Louise
was the first school secretary in 1935 and 1936. Her pay was
$30 a month. Louise married Nolan Parrish, a farmer, in 1935.
In 1936, Nolan and Dick made fifteen cents an hour chopping
cotton. Their workday lasted for ten hours. Around that same
time, the L.R. Woods Dry Goods Store was having a sale. Louise
said that she found some pretty cotton voile material priced
at five cents a yard. It would take three yards to make her
a dress. However, Dick gave her a dime and a nickel to purchase
the material.
Mr. West
traded land for the Ford Agency in 1939. That agency was located
on Highway 84 west of Main Street. Louise kept the business
books for him. Mr. West sold the agency in 1940 and returned
to farming. Joe West helped layout Farm Road 303 north of Sudan,
driving over it the first time in a Chevrolet car.
Nolan and
Louise had one daughter, Donna Moses,
three grandchildren Keevan Masten, Shawnda Masten Wood and Brad
Masten, and two great-grandchildren Derek and Gregory Wood and
a step great-grandson, Chris Goorick.
Nolan Parrish
died November 20, 2001. At the time of this interview, Louise
West Parrish still lives in Sudan and is the longest living
descendant of the settlers that come to Sudan in 1920.
Louise
was the first school secretary in 1935 and 1936. Her pay was
$30 a month. Louise married Nolan Parrish, a farmer, in 1935.
In 1936, Nolan and Dick made fifteen cents an hour chopping
cotton. Their workday lasted for ten hours. Around that same
time, the L.R. Woods Dry Goods Store was having a sale. Louise
said that she found some pretty cotton voile material priced
at five cents a yard. It would take three yards to make her
a dress. However, Dick gave her a dime and a nickel to purchase
the material. 
three grandchildren Keevan Masten, Shawnda Masten Wood and Brad
Masten, and two great-grandchildren Derek and Gregory Wood and
a step great-grandson, Chris Goorick.