Fantastic Caverns. and they really were fantastic. We rode in a Jeep and it pulled a trailer if there were extra people. One time we were coming home and stopped at a motel and looked through the AAA book. We discovered that we had missed a cavern about fifty miles back. So the next morning we went back to see it, we weren't on any time schedule to get home. We also took the five mile walk through Mammoth Cave and ate our lunch in the cave. One time we spent a couple nights in New Orleans. We got up one morning and drove to the French Quarters and it wasn't even open. It really's a night town. Another time we were driving around just seeing how far we could get out on the Delta, We landed in a yard .89. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/013dfe7330d378c9ec8edbead59ae08f.jpg 15096a222cfd025b912558105066822e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (97) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 90 of A Little Bird Told Us full of goats so we quickly turned around and got out of that area. We drove from New Orleans to Florida one year after a terrible storm had gone through. We never saw such destruction. It looked like the time the tornado went through Ashley and took Roger's house and barn. But we drove for miles along the beach and only saw destruction. Roger and Marie went with us most of the time. We usually stayed six weeks or more until after we bought a home. One year we had a week that it rained and was nasty all the time. You get tired of playing cards all the time and it wasn't fun to go any place. So Eskham and I went out to look at some mobile homes. About the second day we found one that hadn't been put on the market yet because the people had just moved out. It was a single with two bedrooms, one on each end, 1 bath and a living kitchen area. We felt it was a good buy but we didn't have that much in our checking account. They wouldn't give us thirty days so we could get home and transfer. So we talked to Roger and Marie and we found we could put our three checks together and buy the house. When we got home we paid them back. The next day E.B. and I went shopping at the discount stores and bought bedding for the rooms, things for the bathroom, pans to cook in, dishes and silverware. We felt like two that had just got married. We moved in the next day and stayed two weeks. The first night no one slept. There was a bridge on the main road that rattled every time a car drove over it. It was a fun two weeks. The next winter Roger, Marie and us went back. Thurman and Josephine came and spent a week with us. The six of us really tripped over each other but we had fun. The davenport made out into a bed. That is where Thurman and Joe slept. Thurman always wanted to go to bed early so he would open the davenport and go to bed, .90. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f03c1955bece29c615790461236e48d5.jpg 74317e0a1e6aa43d19bb2d359517e062 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (98) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 91 of A Little Bird Told Us and we would sit around him and talk. Maxine, Jack and their kids took a trip down and stayed in our house for a week. I think it was the next fall, Eskham and I decided to take a fall trip. at first we didn't go South until after Christmas and home in March. Finally Eskham convinced me we could have Christmas in Florida so we went after Thanksgiving. Then we moved it early so I could work at Election, then we decided we could vote absentee. And the last few years we went in October and back the last of May. When we went down in the fall they had some new homes sitting in the park ready to be sold and installed. They were mostly double-wide homes. When I saw the kitchen of one I really fell in love with it. The house was in two sections with plastic over the sides that go together. I saw the living room, bath and bedroom of one side and only the dining room, bath kitchen of the other side. I really fell for the kitchen. We made a deal and they were to have it ready for us on January first. They gave us full value for our single. When we arrived we couldn't drive close in because they hadn't put in the ramp. Neighbors told us they laid the carpet about midnight the day before we arrived. But we loved the house and spent 14 happy years there. After we moved we became acquainted with our neighbors and became a part of the park. We had Bingo every Monday night, Craft club on Thursday, Bible Study course every winter, and lots of potlucks. It wasn't long before we were on a monthly committee to plan events for a special month. Eskham talked them into a P.A. System and a tape recorder so we had some dances using taped music and a couple times a year we had live music. We always had a big New Year's Eve dance, a big dinner at Thanksgiving and Christmas along with anniversaries and birthday celebrations. .91. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/2ec92bab917391c049460270e8fec680.jpg 2b15444986a38877588532ba33f34c91 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (99) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 92 of A Little Bird Told Us We just needed a little excuse for a group to get together. There was a group that went out to breakfast once a week. In fact there were two groups, one went at six and the other at eight. Needless to say we went at eight. And a group went out to Don's once a month to eat dinner together. Those meals were really a lot of fun. A friend of one of our neighbors got married and he told Byron Morris he was coming to the park to spend his honeymoon. We all knew him because he spent a lot of time with Byron. So a group of us decided we should bell them after the dance. It is surprising how many had not heard of a belling using horns and pans banging together. Another lady and I short-sheeted the bed, used some saran wrap and set an alarm clock on a pan under the bed to go off at 4 a.m. It was really a fun night and they were good sports about it. One month they were wanting a fund raising project and suggested an ice cream social with the choir putting on a Sunday afternoon concert. Some people had never heard of an ice cream social. We went to and ice cream wholesale place in Eustis and bought two gallon containers. Some of the ladies brought cakes and everyone enjoyed them. They have it as an annual event now. Roger and Marie went with us most of the time. One year we went with Thurman and Josephine. Thurman always said he couldn't ride in a car unless he drove but on this trip he decided it was nice to have some one else drive. One day we were in quite a lot of traffic and Eskham decided to get out of it. He turned on a street and he was going the wrong way and he came right back on the same street. We sure laughed at him. Elviria and Dick brought Esther down and stayed a few days. Hildred and Rheumilla were down for a week and we .92. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/87f49801aa6730430c644275915cb5bc.jpg 56328873c4bf8570541a477bec13c114 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (100) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 93 of A Little Bird Told Us went to the airport to pick up MIldred. Then she drove them on to Linda's. Linda and her family stopped once when they were going north. Duane was down for a swim meet with his daughter, and he drove from the airport and had dinner with us. Paul and Muriel spent some time with us. So did Shirley Ann, John, Debbie and husband were here too. Rachel Warner visited once when Roger was there. Another time we planned to meet her at a McDonald's down by Disney World. Eskham didn't feel well so I took Roger and Marie. And on the way down I had car trouble. Finally we made it to McDonald's but I was so nervous I said lets eat fast so we can get home before dark. We were only able to travel about 20 miles an hour all the way home. And that is nerve racking when you are on a four lane highway. Harvey and Lucy spent a day and Juanita and Marion were down several times. Elvira, Disk, Bob and Joan came. That is when they went to Bingo with me. The next morning they were going to get up early and go to Disney. They started asking questions and it was eleven o'clock before we got up from the breakfast table. I don't think they ever went to Disney. Joy May, Ronnie and his family came for dinner one day. We had stopped to see Ronnie at college when Thurman and Joe were with us. Hubert and Jeannette spent couple weeks with us several times. We took in all the flea markets and antique shops when they were there. One year Gunver told us her brothers, sisters and spouses were coming to Florida. They had come to Amherst for an Anniversary Celebration. We came home for it, too. A week in the winter time in January is hard to get around so they came south. They were to be at our house in time for dinner. So we decided it .93. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3bc73f1b80ae16c8b8359dccfef4cb25.jpg 763c7b8e1071a5b3317d7bdfea1a917b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (101) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 94 of A Little Bird Told Us would be easier to take them to Don's for dinner. Eskham went in first and paid for them, then they were handed plates and told to help themselves. They had never eaten at a smorgasbord where you helped yourself. They really took over the restaurant. They all talked Danish except when they talked to Eskham and me. One brother-in-law couldn't speak English but could understand it. He smiled an awfully lot. He took pictures all the time he was there. He had a very fancy camcorder of some kind. He asked Eskham and m e to stand at our door way and push our door button so he could record it. I had made arrangements with two neighbors for beds but no one would leave and go there. So we slept 12 in our home. We had two in each twin bed, two on the davenport, two on the kitchen floor, two on the davenport cushions, and of course Eskham and I kept our bed. Eskham always says there are two things he won't give up, his bed and his place at the table. We had a wonderful visit with our Danish people. I just wish we could do it again. Eskham Jr. flew down to drive us home one year and about every fifty miles we had to stop and he would use a bicycle pump and blow air back into the tank. When we got home they took the tank off and found a small screen that was plugged in the outlet of the tank. Kenda flew down several times and drove us home. We always played a lot of games as we rode along. One time she was stopped by a patrol, but they were just doing a survey of where we had been and where we were going. Maxine drove us down several times. Eskham Jr. flew down one time and on the way home we were forced off the road and the car overturned. Lots of people stopped to help and an ambulance took Eskham and I to a hospital on Hinesville, Georgia. State Patrol took Jr. to rent a car so he could get out belongings from the car. The car was totaled. We had only had it about two months but we never got it home. .94. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/dc0a72b9f7bc7056d96d9103d5a5af0c.jpg 1f9cea51be331277d74baa0e62ebeb76 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (102) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 95 of A Little Bird Told Us Shirley and Pat came and stayed with us. Elvira and Dick stopped too. They were on their way North. We flew home from Savannah, Georgia, about seven days later. The doctor and nurses really gave us the red carpet treatment. Eskham's doctor called about a week after we got home to see how he was. About a month after we got home the emergency squad took Eskham to Grady Hospital for a bleeding ulcer. Dr. Orahood did surgery on July Fourth. He spent about 10 days in Grady and had 12 pints of blood. Many of our grandchildren and families came down to visit. Tim and Beth came when Ryan was only a few months old. They flew that time. Then they drove down after Laura was born. Holly and Brian were there. Shirley came down with Jeanne and Eskham one time and then they were down with Mandy and Jess on Easter and we went to Cypress Gardens for Sunrise Service. Mary Lou and Kenny were there a couple of times for Christmas. One year the Mackley's (John and Kenda) Mary Lou and Kenney all served the Christmas Dinner at the park. One year on Christmas Day it was so warm that we went to Daytona Beach in the afternoon and a couple of years late it was down to 14 degrees. Icicle froze at the water tap and Junior brought one in about 18" by 1" in diameter and used it to get Shirley out of bed. I was always glad when some of our family came down. I was always proud to show them off and I was anxious for then to see our home and meet our friends. One year before we bought our new home, we went for 10 days with Mary Lou, Kenney, Tim and Kenda. Tim wasn't 12 yet so he got in free. We stayed at the Candlelight Motel in adjoining rooms. One day we went to the coast to see the shuttle go up. It was delayed until 1 P.M. that night. So we waited. Tim built a fire on the beach with drift wood. When the shuttle did go it was so light on the beach you could read a .95. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/82c63e2fff9088cb24a69ae026cffa6f.jpg a1a0830736f41bc642919867183ea27b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (103) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 96 of A Little Bird Told Us newspaper. that night going back to Leesburg it was very, very, foggy. One day we went to a bird show and a parrot landed on Tim's shoulder. The parrot looked around and reached down and bit off the top button on Tim's shirt. We have a picture of Kenda sitting on a turtle's back. One night after Tim and Kenda had gone to sleep, Kenney and Mary Lou went across the street to a Dairy Queen and brought back four big banana splits. Tim and Kenda haven't forgiven us yet for waiting until they went to sleep. It is lots of fun to sit cross legged on a bed and eat ice cream. One morning I got up with a terrible headache. I had a terrific pain in my head. I stepped into the bathroom and looked at the Amlin chart that I had on the door. I couldn't even see it with my left eye. We called our eye doctor and Jane Ruge took us down to the office in Leesburg. As soon as I got there I started to upchuck and the doctor put me into his chair. Seven hours later I got out. Every few minutes the doctor put drops into my eye to relieve the pressure. The doctor went out and gave Eskham and Jane reports. They went to Bob Evans for lunch then came back and waited. Finally he put a patch on my eye and told me to come back the next morning for laser surgery. A few months before he had treated my right eye but didn't think the left eye needed it. He said he would never treat one eye only again for anyone that had narrow drainage for our eyes. Now I have four more drainage holes in each eye. Doctor said it was a miracle that I didn't lose my eye. He said I had had a glaucoma attack but no signs of glaucoma now. Jane Ruge went back to Leesburg after she took us home and brought Colonel Sanders dinner for us. She stayed and ate with us, and for a couple of days she .96. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/860779a65919a6132c9695d295b056cd.jpg 551c4da39cf1aa72cf34e4924eb07a4f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (104) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 97 of A Little Bird Told Us saw that we had things to eat. She is really a lovely friend. Our best way to get exercise in Florida was to go the a flea market. There was one in driving distance every day and they changed weekly. We didn't go every week but we did enjoy them and got some good ideas. One year after we had been home about a month Eskham's brother Aubrey went in for five by-passes. At the last minute we decided we would go down. We left home about four o'clock and drove until we were tired. We went with just our work clothes. We planned to stop at our house and change clothes but when we got within a mile of our house and ready to turn we decided it was so late we might not get to the hospital in Orlando. We arrived at the hospital at the start of the last five minute period. Aubrey was really surprised and I think we did him some good. We stayed about a week at our house. Of course on Monday we went to the Webster flea market. On one of the first tables we saw a lot of refrigeration equipment. Eskham boxed up several pieces of equipment, about $50 worth. We paid for it and asked to leave it there while we walked around. EB had looked over all the stuff and even some that wasn't loaded from the truck. He said he would like to have it all. He told me how much he would offer the guy and before long we went back. He asked the man for a price for all of it and believe it or not it was the same as EB said he would offer him. The man even agreed to deliver it to our home in the park. The man lived in Orlando, a few blocks from the hospital Aub was in, so we went to see what else he had. The man said he worked for a wholesale distributor in Orlando that had decided to go out of the refrigeration business and sell electric only. He said be bought it all at a discount. The price to us was really discounted too. Eskham bought so much stuff we had to rent a tandem .97. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/aa6caaec2445db07086793812a1a3e11.jpg c9376e64d9d0759bfe1e0c3cfe248569 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (105) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 98 of A Little Bird Told Us trailer to get it home. It was a long hard pull home but we made it just before dark. Eskham Jr. was coming down the hill just in time to see the trailer enter our drive. He quickly made plans to block the driveway with his truck but then he got down far enough to see our car. It was fun to see his eyes when he saw what we had in the truck. That trip to a Florida flea market proved very profitable for us. One time coming home from Florida, we came when it was still cold and the further north we came the more snow. We stopped and bought chains for the car. They were saying on the radio cars couldn't get over Jellico Mountain without chains. We noticed we weren't meeting any cars and then we heard Route 21 that went over Jellico was closed. We stopped at several motels before we found a vacant one. Then we had to unload our car because we had several bushels of oranges and grapefruit. There was hardly any room for us in the room when we got the car unloaded. The fresh fruit we brought home was always the treat they all looked forward to. One year while Roger and Marie were with us, we decided to go to Clearwater and see a Cincinnati Reds ballgame. When we got there the the parking lot was full. Finally Eskham let us out close to the stadium and he went to park the car. Then I saw the sign, "Standing Room Only. " We quickly decided we would not try to go it. While standing there a foul ball came over the fence and landed about 20 feet from where I was standing. In about two seconds a dozen men were wrestling in the bushes to get the ball. We left the ball park and drove out along the gulf shore. Each year at the park the program committee always put on a big show. One time I was a dutch girl and Gunver sent me some wooden shoes to wear. Another time I was a headless woman. I used an old choir robe, covered my neck so it wouldn't go down over my head and .98. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/08c891e733425d93a05ec60cf4b5cc4a.jpg 2453a9a024e6514aee914448856a64e1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (106) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 99 of A Little Bird Told Us I peeked out of some holes in front. I was bout six feet tall if I had had a head. Instead I carried on a tray and honest to goodness"skull" with lights in its head. We made a special trip to Orlando to get one of those laughing machines. I kept turning it over as I walked around the room. No one guessed who I was. Another time I was in a chorus line with my face the center of a pansy flower. One year Tim called and said he was tired of cold weather and he wanted to come down. He was there for the show. In fact he helped operate the lights. I think that is one time he didn't want to own me as a grandmother. In the dining room there was just a base cabinet across one end with mirrors above. I though it would be nice to have cabinets above with glass doors. So Eskham decided he would build my cabinets. We were able to buy glass doors that matched our walls. So he built the cabinets with a shelf and spare space on top. They really were nice but then I had to buy a set of dishes to fill up the shelves. When Alice and Byron Morris saw ours, they wanted one built in their dining room. Their son had sent them a full set of dishes from Korea. they just had three one quarter shelves in each corner hardly large enough to put a small vase on. Eskham and Byron started to collect the materials and they built it on our patio. They ordered a formica top made for the base cabinet and then put glass doors above. They were really nice and they were well pleased. They had everyone stop in to see their new cabinet and dishes. When they worked on the patio I said it was like two little boys talking and planning what they were going to do next. We painted the ramp into our carport green. The people who lived down on Allyson Road always cut across our lane and then through Morris' yard to go to the club house. After we painted they hesitates to cross .99. i http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/87ad39b62d64381c0b6667c7782b933c.jpg dcd6102da6ac718ab3ca0a0d8cbf168d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (107) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 100 of A Little Bird Told Us so Eskham cut some foot prints on a cardboard and used white paint and printed foot steps crossing the walk. People soon started to go that way again. We saw many Shuttle shots. Several we were on the cape and some from our front porch. I was watching from our porch and I saw the one that blew on up on take off. I ran back into the house to see what the TV said had happened. I saw exactly what they showed many times on TV. Another time Klafke and we left at 4 A.M. to go to the coast. It was so thrilling to hear it as well as see. We parked along the highway and Lou stepped out into an ant hill. It wasn't long until he began to swat his pant legs. He was more careful where he stepped after that. The night we were at the cape with Mary Lou and family we saw the shuttle go up at 1 A.M. About six days later we went over to tour Cape Canaveral and to see the Big Bertha that was made in Marion, Ohio, to transport the shuttle out to the base. While we were there we saw the shuttle brought back piggy back on a big plane. One summer after we came home Eshkam Jr. decided he would like his garage made into and office. Mr. Crowl, who helped us build our house, had had a stroke but was recovering till he could work but he couldn't remember anything. Eskham wasn't able to see to read a rule or saw a marking. So Mr. Crowl would measure and tell Eskham the number when they got to saw Eskham would repeat it and he would mark his board then Mr. Crowl would cut it. They put in new windows, door, shower, and new siding. Eskham Jr. called them his 'Over the Hill Gang.' It was good exercise for both of them and they rally enjoyed having something to so. Eskham was telling a man in Sunbury about what he and Mr. Crowl were doing. He asked Eskham how he could drive nails when he couldn't see. Eskham told him he .100, http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/8f3cd04ba693de72f1d524a448575738.jpg 88aa6997bb428d7e801a5e283f782f7a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (108) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 101 of A Little Bird Told Us had a radar hammer and he asked where do you get them? Our grandsons have told me they can't understand how Grandfather could drive nails and not miss and they could see the nails and can't hit them. I guess experience helps. Eskham didn't do much fishing in Florida. If you didn't have a boat you were handicapped. He did enjoy going deep sea fishing. Aubrey went with him. They usually went to Tarpon Springs and took a boat that went out about forty miles in the gulf. The boat held 30 or more fisherman. They enjoyed watching the porpoises playing around the boat. I always wanted to go with him. The day before Eskham was to go we bought a picnic lunch and went to a park to eat. Then we walked out on the dock and watched the waves. It wasn't long before I grabbed Eskham's arm because I was moving and the water was standing still. He quickly decided that I couldn't go with him. It was a good thing I didn't. The first thing I saw when Eskham got home was that his teeth were not in his mouth. It was a very rough ride, many didn't even put a line in the water, many got sick, too. Eskham didn't get sick but he said he wasn't going to lose his teeth if he did. I am sure glad I didn't go on that trip. The fourteen years we spent in our home in Florida were wonderful happy years. The last two years we were there we thought we should sell and we put up a sign that the house was for sale. We had a few lookers, some just nosey or people who wanted us to give it to them. The last year we were there we had been shopping and Fran Vogel came over when we got home and she said she had shown the outside of our house and the man would be back at three to see the inside. He came and we showed the inside and he asked our price. After some debating he said if the bank would help him he would like the house. He said he had $4000 in cash in .101. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/a8db6585dd13608b7f3dad8528811289.jpg b00efd370f38f290b6723463d483708f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (109) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 109 of A Little Bird Told Us the glove compartment of his truck for a down payment. He had a big dog in the passenger side of the truck. I offered to call our banker and we took him over. The banker asked all the questions and said he would call me at eleven next morning and give his answer. The man wanted possession at once but we said Kendra was coming down June 10th to drive us home. He said w e could just pay our third of the rent and he'd pay the rest if the bank approved. The next morning at eleven the banker called and said if we could be there at 3 P.M. we could close. We were there but we had to go to the insurance, and tax place and within twenty four hours of meeting him we had all the money for our house and furnishings. We got back home at 5:15 and were due at the potluck that we were chairmen of at 5:30. Everyone was really shocked when I told them we had just come from signing the papers to sell our home. It was rather a sad potluck. We had about fifteen days to pack all our things. We sent 27 boxes home by U.P.S. We still can't understand how we accumulated that much stuff in 14 years. We left the house completely furnished but there was so much to bring home. Perhaps I should explain our reasons for leaving Florida. When we first bought into the park (we owned our own house but had to rent the ground it stood on) the rent was $55 a month. By renting we had use of the club house and were members of all activities. The rent had gradually increased until it was $220 a month. A group in the park were talking about the renters buying the park and they would be there own owners. Our park was owned by a doctor in California and he refused to do any improvements. After we left many of the people banded together and bought the park. Of course rent was greatly reduced for those who own the park but rent is sill going up for the renters. We didn't want to pay about $18,000 for just enough land .102. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/cce1f8437cc6e52024e5a7968f43d61b.jpg fc99285917af5b280b78397704384707 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (110) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 103 of A Little Bird Told Us to sit a house on. We were fortunate we sold when we did. Prices for homes went down, some moved their homes out and the renters are having their rent in creased. And then too, it was getting to be more of a hassle to get packed and moved twice a year besides some one flying down to take us and to bring us home. We love our home here and we love having our children close and we are really enjoying our great grandchildren! Our fourteen years, spending six months of it in Florida, were very happy years and we made many friends who we still hear from. But being back home have been happy years too and especially nice to have our families near during sickness. We haven't minded the cold weather because our house had been warm and we don't have to go out unless we want to. Now we are spending our time enjoying our Great Grandchildren. .103. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/dabfe45222e56238e8d1d95133925057.jpg 0cf94b3e8917acaf7e6506160d5367be Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (111) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 104 of A Little Bird Told Us This was a Lenten Mediatation used in the Church Lenten Booklet in 1985 John 2:1-11 I was asked once very sarcastically, "do you really believe in Miracles?' My answer was quickly given. "Yes, I do, and the I told him why. The first recorded Miracle of Jesus is told in John 2:1-11 and many more are recorded. I believe everyone of them. Several years ago we had a very severe storm in January and the lightening struck a tree in our front yard and came into our house and struck our hot water tank. It happened about midnight but we didn't know what had happened until about seven o'clock the next morning. The hot water tank "took off' or exploded and wrecked our entire house. The living room floor was mashed against the living room ceiling and the contents of the second floor slid out to the front yard including two girls on their beds. a large portion of the brick chimney was laying on one of the beds. One girl was folded and held in her crib mattress with part of the crib-spokes sticking in the ceiling and others in the floor. Six of us were in the house and none of us were hurt except for a few scratches and a black eye. Our earthly possessions were gone but we had been protested. It was definitely a Miracle in our lives that six of us could be in a house that literally exploded and no one injured badly. Who kept those pieces of furniture or part of the house from hitting us? I know it was our Heavenly Father who was guiding each of us thru the explosion and permitted us to be all together. .104. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/8448789458b84126aa3709efb6beaa0b.jpg e7e5923e755edebf4c32a8f6dd8bdb05 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (112) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 105 of A Little Bird Told Us Yes, I believe in Miracles because we have had one in our own lives. The light of God surrounds me, The love of God enfolds me, The power of God protects me, The presence of God watches over me. Where ever I am, God is. .105. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/b828f47518626b7b9a746711d66fc1bc.jpg a1be1854b253722635d6a49dd9f2a99c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (113) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to page 106 of A Little Bird Told Us Published in the Advent Book of Sunbury United Methodist Church, 1995 "Is that a rabbit in you nativity scene?" is the question I am always asked when a stranger comes into our home at Christmas time. And then when they see my ceramic scene they will say: You have a rabbit here, too." Then I love to explain when our son was in Bible School when he was five, the teacher had some molds to mold the characters in the nativity scene; there was a mold for Mary, Joseph, cradle holding Jesus, the three wise men and some camels. The molds were filled with plaster like mixture and permitted to dry. The molds were removed and they had painted the characters. Our son saw a rabbit mold in the teachers supply of materials and he insisted on making the rabbit. She tried to convince him that it didn't belong in the scene but be insisted because it was God's animal, too. The next Christmas the rabbit was in our scene. It really was oversized compared to the camels but it had an important place up front. The first Christmas we were in Florida, I purchased a small ceramic nativity scene and I hunted until I found a small rabbit. When our son arrived for Christmas the first thing he looked for was if I had a rabbit in my nativity scene. I still use the plaster of Paris scene that was made forty-six years ago. That is one of the most important traditions for Christmas. Eskham and Ethel .106. http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/4d87394c7c9444d32131544ba3dc898f.jpg 2a70f6ac16c60c71bc1bd9880ec409ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us (114) Description An account of the resource Corresponds to the back cover of A Little Bird Told Us. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Family Histories Description An account of the resource This collection contains family histories that have been written by residents of the Big Walnut area. 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Title A name given to the resource A Little Bird Told Us Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 31093740 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Author Eskham Hayes; Author Ethel Hayes Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Text Subject The topic of the resource Hayes family--Genealogy Local history--Ohio--Delaware County--Sunbury Personal Narratives--Eskham Hayes (1911-2003) Personal Narratives--Ethel Hayes (1913-2009) Warner Family--Genealogy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Description An account of the resource In this book is written the histories of the Eskham Hayes and Ethel Warner families. 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