DeBolt & District Pioneer Museum Society

Thank you Connie Matlock for all your hard work at the Debolt & District Pioneer Museum. Thank you for sharing all the pictures from the past and present of our community with the people who invested in such a great place for us to raise our families.

This stunning LIGHT BULB CHRISTMAS TREE from Artist Helen C Cole is just one of the great ideas you will find in our Christmas Craft Post. To see them all, click the link now :)https://thewhoot.com//craf/christmas-craft-ideas-pinterest

From Across the Smoky History Book

Ok I had to add this description given by a blogger regarding Mercurochrome ! "Mercurochrome came in tiny brown bottles with a glass dropper which served as... a hot poker to apply the battery acid to the wound. This tincture of hellfire was supposed to prevent infection, and as I recall it did that by burning away every possible shred of skin, hair, flesh and bone that it came into contact with. There was no sting like Mercurochrome applied to an open wound. Except for Merthiolate. Mercifully, Mercurochrome was banned in the U.S. due to the presence of mercury and the howls of innocent children being tortured. I'm not sure what happened to its twin, Merthiolate, although I think it suffered a similar fate. Or perhaps it went back home to Hades where it was born." Who else remembers this fiery spit of Satan being put on cuts and scrapes ?

The History of 'APRONS' I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only ...had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons used less material. But along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.. And when the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes. Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about Grandma's aprons. REMEMBER: Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron - but love ---Hawk Seeker of Truth---

A part of GP history little know about. POW Camp south of GP

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