Grandma's Bath Time

When Denece was a child, they had a bath every Saturday night.  They used a large wash tub.  It was set up in the middle of the kitchen floor.  The water was heated on top of the wood kitchen stove.  They always started with the youngest and went to the oldest, adding more hot water to keep the water warm.  They sometimes would have to use the homemade lye soap.  It was always nicer when they had store bought soap to use.  When the kids were done with their baths, they would stand beside the kitchen stove to get dry and warm.  Then everyone would be ready for church on Sunday.  Denece remembers when she was 10 or 12 and she got to try some real shampoo.

(1945 Denece Ann Perkins)

Father and Son Farming

Delbert farmed with his father Joseph Hyrum Argyle.  They were always interested in having the newest developments in farm equipment.  The first combine Denece remembers would cut the grain and the straw came down a chute and would drop into  a tent like thing that her father made.  It was Denece's job to stand in the middle of it until there was a good pile of straw and then they would move it to the side and it would pivot and dump out the straw.  This saved a lot of time because they would not have to go back and rake up the straw.

(1936 Joseph Hyrum Argyle)

 

(1945 Denece Ann Argyle)

 

Laundry Day

Denece remembers helping her mother wash clothes on a scrub board. Her mom had a big board and she had a small board.  They would heat the water on an old wood stove in the pump house.  It was a real blessing when Delbert bought a used washer.  It was a Maytag that they rigged to work with a gas engine.

(1945 Denece Ann Argyle)

 

 

Serving

Louise Perkins was Relief Society President in Pocatello.  She would go and get food from the people who were moving and were throwing some food out to take to someone else in need.

 

(1945 Louise Perkins)

Bum Lambs

When Denece was young, the shepherds would bring in the bum lambs.  A bum lamb was one who’s mother rejected it.  It was Denece’s job raise them.

 

(1945 Denece Ann Argyle and Friends)

Cedar Hill

Doyle and his friends told Denece, when she was 9, that there was a mountain lion in a cave on Cedar Hill.  She believed them, so she stopped going there to hike and play.  She believed this story all the way till she was in High School.  Cedar Hill was a great place to slide in the Winter time.  You could ride the toboggan all the way into Bancroft.

 

(1945 Denece Ann Argyle)