“Our daughter Lois Veneta was born on October 1, 1929 at Mother’s home in Rupert. Daughter Carol Jean was born on August 28, 1932, and son John Jay (Jack) was born on August 8, 1935. They were both born at home and both in the early hours of the morning when we should have been having breakfast. A Mrs. Johnson stayed with us when Carol was born. John’s step-mother, Fedelia Straubhaar, and my sister-in-law Mabel were with me when Jack was born. Women didn’t always go to the hospital in those days and the doctor’s bill was about $50.00. While we lived on the Green Tree Ranch, John’s brother Hubert lived with us and helped run the farm.In the spring of 1937 we moved to an 80 acre farm near Acequia, Idaho owned by Bill Cowell. A house was moved on the place, a barn, garage and corrals were built. The first year where there should have been lawn was an alfalfa patch. We set out berries and shrubs and had a nice garden. We moved there on March 16 and the following day Nola Fay was born, March 17, 1937. We had ordered a boy to even up our family but another little girl was welcome. We lived on this farm for eight years. Our children attended Acequia schools and we attended the Acequia LDS church. We enjoyed many good times while living there-picnics and fishing trips with our neighbors, the Claude Chuggs. It was a friendly community. While we lived there Vera, John’s sister, came to live with us. She came in 1938. John’s father died on Febuary 21, 1945 of a heart attack. It was a great loss to all of us when he died as he was a sweet, kind man and we loved him very much. He and his family lived at Paul, Idaho at that time. Our children had always enjoyed going to Grandpa Jake and Granda Fedelia’s house, especially at Christmas time, as they kept bowls of nuts around their house so the children could crack nuts and eat them. Fedelia was a very fine cook.”
-Beatrice Gardner Straubhaar
Excerpt from Straubhaar Family History, July 1990
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