Memories
Phyllis Shaw
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Anita Wiggins
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Sylvia Bell
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Phyllis Shaw
reflections_at_christmas_-_phyllis.doc |
Henry Aldous Dixon
dixon-henry-aldous-mule_kicker.pdf |
Grandpa Charlie - John Shaw
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happy_birthday_charlie_by_susan.pdf |
One of my favorite memories of Grandpa Charlie is when he and Grandma came to visit us when we lived in Washington DC. He told us a story at the dinner table. I was only three or four so I can't recall all the details. He told us with a twinkle in his eyes and a grin on his face that a long time ago, either on his mission or during the war he needed to shave his beard but didn't have a razor. His solution was to smear a little frosting on his face to entice the whiskers. When all the whiskers came crawling towards the frosting for a taste, he captured them by tightening a knot of dental floss around them.
His story seemed far fetched to me but I didn't know adults to lie, so I just made room in my understanding of the world for frosting loving whiskers that my grandpa was clever enough to outwit. Happy 100th birthday Grandpa Charlie. -Jamie Dana
His story seemed far fetched to me but I didn't know adults to lie, so I just made room in my understanding of the world for frosting loving whiskers that my grandpa was clever enough to outwit. Happy 100th birthday Grandpa Charlie. -Jamie Dana