John E. Stubbs worked in the Sears Fencing Dept. after years of running his Mobile Gas Station in
St. Clair, Michigan. Dad said, "Fences - never kept anyone or anything in or out." Dad made a living for years selling fencing to people who thought otherwise.
I heard one Mexican comedian say,
If the U.S. decides to build a fence across the Mexican border - I
wonder who they will get to build it??? If they put a moat in front of the fence and filled the moat with
alligators, within 2 weeks the Mexicans would be selling alligator belts and purses at roadside stands.
If U.S. doesn't get the lack of Jobs Crises solved, U.S. unemployed might start going to Mexico for jobs.
At least it would be warmer. Hope they decide not to build a fence--just in case.
It was about 1944, or 1945. My family went to Canada for Don and Harriets wedding. It took place
on the old family farm near Brigdon. The farm house was an early American 2 story with the porch
running across the front complete with rocking chairs and chickens dusting themselves under the porch.
The chairs from the funeral home were placed in rows with an isle running down the middle for the
bride. We sat near the front. We were waiting for the bride to come out of the front door when the
elastic in my underpants broke. (I was about four years old.) Without thinking I went to the front door,
and was met by the bride. I ask her if she had a safety pin. She said ,"No, Go sit down." I went
back and sat down and had to hold up my underpants all through the wedding. Right after the
Minister said,"I pronounce you Man and Wife, and Don was kissing Harriet, Someone yelled out,
"The hogs are out." Everyone except the old and the babies got up from the wedding and ran
toward the hog pen. It took a while, but the hogs were rounded up and the hog pen mended.
It's hard to keep hogs in a pen. They burrow under and smash through.
After they got the hogs corraled, Uncle Joe started fiddling and the couples squared off in the drive-way.
"Dive for the Oyster", "Dose-E-Do", "Virginia Reel".
But like Dad said," Fences never kept anyone or anything in or out.
