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May 22, 2020 A story from her youth by Diana Pulver.   Playing Hide and Go Seek   Until I was 10 years old, I lived in a five-room apartment attached to a Sundries Store.  A Sundries Store was an early version of Walgreens or CVS without the pharmacy and with a soda fountain/luncheonette.  It […]

 May 20, 2020 Here a story of his youth from Don Jackson.   I Wish I Had Asked More Questions!         I, Donald L. Jackson, was born in December 1940 in Lubbock, Texas to young parents who were struggling to find their place in the world and looking for opportunities to build a future.  […]

May 19, 2020 Here is a story from my Mom’s youth that I compiled before she died in 2002.   Stories of our Youth from Mary Ellen Hall Hyde   ​Rowland, Mary, Peg, Gravatt, and John Hall I Lost My Dress! By Mary Ellen Hall Hyde (1920-2002) as told to her son Dan   One […]

May 16, 2020 Stories of our Youth from Gayle Robey.   My Crocheted Dress When I was very young, my step-grandmother, Catherine Jackson, wife of my maternal grandfather, Leslie Jackson, crocheted a beautiful pink dress for me. It was worn by me before I was 2 years old and a portrait was taken in black […]

May 11, 2020 A story of his youth from Evan Rohrbough.   Thought I would share a memory. At 2:30 AM this morning [Sunday May 10, 2020], I was driving home from Susan’s house in San Jose, California. It is normally an uneventful five mile trip from her home to mine. Particularly so now with […]

May 10, 2020 Stories of our youth from Larry Francis.      When I grew up in Alexandria, VA I became interested in the Boy Scouts.  About the time I turned the age of ten or eleven, I joined a local troop.  Over the years I enjoyed many campouts, hikes, and other activities.  I had the […]

 April 27, 2020 More stories from my sister Nancy Hyde Seyfried.   Grandpa and Grandma Hall       My maternal grandparents lived across the river, up a dirt road, on the side of a big hill, outside of Tioga, PA. Grandpa Hall (Charles Rowland Hall, a descendant of Col. George Jackson) was born in Kentucky […]

April 21, 2020 Stories of our youth from Dan Hyde   Determination!   At about six years old, I desperately wanted to ride my older brother’s full size two-wheel bicycle.  I learned to ride it but I had a BIG problem!  My legs were too short for my feet to touch the ground!  How to stop and […]

April 17, 2020 Stories from his youth from Dan Hyde with help from his sister Nan.   Camping   My family always camped. Even back in the late 1940s, we camped. Way before it was popular to camp, we camped. I don’t remember a time when we didn’t camp. My Dad and Mom went camping […]

April 18, 2020 Stories of her youth from Anna Lee Stull, Gayle Robey’s Mom.   My mother, Anna Lee Stull, lives nearby in an assisted living complex and since they have a No Visitor restriction, imposed on March 12, I speak with her by phone at least 2 times everyday. We have certainly enjoyed the […]