Eagle Creek Resident Bio: Jean Clementine

Interview conducted March 29, 1910, by Sarah Conrad

(Jean Clementine is the mother of Sarah's best friend, Emily.)

1. Name: Barbara Jean Baugh Clementine

2. Date of Birth: July 3, 1866

3. Place of Birth: Kalispell, Montana

4. Parents: Mildred and Joe Baugh

5. Siblings: Brother: Chet Desmond (1859-) Sisters: Candace Beverly (1861-), Eve Promise (1866-)

6. Describe your childhood. I grew up in Kalispell. My parents owned a bakery. I have many happy memories of growing up there.

7. What did you enjoy doing as a child? Collecting butterflies.

8. What is your earliest memory? Playing "horsey" with my father.

9. How old were you when you went on your first date and where did you go? 15, Valentine's Day Ball. Some kid who was the son of my mother's friend. I can't even remember his name.

10. Married? Will Clementine, September 27, 1884

11. How did you meet your spouse? I'd seen Will in town and I fell head over heels for him. I arranged an "accidental" meeting. Thankfully, he took the hint and came to the bakery one Monday to buy a loaf of bread. He was smitten but awkward. He came back again and again and again. By Friday I said, "For Pete's sake stop spending all of your money buying loaf bread and ask me to the Jack Frost Dance!"

12. Children: Janice (1886-), James Robert (1889-), David Martin (1890-), Emily Jean (1894-)

13. Grandchildren: Robert William Clementine, born January 30, 1910, 7 pounds 8 ounces, blue eyes

14. Pets? None.

15. Education: Kalispell High School, class of '83

16. What brought you to Eagle Creek? Opportunity for a new business and refresh friendships with Conrad family.

17. Current friends: Paula Conrad, Peggy Watson, Crystal Hines, Joyce Grayson, Maude Westbrook.

18. Occupation: co-owner, Clementine Bakery

19. What was your first job? Baker, cake decorator

20. How much did you make? Room and board.

21. What did you like to do in your free time? Crocheting clothes for the poor.

22. What are you doing now? Trying to get some sleep, instead I am being bothered by my daughter.

23. Do you admire a famous person? Ummm... no.

24. What makes them admirable? Nothing. I like regular folks.

25. What is your favorite food? Peach cobbler

26. What is your favorite color? Pink

27. What is your favorite song? My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast by Jefferson Hascall

28. Hobbies: Crochet, playing bridge with the ladies, walking

29. Name of the last book you read? Struggles And Triumphs by P.T. Barnum

30. Tell me about a memorable moment in your life; a time you will never forget. Giving birth to my first son.

31. What things do you find yourself doing that you said you'd never do? Sound like mother when I talk to my daughter.

32. What are the goals you are still working toward? I want to expand my business so I don't have to worry as much about money.

33. When people look back at your life, how do you want to be remembered? Tender hearted, loving

34. What is your favorite outdoor activity? Walking in the woods.

35. Do you attend church or religious services? Yes. Eagle Creek Memorial Church.

36. What is your favorite Bible verse? Proverbs 31:10-31

37. What makes you happy? Seeing my children comfortable

38. What makes you sad? When people break their commitments. For example, a young man named Curtis Sawyer, the son of a girl I went to school with in Kalispell, just got a job with Sheriden Lifestyles Magazine. He was supposed to come over and write an article about the bakery. We had everything arranged. He was suppose to come on Sunday, February 13th, and he never showed up. The bakery could have had, basically, free advertising and the reporter never showed up.

39. What frightens you? My daughter is headstrong. I am afraid someday she might do something rash.

40. What is there about you that would surprise people if they found out? I can play the xylophone.