Mom's Story - Installment #10

Here's the next part of Mom's story. I tried put her story in some semblance of chronological order, but some of her memories just kind of popped in as she was writing, so I left them as they were. You'll get the idea.
Hope you are still enjoying her memories as much as I am.
Joan

Mom Howard kept foster kids, and 2 of the boys and one girl stayed with her until they graduated and got married. One of the boys, Ronald Dean, went in the service for 2 years. Then when he got out, he came back and stayed with us while he worked at Gehl’s in West Bend. He got killed about a half of a mile from the farm in a car accident on Hwy. 67. It was April 1957. It was so sad as those kids were very close to Les and me.

I got the girls raised and they went to Campbellsport School until graduation. They rode the

school bus and when they came home, I’d have supper ready ‘cause they would be hungry. What a joy to have them home again.

Watching for the school bus was a job. When it left the neighbor’s house about ¼ mile down the road, we could see it. Then it was time to hurry to get down to the end of the driveway. I always enjoyed going to school programs and mother/daughter banquets. How proud I was.

Joan’s favorite teacher was Mrs. Twohig and when she broke her leg tobogganing on Jaeger’s hill, her teacher sent her assignments home with Johnny Dieringer for 6 weeks. She had to go to the hospital and they put a cast on her leg up to her hip. After 6 weeks, she got a walking cast. While she was in bed, Mrs. Twohig brought a nice plate of homemade cookies called Double Treats.

The two girls played in the school band, and I was so proud of them learning their notes and playing.

When Joan and Donna were in high school, they sang “How Great Thou Art” at Mrs. Daisy Long;s sister’s funeral at the Baptist Church in Campbellsport. They did well.

Then came proms. Both got new dresses. Joan got to be Prom Queen in 1962 and Karl Ketter was Prom King. Les and I had to be sponsors. That was the first Prom I ever attended.

Well, that's about it for this time.

Till next week.

JB