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Flavia Robertson

My Mother Rose of Sharon

By Fern Albin Ubelhor

Tell City, Indiana

Today, I was at my mothers house to cut her grass. This was such a bad summer. The heat was terrible and the rains were few, but as I mowed the grass, I noticed on her Rose-of-Sharon bush, one purple flower. It was so perfect, I had to just stop and study it.

by Lynn Ruth Miller

When 72 year old Clay Thompson was fourteen years old, his family migrated to California. Dad worked in the oil fields in Oklahoma and jobs were so spotty, he decided he had to do something about it, Thompson recalls. He hauled hay down south in the Imperial Valley at first and then, when I was a sophomore in high school, we moved to Pacifica and rented a house in Sharp Park right near the golf course.

Henry Gilman in 1975.

My Uncle Henry

A Deaf Immigrant From Russia

By Dale Brown

When I was young, I was afraid of my deaf great-uncle. He grunted strangely and gestured wildly. Once he bared his teeth and motioned across them with his finger. I knew he was telling me to brush my teeth, but he reminded me of an animal growling. My fear lingered for weeks. I saw Uncle Henry only at infrequent family gatherings.

This is from a Newspaper clipping submitted to U S Legacies Magazine. We have no idea what Newspaper it is from or when it was clipped . We believe that is was printed sometime between 1933 and 1935.

The Title, in large Bold print has: Lulu Belle

There is a picture of Lulu Belle in a diagonally stripped, long sleeve dress. She is holding an acoustic guitar and singing. The caption under the picture reads:

SHE IS THE BELLE OF THE BARN DANCE

by Jeannette Scott

After raising two sons, running their farm in West Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania, and expanding the family mushroom business, Robert and Donna Sharpless approached the next stage in their lives anticipating a little more freedom, a little less worry.

By Eva Marie Johnson

Recorded and written by

Dale Castle

Kansas City, Mo

Dr. Zoe Simmons

I haven’t ever been the type to stop at a yard sale, but this particular sale caught my attention as I drove by. There on on a rack were uniforms of a deceased WW II soldier. As I walked through and glanced at the items, pictures were being sold, letters, the uniforms and even the man’s medals were gone in minutes. I paused in disgust and I assumed with the expression on my face was the reason the young lady come over to me.

Contributed by: Unknown

In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, AR, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks in her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.

'Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?'

From Franklin T. Wike

In the nostalgia section of the April issue, a segment was printed about the Ford Mustang being introduced at the Worlds Fair in Flushing New York in April of 1964. That mention of the worlds fair brought back some memories.

These are some newspaper clippings that were provided to U S Legacies Magazine by

Opal Fay Albin Oxley

3/9/1923 – 1/6/2011

Birdseye, Indian

National Nursing Home Week

May 14, 2023 – May 20, 2023

“Friends of the Aged”

Blessed are they that understand