By Gail Lee Martin Flying with the Photo Reconnaissance Squadrons during World War II, Ralph Martin, a farm kid from Greenwood County, Kansas felt like he was mapping the whole world. Leaving the farm and home in 1941, Ralph went to Wichita to work at Boeing to do his part to help win the war. […]
The photo of my father, Clyde Martin, as a baby has always made me smile. Sitting on his grandfather’s lap, he’s sucking his thumb and frowning. His older sisters are in the picture too but unfortunately, some of the children are cut off at the bottom. The grandparents are Alfred and Marie Kennedy Joy. I […]
It’s great fun searching out the tidbits in vintage newspapers about our ancestors. Probably it’s more appealing to me as a retired librarian than to the average person. Of course, it’s a lot easier searching for news with my Newspapers.com online subscription using keywords. In my mother’s day, she had to visit libraries and struggle […]
I remember Grandpa having a pickup, at least when we were kids–it was black and had running boards. Pretty sure it was a Ford. 😉
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Maybe that was a work pickup or perhaps she’s speaking of just the time when she was a child. He may have bought the pickup after she was grown-up.
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