CELEBRATE!

HAPPY  4TH OF JULY!!!  So many things to celebrate:  One Nation UNDER GOD and FREEDOM!  And my house has sold here in SC and I am moving back to my home town of Auburn, NY the last week in July!  Found the perfect house for me, small, redone and a lawn I can manage!

Made a whirlwind trip up last week and looked at houses for 3 days.  Found this one on the last day and it had me written all over it!  I am so excited!

Nice level backyard to mow and I love the patio!

Large enclosed front porch with new windows.  Nice neighborhood and lots of sidewalks so I can walk anywhere!

Had to share with all my followers and I will be starting a new chapter in my life.  Loved my home here in SC and have lived in the area for 24 years but without my beloved Bill, it just wasn't the same.  I know he would be happy for my move back to our hometown. :)  Below is a photo of me in 2nd grade when I was chosen to put the wreath on Seward's statue, an annual event.  My home town is the home of William H. Seward Secretary of State under Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman.  It is very historical and quaint and I love it.

Thanks for sharing in my celebrations today!
God Bless!

Remembering the 40's and 50's

Remembering...

In the 40's in my home town, there was a man who walked in the road along the curb with a popcorn machine on wheels.  He sold popcorn as he walked along all over the city streets.  We would see him on South Street on the way to the movies on a Friday night.  Mama took us to the movies often and we loved going.

 I remember the milkman delivering milk in the neighborhood, picking up the empty quart bottles and putting the fresh milk on the step.  Often the homeowner would leave the $.12 (price for 1 qt.) in the empty return bottle.  We did not have milk delivery.  We drank milk from a can of concentrated Pet or Carnation milk with water added.  I hated it and could only tolerate it with cocoa in it! 
   So whenever Mom gave us money for lunch in the summer time, (she and my Dad worked next door in the shoe factory) my brother and I would go to the corner store and buy "real milk" in the bottle with cream floating at the top-YUM!  And a banana for each.  At least this was healthy!

   In high school we still had a wringer washer and Mama worked all week in a shoe factory.  So Saturday was wash day and in between Saturdays, I would scrub my socks white on a washboard to get them clean.  And then if the heat was blowing from the register in my bedroom, I would hang the socks over it to dry them-ha!

It was just the way things were and and some of it we enjoyed and some we didn't.  But the 40's and 50's really was a great time to grow up.

And I still love the songs of the time.  One of my hubby's and my best memories were of the Everly Brother's song "Devoted to You" that we listened to on the radio when we were dating.




Whenever a baby was born in the family (my nieces and nephews)
My Dad would weigh them on a scale like this one.



This little boy on the sled graphic reminds me of the snow suits we wore as children and this graphic looks quite like my hubby in snow suits as a little boy, minus the deco on the hat-ha!

Hope you enjoy looking back as much as I do.

And one last memory....

This is Hunter's Diner in my hometown of Auburn, NY.  It has not changed a whole lot since when I was a little girl.  It was owned by Bob Hunter, my girlfriend, Neila Hunter's father.  Neila and I went all through school together and we were good friends.  Neila lived in a beautiful vintage home with pillars in the front. 

  There was a carriage house in the back and the first dance I ever attended was in the Carriage house upstairs.  We were in 6th grade and Neila made Lilac Corsages for all of the girls attending and pinned them on us as we arrived.  She was the sweetest and kindest person as well as very beautiful.  Neila grew up to marry Joseph Biden.  She was killed with her baby daughter in a car accident before Christmas one year when Joseph was still a Senator.  Who knew he would one day be vice President of our nation??  I followed his career and I love that she was the love of his life.... I had last seen Neila when she was in college.
   Hunter's diner was our teenage hang out among others.  It had Juke Boxes and the indexes of songs at each table.  I still love them!!  After football games, the "gang" usually ended up there.

               God Bless, thank you for visiting and come again soon!

♥KERRIE♥
My nostalgic heart to yours....

Remember Auburn, New York

Is anyone out there from Auburn, New York, my hometown or surrounding area? Do you remember the way it was there in the 1940's and 1950's? We lived on Logan Street right next to a shoe factory, Bar Shoe Company. The building still stands, but our little house does not. The shoe company was once a manufacturer of Wegman Piano's. The great huge elevators were used so that they could bring the piano's down to the ground floor and out the door. Living right next door to the shoe factory, it became a big part of our lives. Our Mother worked there and so did our father at one time. Eventually, my two brothers and 1 sister worked there, too. It was very noisy with all the machines clumping and thumping, the sounds of the workers talking and laughing. It was fun to sit on the porch and watch the people flood past at quitting time. The ladies wore dresses, even for factory work and wonderful hair styles. The street was lined with Elm and Maple trees and it was humming with traffic, workers and kids. I loved growing up in Auburn, NY. If you would like to learn more about the city and surrounding area, or share one of your memories and pictures, check out http://www.ohearnshistories.com/ . There is a multitude of authentic local history there! I would love to hear from you also. History is FUN!