I Remember... Carl the Marine
Amelia and Killes Shaw, my
grandparents.
The log house When I was a little girl our family would visit my Grandpa and Grandma, riding in our wagon pulled by our mule George. It always made us happy when we knew we were going to Grandma’s for the day. She cooked on the fireplace in iron pots and pans. The food was so good. They lived in a log house. It had a kitchen, three bedrooms and two porches. They had a fireplace in one of the bedrooms. The hearth was made out of rock and also the chimney. Grandpa had a little pig. He would let it come in and warm by the fire. The windows opened to the outdoors through little wood doors. When it was warm they would open the windows to let in fresh air. One day when we were there, Grandma was churning milk in a wooden churn to make butter and buttermilk. This little hen came in through the kitchen window. She had a nest on top of the cupboard. She got in her nest and laid an egg. Jettie Love, Wilkesboro, EnergyUnited
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When my mother married my stepfather, Carl, in 1965, all I could see was a mean man who was more comfortable barking out orders to new recruits than reading a bedtime story to a little girl like me. Carl was a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, and we lived off base in Midway Park. He soon learned that Animal Crackers were not made for our dog, and that I liked going to church every Sunday with my whole family, days when he wanted to relax at home alone. We lived on a dirt road down from the church, and every Sunday that he was at home, he and I rode our bicycles to Midway Park Baptist Church, sitting together and singing every hymn together. He didn’t know all the songs, or all of the prayers, but he made sure I learned. I soon learned that he was a very kind and loving father who wanted to do the best he could for me, including making sure I went to church and that he went with me. Malinda Fillingim, Leland, Brunswick EMC
The winter of 1959–60 I remember the snows of the winter of 1959–1960 while I was attending Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone. That winter of 1959–1960 set a standard for snow in the North Carolina mountains. Gov. Luther Hodges made a visit to survey the damage. They cleared enough of the baseball field on campus to make a landing pad for his and the National Guard helicopters. They formed search and rescue teams with the ASTC students. Several were called upon to rescue at least one family. I was assigned to a crew, but they had so many volunteers that my crew was never used. Even though we would be supervised, they let only a few of us at a time go out in fear they might have to rescue us. Boone had record snows that winter. The county was declared a disaster area. There was about four feet of snow and ice accumulated on the ground at one time. Wayne D. Thomas, Asheboro, Randolph EMC
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