Monthly Archives: March 2011

Uncle Leonard in the news

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Conard, Suk, and Brian on August 31, 1975

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Frieda, Walter, Dot, Herb, Martha, Archer, Grace, Dan, Della, Walt…and Mickey

There is another photo of Mickey in the same outfit wearing a crown and blowing out 4 birthday candles.  That would make this November of 1950.  Uncle Jim says the location is the “parlor” at the Peabody house.

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John B. Goering’s journal – Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Some taughts of my Child hood days Some things come to me of my childhood days. When we moved from the place where Brother Ben lived to the place where we lived, I think I was about 4 … Continue reading

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One fine summer day in 1945….

Another picture that has everyone identified.  This the time we were able to drive being able to buy tires after the war.  I ended up driving home to Canton from Missouri at night arriving home at sunrise. I went straight … Continue reading

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One fine summer day in 1981….

Rannie tossed away his crutches and hopped around the course.  That’s a knee-to-toe cast on his right leg.

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Another chicken story

This story is from Grace Goering, the wife of cousin John Goering. When we (Grace and John Goering) were farming in western Kansas, Herb helped us. This day the men had filled the truck with wheat, but they decided to … Continue reading

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One shock at a time

by Herb Goering One morning when Dad was at the potato patch adjacent to and at the East end of a 20 acre barley field, he noticed that the heads had fallen off of the barley stalks in the Southweast … Continue reading

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*^&@#!

From Jim Jim shared a story with Dorothea about a time he was visiting when Herb and Dot lived on H. J. Dyck’s farm. Jim remembers it as a Sunday morning and the hogs had gotten out. Jim was helping … Continue reading

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Siblings and spouses at Aunt Elva’s 90th birthday party

2003 Back row left to right:  Rosie, Art, Dot, Herb, Rosie, Harry, Hildred, Larry, Tony, John Seated row left to right: Walter, Frieda, Elva, Martha, Joan, Delores Front row left to right (and congratulations to the limber ones!): Jim, Ida, … Continue reading

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