Hello! I would like to comment on the subject of "Ice". About 62 years ago, when I was a babe in arms, my daddy, Everett Jones, would get up at 3 A.M., my mom would get me up and dress me, and would all go to Ranger, Texas, to pick up a truck load of ice. My daddy worked for Cora Perretti[pardon the spelling if it is incorrect] This truck load of ice was delivered to the beer joints in Mingus. As this is where my mom and dad and I were living at the time. My daddy drove an old Chevrolet truck, according to my dad it had a clutch, brake and reverse. According to my parents Mingus was a wild and woolly place. During prohibition it had the reputation of being the wettest place between Fort Worth and El Passo. Thank you for allowing me to share a bit of my family history. I realize that Mingus is not in Erath Co.,[although my birth certificate says so] I know that it is not that far from Stephenville. Sincerely, Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles A. Wyly <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Stephenville Ice house and "Thirsty- Just whistle" for Whistle Vess Soda Pop > Hi,I forgot, the ice house was on the Railroad and had once supplied ice > to the Railroad for shipping fresh meat and vegetables and for Pullman > cars. > > Also, Great Aunt Susie Moxley graduated from Tarleton and Mary- Hardin - > Baylor- she taught in Box School, near Pony Creek Church, Selden,Indian > Creek, Lingleville, Pea Ridge, Huckaby, Bloomington and others- was hired > by A&M Consolidated schools but cannot find record that she went through > with the contract. Bloomington offerred her a Principal's position and a > hefty raise. She refused as she did not believe that women should have > positions of authority . her boy friend attended ed Baylor and > Southwestern Seminary and became a Principal in Amarillo, and married > another. > She returned home to Indian Creek to take care of her Civil War veteran > dad, who had moved the family from Calloway County, Missouri to the > Selden- Indian Creek area on Hico- Stephenville highway. She lived > 1890-1976 and never drove a car. She rode the bus to Stephenville some > and worked some for the family of Dean J. Thomas Davis of Tarleton. > > her house never had electricity or running water- they owned the land and > payed the taxes and sent a few through Tarleton or SHS her hand pump > failed and she carried the water from a nearby pond. The family had a > weaving loom for carpet and a spinning wheel to earn extra money by > daylight or lamp. > > FOOD COOLER- She built a frame for a burlap coverred box outside the > Kitchen Window and wet it down with pumped or carried water 3 to 5 times > a day, and it kept her milk and butter cool. They always had Red cling > seed Indian Peach pickles for dinner. She drove her horse and Buggy to > Selden Church until her last horse died, then rode with kin and > neighbors to church. and dressed like Amish- she said they had Puritain > roots from Plymouth Colony, but I have not been able to prove it. After I > left home she often ate Sunday dinner with my mom and dad- Always jovial > and telling us kids about the healthy Bible foods and other frontier or > moral stories. > > She was related to Darnell, Higdon. Higbee- Arendell-Fleming- Ogan and > other Indian Creek folk and Fort Worth Shannons- her niece married > attorney Marvin Shannon of Shannon Funeral home- the Blind Golfer who had > played with Bob Hope for a Colonial Country Club Charity tournament. > Outside the Indian Creek Cemetery from the Moxley and Wyly graves, is a > flat rock. There I am told is buried a Missouri Indian who led a wagon > train from Missouri to Texas and he lived in the area and kept a lookout > for possible Indian Raiders, appx. 1900. Great Great Grand George Milton > Moxley had fought in Civil War as one who drew a bounty for taking a rich > man's place in Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's fierce fighters. I remember > him drawing Civil War Vet checks from the State of Texas, with a > Confederate Flag stampped on the State mailed envelopes. > > Take care, > Charles A. Wyly > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >