This picture of the Hughes Bros. Plant was taken in the late '20s. The little "insert" picture is of the house where I was born which also shows at the top of the bigger picture. The Fairgrounds Grandstand is partially visible at the very NW corner of the picture. The street shown is 13th and the picture was taken from a grain elevator on the north side of Seward Street. Mother had noted on the back of the little picture that she and Dad bought the house in 1921 for $1,700.00. Brother Don and Sister Vivian were also born there. Vivian and I walked down 13th street on our way to school. We moved to the farm north Garland in 1932 but the folks didn't sell the place until 1944.
Our son-in-law Ben, recently came across the Deed showing the folks selling the property to Hughes Bros. on January 25, 1944. The house was moved up to 10th street and with some additions, is still a nice home. The property consisted of 6 lots which became a part of the plant. Mother and Dad were very proud of this place at the edge of town where we had chickens, goats, fruit trees and a big garden. The goats came about when I was a baby and couldn't digest cows milk. The place was rented to numerous tennets during the depression of the '30's. One tenant came out to the farm and did some painting to offset rent payments. Another family had a baby girl born in the house on my 10th birthday. The rent payments went directly to the Seward Building and Loan where the folks had borrowed money to buy the property. On one occasion when it had set vacant for a month or so, I remember our driving in and seeing people unloading furniture. I have a very clear memory of Dad getting out of the old Model A Ford and hollering, "What the hell's going on here". It seems that the Loan company had rented it to them. My Brother Don says he remembers our Dad asking that same question at some of his antics.
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