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  • Great Grandfather's Recordings

    03/02/2005 10:40:46 PM PST · by Jaysun · 13 replies · 367+ views
    Family Archives | 3/3/2005 | Jaysun
    I had a wonderful time visiting with Sherman at the barbershop yesterday. He’s quite the comedian. His stories can be so outlandish that I sometimes wonder if they’re true, though I don’t suppose it matters. The subject of his most recent yarn was his carefree nephew Charles. He described him as reckless – but the kind of reckless that you can’t help but love. Charles had decided to try his luck as a bootlegger, but he got off to a rough start for lack of regular customers. The lad’s brew was good enough, Sherman assured us, but he had to...
  • A "mini sermon" by my Great Grandfather (for those that may have missed Church)

    02/06/2005 7:43:30 AM PST · by Jaysun · 6 replies · 416+ views
    self | 2/6/2005 | Jaysun
    My Great Grandfather made a series of recordings during his lifetime. This transcript is of one of the “mini sermons” he recorded to send to my Grandfather and his fellow soldiers during WWII. None of them last very long, usually less than 5 minutes, but he made a ton of them. Here’s one from July 1943. I received a letter from Marion last Friday and it seems that many of you are thinking about what’s to come. What’ll be your business when you get back home? What will you do? I can’t answer that question. I can only give you...