I remember the early 1930s well; The local mine had closed at Ottawa,and people were in dire straits. My mom and another mom (Stella (Totten) Mullins decided we kids were going to have some religous training,One Sunday we four boys had put on our fresh Sunday school clothes,and headed out to church.We decided playing in the creek was more fun,so Sunday school was skipped.We finally went home,and stopped at Stella,s house first,with our clothes all soiled from playing. She whipped her 2 boys first,then turned on me & my brother with her switch,saying: 'Im whipping you boys too, as I know if Carrie (my mom) was here she would whip you too". I learned something that day about a mom's wrath !! Shelby

And Hillary thought she had a new touch with her book, "It Takes A Village." I grew up in a neighborhood like that, too. It was hard being mischievious when you knew there were "hundreds" of pairs of eyes on you at all times. Sue Ellen At 10:22 PM 5/13/06 -0400, you wrote: >I remember the early 1930s well; The local mine had closed at Ottawa,and >people were in dire straits. My mom and another mom (Stella (Totten) Mullins >decided we kids were going to have some religous training,One Sunday we >four boys >had put on our fresh Sunday school clothes,and headed out to church.We >decided >playing in the creek was more fun,so Sunday school was skipped.We finally >went >home,and stopped at Stella,s house first,with our clothes all soiled from >playing. She whipped her 2 boys first,then turned on me & my brother with her >switch,saying: 'Im whipping you boys too, as I know if Carrie (my mom) was >here >she would whip you too". I learned something that day about a mom's wrath !! > >Shelby > > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >