Thursday, December 22, 2011

Christmas Is... A Trail of Miracles through Unbelievable Circumstances (or the Malac-Bartak Story)

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Since this is my last column for 2011 in this paper, I want to thank my faithful readers for staying with me yet another year. I have writ...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Christmastime and World War II Recollections

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December 7, 1941 was, as then-president Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated in addressing the nation, “a day of infamy.” Those still living w...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Patterson Families--Early Settlers in Union (part 2)

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Last week’s column introduced early settler families in Union County with the last name Patterson. In 1834, four families with Patterson s...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Patterson Families--Early Settlers in Union

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With our annual Thanksgiving celebration immediately past we have fond memories of our own family get-togethers, traditional turkey and dre...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Doing Our Part to Bring Thanksgiving to Many: or a Venture into Raising Turkeys on Our Farm

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How my father learned about the availability of baby turkeys that he could order-off for and have delivered by rural mail carrier to our far...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Honoring Early Settlers in the Duncan Family and Sheriff Harlan Duncan, a Descendant

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One Duncan family was present in the new Union County when the first census was taken of residents in 1834, two years after the county was f...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Lard Pail Lunches and Shared Knowledge (or Life in a Country School ~ Part 3)

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Through the past two columns, I have shared memories of attending and teaching my first year in the same country school. I hope this journey...