During the Depression, Circleville, Ohio still had some business operating. Eshelman’s Feed Mill employed 150-200 men the year ’round. The pay averaged about eighty-five cents an hour. Another business, Container Corporation of America made paper out of straw and absorbed the by-product of all neighboring farms. In addition, there were still a number of canneries and […]
A crazy way to get better vision by Ernie Powers One Friday evening after school my two brothers and myself took our dog and went rabbit hunting. Just south of our house was a section (640) acres) of meadow land; running through this was a slough; on each side of the slough was high grass […]
The Bakery Chef Queensbury Hotel, Glens Falls, NY by Carole Dawson I could sit here for hours and talk about my wonderful growing-up years in Glens Falls. It brings back very happy and nostalgic memories for me. Baker/pastry Chef My grandfather, Charles W. Wilson, was the baker/pastry chef at the Queensbury Hotel all during […]
Remembering My Favorite Baseball Player – Ernie Banks by Gary Koca On January 23, 2015, my all-time favorite baseball player, Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, passed away. He was just a week shy of his 84th birthday. Ernie Banks – Mr. Cub – 1970 I was just six years’ old when the Cubs purchased his contract […]
LIPSTICK BY INEZ MCCOLLUM When I first began wearing lipstick, Mother would only permit natural colored which would be much like lip gloss which is so popular today. I finally made it to my all time favorite color of bright red. Through the years, I would experiment with various shades; but always reverted to the […]
A Dollar Well Spent by Clifford Dobyns In the late 1930’s and during the 1940’s Saturday night meant one thing at our house in Northeast Kentucky, it was Grand Ole Opry night. Time for Mom, my brother and I to watch Dad tune in our Philco radio and listen to the country music broadcast from […]
In the Great Depression, many Circleville, Ohio farms were foreclosed on and the farmers families were forced to move to town. The small town did their best to handle the large influx of people. Street Scenes Here are some street scenes from 1938 taken by Artist and photographer, Ben Shahn of people living there. The […]
SNIPPETS By Joyce Ray Wheeler (b. January 4, 1926- d. November 1 2012) About four years ago I purchased a small journal with a pretty cover in which I began to record my memories. I called my memories “Snippets of Light from My Memory Lane.” The following lines are a direct quote from a favorite […]
Photographs bring back memories These photographs will bring back memories of the smell of fresh washed clothes hung out to dry on the line, the milkman delivering milk to your house, and pushing babies in strollers down the sidewalk on a beautiful fall day. Ah….the good old days! Greenhills is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United […]
After a grueling day picking cotton, at the New Deal, Lake Dick Project in Arkansas, day laborers were rewarded with their pay each evening for their work. The counting and recording took time so the laborers had to wait time to receive payment. Many rested, while others stood and watched the monetary transactions as these photographs taken by Russell […]
