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title The Wit and Wisdom of Willie Kocurek author Kocurek - photo 1

title:The Wit and Wisdom of Willie Kocurek
author:Kocurek, Willie.; Van Loan, Ramona.
publisher:Eakin Press
isbn10 | asin:1571683739
print isbn13:9781571683731
ebook isbn13:9780585265605
language:English
subjectKocurek, Willie,--1910- , Austin (Tex.)--Biography, Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Businessmen--Texas--Austin--Biography, Czech Americans--Texas--Austin--Biography, Caldwell (Tex.)--Biography.
publication date:2000
lcc:F394.A953K63 2000eb
ddc:976.4/3106/092
subject:Kocurek, Willie,--1910- , Austin (Tex.)--Biography, Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Businessmen--Texas--Austin--Biography, Czech Americans--Texas--Austin--Biography, Caldwell (Tex.)--Biography.
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The Wit and Wisdom of Willie Kocurek
Willie Kocurek with Ramona Van Loan
Page ii FIRST EDITION Copyright 2000 By Willie Kocurek Published in - photo 2
Page ii
FIRST EDITION
Copyright 2000
By Willie Kocurek
Published in the United States of America
By Eakin Press
A Division of Sunbelt Media, Inc.
P.O. Drawer 90159 Austin, Texas 78709-0159
email: eakinpub@sig.net
website: www.eakinpress.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1-57168-400-X Hardback
1-57168-373-9 Paperback
The wit and wisdom of Willie Kocurek - image 3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kocurek, Willie, 1910
The wit and wisdom of Willie Kocurek / by Willie Kocurek, with Ramona Van
Loan.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-57168-400-X Hardback
ISBN 1-57168-373-9 Paperback
1. Kocurek, Willie, 1910, 2. Austin (Texas)Biography. 3. Austin
(Texas)Social life and customs. 4. businessmenTexasAustinBiography.
5. Czech AmericansTexasAustinBiography. 6. Caldwell (Texas)
Biography. I. Van Loan, Ramona. II. Title.
F394.A953K63 2000
976.4'3106'092--dc21
[B] 99-049992
CIP
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The wit and wisdom of Willie Kocurek - image 4
To my wife, Maurine, the boutonniere
I proudly wear in my lapel.
To my loving children,
Neal and Kay, and
to my three grandchildren,
Dr. Jeffrey, and lawyers, Suzanne and Kelly.
Page v
CONTENTS
Foreword
by The Honorable J.J. Jake Pickle
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
by Ramona Van Loan
xii
About Willie Kocurek
xiii
Part I: Lineage, 18381895
1
Kocurek Ancestors
3
Grandpa's Marriage
4
Hard Times
5
Transplanted to a New World
7
Reaching the Promised Land
8
Settling In
9
Pop Finds a Bride
9
Part II: Youth, 19101917
13
Introduction
13
My Youngest Years
14
How Dime Box Got Its Name
15
Beginning of Childhood Memories
16
Mom's Garden
17
Making Sauerkraut
18
Culinary Treats
19
Homemade Bread
20
Hunting
22
Forgetting Rudy
23
A Short-lived Rodeo
24
The Smokehouse Saga
24

Page vi
Part III: Education, 19181930
27
Introduction
29
Early Education
31
Country versus City Life
33
The Move to Durango
36
The School in Durango
37
The Motor Drome
38
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