I have no idea of what I am doing but my daughter, Cindi, told me I could do this!! So, I don't want to disappoint her, so.....here I am!! I guess to begin...
Once upon a time there 12 Children born into a family in Wyoming! There were 4 boys died in their infancy and 8 children were left...I, being #12...this is my story!! I was born on 19 June, 1948... I know, I am a FOSSIL now!! Actually, Fossils are very interesting...and that is how my life has been...interesting!!
As I said, I was born on 19 June, 1948, in Casper, Wyoming to Earl Addison ST. JOHN and Alice Mae ANGELL. I had a brother, Robert Earl ST. JOHN, and 6 sisters: Patricia Mae, Elizabeth Lodema, Marjorie Lathelle, Ruth Elaine, Elsie Jeannette, Pearl Kay!! I don't have many memories of my life until I was about 7...I remember when I turned 7, my Father shared my Birthday for Father's Day. He had been Rabbit hunting and fell through the fence and shot himself in the shoulder and had to be hospitilized. I remember him coming home and had his arm in a sling, he had to have surgery on his shoulder. I think that was Saturday when he came home and the next day was Sunday, FATHER'S DAY, 19 June, yep, and MY birthday!! We shared a cake together and it was a happy day!! Then, I am not sure how long it was and my Dad had to have his arm amputated close to the elbow because he got gangrene in it. He, then received a hook...he could do amazing things with his hook! He could grab us kids by the clothes when we wouldn't listen!! LOL LOL (we loved it!!). My sister, Jeannie, broke her arm and had trouble tying her shoe, my dad had trouble tying his shoe, so...they helped each other tie their shoes...worked out well for each of them!! Our Gram lived with us and we all loved her to pieces!! I remember we moved a LOT around town, although I don't know why!!
I remember moving to a house on Jefferson...we loved the house. I think that Marjie and Elaine still lived at home. Marjie, Elaine, Jeannie, Kay and I had our rooms upstairs. We had a HUGE tree in the front yard that we loved climbing up to play on, it was right by our bedrooms. One night, there was a man looking in our window and we started screaming....all 5 of us...we probably woke the dead...lol. Our dad had been moving beds around and there was one in the hallway by our rooms. Our Dad came bounding up the stairs when he heard us scream and he tripped over the beds, knocked them down and made a LOUD crashing noise!! We were more concerned about our Dad than the guy out our window so we went rushing out to see if Daddy was O. K. He was and asked us why we were screaming and we told him and he got up and went and looked but the guy was gone...I don't suppose our screaming and our Dad making a crashing noise scared the guy off...but, he WAS gone!!
Jeannie, Kay and I had a desire to go to Church. So, the Church of The Open Bible was not far from us so we walked to Church every Sunday and enjoyed going. One night they had a REVIVAL and my sisters and I decided to go!! Well...as we were sitting there, the preacher was yelling, preaching I suppose,(lol) and the next thing Kay and I knew, Jeannie had gotten up and went to the Altar with others and knelt down and was saying things and some were rolling in the aisles...Kay and I got scared and got up and ran for the door!! We ran home and left our sister, Jeannie there by herself. Sorry, Jeannie!!!
I remember going to spend the night with our "Gram'...our Mother's Mother. We always had fun at her apartment. We were excited when she asked us to go empty her garbage!! There was a 'dummy waiter' type garbage disposal. We would open the lid and put the garbage bags in and then close the door and send the garbage down to the bottom, we just thought that was the coolest thing to do!! lol Gram's niece and her husband, Eunice and Bill RITCHIE lived down the hall from her. We loved going to visit them and watch her 'quilt', she had quite a few BLUE RIBBONS from quilts she had entered into the Fair!! I secretly wanted one of her quilts when I was older...but when she passed away, I have NO idea what ever happened to them!! :(
On Saturday mornings, we got to listen to SPARKY, on the radio, no televisions then...remember, I told you I am a FOSSIL?? lol We got to have 'KETTLE TEA' and toast for breakfast at Gram's house!! Kettle Tea was HOT WATER, Cream and Sugar to flavor it!!! GO FIGURE!!! lol ...but we loved it!!! Then we would walk to town to Walgreen's and have lunch, then we would walk to Woolworth's to shop. When we got outside Walgreen's to the light...they had just put in the WALK/DON'T signs. Well, the light turned green and we started walking across, we got to the middle and the sign turned to DON'T WALK!! Gram stopped...and would NOT go, we told her it was alright that we had to get to the other side...she said: "NO, the sign says: DON'T WALK and we aren't going against the law"!!!. The cars started honking for us to move...it was quite embarrassing for 9 and 10 year olds!!! lol lol It just happened that a policeman was at the light across from us...he saw us and drove to the middle of the intersection and got out of his car and came over to us. He asked what the problem was?? We told him that Gram wouldn't go against the light!! So he took a key and put it in the box by the light and turned it to WALK and held it till we got across...then turned it to the opposite side for us to WALK!! He then told Gram that it was alright to continue across even if it turned to don't walk, we needed to get out of the traffic!!! She was O. K. then and we have had quite a few laughs over that one!!
Sorry if you are getting bored, just go to oneoriginalcin's blog, hers isn't boring...hers is very good!!
FLASHBACK......
When I was in 3rd grade I went to Roosevelt School and I loved my teacher, after all these years...I remember my teacher...her name was Miss Shaw then she married and her name was MRS. PARKS. My sister, Elaine was in the 6th Grade I think and she came home crying one day and told our Mom that the teacher had been hitting her fingers with a ruler because she was writing 'left handed' !! HOW mean can you get?? I have always wished I could write left handed!!
My sister and I were on the KTWO Fun Ranch that they had for kids. We got to watch cartoons and have cake and then they interviewed all the kids. They asked my sister her name, and how old she was, she told them Kay ST. JOHN and then they asked me my name and I said: Noma ST. JOHN...they said: "are you two sisters??" I said: "NO...we're just sisters!!" Everyone laughed really hard and I didn't know what that meant!! lol YES...NOW I do!!! lol lol
