by Gerry Furgason | Jul 29, 2024 | EARLY YEARS
When Aunt Frances’ father became seriously ill, she and Uncle George purchased a house on Union Street near the Kernen Poplar Level Grocery Store. The house stood on a hill with the rear of the building facing the downhill, west length of Horseshoe Bend. One...
by Gerry Furgason | Jul 27, 2024 | EARLY YEARS
Reverend George A. Saffin studied to be an actor before he received his calling and entered the Seminary. While attending Holy Family Parish grade school I would often listen to his dynamic sermons and see his arm raise high to make his robe swirl in the air for...
by Gerry Furgason | Jan 20, 2024 | EARLY YEARS
I can still stand in the backyard of our McKay Street home and see a horse pulling a plow to till the ground for our father’s spring garden. I do not know what made the metal clanging sound as the hired worker walked behind that horse on an early morning....
by Gerry Furgason | Dec 17, 2023 | EARLY YEARS
One summer our Uncle George had his office located in our McKay Street basement. While he took orders from local grocery stores for his Emgee Meat Distributorship, he also acted as a babysitter for the three Kernen sisters. We invented quiet games in the basement so...
by Gerry Furgason | Nov 20, 2023 | EARLY YEARS
Before the advent of the modern hot water heater, preparing for a bath began with boiling a teakettle full of water on our McKay Street gas cook stove. After the water was poured into the white bathtub in the small bathroom next to the kitchen, cold...
by Gerry Furgason | Nov 18, 2023 | EARLY YEARS
The summer after I completed the first grade I spent several weeks at my grandfather Link’s home. Our family went “over home” for Sunday dinners on a regular basis Relatives who joined us around the green table in the kitchen were a happy group and the...
