I've realized that as the Walker cousins reach new stages in life, there is a bigger need for more frequent communication. What I have decided to do, is try to offer a solution. I've come up with a way for us to have an online bulletin board. This will be a good way for you to either share family information, or to learn something about the concerns of the family. Previously, our family updates have been made by phone and email, but occasionally someone accidentally gets left out of the loop.
John, I certainly don't know anything for sure because I just wasn't around yet. I do have something in common with him though and that is a large family. For a long time Deb and I had 8 children and it might have spiked to 9 or 10 a few times. I'm thinking maybe that was his one luxury in life that he treated himself to just once a week. Again, this is just a guess. Dale
According to Uncle Bob, there was a whole routine on Sunday morning while everyone else was off to church. He shaved, wound the clock, then settled down in a rocking chair to smoke his weekly cigar. Uncle Oscar would give grandpa 52 cigars for Christmas every year which were kept in a glass jar. It would be my guess that he didn't want to form a habit, and also may not have wanted to set a bad example for the children or didn't want them breathing all the smoke. So this would make it a Sunday morning smoke, unless church lasted into the afternoon. It was a weekly treat while enjoying a little quiet. As for why he didn't go to church I don't know.
The more I learn about great grandpa, the more it sounds like someone I would have really enjoyed. It appears that great grandpa was a little looser wound than grandpa H Ray... is that true?
As for the Sunday morning smokes. I don't think that is true. The only time I saw him smoke was on Sunday Afternoons and that was a lot of times, Our family was always over there every Sunday after church for years. Then we would go home and eat we never ate there for Sunday dinner. A lot of times we would go back there after we ate lunch at home. And that is when I saw him smoke his cigars. John
My dad weighed in and said his dad smoked his weekly cigar in the morning, while everyone else was at church. When asked why only one a week, dad said, there was no way his dad would pay money for cigars.
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John, I certainly don't know anything for sure because I just wasn't around yet. I do have something in common with him though and that is a large family. For a long time Deb and I had 8 children and it might have spiked to 9 or 10 a few times. I'm thinking maybe that was his one luxury in life that he treated himself to just once a week. Again, this is just a guess.
Dale
According to Uncle Bob, there was a whole routine on Sunday morning while everyone else was off to church. He shaved, wound the clock, then settled down in a rocking chair to smoke his weekly cigar. Uncle Oscar would give grandpa 52 cigars for Christmas every year which were kept in a glass jar. It would be my guess that he didn't want to form a habit, and also may not have wanted to set a bad example for the children or didn't want them breathing all the smoke. So this would make it a Sunday morning smoke, unless church lasted into the afternoon. It was a weekly treat while enjoying a little quiet. As for why he didn't go to church I don't know.
And by the way, I have the clock and even the shaving kit.
The more I learn about great grandpa, the more it sounds like someone I would have really enjoyed. It appears that great grandpa was a little looser wound than grandpa H Ray... is that true?
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Jack,
How about posting a photo of that clock? I've never seen it.
Dale
As for the Sunday morning smokes. I don't think that is true. The only time I saw him smoke was on Sunday Afternoons and that was a lot of times, Our family was always over there every Sunday after church for years. Then we would go home and eat we never ate there for Sunday dinner. A lot of times we would go back there after we ate lunch at home. And that is when I saw him smoke his cigars.
John
Maybe so, I was just going on what Uncle Bob told me.
My dad weighed in and said his dad smoked his weekly cigar in the morning, while everyone else was at church. When asked why only one a week, dad said, there was no way his dad would pay money for cigars.
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