Selective Memory

Lamar used to tell Evelyn that she had selective memory.  He would ask her about this or that, and she would say “I don’t know.”

 

(1947 Lamar and Evelyn Perkins)

Rail Road Summer

Dad (Edwin Perkins) worked one Summer for the rail road.  He worked laying new track, putting or driving the spikes.  He broke too many mauls because he kept missing the spike, so they made him a water boy instead.

(1947 Edwin Perkins)

 

 

From: D.Ann Butchart

 

Topping Beets

Edwin Perkins worked harvesting and topping beets when he was about 15.  He had to be careful with the knife to cut the tops off because it was hooked shaped and could cut his leg with it.  He worked for a farmer with the last name of Stewart.  They earned six dollars a day.  The farm was between Pocatello and Tyee.

 

(1947 Edwin Perkins)

Billy the Goat

When Edwin Perkins was young, his dad did not like dogs, so he had a goat.  Edwin caught the goat wandering around the neighborhood.  It was tame.  It was a white and brown goat that he named Billy.  Some mornings his Dad (Lamar Perkins) would wake him up to get the goat off the roof.  All Edwin would have to do is whistle and that goat would get right down.  He would pull a little cart and would do fine until he got started towards home, then he would run straight home. Max, a little neighbor, liked to tease it.   If Max got close, the goat would bunt him in the seat of his pants.

 

 

(1947 Edwin Perkins)