School House - North of Howard

[patyrn]

Margaret Miller, Valetta Garison, Hazel Wicker, and Elizabeth Harrod were sisters who all lived in or around Howard most of their lives, I believe.  Their maiden name was CLUM.  Margaret was the mother of Ted and Dan Miller.  Valetta was the mother of Dean and Donald Garison.  Beth was the mother of Weldon, Jerry, and Janis Harrod.  Hazel moved to the Independence area and had a daughter, Kathleen. 

[frawin]

Hazel also had two boys Alan & Warren Lee.  The Clum girls' mother was a Criger.

Myrna

[frawin]

I went to school at Independence Juco with Kathleen  and Alan Wicker. The Clum  girls' father was one of a set of twins, Orval and Norval Clum, Orval was their dad, and after Mrs. Clum passed away the girls moved him to Howard. Since I worked for Garison's, Leon would send me down to mow Mr Clum's yard ever week. He was a quite a storyteller, and after I finished mowing his yard I would set on the porch and listen to his stories of the good old days. When I was young it was always amazing to me that John Sr. Garison was Veletta Garison's Uncle and her brother-in-law both. Violet Garison's sister was Orval Clum's wife and Veletta's Mother.
Frank

[Marcia Moore]

     In April 1901, Norval Clum of Paw Paw Township bought out D.G. Webster's undertaking business at Severy and began operating an undertaking business in connection with a furniture store.  Norval, a first-class young man, had graduated in the embalming business and was fully qualified in that line. 
    In November 1903, Clum sold his undertaking and furniture business back to D.G. Webster, but by February 1905, the Clum Brothers, Norval and Orval, had gone into the undertaking business in connection with their hardware business at Severy. 

[Ole Granny]

Where is Dean Garison?  I believe Donald passed away a year or so ago.  Last I knew Dean was in Wichita but that was many many years ago.  Last time I saw him was at a dance at a National Guard Armory in Wichita. Frank or Myrna-Do you know?

[frawin]

Granny, last I knew he was in Wichita
Frank

[greatguns]

Was wondering if Dean Garison's wife is Nola? 

[frawin]

I believe that is the name that I heard my sister refer to his wife.
mlw

[Ole Granny]

I met her briefly the last time I saw Dean but did not remember her name. Thanks.

[greatguns]

It really is a small world.  I use to work with Nola.  She quit working at Sigma-Tek and went to work at Beechcraft.  They had a farm somewhere around Hamilton or Madison.  I remember Dean use to spend alot of weekends at the farm.