Tales of Pollard Oklahoma by those who lived there

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	This unique book was written by those who lived in the Pollard Community more than 50 years ago. It tells of life in the 1930s, 40s and 50s in rural Oklahoma, as it was when they lived it. Pollardites now keep in touch by email, telephone and reunions. But at the time of these stories, there was no electricity, no running water, no indoor plumbing, no telephones. People walked, rode a horse or mule, or hitched up the wagon, usually with two mules. Life was raw and harsh. Danger and death and sickness were everyday affairs. Yet this tiny community produced dozens of professional people - teachers, engineers, surveyors, publishers, accountants, nurses, etc. Here they tell their story of how they grew up, what happened to them, and what they learned. Pollard is in the very southeastern tip of Oklahoma, four miles from the Red River and Texas, and a few miles from Arkansas. There are still only a handful of people there. At the center of the community were the grade school and church. All the events in this book took place within 15 miles of Pollard. Going to town was an all-day affair. The family hitched up the mules to the wagon at daybreak, drove the 15 miles to Idabel, bought what few necessities they couldn't grow, and came home after dark, with the creaking wagon lulling the kids to sleep on pallets in the back. Motorized vehicles were few and far between. At one time the doctor had a pickup. The high school had a school bus that picked up kids for about 15 miles around. Tales of Pollard by those who lived there Edited by Micki Nellis. Published by Buffalo Creek Press, October 2004. Expanded with more stories and pictures in 2006. ISBN 1-885534-18-3. Book on CD. $12.95 plus shipping. Buffalo Creek Press, PO Box 2424, Cleburne, Texas 76033, 817-641-4908 http://www.buffalo-creek-press.com Requires a Windows computer and Adobe Acrobat 4 or later
Table of Contents Introduction - A Harsh Existence History History of Pollard Community by Vada May in 1986 Doctor Pollard - My Father As I Knew Him by Glenn Tilden Pollard Planting the Ouchita Forest by Dearl B. Stout Obituary - Dr. T. H. Pollard Succumbs Monday Growing Up in Pollard Pollard - The Early Years by Charlcie (Stout) Farley Growing up in Pollard by Micki (Stout) Nellis My Story by Sid Lane My Memories of Growing Up in Pollard by Bert Bryant Jr. Getting By by Dearl Boyd Stout Sam and Bessie Hardscrabble Farm Starvation Acres Disaster Staved Off Sharecroppers No More Building Our Own House Land of Milk and Honey Expanding the Farm Everyday Life The War Years New Baby Pollard Grade School Trapping Days Becoming an Entrepreneur in the Post War Years Building a House From Real Lumber Seeing the Outside World Fistfights, Lawmen and Mischief Earning Money Graduation Leaving the Farm Growing Up in Pollard by Lou (Hollingsworth) Jennings A House on a Hill by Mozell (Hollingsworth) Hudson A Pollard Boy by Earl Holloway Memory Snapshots by Mozell (Hollingsworth) Hudson Bygone Days by Mozell (Hollingsworth) Hudson The Church The Pollard Revival by Joyce (Stout) Peralta Holy Terror by Micki (Stout) Nellis The Pollard School Letter to Uncle Virgil by Joyce (Stout) Peralta Learning in a One-Room School by Micki (Stout) Nellis Squiggly Lines by Charlcie (Stout) Farley High School Dropout by Dearl B. Stout Stories Grapevine Sunday by Charlcie (Stout) Farley Why the School Bus was Late by Dearl B. Stout Revenge by Dearl B. Stout Diary of a Fourteen Year Old Women by Joyce (Stout) Peralta The Pollard Fire by Dearl B. Stout The Real Fire by Dearl B. Stout My Pet Rooster by Charlcie (Stout) Farley Making Sorghum Molasses by Micki (Stout) Nellis The Horse Ran Away with the Milk Cow by Dearl B. Stout The Young Wet Cowboy by Dearl B. Stout Thank You Richard Pollard by Charlcie (Stout) Farley Cooking Breakfast by Micki (Stout) Nellis Tragedy Massacres in Pollard by Micki (Stout) Nellis Pope and Harvey Executions Condemned Slayers Wait Doom With Folded Hands Pope and Harvey Pay in Full POPE'S LAST STATEMENT HARVEY BLAMES LIQUOR $2,000 Insurance of Pope's Widow Paid Man Kills Wife, Daughter, Grandson, Self Saturday in Son's Broken Bow Home Shooting Follows Family Prayer Services Held in Afternoon Effects of Massacres by Micki (Stout) Nellis Our Playmates, Our Friends by Joyce (Stout) Peralta Sickness Cures for an Ailing World by Joyce (Stout) Peralta Watching Dearl (Measles) by Micki (Stout) Nellis Uncle Henry and a Miracle by Micki (Stout) Nellis Playtime The Rope by Micki (Stout) Nellis Games We Played by Charlcie (Stout) Farley Survival Eating Wild Fruit, Nuts and Berries by Dearl B. Stout WILD PLUMS AKA SAND PLUMS WILD GRAPES BERRIES MUSCADINES CRAB APPLES WILD ONIONS MUSHROOMS POKE SALAD SHEEPSHOWERS LAMBS QUARTER CHINQUAPINS HICKORY NUTS PECANS BLACK WALNUTS BULL NETTLE KERNELS SWEETGUM SASSAFRAS DISCLAIMER Winter Chores Peeling Peaches Peeling Peaches and the Insurance Salesman 1954 Was a Good Year Leaving the Farm by the Stouts Micki Charlcie Micki Charlcie Micki Charlcie Micki Charlcie Dearl - Leaving Joyce - Sacrifices Dearl - The End of an Era Family Notes and Tributes Tilmon and Oleta Vaughn by Charlcie (Stout) Farley Professional People Who Came from Pollard My Life Story by Bert Bryant Jr. James Cleatus Pollard Lesson in Humility by Dearl B. Stout Dad by Joyce (Stout) Peralta Mama by Joyce (Stout) Peralta A Valentine Rose from Daddy by Micki (Stout) Nellis The Keeper of the White Rose by Micki (Stout) Nellis 2006 Addendum Table of Contents Soldiers of the Past compiled by Glenn Pollard 3 Those who served in the Armed Forces The J. O. Ferguson Family – 4 recollections of Dorothy Ferguson Earnest Story and pictures of the J. O. Ferguson Family Sent in by Betty Wilson Mama's Scissors by Charlcie Stout Farley 14 "Escape from Alcatraz" 17 prisoner buried in Pollard Cemetery Old Pictures from Mozell Hollingsworth's collection 19 More Old Pictures 32 from Maxine Edmondson Meek’s Collection Pictures from 2004 Pollard Reunion 43 Pictures from 2006 Pollard Reunion 57 About the Editor 79 Pictures Directory - Browse CD for Photos Folder. It contains original photos to copy, print, send to friends

Buffalo Creek Press
PO Box 2424, Cleburne, TX 76033 817-641-4908 Email micki@buffalo-creek-press.com

Tales of Pollard Oklahoma by those who lived there

This unique book was written by those who lived in the Pollard Community more than 50 years ago. It tells of life in the 1930s, 40s and 50s in rural Oklahoma, as it was when they lived it.

Pollardites now keep in touch by email, telephone and reunions. But at the time of these stories, there was no electricity, no running water, no indoor plumbing, no telephones. People walked, rode a horse or mule, or hitched up the wagon, usually with two mules.

Life was raw and harsh. Danger and death and sickness were everyday affairs. Yet this tiny community produced dozens of professional people - teachers, engineers, surveyors, publishers, accountants, nurses, etc. Here they tell their story of how they grew up, what happened to them, and what they learned.

Pollard is in the very southeastern tip of Oklahoma, four miles from the Red River and Texas, and a few miles from Arkansas. There are still only a handful of people there.

At the center of the community were the grade school and church. All the events in this book took place within 15 miles of Pollard.

Going to town was an all-day affair. The family hitched up the mules to the wagon at daybreak, drove the 15 miles to Idabel, bought what few necessities they couldn't grow, and came home after dark, with the creaking wagon lulling the kids to sleep on pallets in the back.

Motorized vehicles were few and far between. At one time the doctor had a pickup. The high school had a school bus that picked up kids for about 15 miles around.

Tales of Pollard by those who lived there
Edited by Micki Nellis.
Published by Buffalo Creek Press, October 2004. Expanded with more stories and pictures in 2006.
ISBN 1-885534-18-3. Book on CD.
$12.95 plus shipping.
Buffalo Creek Press, PO Box 2424,
Cleburne, Texas 76033, 817-641-4908
http://www.buffalo-creek-press.com
Requires a Windows computer and Adobe Acrobat 4 or later

Introduction - A Harsh Existence

History

History of Pollard Community by Vada May in 1986
Doctor Pollard - My Father As I Knew Him
by Glenn Tilden Pollard
Planting the Ouchita Forest by Dearl B. Stout
Obituary - Dr. T. H. Pollard Succumbs Monday

Growing Up in Pollard

Pollard - The Early Years by Charlcie (Stout) Farley
Growing up in Pollard by Micki (Stout) Nellis
My Story by Sid Lane
My Memories of Growing Up in Pollard by Bert Bryant Jr.
Getting By by Dearl Boyd Stout
Sam and Bessie
Hardscrabble Farm
Starvation Acres
Disaster Staved Off
Sharecroppers No More
Building Our Own House
Land of Milk and Honey
Expanding the Farm
Everyday Life
The War Years
New Baby
Pollard Grade School
Trapping Days
Becoming an Entrepreneur in the Post War Years
Building a House From Real Lumber
Seeing the Outside World
Fistfights, Lawmen and Mischief
Earning Money
Graduation
Leaving the Farm

Growing Up in Pollard by Lou (Hollingsworth) Jennings
A House on a Hill by Mozell (Hollingsworth) Hudson
A Pollard Boy by Earl Holloway
Memory Snapshots by Mozell (Hollingsworth) Hudson
Bygone Days by Mozell (Hollingsworth) Hudson

The Church

The Pollard Revival by Joyce (Stout) Peralta
Holy Terror by Micki (Stout) Nellis

The Pollard School

Letter to Uncle Virgil by Joyce (Stout) Peralta
Learning in a One-Room School by Micki (Stout) Nellis
Squiggly Lines by Charlcie (Stout) Farley
High School Dropout by Dearl B. Stout

Stories

Grapevine Sunday by Charlcie (Stout) Farley
Why the School Bus was Late by Dearl B. Stout
Revenge by Dearl B. Stout
Diary of a Fourteen Year Old Women by Joyce (Stout) Peralta
The Pollard Fire by Dearl B. Stout
The Real Fire by Dearl B. Stout
My Pet Rooster by Charlcie (Stout) Farley
Making Sorghum Molasses by Micki (Stout) Nellis
The Horse Ran Away with the Milk Cow by Dearl B. Stout
The Young Wet Cowboy by Dearl B. Stout
Thank You Richard Pollard by Charlcie (Stout) Farley
Cooking Breakfast by Micki (Stout) Nellis

Tragedy

Massacres in Pollard by Micki (Stout) Nellis
Pope and Harvey Executions
Condemned Slayers Wait Doom With Folded Hands
Pope and Harvey Pay in Full
POPE'S LAST STATEMENT
HARVEY BLAMES LIQUOR
$2,000 Insurance of Pope's Widow Paid
Man Kills Wife, Daughter, Grandson, Self Saturday in Son's Broken Bow Home
Shooting Follows Family Prayer Services Held in Afternoon
Effects of Massacres by Micki (Stout) Nellis
Our Playmates, Our Friends by Joyce (Stout) Peralta

Sickness

Cures for an Ailing World by Joyce (Stout) Peralta
Watching Dearl (Measles) by Micki (Stout) Nellis
Uncle Henry and a Miracle by Micki (Stout) Nellis

Playtime

The Rope by Micki (Stout) Nellis
Games We Played by Charlcie (Stout) Farley

Survival

Eating Wild Fruit, Nuts and Berries by Dearl B. Stout
WILD PLUMS AKA SAND PLUMS
WILD GRAPES
BERRIES
MUSCADINES
CRAB APPLES
WILD ONIONS
MUSHROOMS
POKE SALAD
SHEEPSHOWERS
LAMBS QUARTER
CHINQUAPINS
HICKORY NUTS
PECANS
BLACK WALNUTS
BULL NETTLE KERNELS
SWEETGUM
SASSAFRAS
DISCLAIMER

Winter Chores
Peeling Peaches
Peeling Peaches and the Insurance Salesman
1954 Was a Good Year
Leaving the Farm by the Stouts
     Micki
     Charlcie
     Micki
     Charlcie
     Micki
     Charlcie
     Micki
     Charlcie
     Dearl - Leaving
     Joyce - Sacrifices
     Dearl - The End of an Era

Family Notes and Tributes

Tilmon and Oleta Vaughn by Charlcie (Stout) Farley
Professional People Who Came from Pollard
My Life Story by Bert Bryant Jr.
James Cleatus Pollard
Lesson in Humility by Dearl B. Stout
Dad by Joyce (Stout) Peralta
Mama by Joyce (Stout) Peralta
A Valentine Rose from Daddy by Micki (Stout) Nellis
The Keeper of the White Rose by Micki (Stout) Nellis

2006 Addendum
Table of Contents

Soldiers of the Past compiled by Glenn Pollard 3
Those who served in the Armed Forces

The J. O. Ferguson Family – 4
recollections of Dorothy Ferguson Earnest
Story and pictures of the J. O. Ferguson Family
Sent in by Betty Wilson

Mama's Scissors by Charlcie Stout Farley 14

"Escape from Alcatraz" 17
prisoner buried in Pollard Cemetery

Old Pictures from Mozell Hollingsworth's collection 19

More Old Pictures 32
from Maxine Edmondson Meek’s Collection

Pictures from 2004 Pollard Reunion 43

Pictures from 2006 Pollard Reunion 57

About the Editor 79

Pictures Directory - Browse CD for Photos Folder.
It contains original photos to copy, print, send to friends