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    My Country Story: Growing up as the Farmer’s Daughter
    My Country Story: Growing up as the Farmer’s Daughter
    My Country Story: Growing up as the Farmer’s Daughter
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    My Country Story: Growing up as the Farmer’s Daughter

    By Annie Farmer

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    My father was almost murdered by my uncle. My uncle was in jail and sent a message to my parents, which he wrote on a cigarette pack that was unfolded, to get him out of jail.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJan 25, 2019
    ISBN9781796011807
    My Country Story: Growing up as the Farmer’s Daughter
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    Annie Farmer

    She grew up in the Country on a Farm. It was eight miles to the nearest Town. On a Week Day usually on a Thursday was Their regular trip to town to stock up on Supplies. Most of theirFood was Home Grown and/or Canned for Winter use, and She went to Simcoe Elementry and walked for 6 years, rode a School Bus for 6 years to Fairview High School and Graduated in 1966. She learned to cook at the age of 12 and was taught to sew by her Mother. She belonged to 4 H Club and won several Ribbons. She learned to play the Piano by Shape notes and filled in for the Regular Pianist in her absence. She wanted to be a Model when she finished High School but her Parents could not afford for her to go, she also like Drawing Pictures and entered a contest that had a Picture of a Young Girl and she did it Free Hand and hit it spot on, She won a $500.00 Scholarship to the School, but again her Parents couldn't afford to send her. She did manage to go to a Trade School and became a Hairdresser and won first Place in a Hair Style Contest and got her Picture in the Local Newspaper along with the Second and Third Place Winners., It was a create your own Hair Style . She then went to a Business School, and enrolled with a Community College, and went to several different Community Colleges and took Medical Coding classes, Anatomy and Other Medical Studies. She grew up very shy and when she was a Young Child she earned the Nick Name of Squealer.She got Married at the age of 19, and lived in the same Home for 19 years, She and her Husband had 2 sons and they moved a lot with his work. She has been to all of the lower 48 States and add Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa.

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