3 - 9 months of  age

The cat's meooow!

GRIN & BEAR IT!

 I was born April 20, 1927 to Le Roy and Tena (Johnson Gullickson) Hamblock and in the Havre area, about 5 miles north of town. I went to the Whitlock School which was across the road east of Grampa Jacob and Gramma Anna ( Flock) Hamblock's place. Aunt Cora, one of Mom's sisters lived  there for many years.

Both Mom and Dad both had been prevouisly married . Dad's first wife Jeanette Johnson, one of Mom's sisters died as the result of childbirth. Daughter Rosemary, died a few  months later Mom's first husband, Henry Gullickson, a farmer died of tuberculosis.

I have 5 brothers, Clifford Gulllickson, (who was drug to death by a horse, before I was born),  Burdine (Bud) Gullickson born June 9, 1908, passed away February 18, 1987 Henry Le Roy born August 10, 1922, Donald  William born May 25, 1924, and  two sisters, Rosemary (mentioned above) and Margaret Alice (Hamblock) Kejsar born  March 13, 1931.

 My first teacher was Miss  Bangs , then there was Mrs. Holsapple (an old bag). Mrs.Landskov (her family lived at Grandpa and Jacob Gramma Anna (Flock's) place. Grandpa and Gramma had moved to town (Havre). When Mom and Dad would go to  town, Aunt Cora would come and stay with us. She (Aunt Cora lived with. her brother Uncle Oscar (Johnson ) up north of where we lived.

I can remember making mud pies. Brother Bud's daughter Betty used to play with  two white rats.
Betty, Margie, and I were caught smoking in the attic one time and Dad caught  us, we never did that again. I pushed Margie down the stairs while she was on her tricycle We use to go swimming in the resivoir north of the house. We didn't know how to swim, we dog paddled but thought we were swimming. Hank and Don tried to teac us how.

Margie and I had a bike to ride to school when it didn't have flat tires. Dad had a  patch of potatoes and corn;  it was Margie's and my job to keep the weeds down. We had twin white calves; when they layed in the field they looked like rocks. In the winter we use to skate on the reservoir, but we had to clean the ice of first. I use to lay in the shade north of the house and watch the clouds go by. I remember making butter in the barrel churn; addingg color and salt  to make it look better and taste better. It looked pretty pale if you didn't color it. I had a blue table and chair set that Grampa Johnson gave me, it later burned up in a fire.
I remember making home made ice cream (Don still does on special ocassions) They made some home made candy one time, put it out to cool and the cat walked on it. We ate it anyway.
I remember putting dead snakes on the fence. Dad made us take them down because they smelled so bad.
We use to take the cows (milk cow's then) one mile east to the pasture in the morning and having to go back in the evening to get them so they could be milked. We use to go to 4 - H meetings at different
homes
 We had dances at the Mountain View School, card parties at the Whitlock School across the road from Grampa Hamblock's place.
We use to have ice skating parties at the reservoir, having lots of fun
We  went to movie show on Saturday and sometimes in the evening.In the winter another thing we did (the Warp kids and us) was to go over west to the big coulees  and slide down the hill with our sleds.

One time Bud came to the farm fixed up like a  young black man. Charles showed him all around the farm, not realizing it was his brother.Nobody knew till later

We went to Big Sandy, Montana one time to see Bud and Jo, on the way home there was a cloudburst ahead of us. We went back to Big Sandy as the water was over the road. Some people got caught in the water and were washed washed down a coulee and drowned.

We would take the Model - T  and practice driving it. When we got good  at it, we were allowed to drive to town. I use to drive drive Margie to High School until she learned to drive..

    When brother Don married Donna Ervin in 1947, Mom, Dad, Margie, Hank and I  moved to town at  910- 4th Avenue. Don and Donna stayed on the farm. In 1957 a fire destroyed the basement dwelling, instead of rebuilding it a house was built on top .

Wasn't much to do in town except go to the movies. I use to help at the DUTCH SHOP which brother Charles and Aunt Lucille (Hamblock) Green  (Dad's sister) owned.
 
 

CHRISTMAS EVE  1956 DANIEL WHALEN &  DORIS HAMBLOCK

Dad and Mom had a house built at 407 - 10th St. in 1950 and we moved into it just before Christmas. I lived there until I was "married" on July 27,1957 to Daniel J. Whalen at St. Judes Catholic Church in Havre
 

BEFORE THEY MET Cuttin the cake for a 3rd time  the 40th Annivesery   1997

April through June 1959,  Dan and I had a house built at 411 - 10th St.  In the middle of building  the house our son Keith was born on May 12, 1959. Dan and Don did the electrical work (wiring etc.) Dan did the painting with the help of others. We have lived there until we bought a  house in the fall of 1983 and we're still living there in 1999.

Written down by Doris M. Whalen.
Wording by Keith A. Whalen.
1991

Mom passed away at her home January 19, 2000, shortly before 6pm.. Dad & I were with he in the house. She wanted to be at homer. She got her wish. She had Parkinsens disease, but was able to work with Dad till virtually the end.When Daniel told Gramma Tena Hamblock he’d take go care of her,  he more than kept that promise

Thanks for being my Mom
Love your son,
Keith