Remember When - Garland Goodwin

Remembering Maxine Capps Thomas 

Reading about Maxine’s passing reminds me that we could see the roof of the Ruppy Capps home below…

Remember When - Garland Goodwin

Garland’s Famous Airplanes

Two airplanes stand out among the number of them I helped to design. The first is the basic…

Remember When - Garland Goodwin

Remembering Martha and Grover 

I did not know Martha Covil, but I do know and still cherish several of her offspring! Vicky…

Remember When - Garland Goodwin

Remembering David, Ned and Bryan

David Roy Jackson was the late Clois’s son, not the Wrecker guy. Clois was Aunt Mildred’s friend and…

Remember When - Garland Goodwin

More about Terry

I should have mentioned that Fran’s brother Terry took up skydiving when he was assigned to write about…

Remember When - Garland Goodwin

Charles Terry Wilson: An Appreciation

OK, you do not know Terry. He is the only one of my wife Fran’s younger brothers still…

Remember When - Garland Goodwin

Remembering Kathy and Betty

Kathy Taft was a treasured member of the Polk County Historical Association. She and Al Creasy outlasted the…

Remember When - Garland Goodwin

Remembering Rolland and Diane

I first met Jan Rasmusssen when she attended our Columbus Lions pancake breakfast fundraiser at Mountain View BBQ…

Remember When - Garland Goodwin

Walter Bryan: an Appreciation

I have known and admired Walter Bryan for a good many years, since seeing him regularly at the…

Remember When - Garland Goodwin

Remembering Wim Woody

I do not now remember how I met Wim Woody, nor what we did together. I just remember…