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On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Fish Bait or Shark Bait?   The Belgian ex-paratrooper and the Footloose Forester met at Sal Island, Cape Verde under circumstances that are long forgotten.  It didn’t matter; the rough and tumble Belgian was coming to work for a...

On the road …again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Looking Back With Mixed Emotions and Memories   Thanks to the photographic record, recalling a few details of the lavishness of Anh Sao’s house in Viet Nam can be shared with others.  As time passes, it becomes harder...

We All Have Core Beliefs;  These Are Some Of Mine      1.  Despite the darkness of the night, I believe that the sun will shine again.  Despite the depths of our despair and sorrow, that sun will warm our hearts and spirits.  There is nothing I can do to suppress...

                This is the first time I got trampled by a bull. I rode it all the way.   I just remember I was getting up and I looked up and that bull was right on me. I flattened right down and he caught my head and stomped on my shirt and...

George and Josie L. Borden,Their Story     George Borden( Boydon) was born in Pennsylvania , in 1858 to parents Franklin Boydon (Jan. 28,1825-Sept. 15,1893= Pennsylvania) and Ellen (Johnson) Boydon( Jan.12,1839-July 3,1899 =Ireland).  His parents were married in Tioga Co. Pennsylvania in 1856, both of Irish Descent. The family lived in Pennsylvania in...

Lena Bogan Her Story        Lena Delilah Bogan was born on October 5th ,1887 at Breckenridge, Caldwell Co. Missouri to Robert H. Bogan (b.Mar. 17,1847 Mo.-d.Jan.13,1939 Mo.) and Zilpha E. (Johnson) Bogan (b. Aug. 20,1864 Pa.-d. Jan.01,1962- Mo.).  She was the middle child in the family.  She had two older brothers,...

On the road… again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   What Goes Around Comes Around   The first time that the Footloose Forester ever set eyes upon a  Zyzyphus  jujuba tree was in a desert region in Sind Province, Pakistan.  Travelers in the desert always welcome the sight...

        THE STORY OF MY LIFE   BY ANDREW NIELSON BORN 1 JANUARY 1827 GANTRUP, SKONBERG, DENMARK 　 　 Typed from an original typed copy which is faded, so there may be minor differences. I got my copy from my cousin, Stanley (Jay) Brady   Norma Jones Brady Melzer   1 July 2010 　...

This week's topic is "Your Early Social Life" but it is also Bill's 96th birthday!

Having been married at 16 Annette had no real social life as a single adult. She tells the story of meeting her husband, getting married, and then moving to Watson, a halt on the Nullarbor Plain for the Trans Australia railway.  

Cynthia tells the story of her social life and how it was affected by the war in England in 1940.

This month we would like to spotlight George and Gail Satteson.  George was born in Milton, Pennsylvania.  Gail was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania not far from Milton.  They had a mutual friend who introduced them.  Actually, Gail thought she was going to meet George's older brother, but says she got the...

This month we would like to spotlight Harold and Gloria Cox.  Harold was born Feb. 26, 1935 in Ferron, Emery County, Utah and Gloria was born July 4, 1938 in Manti, Utah.  Her birth certificate says July 5th because the doctor didn't get it signed until then.  They have lived in...

Winder Blackstone Doddridge His Story   Winder is the third son of Blackstone and Sarah Doddridge.  He was born in Caldwell Co. Missouri on August 22,1877. He lived with family until age 19, at which time he moved to Chicago Illinois in 1896.  His oldest brother Joseph was living and working...

George Doddridge His Story       George Doddridge was the second child born to Blackstone P. and Sarah (Winder) Doddridge, on October 26,1874, in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri.      He remained living with his parents, listed in 1900 and 1910 Census.  In the 1910 census, he had married Myrtle(Hill) born in 1881. ...

Joseph Doddridge His Story        Joseph Doddridge was the first child born to Blackstone P. and Sarah(Winder) Doddridge.  He was born May 6,1872 in Hamilton, Caldwell County Missouri.      He lived with his parents up until the 1900 census and he is absent from the home.  He apparently moved to...

Blackstone Phillip Doddridge His Story        Up until the time of the breaking out of the Civil War, Blackstone, lived and worked on his fathers farm in Ohio, but at the first call for 75,000men to suppress the invasion of the enemy he enlisted in the 18th Ohio volunteer Infantry, and...

Dr. Joseph Doddridge His Story             Dr. Joseph Doddridge was born in Wellsburg, Virginia on January 21, 1809 to Reverend Joseph and Jemima(Bukey) Doddridge.   In the 1850 census he was living in McArthur, Vinton Co. , Ohio.  He was a practicing Physician , with a wife, Nancy (Farabee) Doddridge [b.1809-],...

Dr. Daniel Neff His Story        Daniel Neff  was the son of John and Elizabeth (Schener) Neff, both natives of Pennsylvania.  John born on April 13,1784.  Daniel and his twin John, born July 14,1826.  They were the fourth and fifth children of John and Elizabeth, one more sibling David was...

Jennie May Alden Her Story             Jennie May Alden was the seventh child of George Leonard and Marietta Alden.  She was born in East Middleboro, Mass. on July 9,1865. She lived with family and moved to Illinois in 1862, along with them.  Then back to Middleboro, Mass.  She came...