You thought I was kidding about my mom's picture taking abilities?!!
I am the fourth of four, the third post war child, and I grew up with three sisters.
Judy on the right, the prewar child, left for college when we moved south and she just reminded me of those brief summers she spent with us before she entered her teaching career and child rearing. Linda, also had a teaching career, Janet,moved around in ministry and has worked in administration for a long time.
What happens when you are the last and only boy. Well, I slept in some odd places at times, corners of dining rooms, because very few houses came with four bedrooms at our income level. I heard a lot of girl talk and was a alone alot, at least it felt like it. All in all we enjoyed our life and did the best we could with school and life where ever we lived. Mom and Dad had high school educations and all the kids got college degrees and beyond. I have thought often about the dynamics of my father's work history and how it affected each of us. What would have happened in my development had we not picked up and moved south when I was eleven?
Is my zipper halfway down or was it a zipper blowout. I never paid enough attention to my clothing. Each of those pieces of furniture, the old upright radio, the wall fixtures bring emotional reactions when I see them. I love capturing history in pictures, too bad that slides were so prone to getting fungus when stored in humid places.
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I am so enjoying these pictures. When daddy got home from the war I never saw him. We were living in half of a double with mom's parents, and the three children still home in the other half. Dad worked long hours because thery were available and they wanted their own house. I was 8 when we moved to Kentucky. Dad's gypsy life started then. I went to 2 elementary schools and 3 high schools. We livedin Indianapolis, Okalona, Fern Creek, and Oneonta also moving my junior year. I didn't have a car but I did have a southern accent. You were the youngest but the most desired BOY! Part of that was the post war need for males and pressure on mom to produce a Hendricks to carry on the name. Your and your sons are the last of this particular family line. It was important then and Hendricks is a very important name in the Indiana area. You were so young when You left Oneonta. I was a freshman in college and you were in third grade. I was often expected to be responsible for your and our sisters. The dining room was also the warmest room in the house. Do you remember that there was only on large register in the house for heat? It was between the living room and the dining room. we would quickly gather our clothes up in the morning and go downstairs to dress on the register where it was warm. I haven't thought about that in years.
Love Judy
When I copied these pics borrowing a slide converter I accidentally made them into huge bitmaps. I had originaly intend on sending them to you guys last Christmas. Still working on it. I mostly saved the ones with people in them or pets, or a special event. I have a lot of pics of us on Ceperly with my bed in the den. I used to arragne the chairs to keep watching TV before I went to bed. Finny thing though, I never remember the upstairs. Loved the basement in that house and the porch. It was short but fun, as was the house on Clinton.
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