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Celebrando la Familia

Today is The Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, All Souls / All Saints Day. The day we celebrate family members who have left this world for the next.

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsNovember 1, 2020November 3, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:Dia de los Muertos1 Comment on Celebrando la Familia

Gunnison – 1918

History is full of stories about cities that sequestered themselves during times of plague. In recent history, one of those cities was Gunnison, Colorado, which “declared a quarantine against all the world” during the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918.

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsMarch 12, 2020March 12, 2020Posted inMaternal, Sportsman's LodgeTags:Carpenter, Gunnison, Jacks Cabin, Pandemic, Spanish FluLeave a comment on Gunnison – 1918

Wilma Hughes: A Graduation Flood

There were 208 students in her graduating class. Wilma kept her tassel, foregoing the 25 cent refund for its return.

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsFebruary 15, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:1940s, graduation, Hughes, LongviewLeave a comment on Wilma Hughes: A Graduation Flood

Mildred Carpenter: School and Marriage

When I first entered high school, the principal had us write down what we would like to do when we graduated. I said “be a teacher.” Three weeks later I was in charge of the study hall…

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsFebruary 9, 2020February 9, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:1920s, Carpenter, graduation, Gunnison, Hughes, marriageLeave a comment on Mildred Carpenter: School and Marriage

Wilma Hughes: The War Ends, and Love Begins

I spent the summer of 1947 at Grandmother Purdy’s house at Ocean Park. What a wonderful summer it was, filled with fun and romance…

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsFebruary 1, 2020February 9, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:1940s, Fifield, Girl Scouts, Hughes, Purdy, WWII2 Comments on Wilma Hughes: The War Ends, and Love Begins

Wilma Hughes: The House that Bribes Built

The war was still going on and things were hard to get. Dad bought land on Cascade Way in Longview to build a house on… Building supplies were scarce, but many things were found because Dad being in the grocery business…

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsJanuary 24, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:1940s, Agate Beach, Depot Bay, Hughes, Longview, WWIILeave a comment on Wilma Hughes: The House that Bribes Built

Wilma Hughes: A World at War

For me, the War Years were the most exciting time. Sure, sacrifices had to be made on the home front, but people pulled together.

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsJanuary 21, 2020February 10, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:1940s, Castle Rock, Hughes, Kelso, Piggly Wiggly, WWIILeave a comment on Wilma Hughes: A World at War

Wilma Hughes: Boys, Scouts and a World on Edge

I joined the Girl Scouts when I was nine years old. My troop leader was a Cowlitz Indian woman named Maude Waunassay Snyder. She was a short, round lady and lived in a river house at the Cowlitz River in West Kelso.

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsJanuary 20, 2020January 21, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:1930s, 1940s, Christianson, Eastman, Girl Scouts, Hughes, Kelso, Purdy, WWII2 Comments on Wilma Hughes: Boys, Scouts and a World on Edge

Wilma Hughes: Vacations and the Great Depression

Sometimes on Saturdays we would put on a variety act; she would dance and I would sing, and we would charge the neighborhood kids two cents admission. Carol and I would divide up the money and buy penny candy at the little store up the street.

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsJanuary 18, 2020January 21, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:1930s, Carpenter, Eastman, Hughes, Kelso, PurdyLeave a comment on Wilma Hughes: Vacations and the Great Depression

Mildred Carpenter: Adventures with Nella

I used to wash dishes at Gram’s hotel [the Sportsman’s Hotel] for a nickel, and then spent it for a Hershey candy bar, so Gram got her dishes done pretty cheap.

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsJanuary 16, 2020February 9, 2020Posted inMaternal, Sportsman's LodgeTags:1900s, Carpenter, Cebolla, Eastman, Gunnison, Proper, Sportsman's Lodge, Wiseman2 Comments on Mildred Carpenter: Adventures with Nella

Mildred Lucille Carpenter Begins

I was born at noon on September 25, 1908, and arrived before the doctor did. I think my mother was angry at me all of her life for that…

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsJanuary 15, 2020February 10, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:1900s, births, Carpenter, Cebolla, Eastman, Proper, Seeley, Sportsman's Lodge, Steamboat SpringsLeave a comment on Mildred Lucille Carpenter Begins

Wilma Hughes: Seaside and a Hobo Visit

My next memory was of us living in a tiny house with a dirt floor… with kerosene lamps, and baths in a washtub placed near the wood-fueled cookstove.

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsJanuary 14, 2020January 25, 2020Posted inMaternalTags:1930s, Carpenter, Eastman, Hughes, Kelso, Long Beach, Seaside, SeeleyLeave a comment on Wilma Hughes: Seaside and a Hobo Visit

Wilma Hughes: Starting life near our hunting lodge

“My earliest childhood memory was when I must have been two or three years of age. It was when my family lived in Colorado.”

Posted byaugustphoenixhatsJanuary 13, 2020January 21, 2020Posted inMaternal, Sportsman's LodgeTags:1930s, Carpenter, Cebolla, Gunnison, Hughes, Kelso, Sportsman's LodgeLeave a comment on Wilma Hughes: Starting life near our hunting lodge

Families, Times and Places

1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s Agate Beach births Carpenter Castle Rock Cebolla Christianson COVID-19 Depot Bay Dia de los Muertos Eastman Fifield Girl Scouts graduation Gunnison Hughes Jacks Cabin Kelso Life@Home Long Beach Longview marriage Pandemic Piggly Wiggly Proper Purdy Seaside Seattle Crime Seeley Spanish Flu Sportsman's Lodge Steamboat Springs Wiseman World at War WWII

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