Family Stories
Recollections shared by Joseph and Ruby’s daughter.
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The Little Granddaughter
Married in Kingman in 1938; a first child lost, and a father’s grief.
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A Visit to Aunt Larry
Two teenage nephews arrive unannounced at 3355 Octavia Street.
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Dodie and Her Little Brother
As a baby he couldn’t pronounce “Josephine,” so his big sister became Dodie.
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Gretchen and the Mail Boy
Hired by McCormick to get the allspice spots off pumpkin pies, she fell in love with the mail boy.
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“We Treat, No Tricks!”
Halloween in Planada: costumed children, boxes of fruit, and a getaway Studebaker.
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You Put Up a Good Fight
You put up a good fight; you worked hard, and you kept it clean.
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Joe’s Papers, 1942–1952: War Bonds, a Hospital and Two Campaigns
What: Ten papers and a photograph from Joe Sharmer’s files, 1942–1952: a wartime ration certificate, his war-bond appointment and citation, a 1943 pay statement, the hospital committee letter, the Planada Dehydrater Co. accounts, his campaign…
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Figs — Food for Fighting Men, 1942
Joe in Shell Progress magazine, October 1942: “‘Joe’ Sharmer, fig expert and orchard Superintendent.”
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Joe’s Papers, Part Two: A Bank Loan, a Campaign Letter, a Shrine Circus and the House in Planada
What: More papers from Joe Sharmer’s files, 1940–1952: a bank loan he and Ruby took out in 1940, his 1948 letter to voters, his 1949 pay statement as a county supervisor, a newspaper story about…
