Favorite memory of Grandma Gardner
Each summer Dad and Mom would take me to Afton to stay with Grandma Gardner for a whole week. I have many memories about Ivory Soap, bottled cherries, sitting on a red stool eating fried chicken, a singing canary, watching Grandma do wash with her old ringer washer, sleeping on the feather bed, watching The Price Is Right every morning. One night Cecile and I decided to go out late and see what was in the neighbors gardens and just have fun. Our plan was she would come after dark, knock on the bedroom window I was sleeping in, and then I would crawl out. Well I went to bed dressed and waited for Cecile. She finally came and I just got out of the window, when I heard the window shade open with a loud FLAP, FLAP, FLAP!! There stood Grandma Gardner in her night gown looking very frightened........ "I, thought there was a burgler coming to take you away," she said. Boy did we get into trouble the next day!!! The aunts where all at Aunt Dorthy's crying and talking about what we had done to scare poor Grandma Gardner. I don't know if she liked me much after that. Do you remember this Cecile?? Cousin Patty

I spent a lots of nights with Grandma because she didn’t like to stay alone. She was particularly afraid of thunder and lightning. That old feather bed of hers needed a lot of beating with a broom. It took some time to please her. Some times I would slough off to see what she would do. Pretty soon I would find her in the room with a broom beating it herself.. Julia