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Bruce and Nancy: The Early Years: Chapter Seven: The Night of "The Coat"
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Bruce and Nancy: The Early Years. This is the story of a love affair that began in October of 1947 when Nancy Ogden, a junior at Gettyburg High School, asked her classmate, Bruce Westerdahl, to a party following the Friday night football game. ABOUT US: We had just celebrated our 80th birthdays when we began "The Early Years." The entries are made by Bruce, but our memories, Nancy's diaries from 1947 through 1949 and photographs from many sources provide the primary resource material. As her diary entry ...
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Contemporary Parables: May 2015
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One minute encouraging messages from a former lay pastor with eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. May 23, 2015. Two baby footprints, colored in blue and pressed against white paper to give the appearance of a heart that was Nancy's Mother's Day gift from our five-months-old great-grandson, Oliver. From his mother, Lindsey, and his father, Alex, and the rest of his living family, he will receive love and support throughout his life. Not for evil, to give you a future and hope.". May 10, 2015.
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Growing Up in Gettysburg: 29. Telephones and Records in the Forties
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Growing Up in Gettysburg. Memories from two former residents who grew up in Gettysburg in the Forties. Friday, June 26, 2015. 29 Telephones and Records in the Forties. Each home on a party line had a specific ringing cadence. For example your distinctive ring might be two longs and a short and your neighbor might be two shorts and a long. Parents and phone companies asked us to limit our phone calls to five minutes, but Nancy and I remember talking for as long as 30 minutes. Nancy and I enjoyed listening...
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Growing Up in Gettysburg: June 2015
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Growing Up in Gettysburg. Memories from two former residents who grew up in Gettysburg in the Forties. Friday, June 26, 2015. 29 Telephones and Records in the Forties. Each home on a party line had a specific ringing cadence. For example your distinctive ring might be two longs and a short and your neighbor might be two shorts and a long. Parents and phone companies asked us to limit our phone calls to five minutes, but Nancy and I remember talking for as long as 30 minutes. Nancy and I enjoyed listening...
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Growing Up in Gettysburg: July 2015
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Growing Up in Gettysburg. Memories from two former residents who grew up in Gettysburg in the Forties. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. 32 More About the Summer of 1945. For that remarkable achievement, Bill earned $17.28 or the equivalent of $1.44 per hour, substantially higher than the average hourly wage in the country in June of 1947 of $1.10 an hour. Jack’s Pool was an easy bike ride downhill and south of Gettysburg on the Baltimore Pike. The return trip on our bike was not so easy. Our bikes...If you didn...
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Contemporary Parables: April 2015
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One minute encouraging messages from a former lay pastor with eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. April 30, 2015. I was probably eight year old when I learned a song with these lyrics in the chorus:. Since Jesus came into my heart,. Since Jesus came into my heart,. Floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll,. Since Jesus came into my heart. 8221; someplace. The Spirit is “ within us. A hymn titled I Serve the Risen Savior. He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! Spirit to be...
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Contemporary Parables: Do you Need an Attitude Adjustment?
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One minute encouraging messages from a former lay pastor with eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. August 6, 2015. Do you Need an Attitude Adjustment? I maintain that I have inherited what the family calls the Houck Temper gene which is a reference to my Grandpa Houck who was known to get angry with both people and things. One day he filled his earthen jug with water, and when he put it down, it fell over. He filled it again and it fell over again. After one more fill and fall, he pi...Reali...
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Contemporary Parables: Can't We All Just Get Along?
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One minute encouraging messages from a former lay pastor with eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. April 26, 2012. Can't We All Just Get Along? Sometime ago, a very good friend and I traded emails on current political issues. Our positions are very different, and with each message our words got increasingly heated. Finally, I told my friend that I did not want to jeopardize our long and positive relationship by discussing politics any longer. Katherine Mangu-Ward, managing editor for Reason.
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Growing Up in Gettysburg: December 2014
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Growing Up in Gettysburg. Memories from two former residents who grew up in Gettysburg in the Forties. Tuesday, December 30, 2014. 4 Growing Up in Gettysburg: Seventh Grade at Lincoln School. Nancy and I entered Seventh Grade in Lincoln School in Gettysburg in the fall of 1943. In December of 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and the. U S declared war on the axis powers of Japan, Germany and Italy. Although we eagerly supported the war effort, those of us attending Seventh Grade in Lincoln School...
