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Zij is getrouwd met Jessie Walter Martin.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 4 juli 1931 te First Christian Church, "WATTS PLACE", Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, zij was toen 19 jaar oud.
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1931 "THINGS I WISH TO
REMEMBER." ALICE MARTIN
THURSDAY NITE, JANUARY 8 SIS & ALLEN WENT TO TOWN, LEAVING BOBBIES
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ID: I034
Name: Alice Dorothy KITTRELL
Sex: F
Birth: 16 MAY 1912 in West Monroe, La
Death: 20 SEP 1991 in Ardmore,Ok of CANCER-SMALL CELL
Occupation: HOUSEWIFE
Event: Personality/Intrst CHURCH,FAMILY & CHILDREN
Residence: WALTERS,OK
Event: Ethnicity/Relig. BAPTIST
Medical Information: No Heart disease, High blood pressure, No Stroke, Cancer, No Addictions, No Alzheimer's, No Mental illness, No Diabetes
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ALICE MARTIN DIARY
1931
"THINGS I WISH TO REMEMBER."
ALICE MARTIN
THURSDAY NITE, JANUARY 8
SIS & ALLEN WENT TO TOWN, LEAVING BOBBIES & I AT HOME. HE CRIED, BUT I HELD HIM AND HE SOON WENT TO SLEEP. NO, I'M NOT AFRAID (VERY) I LOCK THE DOORS. I OUGHT TO WRITE SOME LETTERS BUT GEE! I'M SO SLEEPY!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9
CAMBRIA CLOSED DOWN. ALLEN WENT TO HARTFORDS TO SEE ABOUT GETTING WORK. MY HOME ROOM PUT ON A PROGRAM.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10
WE WASHED AND CLEANED HOUSE.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11
A J CAME HOME. BROUGHT HER PHONOGRAPH AND SOME TOYS. SISSIE PLAY IT AND SHE WAS GLAD TO GET HOME. REC'D BLK BUTTER FROME HOME, SURE IS GOOD.
MONDAY, JANUARY 12
I WENT TO SCHOOL AND STARTED STUDYING FOR MY SEMESTER EXAMS.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13
I TOOK MY EXAM IN BOOKKEEPING, 43. AND HISTORY. BOBBIE WAVED BYE AT ME.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14
I TOOK EXAM IN ENGLISH. DIDN'T GET MY REGULAR LETTER FROM JESSIE TODAY. WELL, I'LL GET ONE TOMORROW.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
TOOK MY BIOLOGY EXAM. MADE 84 IN IT.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16
STAYED IN P.M. FOR THE PROGRAM. MR TATE'S ROOM PUT ON A PROGRAM IN ASSEMBLY. BOBBIE STILL SAYS HOWDIE.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17
BOBBIE PAT-A-CAKE FOR ME. HE HAS HELD UP HIS ARM SEVERAL TIMES WHILE WE PULL OFF HIS DRESSES. REC'D A LETTER FROM JESSIE.
SUNDAY NITE, JANUARY 18
ALLEN WORKED TODAY AND NITE BEFORE AT CAMBRIA. BUT WE CAN'T TELL WHEN HE CAN OR CAN'T WORK. I'VE BEEN WORKING MY BOOKKEEPING. WE DIDN'T GO TO S.S. TODAY, IT WAS MISTING. IT HAS BEEN SHORT SO SHORT A DAY. I AM TRYING TO KEEP ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS AND MY EXPENSES. I WONDER IF OLA IS, HOPE SO. WELL, I'LL WRITE JESSIE A WHILE.
MONDAY JANUARY 19, 1931
"I STUDIED HARD FOR MY EXAMS. I FEEL SURE MY GRADES WILL BE HIGHER."
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20
REC'D TWO LB BUTTER. BOBBIE PLAYS PEEK EYE, PATS A CAKE, AND WAVES BYE, IN SUCCESSION, AS SIS MENTIONS THEM. HE WATCHED ME AT NOON TO GET TO TELL ME BYE, AND JUST LAUGHED. ALLEN ISN'T WORKING TONIGHT.
I REC'D MY REPORT CARD TOO! SURE AM MAD ABOUT MY BIOLOGY GRADE BUT GUESS IT IS ALRIGHT.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21
ALLEN ISN'T WORKING TONIGHT. BOBBIE CIRED WHEN ALLEN STARTED TO TOWN AND WOULDN'T TELL HIM BYE. JESSIE SELDOM EVER WRITES ME NOW.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22
EVERYONE SEEMS SO GOOD & KIND. I JUST HAVE THEE DON'T CARES. IN THEEVE. I SURE HAD THE HEADACHE AND WENT TO BED WITHOUT STUDYING A LESSON!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23
ALLEN IS WORKING TONIGHT. REC'D A LETTER FROM JESSIE TODAY. SIS WENT TO MRS LORELACES ONLY TO FIND SHE & ALTA BOTH IN BED WITH THE FLU. SURE IS BAD. OH YES! I TOLD SIS THAT I'D WASH DISHES IF SHE'D LET ME READ "CIMARRON" FIRST. SHE SAID ALRIGHT BUT THRU SOME MISTAKE I STARTED TO BED, ONLY TO PUT MY DRESS BACK ON AND FINISH DISHES. HA! HA!. WELL, I'LL WRITE JESSIE A LETTER. BOBBIE SAID "BUTTEN".
SATURDAY JANUARY 24
SIS & I WORKED ALL DAY. SURE WAS TIRED! REC'D A LETTER FROM HOME AND TWO LB BUTTER. SURE ARE GOOD AND I'M SO HAPPY! ALSO, I REC'D A LETTER FROM JESSIE. SAT. CONT'D WE IRONED,WASHED A LITTLE, AND CLEANED IN GENERAL. BOBBIE SAYS BUTTER AND CALLS KITTIE. HE ALSO PLAYS LIKE A BUMBLE BEE IS AFTER YOU AND TRIES TO BUZZ.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25
ALLEN JEAN & I WENT TO S.S. THIS MORNING. SHE CRIED FOR THE FIRST TIME. SIS HAS HAD HEADACHE ALL THE DAY. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY BOOK KEEPING BUT CAN'T MAKE MY TRIAL BALANCE COME OUT RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO BED.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28
ALLEN CLEANED HOUSE AT MRS CUPPS. HE SAYS IT SURE IS FILTHY. GK'LL MOVE TOMORROW I GUESS IF NOTHING HAPPENS.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29
WE MOVED TODAY. JACK SOMEBODY MOVED US. WE LOADED THE TRUCK THEN HE FOUND HE HADN'T ENOUGH GAS. HE, ALLEN, & I WENT BY THE STATION AND AFTER ARGUING WITH THE OLD MAN SECURED A GAL OF GAS FOR 9 CENTS.. TEE, HEE!. THE DAY SURE WAS PRETTY AND I STRAIGHTENED THINGS AROUND PRETTY WELL BEFORE SIS GOT HERE. TALK ABOUT FILTH BUT IT IS HERE, I CAN HARDLY EAT. HAD A LETTER FROM MRS. JORDAN TELLING OF HARD TIMES DOWN THERE.
THIS IS LEONARD'S BIRTHDAY. I HAVE WONDERED ALL DAY WHAT THE LITTLE DEAR IS DOING.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
WE'VE CLEANED HOUSE TODAY. SWEPT, BRUSHED AND MOPPED THE WALL AND CEILINGS. I NEVER SAW SUCH A NASTY PLACE. NO WONDER TURKNETTS KIDS WERE SICK! ONE CAN HARDLY SEE OUT THE WINDOWS OR TOUCH THE WALL. THEY ARE ROTTEN. ANYWAY THIS ISPOOR OLD DAD'S BIRTHDAY. I WONDER WHAT HE IS DOING. HE IS SIXTY TODAY. I HOPE HE CAN REALIZE HOW BAD I WANT TO PLEASE HIM AND SHOW THAT I LOVE HIM.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31
WE WASHED TODAY. A LARGE WASHING. AND IRONED SOME. REC'D A LETTER FROM HOME AND ALSO ONE FROM JESSIE. THEY ONLY TELL OF THEIR PLEASURES, THO, WHICH MAKE ME SO HOMESICK.
ALLEN J. SPEAKS OF DEWITT, LEONARD, LINDY AND AUNT OLA & BUD. NOW & THEN SHE SAYS "AUNT ALICE TALK ABOUT LINDY. WHERE IS MY LINDY. SHE'S JUST A DARLING.
WE WENT TO MRS. ROE'S TODAY. HER DAUGHTER HAS JUST UNDERWENT AN OPERATION BY WHICH WAS TAKEN OUT OF HER A 26 LB TUMOR. THEY THOUGHT BOBBIE WAS ALL OF IT. HE WENT TO L. C. RIGHT NOW AND JUST PLAYED AND CRIED WHEN WE LEFT!
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1
I GOT A CAN OF APPLE BUTTER ON CR. ALLEN ISN'T WORKING. THE MINE HAS CLOSED DOWN. MEN DON'T LOOK TO EVEN DRAW THEIR PAY. TOO BAD! IT SURE MAKES ME FEEL BAD TO HAVE TO STAY HERE AND NOT BE OF THE LEAST BENEFIT. GUESS I'LL HAVE TO GO HOME IF SOMETHING DOESN'T TURN UP.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
SIS GAVE ME AN ORDER FOR THE GRO. THIS MORNING. BUT HE HASN'T
DELIVERED IT! AND WE NEED IT TERRIBLY! AWHILE AGO SIS WENT OUT AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK SHE WAS CRYING & LAUGHING AND SAID " I'VE BEEN TALKING TO DAD". SHE SAID SHE PRAYED AND IT SEEMED AS IF DAD WAS RIGHT BY HER SIDE LISTENING AND JUST WAITING TO SAY "YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, YOU WON'T STARVE".
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
THE GROCERMAN BROUGHT OUR GROCERIES THIS EVE, AND PROMISED SIS THAT HE'D STAND BY THEM AND BE GLAD TO DO IT. MR. HOYLS SEEMS LIKE THE NICEST MAN. ALLEN WENT TO CAMBRIA AND CAME BACK SO BLUE IT ISN'T VERY PLEASING TO BE AROUND CLOSE WHENALLEN IS BLUE. HE DOESN'T TALK BUT THE SILENCE IS UNBEARABLE TO ME.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4
ALLEN FOUND OUT THAT THE MINE WENT INTO THE HANDS OF THE RECEIVER AND WON'T WORK UNLESS THE MEN AGREE TO WORK WITHOUT CAMP, OR PAY TILL THE OTHER EXPENSES HAVE BEEN PAID.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
BOBBIE HAS BEEN, AND IS STANDING ALONE THIS WEEK. HIS HAIR IS GROWING SOME AND HE SURE IS CUTE. HE SAID MOO, AND BOO A FEW DAYS AGO. GEE! HE IS CUTE. ALLEN JEAN IS TOO BUT NOT SO LAST MAN(?). I WAS PUT ON THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE TODAY. WE HADNED IN OUR FIRST PROGRAM. LOVEABLE AS BOBBIE. A.J. MAKES ME GET UP EVERY NITE, FOR ONE THING OR ANOTHER. HA!HA!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6
LAST NITE A.J. CALLED ME DOZENS OF TIMES. ONCE OR TWICE FOR MILK AND OTHER TIMES JUST TO KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING. TO SAY SHE HAD A RINGWORK, ETC. AND AS I WAS OH SO SLEEPY. I DIDN'T ANS HER MANY TIMES. SHE AND I WASHED A FEW PIECES TODAY. IT IS RAINING, SURE DID BLOW YESTERDAY. WE'VE MOPPED AND FIXED CURTAINS TODAY. YESTERDAY I CUT MY FINGER WHILE CLEANING A WINDOW. IT SURE DOES HURT WHEN I GET SALT OR HOT WATER IN IT. TEE!HEE!. WE POPPED CORN A WHILE AGO. POPPED PRETTYGOOD TOO. WE SELDOM THINK TO POP IT. BOBBIE SURE WANTED TO GET HIS LITTLE FIST IN IT TOO! AT NOON SIS SANG AFTER TALKING ABOUT MRS. CUPPS OLD RED ROOSTER COMING IN THE HOUSE. WE'LL KILL THE OLD RED ROOSTER
WHEN HE COMES & A.J. SAID"HUH UH, HE ISN'T OURS, HE'S MRS. CUPPS HA!HA! NOW ISN'T SHE CUTE? WELL, I GUESS IT IS 10:30 AND I'VE GOT TO GO TO BED.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8
WE SAT AROUND ALL DAY. SIS & ALLEN FELT BADLY, AND WERE BLUE.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9
I WENT TO SCHOOL AS USUAL. HAD OUR HOME ROOM PROGRAM AND RECEIVED MY HONOR CERTIFICATE. ONLY GOT 2 PTS.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
SIS AND THE BABIES WENT TO MRS. ROWE'S TO SEE ABOUT IDA. HER
DAUGHTER, WHO HAS JUST UNDERWENT AN OPERATION. THEY TOLD HER THAT THEY BET THE REASON SHE HADN'T BEEN BACK SOONER WAS THE WAY THEY PLAYED WITH HIM BEFORE. IT WASN'T THO. SHE CAME BACK WITH ABOUT A GAL OF MEAL MRS. CUPP MADE HER TAKE. WE RECEIVED A CRATE OF EGGS FROM HOME TOO. SURE LOOK NICE!
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
I WROTE FOR MONEY TO GO HOME. SIS HATES FOR ME TO QUIT, AND FOR THAT REASON I HAVE STAYED A MONTH LONGER THAN I WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE DONE. BUT EVERYTIME I'D THINK OF GOINGHOME ALLEN WOULD SAY, "WAIT A WK. OR SO AND WE CAN SEE. MAYBE I WILL GET WORK AND SHE COULD STAY." WE ARE EATING BAKING POWDER LESS & GREASE LESS BISCUITS THIS MORNING AND BOILED EGGS. WE ARE LUCKY, THO TO HAVE THIS MUCH.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
SIS & I DID A WASHING. IT IS RAINING AND COLD.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14
I RECEIVED A VERY SMALL LETTER FROM JESSIE, ALSO ONE , A REAL NICE
LETTER FROM LILLIE. SURE WAS GLAD TO GET THEM. A.J. REC'D A VALENTINE BOX FROM OLLIE. IN THE EVENING I WENT WITH MRS. CUPP AND MRS. TURKNETT TO GATHER SOME WILD GREENS. SURE ENJOYED MYSELF. GOT PRETTY TIRED, BUT ENJOYED MYSELF, NEVER THE LESS, AND MY GREENS ALSO.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15
WE HAVE ALL SAT AROUND ALL DAY. I SURE HAVE BEEN LAZY. ALLEN WENT TO CAMBRIA. IMMEDIATELY MY OLD SIS & I SAT DOWN TO READ AND ENTERTAIN ALLEN JEAN. THERE WE SAT, TILL WE HEARD HIM CLEAR HIS THROAT. HTN WE CAME ALIVE! HE CAME IN, (WE WERE AS BUSY AS COULD BE) AND SAID "WELL, IT TAKE YOU ALL ALL DAY TO CLEAN UP THE HOUSE." SIS & I LAUGHED AND CLEANED IT UP PRETTY QUICK & FIXED DINNER THEN BOTH OF US BACK TO READING, CLEANING UP BABIES AND FOOLING AROUND. IT'S TRYING TO RAIN AGAIN. YES, BOBBIE HAS BEEN STANDING ALONE ABOUT TWO WKS. NOW AND YESTERDAY HE MADE 3 STEPS. WELL, ALLEN WENT TO BORROW SOME SUGAR. HE THINKS HE'LL GET SOME, IF NOT ALL, OF HIS MONEY, TOMORROW. I SURE
HOPE SO WELL I'LL STOP AND READ "RED CLARK OF TULLWCO" ? AT HOME IT WAS SURE GOOD.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
I SENT AFTER MONEY TO GO (OR COME HOME). I WAS FIXING TO GO TO SCHOOL WHEN SIS MENTIONED IT, THO I'D THO'T ABOUT IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I SPOKE TO MISS HILL AND SHE AND MR. PARKS PROMISED TO TRY TO GET ME A PLACE TO STAY AND WORK IN TOWN. (MY LAST DAY IN SCHOOL ! ).
SATURDAY
SIS & I WASHED. IT WAS KINDA RAINY.
SUNDAY
I HAD TOOK SOME MEDICINE, BUT IN THE EVENING WHILE ALLEN WAS FISHING SIS SAID WE'D GO TO THE MT. AS WE COULD NOT GO TO THE MINE. SO WE TOOK THE BABIES AND WE & MRS CUPP WENT. SURE SAW A BEAUTIFUL SCENE THAT I CAN NEVER FORGET! SURE GOT TIRED THO! BUT ENJOYED EVERY FOOT OF THE JOURNEY.
TUESDAY
I DIDN'T FEEL WELL IN THE MORNING. TUES NITE I SURE WAS SICK. HAD THE REAL OLD BILIOUS HEADACHE. ALLEN GOT SO AGGRAVATED, BECAUSE SIS HADN'T MADE ME TAKE MEDICINE.
WEDNESDAY
I REC'D MONEY FROM HOME TO COME ON.
THURSDAY
PACKED MY CLOTHES ETC. SIS & ALLEN REFUSED TO LET ME BRING A J'S
PICTURE! BOY, THEY CAN'T IMAGINE HOW IT HURT AND HOW DISAPPOINTED I WAS. I DO BELIEVE THEY THINK WE CARE NOTHING FOR HER. THAT MRS. JORDAN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT AMOUNTS TO ANYTHING WHEN SHE IS CONCERNED, BUT THEY'RE MISTAKEN.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
MR. TURKNETT & I WENT TO TOWN TO ENQUIRE ABOUT MY ROUTE & FARE IN THE MORNING.
FEBRUARY 20
AT NITE SIS FIXED ME SOME COOKIES & EGGS & GAVE ME AN APPLE & ORANGE. GAVE ME A MAGAZINE TO READ. ON THE WAY TO TOWN WE LIKE TO HAVE HAD A WRECK AND I WENT ON TO MC ALESTER FROM THE FILLING STA. OUTSIDE HARTSHORNE, WITH AN ITALIAN. HE WAS SO INTERESTING! TELLING ME ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES SINCE HE COME TO AMERICA FIVE YRS AGO. HE WAS SO NICE ! A FRENCHMAN ENTERTAINED ME WITH TALES OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN THE WORLD WAR AND AFTERWARDS, ABOUT HELPING A GIRL WHERE HE WAS GOING.
TALKING OF SCHOOL ETC. . HE ALSO HELPED ME TO GET ON THE BUS, ETC. AND ACCOMPANIED ME TO DURANT. THERE I WAITED FROM 3:30 AM TILL 7:30, THEN BECAUSE THE BUS WAS OUT OF WHACK WAITED ANOTHER HR.. THERE WERE INTERESTING PEOPLE ON THE BUS. WE ARRIVED AT WALTERS AT 5:15 P.M. WHERE MR WARD & DAD MET ME. IT HAD COME A TERRIBLE RAIN, AND WAS PRETTY MUDDY. EVERYONE & EVERYTHING HAS WHISPERED LOVE TO ME EVER SINCE!
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22
IDA V. & JESSIE CAME THIS MORNING, TOMMIE & MAYME, ANNIE MC KEYS J J MC KEE, HENDERSON MARTIN, & ALVIS VARDELL AND DURWOOD MARTIN IN THE EVENING. WE ALL WENT TO MRS MARTIN'S IN THE EVE. WHERE WRE LILY & WESLEY, OLLIE & CHARLEY, AND HAMMONDS! GEE, I SURE ENJOYED MYSELF.
MON, TUES, WED ETC.
MAMA & I WASHED, IRONED & CLEANED UP.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28
JESSIE, OLA, HILTON, O.D., & I WENT TO MR VARDELL'S. WE PLAYED DOMINOES & LISTENED TO MUSIC. DOROTHY CUT HER BIRTHDAY CAKE & TOOK A PIECE TO GRANDPA.
SUNDAY
IT SNOWED & SLEETED ALL DAY. WAS REAL COOL. JESSIE & I PLAYED
DOMINOES WITH MOST EVERYONE & BEAT THEM.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
JESSIE, IDA V., TOMMIE , MAYME, HENSE, GRADY, AND ANNA LOU CROW, WERE HERE. WE SURE HAD SOME FUN. LILLIE'S BIRTHDAY & BOBBIES.
SATURDAY MARCH 14
LINDY STAYED ALL NITE WITH MARIE FRI. NITE AND SHE STAYED WITH LINDY SAT NITE. ALSO TOMMIE STAYED.
FRIDAY
OLLIE & I WENT TO SCHOOL.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
TOMMIE & MARIE WERE HERE. JESSIE & AMOS & WAYNE CAME HERE. WEPLAYED DOMINOES & PLAYED. POLLY & MARVIN NORA & HENRY FISH & MR. THOMPSON, LUCILLE & OLLIE & CHARLIE WERE HERE A LITTLE WHILE.
SUNDAY, MARCH 22
MR. MARTINS 50TH BIRTHDAY. ABOUT 30 RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WERE THERE. WE, IN THE EVE.. JESSIE ATE OVER HERE THEN HE, HENSE, OLA & I WENT TO THE CR. & PLAYED AND PLAYED. MATTIE CAME IN THE MORNING AND WE SHOT EACH OTHER WITH RUBBERS, WENT TO THE CR. & THEREW ROCKS. AFTER NOON WE PLAYED AT THE CREEK & WENT TO MR. MARTINS WHERE WE WERE TEASED, PLAYED MUSIC, & HAD A LOT OF FUN. THOT NITE, WE MISSED THE WAGON TO CHURCH AND STAYED AT MRS MARTINS TILL 10:30.
MONDAY, MARCH 23
OLA WENT TO SCHOOL. MR MARTIN APOLOGIZED TO HER FOR HENDERSON'S CONDUCT ON SUNDAY. MAMA & I TRANSPLANTED TOMATO PLANTS INTO THE COLD FRAME. SURE WAS A JOB, & I WAS SO TIRED! BUT WHEN OLA SAID SHE HAD A PLACE TO GO, I FELT A LOT BETTER AND WE WENT TO A PARTY IN HONOR OF TOMMIE'S 13TH BIRTHDAY. SURE HAD A NICE TIME.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24
OLA'S KNEE HURT SO SHE STAYED AT HOME. SHE & I WAVED AT JESSIE ETC. ETC.. MAMA & I WENT TO SET OUT CABBAGE PLANTS.. (GEE, WHAT A JOKE!) I FELT BADLY ABOUT IT ANYWAY.
WEDNESDAY, 25 TH
AT NITE MR. & MRS MARTIN & FAMILY CAME OVER AND STAYED TILL ABOUT 10:30. OLA & IDA V PLAYED RADIO. JUST AS THEY WERE LEAVING TED & G. CULBREATH CAME IN. WE FIXED THEM SOME SUPPER AND IT WAS ABOUT 11:30 BEFORE WE WENT TO BED.
THURSDAY, 26TH
OLA & I SLEPT MOST ALL AFTERNOON AFTER I FINISHED GRSY'S "TO THE LAST MAN" THAT NITE WE KIDS ALL WENT TO MR MARTINS, PLAYED DOMINOES AND MUSIC. HAD A NICE TIME. "I THINK THEY'RE BETTER THAN SOME OF YOUR COUSINS", JESSIE.
FRIDAY, 27TH
"GEE ! IT'S ALL WHITE THIS MORNING. SURE IS COLD." TED & G., THOUGHT THEY'D GO ON TO COUNTY LINE, BUT GOT ONLY ACROSS'T THE CREEK. OLA WENT AFTER JESSIE AND HE BROUGHT HIS DOMINOES. WE PLAYED MOST ALL DAY AND TILL 11:00 THAT NITE. ( I SURE FELT BADLY, ( CIGARETTE AFFAIR) AND AM ASHAMED OF IT!).
SATURDAY, 28TH
OLA & I WASHED & IRONED. IN THE EVE. OLLIE & IDA V. CAME AFTER US AND I WENT HOME WITH THEM. WE POPPED CORN AND HAD LOTS OF FUN. CHARLIE CAME IN A LITTLE WHILE AND GRANDPA' HAD COME BACK FROM "ADD'S". HE SURE LOOKED BETTER! WE PLAYED MUSIC AND A FEW DOMINOES. THEN MR & MRS MARTIN, LILLIE & WESLEY CAME IN FROM TOWN & IN A WHILE I CAME HOME. JESSIE, MENTIONED THE AFFAIR OF THURS NITE. OH, I DON'T SEE WHY I DID THAT, BUT, I JUST FELT TERRIBLE. OLA STAYED WITH IDA V. SAT. NITE.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29
MRS MARTIN TEASED JESSIE ABOUT GOING HOME ! WHEN HE CAME WE PLAYED " BLIND MAN'S BUFF"' AND AFTER NOON PLAYED BASEBALL. BATTING WITH OUR HANDS AN OLD BALL MADE OF A SOCK. MATTIE & ALVIS CAME BY, FROM MYERS! AND WE PLAYED TILL THE BALL RETURNED TO SOCK. THEN PLAYED WITH THE BALL IN THE CENTER. IDA V. WAS HERE, TOO, THE LITTLE DEAR. BUT SHE WENT HOME AT 5:00 P.M. AND MAMA & DAD WENT WITH HER. MATTIE & I PLAYED DOMINOES AGAINST JESSIE & ALVIS TIL ALMOST DARK, THEN THEY WENT HOME
& JESSIE & I MILKED WHILE OLA FIXED SUPPER. AFTERWARDS WE WENT TO MRS MARTIN'S ( OLA & JESSIE & I PLAYED ROOK. ? ? ? ? ? ?
MONDAY, MARCH 30TH
IT'S RAINING AND THE KIDDIANNAS CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL. WE'VE PLAYED
DOMINOES, AND LOX & GEESE, FINALLY FIXING DINNER. OLA & I TRIED TO SLEEP BUT J.D. WOULDN'T LETUCE! ITE MADE ME SO MAD. WE RECEIVED A RETURNED LETTER FROM BUD! OH, HOW I DO WISH WE COULD HEAR FROM HIM! WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO BED EARLY SO I MUST FINISH MY DISHES. TEE! HEE!.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 1 ST
WE WORKED AT HOME. DIDN'T GET A THING ON ANYONE. LILLIE & OLLIE CAME & WE HAD A NICE TIME.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH
WE WORKED ALL DAY, AND WENT TO ALFREDS PARTY. WERE HALF SCARED TO DEATH BY SOME BOYS. BUT HAD AN ENJOYABLE TIME.
EASTER SUNDAY
OLA & I RODE MAUD TO MR VARDELL'S. SURE HAD SOME
FUN. AFTER NOON JESSIE & I WENT TO LILLIE'S , WHERE WE, IDA V., TOMMIE, ROY MARTIN & WIFE AND VICTOR, AND LILLIE & WESLEY HUNTED EGGS. JESSIE & I DIDN'T FIND AN EGG. WE PLAYED MUSIC. IDA V & TOMMIE DIVIDED EGGS WITH US. I SURE ENJOYED MYSELF. MR & MRS TATE CAME HERE IN EVENING.
MONDAY, APRIL 6TH
MAMA, DAD, J.D., & OLA WENT TO TOWN. LEFT HILTON, DOROTHY & I, HERE. WE KILLED A CHICKEN FOR OUR DINNER. WHEN THEY CAME HOME THEY SAID POLLY WAS MARRIED. SHE MARRIED HENRY FISH. WE WENT TO THE SHIVEREE. AND MANY WERE THE FRIENDS WHO WISHED THEM HAPPINESS.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH
MAMA WORKED SOME IN THE GARDEN. OLA & I STAYED HERE AND CLEANED HOUSE AFTER 5:00 O'CLOCK P.M.. I STARTED READING " THE TWO - GUN MAN" AND FINISHED AT 1:00 A.M. WED., SURE WAS GOOD.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH
MAMA MADE A SHIRT AND MADE A DRESS FOR DOROTHY AFTER SUPPER. OLA & I WASHED AND IRONED AND MOPPED THE FRONT FLOOR. SURE WERE TIRED. AFTER SUPPER WE TALKED TO JESSIE AND IDA V. & ALFRED AT THE CREEK. LATER JESSIE AND IDA V. CAME OVER HERE FOR A FEW MINUTES BUT BECAUSE THAT A CLOUD WAS COMING UP THEY STAYED ONLY A FEW MINUTES.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH
IT IS RAINING AND COOL. OLA IS OVER AT MRS. MARTIN'S. SHE WENT TO GET SOME MILK AND IDA V CAME BACK WITH HER. SHE WANTED HER TO GO BACK WITH HER SO I ASKED MAMA TO LET HER GO. I WISH THAT SHE WOULD ASK MAMA SOMETIMES TO LET ME GO. I'M JUST DYING TO GO BUT SHE SEEMS TO WANT TO GO SO BAD AND I GET SO LONESOME WITHOUT HER. SOME TIMES I JUST WONDER IF SHE DOESN'T THINK ABOUT US MUCH OF IDA V. AS SHE DOES ME. BUT I WILL MAKE SOME COOKIES NOW, AND WRITE OFF SOME SOME SONGS, AND I'LL TRY TO ALWAYS BE GOOD TO HER AND MAYBE SHE WILL LIKE TO STAY WITH ME AS WELL AS I DO HER. YES, WE WENT TO MR MARTIN'S AND ON THE WAY PICKED UP GLOW-WORKS. STAYED AND PLAYED DOMINOES & MUSIC TIL
11:00. THEN JESSIE & I HAD A LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING. I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNOWS ME.
FRIDAY
THE KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL TODAY. OLA STAYED WITH IDA V LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL JUST LIKE I WANTED TO THEN.
SATURDAY
MAMA, DAD, OLA, AND LINDY WENT TO TOWN AGAIN. ABOUT 11:30 I WAS FIXING ONION AND JUST THINKING AWAY WHEN JESSIE STEPPED IN. GEE, I WAS GLAD, BUT I DIDN'T DO ALL I HAD SAID I WOULD. WE TALKED AND TEASED ALL DAY. I TURNED MY WASH WATER OVER WHEN WE WERE WASHING. EACH TRYING TO WASH THE OTHERS FACE. ABOUT 5:00 MAMA & THEM CAME AND JESSIE WENT HOME TO SEE ABOUT HIS COWS AND THE FENCE. WE GOT READY AND WENT TO LILLIE'S & WESLEY TO A SURPRISE PRTY IN HONOR OF IDA V'S 14TH ANDWESLEYS 23RD BIRTHDAY. SURE HAD A NICE TIME. JAMES FAMILY WHITTON, MR.
MARTIN'S, & WE WERE ALL THAT WERE THERE. BUT WE HAD A NICE TIME. WE PLAYED " JACOB & KEITH" AND FLYING DUTCHMAN AND DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF.
SUNDAY, APRIL 12
IDA V. AND WESLEY'S BIRTHDAY. MAMA, DAD, DOROTHY, AND LINDY WENT TO MRS. VARDELL'S. JESSIE CAME AND I SURE FELT BAD FOR A WHILE. HE & I STARTED TO THE THIRD TABLE. THEY HAD A NICE DINNER AND OH SO GOOD! JESSIE & I PLAYED MUYSIC MOST ALL AFTERNOON THEN I TEASED AND TALKED TO LILLIE AND OLLIE AWHILE, AND JESSIE & I CAME HOME. I SURE DO ENJOY MYSELF
WHEN I"M WITH OLLIE & LILLIE.WE, OLA & I DID THE WORK AND WENT TO MEET THEM AT THE BRIDGE TO GO TO CHURCH. NONE OF US FELT LIKE TALKING FOR OUR OWN REASONS. WE STOOD THERE LIKE DUMMIES AND LET THEM COME ON TO THE HOUSE. WE WENT TO CHURCH & HEARD A PRETTY GOOD SERMON. JESSIE FELT PRETTY BADLY WHEN HE WENT HOME..
MONDAY, APRIL 13TH
I HELPED HILTON IN THE GARDEN. WE PLANTED 13 ROWS OF BEANS. 12 OF PEAS, FOUR OF CUCUMBER AND ABOUT FOURTEEN OF POPCORN. MRS VARDELL & HER DAUGHTERS CAME AND MATTIE & I WENT OVER THERE IN THE EVE. TOGETHER, BUT WHEN MAMA CAME WE HURRIED TO THE HOUSE.
TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH
ONE YR. AGO TODAY JESSIE WAS IN THE BED WITH THE MEASLES AND LINDY WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WE DIDN'T THINK SHE COULD POSSIBLY LIVE. BLESS HER LITTLE HEART. I HOPE GOD MAY SEE FIT TO LET HER LIVE A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE. WELL TODAY I DRAGGED A LOG ACROSS THE NEW GROUND, AND HELPED DAD LAY OFF ROWS. SURE MADE A MESS OF IT, THO, AND I SURE GOT TIRED AND SORE. OLA CAME IN FROM SCHOOL AND TOLD ME JESSIE WAS SICK AND WANTED TO SEE ME. SO, I QUIT, HELPED MILK AND SHE & I WENT TO MR. MARTINS. STAYED TILL 11:00 O'CLOCK. JESSIE WAS SUFFERING PRETTY BADLY WHEN WE ARRIVED BUT WHEN WE LEFT HE FELT QUITE A BIT BETTER, AND I DID, TOO. IDA V. CAME HOME WITH ME & OLA. WE HAD SOME FUN COMING
HOME. I FELL THRU THE PORCH.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH
I'VE TIRED TO WASH BUT HADN'T ENOUGH SOAP SO DIDN'T DO MUCH. I AM SO SORE I CAN HARDLY DO ANYTHING. IT LOOKS RAINY NOW AT 4:00 P.M.. HOPE IT DOESN'T RAIN, NOW. FOR MAMA WANTS TO GO TO TOWN TOMORROW OR FRI. AND GET HER TEETH. WISH I COULD KNOW HOW JESSIE IS. HOPE HE ISN'T SO BAD TODAY. THE KIDS WILL BE HERE SOON AND I'LL FIND OUT. (LATER) OLA SAID HE WAS ABOUT LIKE HE WAS LAST NITE WHEN WE LEFT. I CAN'T HELP BEING UNEASY ABOUT HIM. OLA, LEONARD & I WENT OVER THERE ABOUT 8:30 O'CLOCK AND STAYED TILL 9:40. I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT 30 MINS.. HE SURE WAS GLAD WE WENT AND I WAS TOO. WE WADED THE CR. 7 BABY RABBITS WERE HERE THIS MORNING.
FRIDAY
JESSIE IS SITTING UP A LITTLE NOW.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH
OLA & I RE-PLANTED CORN MOST ALL DAY. DAD, MAMA & BOYS WENT TO TOWN. LINDY PREPARDD DINNER. GEE & DEWEY CAME IN EVE. WE SURE GOT TIRED, BUT AFTER TALKING TO IDA V. AND JESSIE AT THE CROSSING, AND HE CAME AFTER US, WE WENT OVER THERE. YES, WE HAD AN ARGUMENT AS WE ALWAYS DO, ABOUT MY BEING UP, AND GOING OVER THERE SO MUCH.
SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH
MR MARTIN'S FOLKS CAME OVER AND OLA & I WENT TO OLLIES WITH THEM. I HAD STARTED A PIE HERE, BUT LET LINDY FINISH IT, AND WHEN WE GOT TO OLLIE'S, I MADE SOME CRUST WHILE SHE MADE THE FILLING FOR SOME MORE. SURE HAD A GOOD TIME. POLLY AND HENRY CAME IN THE EVENING. WE LEFT ABOUT 3:30 AND WENT TO MR. MARTIN'S (OLA, WALKED WITH MATTIE) WHERE IDA V. AND I PLAYED MUSIC AND HAD A LOT OF FUN, WHILE JESSIE READ "RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE". THAT NITE WE, IDA V. & JESSIE, ATE SUPPER HERE AND WE WENT BACK OVER THERE WITH DEWEY AND GEE & HILTON & PLAYED DOMINOES.
MONDAY, APRIL 20
DEWEY IS STAYING HERE THIS WK & WORKING FOR 100 CHICKS. GEE LEFT FOR THE OIL FIELD.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
MAMA & I PUT OUT THE LARGEST WASHING! AND I IRONED SOME. TUES NITE OLA STAYED ALL NITE WITH IDA V.
THURSDAY APRIL 23RD
IDA V. IS STAYING ALL NITE WITH US TONIGHT. JESSIE IS HERE AWHILE TONITE TO PLAY DOMINOES.
FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH
I STAYED HERE AND HELPED MAMA IN THE MORNING. (MAMA TRIED TO SLIP OFF FROM ME TO GO TO THE MAILBOX). IN THE EVENING I IRONED AND FIXED FOR THE PROGRAM. JESSIE CAME OVER WHILE I WAS MILKING AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS ROOM IN THE CAR FOR LEONARD, 7-12-1938 LETTER FROM SIS & ALL TO ALICE & JESSIE MARTIN
FROM BOX 55, WAUKENA CA.
DEAR ALICE JESSIE & BABIES:
HAD TWO CARDS FROM YOU SINCE I WROTE YOU. WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL. HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO WRITE. THE KIDS HAVE ALL BEEN SICK WITH WHOOPING COUGH. ELIZABETH WAS AWFUL SICK, SHE TAKEN REAL BAD AL AT ONCE, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS CROSS AND ILL BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE SO TERRIBLE SICK, I GOT HER TO SLEEP ON HER LITTLE BED & TURNED INTO MY BED ROOM TO CLEAN IT UP & QUICK, OUR LAND LORD DROVE HIS TRACTOR UP CLOSE TO THE HOUSE & IT AWAKEN HER, SHE LAY THERE KICKING & PLAYING, THEN STARTED COUGHING & VOMITED, I PICKED HER UP SHE WAS STRANGLED. I TRYED TO BRING HER TOO, SHE PASSED OUT AT ONCE THEN WENT INTO CONVULSIONS. QUICK LEFT HIS TRACTOR AND TAKEN ME TO THE DR.. WITH HER. THE DR. WORKED WITH HER QUITE A WHILE QAND USED A SUCTION THING TO DRAW THE FLEME FROM HER THROAT AND FINELY GOT HER QUITE AND TOLD ME TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL AS QUICK AS I COULD. SO I DID AND FOR 4 DAYS THEY THOUGHT SHE MITE GO AT ANY TIME. SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND JUST LIFELESS AND HER LEFT SIDE WAS PARELIZED AND HER ARM AND LEG WAS DRAWN, SHE HAD PNEUMONIA AND EAR INFECTION TO. BUT SHES HOME NOW AND DOING VERY NICELY. HAS A VERY SORE MOUTH BUT ITS GETTING BETTER, SHE STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL 3 WEEKS. I BROUGHT HER HOME LAST THURS, THE 7TH. THE KIDS ARE ABOUT OVER IT NOW, I HADN'T BEEN OFF THE PLACE AND THE KIDS HADN'T BEEN ANYWHERE ONLY TO SCHOOL AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. BOBBIE CAUGHT IT AT SCHOOL. HOPE YOUR BABYS DON'T TAKE IT. YOU ASKED ME WHAT A F.S. A CHECK WAS. IT'S A FARMERS SECURITY ASSN.. THE SMAE THING WE DRAWED MONEY FROM BEFORE WE LEFT THERE. WE GOT18.00 CHECKS THERE AND 27.00 CHECKS HERE. OUR GROCERMAN CUT US OFF FROM BUYING ON CREDIT SO WE BUY AT CASH AND CARRYS AND SAVE BUT WE PAY 5.00 WEEKLY ON OUR OLD GROCERY BILL. OWE 40.00 NOW. ALLEN HASN'T MADE MORE THAN HALF THIS YEAR WHAT HE DID LAST. WAGES WAS CUT AND THE LAKE DROWNED OUT SP MUCH ALFALFA.
LOTS OF STRAW THIS YEAR TOO. BUT ITS NO PRICE SO PEOPLE ARE BURNING IT INSTEAD OF BAILING IT. FRIDAY EVE, HERE I AM AGAIN I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE IT TAKES ONE TO CARE FOR ELIZABETH. 2 OR 3 TO DO THE WORK SO MOST OF WORK GOES UNDONE. SUCH AS IRONING 7 PATCHING AND SCRUBBING. WE HAVEN'T BOUGHT MUCH CLOTHES THIS YEAR. NO EVER DAY CLOTHES AT ALL AND ONLY 1 SUIT A PIECE OF NICE WEAR. IT WAS EXTRA CHEAP. MR. JORDAN HASN'T MADE BUT 15.00 SINCE JAN.. WE'VE HAD TO BUY HIS TOBACCO AND FEED HIM AND IT AMOUNTS UP. CALIF. IS WORKING ON A PLAN TO PAY ALL PEOPLE OVER 50 YRS OLD. 30.00 A WEEK, NOT MONEY BUT WARRENTS THAT PASS AS SAME AS MONEY. AND THEY THINK IT ALLALL GO THROUGH. MABE IF IT DOES HE'LL HELP US OUT SOME.
I HAVE 12 LITTLE CHICKS. A POOR START BUT ITS A START ALRIGHT. RODE ISLANDS. I MUST HUSH. I'VE BEEN EXPECTING SOME OF THOSE PICTURES YOU TAKEN EASTER.
LOVE TO ALL FROM SIS & ALL
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Jessie Walter Martin and Alice Dorothy Kittrell Martin
Jessie Walter Martin and Alice Dorothy Kittrell Married in Walters, OK, July 4, 1931 in the presence of C.L. Martin & W. F. Kittrell. Married by Eugene Mc Conley, Minister.
Jessie rode horseback to Portalis, NM from Walters, Ok in a covered wagon. (1926) at the age of 13. The whole family had mumps enroute & it rained continually. Carried an old wood stove to cook outdoors. This is where Wesley met Lillie Rae. They were sharecroppers for the Rae's. They made one crop & moved back to Walters, OK. Made one crop and Wesley made one bale, got paid and went back to N. M
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