John B. Southard Sr.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

I Brought My Father With Me
lyrics by Michael Smith

song by Small Potatoes of Cary, Illinois

I brought my father with me.
I hope that you don't mind.
I couldn't find it in me
to make him stay behind.

There are ways that I'm just like him
and some ways he's just like me.
Sometimes when the mirror's dim,
his face is clear to me.

Tonight the winds of heaven
blow the stars across the sky.
I brought my father with me.

I couldn't say good-bye.

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rules for marbles

1. Draw a three foot circle in the dirt
2. Each player chooses one large marble (an agate or shooter marble). The rest of the marbles are tossed into the circle.
3. Turns rotate. Each player puts his agate marble on the circle's edge. Using the thumb, flicks it towards the smaller marbles in the circle.
4. Any marbles moved out of the circle are collected by the player. If the agate marble stays in the circle, the player gets another turn. If the agate leaves the circle, the turn is passed to the next player.
5. The game is over when all the small marbles have been removed from the circle. The player with the most marbles wins.

Surviving the Great Depression

Seven years after Volna died, the nation found itself in the Great Depression. Belle, John & Ruby Nell survived with help from family. Volna's sister, Susan Southard Chapman (Aunt Susan), and her husband Uncle John made sure that Belle and the children had food. Belle's brother Hub (Uncle Hub) moved onto the farm and helped with labor. Belle deeded the farm to John & Ruby Nell. With the farm titled to the children, creators couldn't take the homestead.

John worked several jobs and was happy if he earned $1 a day. He told the story of wanting a sled of his own and not borrowing a sleigh ride from one of the guys. The family couldn't spare the money for a sled. John managed to get an extra job from a neighboring farmer. He finally saved enough money to buy a sled. When he hiked to the general store in Greenville to make his purchase, they had sold out of sleds for the winter.

The Green River runs . . .

John craved the pumpkins, hid the Easter eggs, and always had a nice garden.

Daddy enjoyed the holidays with his family. He bought a variety of egg types every Easter and hid the dyed eggs over and over again. He helped carve the pumpkins. One Halloween, our pumpkins were smashed by some older kids. It disappointed Daddy more than us. He made egg nog every Christmas. Daddy & I were the ones that decorated the tree every year. I realize now, as an adult, that he had so much patience and loved doing these things with us & for us because the Great Depression and his father's death robbed him of the simple childhood joys.