MEMORY LANE - Descendants of Caleb Jobe and Martha Emily Brewer http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/letters_cale_j_brewer.html (Part 4) At the age of six in the autumn of 1958, I entered elementary school. This was really an experience for me as I had been looking for this day for a long time. The first school in which I was to attend was H. V. Helbing Elementary. The school was located on Crump Street, just three blocks from our house. My first grade teacher was Mrs. Jane Pool. She was really wonderful and knew just how to act with first graders who did not really know what was going on or what to expect next. <P> Each year the big event of my life would be the Fat Stock Show. One I got to meet Dale Robertson, the star of Wells Fargo. Each year they would have a rodeo and square dancing in the street at cowtown, North Fort Worth. Once, Mommy took us to see the rodeo. You were supposed to buy a badge or go to the 'play jail'. The jail did not look much like play to me and it really did frighten me as we did not have a badge. To get out of the jail, one would have to buy some toilet paper or some other similar item. Luckily, we did not get picked up. Was really glad I got to leave that place and get back home where I would be safe. <P> In the second grade, I had who I considered the best teacher ever. Mrs. Satterwhite was an elderly woman whom not many people liked. Guess this must have been one of the reasons why she appealed so much to me. She felt concerned about each and every one of her pupils just as if they were her own children. What I remember most about this year was the time that I pained the white rabbit. I made pink blossoms on the trees by using a sponge. The painting was really beautiful, especially when one considered that it was painted by a second grader. However, the picture was ruined when I used a large brush, instead of a small one, to paint the eyes and whiskers. I actually that that I had destroyed a piece of my life when this happened. I wanted so much to impress Mrs. Satterwhite, and then everything just backfired right in front of my eyes. <P> My third grade teacher was Mrs. Carter. I thought that she was the most beautiful woman that I had ever seen. I wanted to look just like her. This year the class studied about early Fort Worth. During the year, I got to go on a bus tour of Fort Worth and got to visit the history museum. This was the year that first sparked my interest in history and of wanting to know more about my ancestors. I can even remember back then when I would be asking Mommy about my grandmothers and grandfathers. I really could not understand why she could not go back any further. So my questioning turned to Grandma Jobe and Granny. *Part 5, the final part of this series, will be continued on Friday.

wish I had kept a similar account when i was young so I'd remember specifics like this! Enjoyed reading it, Ann. :o) Patti MEMORY LANE - Descendants of Caleb Jobe and Martha Emily Brewer http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/letters_cale_j_brewer.html (Part 4)