When I was thinking of my high school weekends, I remember going to Grandma K's and also Uncle Perry coming to visit me in LaGrange. Do you remember that Perry? One of our favorite activities was going to a little Christian bookstore run by a little old lady, as I remember it. She loved to have us come in. Do you remember the store? Or the name of it? Or whatever else we did on those weekends? Did you stay at our house on Spring Avenue? I mostly just remember the bookstore. I was baptized in 1969, when a junior in high school, and those days of relishing the weekends don't seem like they can possibly be almost 40 years ago.
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I'm amazed how much Dad looks like Preston in this picture! I've enjoyed seeing pics of Grandma K lately. I was about 9 when she died but still have some good memories of her.
Judy - you look soooo cute in the picture. But I don't know about the plaid pants!! They look about like some of the things I wore when our kids were little - and they always make fun of me when they see the pictures! Sounds like you and Perry had some special times to remember.
Nice picture. Where's the telephone on the wall? And, I don't recall the chest along that wall. Oh, well. I do recall the Home Sweet Home doilie on Grandma's chair. I, too, stayed with Grandma during 2 summers while in college. I've enjoyed learning that MANY of us grandkids stayed with her at some time, and ALL have very pleasant memories. She was the epitome of hospitality.
Cleve
"Where's the telephone on the wall?" -- Was that still the era of 4-Blue? When she got rid of that 4-Blue phone (which I thought was a desk phone) where did she put her phone with a "real" number?
The 4-blue phone was on the wall -- it was a "party line" and we used to listen "(rubberneck)to others talking on their phones! That number was still in use when I was in college. I've been trying to remember just when the new phone began and if it was still on the wall. Perry, do you remember?
She loved having her grandchildren stay with her. Our kids have a story about a cat - maybe one of them will post it.
Gridley was one of the last "cities" in Illinois to switch to rotary dial, about 1965. For long distance, one had to "go through ElPaso". When Dad, working in Chicago, would call home to 127-Blue the new ElPaso operator once refused, thinking Dad was drunk. He was able to convince her he was sober and then, through habit, walked her through the process to get to Gridley and to home. The antiquated system was a real headache.
I don't remember the cat story....
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