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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

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

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My Pandemic Year II: November 2021

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My Pandemic Year II: April 2021

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My Pandemic Year II: March 2021

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My Pandemic Year II: February 2021

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