Oh, yes. And the neighbors all spanked too. Then took you home for another spanking. You had to be a very crafty kid to get away with much at all. Cousin Rick > > From: suebod <suebod@tampabay.rr.com> > Date: 2006/05/14 Sun PM 02:11:19 EDT > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Mothers Day Memorys ots > > 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 > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >