Stories from Elsie Johnson

Kansas Dust Bowl – 1930s When we were children and vacation time was planned – it was a train trip to Kansas to visi...

Margarine in plastic container with a yellow pill which when worked, made it look like Butter. Nylons or Silk Stockings ...

The Porch Swing Everyone who lived on West Willis in Perry, Iowa, had a large front porch. If you had a large front po...

The years I have experienced is called the “Greatest Generation”. When I was a child the Depression was upon us. My...

I didn’t realize there was a depression until I was in grade school. Some of the children were given boxes of milk dai...

We always had the typical Thanksgiving dinner at our home in Iowa. However, this particular year Dad announced he was go...

It was St. Pat’s Day…., we had told our daughter that we would drive her to the NYC Airport early. It was a lovely ...

It was a snowy evening and Mom had gone to “Bank Night”. Once a week the local theater had a drawing – probably $2...

“No, I don’t have to eat carrots – God will eat them for me”, quoted our neighbor girl many years ago. After a l...