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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.

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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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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