Sundays after church from 12-5:30 or 6:00 was free time for the children. I often remembers finding a gunnysack when I would walk home from Brazito where a small country store was located. On way way to the store, I would pick up pop bottles and cash them in for a one of the following: 16oz bottle of pepsi for five cents, candy bar for five cents, or a sack of candy for ten cents. While on my way back I would walk on the opposite side of the road and pick up bottles for the next time I went to the store. The return price on a bottle was two cents. If I had leftover candy, I would share it with the smaller kids.
From our house it was about three miles to Brazito. That was a long way to walk for a soda, or candy. Would you always find enough bottles to buy something?
Yes! This is very interesting. It appears that Hwy 54 (not named back then) would have gone to Henley instead of toward Eldon in Miller County.
This map must be very very old or just plain wrong. They have highway 54 going to Henley I guess. They don’t have the road that goes to Lloyd’s house at all. Our home on road H that goes to Henley is missing
Was Immanuel Lutheran church there in 1904 at Honey Creek? Mother would have been about age 6 and I guess, living in Jefferson City. I love these old maps!
Mother went to Honey Creek school for the first grade. Her father carried her to school every day she said. She was probably five years old. She got angry at her teacher for making fun of her for turning one of her alphabets the wrong way. and refused to go back to school. They didn’t make her. I think shortly after that her mom and dad moved to Jeff. City. They lived on Dunklin St. Mother had two little girl friends who were catholic and went to St. Peters school. They invited her to go to school with them, and she did, They walked together to school. She said she learned the ten commandments there, Then for some reason, she had to stop going to St. Peters. I think her dad got a job as a janitor at Trinity school and church. She went there until she graduated from 8th grade. I have this story on tape. Mother was in her 90 when she told me this. I was shocked.
she told me about being friends with 2 little catholic girls when she lived in town on Dunkin St and went to Catholic school! (It was during a conversation about religion Lutheran vs. Catholic) you shouldn’t “not likem” just because they’re catholic. It’s all the same God she said.
It was so mind boggeling to have such a progressive, yet very traditional grandma telling about when she was a little boy and she also went to Catholic school! My goodness! He he!
And they lived at Aunt Nora’s house, right? The one she watered the cedars and is/was called Cedar Row? Grandpa Erhardt built that house…is that right?
I think that grandpa Ehrhardt built the one that Edwin Ehrhardt is living in now. Iq think that they moved to Jeffersun city to care for his sponsor something Meisel and his wife until they died. I think it was after that , they moved back to the country and lived at the location where aunt Nora and uncle Henry lived and raised their family. This may all be a lie but it is how I remember it.
Have you noticed that there was no tanner bridge road? I wonder how the sommerer family got to Jefferson City? I wish there was someone here on earth to ask.
They didn’t move back to the farm until after Mother was confirmed at Trinity. Mother and Daddy were married in Aunt Nora’s house. Grampa Erhardt helped built the house that Aunt Dora lived in. I think that is what Eddie told me. I don’t know about Salma’s place. Eddie and Judy own Johnnies farm now. They are very happy about it. There probably weren’t very many cars around in 1904. Most of the roads were dirt.driven over by horse and buggy!! Maybe they weren’t even named!!!
The dark line that goes through Henley isn’t a road. It is the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line. Labeled “C. R.I & P.” on the map. Here are some pictures of the railroad bridge at Henley. I can’t believe I’ve never walked across it. It was built in 1903 and I guess it hasn’t been in use since 1979.
I listened/watched the “7 Places” DVD and on this, Mother says that her father build the house that Aunt Nora lived in (Cedar Row house). She said in 1998. On the DVD she also said her father build the house Theadore and Dora lived in.
That’s 1989..not 1998 re the Cedar Row house.
I give up….you all know I’m bad at numbers. It’s 1898. I wish there was a way to ‘take back’ or erase on websites!
Scott deployed a couple weeks ago to the middle east. He is now in his permanent place for the next 6 months. He found out a few days after he left that he left a piece of himself behind! Som just found out she is pregnant! He said he is in Baghdad in the exact same place he was at in 2006! He says it has really changed since he was there before. The chow hall is awesome! They have an “International Buffet” where all the 3rd world folks that work in the kitchens make dishes from their home countries. Other than that though it is kinda barren in terms of supplies (batteries, snacks, etc) I guess because we were there then pulled out now back again. I just mailed a care package. If anyone would like to do the same his mailing address is
TSgt Scott Baker
727 EACS/Det5
BDSC
APO,AE 09305-9998
or drop him a line snail mail! His birthday is July 2nd. I think he would get a kick out of a card shower for his birthday! (allow 3 weeks for mail to get to him).
Congratulations Grandma Julie to be! Thanks for the address and birthday info also.