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REMINISCING TOGETHER "Remember when..." are words that bring to mind the
memories of a past time. The Tipton Home is rich in memories captured in
photographs and in our publication called the Messenger. We invite you to return
often to visit the memories featured in photos and in tidbits from past issues
of the Messenger.
The Tipton Home history starts in 1921 in Canadian,
Texas, with the decision to take care of four children after the death of their
mother.
(The newest additions of the issues of the
Messenger are at the top of this page with the earliest issues located at
the bottom of this page.)
Borrowed from the TIPTON ORPHANS HOME
MESSENGER:
1934 October
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Children's Page
When we take the measurements for the children we have them all to come into
the office where we measure them. The other day little Billy Ray was sent
for to be measured. He is only four years old and our youngest boy, so it
was his first time to be measured. When the boys told him to come to the
office they didn't tell him what we wanted with him and he thought being as
he was sent to the office that he must have done something that he should
not have, or at least he felt guilty because when he entered the office door
he had his head down and was crying as he came into the office he said,
"Brother Chitwood, I didn't slip any matches out, those boys were just
telling that on me." After we had a good laugh at what he had said we told
him what we wanted with him and immediately a big grin came over his face,
because he was proud that he was going to receive some new clothes like the
rest of the boys were receiving. |
1934
September
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Children's Page
Lois
told some girls that she had to put 4 quilts on a clothes pin to hold it
down.
Little Sedelle was told by one of the larger girls that she could wear her
little white shoes tomorrow. Next morning bright and early Sedelle
exclaimed, "Is today tomorrow?"
One
night while we were having our lesson from the Bible, the question was asked
if any one could name the Apostles. Lou said he knew one, and when asked who
it was, he said, "Acts."
Goldie and some of the other girls had dug some holes on the ball ground and
the boys got after them about it, when Goldie said, "Oh well, I guess we
will have to move them, then." |
1934 August
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Children's Page
Margaret saw a spider crawling close to her one day and exclaimed, "Souie,
spider, get away from here!"
Floyd started to put something into his pockets, when he discovered a hole
or two in them and exclaimed, "Now how did all of these pockets get into my
holes."
One
day while the older girls were playing with little Amos, they noticed a
little pimple or two on his arms. They asked Amos what it was, when he
disgustingly exclaimed, "Oh, I've got the itch and can't scratch it off."
IT'S
TRUE!
The
prospects for a good crop around Tipton are not very promising this year.
It
takes a hundred frying chickens for a Sunday dinner at Tipton Orphans Home.
The harder it gets for us to get by financially, the more calls we get to
take in destitute orphan children. |
1934 July
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STRANGE, BUT TRUE
There were over a thousand pairs of overalls mended by Miss Johnson and the
sewing room girls last month.
It
takes over 500,000 gallons of water here each month.
We
have not had over a half dozen sick children out of the two hundred during
the summer, thus far.
Every child here, above the age of accountability, is a Christian.
Children's Page
Ernest was told to come and take a bath. He came a little later than what he
should have, and when asked why he was so late he stated: "I was out there
chicken pickin's."
Junior and some of the other boys were talking about how long they had
picked cotton. Junior thought that he had them all beat when he said, "Last
fall I picked cotton for three years."
Some
of the girls asked our little three-year-old Amos if he liked peaches. "Naw,"
he replied, "But I surely do like apple-cots." (meaning apricots)
Gladys, who had a skinned knee, came to Mrs. Carpenter and said, "Oh! Look
at my knee now, Mrs. Carpenter, it is welling up a lot, isn't it." (meaning
healing) |
1934 June
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ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND ABOUT THE HOME
A
truck load of the boys with Brother McGaughey, their supervison, enjoyed a
nice swim in the near-by creek last Sunday evening.
All
the children are enjoying good health at this writing, for which we are
thankful.
The
weather has been hot and dry here at Tipton and the crops are suffering for
need of moisture.
Children's Page
While in line one day, just before a meal, Osvill told Elsworth that his
comb wasn't haired in the back.
James asked on of the boys if they were through hailing the bay.
One morning while Bryant was putting on his shoe, the tongue got twisted.
Henry noticed this and said, "If you get the shoe out of the tongue you can
get it on easier. |
1934 May
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HOME
STATISTICS
The
Home is located half a mile north of Tipton, OK.
The
hospital is located upstairs.
There are more than two hundred children in the Home at present.
There are four sets of twins at the Home.
There are eleven helpers who work at the Home.
There are three school teachers who teach at the Home.
There are more girls in the Home than there are boys.
We
have about thirty-five dairy cows.
Two
of the helpers in the Home have red hair.
There are eighteen dining tables in the dining room.
There are four dormitories in the Home.
The
Home building is 280 feet long and 160 feet wide.
About four weddings have taken place in the Home.
At
one time there was almost three hundred children in the Home.
There are eighty acres of land belonging to the Home at Tipton.
The
Home is blessed with plenty of good drinking water.
There have been over six hundred children lived in the Home altogether.
There are six bathrooms and fourteen bathtubs in the building. There are
fourteen sinks.
There are two barns, one warehouse, one brooder house, one laundry house,
one milk house, two boiler rooms, one pump house and one storage house.
Three sacks of flour are required to make bread for the children per day.
Children's Page
Louise was talking to some of the smaller girls when she said, "And one
thing you should always do is pay expect to your elders." (meaning respect)
Algie was digging around the roots of a tree when he exclaimed, "Well, these
trees' whiskers are so big I shall never get this trunk dug up."
James, while in bed the other night, was talking about being made to stay in
bed till seven o'clock, and Jesse said the reason they had to stay in bed so
long was because the longer you slept the larger you would grow. James said,
"The long and tall and slim boys must have laid in bed a lot."
Wylie and R.T. were discussing a problem in arithmetic when R.T. asked,
"Wylie, if I had not deposted that money how much would I have left?"
(meaning deposited)
While the boys were unloading the 5,000 chicks we got from Lexington they
discovered four large cans of syrup in the bottom of the truck. Loyd
remarked, "I wonder if those chickens knew they were that close to some good
syrup. "Floyd replied, "No if they had known that, they would have been
'stuck up' by now."
MOST
POPULAR NAMES OF CHILDREN
We have 7 Maries, 6 Ruths, 6 Maes, 5 Johnnies, 4 Bettys, 4 Billys, 4
Thomases, 3 Margarets, 3 Annas, 3 Jessyes, 3 Lorenes, 2 Cleos, 2 Roberts, 2
James, 2 Samuels, 2 Irenes, 2 Ivas, 2 Frances, 2 Hazels, 2 Marys, 2 Waynes,
2 Helens, 2 Ednas, 2 Evelyns. |
1934
April
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THEY
HAVE WASHED TODAY
Many, many times have visitors been heard to say, as they beheld a large
washing on the line, "They have washed today." If you were to come on
Monday you could truthfully say, "They have washed today." If you come on
Tuesday you could truthfully say, "They have washed today." In fact, any
day almost, except Sunday you could say the same thing. Because almost every
day a large washing is put out. The laundry is one of the busiest places
about the home. The whirr of the washer is heard many times in the laundry
and with so many children to wash for of course much washing is required.
Children's Page
Little Billie asked Mrs. McGaughey if she had another clock for him to wear
on his arm like she had on hers.
One
day James told some boys that the ants were already blooming. (meaning
coming out of their holes)
What a lot of laughter was heard in Miss Saunder's school room the other
day. Being curious and wanting a good laugh too, I inquired as to what it
was, having found out, I will pass it on to you. They were in history class
discussing the wireless telegraph, when Miss Saunders asked who invented the
wireless telegraph and J.T. very eager to give the answer raised his hand in
excitement and exclaimed, "Macaroni." (meaning of course, Marconi.)
HOME SINGERS TO BROADCAST
OVER RADIO
The
fifth Sunday, which is April 29, the group of singers from the Home will
broadcast an hour's program over radio station KASA at Elk City, Oklahoma.
It will be from 2 o'clock to 3 o'clock. If you have access to a radio we
want you to listen to these singers. They will endeavor to bring a gospel
message in song, singing some of your old favorites as well as a few new
numbers. No doubt many of you have heard these girls before and will be
glad to hear them again over the radio. We are very grateful to the
management of this nice station for letting us have this time, and we are
sure that you will appreciate it too. |
1934 March
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Children's Page
If you took a peep into the Home you would probably see:
Leslie moving around slowly, making noise with that big, heavy voice of
his.
Ruth singing some new song she had learned.
Sam pounding away at the typewriter of setting up forms at the
multigraph.
Floyd in the boiler room with his cats, watching the boiler.
About twice too many boys playing with their new basketball.
Several boys making and flying kites.
About three children with chicken pox.
Sister Hamilon doctoring some of the children.
About two hundred new drinking glasses on the dining tables.
Several of the boys making them new string balls.
A bunch of little girls on the back porch and in the long halls playing
with their dolls and cutting out paper dolls.
The three new children we got this month with a group gathered around
them asking them every question imaginable.
The two little girls and the two little boys that are not in school out
playing together.
Brother McGaughey going around carrying his hammer and nails hunting for
something to repair.
SAYINGS OF THE CHILDREN
Azalle said, "Oh! I put my shoes on wrong side out."
Earl, while playing on the hay, bumped his head on a rafter, "Oh my," he
cried, "I surly gave my rafter a bump."
Some one asked Iva Pearl what a butler was, "Why," she exclaimed,
"that's a man that answers the door and if he has a wife, she is the
buttress."
Edna heard some of the science class talking about Zodiac. "Oh, I know
what that is," she said, "that's the zoo of the sky where lions, goats
and other animals go when they are dead." |
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1934 February
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Children's Page
Nellie Mae said, "Oh! My teeth are so tired from chewing on my gums.
Toye
was trying to explain something to Mrs. Slayton, she not clearly
understanding, Toye said, "Well, I'll give you and illumination (meaning
illustration).
Leon was chasing R.T. R.T. was so unfortunate as to fall. "Oh, I've got my
dirt full of shoes," he said. |
1933 November
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Nathan makes beds and sweeps under them. One morning he asked his playmate
to sweep for him. Some time after Nathan asked him if he was going to sweep
for him, Herbert's reply was: "Yes, I'll sweep the beds under the floor."
James was standing on the back porch by the window when he said to Walter,
"The apples are the only ones that gets the little boys."
Floyd, while making beds, bumped his head on the bedstead and said, "O! Did
I bend it?"
Mrs.
McGaughey told Andy to go out and play. He said he had been playing already.
Mrs. McGaughey told him to go and play some more. He replied, "It might make
me sick."
Little Dan was wearing a pair of beads. One of the girls told him he was a
little girl cause he was wearing girls' beads.
Then
he very sternly replied, "No I'm not a girl, cause these are boys' beads.
A
group of the boys were sitting out by the road watching a stem roller come
by, when one of them suddenly exclaimed, "That sure would be good to crack
pecans with, wouldn't it, boys?" |
1933 October
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When
we were asking the children for something to put on the children's page,
Earl said, "I did know something but I gorfot."
J.T.
was cooking cracklings and said, "I wonder if this lard will ever turn to
cracklings."
Loyd
said my head fell off my cap. |
1933
September
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Dan,
a four year old newcomer at the Home, was enjoying his first meal at the
Home. Looking about he suddenly exclaimed, "Say, she puts baking powder in
her biscuits, don't she?"
J.P.
asked Colleen aged four if she liked him. "What's your name?" she inquired.
"J.P.", he replied. "Sure I like you", she answered. |
1933 August
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Earl
told some of the boys that he snored at night. "How do you know that you
snore?" someone asked. "Why," he replied, "I heard me one night.
Lee
was combing his hair and broke a tooth out. He said, "Oh! I broke a comb out
of my tooth."
Ada
Lois said she "oversleeped" one morning.
Toy
said, "My dresses are getting so small they will hardly contain me."
Hugh
asked Joe, "Say Joe, have you 'et' any of that apple pie?" Joe gave in
reply, "Yea I 'et' 'n' 'et' til I just couldn't et no more."
There are four sets of twins here in the Home now. All of these are boys
except one little girl who is a twin to another little boy. There is not two
twin girls in the Home. The twins names are as follows: Earl and Murrel,
Andy and Alva, Johnnie Lee (little girl twin) and Johnnie P., and R.T. and
J.P. |
1933 July
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Children's Page
Johnnie said his sister wasn't his sister now. He said since she was married
she was his brother-in-law.
Sue
said her footses were very tired. |
1933 June
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Children's Page
Verlie asked, "Is it
next year now?"
Roy asked one of the
boys if there were three birds on a limb and he shot one, how many would
there be left? "Two", replied the boy. "No, you're wrong," Roy said. "There
wouldn't be any left because the other two would fly away." |
1933 May
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Children's Page
The boys have the
baseball spirit now and they are very thankful for the new balls and
supplies sent them by their friends.
Sayings of the
Children
George said, "This
old cat scratched me with its fingernails."
Reba said, "Who were
those manses (men) who were hear awhile ago?"
Verlie overheard
someone talking about going to Charlie, Texas, "Say who is Charlie?" she
asked.
Someone asked George
how old he was, "I'm old enough to eat my thupper," he replied.
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Borrowed from the TIPTON
ORPHANS HOME MESSENGER:
1932 December
| The State Inspector visited
and inspected this Home a few days ago and spoke highly of its standing. She
said she always spoke highly of Tipton Orphans Home and considered it one of
the best in the State. Every member of the Church of Christ should feel
proud of this for it will bring glory and honor to the cause of Christ, to
whom all honor and praise is due. |
1932 November
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CHILDREN'S PAGE
The other night Maxine asked
the girls in the quartet if they sang Altus or soprano.
| Myrle and Jesse were sitting
on the bench and Jesse said, "move that radiator down here by the bench." |
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1932 September
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HOW MUCH FOOD IS
REQUIRED? There are many people who doubtless wonder just how much food is
necessary for the children in the Home. It requires no little amount of
food for the feeding of over two hundred children. Most children in the
early stages of life have good appetites and these children are no
exception. Many of them have come out of poverty and almost starvation. They
especially need plenty of wholesome food to make their bodies strong. It is
a joy to see this huge family in the midst of a good meal. If it were
possible for our readers to see them eating you would be doubly repaid for
food you have given them. In order to give our readers some idea as to how
much food is consumed in a single day we give the following information: It
requires three sacks of flour each day to provide bread. These are not the
small size sacks as some might suppose but the standard forty-eight pound
sacks. As to the meat used, it requires forty pounds of bacon each meal.
There is usually one hog killed each week for the children. About fifteen
gallons of beans are necessary for a single cooking. One sack of meal
furnishes corn bread for one day. On Sunday afternoon the regular dinner not
served and fruit and cookies served instead. It usually requires ten gallons
of fruit for these meals. Thirty pounds of butter is necessary for one day.
The boys are milking about forty head of cattle now. The children consume
thirty gallons of milk per meal. When canned goods are served, about fifty
cans are necessary. With these few items listed it should give some idea of
the amount of food used. Vegetables have grown in abundance this year and
people have been able to help the Home much in this way. |
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Helen said, "Merle, give me a splinter to pick the
sticker out of my foot."
Maurine was putting on her
hose and said, "Oh, my hole has a full fashioned sock in it."
| Some of the girls asked Mary
Ellen what she did with her nickel and she said she gave it to her sister.
They asked her what she did with her other one and she said, "that wasn't a
nickel that was money." |
| While the girls quartet was
touring on the plains of Texas they were driving along when Maxine saw one
of the prairie dogs and exclaimed, "Oh, look at those little prairie
puppies!" Our Watermelon Feast
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About the tenth of August, Mr.
and Mrs. Grose called at the office and told us that they had enough
watermelons for all the children. We went out after them early in the
morning while it was cool and put them in the shade. Late that evening we
drove the truck to the back yard. All the children seeing what was in it,
came running to where it was parked. We got them in a long line and let them
march by and handed each of them a half of a good melon. The children sure
enjoyed this feast and I am sure that it will long be remembered by each of
them. |
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1932 August
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Devertis was cooking bread and said, "Oh, the bread
is nearly ripe."
Cletis had her tonsils taken
out, and after she came home she said, "Now, I've got everything but by
onions."
Ruth was putting her shoes on
and said, "Oh, my feet are almost worn out."
Margaret Johnson was putting
on her dress and said, "Oh, I put it on bottom side upwards."
| Marie was also putting on her
dress and said, "I can’t get my head over my dress. |
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1932 July
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CHILDREN'S PAGE
Hazel said that she stuck a
foot in her sticker (meaning a sticker in her foot).
Cleo J. was running and accidentally fell
and said, "Oh, I busted my numb skull."
| Brodie asked J.S. if you
could hear better with your tonsils out. One of the helpers was
telling a visitor that Robert B. could talk Spanish. After the visitor was
gone Luther came up to Robert and said, "Robert, let me hear you talk some
'spinach'."
While the girls were working
in the sewing room, one of the little boys came to the door and said, "Miss
Johnson will you fix my overalls? I let one of the other boys wear them and
he stretched them for me."
The other day some of the
girls were talking about the newlyweds, and Azel said, "I'm not ever going
to get married. I'm gonna be a widow all my life.
One of the girls was swinging
Ruth Mae and she replied, "Don't swing me so loud."
Lizzie and Delois were on the
grass trying not to go to sleep, but soon Delois said, "Oh, I'm going to
peep."
One night we were talking
about giving a shower to a girl who had just married and Albert said, "Are
those showers called shower baths?"
Vannie M. was combing
Gertrude's hair behind her ears, and Gertrude said, "I don't like my ears
behind my hair!"
Oma was ironing her dress and
burned her hand and said, "Oh, the iron scortched me." |
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1932 June
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CHILDREN'S PAGE
During the last two weeks,
several of the children have been getting their packages which the different
churches send them. These packages are sent twice a year, in the Spring and
at Christmas time. You should be here and see the happy smiles that come
across their faces when they receive their packages. The following is an
example of how they act when they receive them: Yesterday, Leslie received
his package. He is just four years old and the youngest boy we have. After
he had put on a pair of new overalls, (which had red buttons on them) his
new shirt and new straw hat, he began to walk down the halls speaking to
every one he met (apparently, so they would notice his new clothes). After
he had all the boys' attention attracted toward him he began to step up and
down the halls singing for them and this morning he still seems just as
happy as a lark.
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Laura Mae, (telling some of
the girls about the lighting), "It came a slice of thunder and scared every
one in the office. The dentist was looking at
Johnnie's teeth the other day and asked him when his front teeth were going
to grow in. Johnnie said, "They're not going to grow in, they're growing
out."
| All the children are in good
health now and we do not have a one on the sick list at this writing. |
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1932 March
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CHILDREN'S PAGE
Our Chapel Service (by Ruby
S.) A bell summons us to chapel at about 7:00 o'clock each night of the
week. We assemble in the dining hall and start service with three songs led
by one of the girls or boys. We then have a chapter reading from the Bible
and prayer. After prayer comes the part which everyone from the smallest to
the largest welcomes. It is a Bible study and drill by Brother Chitwood. We
have been studying characters from the Old Testament for the past few months
and have enjoyed it as profited by it. When Brother Chitwood cannot be with
us there is always an uplifting talk by one the helpers. After this part is
over we have our closing song and are dismissed to go to our respective
places. We wish every one who is interested in this large family of ours to
know that we sincerely appreciate the opportunity of our Christian training
and education, which you are giving to us and
hope someday to be worthy of your kindness. |
Borrowed from the
TIPTON
ORPHANS HOME MESSENGER:
1931 November
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Lorene said she had her stockings on
hind-part-before.
Just as soon as we have enough frost to
make the rest of the bolls open we can finish up with our cotton picking. We are
having to wait on it now to open. To date we have picked ten bales and are
expecting to make five more. There are five gins here in Tipton and each one has
ginned two bales for us without any charge whatever and we wish them to know
that we appreciate this service that has been rendered.
If you are wondering what you might send
to the Home that is especially needed we would suggest sending school supplies,
sheets and pillow cases, soap and toothpaste, as these are needed the worst.
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1931October
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Vannie said that Bessie had a raisin on
her leg.
As the first bell had rung, Sue said to
some of the girls, "Let's go wash and comb our face for dinner."
Ruby after having sent her shoes to the
shoe shop and when they came back slightly drawn up said, "I can't get my shoes
in my feet."
Anna, who was working in the kitchen,
told some of the girls that they had to pick some potatoes and peel some beans.
Reba said she had always wanted to see
in the top of her roof. (meaning the roof of her mouth)
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1931 September
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Estelle was sweeping around a pile of
boxes on the back porch and Hazel told her to move the porch off the boxes.
Little eight year old Mary was bringing
in the clean clothes to the dormitory when she said, "Oh, my knees are
scratching."
Dr. Ball gave Ruth an impression he had
made of her mouth and Goldie told her she saw the expression of her mouth.
On the 23rd of August Louis told Harold that it was his birthday and Harold
replied, "It oughtn't to be, yours was before mine last year and mine ought to
be first this year."
Jessie was
reading a very interesting story the other day and she told one of the girls
that it sure was chilling.
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1931 August
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Naomi said her shoe
was asleep. (meaning, of course, her foot)
Little Ruth asked Mae
Bell who had just had her tonsils removed, where her adenoids, were, in nose, or
in her throat, and Mae Bell said, "They're down at the hospital now."
Anna was hanging out
clothes the other day while it was rather warm, and said the sun was so hot it
burned clear through her soul.
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1931 July
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RED SODA POP FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY
The Fourth of July was destined to pass
this year without anything out of the ordinary happening, as nothing special had
been planned for the day; but right after noon Mr. Earnest Benton of the Benton
Hardware firm of Tipton, drove up and informed us that the truck would be up
shortly with twelve cases of soda water for the children. You can imagine the
pleasure these two hundred children got from this treat since this is something
out of the ordinary for them. We hope Mr. Benton was well repaid for his
generosity by the joy that was created by this gift among the children and our
gratitude and thanks go to Mr. Benton for the twelve cases of "pop" and to the
Southwestern Light and Power Company for the ice that was used in cooling it and
the service of the truck.
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1931 June
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Little Miss Naoma and her sister, Mildred
were swatting flies and Naoma noticing that Mildred was not killing them
exclaimed, "Mildred, you are just knocking them concientiuous." (meaning
unconscious)
Lorene asked some of the girls if
Shamrock, Texas was not in Oklahoma.
Ruth, seven years old, said that she
woke up early the other morning and found herself asleep.
Evelyn was giving out spelling words to
one of the girls and when she came to the word, agriculture, not knowing how to
pronounce it she said, "way out in the country."
Francis' shoes were badly in need of
repair so she told some of the girls that she would just have to send them to
the barber shop.
Margaret was showing the girls her last
summer shoes, which were very dilapidated, and exclaimed in dismay, " Oh, I've
lost my tougue!"
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1931 May
While repeating verses of scripture in
the school room, Jessie gave the saying "actions speak louder than words".
Needless to say he didn't give the chapter and verse.
1931 March
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Sister Chitwood asked Sammie what the
doctor did to his sore arm. Sammy said, "Aw, he didn't do nothin' but put some
curry comb on it and said not to come back."
Ruby instructed all the girls to always
let their backs face the light when reading.
Albert, while talking to one of the
girls the other day said, "Ruby a wreck is called a conclusion ain't it?"
We need some pigs to eat the waste
scraps. Anyone having a pig they don't need we would appreciate you making it a
gift to the Home.
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Borrowed from the
TIPTON ORPHANS HOME MESSENGER:
1930 December
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CHILDREN'S CORNER
Evelyn
informed one of the girls that if she ate too much sweet stuff she would
have a cake worm.
Mamie
said she was putting her dress on upside down. (meaning wrong side out)
Devertis
said she had her shoes on wrong side out. (meaning wrong foot)
James
asked the other day who was going after the packages of hay.
Floyd, while helping Loyd milk was suddenly kicked over by the cow. "Whew!"
he said, "that cow sure set me free." |
1930 August
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CHILDREN'S CORNER
Irene
asked Florence Hampton if the people who clothed her lived in umbrella
(meaning Amarillo).
Some of
the boys were moving a table and Moden told the other children standing
around to get out of the way, 'so they could move that house.'
Little four year-old Christine had gone visiting, and was offered a drink of
water with ice, and seeing the ice floating on top of the water, she pushed
the glass back and said, "Take that glass out of that water, you needn't
think I am going to drink glass." |
July, 1930
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Fourth
of July Dinner
Brother R.F. Whitaker, who has lived in Tipton for twenty-six years, gave
the children a mess of roasting ears for the Fourth of July. He, using a
large ear of corn for an illustration, taught the children many practical
lessons of life. Brother Chitwood had just had the two back porches
screened, which enabled the children to enjoy the good dinner greatly. |
Borrowed from the
ORPHANS HOME MESSENGER:
1929
September
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Friers
Arrive
In
response to a call made in last month's Messenger for frying size chickens,
several have come in and other congregations anticipate sending as soon as
they can get them gathered up.
Brother
L.L. Estes and another brother whose name we failed to get, came Wednesday,
September 4, with two coops of 60 friers from the Church at Gotebo,
Oklahoma. This one offering alone was almost enough for a good meal.
However, more have come in and the children have immensely enjoyed another
chicken dinner. One might say that this is an annual feast here, for we
seldom have more than one such meal during the fried chicken season.
A coop of 26 friers was also prepared for Sunday, September 8. Seventy-four
chickens were killed and about a half day was required to prepare them for
cooking. Both fried chicken with gravy and stewed chicken with dumplings
were served. The frying was done in three hours by ten girls. The stew was
cooked in two ten-gallon containers and about nine gallons of gravy was
made. Served with mashed potatoes and lettuce, this made an appetizing
dinner-a chicken dinner long to be remembered by all the children. But
nothing was left save some of the gravy, so it was necessary to cook and
entire supper.
Honey from Texas
A treat
that the children greatly enjoyed is the honey received during August.
Sweets are necessary to make for variety in the diet of growing children and
this honey, being a natural sweet, was enjoyed by every child in the Home.
It was shipped to the Home by Brother R.E. Potter, Del Rio, Texas, two
cases, and Brother W.J. Arnold, George West, Texas, one case. |
1929 August
|
Health
of Children Good
No
epidemics of any nature have been experienced so far this year, and the
health of all the children in the Home is excellent. About the only
complaint to be heard is the discomfort suffered by every one in common in
Southwestern Oklahoma during July and August from the sweltering ray's of a
summer's sun, when the thermometer ranges between 100 and 114 degrees.
However, with the children, hot weather complaints are few, and they are in
good spirits, as happy as it is possible for them to be under the
circumstances. They appreciate visitors coming to the Home and taking an
interest in them.
Melon Feast
Brother R.F. Whitaker, who has a farm adjoining the Home farm, on Tuesday
morning, August 13th, brought forty-six fine, large watermelons to the Home,
and all the children were treated to a great watermelon feast. It was a
great event in their young lives and the way they relished the melons
expressed better than words their appreciation of the same. |
1929 July
|
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Lahoma
poured some water in Louise's ear, and Louise said, "Don't put water in my
ear, you'll put it out.
Anna
told Edna to keep her stockings off her Sunday hands.
Some of
the girls were making bread, and Edna told them to reach down at the bottom
of the pan, and they could get some dry dough (meaning dry flour).
Isabel
was cutting the girl's hair and she said, "Hand me the tweezers"(clippers). |
Borrowed from the issue of
TIPTON ORPHANS HOME MESSENGER:
1929 March
|
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Little
Albert, in the first grade, on being asked if he was going to make his grade
this winter, replied, "Uh-huh, I'm going to make a good 'un."
One of
the little boys came in to Mrs. Duncan to get him some clean clothes. Mrs.
Duncan asked him if he had got his package. He said yes, but he didn't have
any clothes in it.
Gova
told Ruby she was going to wash out her toothbrush before she used it, and
Ruby said, "Well, that has already been sanctified", (meaning sterilized).
Lorene
told one of the girls to raise the window, so they could get some
irrigation, (meaning ventilation).
Mabell
asked Audrey if her iron was hot. She said, "I don't know, I never did taste
of it."
Reba told some of the girls, "if you said you was going to do something, and
you didn't
do it, you would be a cripplehit." (meaning hypocrite). |
Borrowed from the January, 1929,
issue of
TIPTON ORPHANS HOME:
|
Health
of Children Continues Good
With the
prevalence of a general epidemic of influenza, which, however, is on the
decline, it is little short of a miracle, that up to the present time, the
children of the Home have escaped the disease, with the exception of a few
cases, about the time the epidemic was at its height. Wholesome food, regular
hours of sleep, and well-ventilated rooms are about the most effective
preventatives, and the results from these measures have proved very
satisfactory here, to date. Where
there are so many children, a close guard must be kept against all
epidemics. All measures at our command are taken at all times to prevent
such an occurrence. |
1928 December
|
CHILDREN'S CORNER
The girls were talking
about Hoover being elected president, and Lorene said, "Well after every
president gets through presidenting they die".
Mamie was dressing one
morning and when she got her shoes on, she said "Oh, I put my shoes on wrong
side out".
Madge asked Maurine
what kind of eggs did the rooster lay, and Marine said, "They lay eggs just
like a turkey."
Jessie's feet were cold,
and she said they were getting deaf and dumb. |
1928 July
|
Since the report on the
condition of the Home crops in last issue we have had a hail and rain storm
which all but cleaned out our cotton and damaged the garden and food stuffs.
Part of the cotton ground has been planted to feed, as much of this will be
needed for the ever growing herd of cows. The remainder, though not a good
stand, will be left for what it will make.
LEMONADE FOR ALL
You've heard of: LEMONADE!
Made in the shade
-- and --
Stirred with a spade.
Well, all that what we
had here July 3, lacked coming up to this little rhyme was being stirred
with the spade; we used stewers that were just as large as spades to stir
with and a 10-barrel stock tank to make it in, only the tank was not full.
Here is how we made it:
55 gallons water
200 pounds ice
26 dozen lemons
40 pounds sugar
It was poured out to the 260 children as long as it lasted and all got
about as much as they needed. And, too, perhaps you can guess about how long
it lasted. Just about as long as it took six persons to serve and
proportion it out in pint cups. This was
meant for a Fourth of July treat and the little folks enjoyed it immensely.
It was furnished by helpers of the Home and made by them and some of the
girls.
HEALTH OF THE HOME
The health of the Home
is splendid at present, and we are using all the means we have at hand to
keep the children all healthy and happy. We are strict believers in keeping
everything in a sanitary condition, for we believe we can prevent many
diseases in that way. The old adage, that an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, is one of the most truthful of sayings.
Every Summer we take the Typhoid shots as recommended by the health
officers, as a preventive to keep Typhoid fever out of the Home,
and it has worked fine so far, for we have not
had a case of Typhoid in the Home since we have had charge of it. When we
discovered we had small pox in the Home, we had them all vaccinated, and out
or the 250 children we only had 42 cases. In fact, we got rid of the
epidemic in a very short time without the loss of one. The health of the Home
has been remarkable and we are striving in every way we can to keep it clean
and healthy, and we hope by a continuation of the methods we have used in
the past to keep sickness almost eliminated from the Home.
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Lillian says she cannot
snap beans because they have no snaps on them.
Arline lost her knife in
the garbage and, after searching diligently without finding it, asked Mable
if hogs would eat knives.
Madge said George, 6,
(her brother) "exposed" (proposed) to Mildred. |
1928 April
|
CHILDREN'S CORNER
While cleaning out the
stove Mr. Victor spilled some soot, and Ruby said, "Oh, you are spilling the
fire."
Mamie hurt Madge's foot
with a chair and she cried, "Oh, the toe hurt my chair."
Mrs. Duncan asked Annie
Mary what hurt her and she replied, "My brains (head)."
Ruth said the water in
the boiler was 'paralyzed' (sterilized).
MISS CORNELIA CANTRELL CROWNED CARNIVAL QUEEN
Pretty Orphans Home Girl Wins Over Her Nearest
Opponent by 1,500 Votes.
For weeks the Junior
class of the Tipton High School worked hard on
every detail for a school carnival to raise money for their Junior-Senior
Banquet. Last Friday night the big event took place and from all reports it
was a gala affair in every way. In the auditorium was the big Midway,
showing the big ten in one side show, hot dog stands, hamburgers, candy and
cold drink stands, with regular ballyhoo boys and girls who acted like
experienced carnival managers making the whole place attractive and fun
making. All week the different classes had been electioneering for their
queens and at ten thirty o'clock the queen in her royal procession was to
march down the big Midway and be crowned by the King. Every cent spent all
during the evening previous to this hour
counted as votes for the queen. At ten thirty the tellers announced that
Miss Cornelia Cantrell, pretty lassie of the Tipton Orphans Home, a Freshman
in the Tipton High school was winner, she having received 6,800 votes and
winning over her nearest opponent by 1,500 votes. (The article above is
clipped from the Tipton Tribune of Friday, April 13th.) |
1928 March
|
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Era was diagramming
sentences. Ruby asked her to teach her how to "grammatize" sentences.
Jessie called Jane a
midget, then asked, "What is that, a bed bug?" |
Borrowed from the February, 1928, issue of TIPTON
ORPHANS HOME:
|
Some of the girls asked
Oma what was Labor Day, and she said flat beans and potatoes.
Some of the children
were talking about clean teeth, and Roger said, "Well, when that Dentist was
here his 'Otto' was 'Clean teeth will never decay'."
Ivy had some nuts, and
she was trying to crack them. She came to a walnut and said it was too hard
to bend. |
1927 November
| We are indeed glad to
announce to our friends that we shall soon have natural gas installed and
will use it in the cook stove, and both the hot-water and the steam boilers.
This will be much more convenient and cleaner, and we hope, less expensive.
The main is now being laid from town and we hope to
be using gas by the time this issue of the paper is out.
We now have out 21 bales of cotton and will
gather about 3 or 4 more. This is from our patch of twenty five acres, and
is one of the best crops we have raised. Though last year's crop gave us
forty three bales, this year's crop of twenty five bales, or thereabout,
will net the Home more than did last year's.
If we had land enough, the proceeds from the
farm would go a long way toward the support of these two hundred thirty odd
children. The boys have picked all of these twenty one bales and could
gather many more what time they are not in school.
Speaking of picking cotton, the little boys have
proven themselves to be real pickers. One evening while the older children
were in school and the weather was such that one could hardly stay indoors,
Sister Johnson and Sister Shaver took the boys under school age to the
cotton patch, found some sacks and showed the little fellows how to pick.
They did not expect to get much but did it more to please the boys. It was
something different from their every day routine of play and they liked it.
So, when they weighed what they had gathered, they found they had gotten a
total of 81 pounds, and were out there only a short while. Now, they want to
go again. |
Borrowed from the July, 1927, issue of TIPTON
ORPHANS HOME:
|
COWS!........COWS!..........COWS!
The
Home is in need of several cows to furnish sweet milk for the little folks,
and as we have 200 that should have sweet milk every day it will take
several more cows than we have to furnish them. Now who will be the
first to give us one. You can write or call us up at our expense, and
our truck will come after them.
"CHILDREN'S CORNER"
A bunch of the girls were looking for a good
place to play jacks. Mable saw a rock and said, "Unroll that rock and
play on it."
Frank told Sister Chitwood to get him a nickels
worth of "cheap" candy.
Mrs. Victor told Inez to get some water and
sprinkle the clothes. Inez asked, "What kind, wet or hot?"
Miss Johnson was combing the little boys' hair.
When she got to Gene she asked him what side he wanted it parted on and he
said, "On the boys side."
When asked what was the matter with his lip,
Marvin replied, "I hurt it on a bee."
When Audrey hurt her elbow Ida Mae asked, "Did
you hurt your 'pulley-bone'?"
Jane started taking lessons in typewriting and
her position at the desk put the light to her back. She said, "I don't like
this place; my back faces the light."
|
Borrowed from the June, 1927, issue of THE HOME
MAGAZINE:
| "CHILDREN'S CORNER"
Selma, working in the kitchen, was helping make
grape pies. Ida Mae came and wanted her to go play with her. "I
can't", Selma replied, "I have to help make mud pies."
Jane had wrapped up some song books to be mailed
and wanted Brother Russell to "measure" them to see how much postage they
would require.
Laura Mae wanted some bread and butter, so Ida
Mae gave her half a biscuit buttered. "Oh," she said, "I want a lid on it!" |
Borrowed from the May, 1927, issue of TIPTON
ORPHANS HOME:
| "CHILDREN'S CORNER"
A small egg was brought in one day and Sister
Shaver asked Billie if it were laid by a Bantam hen. He said she was
half Bantam and half hen.
Ruby said she thought buckets were opened with
monkey-screws.
Mary Jane exclaimed to Inez, "O, the calf got
out of the locker."
William swallowed a bead and Brodie asked him
what he would do if it should roll into his heart.
Some of the boys were playing with the cat and
puppies. Ruby said they were trying to "interjuice" them.
A stray kitten was noticed about the place and
Albert asked Sister Chitwood if she knew where it came from. She replied
that she did not where upon Albert remarked, "I do. Old Tom 'laid' it." |
Borrowed from the August, 1925, issue
of THE HOME MAGAZINE:
|
"THE CHILDREN'S CORNER"
By Miss Lena Ashton
One day while turnip greens were being fixed for dinner some of the girls
says, I like cooked turnips. Margurette says, I don't like them cooked, I
like them green. (She meant raw.)
The other day when it came such a nice good rain, Artie Watson, was heard
coming down the hall crying for some one to help her shut up the windows.
The prettiest sight that I ever saw in my life, was one Sunday morning
between seven and seven-thirty, a bunch of the little girls and boys were
out in the back yard playing all kinds of games, singing as loud as they
could sing. They were all clean and neat and almost the same size. To see
them join hands and to hear them sing songs that are familiar to childhood
days, is enough to make any one love them more and more each day.
Sister Towery was fixing Irish potatoes for dinner, Flora Belle, ate a raw
piece and said, there's something wrong with the potatoes, they are stiff.
(They were raw.)
OUR HOME LOCAL PAGE
Edgar and Leon are getting along fine with the cotton crop. They are
beginning to think they are extra good farmers now, and they are certainly
fine for their ages and experience.
One of our girls, Ola, visited Sister Murry at Altus, and while there Dr.
Mabry removed her tonsils and adenoids, and she came back looking much
better. Raymond told Brother Tewery that Ola was looking much better since
she had her tonsils and Illinois took out.
One day not long ago we had greens for dinner. Billie Ball was seen holding
his
hand up and when ask what he wanted he said, "some more of those leaves,
please. |

Borrowed from the October, 1923, issue of
Canadian Orphan's Home:
| Brother and Sister Burrus, of
Lubbock have made the Home a present of a large bell for use at the Home.
This is a most timely and useful gift. It will be used every day in the year
and used often each day. The bell was received at the freight office
prepaid, in good condition, several weeks ago.
The Home orchard has yielded much fine fruit this
year that will contribute much to the health of the children as well as
helping to keep the expenses of the Home down. Besides the berries, plums,
peaches, pears, grapes, and apples that have been put up for Home
consumption, and great quantities were put up, much fruit was sold. Perhaps
as much as 3,000 pounds of grapes and 1,000 bushels of apples were sold.
Mother Swinney has been in charge of this work.

"The Children's Corner" by
Aunt Amy
Little red-headed Arline came
up to Daddy Swinney and said, "Daddy Swinney, Sammy batted a ball and it hit
me on the nose." "Why didn't you get out of the way?" asked Daddy Swinney.
"Well, I had my back turned and didn't see it until it hit me on the nose,"
was her reply.
One of our smallest babies is being taught by
his sister to pray. The other night she said, "George, say your prayers
before you get in bed." George was very sleepy and decided to offer a prayer
short and to the point. And this was the result of her efforts: "Oh Lord.
Amen."
(On the right is little George and on the left is one of his sisters.)
Not long ago an elderly lady who is eighty years
young sent a sack of candy and asked that it be given to the babies that eat
at the baby table. She said that she was unable to give more as she was
dependent herself, but what seemed small to her, brought joy into the hearts
and lives of fourteen babies.
Daddy Swinney told Flora Belle he thought it
would be a good idea to have her tonsils removed before school opened.
Naturally, as those things don't happen in our home every day, the news
spread quickly. When Flora Belle entered the sewing room, Sister Cathey said, "Well, I heard you were going to have your tonsils removed."
"No, Mam," came the quick reply: "Daddy Swinney said he was going to have
them replaced." |
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