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HONORING SENIORS
Daughter of the Pioneers
A LOVELY
LUBBOCK
LADY
Theda Fay Bell Krause
as told to Carma Bell
1923 was an important year in Lubbock, because Texas
Technological College was created. 1923 was significant for me,
too, as my parents Lawrence and Myrtle Bell welcomed me into
the world. My father was a lineman for Texas Utilities, which later
became Southwestern Public Service. He married Myrtle Hart in
1922. To this union were also born brothers Gregg and Joe Dick Bell.
In 1928, my parents bought a very modern brick home which still
stands, 90 years later, on the corner of 22nd St. and Boston Avenue.
In 1931, they sold that house and purchased a farmhouse with
acreage on Route 4 (near 24th and Memphis in Lubbock). There was
a house, a garage, a barn and a windmill. Before long, elm trees,
grape arbors and a large garden were planted. A summerhouse
Senior Link has featured and chicken coop were added, as well as a cooling house with the
water from the windmill running into a trough. The cold water kept
articles about the “Daughters our milk, cream and butter fresh. A cow, chickens and a dog name
Tag joined the family. The fields were planted with grain for the
of the Pioneers” in our last
animals. Cotton fields surrounded the house on three sides. Our
several issues. If you’d like farmhouse had indoor plumbing and a bathroom. My dad added an
electric range for the kitchen, and everything was almost as modern
to read more about the first as the house on 22nd Street.
ladies of the High Plains, you
In 1934, my father was accidentally killed in a fall from a utility
can find a link to this book on pole. Life was not easy for us after that, but we had a house that
was paid for and loving relatives nearby. I always remember having
our website. a warm home, food, clothing and my mother having a car. My
brothers and I rode the bus to school. The slick dirt roads were very
hazardous after rains and when it snowed. In 1950, my mother sold
a portion of the land to a developer, and that area became known as
lubbockseniorlink.com/books/dop Lubbock’s “Bell-Aire Heights” addition.
Growing up without the presence of a father, my brothers and I
were very fortunate to have both sets of grandparents living in
Lubbock. My dad’s side of the family originally came from England
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