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TheLogCabin  Vetra and brothers, circa 1926. Left to right, Chuck, Paul, and Don with their pet pigs in front of the log cabin. Courtesy of Floyd Covert. 25 The Log Cabin Two Up, Two Down The first I can remember as a kid was living in this log cabin 4 rooms 2 up and 2 down. The floors had holes in it. You could of throwed a cat through them. And upstairs where I slept with Barbara and Reva when it snowed on the bed we shook the snow off the covers when we got up. But luck was with us. We kids never seemed to be very sick. 26 Vetra Melrose Padget Covert Log by Log Dad bought a log house over by Chequest from Pud Jones tore it down and built this log house we lived in log by log. Lale and Clell cut down trees so he would have a place to build it. 27 The Log Cabin Eighty Acres of Brush This log cabin house was on 80 acres. They took the money from mom. Money she got from the estate from her folks when they died. They died when Reva was a baby. This farm was mostly covered by brush and I mean brush. Every yr Clell and Dad sometimes cut the brush and it was our kids job to drag it to the ditch or pile it so they could burn it. 28 Vetra Melrose Padget Covert A Baby (Chuck Charles) was born in this cabin. I remember they sent us kids down to Mort and Rosie Barkers to stay. It sure was a supprise to find a baby when we got home. 29 The Log Cabin The White House We lived there for a while then we moved about 1 or 2 miles maybe not that far to a nice 4 room house on a farm. We called it the white house. That is where I started to school. We lived there 3 yrs. I remember I started to school. 5 of us kids. We had a carriage with out the top and we drove the horses to it. Clell drove he was the oldest. Well we had quite a time. Not to many kids but Nora Rogers was the teacher all 3 yrs. 30 Vetra Melrose Padget Covert Aunt Effie While we lived there Donald was born one night. We were so supprised. The next morning Aunt Effie came down and took over while mom was in bed. Boy was she bossy. We marked the line I tell you. Don’t remember too much about those 3 yrs but going to School. 31 The Log Cabin Paul’s Bright Idea When we lived in the White House we had an old house for storage. Well Paul had this bright Idea he would climb up on the top of the old house and use the chimney as a toilet. I don’t remember whether Dad or mom caught him or not but he finally stopped that. Ha. Ha. 32 Vetra Melrose Padget Covert Back to the Log Cabin We moved back to the Log Cabin. A house full. I still can remember that very well. We walked to School there. If it was real real bad Clell would take us but not often. ...

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