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Remember When: June brides, World War II brides

Many sources say that the tradition of the June bride actually began in ancient Roman times. The month of June is named for the Roman ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, May 29, 2020 2:47 pm

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Remember When: Sending our boys away to WWI

     World War I also known as the First World War or the Great War lasted from July 28, 1914 through November 11, 1918. ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, May 22, 2020 4:18 pm

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Remember When: Sanford was a mill town

The late Sidney Waits wrote many stories about the Henderson Lumber Company in Sanford which began about 1902. His grandfather, George Orkney Waits, had purchased ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, May 15, 2020 1:47 pm

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REMEMBER WHEN: Mother’s Day

The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St. Andrew’s Methodist Church ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, May 8, 2020 2:25 pm

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REMEMBER WHEN: April showers bring May flowers

 “When April showers may come your way; they bring the flowers that bloom in May…” Judy Garland sang this song in the 1950s. May Day ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, May 1, 2020 4:25 pm

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Remember When: Early Homes in Andalusia

 “Home Sweet Home” is a song written by a lyricist John Howard Payne and English composer Sir Henry Bishop for an opera first produced in ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, April 24, 2020 9:15 pm

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Remember When: Early automobiles

When the automobile was invented around the turn of the century, one by one the new horseless carriages began making their way into the city ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, April 17, 2020 3:23 pm

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Remember When times were gentler

     When you ask them, everyone over the age of 90, 80, or 70 will all agree that times have changed drastically from when ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, April 11, 2020 12:43 am

Lifestyles

Remember When: Shehan’s Polio story

  Dan Shehan’s “My Polio Story” is continued in this week’s column. The dread disease of the 1950s, polio, was a pandemic similar to today’s ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, April 3, 2020 8:52 pm

Lifestyles

Remember when: Polio epidemic of the 1950s

     The history of polio infections extends into pre-history. The disease has been traced back to almost 6000 years. The first major outbreak of ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, March 28, 2020 12:00 am

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