Clarence Fread

Birth:

He was born in November 1920 at California. In November 1920 George Pickett received a letter that told of the arrival of a nine-pound boy at the Fread home.

Family Information: Son of Walter and Ida May Fread.

Brother of Alberta, Warren and Lee Fread.

Three other siblings never lived in the colony -- Ivan (who died in 1900 at the age of 2), Clara J., (who died in 1914 at the age of 7) and older brother Charles.  

Description:  

Pre-Colony History:  

Home in Colony:  

Job in Colony: In September 1931 one hundred fifty sacks of beans and peas were picked in the forenoon by a volunteer crew of men, women and children. The crowd gathered a little after 7 am and was divided into different crews to look after different fields; by 11:30 the job was done. Volunteers included: Killian, Butts, Lloyd, Baldwin, Waters, Doc Williams, Quentin, Fred Busick, Roscoe Busick, Byron Busick, Vivian Busick, Graves, Webb, John Allred, Melvina Hullinger, Fred Levan, Goeke, Eldred, Tom Farrell, Claud Allred, Earl Swenson, Mackie, Frank Collins, George Collins, Boydelatour, Cleve Campbell, Mr. Caves, Clarence Long, Harry Rennick, Dee Kurtz, Pittman, Edminster, Walter Fread, Clarence Fread, Mrs. Herron, Woodruff, J.W. Gilbert, H.M. Wood, Winegar, Bert Moore, Lindwall, Ole Synoground, Rohr, Carnahan, Hoens, Mrs. Wooley, John Neill, Robert Roe, Warren Roe, Nesnow, Bartrum and B. Stevens.  

Other Info:

He was often part of the program at the theater in 1929.

In 1932 he played the violin in the newly organized Junior Orchestra which was being organized and taught by Fred Hamel.

In July 1934 Lloyd Potter took ten boys including Clarence, Sylvester Watson, Byron Busick, Billy Busick, Phillip Lentz, Joe Lentz, Jimmy Dix, Quentin Quipp, Kenneth Dean and Eugene Hewitt on a camping trip to Hadden's Ferry on the Sabine River. They swam for a while; borrowed the ferryman's rowboat and plowed up the river; ate fried potatoes and eggs, bread and jelly, and a fine icing cake. Come evening they set out trout lines and picked moss from the trees to make a bed. They played through the night, getting very little, if any, sleep.

He was also a member of the junior band organized in 1934; members included Joe (Lentz), Billy (possibly Busick or Ketchen), Byron (Busick), Ernest (could be Ogden or Joynes), Jimmy (Dix), Bill Quinton, Howard (Stansbury), Clarence, Jack (Lewis or Barnette), Sylvester (Watson) and Lenin Tabb.

Also in 1934 he was among many other colonists who attended Walter and Ida May Fread's 40th anniversary party which was held in the colony.

Post-Colony History:  

Death:  

Sources: "Vernon Parish Democrat": November 18, 1920, February 28, 1929; "Llano Colonist": September 5, 1931, December 10, 1932, April 15, 1933, July 7, 1934, July 21, 1934, September 22, 1934; US Census: 1930