Hi, some recoverred and came home. One in Erath County escaped twice, rode a bus home, and was in the kitchen when her husband got in from the field. He said she did not need to be in a State Home if she could find her way home. Some Erath County Doctors would send patients to State Homes for their own good as well as the family. 1. 1900 to 1935 most farm women washed clothes in a washpot NS RUBBED THEM BY HAND ON A rUB bOARD IN A TUB OF WATER IN A CHAIR TO STOOP OVER- wATER WAS HEATED BY WOOD. & CARIED FROM wINDMILL OR WELL 2. yES, THEY DID GET MEDICAL CARE - NOT THE SAME TYPE AS TODAY WITH REST HOMES WITH LTZHEIMER'S WINGS. 3. AT HOEING AND HARVEST AND OTHER BUSY SEASONS THE ENTIRE FAMILY WOULD BE IN THE FIELD TRYING TO HANG ON TO THEIR LAND. + 4. TEXAS ALSO HAD A SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN AUSTIN. cOUSIN MARVIN SHANNON MARRIED DAD'S FIRST COUSIN ELBERTINE MOXLEY- HER GRANDPARENTS IN SELDEN. .HE OBTAINED A LAW DEGREE FROM UNIV. OF TEXAS AND HE AND BROTHER FRED RAN THE SHANNON FUNERAL HOMES AND AMBULANCES AND A CEMETERY AND SHANNON LIFE INSURANCE. MARVIN COULD SHOW CUSTOMERS THE DISPLAY ROOM OF COFFINS AND BY TOUCH COULD QUOTE PRICE AND HIS SECRETARY TYPED THE CONTRACTS.. HE ALSO PLAYED IN A COLONIAL cOUNTRY CLUB GOLF CHARITYWITH BOB HOPE AS HIS PARTNER. THEY PLACED A BOARD ON THE GROUND POINTD TOWARDS THE NEXT HOLE AND GAVE HIM THE DISTANCE AND HE SAT HIS OWN BALL. Marvin was talking to others at Kiwanis Club one day in Fort Worth about golf. Another man said" You can't play Golf". Marvin said "I can beat you, the man said- That's a bet- Marvin said " You pick the place and I will pick the time". The man named the course, and Marvin said "Friday Midnight". lso, Texas has 4 Texas State Land Board Veretrans Homes- one in Floresville was opened after the Civil War. Other 3 are at Temple, Bonham, and Big Spring. These ARE NOT U.S. G.I. HOSPITALS. My Aunt Mary Ella Wyly , selden raised, was a Captain in U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 1939-46. in several Southeast Asia battle zones. She is 89 and ridses her scooter cair some- walks some, and is dearth on the Dominoes. Her coousin H.D. Kay, Jr. , Selden raised, was also in Temple home and passed away last month during the icestorm. Residents there use Scott & White Hospital and qualify for disability Vets pensions. Some drive cars. With Aid and Attendants instead of Medicaid they have several dollars more pay than the home charges.Thy picktheir own Doctors from the Temple area. See the site on the net about the Texas State Veterans Homes If you are really interested visit the manager in person and follow his directions and you can be admitted in a week or so. Doing it by mail or computer could take 6 months. You should run down every medical and Dental and Hospital record and perscription for the last several years for the application. Cousin H.D. had Altzheimer's and was in a special wing, but came to programs and Bingo and musicals with other patients , He was a retired Vocational Ag Teacher and Tarleton and A&M Grad. some drive off the grounds daily and eat out. . They should have some missing links in these 4 homes, esp, the Floresville Home, now open over 130 years. Take Care, Charles A. Wyly On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 08:36:25 -0800 IOWA RIBBONDUNCAN <[email protected]> writes: > was it a good place, say around the early 1900's > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy Shipman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 1:34 AM > Subject: Re: [ERATH] > > > > People in these parts were still being sent to the state hospital > at > Terrell > > during that time period. [My grandmother always asked if she could > get a > > corner suite so that we could all go with her!] > > > > Try checking the online Handbook of Texas. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "IOWA RIBBONDUNCAN" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 10:10 PM > > Subject: [ERATH] > > > > > > > any one know anything about the insane hospital that was in San > ANtonio > > > around the 1900's > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >