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Eugene C. Robertson: I Did the Artwork for the High School Newspaper One of my best high school memories was doing artwork for the Hanford High School newspaper, the Meteor. Doing a regular comic strip was the most fun. It made me somewhat of a ... |
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Elnora Taylor: My Husband-to-Be and Our Clockwork Engagement While I was working as an usher in the theater, it was my job to make sure that no one put their feet on the seats. I had a friend who ... |
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John Matson: Dodie, we’re in deep, deep trouble! I don’t remember that I ever had an official first date. We would get together as groups of guys, a bunch of girls, whatever. Probably the ... |
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Denise Morra: Bill Takes a Mid-Winter Swim in a Pool Filled with Old Tires The first house in Schenectady had an above-ground pool in the back. Bill had the idea to put old tires in the pool during the winter to absorb the compression of ... |
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Kathleen Gambogi: I Live in a Tiny Mexican Town, and Live by Selling my Paintings I’ve been doing a lot of selling it, and doing very well. My art is evolving and I am now into doing large tropical paintings. A few days ago I sold ... |
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Zora Thompson: My early years Children: Joe Jr, Martha, Emily, Bill, Sara, Joan, Diane, ... |
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Jeff Perry: Kilimanjaro Diary I’m now sitting in a plane waiting to depart from Atlanta. It is raining like crazy outside with lots of thunder and lightning ... |
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Ralph Appio: I was in the service in Korea in ’51, above the 38th parallel. I was in the service in Korea in ’51, above the 38th parallel. I was drafted with Waldo. We reported down there on Market St and First. We took our physicals ... |
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Jim McGovern: Mom Teaches Me How to Fool People My mother had an expression that she used with me quite often. She used to say: “Jim, act like a gentleman and you’ll fool the people most of the time!” ... |
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Rikki Willett: My Mother Was Pivotal in My Life I was the oldest; I was born when my mother was nineteen and a half years old. My dad was 25. My parents gave me a great childhood; I was really ... |
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Brian Anderson: Observations from a Family Road Trip First leg we drug our baby and 3 ... |
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John Urbanski: I Was One of Five Kids, and I Loved Grandma’s Cinnamon Rolls I don’t have a lot of distinct memories about growing up. My father’s family owned a business called the Old Dutch ... |
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Faye Stone: Mom Always Told me I should Marry a Veterinarian After the commune, and Christian’s near-miss drowning, Chuck joined the Air Force. He was stationed in Sacramento and he and I and Christian moved back in together. We were giving it ... |
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Michael Popovich: I Came From a Wealthy Family in Yugoslavia I WAS BORN JUNE 1, 1893 IN A JUGOSLAVIAN VILLAGE OF SVINICA. MY FATHER WAS NAMED JACOB AND MY MOTHER WAS CALLED MILIA. I WAS THE FIRST BORN FOR THEM. THEY ... |
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Marilyn Patton: In my mid-20s I discover my Identity A person I really adored and ... |
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Mickey Frazer: Jack and I Meet While Honky-Tonkin Alaska wasn’t too tough, because I lived in Wyoming and Montana. There really isn’t much difference between those places. I lived in the barracks, and I usually walked to work. A ... |
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John Rialson: Rodeos, Cowboy Poetry and Mariachi Music The first cowboy poetry festival I went to was in Elko, Nevada. I went with a friend from Sedona named Tom. We really love the Sedona area, and will eventually probably ... |
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Robert Ede: Onward and Upward Nearly All the Way One low point was when our boy Brian died. Other than that I didn’t have any low points. It was all onward and upward. And in the meanwhile I made a ... |
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Bertine Hancock: To Keep Peace in the Family, We Attend Two Different Churches Well, I was brought up – my parents belonged to the First Christian Church, although my mother was raised in the Methodist I think she was always pleased that all three ... |
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Elizabeth Lucille Rozelle: Growing up in Hancock County, Ohio My maiden name is German, but amazingly enough we are French, almost full-blooded French. I don’t speak it anymore, but at one time that was about all that was spoken in ... |
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