Refrigerators, Porches and Televisions: Knowing Curryville Inside and Out

Next on the Curryville memory road were the Mocks. Their daughter Joyce and I played in their home and garage a lot. Joyce and I played dress up. I thought she was a very lucky girl to be able to have her own play area in their garage.

Next was Mrs. Edith Strasser. She was our Curryville school teacher for grades four through eight. She was an excellent teacher — even saw that we had hot lunches, making Campbell soup for all of us in the one room of that two-room school house. She often sat in her back porch and sometimes told me to check the refrigerator — she had an extra piece of lemon pie...