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Ringing the Bell at Alexis Baptist Church
Mom recently told me that when her family moved to the old Nantz farm, they could walk a path through the woods to Alexis Baptist Church. Family lore is that her great-grandfather, Robert Nantz, had built the brush arbor that the new congregation used for worship when the church was founded in 1903. The family… Continue reading
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Side Hustles
When I was growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, money was usually tight. Although we didn’t use “hustle” to describe our extra jobs, almost everyone I knew did something or other to raise a little extra cash. Hustle, for those of you who don’t know the old lingo, was something your coach would encourage… Continue reading
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Grandpa Nelson’s Truck
As long as I knew him, Grandpa Nelson Shelton had a truck. In going through my growing set of family photos, I noticed how often one of his trucks is in the background. He used to refer to his farm as a “truck farm.” As a child, I found this an odd term – he… Continue reading
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