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I was born in
Andice on September 27, 1925. My mother was Elizabeth (Lizzie) Tucker
who operated the Andice switchboard (telephone co.) during the late
20's and into the 40's. My mother had eight boys and one girl. All
the boys served in the military except one who was stillborn.
I had two brothers in the Army, three of us were in the Navy, one
brother in the Air Force, and one brother in the Marines. My sister
Dena married a sailor who served in WW II. We were all educated in
the little red school house in Andice. Andice was a wonderful place
to raise a family. |
| Howard A.
Tucker, CWO US Navy |
| Elizabeth
(Lizzie) Tucker at the switchboard |
I am including
a picture of Andice during a snow storm in 1925, a picture of my mother
at the Andice switchboard, and a picture of each of us boys in uniform.
The picture of the snow storm is the same general area of the present-day
yellow post office.
During the Great Depression we lived off what my mother made at the
switchboard, which was located across the road from our house. We
had two milk cows that we kept in an old barn located across the road
from the present day post office. Each morning we would turn them
out to graze the bar ditches south of town. We had a garden and raised
chickens behind our house. All of the boys and my sister worked in
the fields of our farmer neighbors. This provided some cash. |
| Charles Tucker
US MARINE CORP |
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