Volume 12 , Issue 23

Memories of Jaquith & Vada Paris

We heard from Ylova Jean Jaquith Mayes, of Peoria, Arizona this past week. Ylova says, "When Vada went to work for Mother (April 1932) I was just about 1 year. I was really a sick baby, I was allergic to everything, including cow's milk. Mother took me to my Aunt in Kansas. She taught Mother how to cook food. I was suffering from Malnutrition. That was when she hired Vada."

Ylova says, "Mother did not have time to work the fields and take care of a sick child. I was just so young I really don't remember much about Vada, one picture of Vada, Kenneth and myself, the first day of school. It looked like I was in the first grade.

"Kenneth remembers a lot about Vada. He did tell me a funny story. Gene and Vada had flown down to Seiling and landed in a pasture. The next day they went out to leave and a cow had eaten a hole in the plane, so they fixed it with wire, box and tape. Flew just fine.

Daddy said without the wire Gene couldn't fly that plane. I remember one time Mother went to Alva to see all of you. I remember a well inside the back porch. That water was so good. I think you girls were in your teens. I do remember Vada being so sweet and loving. I needed that. Thanks for the revisit into my past."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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