100 YEARS IN THATCHER
1883-1983
JAMES MONROE CARPENTER & THELMA CURTIS
Thelma was born December 27, 1908 in Safford, Arizona, to Ammon and Mary Jane Slade Curtis.
He was working on the gin in Solomonville when they were married. They lived with his folks until he took over his father's farm.
His brother Phil and Uncle Mill helped them with the work and they paid off the mortgage. They had cows to milk and cream to sell. They had 500 hens, pigs and cattle. It was depression time and these commodities paid the grocery bills. Watermelons, canteloupe, and vegetables were also sold and the pecan crop helped. Their four children were born the nine years we lived across the nver.
A hail storm ruined their cotton crop in 1936. With the insurance they had on this and by selling the gin stock they were able to make payment on 50 acres in Thatcher. January 1, 1937 they moved into the farm house built by Sy Robinson in 1910. Ray Hanchette raised his family there before them.
They brought their chickens and milk cows with them. They sold milk for five cents per quart and other produce to a labor camp west of town. They farmed with horses the first two years and hired indians to pick the cotton. They came from San Carlos with their families and built teepees to live in. Their children went to school with ours. They bought farm land from neighbors, increasing their acreage to 120 acres.
In 1957, they built a new home on Church Street. They celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary October 8, 1983.
1883-1983
JAMES MONROE CARPENTER & THELMA CURTIS
Thelma was born December 27, 1908 in Safford, Arizona, to Ammon and Mary Jane Slade Curtis.
He was working on the gin in Solomonville when they were married. They lived with his folks until he took over his father's farm.
His brother Phil and Uncle Mill helped them with the work and they paid off the mortgage. They had cows to milk and cream to sell. They had 500 hens, pigs and cattle. It was depression time and these commodities paid the grocery bills. Watermelons, canteloupe, and vegetables were also sold and the pecan crop helped. Their four children were born the nine years we lived across the nver.
A hail storm ruined their cotton crop in 1936. With the insurance they had on this and by selling the gin stock they were able to make payment on 50 acres in Thatcher. January 1, 1937 they moved into the farm house built by Sy Robinson in 1910. Ray Hanchette raised his family there before them.
They brought their chickens and milk cows with them. They sold milk for five cents per quart and other produce to a labor camp west of town. They farmed with horses the first two years and hired indians to pick the cotton. They came from San Carlos with their families and built teepees to live in. Their children went to school with ours. They bought farm land from neighbors, increasing their acreage to 120 acres.
In 1957, they built a new home on Church Street. They celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary October 8, 1983.
100 YEARS IN THATCHER
1883-1983
JAMES MONROE CARPENTER & THELMA CURTIS
Thelma was born December 27, 1908 in Safford, Arizona, to Ammon and Mary Jane Slade Curtis.
He was working on the gin in Solomonville when they were married. They lived with his folks until he took over his father's farm.
His brother Phil and Uncle Mill helped them with the work and they paid off the mortgage. They had cows to milk and cream to sell. They had 500 hens, pigs and cattle. It was depression time and these commodities paid the grocery bills. Watermelons, canteloupe, and vegetables were also sold and the pecan crop helped. Their four children were born the nine years we lived across the nver.
A hail storm ruined their cotton crop in 1936. With the insurance they had on this and by selling the gin stock they were able to make payment on 50 acres in Thatcher. January 1, 1937 they moved into the farm house built by Sy Robinson in 1910. Ray Hanchette raised his family there before them.
They brought their chickens and milk cows with them. They sold milk for five cents per quart and other produce to a labor camp west of town. They farmed with horses the first two years and hired indians to pick the cotton. They came from San Carlos with their families and built teepees to live in. Their children went to school with ours. They bought farm land from neighbors, increasing their acreage to 120 acres.
In 1957, they built a new home on Church Street. They celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary October 8, 1983.
1883-1983
JAMES MONROE CARPENTER & THELMA CURTIS
Thelma was born December 27, 1908 in Safford, Arizona, to Ammon and Mary Jane Slade Curtis.
He was working on the gin in Solomonville when they were married. They lived with his folks until he took over his father's farm.
His brother Phil and Uncle Mill helped them with the work and they paid off the mortgage. They had cows to milk and cream to sell. They had 500 hens, pigs and cattle. It was depression time and these commodities paid the grocery bills. Watermelons, canteloupe, and vegetables were also sold and the pecan crop helped. Their four children were born the nine years we lived across the nver.
A hail storm ruined their cotton crop in 1936. With the insurance they had on this and by selling the gin stock they were able to make payment on 50 acres in Thatcher. January 1, 1937 they moved into the farm house built by Sy Robinson in 1910. Ray Hanchette raised his family there before them.
They brought their chickens and milk cows with them. They sold milk for five cents per quart and other produce to a labor camp west of town. They farmed with horses the first two years and hired indians to pick the cotton. They came from San Carlos with their families and built teepees to live in. Their children went to school with ours. They bought farm land from neighbors, increasing their acreage to 120 acres.
In 1957, they built a new home on Church Street. They celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary October 8, 1983.
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