Community
Remembering Woodburn
Community… what a heartwarming idea and one that is used so often. So often, in fact, the vital essence of the word is often lost. Is a forty-apartment high-rise building always a community of people? […]
Mary Alice Oliver
Community
Remembering BG Fire Department
Words are fascinating! Oral and written history has introduced us to a wealth of words that sprang out of individual actions or events and became permanent members of our routine vocabulary. Bandwagon is an example. America’s first […]
Community
Remembering Shoe Shine Boys
The late 1800s and early1900s saw rapid increase in industrial growth in the new nation of America. Individuals like Rockefeller and his oil achievements, Carnegie’s steel accomplishments, Bell’s phone service initiatives and Edison’s lights lifted […]
Community
Remembering dining out in mid-1900s
Reminiscing is a familiar action that is fun. When two or more individuals meet together, it is not long before someone says, “Do you remember…?” Suddenly the participants are picking through an array of memories […]
Community
Remembering Ferryboats
TRAVELING! Oh what a blessed opportunity! After weeks of masks, death reports, lockdowns, closures and a wealth of such confining experiences, the ideas of visiting, enjoying mass events with others and “taking to the roadway […]
Community
Remembering February
FEBRUARY – the month of the violet flower and the amethyst birthstone, National Heart Month which includes its “love” celebration at Valentine’s Day and its Black History recognitions. This month also presents Groundhog Day (2nd), […]
Community
Remembering Slang
Language is our spoken words. It is the “tie that binds” thoughts of one individual to another. Language with all its many ramifications is a valuable commodity, one that is treasured and assimilated in all […]
Community
Remembering Hoboes
Trends, or fads, surely are found in every decade, probably even before written history appeared. The establishing of customs is natural among individuals moving forward and trying new ideas. Trends last for decades or for […]
Community
Remembering John Barrett Rodes
Residents of Bowling Green and Warren County have been blessed during the years with an impressive line of individuals leading this community. In the past six years I have written often of the outstanding individuals […]
Community
Remembering medicines & drug stores
Often in our lives it is the simplest things that provide a lasting warmth to us – observing the graceful flutter of a moth’s wings, lying on our backs viewing the stars and contemplating the […]