- Break #1 - "Broke my left leg - Mom was driving the buggy. It was wintertime. I was running along behind, hanging on. Then I decided to get back in the buggy. My left foot slipped on the axle. I heard it break. I was in a cast from the waist down."
- Break #2 - "I dislocated my right and left ankle and left wrist. Horse that weighed a ton - I got between him and the barn - bent my hand back onto my arm."
- Break #3 - "I broke my right ankle playing baseball. I jumped and came down in a hole."
- Break #4 - "I broke my left ankle roller skating on a portable rink. The floor came apart."
"I had to put them all back in place by myself. I only went to the doctor with one of the breaks."
Question #2 - How much do you remember paying for an ice cream cone? "We always had home-made ice cream, no cones."
Question #3 - Is there anything you have now that you kept from your childhood? "I had a watch and chain that my Mother gave me. I think I have it but not sure. It still runs."
Question #4 - Tell about board games and card games you played as a youth. "Board games - Nine Man Morse and Parchesi. Card game - Flinch."
Question #5 - Tell about a time when you got lost. "Oh, yes, in a car - at Uncle Elmer's".
If anyone out there knows the "rest of the story" to Question #5, let me know.
Hopefully, some of you will be able to get the answers to these questions from your parents - Jean & Maxine, Bob & Bernadine, and Leo & Zetta. I don't think any of them have internet.
OK, in all fairness, I'll answer the questions here.
Sharon Phillip Singleton's answers
- Q#1 - What bones have you broken and how? I have broken two bones in my life....after the age of 30 and before I was 50 (as you can see, it is the memory that goes at the age of 65). I broke my hand in the donut shop mixer - I had turned it off, but obviously was in too much of a hurry - I put my hand in to scrap down the frosting before the mixer had stopped. The second bone was in my foot - I just simply slipped down a couple of carpeted steps. I didn't think I had done anything serious to the foot; so I waited about six weeks before going to the doctor - by then the doctor confirmed that the foot was broken, but almost healed so nothing was done.
- Q#2 - How much do you remember paying for an ice cream cone? I don't really remember what we paid, but do remember that when Dairy Queen in Alliance came to town when I was young, we thought it was the best ice cream in the world. In our travel blog I mentioned an ice cream place, Cold Stone Creamery, that is fun...just to mix up flavors and try new kinds of ice cream...I do remember the cost there for the smallest ice cream cone was about $3.50.
- Q#3 - Is there anything you have now that you kept from your childhood? I still have my doll, clothes that were all made by Mom (Harriet), and the suitcase for all the clothes. It sits in an extra bedroom in my home that has been designated as the "kid's play room and exercise room". Unfortunately for the grandkids, the doll is a "just look, don't touch" item. Unfortunately for my weight, the exercise equipment seems to be a "just look, don't touch" item also.
Q#4 - Tell about board games and card games you played as a youth. I particularly remember parchesi. Mainly because Grandpa Phillip (Willie Walter) made the board, pieces and leather cups for throwing the die (see the picture of the board on the left, leather cups on the left of board, pices and die sitting in front - remember if you ever want to see a picture better, just click on it. I also remember when we had the first Phillip family reunion in Pullman WA in 1989, that I brought out the parchesi board to play a few games. The cousins who remembered playing the game when they were younger all thought the board was a lot bigger then than it looked now. One game we played in later years was "Spoons". Paul may want to relate a time when he played spoons with his older siblings - it is quite a funny story. - Q#5 - Tell about a time when you got lost. Once before I was 10 years old, I wanted to walk to Grandma Alma Phillip's home - she lived on Sweetwater in Alliance - we lived at 307 Mississippi. As I remember, I didn't get to her house in a timely maner and Mom (Harriet) had to come and find me. In 1982, when seven of us were in the tiny motorhome on the way to the World's Fair, I was driving and Dad (Ken) was copiloting. We were in Kansas City, MO late at night. Everyone else was in the back asleep. We got a little lost and went around the block to get back to where we belonged. Someone woke up and asked if we were lost. We said no. They said taking four right turns seemed as if we were lost.
Now I'll give all of you something to look forward to - the "Dad, Share Your Life With Me" book has 365 questions in it - one for every day of the year. Dad (Ken) didn't answer all the questions, but I do have about 190 of his answers to post on this blog. Keep checking back.
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This is from Paul.
ReplyDeleteJust so Sharon won't feel totally neglected in this venture, I'm going to answer the questions.
What bones have you broken and how? I broke my collar bone in fourth grade. I was sitting on top of the swing set that had no swings, just the legs and the top bar. It was pretty close to the house and I started to fall, reached out to catch myself against the house and missed. The family likes to say that I fell asleep, but I didn't.
How much do you remember paying for an ice cream cone? I think we could get a cone at Zesto for 10 cents.
Is there anything you have now that you have kept from your childhood? I still have a fire truck with moving ladders.
Tell about board games and card games you played as a youth. Board games: I remember playing The Game of Life, Monopoly, Risk, Stratego, and Twixt (I also still have the Twixt game somewhere). Card games: Cribbage, Hearts, Rummy. I had forgotten about Spoons, but Sharon is talking about the time when I was playing with her, Dick, Bill, and Jim. I managed to get the four of kind and should have been the first to grab a spoon, but one of them saw that I had it and they all grabbed the spoons before I could.
Tell about a time when you got lost. I remember being at Colburn's cabin in the Black Hills and wandering off. I thought I was lost for a while, but eventually found my way back. Don't know if anyone else even knew I was missing :).
Don's answers:
ReplyDelete1)What bones have you broken and how? 1958 broke a finger while working with dad (Bob)
unloading laminate arches for Catholic Church in Valentine, NE.
1969, My wife rebroke one of 3 ribs previously broken as a greenstick break. (Now you may be wondering how that little person did that!)
2) How much do you remember paying for an ice cream cone? 5 cents. Zesto was the best.
3) Is there anything you kept from your childhood? A Train set got for Christmas when I was 4 years old. Dad (Bob)and Merle Salsburg sent me to bed and they played with the trainset.
4) Tell about board games and card games you played as a kid.
Parchesi with Grandpa Phillip
5) Tell about a time when you got lost. I was in 3rd grade and we were living at 607 Mississippi St. I was coming home from Central school and had to go to the bathroom so bad, I amost wet my pants and I missed the house by a block and when I got home, I couldn't go. Also we were staying in a Hotel in Denver, Co. and I went to get candy and went out one door and came in another and was lost.
1) What bones have you broken and how? The only bone I've ever broken wasn't actually my own. I'll take the blame for Mom breaking her finger on the screen door as she was pushing me out the door to get to the school bus on time.
ReplyDelete2) How much do you remember paying for an ice cream cone? I don't recall how much the ice cream cones were, but I do remember walking to A&W with Grandma Phillip and Blanche Hawley to get them.
3) Is there anything you kept from your childhood? I still have the Raggedy Ann-type doll Janice bought for me when I was a year old or so; a baby doll that Mom & Great-Grandma Dye crocheted a hat, booties and a sweater for; and the Chatty Cathy Doll that Dad bought for me for Christmas when I was four -- I think he got it when he was working in Valentine.
4) Tell about board games and card games you played as a kid. Yahtzee and Aggravation, but jigsaw puzzles were my favorite. (and still are!)
5) Tell about a time when you got lost. I only have a few memory flashes of this, but apparently at the age of two I decided to go from our house at 1016 Yellowstone to visit Grandma Gladys Colling, who lived at 420 Niobrara. Mom thought I was with the siblings, the siblings thought I was with Mom. One of the memories that I do have is talking to a policeman in front of the candy store on Box Butte Avenue, so I must have overshot Grandma's house by a block. Mom said that I told him my name and where I lived. I remember standing up on the front seat of his car as he drove me up to our house. Mom was sure I had drowned in the pond at the park -- Don claims to have given me my first and only spanking when I got home. Sorry, Don, but you must not have done a very good job, 'cause I don't remember it . . . and it definitely wasn't my only spanking.