Sandy Jones

The Name Game...

This week's prompt is about Nicknames, so I thought I'd write about my family's given names and nicknames. My given name is Sandra Jean Smith. Jean was my mother's middle name.  When I got married, I became Sandra Jones . How common and boring can you get.? I should have at...
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Golden V. Adams Jr.

What's in a Name?

Prompt:  What nicknames have you had? Who knew you that way? How did the nickname come about? Which nicknames do you like or dislike? As I look back over my lifetime, my earliest nickname was "little sammy".  Some of my father's friends called him "Sam" and I don't know who or...
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Deborah Tomasetti Perham

FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME - DURING DINNERTIME

Some of my earliest memories, throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, are of sitting around the dinner table with my mom, dad, and sister. Dinner was at 5 o’clock prompt. Mom cooked every night. It was just something we did. Didn’t everyone? When I began working in NYC and not getting off...
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Brenda Tirrell

Valentine's Day

My first memory of Valentine's Day is Fourth Grade.   My mother was a homeroom mother and that meant she was responsible for the Valentine Party in my class at school.   She took a hat box and decorated it for all the Valentines of all my classmates.   It was...
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Gordon Orchard

EDGAR ORCHARD

EDGAR ORCHARD
  By Shirley Orchard   Edgar was born 8 November 1908. A Sister Jensen, mid-wife, helped bring him into the world. His grandmother Dopp was present to care for him, his mother, and the other children until Marion was up and around again. Baby Edgar was named after a cousin of...
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Golden V. Adams Jr.

My Folkers Great Grandparents.

My Folkers Great Grandparents.
Parentage: Folkert Teunis Folkers was born 12 Jan 1859 in Groningen, Netherlands. He was the oldest of six children—four boys and two girls—born to Teunis Folkers and Foekje Severien. The father, Teunis, was a ship’s captain and his ship was lost in the North Sea of the Atlantic Ocean on 23...
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Golden V. Adams Jr.

Officially Retired! A Milestone Event

While the past year is freshest in my mind, I'm documenting a 2012 legacy story that reflects a defining moment or milestone event. On Friday, May 25th, 2012 I picked up my yearbook and went to the front office of Payson Junior High School in Payson, Utah (where I taught middle...
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Reflections of 2012

Now that 2012 is becoming a distant memory I will undoubtedly forget much of what happened as time rolls on. So, I thought I'd write some random thoughts while they are fresh on my mind.  The biggest elephant in the room for me has been the all-consuming challenge of building the...
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Ruth L.Meacham Memorial

Joseph Hyrum Thiessens (1924-1938) Part 2

Joseph Hyrum Thiessens (1924-1938) Part 2
(Continued from Part 1) CLICK HERE The family moved to Bryan Avenue in 1937.  That Christmas, Joseph pumped Ruth on bicycle to town and they went Christmas shopping.  She carried the packages while he pumped them home again. When the family moved, Joseph was set back one year in school.  He...
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Ruth L.Meacham Memorial

Joseph Hyrum Thiessens (1924-1938) Part 1

Joseph Hyrum Thiessens (1924-1938) Part 1
(As told to Golden Virgil Adams Jr. by Mrs. H. Thiessens & Ruth T. Adams about 1962) It was a nice clear winter day in January.  The snow that was lying on the ground glistened as if it were manna from heaven.  This was the day a blessing from heaven was...
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William Doughty

Wayman Crow

Wayman Crow
Wayman was born in Hartford, KY and began his schooling in Hopkinville. In 1820, at age 12, he quit working on the family farm and was apprenticed to a dry good dealer of that city for a period of 5 years. In 1825, he agreed to open a branch store in...
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Jill Sayner

Big News Stories 1940's to 1960's

Big News Stories 1940's to 1960's
Jill shares the memorable things of her childhood and as a young adult.  She remembers the Annual John Martins Xmas Pagaent, the Royal Adelaide Show and the first Adelaide Festival of Arts.
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Jeff Herman

Lamborghini

Lamborghini
I always wanted to drive a Lamborghini in the wild, so we rented this one in Las Vegas and drove it like we stole it, not! I drove it into the Valley Of Fire loop, but tickets can be expensive in the park, but was still able to get her up...
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Michelle Beckman

Thank You Great-Uncle Paul Ewald

Thank You Great-Uncle Paul Ewald
This is a photo of my Great-Uncle Paul Ewald in 1921 in Cataumet, MA, which is a town on Cape Cod.  He was born in June 1890 in Danzig.  I've heard Danzig referred to as Danzig, Germany, as well as, Danzig, Danzig as its own free state.  His parents were Elisabeth...
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Brenda Tirrell

Uncle Joe

    Uncle Joe        Uncle Joe  was the seventh son born to Thomas Frederick and Mary Ellen Ball on January 10, 1912.   His birth name was Joe Vell Ball.   Of all the seven Ball brothers and the youngest one, Uncle Joe was the tallest.  He probably...
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Caldwell County Historical Society

Mrs. A. E. Aikens (Eunice Levilla Peck Aikens)

Mrs. A. E. Aikens (Eunice Levilla Peck Aikens)
  Eunice Levilla Peck Aikens was born 4 April 1837 in the state of New York, the daughter of Joseph Kelley Peck (1803) and Martha Hawkins Peck (1805).  In her early life she moved to Sparta, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  Levilla married Austin E. Aikens 31 December 1853 in Pennsylvania.    ...
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Caldwell County Historical Society

PICTURES OF CALDWELL COUNTY QUILT 1889-1890

THE CALDWELL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS DOCUMENTED THE  INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS ON THE QUILT WITH PICTURES TO VIEW PICTURES GO TO OUR PHOTO ALBUM AND SELECT THE CALDWELL COUNTY PICTURE ALBUM.   Highlight link below and select photo album https://www.legacystories.org/my-photos/2706-caldwell-county-historical-society/photo?albumid=880#photoid=13079
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Joyce Pounsett

My favourite book: Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier

My favourite book: Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier
Joyce gives a synopsis of her favourite book; Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier which she read in the1950's and which remains her favourite to this day.
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Joyce Pounsett

My 21st birthday celebrations

My 21st birthday celebrations
Joyce describes her 21st birthday celebrations and tells us what it was like to be 21 years of age in 1958.
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Brenda Tirrell

Black/White Movie

Wait Until Dark My favorite black/white movie is Wait Until Dark, with Audrey Hepburn.    I first saw it when I was living in Louisville, Kentucky in the early 1970’s.   I had an old tv that my friend Pat Elliott had given me.   It was pretty pitiful, but I could see fairly...
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