Melinda, Oh, what memories. I was the youngest of the boys, so I got to pick out the Christmas tree. No matter how ragged, Dad would cut it, if they couldn't get me to change my mind. We would use a needle & thread to make strands of popcorn. Eat a grain, string one. When we were picking Blackberries in the summer, I would be looking for a good Christmas tree. We always lived around Vienna, Meta, Brinktown & Iberia, but I know where 28 & E is. DeVere ----- Original Message ----- From: Melinda K. Elmore <mkelmore@tranquility.net> To: <MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 5:43 PM Subject: [MOMARIES] Steinkamp's Store > When I was growing up in Maries County, at Christmastime we would go out in > the woods and cut a cedar tree to bring in. We always had a string of the > Christmas tree lights with the big bulbs, more like outdoor lights. We used > lots of silver tinsel. Mom always let us kids put the tinsel on (we used > the tossing method), so of course it was not too artistic. I don¹t remember > us having a lot of ornaments, but we usually had a swag of those > construction paper chains the kids always used to make at school. I > remember the cedar greenery was really rough on exposed skin. But we > thought the tree was beautiful. > > In the 1960¹s there was a little store on Highway 28 south of E Hwy called > Steinkamp¹s. Nowadays it would be called a convenience store. Frances J. > (Bade) Steinkamp, a widow lady, operated the store. She was the daughter of > Casper William Bade and Frances Josephine Pelikan. Her husband, Harold > Steinkamp died in 1952 and Frances in 1967 I think. I believe they are > buried at Union MO. Anyway, I remember Mrs. Steinkamp working in the store. > She was a friendly nice person, I always recall her smiling and laughing. > Later Ed and Ailene (Case) Robertson owned the store and they were good > people too. Edward Elsworth Robertson (1924-1999) was the son of John > Elsworth Robertson and Nellie Lucretia Minzes. As far as I know Ailene is > still living, a lovely lady. I was trying to think, when the Robertson¹s > ran the store, I think we just called it Ed¹s. That building is sitting > empty now. There is another new little store across the road and down a > ways. > > > > > > > ==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >