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Philip E. Kaiser is the little boy standing on the stump
Kaiser Family
From Philip E. Kaiser
I am the little boy standing on the stump in the picture Kaiser Family in your May 2003 issue. A friend of mine gave me a clipping. I’d like to get a copy of that issue if possible. Please drop me a note as to how you came in possession of this photograph.
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Welcome to Grandmas Kitchen
From the Editors Desk
By Rita Redd
I hope everyone has had a pleasant summer. August is usually the hottest month (well in Georgia anyway). Its also the month of children going back to school and the finishing of the garden harvesting and canning.
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, when as many as one out of four Americans could not find jobs, the federal government stepped in to become the employer of last resort. The Works Progress Administration (WPA), an ambitious New Deal program, put 8,500,000 jobless to work, mostly on projects that required manual labor. With Uncle Sam meeting the payroll, countless bridges, highways and parks were constructed or repaired.
Isaac Newton is known for his numerous discoveries and inventions. However, you might be surprised to know that he also invented the doggie door. It actually started out as a cat door when he grew weary of hearing his cat scratch at the door to be let in.
Women are responsible for inventing solar panels, windshield wipers, Kevlar (the material
in bulletproof vests), the circular saw, the gas heating furnace and the fire escape.
The code name used for the microwave while it was in its testing phase was “Speedy Weenie.”
This article was written by someone that has been researching “Genealogy” for over 50 years. It is because of spending a lifetime looking for answers about other peoples lives, trying to find out what happened during the hyphen that exists between the day they were born and the day they died, that I am writing this article.
Tim Banks Legacy
Chapter 1
I was born here in Daviess County, Owensboro, KY, in the 1950’s.
My daddy, Claude, and my mom, Dorris Harper, were both here when it was happening. My dad was in the military at the time. He was in the Marine Corps. I know he was a Corporal. I know that he went from being in the Marines to being in the Air Force and he did flight engineering on B52’s.
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Contracts that Changed History
A timeline of contracts that changed history: From the Magna Carta to the Louisiana Purchase
In world history, contracts have transferred control over huge swaths of land, freed populations, brought peace, and disintegrated into war.
Ironclad compiled a list of 9 contracts that have had a significant impact and influence on the world using museum research, historical accounts, news reports, and educational resources.
The First Draft: FDR Signs Selective Training And Service Act
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It has been more than 50 years since the United States resorted to the controversial state-mandated enlistment of citizens for military training and service, and yet the draft remains alive in public memory, as do the protests against it, the escapes to Canada and Mexico, and the demonstrations of public refusal in the form of the burning of draft cards.
Picture, from left to right: Chris Smith, Carrie Smith nee Hasenmyer holding John Held, Harold Held, Alice De Luca nee Held standing in rocker, Ida Parker nee Hasenmyer supporting Alice, and Fred Parker. Magdelina Hasenmyer nee Kebortz is sitting in the rocker.
I Think That Is Just Alright!
From Helen Held
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When United States Presidents do just about anything, the world takes notice. But one thing they do to get the whole world’s attention? Meet with one of their counterparts around the world to discuss issues of strategic importance. Such meetings between leaders—often termed “presidential summits”—have historically reset policy between entire countries, normalized long-chilly relations, and in the case of the Cold War, kept the world’s two great established superpowers from using nuclear weapons on each other.