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THE CONSTANCE MARY BARTHLE FAMILY
Constance Mary "Connie" Barthle;
Oct 7, 1942 married Jun 07, 1962 to
David Hogan Carr; Feb 4, 1940 - Jul 11, 1995, they have two daughters and three sons.
Their first daughter was named Mary Hope "Marie"
Carr; She was born May 31, 1963
Their first son was named Joseph Edward "Joe"
Carr; He was born Jun 5,1965
Their second son was also named Jerome Paul "Jerry"
Carr; Jul 14,1966 - May 09, 2011
Their second daughter was named Katherine Agnes "Kathy"
Carr; She was born Feb 13,1968
Their third son was named Thomas David "Thom"
Carr; He was born Dec 28, 1970
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The life of Constance Mary Barthle
(The third daughter of August & Agnes Barthle)
My life as I remember it
I recall the story of my birth as told to me.
The older kids were sent outside to play then,
when they were called back they were informed they had a little sister.
They were suppose to have been playing over under the old camphor tree that
was near Grandpa's old kitchen.
I was born about 3:00 p.m. at home and Leona Petters and Rita Gossaline (sp) were at the house with Mom.
I weighed in at 8 Lbs. 2 oz., my length at birth 20" long, delivery was by Dr. Bradshaw from Dade City.
At he time of my birth, my father, August Barthle, was doing his duty for his country
be working at the shipyard in Tampa. Prior to that, he work at the Shipyard in
Baltimore, Md. Meanwhile, Mom was taking care of the Chicken Farm. I was the forth
child, of Agnes and August Barthle. I was the third daughter. There was big sister,
Margie, big brother James, big sister Joan, and baby Connie made four. Shoutly after
my birth, they realized I was allergic to milk, dur to some acid containd in milk, as
my skin was peeling down to where you could see the grains of flesh. So the doctor,
had them coat me with a lotion that looked like white shoe polish. And they gave me a
diet of Harlic's Malted Milk,(Powdered milk for nutrition). I have never acquired the
desire for milk.
When I was about two years old, dad started in the Dairy business. Originally the
dairy was knnown as "Melrose Farms". Dan Cannon sold dad his first cows which were which
were registered Jersey cows. They were chosen for the higher butterfat. Later the
dairies name was changed to "Barthe's Dairy".
I started school in September 1949, at the St. Joseph School, in St. Joe, Florida. This
was a 2 room school house. The Benedictine Sisters from Holy Name Academy were the teachers.
Sister MIldred was my teacher. Some of my classmates were Charles "Charlie" Barthle,
Lena Neuhofer, Marcella Gude, Patsy Nathe, Ted Blommel. In 5th grade, our teacher was
Sister Gemma. I attended St. Joseph School until 6th grade. Then Mom decided I should
repeat the 6th grade as she didn't think I was up to sixth grade level. So I went to
Dade City for the 6th grade with Mrs. Edith (Frank) Blocker. This time, it was as if
I had never studied any of the material.
During the summer before I started attending school in Dade City, Joan and I were
enrolled in ballet lessons. We put on a recital "Cinderella". I was the ugly step sisters.
This was a dance that required Toe Shoes. I remember practicing walking on tippy toes to
help strengthen my ankles for the program. During this I was also taking piano lessons,
with Mr. Don Kreush. (Who later was the band director at St. Leo Predatory School. Then
he was the Book Store Manager when the St. Leo became a Jr. Collage in the early 1960's.)
Margie was taking lessons also, so I would ride with her to the piano lessons. So when
Margie quit taking lessons so did I.
Usually on Saturdays and during the summer I would ride with Daddy on the milk route. I
remember him carrying his lunch. His lunch was alway a pint Mason jar with fruit and a
sandwich. We would find a shady tree to stop under to eat lunch.
When it was time for school to start, it was time to think about band. So I had a decision
to make as to what instrument I should play. It was decided to play the cornet.
(Hopefully to help straighten my teeth) So we purchased a brand new Cornet. I used this
horn throughout my High School years. We paid $125.00 for this instrument. I attended
middle school at Pasco Jr. Hgh School. It was a 2 story building located next to the
Pasco High School on 14th street in Dade City, Fl.
My brother, Dan and I were playmates. We probably got ito some trouble at times Too.
When my sisters, Lucinda, Imelda, Monica and brother, Ralph came along I was my job to
take care of them so they wouldn't get in the way with all the activity of Milking
cows at the barn. It was also my job to get them their bath, in the evening before
supper. A lot of the time I would start cooking the evening meal. (This got me out
of the barn.) Then I would help wash the dishes by hand after everyone ate. Usually
this was done while the barn and equipment was being cleaned up. At the end of the day.
We would wash down the milking side of the barn after each milking.
There was a time when Dad had bought a large refrigerated box, with several doors on it.
This piece of equipment was in the barn. It was a neat place to play. We were playing
that it was an elevator, and we were all in this box and the door slammed shut. We
screamed and made as much noise as we could. Fortunately; Mom heard us, so her first
thought was we were really in big trouble for making all that noise. When she saw why
we were making such a commontion; when she opened the door and we all came out of this
box, she was so relieved, we were not hurt, just scared to death.
During the last two weeks of school in 8th Grade, Bill Gude who was working for Dad,
hurt his back and couldn't work. So, my sister, Joan and I ran the milk route through
the summer that year.
I attender Pasco Hight School. I was in the band and played the cornet. (It is like
a trumpet - only shorter) I graduated in June 1961. After Graduation; I would help
out Uncle Lea, Uncle Tony and Grandpa Barthe (John Bernard), by cleaning house, doing
the laundry, and cooking enough lunch, so they could have loftovers for supper. I
did this until June 1962.
I met David Hogan Carr in the 6th grade. He used to throw spit balls (little balls
of paper) across the hall into my classroom. He played football in High School.
His position was Guard. He graduated from Pasco High in 1959. Within days after
graduation, he reported to the Army. He went to Baic training a Ft. Jackso, South
Carolina, and jump school at Fr. Brag, North Carolina.
While David was in the Army, he was a paratrooper, and in the infantry. When we
decided to get married in June, he didn't know if he would get leave to come home
in June due to the Cuban Crisis. So we didn't know for sure until the end of May
if he was going to get home to get married. David's dad Edward, and his mom, Agner
and I, went to Jacksonville, Fl. to meet the plane when to come in. He came into
Jacksonville airport on a Saturday. We got the blood tests (a requirement to get
married at that time) and the license was purchased and on file for the required
3 days. We were married on Thursday, June 7, 1962.
David and I got married at the Sacred Heart Church in St. Joseph, Fl., Father
Benedict Weigand O.S.B, officiated. My sister, Lucinda was a bride's maid, and
my brother, Dan was the best man. Altar servers were cousins; Pat Neuhoger,
and Mike Newhofer. We had a small reception at the St. Teresa's Hall after the
ceremaony. My brother, Dan had a bus to catch at 1:00 p.m. to Jachsonville, Fl,
as he was leaving for the Navy.
Cinda, Imelda, Monica and Ralph will never forget that day. Their "litter
Mommy" left along with Dan that day. Now they had to pull up the slack and help
with the milking and chores. That was the day their lives changed forever.
David and I went to North Reddington Beach near Clearwater for our Honeymoon.
We were gone for about four days. When we returned, I was told that Uncle Tony
had TB. So I had to be tested for TB. Since then, All TB tine Tests came back
positive, due to the exposure I had with Uncle Tony. We had rented an apartment
in Dade City.
David had a 30 day leave. He was stationed in Wiesbaden Germany. When his 30
days were up, he returned to Germany. I stayed with his mother on 15th street
in Dade City until he got the paperwork for me to join him in Germany. I left
in late Aughst. By the time I left, for Germany, he had been transferred to
Wildflecken, Germany (near the Fulda Gap,) north of Frankfort with the LRRP
unit. We lived in a small apartment in a German Nationals house. The family
we were living with lived down stars. The Oma (Grandmother) lived in an
apartment upstairs. There were 3 other apartments upstairs. They were rented
out to GI's.
What an experience! Heat was provided by coal. The hot water heater was also
coal, so if you wanted to take a bath of shower in warm/hot water you had to
light the coal early in the day. We shared a bathroom at the end of the hall.
Whoever lit the coal. got the first of the hot water, and the other tenants
could keep the coal going if they wanted take a bath or shower.
While we were in Wildflecken, on May 31, 1963, our first child,
Marie (Mary Hope) was born in a U. S. Army Hospital in Wurzburg, Germany,
she was born on a Friday at 8:49 p.m. Central European Time,
she was 7 lbs 14 oz. and 21" long at birth.
We had to travel to the Army Hospital in Wursburg, about an
hour and a half drive from Wildflecken.
We returned to the CONUS (Continental United States) in Junuary 1964, with
orders for Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. David was assigned to the 101th Airborne
Division. We rented an apartment off base. There was a building with 4
apartments, two facing the road, and because of the hills, there were two
apartment like a basement, facing the rear. While we were at Ft. Campbell,
on June 5, 1965 we had out second child,
Joseph Edward was born in an Army hospital at Ft. Campbell, Ky.,
he was born on a Saturday at 6:24 p.m. CST,
he weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 22" long at birth.
In July of 1966, David got orders for Viet Nam. So we returned to Florida.
He was scheduled for year tour of duty in Viet Nam. We scheduled the delivery
our third child,
Jerome Paul was born in an Air Force Hospital, at MacDill AFB, FL.,
he was born on Thursday at 6:18 p.m. EST,
he weighed 5 lbs. 12-1/2 oz. and was 19" long at birth. on July 14, 1966.
That was before David left for his tour of duty. The kids and I stayed in
Dade City, Florida. We moved to San Antonio, Fl for a while as I worked at
St. Leo in the Business office. David was gone for about a year, when we
had to notify the Rde Cross to request he return home as his mother was
dying of Brain Cancer. He was home two weeks when she passed away. After
her death, we got orders for Ft. Bragg, North Carolina via a telegram, to
report to the 82nd Airborne Div. While at Ft. Bragg our fourth child,
Katherin Agnes was born at Womack Army Hospital on Ft. Bragg, N.C.,
she was born on a Tuesday at 1:37 a.m. EST,
she was 8 lbs 2 oz. and 23" long at birth on Feb 13, 1968.
Thomas was also born at Womack Army Hospital on Ft. Bragg, N.C.,
he was born on a Monday at 3:35 a.m. DST, Dec 28th of 1970
he was 8 lbs 9 oz. and was if I recall correctly 24" long at birth.
In March 1971, we were assigned back to Florida. David was assigned to the
University of Tampa, to help set up the ROTC program
We then received orders for Germany, and were stationed in Stuttgart from
1973-1976. During this assignment, we lived in Government Quarters. We
had a four bedroom apartment, on the second floor. The building had 18
apartments in it with 3 stairwells. Each stairwell had 6 apartments. The
ends of the building, the outside apartments all had 4 bedrooms. The
center stairwell all had 2 bedrooom apartments. We also had basement in
the building with a storage unit for each apartment. There was a common
laundry room that included a large open room to hang your clother to dry.
The washing machines had to be 50 cycle machines, due to their electrical
system in Europe. While we were there the government furnished washers
and dryers that had tobe shared by the tenannts. You had to communicate
and agree on what day of the week you could do your laundry.
While we were stationed there, I had time to pursue crocheting. I
started with a ripple afghan, someone had received a kit, and david
volunteered me to make it. It took me some time but I finished it and
returned it to the family that gave it time, by the time they returned
to the States. I moved on the making table toppers, and doilies, In a
lighter weight thread. With the thread materials, I could crochet while
we traveled, as David was the principle driver. One yeat for Chirstmas
I made the boys pants, and the girls housecoats. This was the year the
BX was transitioning to computer ordering. They would order Barbie Dolls,
and receive construction paper. What do you do when you have fine little
ones tooking forward to Christmas gifts under the tree. (you do what you
can.) Improvise, with what you can do. So I used my God given talents.
We were due to return to the Usited States in June of 1976, but we got
a six month extension to stay in Germany. David requested to return
earlier so we could get all the children in school at the beginning of
the school year. The request was granter. We returned to the CONUS,
August 1976, where we were assigned to the Fort Benning, GA. Jump school.
While at Ft. Benning, I became ill and required 7 weeks of bed rest.
I was diagnosed with Sarcoilosis. I had shortness of breath, swelling
in my joints and couldn't and couldn't walk down stairs. Since our
apartment had the bedrooms upstairs, David would carry me down stairs
each morning. I could walk up stairs because the knee doesn't have to
bend as far to go up stairs. I had surgery and then my health went onto
remission. So in early 1978, I returned to Florida, and applied for a
job with Industrial Supply Corporation, in Tampa. I had worked there
before the last tour of duty in Germany. They said they would find me
a position. About two weeks later, I went to work. So at Easter time
that year David packed a u-haul trailer and the kids and moved them to
Florida. we found a house to rent in Lake Padgett Estates, on Ruth
Court, just off Weeks Boulevard.
We started looking for a house to buy. We found one in Lake Padgett
Estates, near the horse stables, on Bass Drive. We moved in on the
weekend of December 3, 1978. David retired from the Army on June 29,
1979. I had been working with Industrial Supply Corp. For over a year,
so I took a week's vacation to attend David's retirement ceremony at
Fort Benning, Ga. Then we drove the Blue Ridge Mountains from Ashville,
North Carolina and headed north until we had enough of the Mountains and
winding roads.
I changed jobs in about 1984, and went to work at Sheppard Electric Company,
when they were on Gunn Highway. Then in November 1991, they moved to Skipper
Road in the north part of town. This was closer to home for me. Shortly
after that, I got laid off dur to cut backs.
My grandchildren started arriving so I took care of Tiffany Metcalf(Marie's
daughter), Matthew Petters(Bernie and Jennifer's son), and Austin Connley
(Gregg & Kelly Connley)-a friend and employer of Marie's husband, Tim
Metcalf. When the kids were 18 months old or so, it was time for them
to attend a more structured education environment. This was about the
time my mother, Agnes Barthle went to the Edwinola assisted living facility.
So I spent 5 days a week, with her as company, and took her for hair
appointments, or just rode her around to get her out of her apartment.
We had some quality time talking about her good times and bad times, her
childhood and during the time she was growing up.
David passed away on July 11, 1995. I still live in the house on Bass Place.
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