Galveston TX

Galveston TX

We lived in Texas from 1963 to 1973.

We lived in Dallas and Houston. We lived in Houston about five years. Galveston was about one hour drive from Houston, and was directly connected by interstate highway. There are also ferries, which operate between Galveston Island and the mainland.

There are communities on Galveston island. Jamaica Beach is one, and Sea Isle is another.

We bought a lot on Sea Isle, which allowed us to use the swimming pool at Sea Isle. 

There was an island near Sea Isle. My friend Ernie Bramlet had a cabin on the island. He invited me to visit the island numerous times. The surface on the island was covered with sea shells. Birds had nests in the sea shells.

I saw stingrays and dolphins while I was at Sea Isle. The stingrays didn't appear to be dangerous.

I bought a boat motor, while we were on Sea Isle. The motor disconnected and fell into the water, and we couldn't retrieve it. 

One person had a round house, his theory being that the hurricane wind couldn't be effective against a round surface.

There was an old couple, who owned a shrimp boat. They acted like teen agers, and were as happy as could be.

Shrimp boat captains earn between $30,000 and $130,000 a year.

Shrimp boat images:

https://www.google.com/search?q=shrimp+boats&newwindow=1&sxsrf=ALiCzsap90hC1uFsxqpHzgX1Nwb3b26oZg:1667162624896&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEr6jg6Ij7AhULMEQIHYidAEEQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1396&bih=656&dpr=1.38

Google Maps:

www.google.com/maps/place/Sea+Isle,+Galveston,+TX+77554/@29.1415496,-95.0397587,3a,7 

Please explore Sea Isle by clicking on "Layers" (bottom left) and the icons there. Also explore by clicking on the "arrows" (when your cursor is on the road, an "arrow" appears), and to explore futher down the road.

I found a shrimp boat commercial net. I left it; having no idea that is was worth about $2000.

There are fisheries near shrimper's locations, which buy seafood. The shrimp boat pulls in to the fishery dock and unloads.

Enjoy!

How much do shrimp boats cost? | How do they work?

Quick answer: From $40,000 to $600,000
How do they work?

https://pontoonopedia.com/how-do-shrimp-boats-work/

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 What were your grandparents like?

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Enter Grandpa

My grandparents were very kind to me.

My grandfather was wise, clever, and could see the future. He raised chickens for eggs, he had milk cows for milk, he had all the normal crops, but he raised tomatoes for Campbell’s Soup. He sold fresh produce, such as strawberries and tomatoes, to local grocery stores. He sold eggs and produce to local grocery stores. He had peanuts in his garden, and roasted peanuts.I helped milk the cows. He sold milk to the Defiance milk company. 

Grandpa gave a $10,000 gift to each of his children about 1950.

Grandpa gave beef and pork to my mother and father.

Grandpa liked sardines and herring. He liked smoked herring and pickeled herring. He would buy a large container of herring once a year. The container was a gallon or more of pickeled herring.

Grandpa had a Whippet car, which he didn’t drive, and a Fordson steel wheel farm tractor, which he didn’t use.

He set up the rule that only people with Wolfrum as their name could live in the Wolfrum home. Ralph inherited the farm, and was married to Martha. Ralph died, when he was about 49 years old. Martha lived in the Wolfrum home, and took in a partner,she couldn’t marry the partner, because it would change her Wolfrum name; removing her from the home. Martha lived there for about 40 years after Ralph died. She died when she was 85.

Grandma Wolfrum was a good cook. She would tell me to get her a chicken. I would, and she would cook it. One time I butchered a mud turtle, and gave it to her. She cooked it, and wanted more turtles. She prepared dandelions for greens quite often. She had asparagus plants, also. She had horseradish plants in her garden. Grandma made sugar cookies topped with one hickory nut. They were softer than commercial sugar cookies. She baked cookies about once a week. Her recipes were secret. Grandma Wolfrum fell down steps in the JC Penny store in Defiance, Ohio and died. Andy was waiting in the car outside the store. He commented that any legal actions wouldn’t bring her back.

Ladies were invited to Grandma’s house to make quilts. Several women would be invited to her house, and they would sew on quilts.

Workers would enjoy Grandma’s meals at her house. There were quite a few workers, who ate Grandma’s meals, at wheat harvest time.

I carried water in jugs to the workers in the fields.

Grandma Layne rotated living with her children. Her husband had died before I was born. She spent the majority of her time with her son Ollie, who lived in Defiance, Ohio. She made and sold quilts. She made good biscuits too. If I remember correctly, she received Old Age Pension; $8 a month.

Grandma Layne baked biscuits on our wood burning kitchen stove. 

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My mother prepared most of our meals on the wood burning kitchen stove. She made pancakes, buckwheat pancakes, fried potatoes, potatoes with scrambled eggs, crepes, etc.

My mother canned peaches every year. She bought the peaches from an orchard several miles away. She usually bought two bushels of peaches. She would put a half peach with a seed in it in cans of peaches. She only did it in one out of ten cans. The peaches in the can with the seeded peach had a different flavor.

Images of catalpa trees in Andy Wolfrum's yard:
https://youtu.be/d_sh2KyNzQw 

Wolfrum Coat of Arms

  

 

The main elements: Wolf, Armor, Bird. Origin: Germany

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A Google search for Shield:

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A Google search for Raven:

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A Raven could signify intelligence.

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Gymnastics Team

I spent some time with the gymnastics team.

The team gave me a letter to put on my letter sweater. A letter sweater was a prized possession for me at that time. I have lost it over the years, and wish that I had it back. The sweater was white, and the letter was maroon.

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Modi, Putin, Xi

 This is the way it is:

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A new meeting is scheduled for November 2022.