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Remember When: Remembering pre-centennial Polk County

The county was getting close to its Centennial when I left for the Air Force in 1948. WWII…

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Remember When: Remembering Joseph Erwin

Joseph Erwin first came to my attention when he played a dedicatory recital on the Steinway concert grand…

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Remember When: Remembering Ray and Susan

When my late younger brother Bill and I used to come to Aunt Mildred’s in the fall and…

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Remember When: Flying as pilot is fun, too

Homeland Security and the airlines’ policies have taken most of the fun out of flying with the airlines…

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Remember When: Remembering Ann Bowen McCown

It is with some apprehension that I open my alert e-mails from McFarland Funeral Home, because sometimes I…

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Remember When: Driving is fun, right?

Fran’s Dad, the late Bob Wilson, who lived most of his life in the great state of Texas,…

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Remember When: Remembering Seth Vining, Sr.

Continuing a review for the more recent readers of my columns, here are my recollections of Seth M.…

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Introducing Bill and Howard

I want to introduce you to a couple of my geezer “friends of long standing:” Bill Booker and…

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Remembering Ruth Day Taylor

When I was in the grammar school portion of Tryon School, we all knew the people in the…

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Remembering Howard and Ernie

A Polk County icon has now entered into life eternal after living a long, long time among us…