| TIMES WERE CHANGING FOR FAMILIES IN MID-MISSOURI(excerpted) |
| By Edgar Phillips |
| Grain crops were corn, wheat, oats, and barley; soybeans, a major grain crop today, was not widely grown then. In 1950 Father retired his one team of horses and did most of his field work with a 1938 WC Allis Chalmers, which had no lights or power steering, and was hand cranked. In the spring of 1950 he bought a new WD Allis Chalmers. He put a short tongue in the two row planter and five foot mower and bought Woods Bros. one row pull type corn picker and stopped picking corn by hand. We shoveled all grain. | |
| Reprinted from The Early Fifties, Marshall and Elsewhere © 2012 |
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| POLIO: THE DREAD DISEASE (excerpted) |
| By Andrea Hatfield |
| In the 1940s Poliomyelitis became a worldwide epidemic -- a disease greatly feared by parents because it most often afflicted young children, causing symptoms ranging from minor aches and pains to muscle paralysis and even death. Survivors of polio were often crippled for life. In 1949, my grandparents' fears were realized when their eight year old son (my father) was diagnosed with polio. |
| Reprinted from The Forties © 2011 |
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| LOOKING AT IT |
| By Melanie Dees Campbell |
Feeling Lower Than Low,
Banknotes Called In,
Farm Foreclosed.
No Work, No Hope,
Movin' Home,
Nothing, No How,
Round The Table,
Family Sharing Stew,
Hopeful Hearts,
Together Making Do,
For A Better Tomorrow. |
| Reprinted from The Great Depression BitterSweet Days 1929-1939 © 2010 |
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| THE PLAQUE: (excerpted) |
| By Jacob Hatfield |
| It was a cool day. Crisp, and gray. A light breeze whispering from the west.Dull green February grass sparsely covered the hilltop. I stood. Staring. Glaring. A weathered plaque in front of me.The Plaque was faded, like the day. But it was vibrant. It told of a battle. A raid. A victory for one. And a loss for another.An era of turmoil. Brother against brother. That was the mantra. That was the tale.I looked. I saw. Two battle formations described on the Plaque. One blue. One gray. A Union. And a Confederacy. |
| Reprinted from Saline Silhouettes © 2009 |
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| OBEY YOUR DADDY (excerpted) |
| By Katie Sharon |
| I had recently retired from many years of teaching. During that time, I had seen and read about so many children in home situations that I knew should be different. Then I noticed a feature article in the Marshall Democrat News about CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates, for children. Intrigued, I made inquiries and signed up for the training. So much information, so little time! |
| Reprinted from More Marshall MOments © 2008 |
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| HOME TO MARSHALL (excerpted) |
| By Susan Long |
| Our Voyager van sailed along the highways from Iowa where we'd participated in the memorial service for Jim's mother. She'd been almost 98 when she died, two months ago in August, just a few weeks after her extended family had gathered for a reunion. That reunion was the last time many of us saw Mother. It seemed like the end of an era. |
| Reprinted from Marshall MOments © 2007 |
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