Visiting Grandma and Grandpa

From Doris Alene Argyle Maughan

The grandchildren always loved to come to Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Denece's children often came to spend the summers working and storing up memories of the wonderful times they had.  Dora was always willing to watch the kids whenever she was asked.  She loved them dearly and showed this many times and in many ways.  During the last few years of her life, she acquired the hobby of making lamps with beautiful dolls for the base of each.  She made one for every granddaughter plus Denece, Joyce, and myself.  She spent hours fashioning clothes and making hair out of fake fur.  She would make individual curls on each doll.  She even made rings for the tiny fingers, necklaces for the delicate necks of the dolls and lamp shades of frilly lace and ruffles.

(1969 Denece Perkins, Dora, Delbert, and Doyle Argyle, and Alene Maughan)

 

(1976 Delbert Argyle)

 

 

One of Dora's Beautiful Lamps, this one as a Bride

 

Penny and the Cow

In 1969, the family went to Idaho to drop Del off to work at Grandpa Argyle’s ranch.  The family took Penny, the dog.  She was a small dog and Delbert would take Penny out in the fields with him as he worked.  Penny had a great time chasing the cows until one old cow got tired of her barking and yipping.  The cow started chasing the little dog and Penny turned and started running.  She hopped up into Delbert’s arms and he started running to try to get into the truck.  Grandpa Argyle laughed so hard because he had locked the truck.  Delbert had to make a mad leap into the bed of the truck just as the cow hit the tail gate.

(1969 Denece Perkins, Dora, Delbert, Doyle Argyle, and Alene Maughan)

 

(1969 Delbert, D.Ann, Edwin, Edwinna, Billy Joe, Denece, and Darlene Perkins)

 

 

Monkeying Around

In 1969, Edwinna was asked by neighbors Al and Gaylene Thurston to watch their monkey.  They had a big dog that they would shave it's body except for around it's face so that it would look like a lion and the monkey would ride it's back sometimes.  The monkey was very smart.  He used the toilet and if they tried to put a diaper on him, he'd get it off in a heart beat. 

One day he got out of the house and climbed up the big cedar tree.  Edwinna and Del were sent to try to get him out but it didn't work.  They spent the day trying to talk him down, instead that monkey spent all day in the tree eating bugs.  He ate so many that his stomach was bulging by the time he finally came down.   

Another time, he was feeling very mischievous and got a hold of the peanut butter.  He knew  he was in trouble and played chase with the kids while holding a handful of it.  He got it all over the tops of the curtains.

He also got a hold of the butter one day, and he painted the top of Edwin's bald head with it.

That little monkey also enjoyed eating lipstick.

 

 

(1969 Delbert, D.Ann, Edwin, Edwinna, Billy Joe, Darlene, and Denece Perkins)