My last day of work with USDA SCS was
June 27, 1980. The Van moving us to Seward left the next day as we
did with Elaine and Verlon in the Pontiac, and I drove the Buick with
a small trailer. We had a stop at Tim's in Indiana and
got to Seward the next day. We stayed with our folks until our
furniture got unloaded in the Farmhouse, but I went to work right
after the 4th of July. Elaine went to work for SCS in a
computer job in the Lincoln Regional Office a bit later. Julie was
born to Carolyn and Vic Beaudry on January 11, 1980 and they moved
from North Carolina to Seward shortly before we moved back. Vic
worked as an auto mechanic in Crete. Their marriage broke up in
February of '81 and Carolyn and Julie moved in with us. Carolyn got a
job at the Seward Court House in late March. With all the remodeling
of the old farm house, it was not a desirable environment for a
1-year old so we began looking for a house in town.
On May 15th, 1981, we closed
on the Brockhoff house at 131 North First Street in Seward and moved
in right away. My folks did a lot of mowing, watering and yard work
in general, out at the farm and enjoyed it. Elaine's last day with
SCS was July 9, 1982 to be home with Julie and to get ready for the
“Down on the Farm with Charley Thone” at our farm. Carolyn got
her BA in education from Concordia in May of '83 and we bought a
Lindy Motor home in July, and built the Deck in October. Tim and
Laura were married on the last day of '83. In May of '85, Carolyn was
selected as a 2nd grade teacher in Seward. March 31, 1988
was my last day of work at the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission.
We sold the west 40 acres of the farm with the buildings and pond privately and
on April 15th had a Public Farm Auction and also sold the east
40. We traveled to Alaska in our Pickup Truck in the summer of '89
and took on the Job as Executive VP of the Soil and Water
Conservation Society at Ankeny, Iowa on August 3, 1989. We reported
for duty on at SWCS Headquarters on September 1, and bought a Condo
at Ankeny.
(To be continued)
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