tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post347603097996254084..comments2023-07-25T21:41:23.614-06:00Comments on Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakota: The Coat Exchange, by Frank C. GoodellThru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakotahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882659793608166451noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-29616998210488243992014-03-22T14:39:42.611-06:002014-03-22T14:39:42.611-06:00Right on, Kate - it hits you right in the heart.
R...Right on, Kate - it hits you right in the heart.<br />Really enjoy the blog.<br />Elaine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-43869528493514158572014-03-18T09:51:08.522-06:002014-03-18T09:51:08.522-06:00Good to hear from you, Elaine, up there in Canada....Good to hear from you, Elaine, up there in Canada. Stories like Frank's "The Coat Exchange" may be the best way to assure our family history survives through the generations. Those who know the family stories should tell them ... and then, if their children and grandchildren roll their eyes, tell the story again! And again until the seed takes hold. And then write the story down as backup. But how could anyone roll their eyes at a story as good as Frank Goodell's?Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882659793608166451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-41380290455940245022014-03-17T11:28:01.658-06:002014-03-17T11:28:01.658-06:00How very beautiful, you can't help but get mis...How very beautiful, you can't help but get misty as the writer takes us into the story and makes us feel the love that passed between the two along with that coat. Lovely. <br />We need to read these again and I'd like the younger generation to know what the real meaning of "sharing" is - it's to let someone else use something that is not only dear to you, but essential, with your blessing.<br />Elaine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-13480124279152073712014-03-09T10:02:06.741-06:002014-03-09T10:02:06.741-06:00Coats, being perhaps the most expensive clothing p...Coats, being perhaps the most expensive clothing purchase, worn only seasonally, and then soon out-grown, tend to get attention in family stories for those who grew up in the country. After reading Frank's story, my mother, Christy VanderBoom, told me hers. "About the 'coat'", Mom wrote, "[my sister] Phyllis and I always had our own coats, they were usually hand me downs, or Mother fashioned a coat for us, from an adult coat. I was in the 8th grade before Phyllis and I were wearing purchased coats. We did have purchased snow suits, which saw much wear, being worn to school all winter long." Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882659793608166451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-85609541798273541152014-03-06T17:16:47.391-07:002014-03-06T17:16:47.391-07:00Sharon, you have the seeds for two heartfelt ... h...Sharon, you have the seeds for two heartfelt ... heart wrenching ... family stories. Perhaps what many homesteaders held in common was economic poverty tempered by richness of spirit.Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882659793608166451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-90745107850982457612014-03-06T15:18:06.656-07:002014-03-06T15:18:06.656-07:00Kate, Frank--
Thanks very much for your wonderful...Kate, Frank--<br /><br />Thanks very much for your wonderful blog posting this week. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the story of the "coat exchange." As you obviously strongly believe, and as Marie aptly expresses it, such family stories need to be documented as much as possible and be "kept forever."<br /><br />As always I also loved the photographs accompanying the blog item...such wonderful photos also need to be kept forever. They add so much to the written words, and are family-history items that also need to be preserved.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this interesting, informative, and touching personal story with us. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804651831910954606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-71021581663217534812014-03-06T14:40:42.153-07:002014-03-06T14:40:42.153-07:00Kate,
I enjoyed this post. Times were certainly ...Kate,<br /><br />I enjoyed this post. Times were certainly very hard for those who chose to homestead as you have pointed out. Each year before Christmas my grandmother washed my uncle's teddy bear and sewed on new eyes. This was his only Christmas gift for many years. <br /><br />I question whether I could have survived. My grandmother told me about one of her babies that was stillborn. The doctor did come from town for the birth when my grandmother was in labor. However, the doctor got tired of waiting for the baby to be born, so he left. My grandfather ended up delivering this dead baby.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681270258291539857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-11995153432202446292014-03-06T12:03:15.956-07:002014-03-06T12:03:15.956-07:00I knew Marie Kulisich, who grew up on her father&#...I knew Marie Kulisich, who grew up on her father's homestead in Govert township, would like Frank's story. She responded this way: "I did like the coat story. Frank did a nice job with this. And you're right, these stories need to be kept forever."Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882659793608166451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-14538410675506745002014-03-06T08:32:30.422-07:002014-03-06T08:32:30.422-07:00This is such a great story, Frank! Every time I re...This is such a great story, Frank! Every time I read your story I make friends with your mother and your grandmother all over again.Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882659793608166451noreply@blogger.com