Memories

Beyond the Rusty Gate

Fond memories of skating

    I watched my usual Sunday morning shows: Dr. Charles Stanley preaching and Gerald Flurry, preaching about the last days. Then I finished by watching… Login to continue reading Login…

Memories from the Boy Scout Jamboree

It was in 1935 when I was a 13-year-old that a man named James Carnahan, a 1926 BHS graduate who lettered and was a star… Login to continue reading Login…

Beyond the Rusty Gate

Memories of my Mother’s friends

    Have you ever thought back on the parents of your school friends and how they acted or lived? I thought of one today.   … Login to continue reading Login…

Was it a suitcase or a time capsule?

     Time capsules are frozen excerpts of human history. One can probably say with certainty that any item from 2020 will make an amazing… Login to continue reading Login…

Beyond the Rusty Gate

Program on tenant homes kindles memories

    My son and I were watching a program on the different styles of homes in this country over the decades. One was the tenant… Login to continue reading Login…

Just because one guy stood up…

    When the war ended in Europe, our first thoughts were that we would then be sent as a division to the Pacific area of… Login to continue reading Login…

Scary or not, bears make for a good story

    To help keep senior residents busy during all the quarantined months, the administrators have asked the seniors to write about some event in their… Login to continue reading Login…

Here's a reason for people to be Beardstown proud

“Woooba-woooba-woooba-POP!

One day last week, I found myself wandering the aisles of an area “We-Got-It-All Mart,” and happened into the place where the bicycles are sold.… Login to continue reading Login…

It was an old-fashioned 4th of July

    It’s birthday time again! This time, it’s the birth of our nation.                       I wonder how the get-togethers on the Fourth of July… Login to continue reading Login…