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via Radio on the Farm in Winter

Our radio sat on a low wooden stand in the corner of the living room.  Dad’s rocking chair was placed in front of the radio.  The heat register was nearby, bringing warm dry air from the basement furnace.  We did … Continue reading →

via Memories of Winter on the Farm

Jung’s, Gurney’s, and Burpee seed catalogs arrived in the mail, usually the first week in January, about the same time as the tax bill. The bright vibrant colors of the pictures of vegetables and fruits contrasted sharply with the barren … Continue reading →

via Snowball Fights and Forts at the One-Room Country School  

Snowballs flew in the late 1940s and 1950s at the Oak Grove Ridge one-room country school outside of Seneca in the middle of Crawford County. The best snowball fights happened when 2 impromptu teams built snow forts about 30 feet … Continue reading →

via Winter in the Scheckel Farmhouse

The Scheckel family was back in the warm farmhouse by 6 PM on winter nights out on the Oak Grove Ridge farm in the 1940s and 1950s.  All the livestock were fed, watered, and bedded down for the night. The … Continue reading →

via Winter on the Farm

The mailman delivered the Sears, Roebuck catalog and the Montgomery Ward catalog to the Scheckel farm outside of Seneca, in the middle of Crawford County, during the 1940s and 1950s.  These were big, thick catalogs and seems to weigh a … Continue reading →