Teen Years

From Dora Baty Argyle

When I grew older, I used to spend time with my cousin, Beth Pace.  We used to pick cherries and also go the horse races at Lagoon near Farmington.  When it came time to go to school, Ora and I were the only children left at home.  All of our brothers had jobs and were married and Edna was a bookkeeper and lived in Ogden, Utah with Norma and her husband, Chick.  Mother stayed on the ranch with father and Ora, and I went and rented a room in the Call home and went to school.  We had lots of fun going to dances and having dates with boys.  This was in Chesterfield, Idaho, in my teen years.  I seemed quite lucky in being able to get dates, so I would take my sister along.

 

 

 

 

Chesterfield Idaho

 

 

 

Influenza

From Dora Baty Argyle

 

One day we awoke to find we could not arouse my brother, Hugh.  One of my step-sisters, Norma , and also my sister Edna, had headaches and lots of pain it their backs.  We called the Doctor.  He told us what we were afraid of.  It was a dreaded sickness call Influenza.   One by one the whole family was sick in bed.  My father came to see us soon after.  It was his presence that kept me from getting sick.  I only stayed in bed for two days.  We all worried about Hugh but when he finally awoke, he was all right.  None of us had any ill effects from the diseases as many people did.  My favorite Uncle Harold Pace went to sleep and to this day he is an invalid in a wheelchair.