Wewoka

I was born on December 10, 1936 in Wewoka, Okla. a Seminole word meaning "barking water". It was the location of the Seminole national capital after the Seminole slaves were removed from Florida. The hospital where my sister and I were born and had our tonsils removed was called McCloud general hospital. It was down town above the movie theater.  I'm a middle child so I was pretty much left alone. My older brother and my younger sister were alternately loved or hated depending on the mode of my parents.  We walked everywhere, but then so did almost everyone else. My father was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and seemed to be there anytime the door opened.  We lived at 1318 South Okfuskee near the grade school I attended.  I remember my father had a dark green Model A Ford which I don't recall riding in except when he drove out to a well head for drip gas.   I'm not sure drip gas was all that good for a Ford but his seemed none the worse.