Going away Party for Dot and Lloyd when they moved to Maine
This was a wonderful party. The weather was wonderful and Dorothy and Lloyd were so thrilled with everyone who came. It was sad that they were leaving Ohio but it was also the right time for them to go to Maine.
Amy and Russ were very excited to have t...
Marilyn Cole
2012-12-07 16:44:46
After the war...
...I joined my parents who had moved to New Concord. Within a week or two, I suddenly noticed an attractive girl walk along the side of the next door neighbors house. We both said hello and exchanged a few polite words. When she came back later with a piece...
The Family
2012-12-05 19:48:50
The 1st of April, 1945...
...US Forces invaded the Japanese occupied island of Okinawa, so we were fairly sure we would get involved in that operation. Early in the battle for Okinawa, the Japs threw their hundreds of suicide bombers at US ships that were anywhere near. Our ship...
The Family
2012-12-05 19:42:29
I had attempted...
...in Dec, 4 to get into the Navy flight training program and had failed the eye test, so I knew that was out for me. After a couple weeks, I and a few remaining meteorologist training soldiers were told our destination was a 5 month training school at Yale...
The Family
2012-12-05 19:26:52
I lived in Kentucky...
...on a farm that had common ground with a nearby town (Stanton, KY) for 9 years, age 7-16. These were good years. I had close friends an a horse I could ride. The town boys swam in the nearby river and we climbed the hillsides looking for nuts and berries....
The Family
2012-12-05 19:06:46
I was born...
...in the early morning hours before dawn in the kitchen of a farmhouse not far from New Concord. My father had taken a horse and wagon to fetch our doctor. Our neighbor's wife, Clara Thompson had come in haste over the hill separating our houses to atten...
The Family
2012-12-05 19:00:07