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Blog Entry 153 of 157
Thanks for the Memories - Niagara remembrances
Stories, anecdotes and memories from Niagara Falls and the surrounding communities.
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Entries:
3/5/2007 '"...Places Close To My Hear...'
3/5/2007 '"...So much history and bea...'
3/5/2007 'I (eye) witness - Virginia ...'
3/6/2007 'School Days - Elaine A. Brown'
3/7/2007 'My Family - Elaine A. Brown'
3/9/2007 '"Elaine, get your nose out ...'
3/14/2007 'Elaine Brown looks back at ...'
3/29/2007 'Elaine's tips to holding of...'
4/2/2007 'Janette Brandon: On Getting...'
4/3/2007 'Mary Jane: "If this were a ...'
4/9/2007 'Mary Jane - "Can You Imagin...'
4/15/2007 'Jeanette Brandon - "From Vi...'
4/18/2007 'Pearl Rafferty - St. Patric...'
4/23/2007 'Elaine's Brown's List of "D...'
5/1/2007 'Elaine Brown - More Senior ...'
5/9/2007 'Pearl Rafferty - What was, ...'
5/16/2007 'Elaine Brown - "One day tha...'
5/22/2007 'Elaine Brown - "I'll try - ...'
6/11/2007 'Elaine Brown - "Eyewitness ...'
6/11/2007 'Virginia Ceretto - Fictiona...'
6/12/2007 'Virginia Ceretto - Royalty ...'
6/19/2007 'Elaine Brown - "Changes"'
6/20/2007 'Mary Jane - "The Wonders of...'
6/20/2007 'Mary Jane - "Trip to Disney...'
6/25/2007 'Janette Brandon - Eyewitnes...'
6/28/2007 'Elaine Brown - Memories of ...'
7/5/2007 'Elaine Brown - On Death and...'
7/10/2007 '"Never say never" - Elaine ...'
7/10/2007 '"Imagination" - fiction fro...'
7/10/2007 'Writing class tribute!'
7/10/2007 '"Changes" - Janette Brandon'
7/10/2007 '"Mrs. McGoo" - Carol Scott'
7/10/2007 '"Shoulda Coulda Woulda" - C...'
7/11/2007 '"The beauty of it all" - a ...'
7/13/2007 '"You'll always be my Jim!" ...'
7/18/2007 'What a day - it's JFK! - Pe...'
7/25/2007 'A look at my family - Elain...'
7/31/2007 'My Relatives - Mary Jane'
7/31/2007 '"It's nice to keep in touch...'
7/31/2007 '"...and then there are rela...'
8/9/2007 '"... but I love them dearly...'
8/14/2007 '"Love walked right in" - fi...'
8/14/2007 '"...We do like things to be...'
8/15/2007 '"A journey of 1,000 miles.....'
8/21/2007 '"...Have you ever..." - Ela...'
8/21/2007 '"What is so sweet as a day ...'
8/28/2007 '"...but I love to dream" - ...'
8/28/2007 'Memories of a father - Elai...'
9/5/2007 '"I must make a change" - El...'
9/5/2007 '"From Dawn until Dusk" - fi...'
9/10/2007 '"...I got to know my parent...'
9/10/2007 '"Take Me Fishing" - Pearl R.'
9/12/2007 'My hobbies - Mary Jane'
9/28/2007 'The way it was in the Falls...'
9/28/2007 'Diary of a Senior, Summer 0...'
9/28/2007 '"I Have More Yesterdays Tha...'
9/28/2007 '"I Can't Help But Wonder Wh...'
10/16/2007 '"Some Advice for Senior Yea...'
10/16/2007 '"I may need your help" - Ma...'
10/16/2007 '" A wonder to me..." - Elai...'
10/16/2007 '"Seasons" - by Susan M. Harris'
10/16/2007 '"I'm really not grouchy..."...'
10/17/2007 '"Gifts from God" - Pearl R.'
10/17/2007 '"Children?" - Pearl R.'
10/18/2007 '"From Fredonia to the Falls...'
10/18/2007 'Losing a pet, losing a frie...'
10/18/2007 'A story of a blue-bellied Y...'
10/23/2007 '"Life is what you make it" ...'
10/23/2007 '"Going through changes" - R...'
11/6/2007 'Creative Writing Class Upda...'
11/14/2007 '"Judge not..." - Rev. Susan...'
11/14/2007 '"A spiritual journey" - Rev...'
11/29/2007 'Family life and great happe...'
11/29/2007 'Spotting Kennedy - Janette ...'
11/29/2007 '"We had a lot of fun back t...'
11/29/2007 'Hair-raising situation - Ma...'
11/29/2007 'Young Woman's Great Lakes a...'
12/3/2007 'Celebrating the (Easter) ho...'
12/3/2007 'Nature, birth and faith - E...'
12/7/2007 'Happy and sad times - Elain...'
12/7/2007 'Depression Days - Elaine Brown'
12/8/2007 'Memories from Michigan - Th...'
12/10/2007 'Skating back to the past - ...'
12/10/2007 'Learning can be painful - P...'
12/11/2007 'Remembering The Great Depre...'
12/11/2007 'Only in Dreams - Janette Br...'
1/17/2008 '"...dreams are free to ever...'
1/17/2008 '"Having Fun!" - Elaine Brown'
1/17/2008 'Life in 2 states - Elaine B...'
1/17/2008 'Friends - Elaine Brown'
1/17/2008 '"Happiness is not easily fo...'
1/17/2008 '"God knew me..." by Susan M...'
1/17/2008 'Dreams - Mary Jane'
1/21/2008 '"I remember..." - Mary Jane'
1/21/2008 'Remembering Thanksgiving - ...'
1/21/2008 '"Did I tell you about..." -...'
1/21/2008 'A dream - Susan M. Harris'
1/24/2008 '"Dreams can change..." - El...'
1/24/2008 'Family, heredity and clowni...'
1/24/2008 'Oops - Carol Scott'
1/25/2008 'A Horse Tale - Elaine Brown'
1/29/2008 'Changes good, changes bad -...'
1/30/2008 'Challenges - Mary Jane'
1/30/2008 'Writing about Hope - Janett...'
1/30/2008 'Remembering the sacrifices ...'
1/31/2008 'Stories of Love - Elaine Brown'
2/5/2008 'It's all in order - Susan M...'
2/10/2008 '"...many adventures we had....'
2/24/2008 'Remembering World War II - ...'
2/24/2008 '"...the best days of my lif...'
3/6/2008 'Better to know, better not ...'
3/6/2008 '"I don't know..." - Elaine ...'
4/1/2008 '"Fingerprints on my heart" ...'
4/1/2008 '"I never said I know everyt...'
4/1/2008 '"Always on my mind..." - El...'
4/2/2008 '"What's on your mind, Jan?"...'
4/2/2008 '"Promises of coming attract...'
4/2/2008 'Reflections after a good su...'
4/2/2008 '"...this is how I feel toda...'
4/2/2008 '"I needed a safe harbor" - ...'
4/2/2008 'To sleep, perchance to drea...'
4/4/2008 'Things That I Love - Mary Jane'
4/4/2008 '"What's on your mind, MJ?" ...'
4/17/2008 '"How Do I Love Thee..." - E...'
4/17/2008 '"...I love thee in many way...'
4/17/2008 'What's that word? - Jan Bra...'
4/30/2008 'Yesterdays, todays, looking...'
4/30/2008 'Daydreaming about the sea -...'
4/30/2008 'The story of the rainbow - ...'
4/30/2008 'Fiction by Janette Brandon ...'
4/30/2008 'Fiction by Susan M. Harris ...'
4/30/2008 'The order of things - Susan...'
4/30/2008 'Fiction by Elaine Brown - T...'
5/8/2008 'What's in a name - Pearl R.'
5/8/2008 '"I'll worry tomorrow!" - Pe...'
5/9/2008 '"I just went hysterical wit...'
5/9/2008 'Cars: From Luxury to Necess...'
5/22/2008 'Spirituality, pizza, and a ...'
5/22/2008 'Time, Oh Precious Time - El...'
5/22/2008 'Time - A Poem'
5/22/2008 'Things to remember - Mary Jane'
6/24/2008 'Time goes by, but by who? -...'
6/25/2008 '"...judge not..." - Susan M...'
6/25/2008 'Any George Harris paintings...'
6/25/2008 '"...lucky to be a part of i...'
6/25/2008 'Time flies by me now - Susa...'
6/27/2008 'My Cousin Claire - Elaine B...'
6/27/2008 'Aunts, jokes, and pranks - ...'
6/27/2008 'Remembering my cousin - Jan...'
6/27/2008 '"It was a zoo out there" - ...'
6/27/2008 'Aunt Margaret and her candy...'
7/4/2008 'Out with Aunts - Mary Jane'
7/18/2008 'Remembering the War - Helen...'
7/22/2008 'The Move - Elaine Brown'
7/22/2008 'Is there hope for the world...'
9/5/2008 'Death and Dying - Virginia ...'
9/5/2008 'It's Not My Fault - Elaine ...'
Remembering the War - Helen Gorczynski
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It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon when my husband, Walter, his father and I went to visit my sister-in-law, Estelle. She was in the hospital, Mt. View, recovering from TB. This was one of the regular Sunday visits to her.
While my husband and I were with her, my father-in-law stopped to listen to the news. He heard of the Pearl Harbor attack. So when we came back out, he started to tell us of the Japanese attack on US. We just didn't believe it. My husband said, "It can't be, you didn't hear it right."
Once the war was on, the enlistment of the boys started. My brother, Stan, was the first to be called. He was in the army engineers. They built roads in preparation for D-Day.
Then my brother Frank was called. He joined the navy. He was one of the boys at Iwo Jima.
As the war went on, I worked at Bell Aircraft. I was a riveter.
Then the day came when my husband was called. They were losing men left and right. United States was preparing for D-Day. My husband left in October and got shipped right into the infantry.
They didn't train very long. They were shipped right out to France. We kept writing to each other daily.
It was a hard time at home, also. We were rationed with butter, sugar, meat, etc. Not much meat, so every now and then, we made a trip to Canada for chickens. Three of us went: my sister, Val, my sister-in-law, Kay, was the driver, and I. None of us would touch the chickens. We were so afraid. So we stopped at a farm, bought a few chickens, had the farmer tie them up and put them in the trunk. Now all we had to do was pray so that the chickens would be quiet when we came over the bridge.
We were successful. My parents couldn't believe it. The chickens were very good, and we enjoyed them.
As the war went on, we did get one of those letters about my brother, Stan, being wounded in France. He came home and slowly recovered.
The war in Europe ended, and my husband stayed over after the war. He was stationed in Germany. he was one of the soldiers who had to look around and find a place for our soldiers to stay.
Originally written on March 18, 2004.
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