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Gregory A. Kinyon History 398 4/19/92 TAPE INDEX Side I 001 015 030 040 047 060 070 082 089 Introduction Family Story about carrying water and getting wet Mumps on 3rd birthday Mother and father from Iowa, came west because it was new Parents met while going to school back east House in Chewelah--4 or 5 rooms Moved to Orville, Washington One room school house in Chesaw--older kids helped the younger kids--all carried wood for the fireplace 102 Favorite subjects in school--loved reading 110 115 134 138 145 150 158 165 169 185 187 192 206 209 212 225 230 235 243 245 Walked to school in -30 degrees F. State exams at Chesaw; she was very scared to take them Parents wanted kids to have a good education--two brothers went to WSU Dad was a carpenter--built buildings in Pullman More about family Horse riding story Childhood friends--girl cousin and six boy cousins Girls played baseball Games they played--Kick the can--parents said don't play it, because you're kicking the toes out of your shoes! Learned to ski Snowball fights Chores and responsibilites--dishes--had to get water from the pump well Had no electricity Dad bought a gasoline lamp--she really loved the light that it put out Dad was a farmer; but loved carpentry When farming was bad he'd do carpentry work for money Chores--boys did wood, everybody took turns Her oldest brother mad her a pansy flower bed There wasn't much time for fun Mother would read to them after dinner 1 2 50 Discipline--mother did it 2 6 0 Brother made her stilts--she wanted bigger ones 2 7 2 Family disagreements--dad was the boss 2 7 8 Clothes--calico dress for the most part; fancy clothes for Sunday and special occasions 28 6 Went to church a lot 2 9 0 The family was Methodists 2 9 7 Dinner--Dad always said grace; it taught them to be punctual 305 Food--Mom was a good cook--Dad raised hogs and made excellent sausage 3 1 8 Early adulthood 3 2 0 Wanted to join the circus! 3 2 9 Jobs--Worked for Thatchers, watched kids, washed dishes, waited on tables, made $1 a day 3 4 0 Climbed cherry tree to get good cherries--this led to job being a cherry picker 3 52 Worked in Wenatchee--tragic story--made no money 3 7 0 Moved to Orville 3 7 5 Won $10 in horse race 3 9 0 Worked peeling potatoes to pay for high school class ring 3 9 5 Met Clyde Edward Krick in 1926 at a Dance 41 7 Married in 1927 420 Bought ranch in Deer Park, Wa. where they still live 4 3 9 Betty Jean Krick born in 1928, later died form ear infection 1942 Patsy Ann Krick born, 1950 Carolyn Krick Born 45 0 The wedding--throwing dynamite into the road 4 55 Average day being married 4 7 0 Rode horse to high school 4 8 0 Her mom sold eggs in Molson 4 8 5 Family had a phonograph--really loved it 5 0 5 Music--she plays piano, organ, guitar, accordion 52 5 Great Depression--was hard to find things to eat 53 0 Gramps made $75 and they lived on it all winter 54 6 Pregnancy 55 5 Raising the two girls--she did all the raising 570 Neighborhood club--visited, ate, sewed, about 25 people 580 Talking about the kids being little was a happy time 59 4 They survived through two fires 600 Her grandparents--her father-in-law came to live with them 615 Her dads childhood--times were rough Side II 015 Her dads family was pretty scattered 2 025 Her mothers childhood 0 4 0 Her mom worked as an apprentice to a hat maker 05 3 She and her mom loved to read and sew 0 8 0 Telling stories to the kids--she made up Cubby Bear stories 1 0 0 Books she liked growing up--History, westerns 11 5 Doing things with her father--they didn't do much, he'd occasionally play checkers 1 2 5 Her mother was a part time nurse 1 3 5 Her mother wanted the kids to have a good education, wanted Florence to be a teacher 14 0 Her brother was almost through Medical School when his health failed and he dropped out 1 4 5 Her mom went through school til the 8th grade--same with her dad, they taught themselves a lot by reading 15 5 Parents didn't like Hoover--voted for whoever they liked 1 7 2 WSU wanted her dad to stay in Pullman arid build, but he didn't 1 7 5 She was a lot closer to her mother 1 9 0 Average day in her life right now 2 0 0 Clyde (89) still works in the field and rides the tractor 206 My memories of Gram and Gramps with the cows 2 1 5 Herding cows with a motorcycle 2 2 0 Close calls with cattle and horses--almost trampled 240 Patsy (my mom) almost drowned in the creek, she got thrown off of a horse into the water 2 6 0 Her first helicopter ride, she was 81 ! 2 8 0 Came to Hawaii a couple of times to take care of me and my brother (we lived on Oahu for 20 years) 3 2 5 She took care of me every summer on the farm--The infamous "Bottle Story" 3 55 Conclusion 3
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Title | Krick, Florence Olive Oral History Interview, 1992 |
Interviewer | Kinyon, Gregory A. |
Date | 1992-04-25 |
Description | 70 minute oral history with Florence Olive Krick, conducted for a Women in the West (HST 398) course at Washington State University. Discusses her childhood moving around with her family, wanting to join the circus, her chores, and parents' interactions with her. Discusses her courtship, marriage, and living on a ranch with her husband. Discusses the hard life living on a ranch with all the work and upkeep of the ranch. |
Subject | Ranches; Housewives |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Spokane County--Deer Park; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Stevens County--Chewelah |
Type | Sound |
Genre | Interviews |
Publisher | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Rights Notes | In copyright. Item is in copyright until 95 years after 2011 publication date. |
Identifier | ua220b08f56 |
Source | Is found in Archives 220, Women in the West Oral Histories https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ua220.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Holding Institution | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries |
Contributors | Digitization and description funded through a National Endowment for the Humanities We the People grant for Washington Womens History to the Washington Womens History Consortium, a part of the Washington State Historical Society. |
Language | English |
Digitization | Original audio cassettes were converted to wav files using Audacity and a USBPre interface. Mp3 files were then created from the wav files for online access. Film clips were created as mpeg-4 files using Adobe Premiere Elements 9 to add selected images to the wav audio files, and then converted to flv files for online display. Print documents were scanned to 300dpi pdf format using a Xerox Workcentre 5030 copier/scanner. |
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Title | ua220b08f56_Abstract |
Full Text | Gregory A. Kinyon History 398 4/19/92 TAPE INDEX Side I 001 015 030 040 047 060 070 082 089 Introduction Family Story about carrying water and getting wet Mumps on 3rd birthday Mother and father from Iowa, came west because it was new Parents met while going to school back east House in Chewelah--4 or 5 rooms Moved to Orville, Washington One room school house in Chesaw--older kids helped the younger kids--all carried wood for the fireplace 102 Favorite subjects in school--loved reading 110 115 134 138 145 150 158 165 169 185 187 192 206 209 212 225 230 235 243 245 Walked to school in -30 degrees F. State exams at Chesaw; she was very scared to take them Parents wanted kids to have a good education--two brothers went to WSU Dad was a carpenter--built buildings in Pullman More about family Horse riding story Childhood friends--girl cousin and six boy cousins Girls played baseball Games they played--Kick the can--parents said don't play it, because you're kicking the toes out of your shoes! Learned to ski Snowball fights Chores and responsibilites--dishes--had to get water from the pump well Had no electricity Dad bought a gasoline lamp--she really loved the light that it put out Dad was a farmer; but loved carpentry When farming was bad he'd do carpentry work for money Chores--boys did wood, everybody took turns Her oldest brother mad her a pansy flower bed There wasn't much time for fun Mother would read to them after dinner 1 2 50 Discipline--mother did it 2 6 0 Brother made her stilts--she wanted bigger ones 2 7 2 Family disagreements--dad was the boss 2 7 8 Clothes--calico dress for the most part; fancy clothes for Sunday and special occasions 28 6 Went to church a lot 2 9 0 The family was Methodists 2 9 7 Dinner--Dad always said grace; it taught them to be punctual 305 Food--Mom was a good cook--Dad raised hogs and made excellent sausage 3 1 8 Early adulthood 3 2 0 Wanted to join the circus! 3 2 9 Jobs--Worked for Thatchers, watched kids, washed dishes, waited on tables, made $1 a day 3 4 0 Climbed cherry tree to get good cherries--this led to job being a cherry picker 3 52 Worked in Wenatchee--tragic story--made no money 3 7 0 Moved to Orville 3 7 5 Won $10 in horse race 3 9 0 Worked peeling potatoes to pay for high school class ring 3 9 5 Met Clyde Edward Krick in 1926 at a Dance 41 7 Married in 1927 420 Bought ranch in Deer Park, Wa. where they still live 4 3 9 Betty Jean Krick born in 1928, later died form ear infection 1942 Patsy Ann Krick born, 1950 Carolyn Krick Born 45 0 The wedding--throwing dynamite into the road 4 55 Average day being married 4 7 0 Rode horse to high school 4 8 0 Her mom sold eggs in Molson 4 8 5 Family had a phonograph--really loved it 5 0 5 Music--she plays piano, organ, guitar, accordion 52 5 Great Depression--was hard to find things to eat 53 0 Gramps made $75 and they lived on it all winter 54 6 Pregnancy 55 5 Raising the two girls--she did all the raising 570 Neighborhood club--visited, ate, sewed, about 25 people 580 Talking about the kids being little was a happy time 59 4 They survived through two fires 600 Her grandparents--her father-in-law came to live with them 615 Her dads childhood--times were rough Side II 015 Her dads family was pretty scattered 2 025 Her mothers childhood 0 4 0 Her mom worked as an apprentice to a hat maker 05 3 She and her mom loved to read and sew 0 8 0 Telling stories to the kids--she made up Cubby Bear stories 1 0 0 Books she liked growing up--History, westerns 11 5 Doing things with her father--they didn't do much, he'd occasionally play checkers 1 2 5 Her mother was a part time nurse 1 3 5 Her mother wanted the kids to have a good education, wanted Florence to be a teacher 14 0 Her brother was almost through Medical School when his health failed and he dropped out 1 4 5 Her mom went through school til the 8th grade--same with her dad, they taught themselves a lot by reading 15 5 Parents didn't like Hoover--voted for whoever they liked 1 7 2 WSU wanted her dad to stay in Pullman arid build, but he didn't 1 7 5 She was a lot closer to her mother 1 9 0 Average day in her life right now 2 0 0 Clyde (89) still works in the field and rides the tractor 206 My memories of Gram and Gramps with the cows 2 1 5 Herding cows with a motorcycle 2 2 0 Close calls with cattle and horses--almost trampled 240 Patsy (my mom) almost drowned in the creek, she got thrown off of a horse into the water 2 6 0 Her first helicopter ride, she was 81 ! 2 8 0 Came to Hawaii a couple of times to take care of me and my brother (we lived on Oahu for 20 years) 3 2 5 She took care of me every summer on the farm--The infamous "Bottle Story" 3 55 Conclusion 3 |
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