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Page 63 As I can remember it nothing worth writing about happened during 1923. I was in the eighth grade that fall and Cathie started college at Huron. She worked for her board & room her freshman year. I was graduated from the eighth grade in the spring of 1924 and needed someplace to go to high school so arrangements were made to move to Huron. Ma figured if she could find a big enough house to rent she could put Cathie and me through school by taking in roomers and boarders. This she did. Cathie paid off with dividends but, as has generally been the case with me, I was somewhat of a disappointment. But more on that later. In the spring of '24 Ma and Willis went to Pierre one day and came home in a new Ford. In those days you could have nay color you wanted as long as it was black. The car didn't have a self starter on it and the tire rims were not demountable. But I was used to cranking and a 30"x3" tire was easy to change. And that is just what you did when you had a flat tire. You took it off, patched it and put it back on. |