American Legacies Organization, Inc.

Submitted by LTC. Milton J. Long (AUS) Ret, Columbus, Ohio.

Cosi, in Columbus, Ohio, opens its display, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, on March 12, 2005, which reminds Milton Long that a relative of his, Milton C. Long, perished when the liner sank in the North Atlantic.

Milton C. Long was the son of Judge Charles L. Long of Springfield, Massachusetts, who was returning from a tour of Europe. Milton’s father was named after the judge’s son and his brother, after the judge.

ENOLA GAY PILOT A REAL WWII HERO

On August 9th in 1945, a specially outfitted B-29 named "Enola Gay," flown by Colonel Paul Tibbetts, released a bomb, code named "Little Boy." This historic event that fateful day over Hiroshima, spawned the Atomic Age and brought America its long awaited victory.

By Dale T. Sucky

June Brown, born September 10, 1930, thinks of her life as demarcated into a BC period and an AD period. This seems fitting since she’s a strong Christian. BC is “Before Clemmy” whereas AD represents “After Daytona Beach.”

His name  was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to  make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby  bog. He dropped his tools and ran  to the bog.

There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy,  screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from  what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

Contributed By Dale Castle

I grew up in the Sheffield area of Northeast Kansas City in the late 1950s, but spent a good part of each summer vacation at my grandparent’s house just south of Amoret, Mo.

They lived about three miles south of town. The Marais des Cygnes river was on the east side of their property and a stand of deep timber on the west side. Rich bottom land made up the other two sides of the property. A long winding road made from crushed river rock led to the old house.

Harvey Snell with (daughter from first marraige)Cecile Warden nee Snell

By Connie Sychowski

Genealogy Corner

Franklin T. Wike, Sr. is sitting on the ground. His leg brace is open and sticking out on the side of his left foot.

Standing behind Frank, is his brother Harvey with his arm around their sister Doris.

Their other sister Myra and brother William are in the back row.

This photo was taken on their farm in Fredricksburg, PA around 1946 and was submitted by Harvey Wike.

August 2003

With Love and Appreciation for my Grandmother, Mary E. Douthit

Family life certainly has changed over the years, but it wasn’t really that long ago that it was commonplace for Mother to stay home with the children while Father went away to work each day. This situation was fortunate for various reasons, but especially as children received a great deal of their education and values at home.

Author Unknown

Someone once noted that a Southerner can get away with the most awful kind of insult just as long as it's prefaced with the words, "Bless her heart" or "Bless his heart." As in, "Bless his heart, if they put his brain on the head of a pin, it'd roll around like a BB on a six lane highway."

From Guest:

Mohawk Haircut
I remember the first time I was allowed to go to the barber shop by myself. I was told I could get any kind of haircut I wanted, except for a mohawk.
A mohawk haircut consisted of having all the hair cut off the side of your head, and they would leave a strip of long hair right down the middle. When I got to the barber shop, I told him I wanted it trimmed on the sides and long on the top. Well, he trimmed me pretty close and when I looked at myself in the mirror, it looked like a mohawk.