My great aunt Gladys is a legend in our family, for the things we know and for those we don’t. She was a flapper, a beauty, the favorite of the family. Our great-grandfather Alfred called her “baby” as she was the youngest of the Johnson clan. She died at age 30 in 1933; within a year, ...
A red picnic table is pictured along the Riverwalk near the Chadakoin River. Photo by Sandy Robison. Send us your ‘‘Best Shot’’ of unique moments in your family’s life. Write clearly your name and address on the back of the photo along with a few details, and mail to The ...
Four years ago, I wrote a column just before Thanksgiving and several people thought to write and tell me that it had moved them. It was about appreciating the people in your life and never taking them for granted. Life is short, I pointed out, so I urged everyone to look around their table ...
Imagine having three grandchildren ages 11 months, two years and four years old and then, BOOM! Almost tripling that amount to eight in just three years! That’s what Pam and Cliff Hogan’s family did. Not only did that happen, but just two of their four children made that happen. There have ...
The theater season in Jamestown is well underway with Little Theater and the JCC Uncommoners having completed plays these past weekends. A recent donation to the Fenton History Center Special Collections is a scrapbook from the years 1942 through 1951 of many of the plays presented by Little ...
When she was 23, Morgan broke her big toe and it was placed in a cast. She expected a quick recovery, but nearly a week later she was still experiencing severe pain. Unable to tolerate the restriction of the cast, she had it removed. Two weeks after the injury, her foot was still discolored and swollen, and she was experiencing an intense burning pain. “I was terrified, I did not understand how a broken toe could cause this much pain,” she said. One afternoon, while taking a shower, her foot turned purple and the pain became so unbearable, it caused Morgan to pass out. She was ...
