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Preface by J. Harold Thurmond
Barns are a fascinating and picturesque
element of the American farm. Big or little, painted or rustic,
neat or ramshackle, the barn appeals
to all. A newborn calf suckling its mother's teat; yard
chickens and guineas scratching for
seeds under the hay manger; barn swallows building a mud nest; a
calico cat watching for a mouse;
grandchildren building tunnels in the hayloft; teenagers in a
free-for-all corncob fight; daydreaming
and napping in the hay as rain pounds the tin roof; tractor
seats bobbing up and down over imaginary
fields; hard earned hay and corn sheltered from the rain and
snow. Old or new, the barn
touches us where we live. As you view these pages, feed the chickens;
pitch the hay; pet the calf; relive
the memories.
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The barn in question was the hay, silage and calf barn. If you ever had to clean out the calving stalls in the spring and spread manure, put up the alfalfa, dehorn calves, and feed silage while fighting rats the size of Chihuahuas, you will always know what barn it is. The dairy or milking barn was a concrete block structure left or south of this barn. The tool/shop shed was parallel to the "dairy barn". Phil Landers While looking for a description of this barn at RGNS, I found these comments from Phil to be particularly interesting. RH |
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Here is another view of the same barn.
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| This is the Thurmond barn. It was built by the school in
1951 for the Clarence Thurmond family.
Coming later, a full page about the Thurmond Barns. |
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Click
here to see our full page of the Dickerson barn |
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This is the Moore barn known by its "face". Recently repaired
and painted. Originally owned by Mrs. Bellzora Moore. I believe one of her
sons owns it now and lives in the family home. At least 60 years old, probably
more. The school farm had acreage to the right rear of this photo that was
the farm that I lived on from 1948-1955. I played in this barn as a child
and helped store hay in it when older. Mrs. Moore was a quilter and would
come to the house and hand sew quilts with mama and Grandma Thurmond and
other ladies in the valley.
From J. H.T. |
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Dess Oliver's barn and very friendly horses.
Industrial Arts Teacher for three decades, Dess Oliver along with his students, built a train line with a working locomotive, passenger car and caboose. A beautiful old water tower and depot completed the scene. He has donated the whole project to the school and it is being assembled adjacent to the Craft Shop in front of the school. |
| The only thing I can remember about the barn was that Uncle Terry
and Dad co-owned a mule named Kate.
Back when I was a kid we did not have a car or truck to ride in. We had to walk over to Uncle Terry's to get Kate to bring her over to the house and plow the garden or fields. You had to walk behind her as NO-ONE could ride her. It was just not going to happen!!! So we weren't over there for "barn time"---like milking etc. Dennis Dickerson |
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Mack Dickerson's Barn |
Photos 
2002 by Beverly Guthrie Lougher,
J. Harold Thurmond and Charlie
Underwood
