List Readers: I posted a lot of new photos today. A big thanks to Frances Albert and Phyllis Long for all these nice photos. -------------------------- Here is the list that Frances Albert sent us. Rev. Brattin - in the Church book - a group photo of a church dinner. This photo is in poor shape but Frances worked on it and we did the best we could to get it where you could see the faces. I left it pretty big so that you could see it better so you may have to wait a little while for it to open. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/photos/photoalbum2/brattin.gathering.htm Ulysses Henderson, Ruby (Robberson) Henderson. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/photos/photoalbum2/phs2.1.htm --------------------------------- And Phyllis Long sent these - Rose Family, Chester and Isabelle (Cargile) Rose, Johnnie Rose and Harold Fletcher, Johnnie Rose, Jetta and Belle Rose, as young ladies, Johnnie and Lemmie Rose - with a big stringer of fish, Nancy (Boman) Rose, Sam Rose's wife, standing by an old car. Nello Rose, as a little boy, Sam Rose's Children, Mary (Rose) and Bob Dalton, Wyatt and Belle (Rose) Lawson. They are all posted in Photo Book 2 - Part 1 and Part 2 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/photos/photoalbum2/phs2.1.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/photos/photoalbum2/phs2.2.htm ---------------------------- And I posted two photos of Claude Everett Haddock. They are all posted in Photo Book 2 - Part 1 and Part 2 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/photos/photoalbum2/phs2.1.htm ---------------------------- They are all posted in Photo Book 2 - Part 1 and Part 2 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/photos/photoalbum2/phs2.1.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/photos/photoalbum2/phs2.2.htm Again, thanks, Fran and Phyllis. Donna Cooper

I don't think the book is released yet? They sold through pre- publish sale. and plan to have it out soon in conjunction with an opening of their Museum in Monett. ----- Original Message ----- From: "F.G. Albert" <fgalbert@netzero.net> To: "MoBarry" <MoBarry-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 6:51 PM Subject: [MOBARRY] Monett Historical Sociey > Dear List: > > A few months ago on our site there was mention made of a Centennial Book > to be purchased in the amount of $30.00 from the Monett Historical > Society. > > I ordered mine back in September and have not received it, I am wondering > if any of you on the list that ordered the book have received yours? > > Thanks, > Frances > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1136 - Release Date: > 11/17/2007 2:55 PM > >

Hi, to add my memories to the lot...I too picked strawberries on my Dad's farm, for Henry Flaxbeard, Elvin Brattin, Clarence Sanders, Red Crider all in the east of Wheaton. we sometimes got a nickle a quart for each box, and later was paid 7 cents. These had to be rounded carriers full. The smaller kids used 4 quart carriers and the adults used the six quart carriers. If your berries were not rounded up well you sometimes got sent back to the patch to add some more to make up for bad ones or over ripes. Some pickers were so good that the ladies in the berry shed did not have to Cull their berries, they only picked good berires. I never got that good! All of us farm kids were expected to pick strawberries somewhere right after school was out in the spring. The growers would go to a fore mentioned place and pick up pickers in the back of a pick up truck. You had to provide your own hats, clothing for cool or hot weather and lunch bucket. Some ladies still wore sunbonnets and gloves with the fingers cut off to keep from tanning their hands. The Row Boss came around and kept you from trampling the berries, watched to see if you got all the ripe berries, if not you were sent back to re pick your row. as already mentioned, the stems had to be a certain length. We learned a lot in the strawwberry patch! The last year I remember picking was in about 1951 and we picked Blakemore berries for processing (Freezing) and we stemed them in the patch. got 10 cents a quart for those! All those berries were shipped out by train, and by Berry Associations from Wheaton, Butterfield, Purdy and Exeter. Most of our mothers and young women worked in the tomato canning factories in the late summer. Wheaton, New Hope, Shoal Creek ( Smallwoods), Ridgley, Corsicana and others. It seems anywhere there was ample water, Creek or Spring, a canning factory was there. It was important to be close to the tomato patches, in the early years, they had to be hauled by wagons and horses, of course later by truck. My Dad also had a market for " Fancy packed Pinks" and large truck would park at our farm during early tomato season and stay there until he had a load of Pink tomatoes. My mother was the primary packer of those. Those tomatoes later ripened, maybe even in transit. I still have my Mother's tomato corer knife. Sharpened just right! from when she peeled in the canning factory. Most of the factories just canned tomatoes but in the late 40's some experimented with bean canning, at least the Factory in Wheaton Canned beans. My Dad also grew field s of green beans. They were not much fun to pick! I do not recall a single factory for making jams in our area. They always had an end of the season Social, manty times Ice cream was the main event! There were lots of grapes grown around Exeter, not for wine, but for Welch's grape juice. When we were teens, we sometimes sneaked a few grapes until one night a farmer met us with his shot gun! Gave us a good talking to, I think he knew all our Dad's! needless to say we never tried that again! Learned a lot in the vineyard Too! During blackberry season, everyone in the family got up early went to the blackberry patch and picked until it got really hot and then finished for the day. W protected ourselves from chiggers and ticks many ways. most of which did not work really good! We sometimes stopped off at the creek for a swim. We used turpentine, sulphur bags dusted on our ankles, and a bleach bath when we got home! Blackberries started the season out high and as the season wore on they became cheaper. I think $4.00 per crate was pretty good money. As I remember these events it seems to me that they were as much a social event and chance to be with friends and family all working together. And a good way to earn a little much needed cash for school clothes for next year! Betty Lamberson

Oh, I forgot to tell you, Jack that my aunt Ocie Keeling lived in the Butterfield, Purdy area. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <mdtuck55@yahoo.com> To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] strawberries > Hi All: I remember picking strawberries for George Craft. Our whole > family went and picked for him. it seems to me there were alot of > strawberries up around Butterfield and perhaps Purdy. If I remember > correctly they were brought to Cassville and put in train cars and shipped > to Exeter on the short railroad between Cassville and Exeter. > > Also during World War II blackberry picking was big business. It seems > to me a man by the name of Hilburn bought blackberries in Cassville. The > govement wanted all the food they could get to feed the soldiers. I > remember my Dad, Mother, my brother and I would go out and pick > blackberries in the morning. Then take them to Cassville and sell them to > Mr. Hilburn. We picked on 3 farms 6 days a week while black berries were > ripe. That was the first real money that I made. My Dad saved some of > his money and put electricity in our house. This was the time that Rural > Electricity came into rural areas. As I look back on the time, I think > God was in it all. Before the war there were few blackberries. Then > after the war The sources of blackberries dried up. One could find a few > here and there. I don't know if this interesting to anyone or not. > Jack Tucker > > Roulx@aol.com wrote: > In the 40's, strawberry picking was as much a teenager's summer job as > fast > food places are now. I remember picking at least one summer, and my little > brother did too, later on. I can't remember where the fields were that we > went > to. > > Patricia R. > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try > it now. > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Jack, I have got pictures of my great aunt Ocie Keeling and some of the "girls" who picked strawberries back in the 40's. I have some of their names I think on the back of a couple and then on another picture no names. I don't ever remember her talking about the "blackberries" though. I think it is interesting on the time frame of when the blackberries came in for a while and then no more. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <mdtuck55@yahoo.com> To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] strawberries > Hi All: I remember picking strawberries for George Craft. Our whole > family went and picked for him. it seems to me there were alot of > strawberries up around Butterfield and perhaps Purdy. If I remember > correctly they were brought to Cassville and put in train cars and shipped > to Exeter on the short railroad between Cassville and Exeter. > > Also during World War II blackberry picking was big business. It seems > to me a man by the name of Hilburn bought blackberries in Cassville. The > govement wanted all the food they could get to feed the soldiers. I > remember my Dad, Mother, my brother and I would go out and pick > blackberries in the morning. Then take them to Cassville and sell them to > Mr. Hilburn. We picked on 3 farms 6 days a week while black berries were > ripe. That was the first real money that I made. My Dad saved some of > his money and put electricity in our house. This was the time that Rural > Electricity came into rural areas. As I look back on the time, I think > God was in it all. Before the war there were few blackberries. Then > after the war The sources of blackberries dried up. One could find a few > here and there. I don't know if this interesting to anyone or not. > Jack Tucker > > Roulx@aol.com wrote: > In the 40's, strawberry picking was as much a teenager's summer job as > fast > food places are now. I remember picking at least one summer, and my little > brother did too, later on. I can't remember where the fields were that we > went > to. > > Patricia R. > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try > it now. > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In a message dated 11/18/2007 3:51:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, saarisr@sbcglobal.net writes: What was your grandfather's name? Hi Donna. His name was William E. Landers. The E was for Elisha, named for his father and grandfather. btw. I had strawberris on my pancakes this morning, frozen from last summer's crop. Bill ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

----- Original Message ----- From: <WBLanders@aol.com> To: <MOBARRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Strawberries Have you come across my grandfather Daniel Merritt Nickle who taught school? He attended the Normal School at Cassville conducted by R. D. Shannon, LL.D. Ira > It was the railroad that brought prosperity to the area. In 1870, when Mr. > Peirce established Peirce City (original spelling) as a railroad town it > enabled > farmers to send their produce to market in far off places, such as St. > Louis. > > My grandfather, who taught in rural schools for over forty years in > Lawrence > and Jasper Counties was the secretary of the berry association. It > provided > employment for a month or two after the schools closed. His > responsibilities > included purchasing containers and shipping crates and arranging for > railroad > cars. > > As others have stated, every kid who was old enough picked berries all day > during the short season. > > When I see strawberries in stores all year long it reminds me how short > the > season was in SW Missouri. You had strawberry shortcake for a few weeks > and > then it was over until the following year. > > I still raise strawberries today and the season is still short because I > refuse to buy those huge berries shipped in from strange sounding places. > > Bill > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My parents grew strawberries as did my grandparents before them. Some of the same migrant workers came for years and years to help with the picking. One of the daughters was about my age but she had not been able to attend as much school. They picked in the south before coming to Missouri in May/June for strawberries. Then they went to Michigan (I think) to pick cherries and to Idaho for potatoes. My parents' last large patch was probably 1953 because it was so hard to get enough workers. The migrant workers found different kinds of work and no longer made the trek. Our berries were taken to Butterfield. Mother said one year one carload was lost and along with that much of our income for that season. I have kept the metal box mother used for the tickets they gave each picker. Tickets were redeemed at the end of the day. In early years many of the migrant workers went to Butterfield for "partying" at night. I seem to recall the five cent quarts also. One thing I remember about picking was you could not snap the berries. They had to have a short stem attached. I think that helped them stay fresh longer but it certainly was harder to do. I put my name and address on one box and received a reply from a lady in South Dakota who had purchased them. As a growers' child, picking strawberries or working in the shed was part of being a family. LoVella Truhitte Moore

It was the railroad that brought prosperity to the area. In 1870, when Mr. Peirce established Peirce City (original spelling) as a railroad town it enabled farmers to send their produce to market in far off places, such as St. Louis. My grandfather, who taught in rural schools for over forty years in Lawrence and Jasper Counties was the secretary of the berry association. It provided employment for a month or two after the schools closed. His responsibilities included purchasing containers and shipping crates and arranging for railroad cars. As others have stated, every kid who was old enough picked berries all day during the short season. When I see strawberries in stores all year long it reminds me how short the season was in SW Missouri. You had strawberry shortcake for a few weeks and then it was over until the following year. I still raise strawberries today and the season is still short because I refuse to buy those huge berries shipped in from strange sounding places. Bill ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

To All with the stories of Strawberry,Blackberry's , I loved them all , this type of thing was what families did in CA. and AZ. when they left the Ozark area, and some of my families children did summer picking into the fifties for extra money, but they lived close to the produce. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

HI All: I guess I expected you all to know where the Horner community is located. It is 5 miles from Cassville. It is off 112 going to Roaring River. I now live in BlueSprings, Mol near Kansas City with my daughter and her husband, Alec. I guess this was just a senior moment that I forgot the town. Jack Tucker Jack <mdtuck55@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi Jane: I lived 5 miles south and some east in the Horner community. By the way Mother worked at a tomato canning factory in the late 30's in the Oak Grove community. I beieve in the early 40's she She always was a can packer of tomatoes. I appreciate hearing from everyone on these subjects. Best /Regards Jack Tucker Jane Foley wrote: Oh, I forgot to tell you, Jack that my aunt Ocie Keeling lived in the Butterfield, Purdy area. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" To: Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] strawberries > Hi All: I remember picking strawberries for George Craft. Our whole > family went and picked for him. it seems to me there were alot of > strawberries up around Butterfield and perhaps Purdy. If I remember > correctly they were brought to Cassville and put in train cars and shipped > to Exeter on the short railroad between Cassville and Exeter. > > Also during World War II blackberry picking was big business. It seems > to me a man by the name of Hilburn bought blackberries in Cassville. The > govement wanted all the food they could get to feed the soldiers. I > remember my Dad, Mother, my brother and I would go out and pick > blackberries in the morning. Then take them to Cassville and sell them to > Mr. Hilburn. We picked on 3 farms 6 days a week while black berries were > ripe. That was the first real money that I made. My Dad saved some of > his money and put electricity in our house. This was the time that Rural > Electricity came into rural areas. As I look back on the time, I think > God was in it all. Before the war there were few blackberries. Then > after the war The sources of blackberries dried up. One could find a few > here and there. I don't know if this interesting to anyone or not. > Jack Tucker > > Roulx@aol.com wrote: > In the 40's, strawberry picking was as much a teenager's summer job as > fast > food places are now. I remember picking at least one summer, and my little > brother did too, later on. I can't remember where the fields were that we > went > to. > > Patricia R. > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try > it now. > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.

Ruth, Donna and Jack: I didn't work at a tomato canning factory but I sure did pick blackberries and strawberries. I would visit my step grandparents farm in the summer and pick blackberries to sell in Cassville, seems like they sold for maybe eight cents a quart. Andy and Merl supplied me with one of those wood carriers that held six or eight quart little boxes and it just seemed to take forever to fill them up probably because my tummy got more than the boxes did. The one thing I vividly recall was being wrapped in old rags soaked with turpentine to ward off the chiggers and ticks, to this day I can smell that turpentine, my skin would be blistered at the end of the day in the hot sun and the smell just would not wash off. But still and yet it was a wonderful time. Thanks for listening. Frances Albert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Cooper" <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Tomatoes and Strawberries > Ruth: I love the notes you shared with us. I bet that they bring back > memories to a lot of folks who grew up in Barry County. > > Like your mother, I worked one summer in a tomato canning factory, and > like > her, I remember the different looking little knief that I used to peel > them > with and the buckets. I can't remember how old I was but I think maybe > about > 14. > > I also liked Jack's story about the blackberry and strawberry picking. And > like Jack, I picked strawberries to make money and also I picked > blackberries during the war. I was still not in school so I was very young > but I remember it. In those days there was no repellent for insects and so > I > also remember the ticks and chiggers that came with the blackberry > picking. > I remember hearing that the work we did was to help feed the soldier boys. > > In the strawberry fields I can remember the long days and long rows - all > part of picking berries. I also copperhead snakes that we sometimes > encourtered. In May and June of 1956 - I picked enough that I had 4.75 > earned. It seems like that I was paid 5 cents a quart, but I don't know if > that is right or not. Maybe some of you have a better memory about what > the > pay was than I do. > > I know that this is telling my age, but I suppose it isn't much of a > secret > anyway. [smile] > > Donna > > -------Original Message------- > > From: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 13:22:11 > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Tomatoes and Strawberries > > I really liked the canning factory picture. I took my magnifying glass to > see if I could find my mother. Before she passed away in 1985, I asked her > to write down things from her childhood and one was that she worked in a > tomato canning factory.. I thought I found her in the picture, but when I > went to her memories, the canning factory she worked in was in Fairview, > which is in Newton County, north and west of Wheaton. > > While this wasn't in Barry County, I thought her notes of the tomato > canning factory were interesting. These are some of her notes: > > "I worked in the canning factory in Fairview peeling tomatoes. The > tomatoes were put in big buckets, dipped in hot water, put on a track that > circled around and we took off a bucket as we needed it. Sometimes those > on > the far end were a long time getting tomatoes to peel. We were paid by the > bucket after they were peeled. Had a special kind of knife to use to cut > out > the cores. It was spoon-like on the end and had a short wooden handle. > When > we had a bucket of peeled tomatoes, we had a card that was punched. > > Mr. Hightower was the man that punched the tickets. He always wore white > shirts. He was so prissy that sometimes the women filling the cans would > somehow manage to shake their hands when he got close. The results, tomato > juice on his white shirt. He'd go home for lunch and came back with a > fresh > crisp white shirt on. Mrs. Hightower sure laundered a lot of white shirts > that summer. > > Mr. Grimes owned the canning factory. The farmers put out acres of > tomato > plants and made good money from their work. > > One summer Ida Carpenter helped peel tomatoes. Her husband owned the > grain elevator but she thought everyone should help work up the tomatoes. > We > even worked on Sunday if there were several wagon loads needing peeling. > The > skins were dumped just outside the back door and before summer was over, > the > peelings made a big pile and didn't smell too good...." > > Mother also wrote about picking strawberries and blackberries. I know > that picking strawberries in the summer provided income for a lot of > people. > These are her strawberry memories: > > "...they had a strawbery patch and while we still lived in town, we all > went out and worked. Dad was what they called the straw boss. He started > pickers on the right row so they didn't skip a row or get on one already > picked...." > > Ruth > > > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > . > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Jane: I lived 5 miles south and some east in the Horner community. By the way Mother worked at a tomato canning factory in the late 30's in the Oak Grove community. I beieve in the early 40's she She always was a can packer of tomatoes. I appreciate hearing from everyone on these subjects. Best /Regards Jack Tucker Jane Foley <mjfent@bellsouth.net> wrote: Oh, I forgot to tell you, Jack that my aunt Ocie Keeling lived in the Butterfield, Purdy area. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" To: Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] strawberries > Hi All: I remember picking strawberries for George Craft. Our whole > family went and picked for him. it seems to me there were alot of > strawberries up around Butterfield and perhaps Purdy. If I remember > correctly they were brought to Cassville and put in train cars and shipped > to Exeter on the short railroad between Cassville and Exeter. > > Also during World War II blackberry picking was big business. It seems > to me a man by the name of Hilburn bought blackberries in Cassville. The > govement wanted all the food they could get to feed the soldiers. I > remember my Dad, Mother, my brother and I would go out and pick > blackberries in the morning. Then take them to Cassville and sell them to > Mr. Hilburn. We picked on 3 farms 6 days a week while black berries were > ripe. That was the first real money that I made. My Dad saved some of > his money and put electricity in our house. This was the time that Rural > Electricity came into rural areas. As I look back on the time, I think > God was in it all. Before the war there were few blackberries. Then > after the war The sources of blackberries dried up. One could find a few > here and there. I don't know if this interesting to anyone or not. > Jack Tucker > > Roulx@aol.com wrote: > In the 40's, strawberry picking was as much a teenager's summer job as > fast > food places are now. I remember picking at least one summer, and my little > brother did too, later on. I can't remember where the fields were that we > went > to. > > Patricia R. > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try > it now. > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

Bill: Thanks so much for your notes and insight about the railroad because without it there would not have been a way to market berries. What was your grandfather's name? I do see that we went to the same strawberry school. I don't buy the big ones that come from unknown places either. Donna -------Original Message------- From: mobarry@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 14:40:04 To: MOBARRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Strawberries It was the railroad that brought prosperity to the area. In 1870, when Mr. Peirce established Peirce City (original spelling) as a railroad town it enabled farmers to send their produce to market in far off places, such as St. Louis My grandfather, who taught in rural schools for over forty years in Lawrence and Jasper Counties was the secretary of the berry association. It provided employment for a month or two after the schools closed. His responsibilities included purchasing containers and shipping crates and arranging for railroad cars. As others have stated, every kid who was old enough picked berries all day during the short season. When I see strawberries in stores all year long it reminds me how short the season was in SW Missouri. You had strawberry shortcake for a few weeks and then it was over until the following year. I still raise strawberries today and the season is still short because I refuse to buy those huge berries shipped in from strange sounding places. Bill ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .

Ruth: I love the notes you shared with us. I bet that they bring back memories to a lot of folks who grew up in Barry County. Like your mother, I worked one summer in a tomato canning factory, and like her, I remember the different looking little knief that I used to peel them with and the buckets. I can't remember how old I was but I think maybe about 14. I also liked Jack's story about the blackberry and strawberry picking. And like Jack, I picked strawberries to make money and also I picked blackberries during the war. I was still not in school so I was very young but I remember it. In those days there was no repellent for insects and so I also remember the ticks and chiggers that came with the blackberry picking. I remember hearing that the work we did was to help feed the soldier boys. In the strawberry fields I can remember the long days and long rows - all part of picking berries. I also copperhead snakes that we sometimes encourtered. In May and June of 1956 - I picked enough that I had 4.75 earned. It seems like that I was paid 5 cents a quart, but I don't know if that is right or not. Maybe some of you have a better memory about what the pay was than I do. I know that this is telling my age, but I suppose it isn't much of a secret anyway. [smile] Donna -------Original Message------- From: mobarry@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 13:22:11 To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Tomatoes and Strawberries I really liked the canning factory picture. I took my magnifying glass to see if I could find my mother. Before she passed away in 1985, I asked her to write down things from her childhood and one was that she worked in a tomato canning factory.. I thought I found her in the picture, but when I went to her memories, the canning factory she worked in was in Fairview, which is in Newton County, north and west of Wheaton. While this wasn't in Barry County, I thought her notes of the tomato canning factory were interesting. These are some of her notes: "I worked in the canning factory in Fairview peeling tomatoes. The tomatoes were put in big buckets, dipped in hot water, put on a track that circled around and we took off a bucket as we needed it. Sometimes those on the far end were a long time getting tomatoes to peel. We were paid by the bucket after they were peeled. Had a special kind of knife to use to cut out the cores. It was spoon-like on the end and had a short wooden handle. When we had a bucket of peeled tomatoes, we had a card that was punched. Mr. Hightower was the man that punched the tickets. He always wore white shirts. He was so prissy that sometimes the women filling the cans would somehow manage to shake their hands when he got close. The results, tomato juice on his white shirt. He'd go home for lunch and came back with a fresh crisp white shirt on. Mrs. Hightower sure laundered a lot of white shirts that summer. Mr. Grimes owned the canning factory. The farmers put out acres of tomato plants and made good money from their work. One summer Ida Carpenter helped peel tomatoes. Her husband owned the grain elevator but she thought everyone should help work up the tomatoes. We even worked on Sunday if there were several wagon loads needing peeling. The skins were dumped just outside the back door and before summer was over, the peelings made a big pile and didn't smell too good...." Mother also wrote about picking strawberries and blackberries. I know that picking strawberries in the summer provided income for a lot of people. These are her strawberry memories: "...they had a strawbery patch and while we still lived in town, we all went out and worked. Dad was what they called the straw boss. He started pickers on the right row so they didn't skip a row or get on one already picked...." Ruth Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .

In the 40's, strawberry picking was as much a teenager's summer job as fast food places are now. I remember picking at least one summer, and my little brother did too, later on. I can't remember where the fields were that we went to. Patricia R. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Patricia: Picking strawberries in Barry County is as much a part of the history as canning tomatoes. And - I don't think the canning factories were set up to make jelly or jams. Anyway - I never heard of that being part of a canning factory in Barry. If any of you have heard of that - please let us know. In the early 1900's Butterfield had a huge stawberry shed and a lot of growers. There were several all around the county but a Strawberry Growers Association somewhere around Butterfield or Purdy, I think. One of the Cowherds was the president of it for awhile. We have a photo of the sheds on the Butterfield page. The early newspapers tell a lot about growing stawberries in the county. Purdy and Butterfield had some big fields and several growers. In one news item, I read where my Great grandfather, Jamie Mooney, bought several strawberry plants in 1917. His oldest sons planted 15,000 starawberry plants that spring. I also remember the story as it was told by my grandfather. There were 3 different kinds of plants and each son had 5 000 and a certain varity to plant. That was in the Washburn area. There were still several growers around the county in the 1950's. Leon Stewart had a big patch west of Washburn. And also there were several big fields scrattered all around the county during that time. Donna -------Original Message------- From: mobarry@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:36:47 To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo Thanks. The reason I ask is that my husband's grandma used to go to Barry County from St. Louis every year to help her family harvest strawberries. Just wondered if they made jelly and jam, too. Patricia --- Donna Cooper <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Tomatoes. Those are tomato crates on the ground and there is a woman > on the > left holding 3 tomatoes. > > In the 1930's and 1940's there were several tomato canning companies > around > the county. Donna > > -------Original Message------- > > From: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:16:13 > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo > > A silly question: Does anybody know what they were canning? Patricia > Topolski > > --- Donna Cooper <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > List Readers: Our featured photo for this week is of the canning > > factory in > > Pioneer. Alice Allen shared this great old photo with us a few days > > ago. > > > > For several days now I have been looking at this photo and > wondering > > who all > > the people are who are pictured and thinking since the photos so > > clear that > > we should be able to identify some of them. So earlier this morning > I > > looked > > through some photos that I have of the Haddock family to do a > > comparison. I > > may be wrong, but it looks to me like the man sitting on the crate > > and > > behind the tree with his arms crossed might be Claude Everett > > Haddock. I > > have 3 photos of him but only one really shows his face so I am not > > sure > > about my identity. If you can help, please let me know. My address > is > > given > > below. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm > > > > Again, thanks, Alice, for sharing this wonderful piece of Pioneer > > history > > with us. > > > > Donna Cooper > > > > > > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is > > Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > ______ > Be a better pen pal. > Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. > http://overview.mail > yahoo.com/ > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. 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I really liked the canning factory picture. I took my magnifying glass to see if I could find my mother. Before she passed away in 1985, I asked her to write down things from her childhood and one was that she worked in a tomato canning factory.. I thought I found her in the picture, but when I went to her memories, the canning factory she worked in was in Fairview, which is in Newton County, north and west of Wheaton. While this wasn't in Barry County, I thought her notes of the tomato canning factory were interesting. These are some of her notes: "I worked in the canning factory in Fairview peeling tomatoes. The tomatoes were put in big buckets, dipped in hot water, put on a track that circled around and we took off a bucket as we needed it. Sometimes those on the far end were a long time getting tomatoes to peel. We were paid by the bucket after they were peeled. Had a special kind of knife to use to cut out the cores. It was spoon-like on the end and had a short wooden handle. When we had a bucket of peeled tomatoes, we had a card that was punched. Mr. Hightower was the man that punched the tickets. He always wore white shirts. He was so prissy that sometimes the women filling the cans would somehow manage to shake their hands when he got close. The results, tomato juice on his white shirt. He'd go home for lunch and came back with a fresh crisp white shirt on. Mrs. Hightower sure laundered a lot of white shirts that summer. Mr. Grimes owned the canning factory. The farmers put out acres of tomato plants and made good money from their work. One summer Ida Carpenter helped peel tomatoes. Her husband owned the grain elevator but she thought everyone should help work up the tomatoes. We even worked on Sunday if there were several wagon loads needing peeling. The skins were dumped just outside the back door and before summer was over, the peelings made a big pile and didn't smell too good...." Mother also wrote about picking strawberries and blackberries. I know that picking strawberries in the summer provided income for a lot of people. These are her strawberry memories: "...they had a strawbery patch and while we still lived in town, we all went out and worked. Dad was what they called the straw boss. He started pickers on the right row so they didn't skip a row or get on one already picked...." Ruth

Tomatoes. Those are tomato crates on the ground and there is a woman on the left holding 3 tomatoes. In the 1930's and 1940's there were several tomato canning companies around the county. Donna -------Original Message------- From: mobarry@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:16:13 To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo A silly question: Does anybody know what they were canning? Patricia Topolski --- Donna Cooper <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > List Readers: Our featured photo for this week is of the canning > factory in > Pioneer. Alice Allen shared this great old photo with us a few days > ago. > > For several days now I have been looking at this photo and wondering > who all > the people are who are pictured and thinking since the photos so > clear that > we should be able to identify some of them. So earlier this morning I > looked > through some photos that I have of the Haddock family to do a > comparison. I > may be wrong, but it looks to me like the man sitting on the crate > and > behind the tree with his arms crossed might be Claude Everett > Haddock. I > have 3 photos of him but only one really shows his face so I am not > sure > about my identity. If you can help, please let me know. My address is > given > below. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm > > Again, thanks, Alice, for sharing this wonderful piece of Pioneer > history > with us. > > Donna Cooper > > > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is > Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail yahoo.com/ Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .

List Readers: Our featured photo for this week is of the canning factory in Pioneer. Alice Allen shared this great old photo with us a few days ago. For several days now I have been looking at this photo and wondering who all the people are who are pictured and thinking since the photos so clear that we should be able to identify some of them. So earlier this morning I looked through some photos that I have of the Haddock family to do a comparison. I may be wrong, but it looks to me like the man sitting on the crate and behind the tree with his arms crossed might be Claude Everett Haddock. I have 3 photos of him but only one really shows his face so I am not sure about my identity. If you can help, please let me know. My address is given below. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm Again, thanks, Alice, for sharing this wonderful piece of Pioneer history with us. Donna Cooper