Tag: 1940′

Do you remember having to learn words by heart in school?

Days Gone By - stories from the past

Do you remember having to learn words by heart in school?

January 6, 2020 November 10, 2019by Joyce Ray Wheeler

Words By Heart According to family lore, my first public speaking experience was in our little one-room church in Kentucky when I was three…

Biography: John Wesley Bowman born March 1824

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Biography: John Wesley Bowman born March 1824

March 1, 2019 September 1, 2018by Donna R Causey

(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…

Perhaps I was Granny’s favorite. I secretly thought so. – story of old times from Ralph, Alabama

Days Gone By - stories from the past

Perhaps I was Granny’s favorite. I secretly thought so. – story of old times from Ralph, Alabama

December 31, 2018 June 28, 2019by Dorothy Graham Gast

GRANNY'S HOUSE See More Family Stories from Dorothy Graham Gast My maternal grandparents were Mary Florence (Mamie) Cork and John Leland Barton, both born…

Remember those five and ten cent stores [music and photographs]

Days Gone By - stories from the past

Remember those five and ten cent stores [music and photographs]

April 30, 2018 June 28, 2019by Inez McCollum

The Five Cent Store by Inez McCollum I'm not sure whether I was fourteen or fifteen when I started working on Saturday's at the…