In 1920, Cleo was ten years of age and Albert five. It was an exciting time. Henry Ford opened the Ford Motor Company producing automobiles. Frederick had a good year on the farm, making a little extra money, so he purchased their first car. One evening as Frederick sat in his rocking chair by the fire, smoking his pipe, he read in the newspaper where Mr. Ford scheduled a speech in Omaha to promote his new automobile. He and Emma decided to take the boys to hear him speak.
Frederick wanted to learn about the working parts of a car, so bought magazines about cars. He and Cleo read everything they could about the new contraptions. Frederick hoped that the Model T car would bring him and Cleo close as father and son. To his disappointment, it didn’t.
Later that year, Emma birthed a little g
