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MY WEDDING DAY
AUGUST 12, 1944 It was my wedding day, August 12, 1944. in St. Augustine, Florida. All was planned for a 4 pm ceremony. At noon, the telepho...
My Parents’ Generation
I don’t know much about my Father’s family. He was brought up in Western Kansas on a farm where many Czechoslovakian families settled. M...
My Parents Life As I Remember
They were both brought up in Kansas. My mother was 33 when they were married December 21, 1920. She was probably considered to be an “old ...
Music - Music - Music
Music has always been a big part of my life - from learning nursery rhymes through the wonderful years of the 40s! Music and dancing was a ...
Memories of After the War
The war was over. My husband Harry had started Dental School pre-war and was anxious to finish. The government had approved help if you wish...
Memorial Day Memories
We always called it “Decoration Day” School was dismissed for the year and we looked forward to a summer of freedom. Decorating the gra...
Medicine Changes
What a difference in medicine and procedures – treatments since I graduated from nursing school in 1944. We wore our white starched unifor...
May Day in Iowa, 1930’s
May Day in Iowa was important and fun. Several days before May First, my sisters and I would be busy making little baskets out of constructi...
Male & Female
Recently, “60 Minutes” did a program on the discovery that male and female cells react to drugs and drug dosages differently. A study of...
Did You Ever Have To Wear Long
Cold Iowa winters made these necessary clothing for me. It was awful for a 4th-5th grade girl to go to school with lumpy legs. This conditio...
Blueberry Hill – My First Lo
“I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill On Blueberry Hill when I found you.” I met Bill the summer of ’39. His family was spending the...