Uncle Jenks ran a barber shop in Drain, Oregon for many years. I remember after school I would go by the barber shop and Uncle Jenks would always give me a quarter to buy ice cream. I always went to Aunt Flora's and Uncle Jenk's house after school . My mother would pick me up there after her work day ended. I miss going there.
I never realized until I read the 1930 census that Uncle Jenks had owned the barber shop for so many years. I was born in 1941 and was in Drain in the 50's. In my mind I still see the little shop down a side street to my right as I was walking South down main street in Drain it was on the right side of the street also. I think the next building was a house with a pretty yard , fence and gate, then a cross street. Uncle Jenks would take his cane and close the shop for lunch each day, he would walk up the hill to his house, he made the trip four times a day for many many years. He never drove to work, it was at least two or three blocks one way and I'm sure difficult for a man with leg, hip and foot problems as he became more stooped as he grew older.
Uncle Jenks was always a kind man and walked with a cane and a bad limp all those years. I think he had one leg shorter then the other and also a bad foot.. He never complained and was always taking pictures. He had this long cord with a bulb on the end , he would get all the people in a big group and he would set his camera on the tripod and then limp over to stand at one end of the group and snap our pictures. It was a chore sometimes to make it on time if he set the camera on a timer as he bought newer equipment each year, it was more fun with the cord and bulb. You would have to get the magnifying glass to tell who was in the pictures as he had to set the camera so far away. We looked so tiny. It was fun times!!
Jenks and Flora had another son James Cyril Sumner born June 20, 1912 in Drain and died Nov 9, 1974 in Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon.
Research and bio, by JMB
I never realized until I read the 1930 census that Uncle Jenks had owned the barber shop for so many years. I was born in 1941 and was in Drain in the 50's. In my mind I still see the little shop down a side street to my right as I was walking South down main street in Drain it was on the right side of the street also. I think the next building was a house with a pretty yard , fence and gate, then a cross street. Uncle Jenks would take his cane and close the shop for lunch each day, he would walk up the hill to his house, he made the trip four times a day for many many years. He never drove to work, it was at least two or three blocks one way and I'm sure difficult for a man with leg, hip and foot problems as he became more stooped as he grew older.
Uncle Jenks was always a kind man and walked with a cane and a bad limp all those years. I think he had one leg shorter then the other and also a bad foot.. He never complained and was always taking pictures. He had this long cord with a bulb on the end , he would get all the people in a big group and he would set his camera on the tripod and then limp over to stand at one end of the group and snap our pictures. It was a chore sometimes to make it on time if he set the camera on a timer as he bought newer equipment each year, it was more fun with the cord and bulb. You would have to get the magnifying glass to tell who was in the pictures as he had to set the camera so far away. We looked so tiny. It was fun times!!
Jenks and Flora had another son James Cyril Sumner born June 20, 1912 in Drain and died Nov 9, 1974 in Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon.
Research and bio, by JMB
Uncle Jenks ran a barber shop in Drain, Oregon for many years. I remember after school I would go by the barber shop and Uncle Jenks would always give me a quarter to buy ice cream. I always went to Aunt Flora's and Uncle Jenk's house after school . My mother would pick me up there after her work day ended. I miss going there.
I never realized until I read the 1930 census that Uncle Jenks had owned the barber shop for so many years. I was born in 1941 and was in Drain in the 50's. In my mind I still see the little shop down a side street to my right as I was walking South down main street in Drain it was on the right side of the street also. I think the next building was a house with a pretty yard , fence and gate, then a cross street. Uncle Jenks would take his cane and close the shop for lunch each day, he would walk up the hill to his house, he made the trip four times a day for many many years. He never drove to work, it was at least two or three blocks one way and I'm sure difficult for a man with leg, hip and foot problems as he became more stooped as he grew older.
Uncle Jenks was always a kind man and walked with a cane and a bad limp all those years. I think he had one leg shorter then the other and also a bad foot.. He never complained and was always taking pictures. He had this long cord with a bulb on the end , he would get all the people in a big group and he would set his camera on the tripod and then limp over to stand at one end of the group and snap our pictures. It was a chore sometimes to make it on time if he set the camera on a timer as he bought newer equipment each year, it was more fun with the cord and bulb. You would have to get the magnifying glass to tell who was in the pictures as he had to set the camera so far away. We looked so tiny. It was fun times!!
Jenks and Flora had another son James Cyril Sumner born June 20, 1912 in Drain and died Nov 9, 1974 in Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon.
Research and bio, by JMB
I never realized until I read the 1930 census that Uncle Jenks had owned the barber shop for so many years. I was born in 1941 and was in Drain in the 50's. In my mind I still see the little shop down a side street to my right as I was walking South down main street in Drain it was on the right side of the street also. I think the next building was a house with a pretty yard , fence and gate, then a cross street. Uncle Jenks would take his cane and close the shop for lunch each day, he would walk up the hill to his house, he made the trip four times a day for many many years. He never drove to work, it was at least two or three blocks one way and I'm sure difficult for a man with leg, hip and foot problems as he became more stooped as he grew older.
Uncle Jenks was always a kind man and walked with a cane and a bad limp all those years. I think he had one leg shorter then the other and also a bad foot.. He never complained and was always taking pictures. He had this long cord with a bulb on the end , he would get all the people in a big group and he would set his camera on the tripod and then limp over to stand at one end of the group and snap our pictures. It was a chore sometimes to make it on time if he set the camera on a timer as he bought newer equipment each year, it was more fun with the cord and bulb. You would have to get the magnifying glass to tell who was in the pictures as he had to set the camera so far away. We looked so tiny. It was fun times!!
Jenks and Flora had another son James Cyril Sumner born June 20, 1912 in Drain and died Nov 9, 1974 in Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon.
Research and bio, by JMB
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