I used Life Buoy soap at school for medication. I used cotton to cleanse scratches; but we didn’t have many injuries.
Objectives of Self-Realization, Human Relationships, Economic Efficiency, and Civic Responsibility were stressed.
I learned kindness, compassion, sincereness, genuineness, courage, honesty, fairness, determination, encouragement and many more qualities during my first year of teaching.
Gertrude Rouggly
Flat River, Missouri
Back in 1955 a call went out from the editors of the then Capper’s Weekly asking for readers to send in articles on true pioneers. Hundreds of letters came pouring in from early settlers and their children, many now in their 80s and 90s, and from grandchildren of settlers, all with tales to tell. So many articles were received that a decision was made to create a book, and in 1956, the first My Folks title – My Folks Came in a Covered Wagon – hit the shelves. Nine other books have since been published in the My Folks series, all filled to the brim with true tales from Capper’s readers, and we are proud to make those stories available to our growing online community.
