Seminole News (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 10, 1969 Page: 7 of 23
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Seminole News - September 10, 1969 - Page 8
COLLEGE BOUND
by turning it over in your
mind.
our dates and our friends come
to the door to get us. If
I spent the night with a friend
she checked on me to see if
I was really there....can you
imagine! 1 forgot to mention,
while my friends were dating
at 12 and 13, my old fashioned
mother refused to let me date
until 1 was 15 or 16. Fifteen,
that is, if I dated only to go to
a school or church function.
'Through the years things
didn't improve a bit. We could
not loaf in bed 'sick.' like our
friends did, and miss school.
Our marks in school had to
be up to par. My mean mo-
ther would settle for nothing
less than passing marks.
'As the years rolled by, first
one then another of us was put
to shame. We graduated from
school. With out mother be-
hind us, talking, hitting, and
demanding respect, none of
us was allowed the Measure
of being a dropout,
'Each of my brothers ser-
ved his time in the service of
his country. And who do we
have to blame for the terrible
way we turned out? You're
righL.our mean mother.
'Look at all the things we
missed. Wo never got to march
in protest parades, or take
part in a riot, or burn draft
cards, or do a million-and-
one other things that our friends
enjoyed. Our mean mother for-
ced us to grow up into God-
fearing, 'square', educated,
honBfit adults.
'Using this as a back,
ground, I am trying to raise
my own three children. I
4 hhi« taller and I
am filled with pride when my
children call me mean.
'Because, you see, I thank
God he gave me the meanest
mother in the world.'
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THE MEANEST MOTHER
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newspaper, and was reprinted
later by a Houston Post col-
umnist.
It is entitled 'The Meanest
Mother' and it is credited to
a RObble Pingaro. It reads:
'1 had the meanest mother
in the whole wide world. While
other kids ate candy for break-
fast I had to have cereal, eggs
and toast. While others had can-
dy and Cokes for lunch, I had
to eat a sandwich. As you can
guess, my supper was differ-
ent from that of other kids,
too.
'But at least 1 wasn’t alone
in my suffering. My sister and
two brothers had the same mean
mother as I did. /
'My mother insisted upon
knowing where we were at all
times. You’d think we were
on a chain gang. She had to
know who our friends were
and\ what we were doing. She
insisted if we said we’d be
gone\ an hour that we be gone
an hour, or less.
'I aim nearly ashamed to ad-
mit |t,\ but at times she ac-
tually struck us. Not once,
but each time we had a mind
of our own and did as we
pleased. That poor belt was
used more on our seats than
U was to hold up daddy’s pants.
Now you can see how mean she
really was.
. 'We had to wear clean clothes
and take baths. The other kids
always wore their clothes tor
days. We had to be in bed by
'9 each night and up by 8 in
the morning. We couldn't steep
till noon, like our friends. So
while they slept my mother
actually had the nerve to break
the child labor laws...she made
us work! We had to wash dish66
make beds, learn to cook and
all sorts of cruel things.
By the time we were teen-
agers our life became more
unbearable. None of this toot-
ing the horn of a car for us
to Come running. She embarr-
assed us no end by making
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Shelton, Madeline. Seminole News (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 10, 1969, newspaper, September 10, 1969; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577759/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.