Headley Family History

The Siewert Farm May 12, 2008

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The home of Theodore & Isabelle Siewert is still in the family! Jay, their grandson, and his wife Rapee sent some photos of the homestead–then and now!

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Sour Cream Peach Pie February 27, 2007

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“I don’t know the origin of this recipe but it has been a Headley favorite for years. I’ve never found it in any recipe books, but I have run across Sour Cream Apple Pie. The recipe originally called for a lattice top but Mother would use a generous portion of the sugar and cinnamon on top.” ~ Jean

1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons flour
1/2 pint (8 ounces) sour cream
7 or 8 peaches, peeled and sliced

Fill an unbaked pie shell with fresh sliced peaches. Blend the rest of the above ingredients and pour over peaches. Cover with pastry strips, lattice fashion. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar mixed with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes then at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Let cool before serving.

Tidbits from Dean… February 5, 2007

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-”I don’t know how your Grandma was, but the Siewert clan seemed to be a pretty close-mouth group. Joyce is perhaps the best at story telling of the lot.”

-”My grandma, Isabelle, was very tight lipped and proper. It was sometime around the late 60’s… Grandma had the card club over and they were talking about some mutual friend one of them had seen when they were out shopping. The person of discussion was showing failing capacity due to age/illness and had food stains on her blouse. I just remember grandma commenting that she hoped she died before anything like that would ever happen to her….. We’re all a bunch of good german stoics.”

-”The only story about herself (if you can call two sentences a story) was that she had almost lost a finger to a sickle-bar mower when she was much younger. She didn’t talk much more about her kids. She did credit my Dad’s milk route to being the cause of his bad knees and said he worked too hard.”

Protected: Like Sands Thru the Hourglass, So WERE the Days Of Our Lives… January 18, 2007

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Protected: A Christmas for remembering… December 24, 2006

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The Party Line December 6, 2006

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Dean Siewert (Erlah’s nephew) emailed me this great story….

“On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, we had a little get-together of some of the Siewert clan. I asked both Joyce Evans and Beulah Evans if they would like to attend, and so we had a lovely afternoon. During the course of the evening, Joyce told a story about my grandmother, Isabelle. This story was a bit of a surprise in that it seemed totally out of character for Grandma, as I knew her. As I grew up, I saw Grandma as very formal, almost regal in presentation. She read her bible, went to church, and did what was right.

“As you know, my Dad purchased the house on the other side of the barn, next to Grandma. And as a result, when I was very young, we actually shared a “party-line” with Grandma (we had the party line until the early to mid ’60s or so). Maybe you can imagine my surprise when Joyce started talking about how Grandma used to love to listen on the party line. As Joyce put it, it was just a little harmless fun when there was almost no entertainment available. The phone at that time was a crank phone, in a little nook just off the kitchen. Part of this activity was to cover up the mouth-piece so the people having the conversation didn’t know they had company. To facilitate this, Grandma would press her forearm against the phone mouthpiece and hold the earpiece to her ear. Well, Joyce said you could always tell when Grandma had been listening because you could see this red circle pressed into her forearm. A totally different Grandma than I ever met….. ”

LOL!!! I forwarded the story to Mom who said, “This is WAY COOL! I remember the party line phone, it had different rings for different people. I wasn’t aware that it was connected to Ted and Joyce Siewert’s phone. I think there were 3 or 4 homes that shared the line.”

Thanks Dean!!!

(NOTE: Of course, I had to look up what a party line was–I had heard of them before, but wanted to be certain. Check out wikipedia’s article here to learn more about them!)