A-4(6)

AN ENTRANCE PORCH WITH OUTSIDE DOOR AND TWO SMALL WINDOWS AND TWO LARGE WINDOWS WITH 12 PANES EACH FACING SOUTH WERE PUT IN. CEMENT STEPS, FOUNDATION, AND SIDEWALK WERE POURED. THE WALL BETWEEN THE TWO DOWNSTAIRS ROOMS WAS REMOVED AND A SMALL TOILET AREA ADDED. THE SHANTY (USED FOR KITCHEN) WAS REMOVED AWAY FROM THE HOUSE. SHAKES WERE PUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE FENCE WAS BROUGHT FROM THE CEMETARY WHICH WAS AROUND THE BACON AND SMIT(H) LOTS.(BBB) 

IN LATER YEARS FOUR WINDOWS WITH 18 PANES WERE PUT IN THE FRONT PART OF THE HOUSE AND A BASEMENT WITH A COAL-WOOD FURNACE, A BEDROOM, BATHROOM, KITCHEN AND FAMILY ROOM WITH THE TWELVE-PANE WINDOWS WERE PUT IN.(BBB)

RUSSELL JOANNE & BONNIE

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ON THE 18TH JUNE 1933, HEBER(GRANT BARKDULL) BET ME(MARY FERN BOURNE) $5 THAT I'D BE MARRIED TO HAM(ELDRED BACON) A YEAR FROM NOW (18TH JUNE 1934) PROVIDING HAM(ELDRED) DOESN'T GO ON A MISSION. I BET HIM $5 THAT I WOULDN'T. EIGHT MONTHS LATER THEY WERE MARRIED. THEY HAD DATED ON AND OFF FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.(BBB)

IT WAS NO SPECIAL THING WHEN THEY GOT ENGAGED. "WE DIDN'T HAVE $5 WHEN WE GOT MARRIED. I TOLD MY SISTER HELEN, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE $5 A WEEK; $1 FOR SOAP AND CLEANING, $1 FOR CANNED VEGE- TABLES, $1 FOR FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRUIT AND $2 FOR MEAT "(BBB)