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Being in Patton's Third Army was a mixed blessing. Everybody knew about the swashbuckling, profane, theatrical General. The men at the front of his attacking battle sword spoke of him as ‘Old Blood and Guts’—Our blood and his guts.
Bettina Pearson came to Cullman County from her graduation at Alabama College in 1941 to teach math at West Point. In those days, teachers taught whatever needed to be taught. She also taught typing, which she had for six weeks in college; history, which was not her favorite subject; algebra, business math and 7th, 8th and 9th grade math. She had a 9th grade homeroom and 7 periods with about 260 students a day.
by Bill Hawksford
The soldiers in Egypt were at the mercy of the British government to provide the necessary ships to return them to their homeland where they belonged. In the meantime they made the best of a bad situation and cheered up their lives as best they could.
By: Lois Monroe
Left-Hand Picture shows British Officer in Macedonia issuing permits to natives to use roads. All travel being under military restrictions. Schoolhouse has been utilized as registration office. The teachers desk having been hauled out for the Officer to use. Right-Hand Picture shows British soldier behind Somme Front in France making wooden crosses to mark graves of the dead. French Government says that graveyards will be permanently preserved.
(Excerpt From Pathfinder Magazine Dated 1916 )
by Chester Belcher, Memories Of Shirley Speedy Shields
Memories of those two and one-half years I spent as a pupil at the Mifflin, Indiana, one-room school are sketchy, yet some memories remain of both school days and the setting.
Written and contributed by Lee Thatcher
Grandmas
Left to Right, Top to Bottom:
Frances Batho, Jane Crouch, Bob Thayer, Jim Thayer, May Crouch,
Gertrude Batho, Grandma Hinkelbein, Edna Thayer, and Ray Thayer.
By Kathryn Seiley
By Bill Hawksford
Following is an excerpt from the book titled,
The Silly Buggers
by Bill Hawksford
In 1947, Billy was found guilty, by a Court Martial at Catterick Camp, of playing table tennis in the NAAFI while on guard duty. The military considered this offense more serious than the capricious soldier and sentenced him to 56 days detention.
Cliff in his Navy uniform at the age of 17.
By Zelpha Williams-Smith
There has never been anything ordinary about Cliff Smith. When he was born on January 18, 1927, he weighed in at fifteen pounds, three ounces, and to this day continues to do everything in his own unusual and unique way.