My cousin e-mailed about her friendship with the Goff's. My sister in response replied the following:
I remember Mrs Goff, Josephine, in her neat spring house in her galoshes when we went over to get milk. The farm was lovely, I thought. Loved to climb the fences, sled ride in winter, roll in the long grasses in the summer time, and walking across the log in the farm pond which Harold fell into once upon a time. Harold said he and Herbert went over in the cow field to smoke when they were about 10 and when they came back Uncle Walter asked them if they had seen a fire because he had seem smoke over there. Cool, huh? And I remember watching from our bedroom windows when their house burned down.
Personally, I carried a lifelong grudge because my siblings did not wake me up to watch the house burning down. I slept through the whole thing.
I too, remember Mrs. Goff. I didn't know until I was old and gray that she had given my family milk to help Mother try to get us kids raised. She never said an unkind word that I know of. I remember John Goff as being tall, slim, dressed in brown. He would occasionally appear to fix a fence to keep the cows from getting out but otherwise he was a remote brown figure in the distance. He was never Mr. Goff or John - it was always JohnGoff as if that were one word.
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Thank you for such kind remarks about my grandparents. I am Raymond's older daughter, Carol. You are so right, my grandmother never said a mean word about anyone and my grandfather was a quiet man, just doing his job as a miner and dairyman.
My sister, Charlotte and I used to go sledding on those hills, too.
My brother, John, lives there now and has really kept the farm in great condition. He has added onto the house a couple of times, but has kept the spring house intact. It still sends out the delicious spring water.
I hope to send you some stories soon. Carol
I have just re read your post on the Goffs. Did you mean to say that you saw the Goff's house burning???? I have never been in touch with anyone that actually saw it. My grandmother had climbed out onto the porch roof with me, I was 2 months old, and threw me down to one of the Klinks and then climbed down a ladder. I would like to hear more about this.
I asked Aloma about the fire and this a copy of the e-mail she sent me. Not much - just a bunch of kids marveling at a house fire. She hasn't figured out how to get on the blog:
Aloma Earles
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Helen says she watched the fire from our porch. I remember watching thru the bedrrom window of our house along with Lois & Harold. I don't remember the year or the season. AJ
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