I lived the first twenty years of omy live in Barber County and visited
    my parents, Ruby and Frost Hollar, many times throughout the years. I was
    born in a house on South Walnut Street.
      I attended school in town all but my eighth grade, when I attended
    Mumford School, and mother was my teacher. She taught school at Ridge,
    Sharon, Dry Creek, Isabel, and Medicine Lodge too.
      Our lives in those early years centered around church, school, and visits
    from both parents's friends and relatives. We belonged to the Baptist church
    in the 1930's and later joined the First Christian Church. We usually attended
    the double feature movies, which were the highlight of our Saturday afternoons,
    at the Pastime Theatre.
      After graduation in 1950, I attended business college in Denver, Colorado,
    came back home and worked as secretary for Orin Wheat until May, 1952, in his
    law office.
      I married Lewis Lynn Hine at the chapel at Randolph Field, Texas, May 18,
    1952. He was from Purcell, Oklahoma, and was stationed at Lowery Field in 
    Denver in 1950. I worked for a law firm in New Braunfels, Texas, where we
    lived. We lived in many places for the next twenty years until he retired
    from the Air Force in 1970. We live in Manhattan, Kansas, have three children;
    Gary Lynn, September 6, 1953, lives in Waco, Texas with his wife, Jane, and
    is a graduated of K-State; Karen Carol (Wilson), November 6, 1956, married
    to Duane Wilson, lives in Manhatan; and Kathy Sue, January 9, 1958. Both
    daughters are students at K-State. Kathy and Jeffrey Jennings will be married
    June 9, 1979.
      We enjoyed coming home to visit and remember many stories they told of past
    times: "When my mother (Ruby) as a youngster tried to pet a dog that bit her
    and her father took her to Kansas City for rabies shots - how painful they
    were." "About how rough the Depression years were on so many." My dad telling
    about when he cooked for a cattle drive when he was in his teens." and "The
    chivaree the Union Chapel community gave them when they eloped to Kingman."
      Mother was a talented and "special" person. She belonged to BPW, NEA, was
    president, Delta Kappa Gamma, etc. She took time with us as we grew up, and I'm
    thankful and feel "truly blessed" to have had my mother, Ruby Hollar.
      Daddy had a great sense of humor and was a good father. When he ran for 
    Sheriff in 1962, even though he didn't win, he enjoyed the campaign very much.
    He was a Mason and belonged to the Lions Club. He wrote this in a letter:
    "Here is just a little thought fo today: Life itself can't give us joy,
    unless we really will it; LIfe just give us time and space. It's up to us
    to fill it."
      My sisters reminisce often with me about our parents, and when we go home,
    we are touched by the things you recall about them.
                 
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 232 
     Submitted by: LaVada C. Hine