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Title |
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Acknowledgments |
vii |
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Table of Contents |
ix |
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A Bit of Background |
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1914 |
Life in Montana |
9 |
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1917 |
Texas |
14 |
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1923 |
Back to Kansas |
42 |
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1929 |
To the Labette County Farm |
58 |
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1930 |
Again to Peabody |
61 |
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1932 |
Graduation and a new job |
66 |
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1933 |
A vacation with Mother and Dad |
71 |
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Grandfather Lauck passes |
72 |
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1934 |
Vernon graduates and goes to Idaho |
73 |
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1935 |
Irvin becomes important to me |
74 |
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1936 |
Irvin's father has surgery |
75
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Sam Good and Lea Schmidt married |
76 |
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Clifford Bryant lost in the South Pacific |
76 |
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A proposal of marriage |
78 |
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1937 |
Isaac and Lizzie Good move to town |
79 |
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1938 |
Irvin builds saw rig |
80 |
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1939 |
Vernon Heyland has accident |
81 |
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Meredith Ann is born to Sam and Lea |
81 |
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Mother and I visit Oregon |
82 |
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1940 |
Vernon and Reba married |
82 |
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1941 |
Irvin and I married |
84 |
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The beginning of my life on the Good farm |
88 |
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Irvin and I entertain the family for Thanksgiving |
94 |
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The holiday season blemished by war |
96 |
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1942 |
A surprise birthday party |
97 |
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Vernon enlists |
98 |
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A baby at our house |
99 |
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1943 |
Visited by a B-17 |
100 |
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1944 |
Mother and Dad to Cottonwood Falls |
102 |
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German war prisoners in Peabody |
102 |
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1945 |
Sunny Circle Home Demonstration Unit organized |
107 |
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Ethel Marie born to Floyd and Myrtle |
107 |
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John Lee born to Sam and Lea |
107 |
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Marcia Lee born November 6 |
109 |
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1946 |
Virginia Ann born to Floyd and Myrtle |
111 |
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Philenese born to Vern and Reba |
111 |
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Mother has heart attack |
111 |
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1947 |
Don starts to school |
114 |
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1948 |
Mrs. Wells is Don's second grade teacher |
117 |
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1949 |
The second grade entertains for their mothers |
118 |
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1950 |
Leo Loewen missing |
119 |
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Mother and Dad move into their new house in Peabody |
119 |
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Marcia starts to school |
120 |
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1951 |
Uncle Robert Huguenin passes |
121 |
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1952 |
Grandmother Lizzie Good passes |
121 |
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A vacation to California |
122 |
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Irvin drives the school bus |
124 |
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Jolly Jays 4-H organized |
125 |
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Mother passes |
129 |
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Blizzard |
130 |
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1953 |
Don makes his declaration of faith |
132 |
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Marcia gets clarinet |
132 |
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1954 |
Good land leased to Ci ties Service Oil Company |
132 |
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The Irvin Good family is expecting a baby |
133 |
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Richard Eugene Good born |
134 |
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1955 |
Thomas Edward Huguenin born to Vern and Reba |
137 |
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Charles Edward Good born |
137 |
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1956 |
Drilling begins on the Good farm |
140 |
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Pearl Edwards pays us a visit |
141 |
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Cities Service brings in first well on Good land |
141 |
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Don's eighth grade party |
143 |
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1957 |
Edwards eighty leased |
144 |
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Vacation at Salida, Colorado |
145 |
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Remodel kitchen and install bathroom |
146 |
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1958 |
Irvin buys the home place |
147 |
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Baby hawks |
148 |
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150 |
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Don fights with calf |
151 |
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1959 |
Irvin buys Edwards eighty |
152 |
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We make many candles |
153 |
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A trip to Canada |
155 |
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Marcia to high school |
156 |
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Rick to kindergarten |
156 |
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1960 |
Don graduates from high school |
158 |
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Don enrolls at Kansas University |
158 |
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Future Farmers of America become active in Peabody High School |
160 |
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1961 |
Fraternity hayrack ride |
162 |
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Don lives with Grace Muilenburg and Ada Swineford |
163 |
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1962 |
Basketball team to State Tournament |
164 |
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1963 |
Peabody High School wins State Basketball Championship |
165 |
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Marcia graduates from high school |
165 |
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Birthday party for Rick and Chuck |
166 |
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Kennedy assassinated |
167 |
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1964 |
Don to Omaha, Nebraska |
167 |
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Uncle Ed passes |
168 |
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Don and Marilyn married |
169 |
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Boys have train ride |
170 |
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Bo joins the family |
170 |
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1965 |
Marcia and Jerry married |
173 |
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Peabody and Burns consolidate |
174 |
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Don and Marilyn to Madison, Wisconsin |
175 |
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1966 |
Dad and I visit California |
176 |
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1967 |
Vacation with Don and Marilyn in Colorado |
179 |
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Archie passes away in Kansas City |
180 |
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Farm loan paid off |
180 |
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1968 |
Irvin takes electric shock |
180 |
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Sam passes |
182 |
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1969 |
Michael Jason born to Don and Marilyn |
183 |
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I go to work at Axtell Clinic |
183 |
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Don teaches at Texas University in Austin |
184 |
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Tracey Lee is born to Jerry and Marcia |
184 |
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1970 |
Don receives doctorate |
187 |
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Granddad Oscar has surgery |
188 |
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1971 |
Irvin's fatal accident |
188 |
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Douglas Irvin born to Don and Marilyn |
194 |
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1972 |
The farm sale |
194 |
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I buy a house in town |
194 |
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Rick graduates |
195 |
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Chuck and I move to town |
196 |
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1973 |
Sell farm buildings |
197 |
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Chuck graduates and takes trip to California |
197 |
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Plane trouble while on vacation |
198 |
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1974 |
Rick goes to Hawaii |
200 |
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Don and Marilyn back to Austin |
201 |
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1975 |
Chuck and I to Austin for Thanksgiving |
202 |
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1976 |
Jodie Diane born to Jerry and Marcia |
202 |
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Pacemaker installed |
202 |
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Rick to work for Kansas Gas and Electric |
204 |
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1960 |
Class reunion |
204 |
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1977 |
Chuck graduates from Kansas State University |
205 |
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Granddad Oscar passes |
206 |
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Jerry and Marcia move to Colorado |
207 |
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Chuck goes to work for Guerdons |
208 |
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Aunt Rose passes |
208 |
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Jerry and Marcia buy a home |
209 |
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We all spend Christmas in Colorado |
209 |
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1978 |
Tracey spends vacation in Peabody |
209 |
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Rick goes to Montana |
210 |
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1979 |
Grant kidnapped |
210 |
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1980 |
Retirement |
211 |
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Good reunion |
214 |
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Rick and Karen married |
216 |
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Chuck moves to Peabody to work in the bank |
217 |
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Thanksgiving at Rick and Karen's |
217 |
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Christmas in Texas |
218 |
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1981 |
A trip to Sejita |
218 |
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Chuck's good news |
223 |
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Chuck and Susan married |
223 |
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Don and the boys visit in Peabody |
225 |
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Christmas in Colorado |
225 |
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1982 |
Chuck goes into the hog business |
226 |
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The Richard Goods move to Fort Scott |
226 |
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50th class reunion |
227 |
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A birthday party in Kansas City |
228 |
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Attend North American Christian Convention |
229 |
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Don and his family home for Christmas |
230 |
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A snowy trip to Colorado December 27 |
230 |
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Genealogy Section |
235 |
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Good Family |
237 |
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Gaiser Family |
247 |
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Huguenin Family |
255 |
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Lauck Family |
263 |
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