Las Sabinas, Volume 35, Number 4, 2009 Page: 17
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The Clark children attended Little Cypress Schools until the tenth grade where Ira
and Frances both graduated. At that time, that particular school only had ten grades.
Grace, the youngest child, graduated from Orange High School completing the eleventh
grade. There were only eleven grades at that time. Mr. Clark would have to drive her
into town while on his milk delivery route and sometimes that made for a late arrival for
school. Miss Carr, the school principal, made her stay after school to study and do
homework for punishment. She asked Grace the reason for her tardiness and it was
kindly explained that her Dad had to deliver milk on the way. Then, Miss Carr replied, "I
want to talk to your Daddy!" Mr. Clark promptly went to the school to have a talk with
Miss Carr the very next day. After that day, Grace was never tardy for school again! Ira,
Frances, and Grace were active in sports during their high school years. Ira participated
in basketball, track, broad jump, and pole vaulting. Frances played basketball, while
Grace played basketball, tennis volleyball and softball.
Ira Clark continued to help his father run the dairy for a while after he married
Bess Eddleman in 1933. Grace was the next to marry Clifton Allbright in 1934 and
Frances married Charles Brown in 1937. Frank Clark continued to operate the dairy until
his death in 1946.
After Mr. Clark's death, the Clark children sold the home to Charles and Bonnie
Wilcox. This wonderful old home has stood for one hundred twenty three years and is
still occupied where fruits and vegetables are grown and sold today.
In the later years, all three of the children, built homes on the property that their
father owned behind the old Clark home. The road makes a circle, just off of Twenty
Seventh Street, so it was called Clark Circle, where many family members still live
today.
Even though, the Clark Dairy no longer exist, the fond memories of farming,
dairy cows, hard work and family life still remain in the hearts of many.17
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