~Barnett’s Christmas Party~

Mrs. Barnett had a Christmas party for her neighbors. She made some candy, which she placed on card tables to cool. I can remember Ronnie Merritt and I made several trips to the tables to sneak pieces of white divinity. Their house was nice and was encircled with a fence, which Ronnie and I liked to walk on. The fence may have been constructed of stucco adobe. In addition to ranching, Mr. Barnett was a Roswell (or Vaughn) businessman.

 Daddy said that some of the ranching neighbors had an unkind nickname for Mr. Barnett; I won’t put it down here.