My Teenage Brothers' Streetcar Activities

Ruth tells of activities of her brothers Ted and Hank who were in their teens when she was in her early childhood, and how she worried about their involvement with the streetcars that ran in front of their home on Seventh East in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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When we were cold or sick. . . .

Ruth tells childhood memories of cold winter nights in unheated bedrooms and keeping warm when sick as a child.
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Dining On Turkey...In Turkey....At Thanksgiving

Dining On Turkey...In Turkey....At Thanksgiving
On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   T for Turkey Footloose Forester had a special interest in Turkey because he knew several people who were posted there as Peace Corps Volunteers. The Turkey volunteers had lived and trained with the Pakistan Foresters...
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My pets

When I was a little girl, my mother brought me a Golden Book, and it was called Dixie, Trixie, Nixie, and Pixie [perhaps not in that order].  The book was about four little cocker spaniels, and those were their names.  I fell in love with the book and wanted a cocker...
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A Fast Ride

A Fast Ride
It was a very hot afternoon in the summer of about 1961 as I was involved in moving sprinkler pipe on the "dry farm".  Elsewhere on the farm, workers were hauling baled hay.  My grandfather, W.A. Adams was busy harrowing in the same field where  I was moving sprinklers.  He was...
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Pets

As a child and growing up, because we lived in the busy city and times were difficult through the Great Depression, I never had a pet of my own.  But my brother, Hank, was very fond of cats.  In fact, Hank was in to cats.  He had one that had a...
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My Brother, My Hero

My Brother, My Hero
On Sunday, July 1, 2012 I attended church just as I always do. This Sunday was the Sunday before the 4th of July, America's Independence Day. As I listened to "America The Beautiful" being sung by the congregation, my thoughts turned to my brother, Steven. He is my hero. Steven always...
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"Fishing" at Nibley Park

"Fishing" at Nibley Park
Ruth remembers how she and her older brother, Joseph, would walk to Nibley Park, Salt Lake City Utah and fish in the lake at the golf course when she was about eight years old.  Joseph was three years older.  
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France Was Always A Bit Special

France Was Always A Bit Special
    On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   F  is for France If you watch closely, you can see the French countryside taking shape in stark contrast to the Swiss countryside along its common border, as you clear the customs station at...
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My best subject at school

My best subject at school
Margaret recalls her school days and talks about her best subject at school...
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Board games, favourite books and outdoor activities

Jill talks about playing board games as a child, her favourite books and outdoor activities and her friend, Maria.      
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A Simple Math Problem

A Simple Math Problem
On the road again..! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   A Simple Math Problem   How do you divide 6 chapattis into equal parts to provide equal portions and a simple lunch for four foresters? The math is simple enough but the problem, at the...
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Season's Picks Champion 1999

Season's Picks Champion 1999
With our large family moving to different parts of the country it becomes more and more difficult to do things collectively that we all can enjoy. One thing's for sure, many of us in the family love NFL football. Realizing that some are not as football literate as others, Dad decided...
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Finding Grandpa Harry's Family

I began my genealogy obsession looking for my great-grandfather, Harry Thurman Mercer. My mom and uncle really didn't know much about his life story as a small boy or anything about his family.  We all believed him to be an only child.  I knew he was born and died in Illinois...
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Why is Missouri Called the "Show-Me" State?

There are a number of stories and legends behind Missouri's sobriquet "Show-Me" state. The slogan is not official, but is common throughout the state and is used on Missouri license plates. The most widely known legend attributes the phrase to Missouri's U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United...
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My Fathers Story

My Fathers Story
My Fathers STORY (George Russell Enlow, son of Benson Campbell Enlow & Idesta Danley) With the little bit that I can remember I will try to recall some of my life before I was married.  Born June 9, 1915 in Donora, Pa., which is south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. ...
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Sport at school

Sport at school
Margaret talks about sport at school in Lincoln, UK during the late 1930's and early 1940's.
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My First Bike

Bill recalls the delight he got from getting his first motor bike in Adelaide in the 1930's.
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After School

After School
Joyce recalls what she did after school when she lived in Peterborough,South Australia as a child in the 1940's
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My Maternal Grandparents

 

My Grandparents Hebron and Electa Huffman

 

This is a picture of my grandparents on my mother's side of the family.  It was Abram Huffman and Electa Peyton Huffman. 

That's my mother to the right of them.

When this picture was taken, it was close to their house.  And I can see the big grape arbor that they had.  They had a wash house and coal house built as one building.  It was like two rooms. One was the wash room and the other was the coal house.  

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