Monthly Archives: February 2008

Roping the Grammar School Bell in 1928

Contributed by: Larry Hall, Ten Decades of Stories Listen Now You may also Download MP3 This is a special story entitled “Let’s Put a Rope on the Bell” about Growin’ Up in Maine in 1928, and features a story contributed

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Now Mom Can Say I Told You So

Parents get smarter the older we get, and looking back some of that advice was too late. Mom recently emailed me to let me know there are stories here about my childhood Growin’ Up in Maine that she never knew,

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Aunt Gladys Still Sharp at 96

My definition of old requires simple math. Multiply your age times 2 and if you think you’ll live that long, you’re not old. At 58, I’ll be old on my next birthday. My great aunt, Gladys Degerstrom, survived her children

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Not Quite Hattfield and McCoys

The shootout that warm summer day in Derby, Maine, was not quite Hattfield and McCoys, and the outcome was certainly less deadly. The shootout around 1959 was a surprise attack on a group of youngsters as we played football on

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