If a Tree can Grow in Brooklyn,
a Bush can Grow in the Bronx
By Pearl Hoffman
My maternal grandparents immigrated from Russia to America in 1893. When my grandfather was interviewed at Ellis Island, the first question he was asked was his name.
Norman Gehrman, January 1944, England
As told to: Jodi L. Severson March, 2003
He was born Norman Harry Gehrman on September 25, 1921 in the rural farm community of Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. Or so he thought. It wasn’t until he was ready to retire and went to the local Social Security Office to apply for benefits that he learned the truth.
by Mary May Smith Lewis
My maternal grandparents, Thomas Magill Patten and Mary Elizabeth McKaig (Mollie), of Olathe, Kansas, (pictured above) were in the Oklahoma Land run of April 22, 1889, into the unassigned lands. They were late getting to the starting point due to the wagon breaking down. They spent the night on the north fork of the Salt River in Kansas, and on the 22nd of April, 1889, traveled from the starting point in Kansas to a site 17 Miles northwest of Guthrie, O.T. (Oklahoma Territory) and 7 miles southwest of Mulhall.
Who's packing your parachute?
Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam.
1947 photograph of Big Mike Fak and his son Little Mike.
By Mike Fak
This Fathers Day I would like to tell you a story of a man and his family whom I have known for many years.
17 year old Howard (Howie) Stephenson in 1947
By Donna Sundblad
My father, Howard (Howie) Stephenson idolized his older brother Harry whom everyone called Clark. The nickname stuck as a child while living on Clark Street in Chicago. As adults, the brothers fondly recanted such antics as shooting Christmas ornaments off the tree with new BB guns, while surviving their mothers wrath.
Wedding Photograph of Juan Jose Mazariegos and Polly Wagaman.
By Polly Mazariegos and Myra Riley
June is usually a graduation and wedding month. My wedding was to be a June wedding, but when my
fiancee asked me what I wanted for my April 4th birthday, I said, Why not get married now rather than wait until June? The following is how the wedding got off the ground. The first part is documented by Myra Riley, my mother.
Written by Myra Riley, 20+ years prior to her passing.
By Jennifer Thompson
First of Alice Walker Series as appears in Eatonton Messenger, Eatonton, GA.
Author Larry Moore
Contributed by Rita Redd