American Legacies Organization, Inc.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

by Lois Monroe

In this 1960’s Broadway hit, Holly Golightly, has a dream of going to Tiffany’s Jewelers and ordering anything she wants. Well, it was much this format of going to Grandma Fern’s for breakfast as a child in Marion, Indiana. She was so excited when our family visited from Ohio for a weekend, that in the evening she would go around to each of us and “get our order” for breakfast.

The History of Veteran’s Day

November 11, or what has come to be known as Veteran’s Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor Armistice Day the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislature that was passed in 1938, November 11 was dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as Armistice Day. As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.

Grandmas Kitchen

Mrs. Krieders Caning Corn

From blackdiamond15

I was wondering if someone could inform me if the 14 cups of corn in Mrs. Krieder’s Caning Corn recipe [posted on your website] is cooked corn or uncooked corn. Thank you!

Mrs. Krieders Caning Corn

From Franklin T. Wike

MaParker’s Apple Crisp

Legacy of Ida M. Parker nee Hasenmyer

Newtonwille, Indiana

5 6 cup chopped apples

1 cup flour

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 egg1/3 cup melted butter

cinnamon

Directions:

Mix flour, sugar and baking powder and crumble over apples.

Take 1/3 cup melted butter Pour over top.

Sprinkle with cinnamon.

By Ruthann Held Wike

By Franklin T. Wike, Jr.

Going Home

A trend started during the 1940s and 1950s where people from smaller towns left their birthplace, usually because of money or marriage, and spent a good portion of their life in foreign lands. Those foreign lands turned out to be the bigger cities throughout this country where higher paying jobs were available.

Father’s name: Ben, Benjamin Sutton

Family: There was sorta like 15 kids in his family

His mother’s name was Sargent. The Sargent family is well known around Warrick County and Spencer County.

He was the oldest of 7 children and he was born in 1866. He was the oldest of the kids except for the half-sister, of course. She was older.

Born near Newtonville, October 29, 1866.

Photo of the whole family.

Compiled by Women’s Society of Christian Service

Methodist Church

Grandview, Indiana

1955

Devil’s Food Cake

Legacy of Helen Held

Grandview, Indiana

1 cup sugar

¾ cup cocoa

1 cup milk

1 beaten egg

Blend together and cook until thick.

Remove from heat and cool.

Things You Need To Know If You Move To The Appalachians

1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

5. Onced and Twiced are words.

6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!

By Franklin T. Wike, Jr.

Conducting hands on genealogy research can be fun, but it is also time consuming. Below is a very brief list of procedures I went through in order to obtain certain information about one side of my family. This information comes from original records and/or microfilm of originals which offers a certain amount of data about the persons life, occupation, where they lived and/or are buried, attended church, etc.

Charles William Wike